The following questions are to be answered in the OMR sheet provided.
1. The concept 'double hermeneutics' is associated with
Anthony Giddens
Talcott Parsons
Robert Merton
Levi-Strauss

2. The theory of symbolic violence is presented by
Michel Foucault
Pierre Bourdieu
Karl Marx
Max Weber

3. The author of the book 'Legitimation Crisis' is
Max Weber
Jurgen Habermas
Karl Marx
Antonio Gramsci

4. The theory of risk society is associated with
Anthony Giddens
Scott Lash
Pierre Bourdieu
Ulrich Beck

5.
The notion that structured the theory of ideological state apparatus was borrowed by Louis Althusser from

Karl Marx
Antonio Gramsci
Theodor Adorno
Eric Fromm


6.
Homer Hoyt has given


the Sector Theory
the Multiple Nuclei Theory
the Ecological Theory
the Economic Theory

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7. The Marxist analysis was applied to urban studies by
Louis Wirth
Manuel Castells
Herbert Gans
Claude Fischer

8.Social rank, family status and etlmicity are examined in
Synthetic Theory
Social Area Analysis
Sector Theory
Concentric zone theory

9. The earliest urban settlement appeared in
the Yellow River Valley
the Indus Valley
the Valley of the Nile
the Valleys of the Tigris and the Euphrates

10.
The law ofDiminishing Returns was given by

Classical economists
Neo-Classical economists
Marxist economists
Neo-Marxist economists


11.
Who among the following elaborated the concept ofbackwardness through an analysis ofthe condition ofproduction in "backward" economies?

Paul Sweezy
Maurice Dobb
Paul Baran
Ernest Mendel


12.
"Sociology of India is nothing but a confluence of Indology and Sociology". The statement can be attributed to


G.S. Ghurye
M.N. Srinivas
A.R. Desai
Louis Dumont


c.-so
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13.
Whenagirl ofthehighercastemarriesa boyofthelowercaste,the systemisknown

Levirate
Anuloma
Sororate
Pratiloma


14.
Match List-I (work) with List-II (author) and select the correct answer from the codes given below the list.


List (Work) List -II(Author)
A Family and Kinship among Pandits ofKashmir 1. Robin Fox
B Kinship and Marriage 2. G.S. Ghurye
C Elementary Structures ofKinship 3. Levi-Strauss
D Family and Kin in Indo-European culture 4. T.N. Madan

A3 BlC4D2
A4 BlC4D2
A4 Bl C3 D2
A2 BlC4D3

15. Complete the following statement: A caste is said to be 'dominant' when it
1.
is numerically preponderant

2.
claims ritual purity

3.
is politically powerful

4.
owns most ofthe land in a village


1 &4
1 &2
2&3
1,2,3and4

16. Yuganta is a classic work in Indian sociology associated with
T. N. Madan
Irawati Karve
Patricia Uberoi
K.M. Kapadia

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17.
Statistics which permit the researcher to demonstrate the chances that the results deriving from a sample are likely to be found in the population from which the sample has been drawn is referred to as

Descriptive statistics
Sampling error
Probability
Inferential statistics


18.
Choose the incorrect statement from the following:


Sampling error can be decreased by increasing the sample size Sampling bias can be decreased by increasing the sample size Sampling procedures are of two kinds, namely probability sampling and non­
probability sampling In random sampling every element in the population has an equal and known chance of being selected
19.
Pick the incorrect pair

Ordinal data -Spearman's Rho
Nominal data -Lambada
Interval data -Pearson's
Ratio data -Gamma


20.
McDonaldization is the term used by

Anthony Giddens
Peter L. Berger
Ken Plummer
George Ritzer


21.
Simmel'sconcept ofsociabilityindicates

socialization of young
stabilization of adult personality
interacting interdependence of individuals
growing individualism in industrial society


22.
'Biopower' as a concept appears in Foucault's


Discipline and Punish
History of Sexuality
Madness and Civilization
Birth of Clinic

c-5"O

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23.
The idea of 'post-industrial society' was introduced by

Gayatri Chakravorti Spivak
Ranajit Guha
Daniel Bell
C. Wright Mills


24.
The Subaltern perspective is influenced by the writings of

Antonio Gramsci and Ranajit Guha
Louis Althusser and Nikos Poulantzas
C)-lurgen Habermas and Rosa Luxemburg
None of the above


25.
Who among the following thinkers maintained that the distinction between natural sciences and social sciences cannot be an absolute one from the point ofview of nomothetical and ideographic knowledge respectively?

Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
Wilhem Dilthey
Alfred Schutz


26.
Marx's theory of 'surplus value' is an attempt to come to terms with

the nature and sources of profit within capitalism
a measures of expropriation of labour power
labour as the source of value
All ofthe above


27.
The equation ofthe idea of 'progress' with the idea of 'industrial society' is primarily associated with

French philosophes
Karl Marx
Saint-Simon
Auguste Comte


28.
Marx's theory ofknowledge refers principally to


Kant and Proudhon
Descartes and Hobbes
Hegel and Feurbach
Bauer and Bismarck




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29.
Durkheim stood for

the primacy of the social
a consistently anti-individualist position
a natural science of society
All ofthe above


30.
What are the two principal criteria that characterize a 'social fact' according to Durkheim?

Externality and constraint
Constraint and internality
Internality and generalizability
Acting and feeling


31.
Self-reflexivity

is impossible in empirical work
requires a sociological training
is synonymous with the functionalist school
allows introspection on the part of a researcher


32.
Qualitative analysis requires


random sampling
writing of analytic memos
focused group discussions
None ofthe above .

33. 'The Interpretation a/Cultures' is written by
James Clifford
Clifford Geertz
Sandra Harding
Margaret Mead

34. Gender bias in the court room is an example of
institutionalized patriarchy
glass ceiling
equal work for equal pay
None ofthe above


8 c.-s-o

35.
Dowry

is a form ofdomestic violence
cannot be interpreted according to laws
no longer exists
has no relationship with the women's movement in India


36.
Who is the author of 'Castes ofMind'?

Nicholas Dirks
Louis Dumont
Andre Beteille
M.N. Srinivas


37.
Gerontology is study of

Lesbians
Gays
Men and Women
Aged people


38.
Polyandry means

marriage of one man to two or more women
marriage of one women to two or more men
transfer ofproperty rights from men to women
transfer of property rights from women to men


39.
A political party is a in which there is a collection of individuals interacting on each other under a recognizable structure.

social group
community
society
fellowship


40.
A concept is


an abstraction
a word
reality
None ofthe above

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Part-B (15 Marks)
Attempt any One ofthe following questions in the space provided below. The answer must not exceed 500 words.
1.
Present the feminist critique oftraditional sociological methods.

2.
Examine the phases in the development of sociology and social anthropology in India and comment on the colonial roots ofthe discipline.


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Part-C (20 Marks)
Attempt a short note on any Four ofthe following in the space provided below. Each short note carries 5 marks and must not exceed 200 words.
Sociological Imagination Case Study AGIL Orientalism Wodd Systems Theory Religion and hierarchy
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