PAPER-II SOCIOLOGY Signature and Name of Invigilator



1. Who of the following has said that "A social institution is a functional configuration of culture pattern"

(A)Kimbal Young


(B)MacIver


(C)Ginsberg


(D)Gillin



2. Deviant behaviour which does not cause physical harm or damage is known as

(A)Soft Deviance


(B)Social Deviance


(C)Elite Deviance


(D)Hard Deviance



3. Who has given the concept of 'Reflexive role taking'

(A)R.K. Merton


Linton


(C)C.H. Cooley


(D)G.H. Mead



4. According to Tonnies, neighbourhood is a types of

(A)Community


(B)Primary group


(C)Social group


(D)Secondary group



5. Morgan's name is associated with

(A)Patriarchal Theory


(B)Matriarchal Theory


(C)Primitive Promiscuity


(D)Extended Family



6. Who gave the four stages Oral stage, anal stage, oedipal stage and adolescent stage in the process of socialization

(A)C.H. Cooley


(B)G.H. Mead


Mead


Freud



7. Marx perceived petty bourgeoisie as

(A)Integrated class


class in itself


transitional class


class by itself



8. Weber's theory of stratification differs from Marx that he introduced an additional structural category of

(A)Class


(B)Estate


(C)Status group


(D)Intellectual group



9. The book entitled 'Theory of Social Structure' written by

(A)S.F. Nadel


(B)R.K. Merton


Parsons


(D)Levi-Strauss



10. The book 'The Mothers' was written by

(A)Margaret Mead


(B)Margret Thacher


(C)Briffault


(D)Kingsley Davis



11. Who said this "There are no roles without statuses or statuses without roles."

(A)R.K. Merton


(B)S.F. Nadel


(C)Robert Park


(D)Ralph Linton



12. Functional analysis of stratification was given by

Davis


Parsons


Durkheim


Weber



13. The cases are drawn from each stratum in the same proportion as they occur in the universe is known as


(A)Simple random sampling


(B)Systematic sampling


(C)Stratified random sampling


(D)Proportionate stratified sampling


14. The first western scholar who undertook a systematic study of society.

Plato


Socrates


Thomas Aquinas


Comte

15. The changes in communities come about because

Society is dynamic


Society is revolutionary


Society welcomes changes


Society is static

16. The ability to repeat the findings of a research is known as

Validity


Reliability


Serendipity


Accountability


17. Observe the table given below and answer the questions below the table

Expectation of life by age and sex for selected countries

Average future lifetime in years at stated age


Country Males

0 1 10 20 40 60

Burma 40.8 49.8 45.5 36.8 21.1 10.6
Canada 69.3 69.8 61.2 51.7 33.2 17.0
Guatemala 48.3 52.5 51.3 43.2 28.1 14.8
India 41.9 48.4 45.2 36.9 22.1 11.8
Israel 70.3 71.1 62.5 53.1 34.5 17.4
Kenya 46.9 52.6 51.0 43.0 28.3 14.5
Poland 66.8 68.0 59.4 49.8 31.6 15.5
Sweden 72.1 71.9 63.2 53.5 34.7 17.7
Syria 54.5 60.7 56.4 47.4 30.5 15.2
United
States 68.7 68.9 60.3 50.8 32.6 16.8


Average future lifetime in years at stated age


Country Females

0 1 10 20 40 60

Burma 43.8 51.6 47.0 38.3 23.7 12.4
Canada 76.4 76.6 67.9 58.2 39.0 21.4
Guatemala 49.7 53.4 52.8 44.6 29.2 14.7
India 40.6 46.0 43.8 35.6 22.4 12.9
Israel 73.9 74.5 65.9 56.1 36.9 19.2
Kenya 51.2 56.6 54.1 45.7 30.3 15.7
Poland 73.8 74.6 66.0 56.2 37.0 19.3
Sweden 77.7 77.3 68.5 58.7 39.4 21.3
Syria 58.7 64.1 59.5 50.5 33.3 17.3
United
States 76.5 76.6 67.9 58.1 39.0 21.8

Source Adapted from United Nations Demographic Yearbook (1978)


What is the life expectancy at birth for males for India

41.9 years


48.4 years


40.6 years


46.0 years

18. Which country has the highest life expectancy at birth for female

United States


Sweden


Israel


Canada

19. Which country has the lowest life expectancy at birth for females

Burma


Guatemala


India


Syria


20. What is lowest life expectancy for females at 20 years of age


38.3


36.8


35.6


36.9

21. Match items in List I with the items in List II and choose the correct code that match correctly

List I List II

I. Social research utilizing intensive study of a single instance of social phenomenon as data 1. Questionnaire

II. A prepare list of questions asked of a subject/respondent in a face-to-face encounter 2. Case study

III. A written list of questions filled out or responded to in writing by a respondent as a data gathering technique in social research. 3. Interview

IV. A quality attributed to propositions on measures to the degree to which they conform to established knowledge or truth. 4. Validity

5. Reliability

Codes

I II III IV

2 1 3 4


3 4 5 1


5 3 1 2


2 3 1 4



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

Assertion(A): A conflict relationship is one in which the parties can gain only at one another's expense.

Reason(R): Conflict always is concerned with attempts to acquire or exercise power.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following codes is correct



Codes

(A)Both and are true and is the explanation of


(B)Both and are true, but is not the explanation of


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.



23. We have four sociologists who contributed to Conflict Theory. Identify their correct order of appearance in Sociology.

(A)Karl Marx, Ralph Dahrendorf, Lewis Coser, C. Wright Mills


(B)Karl Marx, Lewis Coser, C. Wright Mills, Ralph Dahrendorf


(C)Lewis Coser, Karl Marx, Ralph Dahrendorf, C. Wright Mills


(D)Lewis Coser, C. Wright Mills, Karl Marx, Ralph Dahrendorf



24. We have four early social thinkers listed below. Identify the correct order of their appearance in Sociology/Social Anthropology.

(A)S.F. Nadel, Radcliffe Brown, Clande Levi-Strauss, Bronislaw Malinowski


(B)Radcliffe Brown, Bronislaw Malinowski, S.F. Nadel, Clande Levi-Strauss


(C)Clande Levi-Strauss, Radcliffe Brown, Bronislaw Malinowski, S.F. Nadel


(D)Bronislaw Malinowski, Clande Levi-Strauss, Radcliffe Brown, S.F. Nadel


25. Social stratification is based on

I. Power

II. Property

III. Status

IV. Authority

Choose the correct code


Codes

II and III only.


II, III and IV.


III and IV only.


III and IV only.



26. is the process through which the components of an organisation become bound together into a whole entity.

(A)Social organisation


(B)Social cohesion


(C)Social conflict


(D)Social institution



27. is a person's subjective understanding of how to enact a particular role, that is, how other people expect him/her to act.

(A)Role expectation


(B)Role acquisition


(C)Role repertoire


(D)Role enactment



28. Match the items in List I with the items in List II and choose the correct matching from the code given below

List I Statements List II Concepts

I. A forecast or expectation whose existence creates the conditions for its own fulfilment. 1. Peer group

II. A term coined to describe the processes through which the self concept is formed 2. Looking glass self

iii. a primary group composed of members who are social equals often of similar age and the same sex. 3. selffulfilling prophecy

IV. The process by which adults learn new statuses and roles 4. Adult socialization

5. Primary socialization

Codes

I II III IV

2 3 4 5


3 1 2 4


3 2 1 4


5 4 3 2

29. Match the item in List I and with the items in List II and choose the correct code that matches correctly

List I Concepts List II Sociologists

I. The internalisation of social control 1. T. Parsons

II. Power as asymmetrical control 2. R.K. Merton

III. Anticipatory socialization 3. B. Malinowski

IV. Functional method and evolutionism 4. G.H. Mead

5. Lewis Coser

Codes

I II III IV

1 2 3 4


4 5 3 1


4 5 2 3


2 1 4 5


30. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason

Assertion(A): A status, as distinct from the individual who may occupy it, is simply a collection of rights and duties.

Reason(R): The relation between any individual and any status he holds is somewhat like that between the driver of an automobile and the driver's place in the machine.
In the context of the two statements, which one of the following codes is correct


Codes

(A)Both and are true and is the correct explanation of


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


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.



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

Assertion The power of culture to shape individuals is awesome, it is not necessarily coercive.

Reason(R): All cultures possess an enormous potential for coerciveness.

In the context of the two statements, which one of the following codes is correct


Codes

(A)Both and are true and is the correct explanation of


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


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.



32. "Felt difficulty in fulfilling role obligations" is known as

(A)interrole


(B)role variation


(C)role strain


(D)role ambiguity



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

Assertion(A) Deviant behaviour is hereditary.

Reason(R): A person becomes deviant because of an excess of definitions favourable to violation of law over definitions unfavourable to violation of law.
In the context of the two statements, which one of the following is correct


Codes

(A)Both and are true and is the correct explanation of


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


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.



34. Functions of education are/is

I. Transmission of culture

II. Social Integration

III. Social Control

IV. Social Conflict

Choose the correct code given below



Codes

and II are correct.


(B)III and IV are correct.


II and III are correct.


III and IV are correct.



35. Find out the mode for the following data set of entrance examination

scores

450 690 280 450 760
540 520 450 430 530


485


510


450


550

36. Match the items in List I with items in List II and choose the correct code of matching

List I Concepts List II Sociologists

I. Idealisational and Sensate Cultures 1. R.K. Merton

II. Cosmopolitans and locals 2. Pitrim Sorokin

III. Sick Role and Patient Role 3. Talcot Parsons

IV. Structure and Function 4. Radcliffe Brown

5. Max Webe

Codes

I II III IV

2 3 1 4


5 1 3 2


3 2 5 1


2 1 3 4


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

Assertion When members of a social aggregate interact it becomes a social group.

Reason(R): Fellow travellers in a railway compartment start playing cards and share food among themselves, they form a social group.
In the context of the above two statements, choose the correct code below


(A)Both and are true and is the correct explanation of


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


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.



38. One or more of the following is/are primary groups

I.The family
II.Children's play group
III.Reference group
IV.Neighbourhood groups

Choose the correct code for the correct answer.


Codes

II and III are correct.


and II are correct.


II and IV are correct.


III and IV are correct.



39. Match the items in List I with the items in List II and choose the correct code to indicate your answer

List I Categories List II Concepts

I. Ingroup 1. Face to Face Relationship

II. Outgroup 2. They group

III. Small group 3. We group

IV. Primary group 4. Diad

5. Reference group

Codes

I II III IV

1 4 2 5


5 3 1 2


3 2 4 1


4 1 5 3



40. Find out the median in the following series of entrance test scores by choosing the correct code

Test scores 280, 430, 450, 450, 450, 520, 530, 540, 690, 760.


Codes

(A)450


(B)520


(C)485


(D)525



41. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as Reason

Assertion(A) :Small groups have a determining influence upon social life.

Reason(R): Small groups have been shaped by society much more than they have shaped.
In the context of the above two statements, choose the correct code from the following


Codes

(A)Both and are true and is the explanation of


(B)Both and are true, but is not the explanation of


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.



42. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as Reason

Assertion(A): The rules of incest and exogamy always coincide.

Reason(R): The rules of incest and exogamy are intended to debar immature persons from sexual activity.

In the context of the above two statements, choose the correct code from the following


Codes

(A)Both and are true and is the explanation of


(B)Both and are true, but is not the explanation of


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.



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

Assertion(A): An upper class and a lower class are negative reference groups for each other.

Reason(R): Differential social interaction leads to mutual antagonism between social classes.

In the context of the above two statements, choose the correct code from the following


Codes

(A)Both and are true and is the explanation of


(B)Both and are true, but is not the explanation of


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.



44. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as Reason

Assertion(A): Life in a tribal society is simple and integrated.

Reason(R): The maintenance of order in tribal society depends more on folkways and more on traditions.

In the context of the above two statements, choose the correct code from the following


Codes

(A)Both and are true and is the explanation of


(B)Both and are true, but is not the explanation of


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.



45. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as Reason

Assertion The urban groups have a reputation for being namelessness.

Reason By virtue of its size and population of city cannot be a primary group.
In the context of the above two statements, choose the correct code from the following


Codes

(A)Both and are true, but is the explanation of


(B)Both and are true, but is not the explanation of


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.



46. Match the items in List I with the items in List II and choose the correct code given below

List I Concepts List II Sociologists

I. Community 1. Robert Redfield

II. Law of Three Stages 2. Karl Marx

III. Dialectical Materialism 3. Ferdinand Tonnies

IV. Little Tradition 4. Auguste Comte

5. Herbert Spencer

Codes

I II III IV

1 3 4 5


4 2 3 1


3 4 2 1


5 2 3 4


47. Match the items in List I below with items in List II and choose the correct code for your answer

List I Authors List II Books

I. Dahrendorf, Ralph 1. Post Industrial Society

II. Daniel Bell 2. Class and Class Conflict in Industrial Society

III. Durkheim, Emile 3. The Human side of Enterprise

IV. Douglas McGregor 4. The Division of Labour in Society

5. Industry and Society

Codes

I II III IV

2 1 4 3


3 5 1 4


1 2 3 4


4 2 5 3

48. Match the items in List I below with items in List II and choose the correct code for your answer

List I Concepts List II Sociologists

I. Functionalism 1. C. Wright Mills

II. Latent Function 2. F. Durkheim

III. Symbolic Interactionism 3. R.K. Merton

IV. Conflict Theory 4. G.H. Mead

5. T. Parsons

Codes

I II III IV

2 3 4 1


5 3 2 4


1 4 5 2


4 2 1 3


49. Match the items in List I with the items in List II and choose the correct code given below

List I List II

I. A social movement that seeks to maintain society's current values. 1. Revolutionary Social Movement

II. A social movement that seeks partial or slight changes within the existing order, but does not threatens the order itself 2. Expressive Social Movement

III. A social movement that stresses personal feelings of satisfaction as well being and that typically arises to fill some void or to distract people from some great
dissatisfaction in their lines. 3. Conservative Social Movement

IV. A social movement that seeks to overthrow the existing social order and replace it with a new social order 4. Revisionary Social Movement

5. Reactionary Social Movement

Codes

I II III IV

5 2 4 1


3 4 2 1


3 5 2 4


1 5 4 3

50. Match the items in List I with the items in List II and choose the correct code for your answer

List I List II

I. A manageable number of people selected for study from a larger population. 1. Sampling Error

II. The failure to select a representative sample 2. Sample

III. A variable that changes for reasons that have nothing to do with the dependent variable 3. Independent variable

IV. A testable statement about the relationship between two or more empirical variables 4. Reasoning

5. Hypothesis

Codes

I II III IV

2 1 3 5


2 3 1 4


4 5 2 1


3 4 5 2