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4. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion & and the other is labelled as
Reason R
Assertion A: Contemporary societies experiences the phenomena of ethnic identity
assertion.
6. According to Malinowski, while studying diffusion at the field level, one is to focus on
which one of the following units of transformation?
(a) Cultural traits
(b) Role sets
(c) Status sets
(d) Organised systems or institutions
8. Who among the following defines 'culture change' as the process by which the existing
order of the society, that is its social, spiritual, and material dimensions is transformed
from one type to another?
(a) C. Levi-Strauss
(b) T. Parsons
(c) B. Malinowski
(d) R. K. Merton
13. Who did give the concept of Anti-Minotour to demolish the myth of value neutral
sociology?
(a) Anthony Giddens
(b) Alvin Gouldner
(c) Robert Merton
(d) Thurston Veblen
14. Arrange various sciences in a hierarchy from complex to simple as provided by Auguste
Comte:
A. Physics
B. Biology
C. Astronomy
D. Chemistry
E. Sociology
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A. C. E. B. D
(b) E, B. C. A, D,
(c) C , B, E, D A
(d) E, B, D, A, C
15. Who of the following discussed the relation of advertisement and preservation of capitalist
society?
(a) Durkheim & Mauss
(b) Popper & Schutz
(c) Adorno & Marcuse
(d) Marx & Engels
17. Who among the following has advocated for tribe-caste continuan?
(a) Andre Beteille
(b) Veena Das
(c) Surajit Sinha
(d) M.S.A Rao
18. Karl Popper while following the deductive research strategy, advocated:
A. The natural and social words consist of essential uniformatives
B. The aim of science is to establish generalizations
C. Facts are analysed, compared and classified without using hypothesis
D. It is not necessary that social facts are analysed by using falsifiability principle
Choose the appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) A and B only
(b) B and C only
(c) C and D only
(d) A only
20. Who introduced the idea of the global village in the study of mass media?
(a) Marcuse
(b) Melellan
(c) Meluhan
(d) Miliband
21. 'World Revolution in Family Patterns' was the book written by whom?
(a) William J. Goode
(b) Sylvia Walby
22. In the definition of knowledge, identify the elements which are valid:
A. Knowledge is a belief which is true.
B. Knowledge is a belief which is justified
C. Knowledge is a conjectured formation
D. Knowledge is a belief which is the true opinion of others
Choose the appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) A and B only
(b) C and D only
(c) A and C only
(d) B and D only
24. Who among th following saw the gaze as a kind of language, a language without words?
(a) Randall Collins
(b) Michel Foucault
(c) Pierre Bourdieu
(d) Jurgen Habermas
25. Which among the following scholars had used comparative method in their analysis.
A. Emile Durkheim
B. Herbert Spencer
C. Herbert Blumer
D. Max Weber
E. Rene Weber
Choose the appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) A D and E only
(b) B, C and E only
(c) C, D and E only
(d) A, B and D only
26. The game of Tic-Tac-Toe, as referred by M.Lynch is closely related with which
phenomenon?
(a) Queer Theory
(b) Fordism
(c) Breaching experiments
27. What was a key theoretical promise in Edward Said's discussion on Orientalism?
A. Archeology of knowledge
B. Archeology of residence
C. Archeology of marriage
D. Archeology of power
E. Archeology of relationships
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A and B only
(b) B and C only
(c) C and D only
(d) A and D only
28. Explaining the effects of globalization, George Ritzer wrote a book titled:
(a) The Theory of the Leisure
(b) The Instinct of Workmanship and the State of the Industrial Act
(c) Social Network Analysis
(d) The McDonaldization of Society
29. Which of the following Sociologist is known for emphasising the relation of morality and
education?
A. J. Dewey
B. E. Durkheim
C. M. Weber
D. T. Parsons
E. R.K.Merton
Choose the appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) A and B only
(b) B and C only
(c) C and Donly
(d) D and B only
30. Which of the following sociologists have discussed the family from functionalist
perspective?
A. G.P. Murdock
B. T. Parsons
C. Sherry B. Ortner
D. Norman W. Bell
Choose the appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B and C only
(b) A, C and D only
(c) A, B and D only
(d) B, C and D only
31. Who amongst the following urges that the major function of religion is to maintain order
in society:
(a) Ferdinand Tommies
(b) Herbert Spencer
(c) Max Weber
(d) Emile Durkheim
33. Karl Marx identified various forms of divisions of labour as stages of development in
history of Europe. Identify the correct sequence of these stages from the following:
A. Tribal
B. Barbarism
C. Ancient
D. Feudal
Chouse the appropriate answer from the options given belows
(a) A, B and C only
(b) B. A and D only
(c) A. C and D only
(d) B. C and d only
35. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as
Reason R
Assertion A: Theoretical synthesis of dialectic and funtionalism underlines that 'society' Is
not a system of equilibrium but a nebulous structure of imperfectly coordinated elements
which are held together by coercion of some aloments and subjection of others.
Reason R: The social structure itself generates change through intra-conflicts and internal
contradictions.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options
given below
(a) Both A and Rare correct and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are correct but R is Not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is correct but R is not correct
(d) A is not correct but it is correct’’
36. Which one of the following forms of authority expounded by Max Weber is not a form of
traditional authority?
(a) Patriarchal household
(b) Bureaucracy
(c) Feudalism
38. What causses the change from mechanical solidarity to organic solidarity according to
Durkheim?
(a) Dynamic density
(b) Population density
(c) Static density
(d) Fluctuating density
39. According to Eric R Wolf prerequisites for sustained peasant rebellion are:
A. Land owning middle pensantry
B. Peasantry located in a peripheral area outside the domains of landlord control.
C. Agricultural labour
D. Rich peasantry
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A and B only
(b) B and C only
(c) C and D only
(d) D and A only
40. The unintended and unrecognised funtions, according to Merton are called
(a) Manifest function
(b) Latent function
(c) Dysfunction
(d) Eufunction
42. Which among the following theorists regarded that population increase brings change in
society:
A. Karl Marx
B. Max Weber
44. Which among the following is not a mode of motivational orientation according to Talcott
Parsons?
(a) Cognitive
(b) Moral
(c) Cathectic
(d) Evaluative
45. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labeled as
Reason R
Assertion A: According to H.Blumer, human beings act towards the things on the basis of
meanings they have.
Reason R: The meanings are derived through the interpetative process while handling the
things.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options
given below
(a) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and it are correct but it is Not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is correct but R is not correct
(d) A is not correct but R is correct
48. Which of the following terms are used to refer to the new religious movement?
A. Messianic movement
B. Revitalization movement
C. Totemic movement
D. Surrealistic movement
Choose the appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) A and Conly
(b) C and D only
(c) A and B only
(d) A and B only
50. Radha Kamal Muklujee does not offer an alternative worldview of sociology from which
one of the following philosophical tradition?
(a) Vedanta
(b) Buddhism
(c) Zorastrian
(d) Taoism
55. Who among the following Sociologists in India applied the theoretical insights of the
Claude Levi-Strauss in studying structure and cognition in Ilindu society?
