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Sociology

Question 1Single Answer
Which one of the following statements represents the idea of C. Wright Mills about sociological inagination ?
  1. A
    Looking social world as social fact.
  2. B
    Understanding differences among the classical theorists.
  3. C
    Bringing together private troubles and public issues.
  4. D
    Avoiding individual based explanstion.
Question 2Single Answer
Who amongst the following says that sociology is the study of collective representation ?
  1. A
    Weber
  2. B
    Durkheim
  3. C
    Comte
  4. D
    Spemcer
Question 3Single Answer
When the offsprings inherit the father’s name, the family is called -
  1. A
    patronymic
  2. B
    patrilineal
  3. C
    patriarchal
  4. D
    conjugal
Question 4Single Answer
According to whom internalized ‘shared values’ are regarded as playing a decisive role in the social integration of any society ?
  1. A
    T. Parsons
  2. B
    B. Malinowski
  3. C
    E. Durkheim
  4. D
    R.K. Merton
Question 5Single Answer
Which according to Robert Redfield is not the characeristic of Little Community ?
  1. A
    Distinctiveness
  2. B
    Homogeneity
  3. C
    Location
  4. D
    Self-sufficiency
Question 6Single Answer
1.Match the Items in List-I with List-II:
List-l  (Books)                                                    List-ll  (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:
  1. A
    (a)      (b)    (c)    (d)
    (i)     (ii)    (iii)    (iv)
  2. B
    (iii)   (ii)    (iv)    (i)
  3. C
    (ii)    (iii)   (iv)    (i)
  4. D
    (iv)   (i)     (ii)     (iii)
Question 7Single Answer
Which one of the following is not the characteristic of a community ?
  1. A
    Territory
  2. B
    A set of social relationships
  3. C
    We feeling
  4. D
    Language
Question 8Single Answer
The change of statuses occurring with sufficient frequency, as to be sicially patterned, can be designated as a:
  1. A
    Status-Set
  2. B
    Status-Conflict
  3. C
    Social-Status
  4. D
    Status-Sequence
Question 9Single Answer
When the perfomer of a role adopts a subjective detachment from the role, it is called as:
  1. A
    Role-Conflict
  2. B
    Role-Taking
  3. C
    Role-Distance
  4. D
    Role-Incompatibility
Question 10Single Answer
According to whom role is the dynamic aspect of status, where ‘status’ refers to the position and ‘role’ to its perfomance ?
  1. A
    Ralph Linton
  2. B
    R.K.Merton
  3. C
    Max Weber
  4. D
    P.L, Kendall
Question 11Single Answer
By What term Merton designated the range of role relationships which persons have by virtue of occupying a particular social status ?
  1. A
    Multiple Roles
  2. B
    Role Set
  3. C
    Role Networks
  4. D
    Status Role
Question 12Single Answer
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:
  1. A
    (a) and (b)
  2. B
    (a) and (d)
  3. C
    (b) and (d)         
  4. D
    (b) and (c)                        
Question 13Single Answer
Match List-I with list-ll and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List-l  (Concepts)                                                List-ll(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
  1. A
    (a)     (b)     (c)    (d)
    (ii)     (i)      (iii)   (iv)
  2. B
    (ii)     (i)      (iv)   (iii)
  3. C
    (i)      (ii)     (iv)   (iii)
  4. D
    (iv)    (iii)    (i)     (ii)
Question 14Single Answer
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other asReason (R) :
Assertion (A) : All groups are social networks.
Reason     (B) : All networks are not social groups.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
  1. A
    Both (A) and(R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. B
    Bothe (A) and(R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  3. C
    (A) is true, but (R) is false.
  4. D
    (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Question 15Single Answer
Type of authority in a religious sect is :
  1. A
    Traditional
  2. B
    Bureaucratic
  3. C
    Rational
  4. D
    Legal
Question 16Single Answer
What an individual, as an organism, does not have at birth that is relevant to the process of socialization ?
  1. A
    Insticts
  2. B
    Capacities
  3. C
    Reflexes
  4. D
    Attitude 
Question 17Single Answer
Who among the following is the author of ‘Mind, Self and Society’ ?
  1. A
    Talcott parsons
  2. B
    Margaret Mead
  3. C
    George H. Mead
  4. D
    Gardner Murphy 
Question 18Single Answer
The Functional Theory of social stratification was expounded in the writings of :
  1. A
    Davis & Black
  2. B
    Davis & Moore
  3. C
    Parsons & Bales
  4. D
    Wiser & Wiser          
Question 19Single Answer
In a family, the grandfather was a potter in a village and father taught in a school of a town and now son is an engineer in a multi-national company in a metro city. The illustrates :
  1. A
    Cultural Mobility
  2. B
    Horizontal Mobility
  3. C
    Intra-ganerational Mobility
  4. D
    Inter-ganerational Mobility
Question 20Single Answer
Which View among the following is the oldest view of social change ?
