Top 15 UGC NET Social Work MCQ Quiz: Sociology & Research Fundamentals

Interactive Quiz: UGC NET Social Work - Sociological Concepts & Research

1. 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

(B) R.K. Merton

2. 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

(B) Lewis A. Coser

3. 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

(D) Disproportionate stratified random sampling

4. 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

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

(B) ii iii iv i

5. Cumulative frequency curve is known as

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

(A) Ogive

6. Who has made distinction between normal and pathological function?

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

(C) E. Durkheim

7. 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

(D) Familistic, contractual and compulsory systems of interaction

8. 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

(B) Frederic Le Play

9. According to Max Weber status groups are identified by

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

(B) Styles of life

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

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

(C) Ego

11. 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

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

(B) 2 3 1 4

12. Relationships in a community are

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

(D) intimate, durable and ascribed

13. 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

(B) Contractual, individualistic, calculative relationships

14. 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

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

(A) (a) and (b)