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Subject | sociology | |
Paper | paper 2 | |
Exam / Course | ugc net national eligibility test | |
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Exam Date | December, 2010 | |
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Question Paper
PAPER-II
SOCIOLOGY
Note This paper contains fifty objective type questions, each question carrying two marks. Attempt all the questions.
1. "We belong to associations, not to institutions." Who among the following said so
Ogburn
Sutherland
Giddens
MacIver
2. Which of the following statements are correct Answer by using the correct code given below
3 214
2 341 stratification may be regarded
A class system of social
4 321 as a 'closed' system.
1 342
It may be regarded as an
Logico-1. Durkheim
experimental
Dialectical 2. Pareto
Ideal typical 3. Marx
Functional 4. Weber
5. Which one of the following is not an system.
example of a community
In the class system, a person
The Red Indians cannot move up or down in the
The Muria social hierarchy.
The Andman Icelanders
The Rashtriya Swayamsewak distinguished by social
The class system is usually
Sangh
mobility.
6. Match List I with List II and
Codes
select the correct answer from the
and codes given below the lists
List I List II
and
Sub-culture 1. Hippie
and
Contra-culture 2. Language
and
Vehicle of 3. Army culture
Culture clash 4. Ayodhya
3. An example of an ex-criminal's Temple conformity to social norms may be Movement called
Codes
Socialisation
Re-socialisation
4 231
1 234
De-socialisation
3 124
Non-socialisation
1 423
7. Who among the following used sociometry for the first time
Lundberg Moreno
Bogardus Burgess
8. One of the following does not form part of social action typology presented by Weber. Identify.
Democratic
Traditional
Evaluative
Rational
9. Identify which one of the following does not constitute an element of culture
Family
Values
Dress
Ways of behaviour
10. In his sociological explanation of religion, Durkheim made certain observations. Select the correct ones from the codes given below
Religion is mental illness.
God is only society personified.
Religion brings salvation for the suffering humanity.
The kingdom of heaven is a glorified society.
Codes
and
and
and
and
11. Which of the following is not an example of primary group
Neighbourhood
School
Friends Circle
The State Bank of India
12. The State is an example of which of the following
Primary group
Community
Association
Government
13. Classification of groups into ingroup and outgroup categories was presented by who among the following
Tonnies
Cooley
Homans
Sumner
14. Who has divided functions of family into following six categories
Affectional
Economic
Recreational
Protective
Religious
Educational
MacIver
Ogburn and Nimkoff
G.H. Sprott
Arnold Green
15. Who has defined the Hindu Joint Family as "a group constituted of known ancestors and adopted sons and relatives related to these sons through marriage"
Henry Maine
Kingsley Davis
R.M. MacIver
H.M. Johnson
16. The first significant contribution to the study of kinship was made by
Tylor
Morgan
Malinowski
Redcliffe-Brown
17. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the list List I List II
Family and 1. Robin Fox kinship among Pandits of Kashmir
Kinship and 2. G.S. Ghurye Marriage
Elementary 3. Radhakamal structures of Mukherjee kinship
Family and 4. T.N. Madan kin, in Indo-European culture
5. C. Levi-Strauss
Codes
3 152
4 152
4 235
2 143
18. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason Assertion Caste as a social group cannot be called a community. Reason Caste does have social coherence but it lacks the community's territorial basis.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct
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.
19. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched
Sanskritization M.N. Srinivas
Little and Great McKim Tradition Marriott
Brahminisation Aiyappan
Parochialization F.G. Bailey
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
Codes
3 and 4
3 and 4
2 and 4
2 and 3
20. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
List I List II
Caste is a closed 1. Louis system Dumont
Caste is a closed 2. Gunar organic Myrdal stratification
Caste is an extreme 3. Fredrick form of equality Bailey
Caste is an 4. Max expression of Weber hierarchy rather than stratification
Codes
1 234
4 321
1 324
4 231
21. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
List I List II
Opposition of 1. S. Sinha purity-pollution
Tribe-caste-2. L. Dumont Peasant continuum
Attributional and 3. McKim International Marriott analysis
4. M.N. Srinivas
Codes
1 42
1 34
2 13
2 31
22. Choose the right arrangement of the following stages of socialization in a sequence from the codes given below
Anticipatory
Child
Infant
Adult
Adolescent
Codes
a c b e d
e c b d a
c b e d a
b c d e a
23. Which one of the following is an example of 'generalized others'
Community
Friends
Peer group
Parents
24. Who among the following has analysed the stages of social evolution as simple, compound, double compound and trebly compound
