1. "Culture is the sum total of knowledge, belief, art morals, law, customs and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society." Who define so?

Linton

Spencer

Redfield

Tylor

2. A deductive theory is one that:

Allows theory to emerge out of the data

Involves testing an explicitly defined hypothesis

Allows for findings to feed back into the stock of knowledge

Uses qualitative methods whenever possible

3. Who propounded that social science should be approached with the same rigorous scientific method as used in natural sciences?(

Talcott Parsons

Robert King Merton

Malinowski

Emile Durkheim

4. A qualitative research question:

Asks a question about some process, or phenomenon to be explored

Is generally an open-ended question

Both A and B are correct

None of the above

5. Which of the following states has become the first one to have a policy for the transgender?

Kerala

Nagaland

West Bengal

Tamil Nadu

6. Hypotheses in qualitative research studies usually are ...

Very specific and stated prior to beginning the study

Often generated as the data are collected, interpreted, and analysed

Always stated after the research study has been completed

Never used

7. What was the earlier name of the Republican Party ofIndia

Scheduled Tribe Federation

Scheduled Caste Federation

SC/ST Federation

None of the Above

8. The book Caste in Contemporary India written by.....

B. R. Ambedkar

Surinder S. Jodhka

Gail Omvedt

None of the Above

9. What is meant by the term 'grounded theory'?

Theories should be tested by rigorous scientific experiments.

As a social research, it is important to use secondary sources. .

Theories should be grounded in political values and biases.

Theoretical ideas and concepts should emerge from the data.

10. Which of the following states tops the list with the largest number of manual scavenger households?

Tamil Nadu

Bihar

Uttar Pradesh

Maharashtra

11. When did the Prohibition ofChild Marriage Act, 2006 became effective?

15t November 2007

21 5t November 2007

1st December 2007

21 5t December 2007

12. People (sample/respondents) who are available, volunteer, or can be easily recruited are used in the sampling method called'

Simple random sampling

Cluster sampling

Systematic sampling

Convenience sampling

13. Who wrote the classic book The Second Sex?

Simone de Beauvoir

Kate Millet

Mary Wollstonecraft

Gloria Steinem

14. Human Development Index is a composite of...

Income, trade and investment indicators.

Poverty, human rights and unemployment indicators.

Income, health and education indicators.

Health, education and quality of life indicators

15. The terms 'micro and macro' economics were coined by

Alfred Marshall

Ragner Nurkse

Ragner Frisch

J. M. Keynes

16.
1. Critically examine the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.

2. How do you look at the increasing demand for Backward Class status by certain social groups in India? Suggest measures to address this issue.

3. Write short notes on the following

Plagiarism and Informed Consent in Research.

Ontology and epistemology.

Differences between bibliography, references and in-text citation.

Population, sampling frame, inductive and deductive method in research.

4. Critically examine the objectives and key findings of Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 .

5. How should citizens of India react to the current debate on nationalism vis-a-vis anti-nationalism, sedition and right to democratic dissent?

6. Elucidate different methods of data collection tools. What are the difficulties involved in qualitative data collection?