Top 10 UGC NET Sociology MCQs: Your Ultimate Practice Guide

UGC NET Sociology MCQs: Research & Stratification

Dive into these practice questions for your UGC NET Sociology exam, covering topics like research design, social roles, and stratification. Click to reveal the correct answers!

1. Which of the following Research Designs will be appropriate for studying voting behaviour of urban middle class population?

(A) Exploratory (B) Descriptive (C) Experimental (D) None of the above

Answer: (B) Descriptive

2. 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. Role Strain
b. Role Conflict
c. Role Transition
d. Role Set

List - II
1. A cluster of associated roles that together form a social status
2. Difficulty in meeting one's role obligation
3. Competing demands of two roles
4. Change from one role to another

Codes:
A. 4 2 1 3
B. 3 4 2 1
C. 2 3 4 1 1 3 2 4

Answer: (C) 2 3 4 1

3. Which of the following is the essential component of 'Social Inclusion'?

(A) Providing Food (B) Providing Housing (C) Providing Employment (D) Providing Social Rights

Answer: (D) Providing Social Rights

4. Which among the following categories are the basic systems of social stratification?

(A) Slavery, Caste, Class and Village (B) Slavery, Caste, Class and Estate (C) Slavery, Caste, Class and City (D) Slavery, Caste, Class and Kingdom

Answer: (B) Slavery, Caste, Class and Estate

5. When a person finds himself/herself playing two or more roles at one time that make incompatible demands, is an example of

(A) Status Consistency (B) Role Conflict (C) Conjugal Role (D) Role Distance

Answer: (B) Role Conflict

6. The prestige or 'social honour' associated with a particular position in an occupation within a community is known as

(A) Status Situation (B) Status Passage (C) Status Group (D) Status Symbol

Answer: (C) Status Group

7. Match the List - I with List - II.

List - I (Authors)
a. P.L. Berger
b. J. Bowley
c. E. Goffman
d. S.M. Lipset and R. Bendix

List - II (Works)
A. Social Mobility in Industrial City
B. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
C. Child Care and Growth of Love
D. Invitation to Sociology

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

Answer: (A) 4 3 2 1

9. Which among the following is not the example of Gemeinschaft relationships?

(A) Personal (B) Informal (C) Sentimental (D) Utilitarian

Answer: (D) Utilitarian

10. Two statements are given, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Transparency and accountability of persons involved in the mid-day meal programme can only make it corruption free.
Reason (R): Changes in the mindset of the people at the individual level and organisational level can make the programme corruption free.

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). (A) is true, but (R) is false. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

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

11. The term 'norm', in Sociology, means

(A) standard pattern in a social setting. (B) standard or rule for a social setting. (C) standard or rule regulating behaviour in a social setting. (D) regular behaviour of individuals in social setting.

Answer: (C) standard or rule regulating behaviour in a social setting.