L.H. Morgan
E.B. Tylor
E. Durkheim
H. Spencer
25. Some social change occurs without being noticed by most members of a society is known as
Manifest change
Latent change
Relative change
Absolute change
26. Who among the following does not belong to cyclical theory of social change
Spencer
Toynbee
Lipset
Hobhouse
27. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the Table
List I List II
Cyclical 1. Vico
Linear 2. Sorokin
Fluctuation 3. Spengler
Spiral 4. Spencer
Codes
3 421
3 214
2 314
2 143
28. According to Radcliffe-Brown, a society with a condition of functional disunity rarely dies, instead, it ………..
Struggles towards the new state of eunomia.
Might change its structural pattern.
Throws itself into disarray.
Changes its identity.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below
Codes
and are correct
and are correct
and are correct
and are correct
29. Which one of the following is not associated with Malinowski's three levels of system in hierarchic order
Symbolic system
Social structural system
Personality system
Biological system
30. Who laid down the distinction between historical and functional types of inquiry
Radcliffe-Brown
Durkheim
Parsons
Merton
31. Match the List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below the lists.
List I List II
Affectivity-(i) Whether actors affective be assessed in neutrality terms of same
standards
Diffuseness-(ii) Whether actors
specificity be assessed in terms of achievement or ascription
Universalism Appropriate
-particularism emotional expression in an interaction
Achievement Appropriate
-ascriptive obligations in a relationship
Codes
32. Which of the following functional imperatives of Talcott Parsons is associated with 'Pattern maintenance and tension management'
Adaptation
Goal attainment
Integration
Latency
33. Robert K. Merton stated that a cultural item can have diverse and varied consequences for individuals, groups, society and culture. To which of his functional postulates this statement is related
Functional unity
Universal functionalism
Functional indispensability
None of the above
34. 'An action is determined by a conscious belief in the value for its own sake.' This statement is applicable to which of the following types of action propounded by Max Weber
Action based on Means-end rationality
Action based on value rationality
Affectual action
Traditional action
35. Which one of the following is associated with Pareto's concept of non-logical action
Non-scientific belief systems are the determinants of action
Non-scientific belief systems are not the determinants of action.
Non-scientific belief systems are the expressions of deep seated sentiments.
None of the above.
36. Which of the following statements distinguishes from
is given importance in modern society and is given importance in primitive society.
Important values are located in but not in
is immediate response to others while is the organised set of attitudes of others.
None of the above
37. Which of the following is not related to functional theory of Durkheim
Society can be reduced to parts
Society can be decomposed into its constituent parts.
System parts fufill basic needs of the whole.
System can be normal only when equilibrium is maintained.
38. Who paid attention to positive dimensions of conflict
Coser
Dahrendorf
Collins
Simmel
39. Two statements are given here, one is labelled as Assertion and other as Reason
Assertion Symbolic interactionist tend to accord causal significance to social interaction.
Reason Meaning stems from not from solitary mental process but from interaction.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below
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.
40. Who has used historical comparative method in the study of West European societies
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
L.H. Morgan
T. Veblen
41. Who among the classical sociologists has used quantitative method in comparative analysis
Karl Marx
Max Weber
Emile Durkheim
Auguste Comte
42. Who among the following propounded the idea of sociology as natural science of society'
B. Malinowski
Talcott Parsons
Claude Levi-Strauss
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
43. Who argued that 'structure is a method not a reality'
Claude Levi-Strauss
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
S.F. Nadel
Talcott Parsons
44. Who is known to have used 'participant observation' method in the study of American society
B. Malinowski
W.F. Whyte
W.J. Goode
P.F. Hatt
45. In which research design hypothesis is not necessarily required
Descriptive
Experimental
Diagnostic
Exploratory
46. Case-study involves
Quantitative analysis
Quantitative and Qualitative analysis
Qualitative analysis
All the above
47. Which of the following takes into account quantity of a position in the array
Mean
Mode
Median
All the above
48. Who is said to be the founding father of survey research
Charles Booth
P.F. Lazarsfeld
R.K. Merton
W.J. Goode
49. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists List I List II (Term) (Statistic)
Qualitative Tabulation variables
Quantitative Sampling variables
Frequency Attributes distribution
Probability Variates
Deviation
Codes
50. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists List I List II (Concept) (Authors)
Participant Jahoda observation
Content Charles Analysis Booth
Conjuctural Malinowski history
Research Radcliffe-Design Brown
Merton
Codes
Space For Rough Work
SOCIOLOGY
Note This paper contains fifty objective type questions, each question carrying two marks. Attempt all the questions.