(a) M.N.Srinivas
(b) Mekim Marriott
(c) S.C. Dube
(d) Veena Das
56. In the maximuun caclulation of organic composition of capital which of the following are
calculated:
(a) Constant capital and surplus value
(b) Constant capital and variable capital
(c) Variable capital and profit
57. Habermas identified which one of the following types of capitalist societies?
A. Conservative capitahsın
B. Liberal capitalism
C. Organised capitalism of westeru industrial societies
D. Unorganised capitalism of Third World societies
E. Post capitalisen of state socialist societies
Choose the appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B and C only
(b) B. Cand Donly
(c) C. E and Donly
(d) B, C and E only
58. Which of the following basic institution was not discussed by Anthony Giddens in defining
modernity?
(a) Capitalism
(b) Military Power
(c) Education
(d) Industrialista
59. An aggregate which lacks structure or organization and whose members may be unaware
or less aware of the existance of the grouping is known as:
(a) Quasi-group
(b) Peer group
(c) Primary group
(d) Secondary group
60. L H.Morgan in the book 'Ancient Society' elaborated the progression of society through
_____stages.
(a) Savagery, barbarism & civilization
(b) Savagery, barbarism & primitivism
(c) Savagery, barbarism & modemism
(d) Savagery. Nihilism & positivism
61. Auguste Comte has given three stages of thinking for the development of society, which is
the third stage?
(a) Metaphysical
(b) Positivistic
(c) Theological
(d) Polytheism
62. Whose sociology had outlined a method for the study of ideas as functions of Social
involvement?
(a) Karl Mannheim
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Karl Pearson
(d) Gunnar Myrdal
63. Who among the following has contributed in the mode of production debate by
identification of agrarian classes in terms of Malik, Kisan and Mazdoor?
(a) P.C. Joshi
(b) A.R.Desai
64. Arrange the following events of Indian agrarian society in a chronological order-
A. Land Reforms
B. Farmer's Movement
C. Green Revolution
D. Permanent Settlement
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B, C, D
(b) B ,A,C,D
(c) C. B.A.D
(d) D. A. C. B
65. David Held (1999) had not divided the globalization debate on which of the following
aspects:
A. Sceptics
B. Transformationalists
C. Technocracy
D. Hyperglobalizer
E. HypoglobalizerChoose the appropriate answer from the opoons given below:
(a) A and B only
(b) A and D only
(c) C and E only
(d) B and D only
66. Who among the following Sociologists wrote the book, The Religion of India: The Sociology
of Hinduism and Buddhism?
(a) Karl Marx
(b) Max Muller
(c) Max Weber
(d) B. Malinowski
67. Who of the following did psychoanalytic study of childhood in the Hindu families?
(a) Ashis Naudy
(b) A.M.Shah
(c) Sudhir Kakkar
(d) Leela Dube
D. Culture industry IV. Industries such as movies and radio that were
serving to make culture a more important factor in
society than the economy
70. Who among the following are not associated with hermeneutics?
A. Dilthey
B. Gadamer
C. Ricoeur
D. Popper
E. Husserl
Choose the appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) A and B only
(b) B and C only
(c) A and C only
(d) D and E only
71. Who among the following has studied changing agrarian relations in Sripuram located in
Tanjore district, Tamil Nadu?
(a) M.N. Srinivas
(b) Andre Beteille
(c) Yogendra Singh
(d) S.C. Dube
73. Sociology of emotions examines the relations of feelings with the following:
A. Cultures
B. Structures
C. Interactions
D. Kingdom
E. Ocean
Choose the appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B and C only
(b) A, B and D only
(c) A, C and D only
74. Arrange the following steps of research from initial to final stage:
A. Review of Literature
B. Bibliography
C. Primary data collection
D. Statement of the problem
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) C. A. D. B
(b) D. A. C. B
(c) A, B, C, D
(d) B, D, A, C
75. Who of the following social scientists developed the idea of reflexive society?
A. C.W. Mills
B. G.M. Mead
C. P. Bourdieu
D. A. Giddens
E. E. Goffman
Choose the appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) A and B only
(b) B and C only
(c) Cand D only
(d) D and E only
76. Identify the type of sampling among the following in which the inferential statistics cannot
be applied:
(a) Simple Random Sampling
(b) Stratified Sampling
(c) Purposive Sampling
(d) Multi Stage Random Sampling
77. Arrange the sources of knowledge in order of their usage of performance in social
research.
A. Reasoning
B. Sense Perception
C. Intution
D. Authority (Disciplinary)
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B, C, D
(b) B, C, D, A
(c) B, A, D, C
(d) D. B. C. A
78. Who among the following suggested a 'value reference' instead of 'value judgement' as
methodology to have the status of sociology as objective science?
(a) Auguste Comte
(b) Vilfredo Pareto
(c) Emile Durkheim
(d) Max Weber
79. Who among the following has written the book 'Civilizing the Savage"?
(a) Verrier Elwin
80. Who among the following gave the essential idea of explaining individual phenomena by
the state of collectivity, and not state of collectivity by individual phenomena?
(a) Karl Marx
(b) Max Weber
(c) Auguste Comte
(d) Emile Durkheim
81. Who defined religion as 'a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred
things"?
(a) A.R. Radcliffe- Brown
(b) J.G.Frazer
(c) E.Durkheim
(d) M. Weber
83. Arrange the concepts associated with Classical Sociologists in chronological order:
A. Exploitation
B. Rationality
C. Solidarity
D. Positivism
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) D. A. C, B
(b) C, B. D. A
(c) A, C, D, B
(d) B, D, C, A
84. The fomous book 'The Thoery of Communicative Action' is authored by whom?
(a) Manuel Castells
(b) Jurgen Habernas
(c) Anthony Giddens
(d) Talcott Parsons
85. Who among the following argues on the duality of the structure?
(a) A. Giddens
(b) M. Foucault
86. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as
Reason R
Assertion A: According to Talcott Parsons, an action is actor's orientation towards
situation.
Reason R: According to Max Black, orientation towards situation is not exactly action, but
an attitude towards situation.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given
below:
(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
In the present study we are concerned exclusively with relations of authority, for these
alone are part of social structure and therefore permit the systematic derivation of group
conflicts from the organization of total societies and associations within them. The
significance of such group conflicts resets with the fact that they are not the product of
structurally fortuitous relations of power but come forth wherever authority is exercised-
and that means in all societies under all historical conditions. (1) Authority relations are
always relations of superordinate (2) Where there are authority relations, the super
ordinate element is socially expected to control, by orders and commands, warning and
prohibitions, the behavior of the subordinate elements. (3) Such expectations attach to
relatively permanent social positions rather than to the character of individuals; they are
in this sense legitimate. (4) By virtue of this fact, they always involve specification of the
persons subject to control and of the spheres within which control is permissible.
Authority, as distinct from power, is never a relation of generalized control over others. (5)
Authority being a legitimate relation, noncompliance with authoritative commands can be
sanctioned; it is indeed one of the functions of the legal system (and of course quasi-legal
customs and norms) to support the effective exercise of legitimate authority.
94. Identify the incorrect statement with regard to the relationship of authority.
(a) Authority relations are part of Social structure.
(b) Authority relations are exterior to Social structure.
(c) Excercise of autority producess group conflict.
(d) Authority relations are part of the all societies.
