SOCIOLOGY- PAGE 12
SOCIOLOGY MCQs- PAGE 12
1. Which one of the following statements represents the idea of C. Wright Mills about sociological imagination ?
(1) Looking social world as social fact.
(2) Understanding differences among the classical theorists.
(3) Bringing together private troubles and public issues.
(4) Avoiding individual based explanation.
Ans: 3
2. Who amongst the following says that sociology is the study of collective representation ?
(1) Weber
(2) Durkheim
(3) Comte
(4) Spencer
Ans: 2
3. According to Max Weber, an ideal type is
(1) The most common situation in a given society
(2) Philosophical model of an ideal society
(3) Conceptual or analytical tool to understand social phenomena
(4) Statistical evidences collected by social researcher
Ans: 3
4. According to whom internalized ‘shared values’ are regarded as playing a decisive role in the social integration of any society ?
(1) T. Parsons
(2) B. Malinowski
(3) E. Durkheim
(4) R.K. Merton
Ans: 1
5. Which according to Robert Redfield is not the characteristic of Little Community ?
(1) Distinctiveness
(2) Homogeneity
(3) Location
(4) Self-sufficiency
Ans: 3
6. Match the items in List – I with List – II :
List – I (Books)
List – II (Authors)
a. Patterns of Culture i. T.S. Eliot
b. Primitive Culture ii. E.B. Taylor
c. A Scientific Theory of Culture iii. Ruth Benedict
d. Notes Towards the Definition of Culture iv. B. Malinowski
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes : a b c d
(1) i ii iii iv
(2) iii ii iv i
(3) ii iii iv i
(4) iv i ii iii
Ans: 2
7. Which one of the following is not the characteristic of a community ?
(1) Territory (2) A set of social relationships (3) We feeling (4) Language
Ans: 4
8. The change of statuses occurring with sufficient frequency, as to be socially patterned, can be designated as a
(1) Status-Set (2) Status-Conflict (3) Social-Status (4) Status-Sequence
Ans: 4
9. When the performer of a role adopts a subjective detachment from the role, it is called as :
(1) Role – Conflict (2) Role – Taking (3) Role – Distance (4) Role – Incompatibility
Ans: 3
10. According to whom, role is the dynamic aspect of status, where ‘status’ refers to the position and ‘role’ to its performance ?
(1) Ralph Linton (2) R.K. Merton (3) Max Weber (4) P.L. Kendall
Ans: 1
11. By what term Merton designated the range of role relationships which persons have by virtue of occupying a particular social status ?
(1) Multiple Roles
(2) Role Set
(3) Role Networks
(4) Status Role
Ans: 2
12. Which are not the characteristics of a primary group ? A. Own norms / rules B. Age C. Sex D. Face to face interaction
Select the correct answer from the codes given below : Codes :
(1) A and B
(2) A and D
(3) B and D
(4) B and C
Ans: 4
13. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists :
List – I (Concepts)
List – II (Authors)
a. Militant and Industrial Society i. E. Durkheim
b. Mechanical and Organic Solidarity ii. H. Spencer
c. Folk-Urban Continuum iii. F. Tonnies
d. Gemeinschaft and Geselleschaft iv. R. Redfield Codes :
a b c d
(1) ii i iii iv
(2) ii i iv iii
(3) i ii iv iii
(4) iv iii i ii
Ans: 2
14. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : All groups are social networks.
Reason (R) : All networks are not social groups.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: 2
15. Type of authority in a religious sect is :
(1) Traditional
(2) Bureaucratic
(3) Rational
(4) Legal
Ans: 1
16. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists :
List – I (Books)
List – II (Authors)
a. The Methodology of the Social Sciences i. John Madge
b. The Rules of Sociological Method ii. Jahoda and Others
c. The Tools of Social Science iii. Emile Durkheim
d. Methods in Social Relations iv. P.V. Young v. Max Weber
Codes : a b c d
(1) i ii iii iv
(2) v iv iii ii
(3) iv iii ii i
(4) v iii i ii
Ans: 4
17. Census is an example of
(1) Explanatory research
(2) Exploratory research
(3) Descriptive research
(4) Diagnostic research
Ans: 3
18. Stages of cognitive-development related socialization was proposed by
(A) H. Mead
(B) S. Freud
(C) C.H. Cooley
(D) J. Piaget
Ans: D
19. Match List – I with List – II and find out the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. E. Durkheim i. The Social System
b. M. Weber ii. The Liquid Love
c. Z. Bauman iii. The Division of Labour in Society
d. T. Parsons iv. The Religion of India
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iii iv ii i
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iv iii ii i
Ans: B
20. In a system of social stratification social rankings are based on certain attributes which may
(A) either be inherited or socially constructed.
(B) either be ascribed or acquired.
(C) either be acquired or socially constructed.
(D) either be ascribed, acquired or constructed.
Which is the correct one?
Ans: D
21. The social positions of
(A) caste, gender and ethnic groups are biologically determined.
(B) caste biologically, but gender and ethnic groups are economically determined.
(C) gender is biologically, while the ethnic and caste groups are culturally determined.
(D) caste, gender and ethnic groups are culturally determined.
Which one of the above is correct?
Ans: D
22. According to Marx and Dehrendorf unequal class position of a social group is determined by which of the following forms and extent of one’s control over
(A) economic and cultural resources respectively.
(B) cultural and economic resources respectively.
(C) economic and political resources respectively.
(D) political and cultural resources respectively.
Ans: C
23. Who among the following sociologists analysed social classes in terms of market and property situation?
(A) M . Weber
(B) J. Goldthorpe
(C) E. Durkheim
(D) T. Parsons
Ans: A
24. Some assumptions are given below:
The definitional assumption(s) about class and class conflict in the Marxian theory is (are)
(i) every society is based on a degree of economic equilibrium.
(ii) class inequality is due to inherent political and social injustice.
(iii) class conflict is inherent in society.
(iv) economic inequality lies at the core of class conflict.
