Top 20 Sociology UGC NET Exam MCQ Quiz: Test Your Knowledge & Learn Key Concepts!

1. Question: The term that relates population, resources and environment is popularly known as:

1. Population Explosion
2. Demographic transition
3. Sustainable Development
4. Uneven Development

(3) Sustainable Development

2. Question: There are two statements given below. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Advancement in information and communication technologies have deepened the digital divide among the women.
Reason (R): Urban women are making effective use of ICT for dissemination, advocacy and e-commerce, which rural women do not have access to ICT.

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

3. Question: Match the following Lists.

List - I (concepts):

1. Focussed Interaction
2. Reflexive action and interaction
3. Communicative Action
4. Deinstitutionalisation

List - II (Authors):

1. E. Goffman
2. A. Schutz
3. J. Habermas
4. T. Luckmann

(1) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

4. Question: Who is the author of the book "Tribe, Caste and Nations"?

1. R. Nesfield
2. F.G. Bailey
3. L.P. Vidyarthi
4. Baden - Powell

(2) F.G. Bailey

5. Question: Match the items given in the List - I with the items given in the List - II.

List - I (Feminist Thought):

1. Liberal Feminism
2. Socialist Feminism
3. Radical Feminism
4. Post modern Feminism

List - II (Aims):

1. Addressing Multiple systems of oppression such as caste, class and gender
2. Calling for a complete reordering of society
3. Deconstruction of existing structures and ideologies
4. To bring out reforms in the present practices without altering the existing structure

(2) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)

6. Question: Which of the following is not the function of National Commission for women?

1. Compilation of Data on women's issues
2. Policy Review for women Development
3. Review of policies and legislations concerning women
4. Investigating the discrimination against women if reported

(4) Investigating the discrimination against women if reported

7. Question: There are two statements given below. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Internet is likely to have wider repercussions in comparison to traditional crimes
Reason (R): In traditional crimes, only two parties i.e. perpetrator and the victim are directly present in the scene but in cyber crimes more number of people may be affected

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

8. Question: Which one of the following is not the problem of urban slums?

1. Inadequate water supply
2. Poverty
3. White collar crimes
4. Over crowding of dwelling units

(3) White collar crimes

9. Question: Who defined the analysis of face to face interaction as the 'interaction order'?

1. E. Goffman
2. H. Garfinkel
3. T. Luckman
4. M. Foucault

(1) E. Goffman

10. Question: Which one of the following forms the basis of the structure of gender power relation?

1. Gender role hierarchy
2. Gender inequality
3. Gender discrimination
4. Gender stereotypes

(1) Gender role hierarchy

11. Question: Which one of the following referers to the women empowerment approach?

1. Equity and anti poverty approach
2. Prioritising women’s concerns in designing and implementation of socio - economic intervention
3. Bottom up approach calling for gender sensitive transformation in the structure
4. Top to down approach

(3) Bottom up approach calling for gender sensitive transformation in the structure

12. Question: Who said that the third world countries’ problems were created by the colonial and trade dominance of Europe and the USA?

1. Sameer Ameen
2. Rostow
3. Frank
4. Schumpeter

(3) Frank

13. Question: Which one of the following statements is not true about automation?

1. It reduces alienation
2. It increase conflict between worker and management
3. It leads to decline in class consciousness
4. It enhances inter - dependence

(1) It reduces alienation

14. Question: Who has argued that agrarian movements are based on a psychological perception of inequality in the system?

1. K. Gough
2. D.N. Dhanagare
3. K.C. Alexander
4. K.L. Ganguli

(2) D.N. Dhanagare

15. Question: Industrialization in India has polluted major rivers which has led to:

1. Rise in water born diseases
2. Detrimental effect on aquatic life
3. Desalination of soil
4. Imbalance of the ecology

(4) (a), (b) and (d)

16. Question: Which one of the following combinations is true regarding modernisation in India?

1. Diffusion and acculturation
2. Evolution and acculturation
3. Evolution and diffusion
4. Evolution and regeneration

(3) Evolution and diffusion

17. Question: There are two statements given below. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): To Durkheim, Altruistic suicide springs from the belief in beautiful perspectives beyond this life.
Reason (R): When integration is high people commit suicide in the name of common good.

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

18. Question: Who has studied modernizing effects of Higher Education in India?

1. A.R. Desai
2. Yogendra Singh
3. S.L. Sharma
4. I.P. Desai

(2) Yogendra Singh

19. Question: There are two statements given. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Deviant sub-culture is a response to poverty, lack of opportunities and problem of unemployment
Reason (R): Social conditions of groups concerned encourage the formation of deviant sub-culture

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

20. Question: Which one of the following statements is not true about domestic violence?

1. It is a phenomenon of the poor
2. It is a universal phenomenon
3. It is not culture specific
4. It concerns both men and women

(1) It is a phenomenon of the poor