Course name: Revision Course on No.

of questions: 100
Sociology
Total Marks: 100
Batch: December, 2019
Time: 120 minutes
UGC NET
Difficulty level: Easy
SOCIOLOGY|UNACADEMY

Educator and Course Instructor:

Antara Chakrabarty I WANT EACH OF YOU TO SCORE
90+
Mock Test: Part 8 (Full Syllabus)

1. Who has talked about the concept of Doing Gender?

a. P Sorokin

b. Zimmerman

c. J Butler

d. S Firestone

2. Indian Rural Development Programmes widened the gap between rich and poor which
resulted into negative consequences –

(A) Suicides among farmers

(B) Richness of farmers

(C) depeasantisation of farmers

(D) depeasantisation and suicides of farmers

3. Jajmani system can best be explained by

(A) Mutual trust and co–operation of the people

(B) Conflicting interest of the people

(C) Oppression and suppressive measures adopted by the jajmans

(D) Conflicting interest and distrust of the people

4. Who among the following has argued for bureaucracy contributing to nation building in
India?

(A) A.R. Desai

(B) G.S. Ghurye

(C) R. Bendix

(D) S.C. Dube

5. Jurgen Habermas was concerned mainly with

a) Work and exploitation

b) Post modernism

c) Functionalism

d) Communication

6. Range is a measure of—

a) Central Tendency

b) Dispersion

c) Association

d) Correlation

7. According to G S Ghurye, which are the features characterized by the caste system?

I. Segmental division of society II. Civil and religious abilities III. Hierarchy and restrictions
on feeding and social intercourse IV. Choice of occupation and marriage

Codes:

a) I, II, III, IV

b) I, III

c) I, II

d) I, III, IV

8. Methods of Sociology include:

a) Ideal Method

b) Comparative Method

c) Statistical method

d) All of the above

9. The book “Social Structure of Values” is written by—

a) M N Srinivas

b) R K Mukherjee

c) S C Dube

d) Yogendra Singh

10. The Shuddhi movement for bringing back to the Hindu fold people converted to other
religions from Hinduism was launched by

(a) Arya Samaj

(b) Brahmo Samaj

(c) Ram-Krishna Mission

(d) Prarthana Sabha

11. The ‘super ego’ according to Freud represents the part of an individual’s personality that
was created:

a) through socialization during the formative years.

b) through socialization in the old age.

c) through socialization process which occurs throughout one’s life.

d) none of the above

12. The members of an agrarian society exhibit a strong _________ feeling.

a) communal

b) nationalistic

c) in-group
d) out-group

13. The consequence of Sanskritization is:

(a) Structural change in caste system

(b) Cultural mobility of a caste

(c) Change in caste ideology

(d) Change in religious system

14. Which of the following methods is not used by Garfinkel in his work on
ethnomethodology?

(a) Accounting Practices

(b) Et Cetera Principle

(c) Documentary Method

(d) Collecting Narratives

15. An approach to social analysis in which the theatre is the basis of an analogy with
everyday life is known as:

a) Teleology

b) Dramaturgy

c) Theology

d) Symbolic Interactionsim

16. Which among the following is not the work of Michel Foucault?

a) Forms of Talk

b) History of Sexuality

c) Madness and Civilization

d) Discipline and Punish

17. Which of the following concepts Giddens uses in his theory of structuration?

a) Dual Analysis
b) Dual Roles

c) Duality of structure

d) Structural dualism

18. Which of the following is not the feature of caste system?

a) Hierarchy

b) Hereditary occupation

c) Exogamous marriages

d) Untouchability

19. The concept "Culture of Poverty" was introduced by:

A. Oscar Lewis

B. Michael Harrington

C. Walter B. Miller

D. Kenneth Little

20. Mechanical solidarity develops out of?

a) Likeness

b) Differences

c) Hatred

d) Love

21. Marxian theory offers a radical alternative to:

a) Functionalism

b) Symbolic Interactionism

c) Evolutionism

d) Structuralism

22. The square of standard deviation is known as:

a) Coefficient

b) Mean

c) Variance

d) Mode

23. How is coefficient of variation always expressed?

a) As a ratio

b) As a percentage

c) As an average

d) As a summation

24. What is the appropriate research tool for collecting information from a large group of
educated respondents drawn from a widely scattered area?