(v) Class conflict is resolved through class alliance.
Select correct assumptions from the following:
(A) (i) and (ii)
(B) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(C) (ii), (iii) and (v)
(D) (iii) and (iv)
Ans: D
25. Transmission of traits from one culture to another is sociologically termed as
(A) Acculturation
(B) Diffusion
(C) Assimilation
(D) Enculturation
Ans: B
26. Who among the following is a proponent of cyclical theory of evolution?
(A) T. Parsons
(B) E. Durkheim
(C) O. Spengler
(D) H. Spencer
Ans: C
27. Identify the social processes which are linked to change of social structure:
(i) Industrialisation
(ii) Sanskritization
(iii) Modernisation
(iv) Globalisation
(v) Intergenerational mobility
(vi) Intragenerational mobility
Select the correct option:
(A) (i) (ii) (iv)
(B) (i) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iv) (v) (vi)
(D) (i) (iii) (iv) (v)
Ans: B
28. According to R.K. Merton, those observed consequences which lessen the adaptation or adjustment of the system are
(A) Functions
(B) Non-functions
(C) Dysfunctions
(D) Functional alternatives
Ans: C
29. In which of the book has Mannheim propounded the idea of Sociology of Knowledge?
(A) The End of Ideology
(B) The End of History
(C) Ideology and Utopia
(D) The German Ideology
Ans: C
30. A statement of prediction that sets forth the basis for testing the relationship between variables in an attempt to link theory to reality is called
(A) Random sampling
(B) Questionnaire
(C) Hypothesis
(D) Assumption
Ans: C
31. Name the technique which is to be used before the actual field work starts
(A) Pilot Study
(B) Census study
(C) Case study
(D) Survey
Ans: A
32. There are two statements, one is Assertion (A) and the other is Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Research design is a kind of blue print that is prepared before actually carrying out a research.
Reason (R): Many research plans are unable to produce a concrete finding.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: A
33. Identify the correct logical order as explained by Karl Marx:
(A) Class-in-itself, class-for-itself, social transformation, class conflict
(B) Class-in-itself, class-for-itself, class conflict, social transformation
(C) Class-in-itself, class conflict, class-for-itself, social transformation
(D) Class-for-itself, class conflict, class-in-itself, social transformation
Ans: B
34. In the context of Randall Collin’s analysis, identify the correct one:
(A) Moves from macro-level to Meso-level and to micro-level social processes
(B) Moves from micro-level to Meso -level and to micro-level social processes
(C) Moves from micro-level to macro-level social processes
(D) Moves from macro-level to micro-level processes
Ans: B
35. Match List – I with List – II:
List – I (Contributions of) List – II (Approach)
a. R.K. Merton i. Conflict Functionalism
b. T. Parsons ii. Need Functionalism
c. B. Malinowski iii. Analytical Functionalism
d. L. Coser iv. Empirical Functionalism
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii iv ii i
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iv ii iii i
Ans: B
36. What is triangulation?
(A) A type of qualitative method of research
(B) A type of qualitative analysis
(C) A combination of qualitative and quantitative methods
(D) A type of non-participant observation
Ans: C
37. Who among the following used the method of concomitant variation?
(A) M. Weber
(B) R. Dahrendorf
(C) E. Durkheim
(D) T. Parsons
Ans: C
38. Reliability of data implies
(A) The same methods of investigation on the same materials produce the same results.
(B) The different methods of investigation on different materials produce the same results.
(C) The same methods of investigation on the same materials produce different results.
(D) The same methods of investigation on different materials produce the same result.
Ans: A
39. Radical Sociology sought to support which of the following sociological thought systems?
(A) Marxian
(B) Functional
(C) Symbolic interactionist
(D) Positivist
Ans: A
40. Match the items of List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I (Concept) List – II (Authors)
a. False Consciousness i. Malinowski
b. Magic ii. Marx
c. Rational action iii. Durkheim
d. Moral Community iv. Weber
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) ii i iv iii
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) iv ii iii i
Ans: B
41. Assertion (A): Karl Marx thought of all capitalist societies to be founded on exploitation of the proletariat.
Reason (R): The proletariat has not become increasingly impoverished.
Codes:
(A) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(B) (R) is true, but (A) is false
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: C
42. Which of the following acts are necessary to keep the social system intact? Select the correct code given below:
(i) Adaptation
(ii) Social action
(iii) Integration
(iv) Goal attainment
(v) Latency (pattern maintenance)
(vi) Socialisation
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(B) (iv), (v), (i) and (vi)
(C) (i), (iii), (iv) and (v)
(D) (i), (ii), (iv) and (v)
Ans: C
43. The in-depth investigation of a phenomena, or a process, or an event that focuses on its historicity and contemporary interlinks with wider society is termed as
(A) Content study
(B) Participant observation
(C) Content analysis
(D) Case study
Ans: D
44. Which of the following is not an ethical consideration in social research?
(A) Protecting the subjects from physical and psychological harm while collecting data
(B) Protecting the subjects confidentiality and privacy
(C) Acquiring consent of the subject in collecting information
(D) Acquiring data through deception
Ans: D
45. Which one of the following is not a measure of correlation?
(A) Chi-square
(B) Student’s t-test
(C) Mean dispersion
(D) Product-movement coefficient
Ans: D
46. Kamla teaches in a college, organizes a kitty party, takes care of her daughter and presides over a meeting of women’s organization. Which of the following concepts is used to describe her role?
(A) Role conflict
(B) Role set
(C) Multiple roles
(D) Role making
Ans: C
47. Match the concepts (List – I) with the authors (List – II) and then select the correct answer from among the codes given below:
List – I (Concepts) List – II (Authors)
a. Anticipatory socialization i. R.K. Merton
b. Sensate culture ii. P. Sorokin
c. Residues iii. V. Pareto
d. Little Community iv. R. Redfield
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii i iv
(B) iii ii iv i
(C) ii iv iii i
(D) i ii iii iv
Ans: D
48. The concept of ‘Wert-rational’ is associated with whom?
(A) M. Weber
(B) P. Sorokin
(C) T. Parsons
(D) J. Habermas
Ans: A
49. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Social evolution – H. Spencer
(B) Verstehen – M. Weber
(C) Rentier Class – V. Pareto
(D) Sacred and Profane – A. Comte
Ans: D
50. Who among the following analysts of social change used the term ‘rentiers and speculators’?
(A) T. Veblen
(B) K. Marx
(C) V. Pareto
(D) A.J. Toynbee
Ans: C
(1) Looking social world as social fact.
(2) Understanding differences among the classical theorists.
(3) Bringing together private troubles and public issues.
(4) Avoiding individual based explanation.
Ans: 3
2. Who amongst the following says that sociology is the study of collective representation ?
(1) Weber
(2) Durkheim
(3) Comte
(4) Spencer
Ans: 2
3. According to Max Weber, an ideal type is
(1) The most common situation in a given society
(2) Philosophical model of an ideal society
(3) Conceptual or analytical tool to understand social phenomena
(4) Statistical evidences collected by social researcher
Ans: 3
4. According to whom internalized ‘shared values’ are regarded as playing a decisive role in the social integration of any society ?
(1) T. Parsons
(2) B. Malinowski
(3) E. Durkheim
(4) R.K. Merton
Ans: 1
5. Which according to Robert Redfield is not the characteristic of Little Community ?
(1) Distinctiveness
(2) Homogeneity
(3) Location
(4) Self-sufficiency
Ans: 3
6. Match the items in List – I with List – II :
List – I (Books)
List – II (Authors)
a. Patterns of Culture i. T.S. Eliot
b. Primitive Culture ii. E.B. Taylor
c. A Scientific Theory of Culture iii. Ruth Benedict
d. Notes Towards the Definition of Culture iv. B. Malinowski
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes : a b c d
(1) i ii iii iv
(2) iii ii iv i
(3) ii iii iv i
(4) iv i ii iii
Ans: 2
7. Which one of the following is not the characteristic of a community ?
(1) Territory (2) A set of social relationships (3) We feeling (4) Language
Ans: 4
8. The change of statuses occurring with sufficient frequency, as to be socially patterned, can be designated as a
(1) Status-Set (2) Status-Conflict (3) Social-Status (4) Status-Sequence
Ans: 4
9. When the performer of a role adopts a subjective detachment from the role, it is called as :
(1) Role – Conflict (2) Role – Taking (3) Role – Distance (4) Role – Incompatibility
Ans: 3
10. According to whom, role is the dynamic aspect of status, where ‘status’ refers to the position and ‘role’ to its performance ?
(1) Ralph Linton (2) R.K. Merton (3) Max Weber (4) P.L. Kendall
Ans: 1
11. By what term Merton designated the range of role relationships which persons have by virtue of occupying a particular social status ?
(1) Multiple Roles
(2) Role Set
(3) Role Networks
(4) Status Role
Ans: 2
12. Which are not the characteristics of a primary group ? A. Own norms / rules B. Age C. Sex D. Face to face interaction
Select the correct answer from the codes given below : Codes :
(1) A and B
(2) A and D
(3) B and D
(4) B and C
Ans: 4
13. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists :
List – I (Concepts)
List – II (Authors)
a. Militant and Industrial Society i. E. Durkheim
b. Mechanical and Organic Solidarity ii. H. Spencer
c. Folk-Urban Continuum iii. F. Tonnies
d. Gemeinschaft and Geselleschaft iv. R. Redfield Codes :
a b c d
(1) ii i iii iv
(2) ii i iv iii
(3) i ii iv iii
(4) iv iii i ii
Ans: 2
14. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : All groups are social networks.
Reason (R) : All networks are not social groups.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: 2
15. Type of authority in a religious sect is :
(1) Traditional
(2) Bureaucratic
(3) Rational
(4) Legal
Ans: 1
16. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists :
List – I (Books)
List – II (Authors)
a. The Methodology of the Social Sciences i. John Madge
b. The Rules of Sociological Method ii. Jahoda and Others
c. The Tools of Social Science iii. Emile Durkheim
d. Methods in Social Relations iv. P.V. Young v. Max Weber
Codes : a b c d
(1) i ii iii iv
(2) v iv iii ii
(3) iv iii ii i
(4) v iii i ii
Ans: 4
17. Census is an example of
(1) Explanatory research
(2) Exploratory research
(3) Descriptive research
(4) Diagnostic research
Ans: 3
18. Stages of cognitive-development related socialization was proposed by
(A) H. Mead
(B) S. Freud
(C) C.H. Cooley
(D) J. Piaget
Ans: D
19. Match List – I with List – II and find out the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. E. Durkheim i. The Social System
b. M. Weber ii. The Liquid Love
c. Z. Bauman iii. The Division of Labour in Society
d. T. Parsons iv. The Religion of India
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iii iv ii i
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iv iii ii i
Ans: B
20. In a system of social stratification social rankings are based on certain attributes which may
(A) either be inherited or socially constructed.
(B) either be ascribed or acquired.
(C) either be acquired or socially constructed.
(D) either be ascribed, acquired or constructed.
Which is the correct one?
Ans: D
21. The social positions of
(A) caste, gender and ethnic groups are biologically determined.
(B) caste biologically, but gender and ethnic groups are economically determined.
(C) gender is biologically, while the ethnic and caste groups are culturally determined.
(D) caste, gender and ethnic groups are culturally determined.
Which one of the above is correct?
Ans: D
22. According to Marx and Dehrendorf unequal class position of a social group is determined by which of the following forms and extent of one’s control over
(A) economic and cultural resources respectively.
(B) cultural and economic resources respectively.
(C) economic and political resources respectively.
(D) political and cultural resources respectively.
Ans: C
23. Who among the following sociologists analysed social classes in terms of market and property situation?
(A) M . Weber
(B) J. Goldthorpe
(C) E. Durkheim
(D) T. Parsons
Ans: A
24. Some assumptions are given below:
The definitional assumption(s) about class and class conflict in the Marxian theory is (are)
(i) every society is based on a degree of economic equilibrium.
