UGC NET Sociology MCQs: Functions, Conflict, Research & More

UGC NET Sociology MCQs - Key Concepts & Thinkers

Who among the following propounded the concept of 'Latent' and 'Manifest' function?

(A) E. Durkheim (B) R.K. Merton (C) B. Malinowski (D) A.R. Radcliffe-Brown

Answer: (B) R.K. Merton

Who among the following made distinction between two types of conflict namely "realistic" and 'non-realistic'?

(A) Karl Marx (B) Lewis A. Coser (C) George Simmel (D) R. Dahrendorf

Answer: (B) Lewis A. Coser

In which of the following sampling methods, equal number of units are selected from each substratum regardless of their strength in the population and sub-population?

(A) Simple random sampling (B) Stratified random sampling (C) Proportionate stratified random sampling (D) Disproportionate stratified random sampling

Answer: (D) Disproportionate stratified random sampling

Match the items in the List - I with the items in the List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List - I:

• a. Small group in which people came to know one another intimately as individual personalities.
• b. Degree of closeness to or acceptance of members of other group
• c. Any group accepted as model or guide for our judgments and actions.
• d. The scientific study of interaction within small groups

List - II:

• i. Group Dynamics
• ii. Primary Group
• iii. Social Distance
• iv. Reference Group

Codes:

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

Answer: (B) ii iii iv i

Cumulative frequency curve is known as

(A) Ogive (B) Histogram (C) Frequency polygon (D) None of the above

Answer: (A) Ogive

Who has made distinction between normal and pathological function?

(A) Radcliffe Brown (B) T. Parsons (C) E. Durkheim (D) M. Weber

Answer: (C) E. Durkheim

P.A. Sorokin is noted for his distinction between

(A) In-groups and out-groups (B) Primary and secondary relationism groups (C) Mechanical and organic solidarity (D) Familistic, contractual and compulsory systems of interaction

Answer: (D) Familistic, contractual and compulsory systems of interaction

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

Answer: (B) Frederic Le Play

According to Max Weber status groups are identified by

(A) Education (B) Styles of life (C) Occupation (D) Family background

Answer: (B) Styles of life

Which one of the following does not fall into sociological understanding of status?

(A) Rank (B) Prestige (C) Ego (D) Life-style

Answer: (C) Ego

Match the items in List - I with the items in List - II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

List - I:

• a. Evolution
• b. Progress
• c. Revolution
• d. Transformation

List - II:

• 1. Structural change
• 2. Change in stages
• 3. Quantitative change
• 4. Qualitative change

Codes:

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

Answer: (B) 2 3 1 4

Relationships in a community are

(A) intimate and achieved (B) durable, ascribed and impersonal (C) intimate, achieved and durable (D) intimate, durable and ascribed

Answer: (D) intimate, durable and ascribed

Which of the following are the elements of association?

(A) Impersonal, competitive, enduring relationships (B) Contractual, individualistic, calculative relationships (C) Personal, enduring, contractual relationships (D) Affective, spontaneous, competitive relationships

Answer: (B) Contractual, individualistic, calculative relationships

Who are known to have used 'Indological perspective' in the study of Indian society?

• (a) G.S. Ghurye
• (b) Luis Dumont
• (c) N.K. Bose
• (d) M.N. Srinivas

Codes:

(A) (a) and (b) (B) (b) and (c) (C) (c) and (d) (D) (d) and (a)

Answer: (A) (a) and (b)

Who one among the following sociologists does not belong to French School of Sociology?

(A) Auguste Comte (B) Emile Durkheim (C) B. Charles Montesquieu (D) V. Pareto

Answer: (D) V. Pareto