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Subject | sociology | |
Paper | paper 2 | |
Exam / Course | ugc net national eligibility test | |
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Exam Date | June, 2015 | |
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Question Paper
SOCIOLOGY
PAPER II
Note This paper contains fifty objective type questions of tto marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1 'Differences between natural and social sciences arise from cognitive intentions of the investigator, whose view is this
Auguste Comte
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
Karl Mannheim
2 Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists
List I List II
(Concepts) (Sociologists)
Internal structure of role C. Levi-strauss
Structure of myth B. Malinowski
Functions of rituals S.F. Nadel
Basic and derived needs T. Parsons
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
Codes
3 Who has written the book 'structure and function in primitive society'
S.F. Nadel
C. Levi-Strauss
B. Malinowski
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
4 Who has stated that the basic characteristics of human mind determine the possible varieties of social structure
C. Levi-Strauss
J. Paul Sartre
G.P. Murdock
S.F. Nadel
5 Match List with List -II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the Lists
List I List II
(torks) (authors)
Argonauts of the western pacific Emile Durkheim
The Andaman Islanders B. Malinowski
Elementary forms of religious life C. Levi-Strauss
Structural Anthropology A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
S.F. Nadel
Codes
6 Who has given a functional theory based on basic and derived needs
B. Malinowski
E. Durkheim
R.K. Merton
Herbert Spencer
7 Who has written the book scientific theory of culture'
B. Malinowski
A.L. Kroeber
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
E.B. Tylor
8 Who has distinguished between simple society and industrial mechanical and organic solidarity
T. Parsons
B. Malinowski
H. Spencer
Emile Durkheim society on the basis of
9 Who has given the concept of 'functional alternatives' as a possibility of studying social change by using functional theory
Talcott parsons
R.K. Merton
B. Malinowski
Emile Durkheim
10 The concept 'generalised other' was given by
H. Blumer
G.H. Mead
Erving Goffman
C.H. Cooley .
11 Match the items in List I with List II
List I List II
(Methods) (Thinkers)
Comparative method Karl Marx
Verstehen method E. Durkheim
Historical method Max Weber
Ideal type method R.K. Merton
Select the correct answer from the codes given below
Codes
12 To Mead "the generalised others" and "significant others" are the creators of
I
Me
Ego
Super ego
13 In which system of government vilfred pareto provided as an example of 'fox type of elite'
European democracies
Military dictatorships
Political democracies
Modern elites
14 Which of the following is applicable to pareto's logical action
Subjectively logical action
Objectively logical action
Both and
None of the above
15 Who predicted that conflict may have some positive role to play as it enhances social solidarity of a given group
G. Simmel
L. A. Coser
R. Dahrendorf
None of these
16 The terms "life chances" and "life styles" were coined by
L. Dumont
Max Weber
V. Pareto
P.A. Sorokin
17 Whose name is associated with interpretative sociology
Max Weber
Karl Marx
G. Simmel
T. Parsons
18 The disharmony between the rapid growth of technology and slower transformation of social institutions and traditional beliefs is known as .