(ii) class inequality is due to inherent political and social injustice.
(iii) class conflict is inherent in society.
(iv) economic inequality lies at the core of class conflict.
(v) Class conflict is resolved through class alliance.
Select correct assumptions from the following:
(A) (i) and (ii)
(B) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(C) (ii), (iii) and (v)
(D) (iii) and (iv)
Ans: D
25. Transmission of traits from one culture to another is sociologically termed as
(A) Acculturation
(B) Diffusion
(C) Assimilation
(D) Enculturation
Ans: B
26. Who among the following is a proponent of cyclical theory of evolution?
(A) T. Parsons
(B) E. Durkheim
(C) O. Spengler
(D) H. Spencer
Ans: C
27. Identify the social processes which are linked to change of social structure:
(i) Industrialisation
(ii) Sanskritization
(iii) Modernisation
(iv) Globalisation
(v) Intergenerational mobility
(vi) Intragenerational mobility
Select the correct option:
(A) (i) (ii) (iv)
(B) (i) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iv) (v) (vi)
(D) (i) (iii) (iv) (v)
Ans: B
28. According to R.K. Merton, those observed consequences which lessen the adaptation or adjustment of the system are
(A) Functions
(B) Non-functions
(C) Dysfunctions
(D) Functional alternatives
Ans: C
29. In which of the book has Mannheim propounded the idea of Sociology of Knowledge?
(A) The End of Ideology
(B) The End of History
(C) Ideology and Utopia
(D) The German Ideology
Ans: C
30. A statement of prediction that sets forth the basis for testing the relationship between variables in an attempt to link theory to reality is called
(A) Random sampling
(B) Questionnaire
(C) Hypothesis
(D) Assumption
Ans: C
31. Name the technique which is to be used before the actual field work starts
(A) Pilot Study
(B) Census study
(C) Case study
(D) Survey
Ans: A
32. There are two statements, one is Assertion (A) and the other is Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Research design is a kind of blue print that is prepared before actually carrying out a research.
Reason (R): Many research plans are unable to produce a concrete finding.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: A
33. Identify the correct logical order as explained by Karl Marx:
(A) Class-in-itself, class-for-itself, social transformation, class conflict
(B) Class-in-itself, class-for-itself, class conflict, social transformation
(C) Class-in-itself, class conflict, class-for-itself, social transformation
(D) Class-for-itself, class conflict, class-in-itself, social transformation
Ans: B
34. In the context of Randall Collin’s analysis, identify the correct one:
(A) Moves from macro-level to Meso-level and to micro-level social processes
(B) Moves from micro-level to Meso -level and to micro-level social processes
(C) Moves from micro-level to macro-level social processes
(D) Moves from macro-level to micro-level processes
Ans: B
35. Match List – I with List – II:
List – I (Contributions of) List – II (Approach)
a. R.K. Merton i. Conflict Functionalism
b. T. Parsons ii. Need Functionalism
c. B. Malinowski iii. Analytical Functionalism
d. L. Coser iv. Empirical Functionalism
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii iv ii i
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iv ii iii i
Ans: B
36. What is triangulation?
(A) A type of qualitative method of research
(B) A type of qualitative analysis
(C) A combination of qualitative and quantitative methods
(D) A type of non-participant observation
Ans: C
37. Who among the following used the method of concomitant variation?
(A) M. Weber
(B) R. Dahrendorf
(C) E. Durkheim
(D) T. Parsons
Ans: C
38. Reliability of data implies
(A) The same methods of investigation on the same materials produce the same results.
(B) The different methods of investigation on different materials produce the same results.
(C) The same methods of investigation on the same materials produce different results.
(D) The same methods of investigation on different materials produce the same result.
Ans: A
39. Radical Sociology sought to support which of the following sociological thought systems?
(A) Marxian
(B) Functional
(C) Symbolic interactionist
(D) Positivist
Ans: A
40. Match the items of List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I (Concept) List – II (Authors)
a. False Consciousness i. Malinowski
b. Magic ii. Marx
c. Rational action iii. Durkheim
d. Moral Community iv. Weber
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) ii i iv iii
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) iv ii iii i
Ans: B
41. Assertion (A): Karl Marx thought of all capitalist societies to be founded on exploitation of the proletariat.
Reason (R): The proletariat has not become increasingly impoverished.
Codes:
(A) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(B) (R) is true, but (A) is false
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: C
42. Which of the following acts are necessary to keep the social system intact? Select the correct code given below:
(i) Adaptation
(ii) Social action
(iii) Integration
(iv) Goal attainment
(v) Latency (pattern maintenance)
(vi) Socialisation
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(B) (iv), (v), (i) and (vi)
(C) (i), (iii), (iv) and (v)
(D) (i), (ii), (iv) and (v)
Ans: C
43. The in-depth investigation of a phenomena, or a process, or an event that focuses on its historicity and contemporary interlinks with wider society is termed as
(A) Content study
(B) Participant observation
(C) Content analysis
(D) Case study
Ans: D
44. Which of the following is not an ethical consideration in social research?
(A) Protecting the subjects from physical and psychological harm while collecting data
(B) Protecting the subjects confidentiality and privacy
(C) Acquiring consent of the subject in collecting information
(D) Acquiring data through deception
Ans: D
45. Which one of the following is not a measure of correlation?
(A) Chi-square
(B) Student’s t-test
(C) Mean dispersion
(D) Product-movement coefficient
Ans: D
46. Kamla teaches in a college, organizes a kitty party, takes care of her daughter and presides over a meeting of women’s organization. Which of the following concepts is used to describe her role?