1. "We belong to associations, not to institutions." Who among the following said so
Ogburn
Sutherland
Giddens
MacIver
2. Which of the following statements are correct Answer by using the correct code given below
3 214
2 341 stratification may be regarded
A class system of social
4 321 as a 'closed' system.
1 342
It may be regarded as an
Logico-1. Durkheim
experimental
Dialectical 2. Pareto
Ideal typical 3. Marx
Functional 4. Weber
5. Which one of the following is not an system.
example of a community
In the class system, a person
The Red Indians cannot move up or down in the
The Muria social hierarchy.
The Andman Icelanders
The Rashtriya Swayamsewak distinguished by social
The class system is usually
Sangh
mobility.
6. Match List I with List II and
Codes
select the correct answer from the
and codes given below the lists
List I List II
and
Sub-culture 1. Hippie
and
Contra-culture 2. Language
and
Vehicle of 3. Army culture
Culture clash 4. Ayodhya
3. An example of an ex-criminal's Temple conformity to social norms may be Movement called
Codes
Socialisation
Re-socialisation
4 231
1 234
De-socialisation
3 124
Non-socialisation
1 423
7. Who among the following used sociometry for the first time
Lundberg Moreno
Bogardus Burgess
8. One of the following does not form part of social action typology presented by Weber. Identify.
Democratic
Traditional
Evaluative
Rational
9. Identify which one of the following does not constitute an element of culture
Family
Values
Dress
Ways of behaviour
10. In his sociological explanation of religion, Durkheim made certain observations. Select the correct ones from the codes given below
Religion is mental illness.
God is only society personified.
Religion brings salvation for the suffering humanity.
The kingdom of heaven is a glorified society.
Codes
and
and
and
and
11. Which of the following is not an example of primary group
Neighbourhood
School
Friends Circle
The State Bank of India
12. The State is an example of which of the following
Primary group
Community
Association
Government
13. Classification of groups into ingroup and outgroup categories was presented by who among the following
Tonnies
Cooley
Homans
Sumner
14. Who has divided functions of family into following six categories
Affectional
Economic
Recreational
Protective
Religious
Educational
MacIver
Ogburn and Nimkoff
G.H. Sprott
Arnold Green
15. Who has defined the Hindu Joint Family as "a group constituted of known ancestors and adopted sons and relatives related to these sons through marriage"
Henry Maine
Kingsley Davis
R.M. MacIver
H.M. Johnson
16. The first significant contribution to the study of kinship was made by
Tylor
Morgan
Malinowski
Redcliffe-Brown
17. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the list List I List II
Family and 1. Robin Fox kinship among Pandits of Kashmir
Kinship and 2. G.S. Ghurye Marriage
Elementary 3. Radhakamal structures of Mukherjee kinship
Family and 4. T.N. Madan kin, in Indo-European culture
5. C. Levi-Strauss
Codes
3 152
4 152
4 235
2 143
18. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason Assertion Caste as a social group cannot be called a community. Reason Caste does have social coherence but it lacks the community's territorial basis.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct
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.
19. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched
Sanskritization M.N. Srinivas
Little and Great McKim Tradition Marriott
Brahminisation Aiyappan
Parochialization F.G. Bailey
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
Codes
3 and 4
3 and 4
2 and 4
2 and 3
20. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
List I List II
Caste is a closed 1. Louis system Dumont
Caste is a closed 2. Gunar organic Myrdal stratification
Caste is an extreme 3. Fredrick form of equality Bailey
Caste is an 4. Max expression of Weber hierarchy rather than stratification
Codes
1 234
4 321
1 324
4 231
21. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
List I List II
Opposition of 1. S. Sinha purity-pollution
Tribe-caste-2. L. Dumont Peasant continuum
Attributional and 3. McKim International Marriott analysis
4. M.N. Srinivas
Codes
1 42
1 34
2 13
2 31
22. Choose the right arrangement of the following stages of socialization in a sequence from the codes given below
Anticipatory
Child
Infant
Adult
Adolescent
Codes
a c b e d
e c b d a
c b e d a
b c d e a
23. Which one of the following is an example of 'generalized others'
Community
Friends
Peer group
Parents
24. Who among the following has analysed the stages of social evolution as simple, compound, double compound and trebly compound
L.H. Morgan
E.B. Tylor
E. Durkheim
H. Spencer
25. Some social change occurs without being noticed by most members of a society is known as
Manifest change
Latent change
Relative change
Absolute change
26. Who among the following does not belong to cyclical theory of social change
Spencer
Toynbee
Lipset
Hobhouse
27. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the Table
List I List II
Cyclical 1. Vico
Linear 2. Sorokin
Fluctuation 3. Spengler
Spiral 4. Spencer
Codes
3 421
3 214
2 314
2 143
28. According to Radcliffe-Brown, a society with a condition of functional disunity rarely dies, instead, it ………..
Struggles towards the new state of eunomia.