Cultural lag
Cultural diffusion
Cultural innovation
Cultural assimilation
19 Who among the following thinkers has propounded the theory of evolution
G.W.F. Hegal
Karl Manheim
Auguste Comte
Karl Marx
20 Who has used participant observation in the study of a slum area in ..S.A.
W.F. Whyte
B. Malinowski
D.F. La.arsfeld
R.K. Merton
21 Oral history is a method in which we collect
data of human events
recollections of living persons
recollections of historians
data of human bodies
22 The measures of disperson (mean and standard deviation) show
Degree of inequality
Degree of equality
Both and
None of the above
23 According to R.K. Merton content analysis includes which of the following
One dimensional classification
Symbol counts
Campaign analysis
Qualitative analysis
Mark the correct answer from the codes given below
Codes
24 Which of the averages can be calculated only from a closed ended table
Mean
Median
Mode
All the above
25 Correlation indicates the degree of covariation between
qualitative variables
quantitative variables
one qualitative variable and one quantitative variable
Any combination of variables
26 Which of the following can measure degree of covariation between a qualitative and another qualitative variables
Yule's Q
Phi coefficient c
Chi square x2
rho p
27 Who has argued that anticipatory sociali.ation takes place due to reference group behaviour
H.H. Hyman
R.K. Merton
C.H. Cooley
M. Mead
28 Who has stated the mechanisms for articulating roles in the role-set
Ralph Dinton
Talcott Parsons
R.K. Merton
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
29 Status groups to Weber are identified by
education
styles of life
occupation
family background
30 A doctor after examining a lady said Mrs Jones I have good news for you. Then the lady reacted am miss Jones not Mrs Jones, The Doctor then said If it is so, bad news. This is an example to explain the concept of
Norm
Role
Status
Value
31 The awareness of common interest and situation amongst the members of a social class is know as .
Class formation
Class consciousness
Class domination
Class dealignment
32 Which of the following is not the characteristic feature of caste system
Heirarchical ranking
Endogamous strata
Vertical mobility
Ascribed status
33 A study design involving the collection of data at different points of time is known as
Cohort study
Trend study
Cross sectional study
Longitudinal study
34 The movement of people or groups from lower positions to higher ones is known as .
Vertical mobility
Hori.ontal mobility
Down ward mobility
Upward mobility
35 An inductive approach to research in which theories are generated solely from an examination of data rather than being derived deductively is known as
Grounded theory
Cross-case analysis
Constant comparative method
None of the above
36 A hypothesis that suggests that there is no relationship among the variables under study is known as
Conflict hypothesis
Comfort hypothesis
Null hypothesis
None of the above
37 What perspective did Auguste Comte use in the study of society
Structural Perspective
Historical Perspective
Conflict Perspective
Functional Perspective
38 Match the List I with List II and mark the correct answer from the following codes
List I List II
(Books) (Authors)
India through Hindu Categories M.N. Srinivas
Indian Sadhus (ii) L. Dumont
Contemporary India and Its (iii) G.S. Ghurye Modernisation
Homo Hierarchies (iv) S.C. Dube
The caste system and its implications
(v) Mckisn Marriot
Codes
39 Match List I with List II and mark the correct answer from the following codes
List I List II
(Works) (Authors)
Positive philosophy H. Spencer
A contribution to the critique of A. Comte political economy
Synthetic philosophy Karl Marx
The structure of social action T. Parsons
(v) Max Weber
Codes
40 Who among the following stated that treating to embrace all phenomena that are in any way connected with human life one pursues a 'will-o-the
A. Comte
H. Spencer
G. Simmel
E. Durkheim
41 Who among the following suggests that the community is synonymous to class
G. Simmel
Lowe
A. Etzioni
E. Ettore
42 Who among the following uses ethonology as a method of study of 'peoples and cultures with in their environments'
H. Garfinkel
B. Malinowosky
Radcliffe -Brown
T. Parsons
43 Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and the other as Reason
Assertion N.K. Bose emphasised the need to bring ethnology and Indology together in the study of Indian society.
Reason It is possible to reconstruct the structure of Indian constitution through these two approaches.