A main characteristic of rural caste is the coming together of various caste-sections living
in a village in order to produce food and other goods and services needed locally. In other
words, caste system at the village level is locked into the production system and vice
versa. Thus the household of a landowner has enduring symbiotic relations with
particular households of blacksmith, carpenter, potter, oilman, barber, washerman, priest
and tenants or labourers. The symbol of this is what is called the jajmani system in which
specified quantities of grain-with-straw are paid by the landowner after harvest to the
heads of the artisan, labouring and servicing households who have worked for him during
the previous agricultural year. Traditionally, the rates remained stable over long stretches
of time, and a landowner was expected to keep his workers so long as they did not
persistently default on their tasks, and in turn the workers could not change their
masters without serious reason. Indeed, patron-client and master-servant relationships
tended to be hereditary, a land-owner inheriting, as it were, a body of specialists to work
on his land just as the latter inherited him. Inter-caste and inter-familial relations in the
village were enduring and multi stranded.
96. Service provider recieve grain with straw after the harvest for the work they have done
during the previous year under which one of the following system
(a) Zamindary
(b) Jotedari
(c) Jajmani
(d) Ryotwari
99. Caste system at the village level is locked into the system of
(a) Production
(b) Communication
(c) Assimilation
(d) Commodification of services
100. Who among the following groups has enduring relationships with the service providers
like blacksmith, carpenter, potter, barbers etc?
(a) Landowners
(b) Businessmani
ANSWERS
1 A 21 A 41 A 61 B 81 C
2 D 22 A 42 B 62 A 82 C
3 C 23 D 43 C 63 C 83 A
4 B 24 B 44 B 64 D 84 B
5 A 25 D 45 A 65 C 85 A
6 D 26 C 46 A 66 C 86 B
7 A 27 D 47 A 67 C 87 B
8 C 28 D 48 D 68 C 88 C
9 D 29 A 49 D 69 A 89 A
10 A 30 C 50 C 70 D 90 A
11 D 31 D 51 C 71 B 91 D
12 A 32 D 52 B 72 B 92 B
13 B 33 C 53 C 73 A 93 B
14 D 34 C 54 B 74 B 94 B
15 C 35 A 55 D 75 C 95 B
16 A 36 B 56 B 76 C 96 C
17 C 37 B 57 D 77 C 97 *
18 A 38 A 58 C 78 D 98 A
19 A 39 A 59 A 79 * 99 A
20 C 40 B 60 A 80 D 100 A
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3. Which were the general land tenure systems prevalent in rural India before
independence?
A. Jamindari
B. Sajhedari
C. Ryotwari
D. Hawaldari
E. Mahelwari
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B and C only
(b) B, C and D only
(c) C, D and E only
(d) A, C and E only
5. Which sociologist coined the concept, "social relationship" to describe patterned human
interaction which is intentional, meaningful and symbolic ?
(a) C.H. Cooley
(b) Erving Goffman
(c) Max Weber
(d) V. Pareto
7. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled
as Reason (R)
Assertion (A): Discrimination is a mode of behaviour.
Reason (R): To discriminate means to deny an individual or a group, a privilege or an
opportunity or a pleasure that is thereupon reserved for one's own group.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false (A)
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true (A)
List - 1 List-II
9. A biological being is transformed into a social being with the help of the following:
(a) Socialisation
(b) Institutionalisation
(c) Structuration
(d) Alienation
12. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as
Reason R
Assertion (A) : Prejudice is one thing. Discrimination is something else.
Reason (R) : Prejudice is a matter of belief. Discrimination is a mode of behaviour.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(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 explantion
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false (A)
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true. (A)
14. Adopting a historical approach to the dispersal of people, R. Cohen identifies the following
categories of diasporas
A. Victim diasporas
B. Labour diasporas
C. Trading diasporas
D. Imperial diasporas
E. Cultural diasporas
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B, D and E only
(b) A and E only
(c) A only
(d) A, B, C, D and E
16. Which among the following are relevant and related to the national policy on education?
A. Radha Krishnan Commission
B. Murlidhar Commission
C. Kidwai Commission
D. Kothari Commission
E. Tendulkar Commission
21. Who has written the book, 'World Revolution and Family'?
(a) William Goode
(b) David Cooper
(c) Michael Anderson
(d) Ronald Fletcher
25. "Cultural identities are shaped by a complex set of factors, which are associated with the
process of evolution of cultural practices and belief of a people in course of their historical
experiences." Who stated this?
(a) T.K. Oommen
(b) Yogendra Singh
(c) E.B. Tylor
(d) None of the above
29. Who has classified political institutions into republic, • aristocracy.. monarchy and
autocracy ?
(a) Robert Michels
(b) Montesquiew
(c) Harold Gould
(d) Rajani Kothari
31. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled
as Reason (R)
Assertion (A): Enhancing global conciousness is a vital dimension of increasing
environmental awareness.
Reason R: Our choices and actions are responsible for our actions towards ecology.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options
given below:
(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 explantion
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false (A)
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true (A)
32. Who among the following used 'Comparative and Historical Research Method' in their
study?
(a) Auguste Comte
(b) Karl Marx
35. According to Louis Wirth, the following variables are important in making urban life
impersonal:
A. Location
B. Affluence
C. Size
D. Density
E. Heterogeneity
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B and C only
(b) B, C and D only
(c) C, D and E only
(d) A, C and E only
36. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled
as Reason (R)
Assertion (A): Sociologists usually distinguish between absolute and relative poverty.
Reason R In developed countries, with established welfare system, absolute poverty is
rare.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropirate answer from the options
given below :
(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 explantion
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false (A)
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true (A)
38. The durable relations between a food- producing family and the families that supply them
with goods and services are known as-
39.
List-I Thinkers List-II Work
A. G.H. Mead 1. Structuration
B. E. Goffman 2. Governmentality
C. M. Foucault 3. Symbolic Interactionism
D. A. Giddens 4. Total institutions
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A - IV, B-I, C-II, D-III
(b) A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
(c) A-III, B- IV, C-II, D-I
(d) A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
40. There are two levels of meanings which are implicit in Sanskritization. These are:
(a) Historical specific and contextual specific
(b) Contextual specific and culture specific
(c) Historical specific and culture specific
(d) None of the above
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A-I, B- IV, C-II, D-III
(b) A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II
(c) A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
(d) A-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III
45. Who has classified action into logical and non- logical action?
(a) Max Weber
(b) T. Parsons
(c) V. Pareto
(d) None of the above
46. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled
as Reason (R)
Assertion (A) : there is the increasing prevalence of borderless diseases
Reason (R): there is the increase in global travel and an increasing rate of human
migration.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(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 explantion
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true
47. An Italian consuming paneer tikka in Rome and an Indian consuming pizza in Varanasi is
an example of
(a) Globalisation of food
(b) Globalisation of commodities
(c) Globalisation of culture
(d) All of the above
48. ………is a set of socially constructed ideas that accommodate the interests of men and
patriarchy and involve the compliance of females.
(a) Hegemonic masculinity
(b) Emphasized femineity
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of the above
51. Chronologically arrange the following schools of thought as they appeared in the history of
Sociology.
