Top 100 UGC NET Sociology MCQs 2025: Globalization, Rural & Industrial Sociology

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UGC NET Sociology MCQs: Globalization, Rural & Industrial Sociology

UGC NET Sociology MCQs: Globalization, Rural & Industrial Sociology

Prepare effectively for your UGC NET Sociology exam with these multiple-choice questions on globalization, Indian agrarian structures, industrial sociology, and more. Click "Show Answer" to reveal the correct options!

1. Who is the author of the book 'Mcdonaldization of society' written in 1993?
  • (1) G. Ritzer
  • (2) B. Smart
  • (3) A. Giddens
  • (4) I. Wallerstein

Answer: (1) G. Ritzer

2. A process in which globalization also creates favourable condition for all forms of particularization and localization is known as:
  • (1) Universalization
  • (2) Parochialization
  • (3) Glocalization
  • (4) Internationalization

Answer: (3) Glocalization

3. Who has said that "globalization is inclusive of both modernity and post modernity"?
  • (1) Wallerstein
  • (2) Waters
  • (3) Giddens
  • (4) Robertson

Answer: (4) Robertson

4. The peasant society is characterised by:
(a) Homogeneity
(b) Family labour
(c) Underdog position
(d) Specific division of labour

Options:
  • (1) (a), (b), (c)
  • (2) (a), (b), (d)
  • (3) (b), (c), (d)
  • (4) (d), (c), (a)

Answer: (1) (a), (b), (c)

5. Which were the general land tenure systems prevalent in rural India before independence?
(a) Jamindari System
(b) Ryotwari System
(c) Mahalwari System
(d) Sajhedari System

Options:
  • (1) (a), (b), (d)
  • (2) (b), (d), (c)
  • (3) (a), (b), (c)
  • (4) (b), (d)

Answer: (3) (a), (b), (c)

6. Which State of India was the first to pass Jamindari Abolition Act?
  • (1) Bihar
  • (2) Uttar Pradesh
  • (3) Rajasthan
  • (4) Karnataka

Answer: (2) Uttar Pradesh

7. Who has argued that 'in the wake of labour exploitation the Indian peasantry has really taken a class character'?
  • (1) Rajendra Singh
  • (2) Virginius XaXa
  • (3) R. K. Jain
  • (4) Utsa Patnaik

Answer: (4) Utsa Patnaik

8. Who has studied the dynamics in the class structure of rural society of India by using historical data and empirical data together?
  • (1) S. C. Dube
  • (2) Oscar Lewis
  • (3) Ram Krishna Mukherjee
  • (4) A. R. Desai

Answer: (3) Ram Krishna Mukherjee

9. Who had argued that 'the attached labour in the post Green Revolution agrarian setting was more like permanent employment in the organized sector'?
  • (1) Paul Brass
  • (2) G. S. Bhalla
  • (3) A. Rudra
  • (4) J. Mohan Rao

Answer: (3) A. Rudra

10. Trade union performs a wide variety of functions related to:
  • (1) Industrial organisation
  • (2) Trade union activities
  • (3) Social welfare activities
  • (4) All the above

Answer: (4) All the above

11. Fatigue among the industrial workers can be minimised:
  • (1) By increasing the working hours
  • (2) By providing congenial atmosphere in work place
  • (3) Both (1) and (2)
  • (4) None of the above

Answer: (2) By providing congenial atmosphere in work place

12. The legal approval to collective bargaining in India has been granted under:
  • (1) The Industrial Disputes Act
  • (2) The Indian Trade Unions Act
  • (3) The Factories Act
  • (4) The Industrial Employment Act

Answer: (1) The Industrial Disputes Act

13. Which one is not the part of World System Theory?
  • (1) Core Countries
  • (2) Peripheral Countries
  • (3) World Class City
  • (4) Semi Peripheral Countries

Answer: (3) World Class City

14. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): According to Wallerstein core countries are dominant capitalist countries.
Reason (R): Because they exploit peripheral countries for cheap labour and raw material.

Options:
  • (1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is correct explanation of (A)
  • (2) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  • (3) (A) is true but (R) is false
  • (4) (A) is false but (R) is true

Answer: (1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is correct explanation of (A)

15. Which one is not an indicator of Human Development Index?
  • (1) Life expectancy
  • (2) Education component
  • (3) National per capita income
  • (4) Level of urbanization

Answer: (4) Level of urbanization

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