In the context of above statements which one of the following is correct
Both and are correct and is the correct explanation of
Both and are correct but is not the correct explanation of
is true but is false
is false but is true
44 Who is the author of the book 'The origin of the family, private property and the state'
F. Engels
K. Marx
G.P. Morgan
L.T. Hobhouse
45 Who is the author of the book 'World Revolution and Family Patterns'
G.P. Murdock
William J. Goode
C. Levi-Strauss
R. H. Lowie
46 Cohabitation among young in western societies in largely a
Alternative to marriage
Prelude to marriage
Gay phenomena
Cost cutting strategy
47 Which among the following is not a total institution
A Convent School
A Boarding School
A Mental Asylum
A Cruise
48 Who distingushed between normal and pathological functioning of institutions
Herbert Spencer
Emile Durkheim
Radcliffe Brown
Robert Merton
49 Which of the following is an agency of resocialization
Primary school
Peer group
Training institute
Military Academy
50 Media communication is an agency of which of the following
De-Socialization
Secondary Socialization
Anticipatory Socialization
Adult Socialization
PAPER II
Note This paper contains fifty objective type questions of tto marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1 'Differences between natural and social sciences arise from cognitive intentions of the investigator, whose view is this
Auguste Comte
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
Karl Mannheim
2 Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists
List I List II
(Concepts) (Sociologists)
Internal structure of role C. Levi-strauss
Structure of myth B. Malinowski
Functions of rituals S.F. Nadel
Basic and derived needs T. Parsons
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
Codes
3 Who has written the book 'structure and function in primitive society'
S.F. Nadel
C. Levi-Strauss
B. Malinowski
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
4 Who has stated that the basic characteristics of human mind determine the possible varieties of social structure
C. Levi-Strauss
J. Paul Sartre
G.P. Murdock
S.F. Nadel
5 Match List with List -II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the Lists
List I List II
(torks) (authors)
Argonauts of the western pacific Emile Durkheim
The Andaman Islanders B. Malinowski
Elementary forms of religious life C. Levi-Strauss
Structural Anthropology A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
S.F. Nadel
Codes
6 Who has given a functional theory based on basic and derived needs
B. Malinowski
E. Durkheim
R.K. Merton
Herbert Spencer
7 Who has written the book scientific theory of culture'
B. Malinowski
A.L. Kroeber
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
E.B. Tylor
8 Who has distinguished between simple society and industrial mechanical and organic solidarity
T. Parsons
B. Malinowski
H. Spencer
Emile Durkheim society on the basis of
9 Who has given the concept of 'functional alternatives' as a possibility of studying social change by using functional theory
Talcott parsons
R.K. Merton
B. Malinowski
Emile Durkheim
10 The concept 'generalised other' was given by
H. Blumer
G.H. Mead
Erving Goffman
C.H. Cooley .
11 Match the items in List I with List II
List I List II
(Methods) (Thinkers)
Comparative method Karl Marx
Verstehen method E. Durkheim
Historical method Max Weber
Ideal type method R.K. Merton
Select the correct answer from the codes given below
Codes
12 To Mead "the generalised others" and "significant others" are the creators of
I
Me
Ego
Super ego
13 In which system of government vilfred pareto provided as an example of 'fox type of elite'
European democracies
Military dictatorships
Political democracies
Modern elites
14 Which of the following is applicable to pareto's logical action
Subjectively logical action
Objectively logical action
Both and
None of the above
15 Who predicted that conflict may have some positive role to play as it enhances social solidarity of a given group
G. Simmel
L. A. Coser
R. Dahrendorf
None of these
16 The terms "life chances" and "life styles" were coined by
L. Dumont
Max Weber
V. Pareto
P.A. Sorokin
17 Whose name is associated with interpretative sociology
Max Weber
Karl Marx
G. Simmel
T. Parsons
18 The disharmony between the rapid growth of technology and slower transformation of social institutions and traditional beliefs is known as .
Cultural lag
Cultural diffusion
Cultural innovation
Cultural assimilation
19 Who among the following thinkers has propounded the theory of evolution
G.W.F. Hegal
Karl Manheim
Auguste Comte
Karl Marx
20 Who has used participant observation in the study of a slum area in ..S.A.
W.F. Whyte
B. Malinowski
D.F. La.arsfeld
R.K. Merton
21 Oral history is a method in which we collect
data of human events
recollections of living persons
recollections of historians
data of human bodies
22 The measures of disperson (mean and standard deviation) show
Degree of inequality
Degree of equality
Both and
None of the above
23 According to R.K. Merton content analysis includes which of the following
One dimensional classification
Symbol counts
Campaign analysis
Qualitative analysis
Mark the correct answer from the codes given below
Codes
24 Which of the averages can be calculated only from a closed ended table
Mean
Median
Mode
All the above
25 Correlation indicates the degree of covariation between
qualitative variables
quantitative variables
one qualitative variable and one quantitative variable
Any combination of variables
26 Which of the following can measure degree of covariation between a qualitative and another qualitative variables
Yule's Q
Phi coefficient c
Chi square x2
rho p
27 Who has argued that anticipatory sociali.ation takes place due to reference group behaviour
H.H. Hyman
R.K. Merton
C.H. Cooley
M. Mead
28 Who has stated the mechanisms for articulating roles in the role-set
Ralph Dinton
Talcott Parsons
R.K. Merton
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
29 Status groups to Weber are identified by
education
styles of life
occupation
family background
30 A doctor after examining a lady said Mrs Jones I have good news for you. Then the lady reacted am miss Jones not Mrs Jones, The Doctor then said If it is so, bad news. This is an example to explain the concept of