A. Positivism
B. Symbolic interactionism
C. Postmodernism
D. Functionalism
E. Structuralism
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A, E, B, D. C
(b) D, A, C, B, E
(c) A, D, E, B, C
(d) D, B, A, C, E
58. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled
as Reason (R)
Assertion (A) : N. K. Bose emphasised the need to bring ethnology and indology together in
the study of Indian Society.
Reason (R): It is possible to reconstruct the structure of the Indian Constitution through
these two approaches.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(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 explantion
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true
60. Who among the following criticised the effects of "mass media" and "culture industry" on
population?
(a) Ulrich Beck
(b) Alfred Schutz
(c) Theodor Adorno
(d) Ernest Burgess
61. Use of public office for private gain is known as:
(a) Abuse
(b) Corruption
(c) Insincerity
(d) None of the above
64. Definite procedures or rules which people are expected to observe are known as:
(a) Norms
(c) Sanctions
(b) Values
(d) Mores
67. Which one of the following was not a direct cause of the decline of the pre-British village
artisan industries?
(a) Introduction of railways
(b) Growth of modern industries in India
(c) Introduction of money economy in India
(d) Development of road transportation system
68. The disharmony between the rapid growth of technology and slower transformation of
social institutions and beliefs is known as
(a) Technological lag
(b) Communicational lag
(c) Cultural lag
(d) Informational lag
69. The most systematic general theory of cultural | reproduction is given by-
(a) Karl Mannheim
(b) Pierre Bourdieu
(c) Auguste Comte
(d) Durkheim
72. Cultural phenomena combining inputs and impositions from other cultures with local
realities is
(a) Ethnocentrism
(b) Cultural imperialism
(c) Cultural hybrids
(d) Cultural relativism
74. Rewards and punishments associated with role expectations are called
(a) Norms
(b) Values
(c) Sanctions
(d) Mores
76. was first developed by sociologists, B. Glaser and A. Strauss (1967), in an attempt to come
to grips with their clinical research in medical sociology.
78. A structure of relationship linking social actors, or the set of actors and the ties among
them:
(a) Social organization
(b) Social network
(c) Social development
(d) Social institution
80. A. Quantitative research is any research method that involves the analysis of numerical
data derived usually from surveys and experiments.
B. Qualitative research is any research method that involves the analysis of numerical
data derived usually from surveys and experiments.
C. Inferential statistics does not allow researchers to use data from a relatively small
group to speculate with some level of certainty about a larger group
D. Quantitative research methods do not require statistical methods for collecting and
reporting data
E. Statistics is the mathematical method used to analyze numerical data
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B, C and D only
(b) A only
(c) B, C and D only
(d) A and E only
81. What are the main features of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 ?
(a) Number of disabilities increased from 7 to 21
(b) Percentage of reservation increased from
(c) Special courts, to handle cases related to violation of rights of person with disabilities,
set up in each district
(d) All of the above
84. The middle attribute in the ranked distribution of observed attributes is known as:
(a) Mean
(b) Mode
(c) Standard deviation
(d) None of the above
Property, in Hobhouse's phrase, 'is to be conceived in terms of the control of man over
things', a control which is recognized by society, more or less permanent and exclusive.
Property may be private (individual or collective) or common. In his account of the
development of property, Hobhouse observed that there is some personal private property
in all societies, but that in many primitive societies the principal economic resources are
communally owned (e.g. hunting land, grazing land, pasture). In more developed
agricultural societies, private ownership comes predominate. But Hobhouse pointed out
that to although tribal common ownership disappears, common ownership may be
maintained for the joint-family. R.H. Lowie, in an excellent short account of property,
which uses much which comparative material from primitive and civilized societies,
presents much of the same view, There is personal private property among all primitive
people, including names, dances, songs, myths, ceremonial regalia, gifts, weapons,
household implements. So far as the 'instruments of production' are concerned there are
differences between hunters and food-gatherers, where the land is tribal property (not
always well-defined) and agriculturalists and pastoralists. Among agriculturalists
individual private property in land is frequently found, though the clan or tribe may still
exercise some control over its use or alienation. In the case of pastoralists, land may be
communally owned but not the livestock; 'the ownership of livestock strongly develops the
sense of individual property'.
92. "Property is to be conceived in terms of the control of man over things. " Who said this?
(a) R. H. Lowie
93. Which among the following are possessed by primitive people as personal private
property?"
(a) Songs, myths, dances and names
(b) Weapons, gifts, ceremonial regalia and household implements
(c) Both the above
(d) None of the above
Myrdal's well known position on theory of social change and development is that of
circular causation and cumulative change. He suspects the validity of constructing
universal evolutionary stage of growth. These according to him tend to be telelogical and
often have conservative ideologies latent in them. The crucial factor in development in an
'upward' movement of the social system as a whole with all its component 'conditions'.
These conditions for the South Asian countries as described by Myrdal are: ( 1 ) output
and income (2) conditions of production; (3) levels of living; (4) attitudes towards life and
work; (5) institutions and (6) policies. He assumes a uni-directional causal relationship
between these conditions; an 'upward and downward' movement in one would cause
cumulative movement of similar nature in other conditions too. Value premises related to
these conditions might differ from country to country specially in regard to conditions
which are treated for their 'independent' (as a goal in themselves) values as different from
those having 'instrumental values. These valuations define ideological contexts of
development in each national society, but their selectivity is organically linked with
attributes of social system as a whole. The modernization process in India and other
South Asian countries, according to Myrdal is heading fast towards a climax and the time
for reasonable choice for them is limited. The opportunity for a 'gradualist' approach is
also over. Myrdal thinks 'it is not more difficult, but easier to cause a big change rapidly
than a small change gradually.' The prime areas for such big, rapid changes are social
and institutional conditions in Indian society. These conditions ( 4 and 5 of the above)
hold keys for mobilization of all other conditions of development.
97. Constructing universal evolutionary stage of growth may involve the following:
(a) Teleological ideologies
98. Which of the following factors is Not described by Myrdal for the development of South
Asian countries?
(a) Environment
(b) Policies
(c) Institutions
(d) Output and Income
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3. Of the following, who has not worked on the functioning of the Jajmani system as a
binding force among castes?
A. W. H. Wiser
B. K. Ishwaran
C. M. Opler
D. K. Gough
E. S. C. Dube
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(a) A and C only
(b) C only
(c) D only
(d) E only
4. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as
Reason R
Assertion A: Democracy has become a global force; while it has become widespread, but
all is not well with this political system and it has got into some difficulties almost
everywhere
Reason R : For its failure, it is not the institution itself that is to be blamed; it is the way it
has worked or the way its working has been distorted and manipulated by those in power.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below
(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
6. Which of the following scholar(s) has not emphasized the term 'Underclass'?
(A) J. Goldthorpe
(B) M. Savage
(C) C. Murray
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) A and B only
(b) A only
(c) B only
(d) C only
7. Who said, "empty land sitting useless -if homeless people can live there", what is wrong?
(a) J. E. Perlman
(b) R. Neurwirth
(c) Ratna N. Rao
(d) V. Dupont
8. Levi-Strauss interpreted the sign systems of 'Primitive Culture' examining everything from
the______.