(A) Role conflict
(B) Role set
(C) Multiple roles
(D) Role making
Ans: C
47. Match the concepts (List – I) with the authors (List – II) and then select the correct answer from among the codes given below:
List – I (Concepts) List – II (Authors)
a. Anticipatory socialization i. R.K. Merton
b. Sensate culture ii. P. Sorokin
c. Residues iii. V. Pareto
d. Little Community iv. R. Redfield
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii i iv
(B) iii ii iv i
(C) ii iv iii i
(D) i ii iii iv
Ans: D
48. The concept of ‘Wert-rational’ is associated with whom?
(A) M. Weber
(B) P. Sorokin
(C) T. Parsons
(D) J. Habermas
Ans: A
49. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Social evolution – H. Spencer
(B) Verstehen – M. Weber
(C) Rentier Class – V. Pareto
(D) Sacred and Profane – A. Comte
Ans: D
50. Who among the following analysts of social change used the term ‘rentiers and speculators’?
(A) T. Veblen
(B) K. Marx
(C) V. Pareto
(D) A.J. Toynbee
Ans: C
51. Assertion (A): In contemporary Indian society the incidence of crime has increased. Police alone cannot prevent and control the rate of crime.
Reason (R): The ‘community policing system’ along with public co-operation could help in reducing the rate of crime.
Codes:
(A) (A) is false but (R) is true.
(B) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: D
52. During which decade, Census of India recorded absolute decline of population size?
(A) 2001-2011
(B) 1911-1921
(C) 1941-1951
(D) 1981-1991
Ans: B
53. Which one of the following process defines Demographic Transition’?
(A) Migration and Fertility
(B) Mortality and Morbidity
(C) Fertility and Mortality
(D) Morbidity and Fertility
Ans: C
54. Assertion (A): Less developed countries of the world have persistently shown evidence of higher population growth.
Reason (R): Poor countries lack natural resources for development.
Codes:
(A) (A) is false, (R) is true.
(B) (A) is true, (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: B
55. Match List – I with List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Industrial Man i. T. Burns
b. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life ii. E. Goffman
c. The Coming Crisis of Western Sociology iii. A. Gouldner
d. Introduction to Collective Behaviour iv. D.L. Miller
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) iv ii i iii
Ans: A
56. Who is the author of the book titled “Women’s Role in Economic Development’?
(A) Catharine Scott
(B) Nancy Hartsock
(C) Esther Boserup
(D) Dorothy Smith
Ans: C
57. Who is most closely connected with Phenomenological Sociology?
(A) Max Weber
(B) Emile Durkheim
(C) Alfred Schutz
(D) Lewis Coser
Ans: C
58. Under high birth rate than the death rate for several generations, the shape of the ‘population pyramid’ will reflect
(A) Wider top, smaller base
(B) Wider base than the top
(C) Bulging middle than top and base
(D) Similarity in base, middle, and top
Ans: B
59. Which are modern rural social institutions in the post independent India?
(i) Rural School
(ii) Rural Co-operative Society
(iii) Gram Panchayat
(iv) Village Khap Panchayat
Find the correct combination according to code:
(A) (i) and (ii)
(B) (iii) and (iv)
(C) (i), (ii) and (iv)
(D) (i), (ii) and (iii)
Ans: D
60. Which of the feminist ideologies seek to promote gender free society?
(A) Socialist Feminism
(B) Radical Feminism
(C) Liberal Feminism
(D) Psychoanalytical Feminism
Ans: B
61. In the National Population Policy of India 2000, which one is not a ‘sociodemographic goal for 2010’?
(A) Reduce infant mortality rate to below 30 per 1000 births.
(B) Reduce maternal mortality ratio to below 100 per 100000 live births.
(C) Achieve 100 percent registration of births, deaths and marriages
(D) To compulsorily make 20 years as age of marriage for girls.
Ans: D
62. Who remarked regarding India’s Development as “Soft State” during 1960’s?
(A) Max Weber
(B) Andre Beteille
(C) Gunnar Myrdal
(D) A.K. Sen
Ans: C
63. Match List – I with List – II and find the correct answer:
List – I List – II
a. Crude Birth Rate i. Deaths of persons per 1000 mid year total population
b. Crude Death Rate ii. Deaths of children under 1 years of age per 1000 live births during a year
c. Infant Mortality Rate iii. Live births per 1000 total mid year population
d. Life time Migration Rate iv. Number of persons enumerated other than their place of birth per 1000 total mid period population
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii ii i iv
(B) iii i ii iv
(C) iv ii i iii
(D) i ii iv iii
Ans: B
64. The factors of Rural Social Change include:
(i) Electronic media
(ii) Farm technology
(iii) Rural ideology
(iv) Khap Panchayats
Find the correct combination according to code:
(A) (i) and (ii)
(B) (ii) and (iii)
(C) (i), (ii) and (iv)
(D) (i), (ii) and (iii)
Ans: A
65. Match the items in the List – I with the items in the List – II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Physical violence i. Genital Mutilation
b. Emotional violence ii. Denial of economic resources
c. Economic violence iii. Deprivation of Conjugal rights
d. Cultural violence iv. Bride burning
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) i iii iv ii
(C) ii iv iii i
(D) iii i ii iv
Ans: A
66. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Cultural lag i. H. Cooley
b. Primary group ii. M.N. Srinivas
c. Sanskritisation iii. W.F. Ogburn
d. Organic solidarity iv. E. Durkheim
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iii iv
(B) iii i ii iv
(C) iv ii i iii
(D) i iv ii iii
Ans: B
67. Who made the distinction of two opposing spheres of ‘Female world of emotion and cooperation and male world of rationality and competition’?
(A) John Bowlby
(B) Talcott Parsons
(C) Robin Fox
(D) George Peter Murdock
Ans: B
68. Contribution of social division of labour has been discussed in depth by
(A) Emile Durkheim
(B) Max Weber
(C) Vilfredo Pareto
(D) Pitirim Sorokin
Ans: A
69. ‘Brain Drain’ is a concept associated with which one of the following?
(A) Large scale immigration of technically qualified persons from less developed to developed countries.
(B) Large scale flight of labour from poor countries.
