UGC NET Sociology MCQs: Practice Questions
Prepare for your UGC NET Sociology exam with this set of multiple-choice questions. Click the "Show Answer" button to reveal the correct option and check your understanding!
1. Two statements are given, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Dalit assertion in Indian politics resulted in Dalit identity.
Reason (R): