1. Who argues that labour force of unskilled workmen is as important and as indispensable to the factory as labour force of engineers

Mebin M. Tumin

Michael Young

Eva Rosenfeld

Wilbert E. Moore


2. For whom history is graveyard of aristocracies'

Karl Marx

Randall Collins

V. Pareto

Emile Durkheim


3. According to whose terminology, person's 'class situation' is basically his 'market situation'

Karl Marx

Max Weber

Kingsley Davis and Wibert E. Moore

Talcot Parsons


4. 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. E. Durkheim 1. The Elementary forms of the Religious Life
b. B.S. Turner 2. Religion and Social Theory
c. M. Weber 3. The Sociology of Religion
d. G. Bataille 4. Theory of Religion

Codes
a b c d
1 2 3 4

4 3 2 1

2 1 3 4

3 4 1 2


5. Match the items in the List I with the items in the List II and choose the correct code given below
List I List II
a. E.W. Burgess and H.J. Locke 1. The family FromInstitution to Companionship
b. A.W. Gouldner 2. Patterns of Industrial Bureaucracy
c. H.J. Locke 3. Predicting Adjustment in Marriage
d. T. Parsons 4. The Social System

Codes
a b c d
1 2 3 4

4 3 2 1

3 2 4 1

2 4 3 1

6. An instrument or procedure, whenrepeatedly used under similar conditions, gives the same result, it refers to

Validity

Quantitativeness

Reliability

Consistency


7. 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. R. Robertson 1. The Sociological Interpretation of Religion
b. R. Rosser and C. Harris 2. The Family and Social Change
c. T. Parsons and B.F. Bales 3. Family, Socialization and Interaction Process
d. J.M. Mogey 4. Family and Neighbourhood

Codes
a b c d
1 2 3 4

4 3 2 1

3 4 2 1

2 1 3 4

8. Match the List I with List II
List I List II
a. G.H. Mead 1. Verstehen
b. V. Pareto 2. Alienation
c. Max Weber 3. Role taking
d. Karl Marx 4. Circulation of Elites

Codes
a b c d
3 1 4 2

3 2 1 4

3 4 2 1

3 4 1 2

9. Oral History can be used to generate information in a study focusing on

Geneology of family

Communal riots that took place in 1945

Culture change in a tribal community

Identity politics of an ethnic group



10. Which of the following are measures of dispersion
Skewness
Variance
Standard Deviation
Harmonic Mean
Codes










11. 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.Inductive method 1. Variable that causes effect
b.Independent variable 2. Formulation of hypothesis
c.Qualitative method 3. Particular to general
d.Exploratory study 4. Interpretinism

Codes
a b c d
2 1 3 4

3 1 4 2

1 2 3 4

4 3 2 1

12. Match the List I with List II
List I List II
a. Value of the score which most frequently occurs in the collection of the scores 1. Mean
b. Score value below which (and above which) half the scores in the distribution fall 2. Mode
c. Value depicting sum of all scores divided by the number of observation 3. Median

Codes
a b c

1 2 3

2 1 3

3 2 1

3 1 2

13. 'Tarawad' is a matrilineal joint family found in the State of

Maharashtra

Kerala

Assam

Orissa


14. Assertion According to Marx, class membership is determined by a person's position in the economic system. Reason Class conflict is a necessary result of the exploitation of one class by another.
Choose the correct answer from the given code
Codes

is true but is false.

Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

is false but is true.

Both and are true but is not the correct explanation of

15. Which of the following concepts can be related to the statement 'subjective detachment of performer from the role being performed'

Role taking

Role distance

Role making

Role exit

16. Sociology is the science of interpretative understanding of social

action

interaction

group

institution



17. A researcher wants to test the effectiveness of the intervention model developed for behavioural change among the HIV victims. Which of the following research designs will be more appropriate

Diagnostic Research Design

Exploratory Research Design

Descriptive Research Design

Experimental Research Design



18. Assertion Coefficient of correlation explains the extent of change in one variable associated with the change in the other variable
Reason Both variables X and Y are always causally related.
Codes

Both and are true.

is true but is false.

is false but is true.

Both and are false.



19. Which of the following is not one of the four basic stages of what Mead calls "the act"

Impulse

Perception

Manipulation

Significant symbols


20. When a Hindu male marries a woman from his lower caste, it is called

Hypogamy

Hypergamy

Levirate

Sororate


21. There are two statements, one is Assertion and the other is Reason Select the correct answer from the codes given below
Assertion Introduction of Mid­day meals in primary schools has increased the rate of attendance among the children in Rural India.
Reason Mid-day meals has resulted in corruption and negligence of teachers in their teaching.
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.

22. Which one of the following is not associated with 'test of significance'

Critical region

Type I error

Type II error

Product moment correlation



23. Ferdinand Toennies mentioned Kuerville or artificial will as the basis of

Gemeinschaft

Gesellschaft

Family

Peer group



24. Talcott Parsons mentions the needs of a social system in a particular sequence. Which one of the following correctly mentions that sequence

Integration, Latency, Goal Maintenance, Adaptation

Latency, Integration, Goal Maintenance, Adaptation

Goal Maintenance, Integration, Adaptation, Latency

Adaptation, Goal Maintenance, Integration, Latency



25. Assertion Roles are the bundles of socially defined attributes and expectations associated with social positions.
Reason Roles demonstrate the absolute compliance with expected behaviour of an individual in the set.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below
Codes

Both and are true.

Both and are false.

is true but is not true.

is false and is the correct explanation of



26. Which of the following is most effective in addressing social inequality caused by caste system yielding tangible results

Positive discrimination

Affirmative action

Development policies

Caste based politics


27. 'Values' refer to

Ideals

Prescriptions of behaviour

Social preferences

Social expectations


28. Match List I with List II and find the correct answer from codes given below
List I List II
a. Sociology is the science of institutions, their genesis and their functioning 1. Alex Inklee
b. Sociology is the study of social systems of social action and of their interrelations 2. Morris Ginsberg
c. Sociology in the Study of human interactions and inter-relations their conditions and consequences. 3. Max Weber
d. Sociology is 'the science whose object is to interpret the meaning of social action and thereby give causal explanation 4. E. Durkheim
Codes
a b c d
4 1 2 3

2 4 1 3

4 1 3 2

1 3 4 2

29. Who said that 'only one role is associated with one status'

Ralph Linton

R.K. Merton

Talcott Parsons

William G. Goode



30. Match the List I with List II and select the correct code from the following
List I List II
a. Family and Social Network 1. Young and Willmott
b. Family and kinship in East London 2. Talcott Parsons
c. World Revolution and Family Patterns 3. Elizabeth Bott
d. Family,Socialization and Interaction process 4. William J. Goode

Codes
a b c d
3 1 4 2

1 2 3 4

2 3 1 4

4 1 2 3


31. R.K. Merton offered the example of the Hopi Americans engaging in ceremonial dances to encourage rain in order to illustrate

Manifest dysfunction

Latent dysfunction

Manifest function

Latent function


32. Symbolic interactionism tends to focus on

Macro-level social change

Small-scale social change

Meso-level social change

Change in the behaviour of the ego


33. What does Macdonaldization mean

Universal application of the ideas of Dwight Macdonald

The process of extension of the cartoons of Donald Duck.

Spread of the new means of consumption across the world

Diffusion of modern agricultural practices


34. A.R. Radcliffe Brown conducted fieldwork among the

Trobriand Islanders

Andaman Islanders

Todas

Murias


35. Who first propagated the idea that societies could be analysed as systems with self-equilibriating properties

Vilfredo Pareto

Talcott Parsons

Emile Durkheim

Max Weber


36. In 1848 Marx wrote in The Communist Manifesto that a spectre was haunting Europe. What was this spectre

Communism

Capitalism

Hegelian thought

Religion


37. Which of the following does not explain Coser's Theory of Social Conflict

Conflict is a universal phenomenon

Conflict leads to destruction

Conflict has some positive functions

Conflict may lead to social change


38. Match the items of List I with the items of List II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
a.Max Weber 1. Logical and non-logical action
b.Emile Durkheim 2. Traditional authority and rational-legal authority
c. Vilfredo Pareto 3. Metaphysical stage and positive stage of human intellect and social organization
d. Auguste Comte 4. Mechanical solidarity and organic solidarity

Codes
a b c d
2 3 1 4

2 4 1 3

1 2 3 4

4 2 1 3


39. Match List I with List II
List I List II
a. Mean 1. Value which divides the distribution into two equal halves.
b. Median 2. Most frequently occurring value in the distribution.
c. Mode 3. The value which every unit would have possessed equally, if redistributed again.

Codes
a b c
3 1 2

2 3 1

1 2 3

2 1 3


40. Which of the following characteristics of social phenomena constrain the application of scientific method in absolute terms in social research Choose the correct answer from the codes given below

Patterned social behaviour
Unpredictability of human behaviour
Lack of precision in measurement
Multiple causation of reality
Codes

2 4

1 2

2 3

3 4

41. Who amongst the following sociologists has not considered conflict as a vital element of society

Randall Collins

Lewis Coser

Talcott Parsons

Ralph Dahrendorf



42. The concept of 'imperatively coordinated associations' was contributed by

Talcott Parsons

Ralph Dahrendorf

C. Wright Mills

Karl Marx



43. "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a heartless world and the soul of soulless condition." Who made the statement

L. Feurbach

G. Lukacs

K. Marx

V.I. Lenin


44. 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. Caste and Race 1. D.N. Dhanagare
b. Modernisation 2. M.N. Srinivas
c. Sanskritisation 3. Yogendar Singh
d. Social 4. G.S. Ghurye movements

Codes
a b c d
2 1 3 4

4 3 2 1

3 2 4 1

1 4 1 3

45. Assertion Privatization of Education resulted in degradation of education.
Reason Globalization policy contribute to the privatization of education.
Choose the correct answer from the given code
Codes

is true and is false.

is false and is true.

Both and are true.

Both and are false.


46. A.R. Radcliffe-Brown contributed to

Functionalism

Cultural Materialism

Structural Functionalism

Structuralism

47. From which one of the following the 'sum of the differences from a measure would always be zero'

Mode

Median

Mean

Standard Error


48. Which of the following theories has a "Micro" orientation

Functionalism

Conflict theory

Interactionism

Critical theory

49. Who stated that 'Politics is about power, politics occurs when there are differentials in power'

T. Parsons

R.A. Dahl

R.E. Dowse and J.A. Hughes

J. Westergaard and A. Little


50. Who is the author of the book 'Rules of Sociological method'

Max Weber

Auguste Comte

Vilfredo Pareto

Emile Durkheim