1. Who among the following authors initially used the term 'social physics' for Sociology

Spencer

Comte

Tonnies

Weber



2. An author thought of 'society to be consisting in the consciousness of kind'. Identify from among the following

Cooley

Ward

Simmel

Giddings



3. What does the social relationship primarily involve

Institutions

Religion

Consciousness of other people

Associations



4. A group organised to achieve a certain purpose is known as which among the following

Institution

Community

Association

State



5. Who among the following thought of religion to an opium of the people

(A)Freud

Mosca

(C)Marx

Durkheim


6. Who said "Civilisation is always advancing but not culture."

(A)Johnson

MacIver

(C)Toynbee

Berger


7. Match the authors (List with their books (List II)

List- I List- II
MacIver 1. Invitation to Sociology

Davis 2. Society

Berger 3. The Social Order

Bierstedt 4. Human Society

Codes
a b c d
2 3 4 1

1 2 4 3

2 1 3 4

2 4 1 3



8. Which is the basic distinction between culture and civilization

Culture is what we have achieved and civilization is what we aspire to achieve.

Culture is what comes out of intelligence but civilization is what comes out of experience.

Culture is secondary but civilization is primary.

Culture is what we are and civilization is what we have.


9. Ceremonies that mark a critical transition in the life of an individual from one phase of life-cycle to another are called

Role-taking

Rites of Passage

Status Crystallisation

Status set



10. Who among the following gave the concept of anticipatory socialisation

(A)Merton

Parsons

(C)Homans

Sumner



11. Read the following two statements
Assertion and Reason, and select the correct answer from the codes given below
Assertion Monogamy is the most common form of marriage in the contemporary society.
Reason Status of women gets enhanced only through monogamy.

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.


12. Match List I with List II by using the codes given below

List- I List- II
Ingroup and 1. Homans outgroup

Primary and 2. Tonnies secondary group

Gemeinschaft 3. Cooley and Gesellschaft

Closed and open 4. Sumner groups

5. Durkheim



Codes
a b c d
4 2 3 1

4 3 2 1

3 2 1 4

4 1 3 2



13. When a girl of the higher caste marries a boy of the lower caste, the system is known as

Levirate

Anuloma

Sororate

Pratiloma



14. In the matriarchal family the position of a Woman is recognised to be supreme in all matters. Which of the following is not its characteristic

Descent is reckoned through mother.

Marriage relations are not permanent.

Wife lives in the house of her husband.

Property is inheritable by the females.


15. Who has given the concept of atomistic family

Murdock

Zimmerman

Durkheim

Warner



16. Match List I (Rules of Restriction) with List II (Name of Rule) and select the correct answer using the code given below the list

List- I List- II
One should seek 1. Pratiloma a spouse from outside one's descent group.

Women of the 2. Exogamy higher caste cannot marry men of lower caste.

One should 3. Anuloma marry only within one's caste group.

The men of 4. Endogamy higher caste could marry women of lower caste.



Codes
a b c d
4 1 2 3

2 3 4 1

4 3 2 1

2 1 4 3


17. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below

List- I List- II
(Authors) (Books)
Peter 1. The Stages of Economic Growth
Worsley

W.W. 2. Under development or Revolution
Rostow

(c)Andre Gunder Frank 3. The Third World

Reinhard 4. Nation Building and Citizenship Studies of Our Changing Social Order
Bendix
5. Asian Drama



Codes
a b c d
1 2 5 3

3 1 2 4

4 3 2 1

4 1 2 5



18. There is a lot of difference between ancient and modern bureaucracies. Which factor among the following does not denote this difference

Greater specialization of functions

Vastness of modern bureaucracy

Dominant aspect of society

Hierarchy of command.



19. The 'looking glass self' means that we learn who we are

by self feeling

by an act of imitation

by other people's experience with us

by imagining ourselves to be someone else


20. The 'super ego' according to Freud represents the part of an individual's personality that was created

through socialization during the formative years.

through socialization in the old age.

through socialization process which occurs throughout one's life.

none of the above



21. Which one of the following is not a functional utility of social stratification

It helps in providing opportunities.

It develops a spirit of struggle.

It helps in deciding responsibility of everyone in the society.

It helps in identifying unsuitable persons in society.



22. Which of the following theories makes us believe that caste system is not of human but of divine origin

Racial theory

Political theory

Occupational theory

Traditional theory



23. Which one of the following is an essential element of the social class Feeling of

equality among the members of a class.

superiority against those who are at the lower ladder of status.

inferiority against those who are at the higher ladder of status.

all the above.