(a) Caste structure
(b) Class structure
(c) Kinship structure
(d) Racial system
9. Which term is used to refer to the characteristics or properties of the studied object?
(a) Concepts
(b) Ethics
(c) Hypothesis
(d) Research questions
10. Which two of the following concepts are related with R. Robertson?
A. Differences-within-Sameness
B. Flow of gatherings and Squeezing
C. McDonaldization and Ethnicization
D. Homogeneity vs. Heterogeneity
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A and B only
(b) A and C only
(c) A and D only
(d) B and C only
11. According to R. Wallis, the three broad categories: World-affirming, World-rejecting and
World-accomodating ovements associated with which of the following?
(a) A value-oriented movement
(b) New age movements
(c) New religious movements
(d) New social movements
13. The concept of Habitus as a basis for a cultural approach to structural inequality with a
focus on the embodiment of cultural representation in human habits and routines was
originally used by:
(a) Anthony Giddens
(b) Norbert Elias
(c)Pierre Bourdieu
(d) Richard Jenkin
14. According to P.M. Kolenda, which family types were not discussed for a comparative
evaluation?
A. Single person household
B. Sub- nuclear family
C. Juvenile family
D. Supplemented sub-nuclear family
E. Singular family
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A and B only
(b) A and D only
(c) B and D only
(d) C and E only
17. If nephews and nieces are brought up in their maternal uncle's family, the arrangement is
referred to as
(a) Avunculocal residence
(b) Matrilocal residence
19. Which book on research methodology was written by Emile Durkheim that is considered
one of his first works?
(a) Methods in Social Research
(b) Research Methodology in Social Sciences
(c) Research Methods in Social Relations
(d) Rules of Sociological Method
21. Which two of the following major greenhouse gases contribute to global warming?
(a) Nitrous oxide
(b) Carbon dioxide
(c) Methane
(d) Chlorofluorocarbons
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A and C
(b) A and D
(c) B and C
(d) Band D
28. Distinct economic systems that are characterized by a specific set of relations of
production combined with forms of productive forces is called:
(a) Instruments of production
(b) Means of production
(c) Mode of production
(d) Relations of production
30. The impact of industry on religion, according to Elton Mayo, is transformation from
(a) A religious to non-religious society
(b) A ritualistic to secular society
(c) An established to an adaptive society
(d) An establishment of normative to open society
31. An idea associated with Marshall McLuhan, who saw the spread of electronic
communication as binding the world into a coherent single community called
(a) Global city
(b) Global network
(c) Global sites
(d) Global Village
32. Which among the following are NOT the works of Irawati Karve ?
A. Hindu society: An interpretation
B. Hierarchy and Marriage Alliance in South India
C. Religious Consciousness
D. Kinship Organization in India
E. Yuganta: The End of an Epoch
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(a) A and C only
(b) A and D only
(c) B and C only
(d) D and E only
33. The Munda and the Oraon of the Chotta Nagpur who live close to each other and share
much of their cultural life, belong to which speech group, respectively ?
(a) Austric and Dravidian speech group
(b) Mongoloid and Mediterranean speech group
(c) Negrito and Nordic speech group
(d) Western Brachycephals and Mongoloids speech group
35. Among the earlier industrial sociologists, who has written the book, Social Framework of
an Indian Factory ?
(a) E. A. Ramaswamy
(b) G. S. Ghurye
(c) N. R. Sheth
(d) Sharat K. Bhaumik
36. Arrange the occurrence of the following technological revolutions in chronological order
from the earliest to the latest
A. Printing revolution
B. Green revolution
C. Industrial revolution
D. Bio-technological revolution
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
(a) A, B, D, C
(b) A, C, B, D
(c) B, C, D, A
(d) C, A, B, D
38. Who has written the book 'Urbanization and Family Change' in the Indian context? "
(a) A M. Shah
(b) Irawati Karve
(c) M. S. Gore
(d) S. C. Dube
39. Who among the following has divided globalization into two camps, the optimists and the
pessimists?
(a) Anthony Giddens
(b) George Ritzer
(c) Immanuel Wallerstein
(d) Mike O' Donnell
40. Robin Cohen argued for which of the following categories of diaspora?
A. Victim
B. Imperial
41. Who among the following traced the evolution of citizenship in three key stages of Civil
rights, Political rights and Social rights?
(a) Gordon Marshall
(b) Martin Marshall
(c) R. J. Marshall
(d) T. H. Marshall
43. Who has first proposed "Semiology" as a scientific study of signs in society?
(a) Claude Levi-Strauss
(b) Ferdinand de Saussure
(c) Roland Barthes
(d) Stuart Hall
44. Which one of the following environmentalists got the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2004 for
contribution to Sustainable Development, Democracy and Peace?
(a) Anil Agarwal
(b) M. C. Mehta
(c) Sundarlal Bahuguna
(d) Wangari Mathai
45. Clifford Geertz's framework of Symbolic Anthropology accepts which of the following?
A. Conception of culture in the non-semiotic form
B. Prime attention to the role of symbols in constructing the public meaning
C. Analysis of culture is on an experimental basis
D. Symbolic forms by which men communicate, perpetuate and develop their knowledge
about and attitudes towards life
E. Role of anthropologists to interpret the guiding symbols of each culture
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
(a) A, B and C only
(b) B, C and D only
(c) B, D and E only
46. Count Joseph Arthur de Gobineau is well known for his work on which of the following?
(a) Ethnicity
(b) Gender
(c) Migration
(d) Racism
47. Arrange the following activities in sequence as per their occurrence during a year
(A) World Forestry day
(B) World Heritage day
(C) World Environment day
(D) World Ozone day
(E) World Population day
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
(a) A, B, C, E, D
(b) A, C, D, B, E
(c) A, D, B, E, C
(d) D, A, B, C. E
49. Which of the following characteristics of the caste system were NOT emphasized by G. S.
Ghurye?
A. Segmental division
B. Hierarchy
C. Open system
D. Achieved
E. Pollution and purity
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(a) A and B only
(b) A and E only
(c) Band E only
(d) Cand D only
53. A Hindu marriage ceremony consists of a series of ritual performances, which are:
A. Kanyadan
B. Prajapatya
C. Vivaha-havan
D. Pani-grahan
E. Saptapadi
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B, C and D only
(b) A, B, C, D and E
(c) A, C, D and E only
(d) B, C, D and E only
54. The reasoning which proceeds from a general truth to a particular truth is called:
(a) Deductive
(b) Inductive
(c) Prediction
(d) Premise
55. Which Of the following, what are the causes of the weakening of the Nation- State?
A. Rise of post-national membership
B. Increasing significance of transnational corporations
C. Decrease of political interest in the rights of 'first nations'
D. The growing strength of supranational institutions
E. Smooth process of governance
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B and D only
(b) A, C and D only
(c) B, D and E only
(d) C, D and E only
56. Who defined class as 'when a number of people have in common, a specific causal
component of their life chances'?
(a) Antonio Gramsci
(b) Friedrich Engels
(c) Karl Marx
(d) Max Weber
58. The Exchange Theory was propounded and or advanced by which one of the folloeing
sociologists?
