Top 10 UGC NET Sociology MCQ Quiz: Methods, Stratification & Social Concepts

Interactive Quiz: UGC NET Sociology - Social Structure, Theory & Research

29. 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

(C) Negative correlation

30. 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

(C) Levi-Strauss

31. 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

(C) Content Analysis

32. 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

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

(A) 3 2 1 4

33. 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

(D) Karl Pearson

34. Who among the following is a critic of Kingsly Davis' theory of social stratification?

(A) Louis Dumon't (B) M.M. Tumin (C) Robert Merton (D) Talcott Parsons

(B) M.M. Tumin

35. Who has written the book "A Scientific Theory of Culture"?

(A) E.B. Tylor (B) P.M. Sorokin (C) B. Malinowski (D) A.R. Radcliffe-Brown

(C) B. Malinowski

36. Who has stated, "sociology is the scientific study of human life, groups and societies"?

(A) T.B. Bottomore (B) Kingsley Davis (C) Talcott Parsons (D) Anthony Giddens

(D) Anthony Giddens

37. Match items in List - I with the items in List - II.
List - I (Works):
a. Human Society
b. Society
c. Division of Labour in Society
d. Sociology: A Guide to Problems and Literature
List - II (Authors):
1. E. Durkheim
2. Kingsley Davis
3. T.B. Bottomore
4. MacIver & Page

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

(B) 2 3 4 1

38. The sum of deviations of all the items from mean is always

(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 6

(B) 0

39. Which one of the following is the most unstable average?

(A) Mean (B) Mode (C) Median (D) Geometric Mean

(B) Mode

40. Which one of the following characteristics correctly explains the term 'institution' sociologically?

(A) A place where many people work. (B) An office complex where many important works are carried out. (C) An organisation which is engaged in some important function. (D) A set of related folkways and mores integrated around a principle.

(D) A set of related folkways and mores integrated around a principle.

41. 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

(B) Descriptive

42. 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

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

(C) 2 3 4 1

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

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

(D) Providing Social Rights

44. 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

(B) Slavery, Caste, Class and Estate

45. 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

(B) Role Conflict

46. 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

(C) Status Group

47. 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):
1. Social Mobility in Industrial City
2. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
3. Child Care and Growth of Love
4. Invitation to Sociology

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

(A) 4 3 2 1

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

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

(D) Utilitarian

49. 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.

(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.

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

50. 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.

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