Norm
Role
Status
Value
31 The awareness of common interest and situation amongst the members of a social class is know as .
Class formation
Class consciousness
Class domination
Class dealignment
32 Which of the following is not the characteristic feature of caste system
Heirarchical ranking
Endogamous strata
Vertical mobility
Ascribed status
33 A study design involving the collection of data at different points of time is known as
Cohort study
Trend study
Cross sectional study
Longitudinal study
34 The movement of people or groups from lower positions to higher ones is known as .
Vertical mobility
Hori.ontal mobility
Down ward mobility
Upward mobility
35 An inductive approach to research in which theories are generated solely from an examination of data rather than being derived deductively is known as
Grounded theory
Cross-case analysis
Constant comparative method
None of the above
36 A hypothesis that suggests that there is no relationship among the variables under study is known as
Conflict hypothesis
Comfort hypothesis
Null hypothesis
None of the above
37 What perspective did Auguste Comte use in the study of society
Structural Perspective
Historical Perspective
Conflict Perspective
Functional Perspective
38 Match the List I with List II and mark the correct answer from the following codes
List I List II
(Books) (Authors)
India through Hindu Categories M.N. Srinivas
Indian Sadhus (ii) L. Dumont
Contemporary India and Its (iii) G.S. Ghurye Modernisation
Homo Hierarchies (iv) S.C. Dube
The caste system and its implications
(v) Mckisn Marriot
Codes
39 Match List I with List II and mark the correct answer from the following codes
List I List II
(Works) (Authors)
Positive philosophy H. Spencer
A contribution to the critique of A. Comte political economy
Synthetic philosophy Karl Marx
The structure of social action T. Parsons
(v) Max Weber
Codes
40 Who among the following stated that treating to embrace all phenomena that are in any way connected with human life one pursues a 'will-o-the
A. Comte
H. Spencer
G. Simmel
E. Durkheim
41 Who among the following suggests that the community is synonymous to class
G. Simmel
Lowe
A. Etzioni
E. Ettore
42 Who among the following uses ethonology as a method of study of 'peoples and cultures with in their environments'
H. Garfinkel
B. Malinowosky
Radcliffe -Brown
T. Parsons
43 Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and the other as Reason
Assertion N.K. Bose emphasised the need to bring ethnology and Indology together in the study of Indian society.
Reason It is possible to reconstruct the structure of Indian constitution through these two approaches.
In the context of above statements which one of the following is correct
Both and are correct and is the correct explanation of
Both and are correct but is not the correct explanation of
is true but is false
is false but is true
44 Who is the author of the book 'The origin of the family, private property and the state'
F. Engels
K. Marx
G.P. Morgan
L.T. Hobhouse
45 Who is the author of the book 'World Revolution and Family Patterns'
G.P. Murdock
William J. Goode
C. Levi-Strauss
R. H. Lowie
46 Cohabitation among young in western societies in largely a
Alternative to marriage
Prelude to marriage
Gay phenomena
Cost cutting strategy
47 Which among the following is not a total institution
A Convent School
A Boarding School
A Mental Asylum
A Cruise
48 Who distingushed between normal and pathological functioning of institutions
Herbert Spencer
Emile Durkheim
Radcliffe Brown
Robert Merton
49 Which of the following is an agency of resocialization
Primary school
Peer group
Training institute
Military Academy
50 Media communication is an agency of which of the following
De-Socialization
Secondary Socialization
Anticipatory Socialization
Adult Socialization
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