A. B. Malinowski
B. P. M. Blau
C. A. R. Radcliffe Brown
D. G. Homans
E. Talcott Parsons
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
(a) A, B and D
(b) A, B and C
(c) A, C, D and E
(d) B, C, D and E
61. Which village was studied by Andre Beteille in his work on 'Caste, Class and Power"?
(a) Kumbapettai
(b) Mohana
(c) Rampura
(d) Sripuram
63. In which type of reading, the Reader accepts the dominant codes and conventions but
may question their use in terms of his
A. Dominant reading
B. A negotiated reading
C. An oppositional reading
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(a) A only
(b) A, B and C
(c) B only
(d) Conly
65. According to Pippa Norris, the concept of the digital divide encompasses which three of
the following distinct aspects?
A. Global divide
B. Local divide
C. Social divide
D. Democratic divide
E. Economic divide
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B and C
(b) A, C and D
(c) B, D and E
(d) C, D and E
67. Who said that monogamous marriage developed not to unite men and women in marital
bliss, but to protect private property?
A. Friedrich Engels
B. Karl Marx
C. Schulasmith Firestone
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A only
(b) A, B and C
(c) B only
(d) Conly
68. Arrange the following functionalists in chronological order as they have contributed
A. A. R. Radcliffe Brown
B. B. Malinowski
C. E. Durkheim
D. R. K. Merton
E. Talcott Parsons
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
(A) A, D, B, C, E
(b) B, A, C, D, E
(c) B, C, A, D, E
(d) C, B, A, E, D
70. 'All truths are ideologically biased, all truths ultimately reflect the interest and biases of
social groups', whose views are these?
(a) Charles Lemert
(b) Clifford Geertz
(c) Karl Mannheim
(d) Karl Marx
72. Within the feminist movement, a wide and diverse range of theories have emerged. Arange
these perspectives in sequence
A. Marxist feminism
B. Post-Modern feminism
C. Liberal feminism
D. Black feminism
E. Radical feminism
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
(a) A, C, B, E, D
(b) B, A, E, C, D
(c) C, A, E, D, B
(d) E, D, C, B, A
73. Arrange the following states according to their level of urbanization in descending order as
per the Census 2011
A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Gujarat
D. Haryana
E. Punjab
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
(a) A, C, D, B, E
(b) B, C, E, D, A
(c) C, D, B, A, E
(d) E, D, C, A, B
74. Who has devised a theory of social conflict on understanding the central characteristics of
the "nomadic" and "sedentary" societies of his time?
(a) Harriet Martineau
(b) Ibn Khaldun
(c) Karl Marx
(d) Randall Collins
78. Who emphasized the significance of the dialectical model in studying rural society?
(a) A. B. Mukherji
(b) P. N. Mukherji
(c) Ramkrishna Mukherjee
(d) Sudipta Mukherjee
79. Arrange the following three stages proposed by August Comte in the proper sequence
A. Theological stage
B. Positive stage
C. Metaphysical stage
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
81. Who among the following considered person- to-person relations and actually existing
relations as constituting the social structure?
(a) A. R. Redcliffe Brown
(b) M. Ginsberg
(c) R. K. Merton
(d) Raymond Firth
82. Which of the following are the four institutional imperatives, according to Robert K.
Merton?
A. Universalism
B. Particularism
C. Communism
D. Disinterestedness
E. Organized skepticism
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B, C and D only
(b) A, B, D and E only
(c) A, C, D and E only
(d) B, C, D and E only
85. In which one of the following approaches, sexual division of labour was taken for granted
and as natural?
(a) Gender and Development (GAD)
(b) Postmodernism and Development (PAD)
(c) Women and Development (WAD)
(d) Women in Development (WID)
87. Which of the following are true about the sociology of consumption?
A. Focus on material culture
B. Focus on mass culture
C. New approach to the analysis of equality and political power
D. Largely emerging from capitalist societies
E. New approach to the analysis of inequality and political alignments
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B, C and D only
(b) A, B, D and E only
(c) A, C, D and E only
(d) B, C, D and E only
88. Which two of the following are the cleanest cities of India, as per the Government of India
Survey of 2020?
A. Chandigarh
B. Indore
C. Navi Mumbai
D. Surat
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A and C only
(b) A, and D only
(c) B and Conly
(d) B and D only
89. Which one of the following is a suspicion of outsiders combined with a tendency to
evaluate the culture of others in terms of one's own culture?
(a) Assimilation
(b) Ethnocentrism
90. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as
Reason R
Assertion A: Eradicating poverty in all its forms including extreme poverty is the greatest
global challenge
Reason R: It is an indispensable requirement for sustainable development.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options
given below
(a) A is correct but R is not correct
(b) A is not correct but R is correct
(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
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the question that follows From
the seeming irrelevancies of this archaeological gossip, some concrete meaning for the
ambiguous term "knowledge" should yet have been emerging. It has at least been.
distinguished from instinctive "responses" and from what popular psychology terms
"memories", as long as such remain personal and private. The knowledge embodied in the
hand axes of the Old Stone Age was both useful and public. It enabled our remote
precursors or ancestors to make serviceable tools such as they needed to supplement the
deficiencies of their limbs and other bodily organs. And it was communicated to and
transmitted by all human beings who made hand axes for thousands of generations. Thus
this knowledge was preserved - but not only preserved. It was also enriched and extended.
During the two or three hundred years over which hand axes were being made,
archaeologists can detect improvements in their form and changes in the techniques of
manufacture. More efficient tools were produced with less effort. These progressive
changes reflect additions knowledge, discoveries and inventions that were made public
and incorporated in the traditional lore or knowledge used, transmitted and maintained
by Old Stone Age societies. Of course, the progressive change observed in archaeologists'
"hand axes" is just one case of the general technological progress from simple manual
tools of stone and bone to complicated machines made of metallic alloys and other
artificial substances and operated by electrical or even nuclear power. It is this
technological progress that has secured for Homo sapiens the victory over all competitors
in the evolutionary race for survival. But technological progress in its turn is just the
result and consequence of the accumulation of knowledge. That accumulation was
possible just because human knowledge is public; one member of the species can
communicate to another what he has found out.
91. Archaeologists can detect in the form of hand axes and change in
(a) Cost of manufacture
(b) Inputs in manufacture
(c) Techniques of manufacture
(d) Use of manufacture
92. What was the knowledge embodied in the hand axes of the Old Stone Age?
(a) Creative
(b) Progressive
(c) Scientific
(d) Useful
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the question that follows on the
basis of the facts described in the passage Bureaucracy in India offers a most structural
foundation formodernization of the society and growth of a consensual normative order. It,
no doubt, suffers from internal culture tensions; these tensions arise from role conflict in
inter- structural participation of the bureaucrats; his familistic, caste and kin-oriented
particularism might come into clash with the ideology of universalism in his bureaucratic
roles; his personal loyalties might cut across the legal anonymity and abstractness of his
'office'. But these dangers have been over-rated and over- emphasized, on the false belief
that these exclusively arise out of the less 'developed' and traditional nature of the Indian
society; when we look deeper into it, many dysfunctions seem to be related with the
phenomena of power and the relative deprivations of groups and classes. In this form
such dysfunctions of bureaucracy may be comparable to those existing in the Western
societies. It also emerges from the false assumption that functionally equivalent processes
or results must everywhere follow structurally similar growth. This happens to be a
popular fallacy in most of the thinking that goes on about modernization of the traditional
societies.
