1. A statement of relationship between variables to be tested is known as

Research question

Hypothesis

Objective of the study

Problem of the study
2. For Marx, human potential is actualized

when democracy is institutionalized

in the objectification of products

during the capitalist stage

during the primitive stage
3. A relationship in which change in one variable always induce change in another variable is known as

positive correlation

linear correlation

un founding relation

cause and effect relationship
4. Who among these theorist were the intellectual fountain heads of conflict theories

G.H. Mead and Erving Goffman

Karl Marx and Max Weber

Emile Durkheim and Herbert Spencer

Edward Wilson and Charles Darwin
5. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason Assertion Both Lewis Coser and Rand all Collins are grouped under the conflict school.

Reason Both of them highlight the function of conflict in maintaining the society.
Codes

Both and are true.

is true, but is false.

is false, but is true.

Both and false.

6. The reasons for insurgency in the North Eastern region are

Ethnic conflicts and development deprivation

Land alienation and poverty

Criminalisation of politics and corruption

Religious fundamentalism and terrorism
7.
Assertion Townsend asserts that poverty can be defined objectively only in terms of the concept of relative deprivation.

Reason Society determines people's needs, patterns of food consumption.
Codes

Assertion is true and Reason is false.

Both Assertion and Reason are false.

Both Assertion and Reason are true and is the correct explanation of

Both Assertion and Reason are true, but is not the correct explanation of
8. Who suggested that God is society divinized

Max Weber

E.E. Evans Pritchard

Auguste Comte

Emile Durkheim
9. In an Indian family the parents prepare their daughters to be a good wife/daughter in her in-laws home, this is an example of

Socialization

Re-socialization

Adult socialization

Anticipatory socialization
10. Which theory among the following states that people are motivated by self-interest in the interactions with other people

Conflict

Exchange

Interaction

Structural
11. Match item in List-I with item in List-II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below List I List- II
a. Social class and i. Bottomore, stratification T.B.
b. The power Elite ii. Castells, M.
c. Class, city and iii. Mills, C.W. power
d. Class in modern iv. Saunders, P. society

Codes
a b c d

i iv iii ii

ii i iv iii

iv iii ii i

iii ii i iv
12. "Sociology is the science of understanding of the meaning of social action." The proceeding statement was made by

Max Weber

Auguste Comte

Herbert Spencer

Emile Durkheim
13. The idea of 'imperatively coordinated associations' was given by

Karl Marx

Max Weber

Lewis Coser

Ralph Dahrendorf
14. According to Emile Durkheim religious practices are best understood as

satisfying the spiritual interests of human beings.

helping human beings to get relief from problems of mundane life

showing alternatives to the existing practices of collective life

contributing to the integration and stability of a society
15.
Assertion Nepotism, favouritism and corruption have increased in Indian society.

Reason The situation has risen due to lack of political will.
Codes

is true and is false.

Both and are true.

is false and is true.

Both and are false.
16. The temporary form of marriage found among Muslims is called

Nikah

Muta

Mehr

Purdah
17.
Assertion Women empowerment resulted in rural India during the last two decade.

Reason 73rd constitution amendment empowered rural Indian women.
Codes

Both and are false.

Both and are true.

is false and is true.

is true and is false.

18. Assertion Privatization of education in India is leading to commercialization of education.

Reason Commercilization of education has deprived many poor deserving students from quality education.
Codes

is true, but is false.

is false and is true.

Both and are true, and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of

19. The statement "Organizations are arenas for struggle" was given by

Randall Collins

Karl Marx

Ralph Dahrendorf

Max Weber
20. Who suggested that conflict has a functional importance in society

Karl Marx

Lewis Coser

Ralph Dahrendorf

Randall Collins
21. Match the List-I with List-II.

List-I List-II
a. Ralph 1. Power Elite Dahrendorf
b. G.H.Mead 2. Phenomenology
c. Alfred 3. Functions of Shultz social conflict
d. Lewis 4. Symbolic Coser Interactionism
5. Conflict and Authority

Codes
a b c d

4 5 2 3

2 3 4 1

5 4 2 3

1 3 4 5
22. Which one of the following statement is not reflective of conflict perspective

Society as a struggle for resource and power.

change is inevitable, often beneficial and can be violent.

Society is viewed as a complex system of parts that interact to perform various necessary functions.

Conflict between classes determines social change.
23. Match the items in the List-I with the items in the List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below

List I List II
a. J.W.B. i. The Home and Douglous the School
b. D.H. ii. Social relations Hargreaves in a secondary school
c. S. Bowles iii. Schooling in and H. capitalist Gintis America
d. Ivan Illich iv. Deschooling society

Codes
a b c d

i ii iii iv

iv iii ii i

ii i iii iv

iii iv i ii
24. Which theory advocates the view that the domain of sociology is the 'common sense world of everyday life'

Functionalism

Structuralism

Phenomenology

Exchange theory
25. Which one of the following is not an element of symbolic interactionism

The self

The Ego

Symbols

Role Taking
26.
Assertion Sense of alienation is increasing among Dalits.