a) Interview Schedule

b) Case study

c) Questionnaire

d) Observation

25. Which one among the following is not associated with quantitative social research?

a) Positivism

b) Hermeneutics

c) Empiricism

d) Induction

26. Please identify the term which denotes the material aspects of culture?

a) Civilisation

b) Morality

c) Socialisation

d) Religion
27. Which among the following is not a component of mode of production?

a) Forces of production

b) Instruments of production

c) Relations of production

d) Means of production

28. According to the Parsonian functional paradigm, the equilibrium of the system is
maintained through

a) Use of force

b) Consensus of values

c) Regulatory Rules

d) Conventions

29. Choose the right answer from the codes given below.

According to Karl Marx, superstructure consists of

i. Political system ii. Legal system iii. Forms of consciousness iv. Classes

Code

a) (iii), (ii), (iv) are correct

b) (i), (ii), (iv) are correct

c) (i), (iii), (ii) are correct

d) (i) (ii) are correct

30. Which of the following is a set of informal groups?

a) Clique, faction, caucus

b) Gang, union, dacoits

c) Slum, village, NGO

d) Neighbourhood, Peer group, Panchayat

31. Which technique of qualitative data collection is followed by researcher to understand
people and their behaviour through direct, focused and non-verbal interaction in their natural
setting?

a) Interview

b) Observation

c) Case study

d) Above all

32. Who argues that labour force of unskilled workmen is as important and as indispensable
to the factory as labour force of engineers?

(A) Melvin M. Tumin

(B) Michael Young

(C) Eva Rosenfeld

(D) Wilbert E. Moore

33. Ferdinand Toennies mentioned Kuerville or artificial will as the basis of

(A) Gemeinschaft (B) Gesellschaft

(C) Family (D) Peer group

34. ‘Tharawad’ is a matrilineal joint family found in the State of

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Kerala

(C) Assam

(D) Orissa

35. Parsons has mentioned pillars of the sick role for the patient: Find out the correct
combination.

i. Sick person is not personally responsible for being sick. ii. Person is responsible for his/her
sickness. iii. The sick person is entitled to certain rights and privileges. iv. The sick person
must work to regain health by consulting a doctor.
Codes:

(A) i, ii and iii (B) ii, iii and iv (C) i, iii and iv (D) iii, i and ii

36. What proportion of India’s urban population live in slums?

(A) Around one-fifth (B) Around one-fourth

(C) Around one-third (D) Around one-half

37. Which one of the social movements in rural India can be termed as an example of ‘old’
social movements?

a. Environment movements b. Peasant movements

c. Ethnic movements d. Regional autonomy movements

38. Who has observed the link between structures of the mind and the structures of society?

a) Lemert b) Radcliffe Brown

c) Levi-Strauss d) Foucault

39. Who has authored Social Functions of Art?

a. Ramakrishna Mukherjee b. Radhakamal Mukhjerjee

c. Radhaswami Mukherjee d. D P Mukherjee

40. Who has authored Social Movements in India?

a. G S Ghurye b. Yogendra Singh

c. B R Ambedkar d. M S A Rao

41. What is the latest poverty expenditure by Rangarajan committee?

a. Rs. 32 and Rs. 48

b. Rs. 30 and Rs. 40

c. Rs. 32 and Rs. 47

d. Rs. 32 and Rs. 45

42. Which committee was set up to examine socio-economic and educational status of
Muslim community?
a. Bezbaruah Committee