  1. A
    Cyclical
  2. B
    Linear
  3. C
    Evolutionary
  4. D
    Dialectical
Question 21Single Answer
Who said that revolutions are locomotives of history ?
  1. A
    G.W.F.Hegel
  2. B
    E. Kant
  3. C
    K. Marx
  4. D
    F. Engels
Question 22Single Answer
Match List-l with List-ll and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists :
List-l                                                  List-ll
A.Law of three stages                     (i) Taylor
B.Organic analogy                         (ii) Durkheim
C.Division of labour                        (iii) Comte
D.Primitive culture                          (iv) Spencer
  1. A
    (a)     (b)     (c)    (d)
    (iii)   (iv)     (ii)     (i)
  2. B
    (ii)    (iii)     (iv)    (i)
  3. C
    (i)     (iii)     (ii)     (iv)   
  4. D
      (iv)   (iii)     (ii)     (i)
Question 23Single Answer
Who used the phrase ‘necessary conditions of existence’ as an important component of social structure ?
  1. A
    S.F. Nadel
  2. B
    C Levi Strauss
  3. C
    A.R. Radcliffe Brown
  4. D
    R.K. Merton
Question 24Single Answer
Who supports the view that social structure is more or less stable and unchangeable, while its qualitative character is dynamic and changeable ?
  1. A
    A.R. Radc;offe-Brown
  2. B
    S.F. Nadel
  3. C
    B. Malinowski
  4. D
    C. Levi-Strauss
Question 25Single Answer
Match the items in List-l with List-ll :               
List-l                                        List-ll
A.Social Morphology           (i) Levi Strauss
B.Reciprocity                      (ii) Ferdinand de Saussure
C.Alliance Theory                 (iii) Radcliffe-Brown
D.Structural-Linguist            (iv) Marcel-MaussCodes :
  1. A
    (a)    (b)    (c)    (d)
    (iii)    (ii)    (iv)   (i)
  2. B
    (ii)    (iii)    (i)     (iv)
  3. C
    (iii)  (iv)    (i)     (ii)
  4. D
    (iv)  (iii)    (ii)    (i)
Question 26Single Answer
Who gave the ‘mechanical’ and ‘statistical’ models in his study of kinship structure ?
  1. A
    C. Levi-Strauss
  2. B
    James Frazer
  3. C
    A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
  4. D
    S.F. Nadel
Question 27Single Answer
Who among the following talked about moving equilibrium in the process of progressive growth in the social system ?
  1. A
    T. Parsons
  2. B
    R.K. Merton
  3. C
    Max WeberB. 
  4. D
    Malinowski
Question 28Single Answer
To E. Durkheim, Moral density means :
  1. A
    Sheer increase in the number of individuals                 
  2. B
    Individuals working morally
  3. C
    Individuals feeling sobriety
  4. D
    Increased interaction between the individuals
Question 29Single Answer
Self-fulfilling prophecy was the concept explained by:
  1. A
    Max Weber
  2. B
    R.K. Merton
  3. C
    T. Parsons
  4. D
    None of these
Question 30Single Answer
Who has studied ‘Trobriand Islanders’
  1. A
    A.R. Brown
  2. B
    J. Frazer
  3. C
    B. Malinowski
  4. D
    E. Durkheim
Question 31Single Answer
The concept: ‘’The generalized other’’ was introduced by:
  1. A
    G.H. Mead
  2. B
    H. Blumer
  3. C
    V. Pareto
  4. D
    None of these
Question 32Single Answer
Max Weber distinguished power from authority as the presence or absence of :
  1. A
    Hierarchy
  2. B
    Rationality
  3. C
    Legitimacy
  4. D
    Bureacracy
Question 33Single Answer
Who were the first to develop the elite theory ?
  1. A
    Pareto and Mosca
  2. B
    Mills and David Lane
  3. C
    Pareto and Mills
  4. D
    Mosca and Mitchell
Question 34Single Answer
The Book : ‘’The methodological position of symbolic Interactionism’’ was written by :
  1. A
    H. Blumer
  2. B
    C.H. Cooley
  3. C
    E. Goffman
  4. D
    G.H. Mead        
Question 35Single Answer
Functionalism approach to conflict was propounded by :
  1. A
    R. Dahrendorf
  2. B
    L.A. Coser
  3. C
    Karl Marx
  4. D
    R. Collins
Question 36Single Answer
To Karl Marx, Five great modes of social change which successively embody the dynamics of human society are :
A.Slavery
B.Primitive communism
C.Capitalism
D.Feudalism
E.Socialism
In what order did he place these stages ?
