1. Who among the following did emphasise social action as the basis of his theorisation for the first time

Talcott Parsons

Alfred Schutz

Max Weber

Vilfredo Pareto
2. What is the basic concept in the definition of social structure as given by Nadel


organisation

role

relationship

status


3. For Talcott Parsons Adaptation, Goal-Attainment, Integration and Latency are

Functional Prerequisites

Functional Imperatives

Functional Alternatives

Functional Universals
4. Marxian theory offers a radical alternative to

Functionalism

Symbolic Interactionism

Evolutionism

Structuralism
5. Who among the following theorists is of the view that 'culture is essentially a set of rules'

Malinowski

Radcliffe-Brown

Parsons

Sumner
6. Which one among the following is an instance of social action according to Max Weber

Persons travelling in a train

Persons opening umbrella when it starts raining

A person performing rituals for ancestors

Two cyclists colliding with each other
7. Who among the following did use participant observation for collecting data

W.F. Whyte

Goldthrope and Lockwood

A. Giddens

K. Davis
8. The square of standard deviation is known as

9. How is co-efficient of variation always expressed

As a ratio

As a percentage

As an average

As a summation
10. Below are given different methods of sampling Please identify the method which is known as non-probability sampling.

Quota Sample

Simple Random Sampling

Stratified Sample

Multistage Random Sampling
11. Which among the following is not associated with social science research method

Inductive Generalisation

Ethical Neutrality

Reliance on empirical data

Subjective Interpretation
12. What is the purpose of exploratory research design

To develop hypotheseis

To test hypotheseis

To establish causal connections

To test a theory
13. Month wise rainfall data are available for the last ten years. What value should be calculated in order to identify the years showing least changes in rainfall

Standard Deviation

Concomitant Variation

Coefficient of Variation

Mean Deviation
14. What is the appropriate research tool for collecting information from a large group of educated respondents drawn from a widely scattered area

Interview Schedule

Case study

Questionnaire

Observation
15. Which one among the following is not associated with quantitative social research

Positivism

Hermeneutics

Empiricism

Induction
16. Match the items in List-I with items in List-II and choose the right answer from the code given below

List-I List-II (Thinker)
(Reslution)
In-group and Out-group Giddings

Primary and secondary groups Miller

Horizontal and vertical groups Sumner

Genetic and congregate groups Cooley
Merton
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17. Below are given some terms. Please identify which is the term that expresses the material aspect of the culture

Religion

Civilisation

Morality

socialisation

18. Which one of the following is the ascribed status

student

teacher

brahmin

doctor
19. How does evolutionary process take place

Through all kinds of social change

Radical transformation of society

Gradual movement from simple to complex

Change of society in a definite direction
20. Which among the following is an example of a community

Family

Income Group

Refugee Camp

Village
21. In the making of social institution which among the following elements does not play any role

School

Customs and folkways

Law and order

Social sanctions
22. Which among the following observations does not apply to the notion of association

The nature of association is temporary

Association is formed with intention and goals

Association is a concrete organisation

Association entails community feelings and definite territory
23. The introduction of sociology in India at formal level took place after it was well-established in Europe and the USA. Which one among the following is the year when sociology was introduced

1885

1896

1919

1939

24. The welfare of the workers in the complex economy of the present time is

Completely ignored

Partly taken care of

Given the highest priority

Completely taken care of
25. Who among the following social scientists did use the term 'political socialisation'

Almond Powell

Herbert Hyman

Herbert Spencer

Vilfredo Pareto
26. Match the items in List-I with items in List-II and choose the right answer from the code given below
List-I List-II

Looking glass self Karl Marx

Alienation William Ogburn

Cultural Lag G.H. Mead

Positivism Auguste Comte
C.H. Cooley
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27. Choose the correct combination of Assertion and Reason from the code given below
Assertion Women's status cannot be uplifted only through legislative intervention.
Reason Social milieu of a society contributes in determining the status of women in a significant manner.
Code

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

28. Match the items in List-I with items in List-II and choose the right answer from the code given below
List-I List-II

Acculturation A condition in which people may work together even though there are differences which separate them.

Integration A condition in which people of a culture tend to acquire some elements of other culture and leave some elements of their own.

Assimilation A process wherein a minority group gradually gives up its own cultural patterns and acquires those of the dominant.

Accommodation A process of adaptation in which elements of a culture form a composite whole
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29. Which one of the following is not a normature statement offering solution to the problem of road congestion

Roads should be widened

People should be discouraged from using private vehicles

Timings should be fixed for different vehicles on roads

Should look for alternative means of transport
30. Emile Durkheim defines society as

Community of ideas

Homogeneous community

Moral community

Ethical community

31. Among the following sociologists who did not establish the positive relationship between population growth and social change

Auguste Comte

Karl Marx

Max Weber

Emile Durkheim
32. 'Social conflicts are not always destructive but may play integrative who among the following thinkers did express this view

Ralph Dahrendorf

Lewis Coser

Karl Marx

Max Weber
33. Which among the following is not a component of mode of production

Means of production

Forces of production

Instruments of production

Relations of production
34. According to the Parsonian functional paradigm, the equilibrium of the system is maintained through

Use of force

Consensus of values

Regulatory Rules

Conventions
35. Which among the following concepts, according to Merton, is capable of theoretically handling change

Eufunction

Dysfunction

Non-function

Quasi-function

36. Choose the right answer from the codes given below.
According to Karl Marx, superstructure consists of

Political system
Legal system
Forms of consciousness
Classes
Code

are correct

are correct

are correct

are correct
37. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as Reason(R).

Assertion Marx was of the view that workers experience alienation in capitalism.
Reason Capitalism transforms man's labour into his means of existence. In the context of the two statements, which one of the following is correct

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
38. "Educated Women" is an example of

Social Group

Association

Organisation

Social Category
39. As a social group tribe is closest to

Community

Caste

Association

Clan

40. Match the items in List-I with items in List-II and choose the right answer from the
code given below
List-I List-II

C.H. Cooley Dramaturgy

G.H. Mead Symbolic interactionism

H. Blumer Mind, Self and Society

E. Goffman Human Nature and Social Order
Ethnomethodology
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41. "The caste is an enclosed class". Identify the thinker among the following who stated it

Louis Dumon

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

J.H. Hutton

Andri B'etteille
42. Latent function, according to Merton, is

Intended and recognised

Intended and unrecognised

Unintended and unrecognised

Unintended and recognised
43. Conflict theory of Ralph Dahrendorf is based on

Relations of production

Relations of authority

Relations of consumption

Relations of possessions
44. The capacity of women for giving live births is called

Fertility

Morbidity

Fecundity

Infecundity

45. Rural society is an example of

46. The discipline which deals with the study of the origin and nature of knowledge is known as

Ontology

Phenomenology

Epistemology

Ethnomethodology
47. How does Weber characteristic caste

An ethnic group

A community

A closed status group

A congregation of Hindus
48. Choose the correct combination of codes to answer the following. The functional interpretation of social stratification has been offered by
Parsons
Lenski
Davis and Moore
Tumin
Code

and are correct

and are correct

and are correct

and are correct

49. Which one of the following does not apply in the case of complex economy

Trend towards industrialisation

A system of investment in trade

Economic Interdependence

Divorce of industry from social needs
50. The division of labour characterised by mechanical solidarity has certain feature as identified by Durkheim. Which among the following is not that feature

Enlarged sphere of collective conscience

Repressive Law

Structural Differentiation

Resemblance