PAPER-II
SOCIOLOGY

SOCIOLOGY
Paper II

Note This paper contains fifty objective type questions of two marks each. All questions are compulsory.

1. Who has stated that the history of society is the history of the class struggle

Emile Durkheim George Herbert Mead

Erving Goffmann Karl Marx

2. Who has propounded the concept of 'collective representation' in sociology

Emile Durkheim Max Weber

Auguste Comte Karl Marx

3. A Society which pessimistically depicts the social transformation brought about by modernization is a

Global society Local society

Mass society Civil society

4. In any social arrangement in which the behaviour of majority is governed by norms and roles is known as

(1) Association Community

Institution Culture

5. Lack of appropriate cultural resources like language and knowledge is known as

(1) Cultural materialism Cultural deprivation

(3) Cultural trait Cultural pluralism

6. Who has said that "man's uniqueness lies in his possession of culture"

R.M. MacIver E. Durkheim

R. Benedict K. Davis

7. Which one of the following is not an ascribed status

Sex Age

Occupation Kinship

8. Which one of the following refers to an individual whose behaviour in a particular role provides a pattern upon which another individual bases his behaviour in performing the same role

Ideal role Role model

Perceived role Internalized role

9. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists.

List I List II
(Authors) (Classification of Groups)

a. Miller i. Community Association

b. Tonnies ii. Vertical Horizontal

c. Park and Burgess iii. Genetic-Congregate

d. Giddings iv. Territorial Non-territorial

v. Positive-negative

Codes

a b c d
iii ii v
ii iii iv
(3) ii i iv iii
iii v i

10. Who has observed that 'each person in society inevitably occupies multiple statuses and that, for each of these statuses, there is an associated role'

R.K. Merton R. Linton

T. Newcomb W.F. Ogburn

11. The distinction between in-group and out-group was given by

G. Simmel P. Sorokin

W.G. Sumner H. Spencer

12. Who has classified groups into and

Sorokin Sumner

Simmel Giddings

13. Who has said that marriage is rooted in the family rather than the family is rooted in marriage

Kingsley Davis G.P. Murdock

E. Westermarck C. Levi-Strauss

14. 'Taravad' is a kind of

a kinship usage a rule of residence

an extended family a community

15. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists

List I List II
(Authors) (Books)

a. G.P. Murdock i. The Religion of India The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism

b. K.M. Kapadia ii. Short History of Marriage

c. E. Westermarck iii. Marriage and Family in India

d. Max Weber iv. Social Structure

Codes

a b c d
iii i ii
ii iv iii
iii ii i
ii iii iv i

16. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists

List I List II
(Concepts) (Authors)
a. Primary group i. Freud

b. Generalized other ii. Cooley

c. Super ego iii. Durkheim

d. Collective Consciousness iv. Mead

Codes

a b c d
ii iv iii
(2)iii iv ii i
(3) ii iv i iii
iii i ii

17. Which one is the correct statement about socialization

An election process

A time taking process

A policy making process

A role seeking process

18. Which one is the important concept in the theory of Socialization held by Emile Durkheim

Role performing

Imagining the other

Collective consciousness

Division of labour

19. Pierre Bourdieu's theoretical perspective makes use of the concept of capital. Which of the following is not a part of this concept

Economic Capital

Political Capital

Social Capital

Cultural Capital

20. Which term is used to describe various aspects of an individual's identity such as class, ethnicity, gender, disability and location

(1) Intersectionality Ascription


Meritocracy Mobility


21. Who among the following has conceptualized caste stratification into four types namely cultural universalistic, cultural particularistic, structural universalistic and structural particularistic

Andre Beteille E.R. Leach

Yogendra Singh A.C. Mayer

22. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists

List I List II
(Books) (Authors)

a. Dynamics of Culture Change i. M.N. Srinivas

b. Social Change in Modern India ii. B. Malinowski

c. India's Changing Villages iii. Yogendra Singh

d. Modernization of Indian Tradition iv. S.C. Dube

Codes

a b c d
(1) ii i iv iii
ii iv iii
ii iii i
(4)iii ii i iv

23. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and other as Reason

Assertion Social change is inevitable.

Reason There are various kinds of external and internal forces operating with each other within the system.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes

Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of

is true, but is false.

is false, but is true.

24. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists

List I List II
(Concepts) (Thinkers)
a. Cultural structure and i. K. Marx
Cultural performances

b. Non-violence ii. M.N. Srinivas

c. Sanskritization iii. M.K. Gandhi

d. Class consciousness iv. R. Redfield and M. Singer

Codes

a b c d
(1) iv iii ii i
(2) iii iv i ii
(3) ii i iv iii
ii iii iv

25. According to whom anthropology is a natural science and studies human society, often using the methods of the natural sciences

B. Malinowski

A.R. Radcliffe-Brown

C. Levi-Strauss

John Dewey

26. Who talks about in virtue of social relationships

A.R. Radcliffe-Brown R.K. Merton

S.F. Nadel C. Levi-Strauss

27. According to whom, culture is held to embody principles which mirror essential features of the human mind 'binary classificatory systems'

S.F. Nadel A.R. Radcliffe-Brown

R.K. Merton C. Levi-Strauss

28. Match List-I with List-II.

List I List II
(Books) (Authors)

a. The Theory of Social Structure i. R.K. Merton

b. Social theory and Social Structure ii. C. Levi-Strauss

c. Structure and Function in Primitive Society iii. S.F. Nadel

d. Structural Anthropology iv. A.R. Radcliffe-Brown

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes

a b c d
iii ii i
(2)iii i iv ii
(3) ii i iv iii
ii iii iv

29. Malinowski is best known for emphasizing the importance of which one of the following

Oral History Content Analysis

Ethnography Narratives

30. Which term is used by Parsons to explain the fundamental 'dilemmas' facing all actors and involved in all social situations

Social Actions Value Orientations

(3) Pattern Variables Functional Pre-requisites

31. Central to Durkheim's functionalism was a distinction between which forms of social organization

Normal and Pathological Normal and Healthy

Average and Abnormal Forced and Anomic

32. According to Merton which one of the following sequences is correct

Innovation, Retreatism, Ritualism, Rebellion.

Ritualism, Rebellion, Innovation, Retreatism.

Rebellion, Retreatism, Ritualism Innovation.

Innovation, Ritualism, Retreatism, Rebellion.

33. "The problems which scientists selected for study, and their conceptualization, were determined by the values of the scientists." According to Max Weber, this statement refers to

Value Judgement Value Neutrality

Normative Value Value Relevance

34. Match List-I with List-II.

List I List II
(Authors) (Concepts)

a.Max Weber i. Circulation of elites

b. V. Pareto ii. Symbolic Interactionism

c. G.M. Mead iii. Interpretative understanding

d. Herbert Blumer iv. Self

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes

a b c d
(1)iii i iv ii
ii iii iv
(3)iii iv i ii

(4) ii i iii iv

35. According to Marx 'when people become aware of their conflicting relations with other classes' then it results into

Class in itself Division of labour

Class for itself Development of leadership

36. Who has stated that 'the conflict is dysfunctional, if the structures are rigid'

K. Marx L.A. Coser

E. Durkheim J.C. Alexander

37. According to Dahrendorf, "the aggregates of incumbents of positions with identical role interests" is known as

The interest group The conflict group

The quasi group The Primary group

38. Who has written the book 'Rules of Sociological Method'

Max Weber Auguste Comte

Emile Durkheim Karl Marx

39. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists

List I List II
(Concepts) (Sociologists)

a. Verstehen i. Auguste Comte

b. Historical Materialism ii. Emile Durkheim

c. Positivism iii. Max Weber

d. Indirect experiment iv. Karl Marx

Codes
a b c d
ii iii iv
i ii iii
iii iv i
(4)iii iv i ii

40. Who has presented the view, historical approach that also makes possible generalizations about processes of social change'

C.H. Carr Max Weber

Arnold J. Toynbee Karl Marx

41. A survey design meant for collection of data needed from the same selected population at different points of time is known as

Cohort Survey Cross-sectional Survey

(3) Longitudinal Survey Pilot Survey

42. A hypothesis that suggests no relationship among the variables selected under study is called

Conflict hypothesis Comfort hypothesis

Null hypothesis Contrary hypothesis

43. Who said these words "I started research as a non-participating observer. As I became accepted into the community, I found myself becoming almost a non-observing participant"

B. Malinowski E. Durkheim

(3) William.F. Whyte N. Anderson

44. Given below are two statements, one is Assertion and other is the Reason

Assertion Qualitative methods are often criticized for failing to meet the same standards of reliability.

Reason The procedures used to collect data in Qualitative studies are precise and accurate.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes

Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of

is true, but is false.

is false, but is true.

45. The study of recorded human communications such as books, websites, paintings, Laws is known as

(1) Content analysis Semiotics

Book-view Ethnography

46. In which qualitative approach the primary goal is to gain access to individuals' inner world experiences

Case study Ethnography

Phenomenology Grounded theory

47. In a normal distribution the Mean, Median and Mode are located at

All the three in the centre.

Mean on the left of centre, Median in the Centre and Mode on the right of centre.

Mean in the centre, Median on the left, Mode on the right.

None of the three is located in the centre.

48. Which one of the following averages can be applied to the qualitative variables

Mean Mode

Median Geometric Mean

49. Correlation coefficient measures the relationship between which couple of variables

A qualitative and a quantitative variable.

Both the qualitative variable.

Both the quantitative variables.

More than two qualitative variables.

50. Reliability in social research includes

A. Dependability of data collected.

B. A test or measurement used to collect data.

C. A test of consistency and association.

D. A measure which gives same results if repeated.

Mark the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes

B and C C and D

C and D B and D