UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
ENTRANCE EXAMINAnONS, 2011
M.PHIL. (SOCIOLOGY)
TIME: 2 HOURS MAX. MARKS: 75 HALL TICKET NUMBER
Read carefully the fonawing instructions:
I. This question paper has lwo paris: Part A and Part B.
2.
PartAConsistsof2Sobjectivetypequestionsofonemarkcacho Thereis negative marking of0.33 marks for every wrong answer. Marks obtained by the candidate in this part will be used for resolving tic cases.

3.
Part B is to be answered in a separate answer book.

4.
The entrance test paper is not to be taken out ofthe examination ball.


(Marks:25)
PART-A
Tiek the correct answer.

1. The optimum population theory was given by
n.
Karl Marx.

b.
Cannan.

e.
Blacker.

d.
Mnlthus.


2. In stationary population
n.
fertility is high and mortality is low.

b.
fertility is low and mortality is high.

e.
both Fertility and mortality are at the same level.
d both fertility and morality are high.



3. The subcultwal theory was given by
n.
Claude fischer.

b.
Herbert Gans.

e.
Oscar Lewis.

d.
Max Weber.


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4. The concept of'Cu!l1D'c History' employed by Frankfurt School refCIS to
a.
cull1D'casthenewmechanismofsocialorder.

b.
the triumph ofinstrumental nmonality over substantive rationality.

c.
process ofsocializing individuals into mass conformity. d all ofthe above.

S.
As a concept, 'hegemony' elucidates

a.
the process ofintemalising the cultural values ofa dominant or rising class

b.
struggle over material resources as well as over ideas and moralleadcrship.

c.
both ofthe above.

d.
none ofthe above.


6. The idea that societies arc both physical and mental entities in the context of sociological theory is associated primarily with
a.
Emile Durkhcim.

b.
Georg Simmel.

e.
Erving Goflinan. d Talcott Parsons.


7. Who among the following .epresents the trend within sociology towards the 'autonomy oftheory'?
a.
Talcott Parsons.

b.
Robert Merton.

e.
RalfDahrcndotf.

d.
Pierre Bourdieu.


8. Ethnomethodology rcfers to
a.
the observational study ofcommon sense knowledge available to individuals

b.
the strategies individuals employ to make sense ofthe world

c.
procedural approach to the question ofmotivation.

d.
all ofthe above.


9. Studiesofsocialclassmobilityinthecontext ofsocialstratification bave been pioneered by
a.
Karl Marx.

b.
Rolf Dahrcndorf.

c.
Joba GoldthotpC.

d.
Andre Bctcille


10. The term 'theory-Iadcnness ofobservation' refers to
a.
the business ofgathering facts.

b.
observation as the basis oftheot)'.

c.
the idea that evidence speaks for itself.

d.
a reciprocal relationship between ideas and evidences.





I J. Who used the concepts ofLittle and Great Traditions as an approach to analyse
social change ofthe Mexican communities?

a.
Mckim Marriot

b.
Robert Redfield

c.
Milton Singer

d.
Levis -Strauss


12. Which ofthe following is not tnIe about Sanskritisation?
a.
It is a process ofvertical social mobility and cullural change.

b.
Theideaofpurityandpollutionisinvoked inthepmcessofsanskritisation.

c.
It is an endogenous sourcc ofsocial chauge.

d.
It results in a significant stnJctuml chanl,le in socicty.


13.Whichofthefollowing
is nottnteaboutfunctionalistmodel ofstudyingsocial chonge?

a.
Society is a persisting configuration ofelements.

b.
Consensus is an ubiquitous element ofsocial system.

e.
Change and tension arc ubiquitous clements in society.

d.
Change takes place through inteOlal growth and adjustment with outside forces.


14. Ideology is largely a modern invention because
a.
it is modernity that was responsible for the breakdown ofthe dogma and uncertainties associated with traditional societies.

b.
it is traditionalisms that was responsible for the breakdown ofthe dcgma and uncertainties associated with modern societies.

e.
both and

d.
only modem man is capable ofbeing rational.


15. Whieh ofthe following has not discussed the problem ofthe bureauerai;(Jl!ion of
life in the emerging modem nation-state? a.. Hegel.
b.
Nietzsche

e.
Simmel

d.
Malinowski


16. One ofthe following theorists usedmedical diagno.1ie metaphor to explain deviance in society.
a.
Marx

b.
Veblen

e.
Simmel

d.
Durkheim


17. Who is the author of'Legitimatioo Crisis?
a.
Max Weber.

b.
Jwgen Habennas.

c.
Pierre Bourdieu.

d.
Michael Foucault.


18. 'SlIUcture ofSocial Action' is authored by
a.
Anthony Giddens.

b.
Talcott Parsons.

c.
Erving Goffinan.

d.
Pierre Bourdicu.


19. 'Space-time distanciation' is associated with
a.
David Harvey.

b.
Henri Lefebvre.

c.
Ulrich Beck.

d.
Anthony Giddens.


20. 'Epistemic Break' is a concept coined by
a.
Antonio Gramsci.

b.
Michel Foucault.

c.
Louis Althusser.

d.
Jwgen Habermas.


21. 'Duality ofSlIUcture' is associated with
a.
Talcott Parsons.

b.
Robert Merton.

c.
Antonio Grarnsci.

d.
Anthony Giddens.


22. Organic intellectual
a.
describes social life in accordance with scientific rules nod articu1l11es through tho language ofculture, the feelings and cxperiences which the masses could not express for themselves.

b.
sees oneselfas a class apart from society, and the thinking groups which every class produces from its own ranks.

c.
both ofthe above.

d.
none ofthe above.


23. 'Duality ofSlIUcture' refers to
a.
multiple roles ofa structure.

b.
structures organised in different time and space.

c.
balancing ofagency and structure.

d.
none ofthe above.


24. The Limits to Growth' thesis is associated with
a.
W.W. Rostow.

b.
Club ofRome.

e.
Washington Consensus.

d.
M.K. Gandhi.


25. Development ofa society requires
a.
alinearrate ofgrowth

b.
an exponential rate ofgrowth

e.
a sustainable pattern ofgrowth

d.
all ofthe above.
PART-B



PART comprises Section I and Section II. Answer threc questions in all. selecting two from Section I and one from Section II.
SECTION-I Marks: 30
Answer any two oflbe following. Each question carries 15 marks.
1.
Discuss structural-functionalist theory ofTalcott ParsoDS.

2.
Examine attempts to bridge 'structure' and 'agency' in contemporary oociological theory.

3.
How does A.R. Desai apply Marxist approach to the study ofIndian society?

4.
Analysethesubalterncritiques ofmainstreamperspectivesinthestudy ofIndian society.


SECTION-II Marks: 20 ADswer any of the following.
1.
Bring out both the possibilities and limitatioDS ofobjectivity in social science research as proposed by Max Weber.

2.
Assess the relevance ofhistorical-comparative methodology in the formulation ofsociological research.