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1 Modernization theory explains modernization A. The principle of hierarchy

· by reference to the onset of the process that
B. The principle of equality
Talcot Parsons refers to as:
C. The principle of universality
A. Structural functionalism
D. The principle of homogeneity
B. Structural differentiation
C. Cultural conflict 6. The doctrine, which sees equality of condition,
D. Cultural capitalism outcome, reward and privilege as a desirable
goal of social organization, is known as:
l. Culture Industry' is a concept developed by:
A. Democracy
A. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
B. Oligarchy
B. Deleuze and Guattari
C. Egalitarianism
c. Pierre Bourdieu .
D. Capitalism
D. Theodor Adorno and Max Horkhe1mer
7. Given below are two statements
3. In his work 'The Gift', Marcel Mauss argues
ili~ . Statement I: For Max Weber, the construction
A. Gifts are widely reciprocal and obligatory of an ideal type was clearly a heuristic device
in nature or method of investigation.
B. Gift exchange cannot be explained in term~
Statement II: For Max Weber, an ideal type
of rational choice model of western forma
is neither an average type nor a simple
economic thought .
description of the most commonly found
C. Economy is inseparable from other socia1
features of real world phenomena.
fields
D. All of the above In light of the above statements' choose. the
most appropriate answer from the options
4. Emile Durkheim interprets modern 'religion of
humanity' as a configuration of: given below I
A. Both Statemen t I and Statement I are
A. Judea Christian Tradition
B. Totemic belief correct II
B. Both Stateme!) t I and Statement are
C. Paganism
D. Animism incorrect ent II is
c. Statement I is
. correct but Statem
5. In the Great tradition of both Hi nd uism and
Islam, the norm s which const1tu · t e d the incorrect b t Statement II is
foundations of the legal system were an D. Statement I is incorrect u
extension of: correct

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8. "The presentation of self in everyday life" is

the work of:
A. Anthony Giddens
B. Alvin Gouldner
C. Erving Goffman
D. Robert K. Merton
9. Match List-I with List-II:
List-I List-II
(Bookffheory (Authorffhinker/
proposed/ N ame of Theory,
Characteristic, etc.) etc.)
(a) Normative structure I. E.P. Thompson
of science
(b) Sign and Language II. Pierre Bourdieu
(c) The making of the III. Michel Foucault
working class
(d) Artistic taste and IV. Robert K.
cultural capital Merton
(e) Sexual Discourse V. Ferdinand de
and Power Saussure
Choose the correct answer from the options
given below:
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
A. IV V II I III
B. III IV I V II
C. V IV I II III
D. IV V I II III
10. Given below are two statements
Statement I: Ethnography is predominantly a ,,
qualitative inquiry based on direct and
sustained interaction with human agents.
Statement II: Ethnography does not involve
the production of a descriptive account of
culture.
In light of the above statements, choose the
most appropriate answer from the options
given below
A. Both Statement I and Statement II are
correct
B. Both Statement I and Statement II are
incorrect
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C. The old distinction between the private and 20. Match List-I with List-II: 55
the public continues to remain stable. List-I List-Il (b) Land donation
D. It is inadequate to hold the view that image (a) G.S. Ghurye I. Image of Man: ldeo. ( c) Anti Apnrrheid JO. Which or the followin• is NOT .
and information management are the new logy and theory . (d) Save Narmada valley 0 0
an example or
movement for statehood in India?
Indian Sociology in A. (a) and (b) only A. Gorkhaland movement ·
negotiators of truth and authenticity . B. (c) and (d) only
(b) M.N . Srinivas II. Social Tensions . 8. Jharkhand movement
16. On which of the following ideas the passage India in C. (a) , (b) nnd (d) only C. Telongano movement
Yogendra D. (b), (c) and (d) only D. Dravida Kazhagam movement
does not make any direct reference? (c) 111 . Kinship organization
A. Political cultures and institutions Singh in India 24. The book 'Annihilnt.ion of Caste' was authored JI. Which or the following is the author or th
(d) Irawati IV. Ideology and social by: book "The Me1hodology of Social Sciences'"~
B. Diasporic communities A. Herberc Blumer
C. Civil society organizations Karve science A. Ramakrishna Mukherjee
B. Andre Beteille 8. Max Weber
D. Social and cultural capital (e) Andre V. Village, Caste, Gender
C. T.K. Oommen C. Anthony Giddens
Beteille and Method D. Pitirim A. Sorokin
17. Who among the following belongs to the D. B.R. Ambedkar
Choose the correct answer from the options 32. Arrange lhe following stages/steps of social
school of ' Structuralism'? 25. The term 'Grand theory' is coined by:
given below: research process in sequential order:
A. Claude Levi Strauss A. Talcott Parsons
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (a) Data processing and analysis
B. E.E. Evans Prichard 8. C. Wright Mills
A. V III I II IV (b) Finalizing research instruments
C. A.R. Radcliffe Brown C. Herbert Blumer Selection of research design
B. II V I III IV (c)
D. George Herbert Mead D. Robert K. Merton (d) Data collection
C. III IV V II
26. The use of variety of methods in a single (e ) Report preparation
18. Identify the thinker about whom the following D. II III IV V I
research study is known as: A. (c), (b), (d), (a), (e)
passage mentions: 21. Anthony Giddens' theory of Structuration is B . (a), (d), (b), (c), (e)
A. Mixed Methods research
" In some of his works , especially in The about B. Ethnomethodology
C. (d), (b), (a), (e), (c)
Philosophy of Money, there is a more general A . Structure and superstructure D. (b), (c), (d), (a), (e)
C. Case study
social theory of modernity and sociology of B. Structure and agency D. Methodological bias 33, Variables that allow the researcher '10 rank
modern life, especially metropolitan life. There C. Structure and civilization order the items that arc measured, quantify and
27. Which of the following is NOT an example of
are also in his works an astonishing array of D. Structure and nation compare the sizes of differences between them,
'gender gap' in India?
sensitive analyses of the seemingly most and feature an identifiable zero point' arc called
22. Match the following authors and books A. Wage disparity A. Nominal variables
insignificant aspects of everyday life I. M.N. Srinivas (a) Caste and Class in B. Female mortality B. Ordinal variables
(mealtimes, writing a letter) as well as of some India c. Sexual assault C. Interval variables
apparently marginal but illuminating social (b) Modernization of D. Equality before law D. Ratio variables
2. S.C. Dube
Indian Tradition
types". 28. The status inequality between male and female 34. With which of the following social scientist
(c) Indian Society
A. Karl Marx 3. Yogendra is an indication of: you will relate the statement, "But in reality
B. Max Weber Singh Remembered A. Gender equality there is in every society a certain group of
G.S. Ghurve (d) The
C. Emile Durkheim 4. B. Gender discrimination phenomena which may be differentiated from
Village
D. Georg Simmel C. Gender neutrality those studied by the other natural sciences".
1 2 3 4 D. Gender justice .A. Max Weber
19. "Commodity Fetishism·• as a concept provides
A. (a) (b) (c) (d) B. Thomas Kuhn
the scope for: B. (c) (b) (a) (d) 29. The phenomenon of 'class conflict' is central C. Karl Popper
A. Critiquing the bourgeois economists ' to which of the following theories?
C. (d) (c) (b) (a) D. Emile Durkheim
viewpoint ol' economic value as an intrinsic A. Functionalism
D. (b) (a) (d) (c)
property of commodities B. Feminism 35. Which Sociologist tried to demonstrat_e the
Which of the fo)lowin"I:> are central issues
1 in
internal coherence that can be discerned m the
B. Analyzing ' ideology' in capitalist societies C. Marxism
23. social movements that occurred in lndia wntmgs
.. o f Karl Marx • Emile Durkheim and
C. Understanding the relationship between D. Symbolic Interactionism
(a) Save trees by embracing them Max Weber?
use value and exchange value
D. All of the above
 A. Assimilation A. A. G. Noorani
B. Acculturation B. Christophe Jaffrelot
C. Cultural Spread C. Walter K. Anderson
D. Hybridization D. Vikram Sampath