b. Sarkaria Committee

c. Sachar Committee

d. Bhore Committee

43. In case of doing a research which is the correct sequence?

(A) Formulation of the problem, data collection, hypothesis, analysis of data

(B) Data collection, hypothesis, formulation of the problem, analysis of data

(C) Formulation of problem, hypothesis, data collection, analysis of data

(D) Hypothesis, analysis of data, formulation of the problem, data collection

44. In which of the following types of research, hypothesis is a prerequisite?

(A) Biographical study

(B) Experimental study

(C) Interpretative research

(D) Critical research

45. What is triangulation?

(A) A type of qualitative method of research

(B) A type of qualitative analysis

(C) A combination of qualitative and quantitative methods

(D) A type of non-participant observation

46. A relationship in which change in one variable always induce change in another variable
is known as :

(A) positive correlation

(B) linear correlation

(C) unfounding relation

(D) cause and effect relationship

47. Cumulative frequency curve is known as

(A) Ogive

(B) Histogram

(C) Frequency polygon

(D) None of the above

48. Who among the following was the first one to use case study method in social research ?

(A) E. Durkheim

(B) Frederic Le Play

(C) Herbert Spencer

(D) Karl Marx

49. Research carried out in order to improve social situation for the betterment of individuals
or social group or an organisation is called

(A) Survey Research

(B) Action Research

(C) Qualitative Research

(D) None of the above

50. Which one of the following is the most unstable average ?

(A) Mean

(B) Mode

(C) Median

(D) Geometric Mean

51. Which of the following sets of specific concepts is used by A. Schutz?

(A) Typification, recipe, class, revolution

(B) Typification, stock knowledge, recipe, revolution

(C) Typification, life world, stock knowledge, class

(D) Typification, life world, stock knowledge, recipe

52. Which one of the following is not correct about A. Schutz’s understanding of a social

situation?

(A) Meaning that an individual attaches to situation in everyday life is of crucial significance.

(B) Meaning that an individual attaches to a situation may be shared by persons with whom

he interacts.

(C) The sharing of meaning through interaction with others in a social situation forms the

basis of his ‘reciprocity of perspectives’.

(D) Sharing of meaning that contributes to social disharmony forms the basis of his anti

‘reciprocity of perspective’.

53. Who has given the classification between sect, church and denomination?

a. Neibuhr

b. Becker

c. Troeltsch

d. Yinger

54. Which of the following methods used by H. Garfinkel in his exposition of

ethnomethodology?

i. The Documentary Method

ii. The Breaching Experiments

iii. The Reciprocity of Perspectives

iv. The Etcetera Principle

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

(A) i, ii & iii

(B) ii, iii & iv

(C) i, iii & iv

(D) i, ii, iii & iv

55. Robert K. Merton stated that a cultural item can have diverse and varied consequences

for individuals, groups, society and culture. To which of his functional postulates this

statement is related ?

(A) Functional unity

(B) Universal functionalism

(C) Functional indispensability

(D) None of the above

56. Which of the following statements distinguishes ‘I’ from ‘Me’ ?

(A) ‘I’ is given importance in modern society and ‘Me’ is given importance in primitive

society.

(B) Important values are located in ‘I’ but not in ‘Me’.

(C) ‘I’ is immediate response to others while ‘Me’ is the organised set of attitudes of others.

(D) None of the above

57. Who stated Magic is sacred and science is profane?

a. J Frazer

b. F Boas

c. B Malinowski

d. R Merton

58. Who among the following has developed a sociological perspective to describe social

system by a set of abstract and generalizing concepts?

a. R Merton
b. M Weber

c. T Parsons

d. E Durkheim

59. Schutz explained Life world in terms of certain features. Point the wrong one out—

a. It is world of everyday life

b. It exists out there

c. it is shared and private

d. It is intersubjective

60. Marx perceived petty bourgeoisie as

(A) Integrated class

(B) A class in itself

(C) A transitional class

(D) A class by itself

61. The value of an individual’s labour power which is ‘left over’ when an employer has
repaid the cost involved in hiring a worker is called in Marxian term

(A) Use value

(B) Surplus value

(C) Exchange value

(D) Left-over value

62. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A), and the other labelled as
Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : Deviant behaviour is hereditary.

