Top 20 Social Work MCQs with Answer for UGC NET Exam

Top 20 Social Work MCQs with Answers for UGC NET Exam

1. Robert Redfield’s famous book

1. The Little Community
2. The Small Community
3. The Large Community
4. The Big Community

Answer: (A) The Little Community

2. Emotional disorders in which an individual remains oriented to reality but suffers from chronic anxiety is

1. Schizophrenia
2. Depression
3. Paranoid states
4. Neuroses

Answer: (D) Neuroses

3. One of the following theories is known as growth-oriented theory

1. Psychoanalytic theory
2. Client-Centred theory
3. Existential theory
4. Cognitive learning theory

Answer: (B) Client-Centred theory

4. A concept made measurable is called

1. Attribute
2. Variable
3. Theory
4. None of the above

Answer: (B) Variable

5. Intervening variables can be controlled by

1. Randomization
2. Conceptualisation
3. Description
4. None of the above

Answer: (A) Randomization

6. Which government body promotes measures for care and protection of persons with disability in the event of death of their parents or guardians?

1. Child Welfare Committee
2. Central Social Welfare Board
3. National Trust
4. National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation

Answer: (C) National Trust

7. The author of the book, ‘Practice of Social Research-Social Work perspectives’ is

1. D.K. Lal Das
2. H.B. Trecker
3. J. Galtung
4. Nan Lin

Answer: (A) D.K. Lal Das

8. Detachment from work, inability to accomplish goals and emotional discharge is known as

1. Blockade
2. Burnout
3. Ambiguity
4. Lockout

Answer: (B) Burnout

9. Which conference has brought in the concept of sustainable development?

1. The Rio Conference
2. The Doha Conference
3. The Montreal Conference
4. None of the above

Answer: (A) The Rio Conference

10. One of the following is not an aim of social policy.

1. Balancing trade policies
2. Elimination of poverty
3. Maximization of welfare
4. Pursuit of equality

Answer: (A) Balancing trade policies

11. ‘Agoraphobia’ is the fear of

1. Height
2. Blood
3. Crowd
4. Animal

Answer: (C) Crowd

12. Scientific attitude is based on

1. Wishful thinking
2. Spiritual thinking
3. Consistent thinking
4. Devotional thinking

Answer: (C) Consistent thinking

13. ‘Concentric circle theory’ is associated with

1. Peoples’ participation
2. Economic status of the country
3. Hydrological system
4. Monitoring system

Answer: (A) Peoples’ participation

14. Who defined ‘Statistics as the Science of estimates and probabilities’?

1. Bodington
2. Bowley
3. Fisher
4. Agarwal

Answer: (B) Bowley

15. Regression is

1. the measure of the average relationship between two or more variables in terms of the original units of data.
2. based on the assumption that the data being studied is normally distributed.
3. the sum of the differences of two variables.
4. deviations that are taken from an assumed mean.

Answer: (A) the measure of the average relationship between two or more variables in terms of the original units of data.

16. After passing of a bill in both the houses of Parliament and after President’s assent, within how many days the bill should come into force?

1. 30
2. 31
3. 60
4. None of the above

Answer: (D) None of the above

17. Determinant of population growth is
I. Family
II. Marriage
III. Economy
IV. Fertility
Codes:

1. I and II are correct.
2. II and III are correct.
3. III and IV are correct.
4. only IV is correct.

Answer: (D) only IV is correct.

18. ‘Sturdy beggars,’ is a term used for

1. Beggars begging at religious places.
2. The able-bodied beggars
3. A class of beggars who are handicapped.
4. Beggars who beg in a particular season.

Answer: (B) The able-bodied beggars

19. ‘Reaching inside the silence’ is a skill that refers to

1. Efforts to explore the meaning of the client’s silence.
2. Efforts to explore the means to break the client’s silence.
3. Efforts to deepen the client’s silence.
4. Efforts to encourage client to be silent who speaks more.

Answer: (A) Efforts to explore the meaning of the client’s silence.

20. Select the correct sequence of organizational growth

1. Consolidation, initiation, expansion and termination.
2. Initiation, consolidation, expansion and termination.
3. Initiation, expansion, consolidation and termination.
4. Initiation, expansion, termination and consolidation.

Answer: (C) Initiation, expansion, consolidation and termination.