63. In which type of pattern of residence the 69. After independence of India, the S
. . C . . late
husband moves to live with his wife or wife's Reorgamsatlon omm1ss10n was appointed .
family? I 953. Which one of the following was in
. . not a
member of the comm1ss10n?
A. Matrilocal
A. Fazal Ali
B. Virilocal
B. H. N. Kunzru
C. Patrilocal
c. B. R. Ambedkar
D. Avunculocal
D. K. M. Pannikkar
64. Which among the following is used to describe
70. Who among the following is known for
prejudical attitudes between in groups and out
studying the political institutions of the Nuers?
groups by which our attitudes, custo~~ and
A. Bronislaw Malinowski
behaviour are unquestionably and uncntlcally
B. E.E. Evans Pritchard
treated as superior to their social arrangements?
C. A.R. Radcliffe Brown
A. Ethnocentrism
D. Max Gluckman
B. Anti Semitism
C. Cultural Relativism 71. Supplemented Nuclear Family refers to:
D. Cultural Supremacy A. A group of relatives, members of a
formerly complete nuclear family along
65. Who among the following has conceptualized
with some other unmarried, divorced or
the idea of 'Public Sphere'? widowed relatives who was not a member
A. Pierre Bourdieu of the nuclear family.
B. Herbert Marcuse B. A couple with or without their children.
C. Jiirgen Habermas C. A nuclear family plus one or more
D. Charles Wright Mills unmarried, separated, or widowed relatives
66. Who among the following defines state as "a of the parents, other than their unmarried
human community that (successfully) claims children.
the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical D. A fragment of former nuclear family f~r
force within a given territory."? instance a widow/widower wi th her/his
A. Karl Marx unmarried children or siblings (unmarried
B. Max Weber .
or widowed or separate d or divorced)
C. Michael Mann Ii ving together.
D. Emile Durkheim th
72. Which of the following con 5t itutes e
67. Who among the following is associated with jointness of the family?
the concept of 'Repressive State Apparatus'? A. Commensality
A. Martin Heidegger B. Joint Ownership of Property
B. Louis Althusser C. Ritual Bonds
C. Friedrich Engels
D. All of the above Jes
D. Antonio Gramsci . more couP
73. "In this type of family three or . stance
68. Who among the following is one of the authors Ily For in d
are linked lineally and collatera ·. nts an
of the book 'Brotherhood in Saffron'? . . of pare
we can have a family consi 5t ing
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