Reason (R) : A person becomes deviant because of an excess of definitions favourable to

violation of law over definitions unfavourable to violation of law.

In the context of the two statements, which one of the following is correct :
Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

63. Consider the following stages in the development of a society :

1. Capitalist

2. Tribal

3. Ancient

4. Feudal

Which one of the following is the correct chronological sequence of these societies as thought
by Karl Marx ?

(A) 2, 3, 4 and 1

(B) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(C) 4, 3, 2 and 1

(D) 3, 4, 1 and 2

64. ‘Conversational analysis’ is a part of which of the following methodologies?

(A) Phenomenology

(B) Verstehen

(C) Ethnomethodology

(D) Structuralism

65. – I (Books) List – II (Authors)

a. The Coming of Post-Industrial Society 1. A. Toffler

b. The Post-Capitalist Society 2. D. Bell

c. The Third Wave 3. M. Castells

d. The Information Age 4. P. Drucker

Codes:

abcd

(A) 1 3 4 2

(B) 2 1 3 4

(C) 3 2 4 1

(D) 2 4 1 3

66. Which of the following are the types of action as elucidated by J. Habermas?

(i) Rational

(ii) Emotional

(iii) Teleological

(iv) Normative

(v) Dramaturgical

(vi) Communicative

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

(A) (i), (ii), (iv) & (vi)

(B) (ii), (iii), (v) & (vi)

(C) (iii), (iv), (v) & (vi)

(D) (i), (iv), (v) & (vi)

67. Which of the following crises are stated by J. Habermas?

i. Economic crisis

ii. Political crisis

iii. Legitimation crisis

iv. Rationality crisis

(A) Economic crisis, political crisis and rationality crisis

(B) Economic crisis, legitimation crisis and rationality crisis

(C) Political crisis, legitimation crisis and rationality crisis

(D) Economic crisis, political crisisand legitimation crisis

68. Who analysed the ways in which economic and social transformation in capitalism
connect to the information technology revolution?

A. E Said

B. J Habermas

C. Manual Castells

D. Clifford Geertz

69. Who has authored the book ‘Nation, State and Violence’?

a. David Held

b. R K Mujherjee

c. J Habermas

d. Anthony Giddens

70. Which one of the following is not a work of G S Ghurye?

a) Class, Caste and Occupation

b) The Scheduled Occupation

c) Caste and race in India

d) Indian Sadhus

71. Which one of the following terms was not used by Foucault to explain a sense of
knowledge order?

a. archaeology of knowledge

b. Bio-power
c. Epistemology of knowledge

d. Discourse analysis

72. Coefficient of correlation (r) indicates the extend of relationship between

(A) Two qualitative variables

(B) Two quantitative variables

(C) One qualitative variable and other quantitative variable

(D) All the above

73. Attribute is related to

(A) Qualitative variable

(B) Quantitative variable

(C) Constant

(D) None of the above

74. Match item in List-I with item in List-II and choose the correct answer from the codes
given below : List – I List– II

a. Social class and stratification i. Bottomore, T.B.

b. The power Elite ii. Castells, M.

c. Class, city and power iii. Mills, C.W.

d. Class in modern society iv. Saunders, P.

Codes :

abcd

(A) i iv iii ii

(B) ii i iv iii

(C) iv iii ii i

(D) iii ii i iv

75. Which of the following statements is true.

1. All change is development

2. Early sociological theories by Comte, Spencer and Durkheim viewed development and
change as interchangeable and / or logically related terms

3. According to modernisation theories the end result of development is prosperity and

political stability

4. Development refers to unplanned process of social change in modern times

(A) 1 and 4 (B) 2 and 4 (C) 2 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3

76. What is India’s rank in Global Peace Index, 2019?

A. 123

B. 121

C. 141

D. 143

77. Which one of these is not an indicator of human development?

A. National income

B. Per capita income

C. Longevity

D. Literacy

78. Match List – I (Scientists) and the List – II (Theories of Development) given below:

List – I List – II

(Scientists) (Theories of Development)