97. Indian bureaucracy suffers mainly from which one of the following?
(a) External cultural tension
(b) Internal cultural tensions
(c) Normative disorder
(d) Role conflict
98. What is the orientation of bureaucrats in India due to which that bureaucratic structure
becomes dysfunctional?
(a) Caste and Kin oriented particularism
(b) Class oriented particularism
99. Which one of the following institutions offers a stable structural foundation and growth of
normative order in Indian society?
(a) Aristocracy
(b) Bureaucracy
(c) Democracy
(d) Political parties
100. In Indian society, dysfunction seems to be related to which one of the following?
(a) Inequality
(b) Only relative deprivation
(c) Power and relative deprivation
(d) Structural differentiations
ANSWERS
1 B 21 B 41 D 61 D 81 A
2 B 22 B 42 B 62 A 82 B
3 B 23 B 43 B 63 B 83 A
4 B 24 A 44 D 64 A 84 B
5 B 25 B 45 B 65 B 85 D
6 A 26 A 46 D 66 B 86 D
7 B 27 B 47 A 67 A 87 B
8 B 28 B 48 A 68 D 88 D
9 A 29 D 49 D 69 D 89 B
10 B 30 B 50 A 70 B 90 B
11 B 31 D 51 B 71 B 91 B
12 D 32 B 52 B 72 B 92 D
13 B 33 A 53 B 73 B 93 A
14 D 34 B 54 A 74 B 94 B
15 B 35 B 55 A 75 B 95 A
16 B 36 B 56 D 76 B 96 B
17 A 37 D 57 A 77 B 97 B
18 B 38 B 58 A 78 B 98 A
19 D 39 D 59 B 79 B 99 B
20 B 40 A 60 A 80 A 100 B
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3. Who is of the view that incest taboo enables relationship with wider society?
(a) C. Levi-Strauss
(b) H. Spencer
(c) K. Gough
(d) E. Westermarck
4. According to Goffman when passers by glance at one another quickly and then look away
again, it is called
(a) Disengagement
(b) Interaction
(c) Symbolic interaction.
(d) Civil inattention
6. Mead delineates three stages in which the concept of self arises and developes; the stage
of imitative acts, the play stage and the
(a) Skill stage
(b) Adult stage
(c) Game stage
(d) Infant stage
8. The transformation of time in, modern society in the form of timelessness' was
emphasized by which scholar?
(a) Marshall McLuhan
(b) David Harvey
15. During which decade increase in total urban population was more than total increase in
rural population of India?
(a) 1991-2001
(b) 2001-2011
(c) 1971-1981
(d) 1981-1991
16. Who has given a graphic account of the miserable situation of unmarried individuals in
the most primitive societies?
(a) C. Levi-Strauss
(b) G.P. Murdock
(c) Kingsley Davis
(d) R.H. Lowie
18. The study of people using participant observation and face to face interviewing is called
(a) Phenomenology
(b) Social mapping
(c) Ethnography
(d) Epidemiology
21. Who used reflexive critique in his engagement with Kantian philosophy?
(a) Marx
(b) Engels
(c) Hegel
(d) Weber
22. Who has systematically undertaken the influence of politics on science in his study of
sociology of science?
(a) Emile Durkheim
(b) A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
(c) R.K. Merton
(d) T.B. Bottomore
23. Who was the first to use the word "falsifiability" in the context of social science?
(a) Thomas Kuhn
(b) George Ritzer
(c) William J. Goode
(d) Karl Popper
25. Which term was used by Kuhn to state that science at any given time as being dominated
by a specific____________
(a) Paradigm
27. Among the following which book is not written by M.N. Srinivas?
(a) India's Changing Villages
(b) India's Villages
(c) Social Change in modern India
(d) The Remembered Village
28. Who said that tribals should be assimilated into Hindu caste?
(a) Verrier Elwin
(b) G.S. Ghurye
(c) Surajit Sinha
(d) N.K. Bose
30. Who was the first one to use case materials in his comparative studies of different
cultures?
(a) William Healey
(b) Fredrick Leplay
(c) Herbert Spencer
(d) August Comte
31. Sample which fulfills the requirements of efficiency representativeness, reliability and
flexibility is called:
(a) Stratified sample
(b) Optimum sample
(c) Accidental sample
(d) Cluster sample
33. Who from among the following does see the relationship between the various strata in a
stratified society as one of cooperation and interdependence?
(a) Marxists
(b) Functionalists
(c) Pluralists
34. Which one of the following incidents prompted Vinobha Bhave to initiate the Bhudan
Movement in India?
(a) Nalgonda Incident
(b) Srikakulam Incident
(c) Naxalbari Incident
(d) Madhubani Incident
35. Who among the following started the self-respect movement in Tamilnadu?
(a) E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker
(b) Jyotiba Rao Phule
(c) Narayana Guru
(d) Sri Guruji Golwalkar
36. Which one of the following factors is negatively correlated with modernization?
(a) Achievement motivation
(b) Cosmopolitanism
(c) Individualism
(d) Religiosity
41. Juvenile sex ratio in India was noticed as a serendipity in Indian census analysis, when
A. Literacy rate was redefined
B. Sex ratio by age was analysed
C. Sex ratio of widows was analysed
D. All the above
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) A and B only
(b) B and C only
42. Choose two primary causes of Physical domestic violence as per NFHS surveys and many
other studies in India
A. Childlessness
B. Economic prosperity
C. Intergenerational transmission of violence
D. Higher level of education
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A and B only
(b) B and C only
(c) A and C only
(d) A and D only
43. Gender inequalities in society are attributed to masochism and penis envy among females.
This view is held by which of the following scholars?
A. J. Lacan
B. J. Kristeva
C. J. Mitchell
D. B. Mitchell
Choose the correct answer from the options envy below:
(a) A. B, D only
(b) A, B, C only
(c) B, C, D only
(d) A, C, D only
46. Who among the following, have used comparative method in their studies?
A. Emile Durkheim
48. According to T. Shanin which of the following are characteristics of the peasant societies?
A. Family labour
B. Production for Market
C. Agriculture as a way of life
D. Dependence on Urban means
E. Underdog position
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
(a) A, B and C only
(b) A, C and E only
(c) B, C and D only
(d) C. D and E only
49. Which of the following clauses in the Indian Constitution apply only to Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes?
A. Art 340
B. Art 16
C. Art 330
D. Art 275
E. Art 148
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(a) B. A, Donly
(b) C. D.E only
(c) D. B. Conly
(d) A. C. D only
50. After independence, till 1970, the sociological and social anthropological studies have
shown a deep concern for which of the following three developments in India?
A. Environmental
B. Cultural
C. Economic
D. Gender
E. Social
51. Which of the following three characteristics did the feudal estates of medieval Europe
have?