  1. A
    A, B,C, D, E
  2. B
    B, A, C, D, E
  3. C
    B, A,D, C, E
  4. D
    A, B, D, C, E
Question 37Single Answer
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Observation at times gives us better conclusions about the social phenomenon.
Reason    (R) : Observation is a method in which no biasness is involved.
Select the correct answer from the codes below : 
  1. A
    Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. B
    Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  3. C
    (A) is true, but (R) is false
  4. D
    (A) is false, but (R) is true 
Question 38Single Answer
Identify the correct logical order as explained by Marx :
  1. A
    Class-in-itself, Class for Itself, Social Transformation, Class Conflict
  2. B
    Class-in-itself, Class for Itself, Class Conflict, Social Transfomation
  3. C
    Class in Itself, Class Conflict, Class for Itself, Social Transformation
  4. D
    Class for Itself, Class Conflict, Class-in-Itself, Social Transformation   
Question 39Single Answer
Who has stated that, ‘human activity can be observed and comprehended from only inside ‘’ ?
  1. A
    Max Weber
  2. B
    W. Dilthey
  3. C
    E. Durkheim
  4. D
    P. Sorokin
Question 40Single Answer
Who has considered that ‘Socialphenomenon can be treated like natural phenomenon, in terms of observation, Classification and also in direct experiment’?
  1. A
    Email Durkheim
  2. B
    A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
  3. C
    Both (A) and(B)
  4. D
    None of the these
Question 41Single Answer
Among the Indian sociologists, who has pleaded for an integrated approach to the study of social phenomenon ?
  1. A
    D.P. Mukerji
  2. B
    G.S. Ghirye
  3. C
    Radhakamal Mukherjee  
  4. D
    Ram Krishna Mukherjee          
Question 42Single Answer
Who has undertaken for the first time ‘survey of an industrial city’ in India and employed statistical concepts and tools ?
  1. A
    D.N. Majumdar
  2. B
    M.N. Srinivas
  3. C
    V.S.D’ Souza
  4. D
    S.C. Dube
Question 43Single Answer
Who is said to have used the participant observation method in the study of a street corner society in U.S.A. ?
  1. A
    B. Malinowski
  2. B
    W.F. Whyte
  3. C
    Paul F. Lazarsfeld
  4. D
    R.K. Merton
Question 44Single Answer
Match the List-l with List-ll and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists :    
List-l (Books)                                               List-ll (Authors)
A.The Methodology of the Social Sciences     (i) John Madge
B.The Rules of Sociological Method               (ii) Jahoda andOthers
C.The Tools of Social Science                       (iii) Emile Durkheim
DMethods in Social Relations                     (iv) P.V. Young                                                                                        
                                                                   (v) Max Weber
  1. A
    (a)    (b)      (c)      (d)
    (i)       (ii)     (iii)    (iv)
  2. B
    (v)      (iv)     (iii)     (ii)
  3. C
    (iv)     (iii)     (ii)       (i)
  4. D
    (v)      (iii)     (i)        (ii)
Question 45Single Answer
Census is an example of :
  1. A
    Explanatory research
  2. B
    Exploratory research
  3. C
    Descriptive research
  4. D
    Diagnostic research
Question 46Single Answer
Which one of the following measures of average can be applied to qualitative data ?
  1. A
    Mean
  2. B
    Median
  3. C
    Mode
  4. D
    All the above
Question 47Single Answer
Standard deviation is a measure of :
  1. A
    Dispersion around Mode
  2. B
    Dispersion around Mean
  3. C
    Dispersion around mode and Mean
  4. D
    Dispersion around Median and Mean
Question 48Single Answer
Case study aims at :
  1. A
    Qualitative analysis of a unit
  2. B
    Quantitative analysis of a unit
  3. C
    Both Qualitative and Quantitative analysis
  4. D
    Qualitative and detailed analysis of all aspects of a unit
Question 49Single Answer
A method of historical research in which the recollections of living persons are collected, is called :
  1. A
    Case study
  2. B
    Content analysis
  3. C
    Oral history
  4. D
    Conjectural history
Question 50Single Answer
Which method involves counting of the incidence of particular items belonging to a set of usually pre-determined categories ?
  1. A
    Case Study
  2. B
    Content Analysis
  3. C
    Both (A) and(B)
  4. D
    None of the above
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