(a) A.G. Frank (i) Soft State

(b) Gunnar Myrdal (ii) Uneven development

(c) Max Weber (iii) Cultural

(d) Samir Amin (iv) Centre periphery

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

Codes:

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)

(B) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)

(C) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

(D) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

79. Which one of these is an example of Utopian movements?

A. Arya samaj movement

B. Brahmo Samaj movement
C. Lokpal Movement
D. Sarvodaya movement

80. Who has spoken of the ‘civil society’ in the context of intellectual development?

A. T H Marshall

B. E Durkheim

C. A Gramsci

D. A Giddens

81. When was the Indian Citizenship Act passed?

A. 1951
B. 1961
C. 1954
D. 1955

82. Who has given ‘abridging the role relationships’ as a mechanism of articulation of roles
in the role set?

(1) Talcott Parsons (2) S.F. Nadel (3) C. Levi-Strauss (4) R.K. Merton

83. Assertion (A): Roles are the bundles of socially defined attributes and expectations
associated with social positions.
Reason (R): Roles demonstrate the absolute compliance with expected behaviour of an
individual in the set.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.

(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.

(C) (A) is true but (R) is not true.

(D) (A) is false and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

84. Which one of the averages cannot be manipulated algebraically ?

(A) Mean (B) Median (C) Mode (D) None of the above

85. Who coined the term virtual community?

A. Howard Rheingold
B. Gene Youngblood
C. David Held
D. Stuart Hall

86. What is known as a stage when a man and woman live together as married people without
getting formally married?

A. Agamy
B. Companionate marriage
C. Concubinage
D. Matrilocal

87. What is the type of residence where in which the bride and groom first live with the
bride's family and then groom’s?

A. Patrilocal
B. Patri-Virilocal
C. Matri-Patrilocal
D. Biolcal

88. How much portion of the landmass is prone to earthquakes in India?

 A. 56%
B. 54%
C. 67%
D. 59%

89. Which framework outlines the Disaster Management Plan of India?

A. Hyogo Framework
B. Sendai Framework
C. Kyoto Protocol
D. World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction

90. Who is the author of An Environmental History of the India?

A. Michael Fisher
B. A C Jeffrey
C. J Hughes
D. Ramchandra Guha

91. Who is associated with the work Clash of Civilisations?

A. Francis Fukuyama
B. Jurgen Habermas
C. Anthony Giddens
D. Samuel P Huntington

92. Who created the social distance?

A. Bogardus
B. G L Moreno
C. Mosca
D. Tonnies

93. Who has described cities as sinks of civilization?

A. A Toynbee
B. P Sorokin
C. Spengler
D. Redfield
94. What does culture of poverty refer to according to Lewis?

A. Theft
B. Slums
C. Malnutrition
D. Unemployment

95. Who has authored Peasant Movements in India: 1920-1950?

A. A R Desai
B. D N Dhanagare
C. Theodore Shanin
D. Niel Smith

96. Which was not a part of the land reforms in India?

A. To make a redistribution of land to achieve a socialistic pattern of society. Such an

effort will reduce inequalities in ownership of land
B. To enforce land ceiling and take away the surplus land to be distributed among the
marginal and landless peasants.
C. To increase the productivity of land
D. To legitimise the tenancy with the ceiling limit

97. Who has categorised groups into Unsocial, pseudo social, pro-social?

A. George Hasen
B. Giddings
C. Bogardus
D. Miller

98. Which community has the largest diaspora in the world?

A. Chinese
B. Jews
C. Indians
D. Australians

99. Which is not a research misconduct?

A. Fabrication
 B. Falsification
C. Rapport formation
D. Plagiarism

100. Who is known as the founder of the field of post colonial studies?

A. Ranajit Guha
B. Edward Said
C. Gayatri Spivak
D. A Gramsci

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