UGC NET Sociology MCQs: Social Structure, Research & Thinkers

UGC NET Sociology MCQs: Dalit Assertion, Family, Research Methods

Two statements are given, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Dalit assertion in Indian politics resulted in Dalit identity.

Reason (R): Politicization of the Dalits led to social mobility among them.

Codes:

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

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

Caste is an example of

(A) Achieved Status (B) Role Conflict (C) Status Consistency (D) Ascribed Status

Answer: (D) Ascribed Status

Who has written the book, 'The Death of the Family'?

(A) E. Leach (B) D. Cooper (C) W.J. Goode (D) G.P. Murdock

Answer: (B) D. Cooper

Sociology is characterised by a perspective that places which one of the following in the foreground?

(A) Individual (B) Culture (C) Social interaction (D) Unique social events

Answer: (C) Social interaction

The term 'total institution' means and includes

(A) Organized establishment (B) Little possibility of escape from the norms (C) Little possibility of escape from the rules of administrative structure (D) All the above

Answer: (D) All the above

Match the List - I with List - II.

List - I:

• a. E. Durkheim
• b. W.J. Goode
• c. C.W. Mills
• d. R. Robertson

List - II:

• 1. The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
• 2. The Power Elite
• 3. The Sociological Interpretation of Religion
• 4. World Revolution and Family Patterns

Codes:

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

Answer: (A) 1 4 2 3

A statistical measure based on the study of entire population is called

(A) Parameters (B) Statistics (C) Inference (D) Universe

Answer: (A) Parameters

Who has written the book "Deschooling Society"?

(A) K. Davis and W.E. Moore (B) R. Collins (C) I. Illich (D) S. Bowles and H. Gintiz

Answer: (C) I. Illich

The pivotal methodology of functionalists is

(A) Conjectural history (B) Library work (C) Field work (D) Content analysis

Answer: (C) Field work

Which among the following is not an indicator of change in the social structure?

(A) Feudal to Industrial Society (B) Industrial to Feudal Society (C) Feudal to Capitalist Society (D) Male dominance in Society

Answer: (D) Male dominance in Society

Who among the Indian Sociologists, is known to have written on 'Sociology of Values'?

(A) G.S. Ghurye (B) Radha Kamal Mukherjee (C) D.P. Mukherjee (D) A.K. Saran

Answer: (B) Radha Kamal Mukherjee

Two statements are given, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Re-socialisation of criminals in prisons is a part of the reformation method helping in their rehabilitation.

Reason (R): Released prisoners without proper rehabilitation resort to crime and come back to prison again.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A). (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation for (A). (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false. (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Answer: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).

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

Answer: (B) Action Research

If the two variables are varying in their values in opposite direction, then it is called

(A) Positive correlation (B) Linear correlation (C) Negative correlation (D) Partial correlation

Answer: (C) Negative correlation

Who one among the following maintains that social structure has nothing to do with empirical reality?

(A) A.F. Nadel (B) L. Firth (C) Levi-Strauss (D) R.K. Merton

Answer: (C) Levi-Strauss

By which one of the following methods we analyse the documented communication in a systematic and objective way for identifying specified characteristics?

(A) Case Study (B) Association Techniques (C) Content Analysis (D) None of the above

Answer: (C) Content Analysis

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. Evolution by revolution
• c. Circular evolution
• d. Perpetual revolution

List - II:

• 1. P.A. Sorokin
• 2. Karl Marx
• 3. Herbert Spencer
• 4. L. Gottschalk

Codes:

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

Answer: (A) 3 2 1 4

Which one of the following thinkers stated that 'man who classifies facts of any kind whatever, who sees their mutual relation and describes their sequences is applying scientific method and is a man of science'?

(A) K. Popper (B) E. Nagel (C) J. Galtung (D) Karl Pearson

Answer: (D) Karl Pearson