(C) Displacement of people due to war and violence
(D) Immigration of foreign experts during colonial rule
Ans: A
70. Match an item in List – I with an item in List – II:
List – I List – II
(Books) (Author)
a. Caste in Modern India and other Essays i. A. Beteille
b. Caste, Class and Power ii. Dumont
c. Homo Hierarchicus iii. A.R. Desai
d. Peasants Struggle in India iv. P. Gisbert
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) iii ii iii iv
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) iv ii iii i
Answer: (Wrong question)
71. Gender roles involve ranking of men and women differently in terms of
(i) Roles
(ii) Relationships
(iii) Resources
(iv) Power
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) (i) (ii) (iii)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(C) (i) (ii) (iv)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii)
Ans: C
72. Match the women development approaches in the List – I with the Feminist Schools of Thought in the List – II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I (Women Development Approaches) List – II (Feminist School of Thought)
a. WID i. Marxist Feminist Thought
b. WAD ii. Eco Feminist Thought
c. GAD iii. Liberal Feminist Thought
d. WED iv. Socialist Feminist Thought
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iv ii i iii
(D) iii i iv ii
Ans: D
73. The term proximate determinants of fertility was coined by
(A) Kingsley Davis
(B) Judith Blake
(C) John Bongaarts
(D) Karl Marx
Ans: C
74. Who is the author of the book entitled “Alienation and Freedom”?
(A) M. Blumer
(B) H. Braverman
(C) P.M. Blau
(D) R. Blauner
Ans: D
75. Which of the following States and Union Territories have the lowest overall sex-ratio as per the Census Report of 2011?
(A) Daman and Diu
(B) Punjab
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Meghalaya
Ans: A
76. Which of the following is most effective in addressing social inequality caused by caste system yielding tangible results?
(A) Positive discrimination
(B) Affirmative action
(C) Development policies
(D) Caste based politics
Ans: A
77. ‘Values’ refer to
(A) Ideals
(B) Prescriptions of behaviour
(C) Social preferences
(D) Social expectations
Ans: C
78. 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
(A) 4 1 2 3
(B) 2 4 1 3
(C) 4 1 3 2
(D) 1 3 4 2
Ans: A
79. Who said that ‘only one role is associated with one status’?
(A) Ralph Linton
(B) R.K. Merton
(C) Talcott Parsons
(D) William G. Goode
Ans: A
80. 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
(A) 3 1 4 2
(B) 1 2 3 4
(C) 2 3 1 4
(D) 4 1 2 3
Ans: A
81. R.K. Merton offered the example of the Hopi Americans engaging in ceremonial dances to encourage rain in order to illustrate
(A) Manifest dysfunction
(B) Latent dysfunction
(C) Manifest function
(D) Latent function
Ans: D
82. Symbolic interactionism tends to focus on
(A) Macro-level social change
(B) Small-scale social change
(C) Meso-level social change
(D) Change in the behaviour of the ego
Ans: B
83. What does Macdonaldization mean?
(A) Universal application of the ideas of Dwight Macdonald
(B) The process of extension of the cartoons of Donald Duck.
(C) Spread of the new means of consumption across the world
(D) Diffusion of modern agricultural practices
Ans: C
84. A.R. Radcliffe – Brown conducted fieldwork among the
(A) Trobriand Islanders
(B) Andaman Islanders
(C) Todas
(D) Murias
Ans: B
85. Who first propagated the idea that societies could be analysed as systems with self-equilibriating properties?
(A) Vilfredo Pareto
(B) Talcott Parsons
(C) Emile Durkheim
(D) Max Weber
Ans: A
86. In 1848 Marx wrote in The Communist Manifesto that a spectre was haunting Europe. What was this spectre?
(A) Communism
(B) Capitalism
(C) Hegelian thought
(D) Religion
Ans: A
87. Which of the following does not explain Coser’s Theory of Social Conflict?
(A) Conflict is a universal phenomenon
(B) Conflict leads to destruction
(C) Conflict has some positive functions
(D) Conflict may lead to social change
Ans: B
88. 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 nonlogical 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
(A) 2 3 1 4
(B) 2 4 1 3
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 4 2 1 3
Ans: B
89. 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
(A) 3 1 2
(B) 2 3 1
(C) 1 2 3
(D) 2 1 3
Ans: A
90. 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:
1. Patterned social behaviour
2. Unpredictability of human behaviour
3. Lack of precision in measurement
4. Multiple causation of reality
Codes:
(A) 2 & 4
(B) 1 & 2
(C) 2 & 3
(D) 3 & 4
Ans: A
91. Who amongst the following sociologists has not considered conflict as a vital element of society?
(A) Randall Collins
(B) Lewis Coser
(C) Talcott Parsons
(D) Ralph Dahrendorf
Ans: C
92. The concept of ‘imperatively coordinated associations’ was contributed by
(A) Talcott Parsons
(B) Ralph Dahrendorf
(C) C. Wright Mills
(D) Karl Marx
Ans: B
93. “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a heartless world and the soul of soulless condition.” Who made the statement?
(A) L. Feurbach
(B) G. Lukacs
(C) K. Marx
(D) V.I. Lenin
Ans: C
94. 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 movements 4. G.S. Ghurye
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 2 1 3 4
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 3 2 4 1
(D) 1 4 1 3
Ans: B
95. A.R. Radcliffe-Brown contributed to
(A) Functionalism
(B) Cultural Materialism
(C) Structural – Functionalism
(D) Structuralism
Ans: C
96. From which one of the following the ‘sum of the differences from a measure would always be zero’?
(A) Mode
(B) Median
(C) Mean
(D) Standard Error
Ans: C
97. Which of the following theories has a “Micro” orientation?
(A) Functionalism
(B) Conflict theory
(C) Interactionism
(D) Critical theory
Ans: C
98. Who stated that ‘Politics is about power, politics occurs when there are differentials in power’?
(A) T. Parsons
(B) R.A. Dahl
(C) R.E. Dowse and J.A. Hughes
(D) J. Westergaard and A. Little
Ans: C
99. Who is the author of the book ‘Rules of Sociological method’?
(A) Max Weber
(B) Auguste Comte
(C) Vilfredo Pareto
(D) Emile Durkheim
Ans: D
100.Assertion (A): Roles are the bundles of socially defined attributes and expectations associated with social positions.
