1. A review of literature moves from General to the specific Specific to general Formal to informal Informal to formal

2. The Discovery of Grounded Theory was written by Glaser and Strauss Glaser and Moynihan Tharu and Lalitha Berger and Luckman

3. Qualitative analysis involves Regression analysis Averaging responses and moderating them Axial coding Random sampling

4. The Methodology ofSocial Sciences was written by Karl Marx Max Weber Robert Merton Michel Foucault

5. The title of the book by Gopal Guru and Sundar Sarukkai is The Cracked Mirror: An Indian Debate on Experience and Theory Women Writing in India Understanding Caste in India None of the above

6. In which of the following books did Max Weber introduce methodological individualism as a methodological precept for the social sciences? The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit ofCapitalism Politics as Vocation Economy and Society Ancient Judaism

7. According to Marx, formal subsumption of labour under capital is characterized by: Capital revolutionizes the process of labour through mechanization, technology etc. Capital produces surplus value through the lengthening of the working day and intensification of exploitation. Capital revolutionizes the process of labour through super automation and robots. None of the above

8. According to Hegel's idea of dialectics, logic is not Simply the abstract form of valid syllogisms About the process of reasoning that both generates the forms and moves beyond them Reasoning about reasoning Thought thinking about itself

9. Identify the following statement with a theorist given below: "Understanding crime and forms of justice is an important index to the moral notions of a society" Condorcet Turgot Harriet Martineau Montesquieu

10. In political and national communities, it is Durkheim's thesis that in great crises the suicide rate falls because Society is weakly integrated and the individual does not participate in social life Society is disintegrated and individuals don't matter at all Society is more strongly integrated and the individual participates actively in social i. Life None of the above

11. A revised exercise in unified general theory tracing back to functionalism was attempted in the 1980's by Jurgen Habermas Anthony Giddens Margaret Archer Jeffrey Alexander

12. The assertion that functionalism is integral to sociology is associated with Emile Durkheim Kingsley Davis Jeffrey Alexander Bronislaw Malinowski

13. Interpretive social theory is Interested in explaining for the outside rather than in understanding from the inside Oriented to emphasizing social forces of which social actors are mostly unaware Uninterested in understanding how people understand their social situation None of the above

14. Reacting against existentialist Marxism, who an10ng the following Marxists developed a school of 'structuralist Marxism' influenced partly by French structuralist theory? Pierre Bourdieu Raymond Aron Louis Althusser Slavoj Zizek

15. The term 'structuration' forms the basis of the following work by Anthony Giddens Capitalism and Modern Social Theory The Presentation ofSelfin Everyday Life Outline of a Theory ofPractice The Constitution ofSociety

16. 'Interpellation' refers to The way the individual is encouraged to see himself or herself as free from social forces Operation of control structures not maintained by physical force In a democracy the individual is presumed to make choices but such choices would have already have been made All the above

17. One of the following can be associated with Post-structuralism Reality is constant Reality itself is textual Both the above None of the above

18. 'Genetic Structuralism' was the sociological project of Pierre Bourdieu Ferdinand de Saussure Roland Barthes None of the above

19. According to Michel Foucault Power is not a substance but relational Power is not an institution or structure Power is a complex strategic situation in a particular society All the above

20. What among the following is a valid statement from Dr. Ambedkar's point of view Cultural nationalism is desirable goal of society Indian villages are self-sufficient republics Indian masses should hold the nation as sacrosanct Indian village life is a very negation of Republic.

21. The idea of 'culture Industry' indicates Mass production of cultural artefacts Technological mediation of culture and tradition Manipulation of mass society into passivity Enforcing cultural hegemony of the US

22. 'Panopticon' as a concept connotes Observing with empathy Observing from every corner Observing without being observed Observing in as a neutral subject

23. The state laws limiting conversion in India are often titled Anti-Conversion Laws Freedom of Religion Laws Ghar Whapsi Article 25

24. Who is the author of Dominance without Hegemony: History and Power in Colonial India? Ashish Nandy Homi Bhabha Partha Chatterjee Ranajit Guha

25. Who among the following is associated with 'post-development' thinking? Alex Inkles Mahbub UI Haq Muhammad Yunus Majid Rahnema

26. Which of the following is not associated with sustainable development thinking? Maximum sustainable yield Carrying capacity Limits to growth None of the above

27. Who among the following is/are instrumental in authoring Our common future? Gro Harlem Brundtland Donela H Meadows Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) All of the above

28. Which of the following causes greenhouse effect? Excess nitrogen in the atmosphere Excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere Heat from cooking fires of ever increasing population None of the above

29. One of the important aspects of the Post-Industrial society according to Daniel Bell is Shift from manufacturing to service sector The arrival of aristocratic rule The decline of folk traditions None of the above

30. Benedict Anderson in his book Imagined Communities described how print capitalism facilitated the arrival of New Social Media Nationalism Religious Fanaticism Global Capital

31. "Iron Cage" in Max Weber's writings refers to The triumph of the Oriental religious values Increased rationalization in a social life Moving towards simple society None of the above

32. Which of the following can be identified as defining statement of Louis Dumont's perspective on caste? Caste is an economic division of labor Caste rests upon a binary called Pure-Impure Caste is merely a political construction None of the above

33. Which one of the following book is NOT authored by Karl Popper? The Open Society and its Enemies Structure of Scientific Revolution Conjectures and Refutations The Poverty of Historicism

34. Crony Capitalism denotes Initial stage of capitalism Advanced stage of capitalism Near total decline of capitalism Economic system well knitted by close, mutually advantageous business leaders and government officials

35. Which one of the following concepts is Manuel Castells associated with? Production of space Spaces of flows Network theory Time-space compression

36. Give the correct match of the author with the book Geraldine Forbes: The City ofDreams Sanjay Srivasta: City and Sexuality Ratna Naidu: Debilitating Hyderabad Saskia Sasssen: The global City

37. Spatial practices is conceived by Henri Lefebvre David Harvey Manuell Castells Sharon Zukin

38. What does the term "gentrification" imply? Asthetising the city Upgrading housing to suit middle class taste Upper class mobility Creating a world class city

39. "Multiple modernities" is same as Mistaken modernity Entangled modernity Alternate modernity Many modernities

40. Who is the author of Eros and Civilization: A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud? Sigmund Freud Eric Fromm Herbert Marcuse Eric Erikson

41. Examine the contributions of Pierre Bourdieu to sociological theory. In what way do you think they can be applied to the study of Indian society?

42. Discuss the relationship between communalism and nationalism.

43. What is standpoint theory? Write an essay on it.

Attempt a short note on any Five of the following questions in the space provided below. Each short note carries Five marks and must not exceed 200 words.

44. Kuhn on Paradigm Shift

45. Partha Chatterjee on political society

46. Feminist understanding of violence

47. Multiple modernities

48. Weber's notion of bureaucracy

49. Marx on alienation

50. Capability approach

51. Theory of surplus value