Reason Atrocities have increased in recent years on Dalits. Choose the correct answer from the given codes
Codes

is true and is false.

is false and is true.

Both and are false.

Both and are true.

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

List-I List-II
a. G. Homans i. The small group
b. Cart Wright ii. Collective behaviour
c. M.S. iii. Group Olmsted Dynamics
d. R.H. Turner iv. The Human group

Codes
a b c d

iii iv ii i

ii i iv iii

i ii iii iv

iv iii i ii
28. Rewards and punishment associated with role expectations are called

Mores

Sanctions

Norms

Values
29. Match items in List-I with items in List-II and select the correct code from codes given below
List-I List-II
a. Primary group i. Summer, W.G.
b. Reference ii. Bierstedt, group Robert
c. In-groups and iii. Hyman, R Out-groups
d. Organised iv. Charles Cooley group

Codes
a b c d

i ii iii iv

ii i iv iii

iii iv ii i

iv iii i ii
30. Which one of the following is not an example of social action

Two persons exchanging blows after a collision of their bicycles.

Two cyclists expressing regrets to each other after their bicycles collide.

Two cyclists going their respective ways without taking note of each other.

Two cyclists coming from opposite directions trying to give way to each other.
31. "An Outline of Social Psychology" is written by

C.H. Cooley

Sigmund Freud

Muzafer Sherif

G.H. Mead
32. The idea of 'culture of poverty' was introduced by whom

Oscar Lewis

Abel Smith

Somuel Mencher

Peter Townsend
33. Match the items in List-I with the items in List-II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below
List-I List-II
a. Culture is man made part of environment. i. E.B. Taylor
b. Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law customs and other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society. ii. Herkovits, M.J.
c. The culture of a society is the way of life of its members the collection of ideas and habits which they learn, share and transmit from generation to generation. iii. Ralph Linton
d. Culture is a 'design for living' held by members of a particular society. iv. C. Kluckhohn
codes
a b c d

ii i iii iv

i iii iv ii

iii ii i iv

iv iii ii i
34. The theory that views people as "Stage managers" managing impressions presented to the world is

Role theory

Dramaturgy

Looking Glass Self

Dialectual theory
35. Which of the following does NOT characterize Herbert Blumer's theory of symbolic interactionism

The essence of society is found in actors and action.

Society is made up of macro structures.

Large-scale structures emerge from micro processes.

Collective action gives rise to joint action.
36. Definite procedures or rules which people are expected to observe are known as

Norms

Values

Institutions

Group behaviour
37. Religion, marriage, family, caste are example of

social values

social institutions

social norms

social segmental division of society
38. Who is most generally regarded as the founder of symbolic interactionism

Herbert Blumer

George Herbert Mead

Max Weber

Anthony Giddens
39. Which is not a form of social stratification

Religion

Class

Caste

Gender
40. Match the items in the List-I with the items in the List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List-I List-II
a. Dependence i. D.L. Banker and and S. Allen exploitation in work and marriage
b. The future of ii. J. Bernard marriage
c. The death of iii. D. Cooper the family
d. The family iv. R. Fletcher and marriage in Britain

Codes
a b c d

i ii iii iv

iv iii ii i

ii i iv iii

iii iv i ii
41. The maintenance provided by the husband to the divorced wife is called

Dower

Mehr

Alimony

Bride price
42. Which of the following is not true in the context of culture

Culture is cultivated.

Culture and Civilization are two faces of the same coin.

Culture refers to non-material while civilization to material aspects.

Culture is what we have while the civilization is what we are.
43. Who among the following criticized Marxian theory as "a monocausal explanation for a multicausal world"

Max Weber

Ralf Dahrendorf

Randall Collins

Lewis Coser
44. Karl Marx did not mention class conflict between

The Haves and Havenots

The Rich and the Poor

The Bourgeois and the Proletariat

The capitalists and the working class
45. Which one of the following is not an agency of socialization

Family

School

Peer Group

Media
46. Match items in List-I with items in List-II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below List-I List-II
a. Evolutionary i. Kingsley Theory Davis
b. Cyclical Theory ii. Auguste Comte
c. Conflict Theory iii. A. Sorokin
d. Structural iv. Karl Marx Functional Approach

Codes
a b c d

i ii iii iv

i iv ii i

ii iii iv i

iv i ii iii
47. Which one of the following is not an element of community

Territory

We feeling

Cultural diversity

Self sufficiency
48. Who has propounded that "the primary groups are the nursery of human nature"

Charles H. Cooley

George Herbert Mead

Ralf Dahrendorf

Karl Marx
49. Who has authored the book 'Society in India'

A.P. Barnabas

Andre Beteille

Kingsley Davis

David G. Mandelbaum
50. Who argues that families are factories which produce human personalities

M.G. Smith

D.H.J. Morgon

G.P. Murdock

T. Parsons