24. Consider the following statements Sanskritization is the process of

Orthogenetic change

Heterogenetic change

Change in cultural structure

Change in social structure


Which of the statement given above are correct
1 and 3

1 and 4

2 and 3

2 and 4



25. Which of the following concepts are applied to analyse the process of civilization change

Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft

Zweckrational and Wertrational

Mechanical and Organic Solidarity

Sensate and Ideational Culture



26. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list

List- I List- II
(a)Ethnic 1. Naga Movement

(b)Reform 2. Jharkhand Movement

(c)Secessionist 3. Birsa Movement

(d)Subnational 4. Bhakti Movement


Codes
a b c d
3 2 1 4

1 4 3 2

3 4 1 2

1 2 3 4


27. Who propounded the theory of 'Internal Structure of Role'

Radcliffe-Brown

Nadel

Levistrauss

Murdock



28. Who among the following formulated the theory of 'Middle Class' within the Marxian framework

(A)Collins

Coser

Dahrendorf

Engles



29. According to Radcliffe-Brown, which of the following does not contribute to the integration and survival of the society

Kinship system

Leadership

Lineage

Rituals



30. Which of the following requisites is applicable to symbolic system of Malinowski

Production and distribution of consumer goods

Social control and regulation of behaviour

Organisation and execution of authority

Communal rhythm in daily life and activities



31. In which of the following statements, Durkheim has identified the indirect functions of crime

Collective sentiment against the infringement of norms

Fear of punishment

Flexibility in society

None of the above



32. Who has advocated that functional analysis need not be confined to society as a whole but it can be extended to an organisation, institution or group

Levistrauss

Malinowski

Parsons

Merton



33. There are two statements, one Assertion and other is Reason Select the correct answer from the codes given below
Assertion Social analysis of action is ultimately concerned with individuals and not collectivities.
Reason Collectivities are treated as solely the resultants and modes of organisation of particular acts of individuals and hence these alone can be treated as agents in a course of subjectively understandable action.


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.


34. Which of the following is applicable to Pareto's Logical Action

(A)Subjectively logical action

Objectively logical action

Both subjectively and objectively logical action

None of the above



35. Which of the following is associated with basic principles of symbolic interaction

People cannot modify the symbols used in interaction.

People can modify the symbols used in interaction based on subjective understanding.

People are able to modify or alter the symbols used in interaction based on the interpretation of situation.

People can modify symbols used in interaction based on the capacity to think.



36. According to Marx, which of the following is considered to be the most crucial element for class struggle

Class interest

Class consciousness

Class formation

Class identity



37. Who was the first to use the comparative method or indirect experiment method in Sociology

Max Weber

Emile Durkheim

Herbert Spencer

V. Pareto



38. Who has used 'participant observation' method for collection of data

A.R. Radcliffe-Brown

B. Malinowski

S.C. Dube

N. K. Bose



39. Who has written on 'objectivity' in his methodological writings

W. Dilthey

Emile Durkheim

Max Weber

Daya Krishna



40. Match List I with List II and mark the correct answer from the codes given below the lists.

List- I List- II
(Books) (Authors)
Rules of Goode and Sociological Hatt Method

(b)Statistical Max Weber Reasoning in Sociology

Methodology Schuessler of Social and Mueller Sciences

(d)Methods in Emile Social Durkheim Research

(v) P.F. Lazarsfeld

Codes
a b c d










41. Who has propounded the idea that we can treat social facts (phenomena) as things

R.K. Merton

Paul F. Lazarsfeld

Emile Durkheim

Max Weber



42. Which type of question(s) are investigated in exploratory research design

Whyisit?

Whatisit?

How is it

All the above



43. Which method is more suitable for collecting data from non-literate communities

Questionnaire

Observation

Both and

None of the above



44. Purpose of case study method is

To generalize about relationships.

To explore desired relationships of a phenomenon.

To explore maximum possible relationships of a phenomenon.

To relate it to select relationships of a phenomenon.



45. Which average can be calculated from an open ended table

Median and Mode

Mode and Mean

Mean and Median

None of the above



46. When one variable is qualitative and another variable is quantitative, which measure will be for finding covariation between them

Yule's

Phi coefficient

Rank correlation

Chi square



47. Match List I with List II and mark the correct answer from the codes given below the lists.

List- I List- II
Participant Max Weber Observation

(b)Social Facts R.K. Merton

Versetehen Emile Durkheim

(d)Middle range A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
theory
(v) W.F. Whyte



Codes











48. Which of the following methods is known as probability sampling

A sample selected by lottery from the totality.

A sample selected of those who were available.

A sample selected considering the purpose of research.

A sample selected by considering the various categories of respondents.



49. Which one of the following statistics will be used to find out covariation between two qualitative variables

Phi

Yule's Q

Both

None of the above



50. In which one of the following concepts has M.N. Srinivas explained caste mobility as a process of Social and Cultural change

Sanskritization

Secularization

Westernization

Modernization