Best UGC NET Sociology MCQ: Practice Questions to Crack Your Exam

Sociology Quiz

1. The terms “life chances” and “life styles” were coined by:

1. (1) L. Dumont
2. (2) Max Weber
3. (3) V. Pareto
4. (4) P.A. Sorokin

Answer: (2) Max Weber

2. Whose name is associated with interpretative sociology?

1. (1) Max Weber
2. (2) Karl Marx
3. (3) G. Simmel
4. (4) T. Parsons

Answer: (1) Max Weber

3. The disharmony between the rapid growth of technology and slower transformation of social institutions and traditional beliefs is known as ______.

1. (1) Cultural lag
2. (2) Cultural diffusion
3. (3) Cultural innovation
4. (4) Cultural assimilation

Answer: (1) Cultural lag

4. Who among the following thinkers has propounded the theory of evolution?

1. (1) G.W.F. Hegel
2. (2) Karl Mannheim
3. (3) Auguste Comte
4. (4) Karl Marx

Answer: (3) Auguste Comte

5. Who has used participant observation in the study of a slum area in U.S.A.?

1. (1) W.F. Whyte
2. (2) B. Malinowski
3. (3) D.F. Lazarsfeld
4. (4) R.K. Merton

Answer: (1) W.F. Whyte

6. Oral history is a method in which we collect:

1. (1) Data of human events
2. (2) Recollections of living persons
3. (3) Recollections of historians
4. (4) Data of human bodies

Answer: (2) Recollections of living persons

7. The measures of dispersion (mean and standard deviation) show ______.

1. (1) Degree of inequality
2. (2) Degree of equality
3. (3) Both (1) and (2)
4. (4) None of the above

Answer: (1) Degree of inequality

8. According to R.K. Merton, content analysis includes which of the following?

(a) One dimensional classification

(b) Symbol counts

(c) Campaign analysis

(d) Qualitative analysis

Answer: (4) (a) (b) (c)

9. Which of the averages can be calculated only from a closed-ended table?

1. (1) Mean
2. (2) Median
3. (3) Mode
4. (4) All the above

Answer: (4) All the above

10. Correlation indicates the degree of covariation between ______.

1. (1) Qualitative variables
2. (2) Quantitative variables
3. (3) One qualitative variable and one quantitative variable
4. (4) Any combination of variables

Answer: (2) Quantitative variables

11. Which of the following can measure the degree of covariation between a qualitative and another qualitative variable?

1. (1) Yule’s Q
2. (2) Phi coefficient (φ)
3. (3) Chi square (χ²)
4. (4) Rho (ρ)

Answer: (2) Phi coefficient (φ)

12. Who has argued that anticipatory socialization takes place due to reference group behaviour?

1. (1) H.H. Hyman
2. (2) R.K. Merton
3. (3) C.H. Cooley
4. (4) M. Mead

Answer: (2) R.K. Merton

13. Who has stated the mechanisms for articulating roles in the role-set?

1. (1) Ralph Linton
2. (2) Talcott Parsons
3. (3) R.K. Merton
4. (4) A.R. Radcliffe-Brown

Answer: (3) R.K. Merton

14. Status groups to Weber are identified by:

1. (1) Education
2. (2) Styles of life
3. (3) Occupation
4. (4) Family background

Answer: (2) Styles of life

15. The example of Mrs. Jones and Miss Jones explains the concept of:

1. (1) Norm
2. (2) Role
3. (3) Status
4. (4) Value

Answer: (3) Status