A. Had a Status
B. Serfdom was decreasing
C. Were political groups
D. Had division of labour
E. Serfs had ability to appeal for justice.
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) A. B and E only
(b) A. C and D only
(c) D. E and B only
(d) C, D and B only
52. Which two of the following conditions are must for an "Urban agglomeration"?
A. Statutory Town
B. Census Town
C. All constituents must have 20.000 or more persons
D. A degree college
E. Primary Health Centre
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) A and B only
(b) A and C only
(c) B and D only
(d) A and E only
53. Which two of the following are the biggest dams in India?
A. Sardar Sarovar Dam
B. Bhakra Dam
C. Tehri Dam
D. Hirakud Dam
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) A and B only
(b) B and D only
(c) B and C only
(d) D and A only
54. On which of the following dates Earth day and World Environment day are celebrated?
A. April 22
B. April 18
C. June 5
D. June 11
E. February 2
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
(a) A and D only
(b) A and C only
(c) B and C only
(d) D and E only
56. Michio Kaku in his Three Pillars of Revolution' talks of which of the following?
A. Quantum Revolution
B. Silicon Revolution
C. Computer Revolution
D. Bio-molecular Revolution
E. Green Revolution
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
(a) A, B, C only
(b) A, C, D only
(c) D. C, E only
(d) B, C, D only
57. According to R.K. Merton, which of the following constitute 'ethos of science"?
A. Organised sceptism
B.Interestedness
C. Universalism
D. Communalism
E. Cognitivism
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
(a) A, B, C only
(b) E. C. A only
(c) A, C, D only
(d) C. D. E only
58. Which from among the following are determinants of biological sex, relevant in gender
test?
A. Reproductive organs
B. Gender tag
C. Hormonal states
D. Secondary sex characteristics
E. Occupational index
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) A, C, D only
(b) A, B, C only
(c) B, C, D only
(d) A, B, D only
61. Which of the following scholars had contributed to 'Education and Cultural
Reproduction"?
A. Basil Bernstein
B. J. Lacan
C. Steve Bruce
D. Bryan S. Turner
E. P. Bourdieu
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) A and E only
(b) B and D only
(c) D only
(d) C and D only
62. Which two of the scholars are known to be influenced by the works of J. Lacan?
A. J. Kristeva
B. J. Mitchell
C. A.N. Oakley
D. B. Hooks
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) A and C only
(c) A and B only
(b) B and C only
(d) A and D only
64. Domestic and sexual violence in India is related to liberal laws concerning which of the
following?
A. Dowry
B. Rape
C. Honour killing
D. Divorce
E. Live-in relationship
Choose the most correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A. B. D only
(b) A. B. E only
(c) B. C. D only
(d) C, D. E only
65. Sylvia Walby in her book Theorising Patriarchy' talks of elements of patriarchy. Which of
the following is not one of them.
A. Women are likely to be paid less
B. Sexuality is to be treated positively
C. Women are more represented in media
D. Women are likely to raise children
E. Men and women are likely to be treated equally
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B, C only
(b) B. C, D only
(c) A, C, D only
(d) C, D. E only
76. Arrange the following in sequence order the development of human communication.
A. Age of Information
B. Age of Speech
C. Age of Writing
D. Age of Electronics
E. Age of Signs
Choose the correct sequence from the options given below:
(a) A, B, C. D. E
(b) C, B, A. D. E
77. Tatcalt Parsons has given the following functions of the social system:
A. Integrative Function
B. Adaptation Function
C. Latency Function
D. Goal Attainment Function
Choose the correct sequence from the options given below:
(a) C. D. A. B
(b) A, B, C. D
(c) D. C. A. B
(d) B. D. A. C
80. Which of the following is the correct sequence of the evolution of marriage according to
L.H. Morgan?
A. Synadyasmain
B. Monogamy
C. Group marriage
D. Consanguineous
E. Patriarchal
Choose the most appropriate sequence from the options given below:
(a) D, C, A, B Only
(b) A, B, C, E Only
(c) C, D, E, B Only
(d) D. C, A, E Only
82. Arrange the following in a sequence according to the scheme given by Merton?
A. Observation of facts
B. Analysis of observed facts
C. Theory Building
D. Generalization
E. Conceptualization
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B, C, D. E
(b) A, B, E. D, C
(c) B. D. E. A. C
(d) D. E. A, B, C
84. Arrange the following cities according to their ranking in cleanliness given by Ministry of
Urban Development on the basis of cleanliness index, 2017.
A. Surat
B. Bhopal
C. Indore
D. Vishakhapatnam
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A, C, D and B
(b) C. B. D and A
(c) B. C. D and A
(d) D, B, C and A
86. Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as
Reason R:
Assertion (A):
The prevailing mode of development through industrialization and obsession with infinite
growth has impaired eco-system.
Reasons (R):
Obsession with growth without limits has overstrained the natural resource base.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given
below:
(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 false but (R) is true
(d) (A) is true but (R) is false
87. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as
Reason R.
Assertion (A) : Objectivity in social science research can be maintained to some extent.
Reasons (R) : Objectivity gives the account of the external world as it exists independently
of our conceptions, but social world cannot be observed from coutside alone.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options
given below :
(a) Both (A) and (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both (A) and (R) are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
(d) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct.
88. Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as
Reason R.
Assertion (A) : The Preamble of the Constitution seeks to spread fraternity among all
Indians.
Reasons (R) : The Preamble of the Constitution of India guarantees to all citizens of India,
Social, Economic and Political Justice
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given
below :
(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
89. Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled
as Reason R.
Assertion (A) : To Merton, Middle range theory is concerned with a limited range of data .
Reasons (R) : In the sociological work of the few past decades there has been much less
concern with the construction of all-embracing theories.
In the light of the above statemets, choose the most appropriate answer from the options
given below :
(a) Both (A) and (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both (A) and (R) are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
(d) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct
Answer the following questions on the basis of facts described in the above passage:
91. In which census year data on slums was collected for the first time ?
(a) 1991
(b) 2011
(c) 2001
(d) 1981
92. How many towns / cities were surveyed, and reported having slum population is 2001?
A. 740
B. 743
C. 540
D. 640
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A and B
(b) Band D
(c) B and C
(d) A and D
93. Calculate the % of Towns / Cities having slum population out of total number of Town /
Cities according to census 2001.
(a) 15 %
(b) 12.3 %
(c) 14.6 %
(d) 11.3 %
94. In how many towns / cities slums were found in 2011 census?
(a) 4041
95. What was the slum population according Pronab Sen Committee?
(a) 68 million
(b) 93 million
(c) 170 million
(d) 48 million
ANSWERS
1 A 21 C 41 A 61 A 81 B
2 B 22 C 42 C 62 C 82 B
3 A 23 D 43 B 63 A 83 D
4 D 24 B 44 A 64 B 84 B
5 A 25 A 45 C 65 * 85 C
6 C 26 D 46 C 66 B 86 A
7 C 27 A 47 D 67 C 87 A
8 C 28 B 48 B 68 B 88 B
9 B 29 C 49 D 69 C 89 B
10 A 30 C 50 D 70 B 90 A
11 C 31 B 51 B 71 A 91 C
12 A 32 A 52 B 72 A 92 B
13 C 33 B 53 C 73 C 93 B
14 B 34 A 54 B 74 B 94 B
15 B 35 A 55 C 75 A 95 B
16 A 36 D 56 B 76 C 96 D
17 D 37 D 57 C 77 D 97 C
18 C 38 A 58 A 78 C 98 A
19 D 39 A 59 D 79 C 99 C
20 B 40 B 60 C 80 A 100 C
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