Top 100 UGC NET Social Work MCQs: Theories, Practice & Key Laws
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June 11, 2025
UGC NET Social Work MCQs: Theories, Acts & Practice
UGC NET Social Work MCQs: Theories, Acts & Practice
Prepare effectively for your UGC NET Social Work exam with these multiple-choice questions. This set covers important theories, key Indian legislation, aspects of social work practice with older people, and more. Use the interactive buttons to reveal answers and explanations!
Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer with the help of codes attached.
List - I (Theories):
(a) Existential
(b) Gestalt
(c) Psychoanalytical
(d) Behavioural
List - II (Proponents):
(i) J. B. Watson
(ii) Sigmund Freud
(iii) Soren Kierkegaard
(iv) Fritz Perls
Codes:
(1) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
(2) (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)
(3) (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv)
(4) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
Answer: (Not fully correct in options; correct matching is:)
(a) Existential: Soren Kierkegaard
(b) Gestalt: Fritz Perls
(c) Psychoanalytical: Sigmund Freud
(d) Behavioural: J. B. Watson
Explanation: The correct matches are based on the proponents of these theories, but the provided options have errors.
Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answers from among the codes given below.
List - I (Legislation):
(a) Dowry Prohibition Act
(b) Child Marriage Restraint Act
(c) Commission of Sati Act
(d) Prohibitions of Child Marriage Act
List - II (Year of Enactment):
(i) 2006
(ii) 1961
(iii) 1987
(iv) 1929
Codes:
Explanation: Dowry Prohibition Act: 1961; Child Marriage Restraint Act: 1929; Commission of Sati Act: 1987; Prohibition of Child Marriage Act: 2006.
The primary difficulty for social workers with older people arises out of:
(1) Inability of the families of older people to work through their difficulties
(2) Imbalance between the social work services and the number of social workers on the ground
(3) Lack of objective social study of the older person and their partner, carer and family
(4) Issues relating to elder abuse, domestic violence and wardship proceedings
Answer: (2) Imbalance between the social work services and the number of social workers on the ground
Explanation: The passage explicitly states this imbalance as the primary difficulty.
The social work assessment mainly involves:
(1) Making an objective social study of the older person and their partner, carer and family
(2) Attempting to come to some conclusions about the client’s psychosocial situation
(3) To clarify the abilities of carers and families and their levels of stress and their emotional state and capability
(4) Identifying practical and emotional needs and appropriate support systems ensuring a reflective and a planned way to intervention
Answer: (4) Identifying practical and emotional needs and appropriate support systems ensuring a reflective and a planned way to intervention
Explanation: The passage emphasizes identifying needs and ensuring a reflective, planned intervention as the core of social work assessment.
While making an objective social study of the older person and their various needs, the social worker attempts:
(1) To study the clients’ accommodation needs, their primary needs of food, shelter and hygiene
(2) To come to some conclusions about the client’s psychosocial situation including their emotional health
(3) To engage in use of specific theories and professional experience
(4) To clarify the abilities of carers and families and their levels of stress and their emotional state and capability
Answer: (2) To come to some conclusions about the client’s psychosocial situation including their emotional health
Explanation: The passage highlights concluding on the client’s psychosocial situation, including emotional health, as a key aim.
In social work practice with older people, the focus of each social worker is greatly influenced by:
(1) Practical and emotional needs and appropriate support look like the social worker is following the principle of group self-determination, which empowers group members to make decisions collectively.
Answer: (This question appears to be incomplete in the prompt, with a missing option and a seemingly unrelated explanation snippet. Assuming the intent was about the social worker's focus in general in practice, the most appropriate answer from the provided options would be related to understanding the client's holistic situation. However, based on the incomplete prompt, I cannot provide a definitive answer or a complete explanation for this specific question.)
Explanation: Please provide the complete options for this question. Based on common social work principles, a social worker's focus is influenced by the client's holistic needs, environment, and the specific goals of intervention.
An arrangement of practices and behaviours on which members of the society base their daily lives is called as:
(1) Social control
(2) Social policy
(3) Social legislation
(4) Social order
Answer: (4) Social order
Explanation: Social order refers to the system of practices and behaviors that structure societal interactions and daily life.
If the perpetrator is not explicitly harming another person, then that type of crime is called as:
(1) Violent crime
(2) Non-violent crime
(3) Victimless crime
(4) Corporate crime
Answer: (3) Victimless crime
Explanation: Victimless crimes, such as drug use or prostitution, do not directly harm another individual.
The rewards given for conforming to norms are called as:
(1) Positive sanctions
(2) Negative sanctions
(3) Informal sanctions
(4) Physical sanctions
Answer: (1) Positive sanctions
Explanation: Positive sanctions are rewards, such as praise or promotions, given for adhering to societal norms.
Conflict between workers and employers is seen as:
(1) Subjective conflict
(2) Objective conflict
(3) Formal conflict
(4) Indirect conflict
Answer: (2) Objective conflict
Explanation: Worker-employer conflicts are objective, based on tangible issues like wages or working conditions.
The evaluation done after the completion of the project is known as:
(1) Concurrent evaluation
(2) Periodic evaluation
(3) Terminal evaluation
(4) Block evaluation
Answer: (3) Terminal evaluation
Explanation: Terminal evaluation occurs after a project’s completion to assess its overall impact.
Who used the concept of 'persona' while propounding the theory of personality?
(1) Sigmund Freud
(2) Erik Erikson
(3) Carl Jung
(4) Alfred Adler
Answer: (3) Carl Jung
Explanation: Carl Jung introduced the concept of the persona as the social mask in his personality theory.