Reason (R): Roles demonstrate the absolute compliance with expected behaviour of an individual in the set.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) (A) is true but (R) is not true.
(D) (A) is false and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: C
Reason (R): The ‘community policing system’ along with public co-operation could help in reducing the rate of crime.
Codes:
(A) (A) is false but (R) is true.
(B) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: D
52. During which decade, Census of India recorded absolute decline of population size?
(A) 2001-2011
(B) 1911-1921
(C) 1941-1951
(D) 1981-1991
Ans: B
53. Which one of the following process defines Demographic Transition’?
(A) Migration and Fertility
(B) Mortality and Morbidity
(C) Fertility and Mortality
(D) Morbidity and Fertility
Ans: C
54. Assertion (A): Less developed countries of the world have persistently shown evidence of higher population growth.
Reason (R): Poor countries lack natural resources for development.
Codes:
(A) (A) is false, (R) is true.
(B) (A) is true, (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: B
55. Match List – I with List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Industrial Man i. T. Burns
b. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life ii. E. Goffman
c. The Coming Crisis of Western Sociology iii. A. Gouldner
d. Introduction to Collective Behaviour iv. D.L. Miller
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) iv ii i iii
Ans: A
56. Who is the author of the book titled “Women’s Role in Economic Development’?
(A) Catharine Scott
(B) Nancy Hartsock
(C) Esther Boserup
(D) Dorothy Smith
Ans: C
57. Who is most closely connected with Phenomenological Sociology?
(A) Max Weber
(B) Emile Durkheim
(C) Alfred Schutz
(D) Lewis Coser
Ans: C
58. Under high birth rate than the death rate for several generations, the shape of the ‘population pyramid’ will reflect
(A) Wider top, smaller base
(B) Wider base than the top
(C) Bulging middle than top and base
(D) Similarity in base, middle, and top
Ans: B
59. Which are modern rural social institutions in the post independent India?
(i) Rural School
(ii) Rural Co-operative Society
(iii) Gram Panchayat
(iv) Village Khap Panchayat
Find the correct combination according to code:
(A) (i) and (ii)
(B) (iii) and (iv)
(C) (i), (ii) and (iv)
(D) (i), (ii) and (iii)
Ans: D
60. Which of the feminist ideologies seek to promote gender free society?
(A) Socialist Feminism
(B) Radical Feminism
(C) Liberal Feminism
(D) Psychoanalytical Feminism
Ans: B
61. In the National Population Policy of India 2000, which one is not a ‘sociodemographic goal for 2010’?
(A) Reduce infant mortality rate to below 30 per 1000 births.
(B) Reduce maternal mortality ratio to below 100 per 100000 live births.
(C) Achieve 100 percent registration of births, deaths and marriages
(D) To compulsorily make 20 years as age of marriage for girls.
Ans: D
62. Who remarked regarding India’s Development as “Soft State” during 1960’s?
(A) Max Weber
(B) Andre Beteille
(C) Gunnar Myrdal
(D) A.K. Sen
Ans: C
63. Match List – I with List – II and find the correct answer:
List – I List – II
a. Crude Birth Rate i. Deaths of persons per 1000 mid year total population
b. Crude Death Rate ii. Deaths of children under 1 years of age per 1000 live births during a year
c. Infant Mortality Rate iii. Live births per 1000 total mid year population
d. Life time Migration Rate iv. Number of persons enumerated other than their place of birth per 1000 total mid period population
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii ii i iv
(B) iii i ii iv
(C) iv ii i iii
(D) i ii iv iii
Ans: B
64. The factors of Rural Social Change include:
(i) Electronic media
(ii) Farm technology
(iii) Rural ideology
(iv) Khap Panchayats
Find the correct combination according to code:
(A) (i) and (ii)
(B) (ii) and (iii)
(C) (i), (ii) and (iv)
(D) (i), (ii) and (iii)
Ans: A
65. Match the items in the List – I with the items in the List – II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Physical violence i. Genital Mutilation
b. Emotional violence ii. Denial of economic resources
c. Economic violence iii. Deprivation of Conjugal rights
d. Cultural violence iv. Bride burning
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) i iii iv ii
(C) ii iv iii i
(D) iii i ii iv
Ans: A
66. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Cultural lag i. H. Cooley
b. Primary group ii. M.N. Srinivas
c. Sanskritisation iii. W.F. Ogburn
d. Organic solidarity iv. E. Durkheim
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iii iv
(B) iii i ii iv
(C) iv ii i iii
(D) i iv ii iii
Ans: B
67. Who made the distinction of two opposing spheres of ‘Female world of emotion and cooperation and male world of rationality and competition’?
(A) John Bowlby
(B) Talcott Parsons
(C) Robin Fox
(D) George Peter Murdock
Ans: B
68. Contribution of social division of labour has been discussed in depth by
(A) Emile Durkheim
(B) Max Weber
(C) Vilfredo Pareto
(D) Pitirim Sorokin
Ans: A
69. ‘Brain Drain’ is a concept associated with which one of the following?
(A) Large scale immigration of technically qualified persons from less developed to developed countries.
(B) Large scale flight of labour from poor countries.