Might change its structural pattern.
Throws itself into disarray.
Changes its identity.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below
Codes
and are correct
and are correct
and are correct
and are correct
29. Which one of the following is not associated with Malinowski's three levels of system in hierarchic order
Symbolic system
Social structural system
Personality system
Biological system
30. Who laid down the distinction between historical and functional types of inquiry
Radcliffe-Brown
Durkheim
Parsons
Merton
31. Match the List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below the lists.
List I List II
Affectivity-(i) Whether actors affective be assessed in neutrality terms of same
standards
Diffuseness-(ii) Whether actors
specificity be assessed in terms of achievement or ascription
Universalism Appropriate
-particularism emotional expression in an interaction
Achievement Appropriate
-ascriptive obligations in a relationship
Codes
32. Which of the following functional imperatives of Talcott Parsons is associated with 'Pattern maintenance and tension management'
Adaptation
Goal attainment
Integration
Latency
33. Robert K. Merton stated that a cultural item can have diverse and varied consequences for individuals, groups, society and culture. To which of his functional postulates this statement is related
Functional unity
Universal functionalism
Functional indispensability
None of the above
34. 'An action is determined by a conscious belief in the value for its own sake.' This statement is applicable to which of the following types of action propounded by Max Weber
Action based on Means-end rationality
Action based on value rationality
Affectual action
Traditional action
35. Which one of the following is associated with Pareto's concept of non-logical action
Non-scientific belief systems are the determinants of action
Non-scientific belief systems are not the determinants of action.
Non-scientific belief systems are the expressions of deep seated sentiments.
None of the above.
36. Which of the following statements distinguishes from
is given importance in modern society and is given importance in primitive society.
Important values are located in but not in
is immediate response to others while is the organised set of attitudes of others.
None of the above
37. Which of the following is not related to functional theory of Durkheim
Society can be reduced to parts
Society can be decomposed into its constituent parts.
System parts fufill basic needs of the whole.
System can be normal only when equilibrium is maintained.
38. Who paid attention to positive dimensions of conflict
Coser
Dahrendorf
Collins
Simmel
39. Two statements are given here, one is labelled as Assertion and other as Reason
Assertion Symbolic interactionist tend to accord causal significance to social interaction.
Reason Meaning stems from not from solitary mental process but from interaction.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below
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.
40. Who has used historical comparative method in the study of West European societies
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
L.H. Morgan
T. Veblen
41. Who among the classical sociologists has used quantitative method in comparative analysis
Karl Marx
Max Weber
Emile Durkheim
Auguste Comte
42. Who among the following propounded the idea of sociology as natural science of society'
B. Malinowski
Talcott Parsons
Claude Levi-Strauss
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
43. Who argued that 'structure is a method not a reality'
Claude Levi-Strauss
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
S.F. Nadel
Talcott Parsons
44. Who is known to have used 'participant observation' method in the study of American society
B. Malinowski
W.F. Whyte
W.J. Goode
P.F. Hatt
45. In which research design hypothesis is not necessarily required
Descriptive
Experimental
Diagnostic
Exploratory
46. Case-study involves
Quantitative analysis
Quantitative and Qualitative analysis
Qualitative analysis
All the above
47. Which of the following takes into account quantity of a position in the array
Mean
Mode
Median
All the above
48. Who is said to be the founding father of survey research
Charles Booth
P.F. Lazarsfeld
R.K. Merton
W.J. Goode
49. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists List I List II (Term) (Statistic)
Qualitative Tabulation variables
Quantitative Sampling variables
Frequency Attributes distribution
Probability Variates
Deviation
Codes
50. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists List I List II (Concept) (Authors)
Participant Jahoda observation
Content Charles Analysis Booth
Conjuctural Malinowski history
Research Radcliffe-Design Brown
Merton
Codes
Space For Rough Work
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