(C) Displacement of people due to war and violence
(D) Immigration of foreign experts during colonial rule
Ans: A
70. Match an item in List – I with an item in List – II:
List – I List – II
(Books) (Author)
a. Caste in Modern India and other Essays i. A. Beteille
b. Caste, Class and Power ii. Dumont
c. Homo Hierarchicus iii. A.R. Desai
d. Peasants Struggle in India iv. P. Gisbert
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) iii ii iii iv
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) iv ii iii i
Answer: (Wrong question)
71. Gender roles involve ranking of men and women differently in terms of
(i) Roles
(ii) Relationships
(iii) Resources
(iv) Power
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) (i) (ii) (iii)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(C) (i) (ii) (iv)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii)
Ans: C
72. Match the women development approaches in the List – I with the Feminist Schools of Thought in the List – II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I (Women Development Approaches) List – II (Feminist School of Thought)
a. WID i. Marxist Feminist Thought
b. WAD ii. Eco Feminist Thought
c. GAD iii. Liberal Feminist Thought
d. WED iv. Socialist Feminist Thought
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iv ii i iii
(D) iii i iv ii
Ans: D
73. The term proximate determinants of fertility was coined by
(A) Kingsley Davis
(B) Judith Blake
(C) John Bongaarts
(D) Karl Marx
Ans: C
74. Who is the author of the book entitled “Alienation and Freedom”?
(A) M. Blumer
(B) H. Braverman
(C) P.M. Blau
(D) R. Blauner
Ans: D
75. Which of the following States and Union Territories have the lowest overall sex-ratio as per the Census Report of 2011?
(A) Daman and Diu
(B) Punjab
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Meghalaya
Ans: A
76. Which of the following is most effective in addressing social inequality caused by caste system yielding tangible results?
(A) Positive discrimination
(B) Affirmative action
(C) Development policies
(D) Caste based politics
Ans: A
77. ‘Values’ refer to
(A) Ideals
(B) Prescriptions of behaviour
(C) Social preferences
(D) Social expectations
Ans: C
78. 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
(A) 4 1 2 3
(B) 2 4 1 3
(C) 4 1 3 2
(D) 1 3 4 2
Ans: A
79. Who said that ‘only one role is associated with one status’?
(A) Ralph Linton
(B) R.K. Merton
(C) Talcott Parsons
(D) William G. Goode
Ans: A
80. 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
(A) 3 1 4 2
(B) 1 2 3 4
(C) 2 3 1 4
(D) 4 1 2 3
Ans: A
81. R.K. Merton offered the example of the Hopi Americans engaging in ceremonial dances to encourage rain in order to illustrate
(A) Manifest dysfunction
(B) Latent dysfunction
(C) Manifest function
(D) Latent function
Ans: D
82. Symbolic interactionism tends to focus on
(A) Macro-level social change
(B) Small-scale social change
(C) Meso-level social change
(D) Change in the behaviour of the ego
Ans: B
83. What does Macdonaldization mean?
(A) Universal application of the ideas of Dwight Macdonald
(B) The process of extension of the cartoons of Donald Duck.
(C) Spread of the new means of consumption across the world
(D) Diffusion of modern agricultural practices
Ans: C
84. A.R. Radcliffe – Brown conducted fieldwork among the
(A) Trobriand Islanders
(B) Andaman Islanders
(C) Todas
(D) Murias
Ans: B
85. Who first propagated the idea that societies could be analysed as systems with self-equilibriating properties?
(A) Vilfredo Pareto
(B) Talcott Parsons
(C) Emile Durkheim
(D) Max Weber
Ans: A
86. In 1848 Marx wrote in The Communist Manifesto that a spectre was haunting Europe. What was this spectre?
(A) Communism
(B) Capitalism
(C) Hegelian thought
(D) Religion
Ans: A
87. Which of the following does not explain Coser’s Theory of Social Conflict?
(A) Conflict is a universal phenomenon
(B) Conflict leads to destruction
(C) Conflict has some positive functions
(D) Conflict may lead to social change
Ans: B
88. 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 nonlogical 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
(A) 2 3 1 4
(B) 2 4 1 3
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 4 2 1 3
Ans: B
89. 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
(A) 3 1 2
(B) 2 3 1
(C) 1 2 3
(D) 2 1 3
Ans: A
90. 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:
1. Patterned social behaviour
2. Unpredictability of human behaviour
3. Lack of precision in measurement
4. Multiple causation of reality
Codes:
(A) 2 & 4
(B) 1 & 2
(C) 2 & 3
(D) 3 & 4
Ans: A
91. Who amongst the following sociologists has not considered conflict as a vital element of society?
(A) Randall Collins
(B) Lewis Coser
(C) Talcott Parsons
(D) Ralph Dahrendorf
Ans: C
92. The concept of ‘imperatively coordinated associations’ was contributed by
(A) Talcott Parsons
(B) Ralph Dahrendorf
(C) C. Wright Mills
(D) Karl Marx
Ans: B
93. “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a heartless world and the soul of soulless condition.” Who made the statement?
(A) L. Feurbach
(B) G. Lukacs
(C) K. Marx
(D) V.I. Lenin
Ans: C
94. 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 movements 4. G.S. Ghurye
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 2 1 3 4
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 3 2 4 1
(D) 1 4 1 3
Ans: B
95. A.R. Radcliffe-Brown contributed to
(A) Functionalism
(B) Cultural Materialism
(C) Structural – Functionalism
(D) Structuralism
Ans: C
96. From which one of the following the ‘sum of the differences from a measure would always be zero’?
(A) Mode
(B) Median
(C) Mean
(D) Standard Error
Ans: C
97. Which of the following theories has a “Micro” orientation?
(A) Functionalism
(B) Conflict theory
(C) Interactionism
(D) Critical theory
Ans: C
98. Who stated that ‘Politics is about power, politics occurs when there are differentials in power’?
(A) T. Parsons
(B) R.A. Dahl
(C) R.E. Dowse and J.A. Hughes
(D) J. Westergaard and A. Little
Ans: C
99. Who is the author of the book ‘Rules of Sociological method’?
(A) Max Weber
(B) Auguste Comte
(C) Vilfredo Pareto
(D) Emile Durkheim
Ans: D
100.Assertion (A): Roles are the bundles of socially defined attributes and expectations associated with social positions.
Reason (R): Roles demonstrate the absolute compliance with expected behaviour of an individual in the set.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) (A) is true but (R) is not true.
(D) (A) is false and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: C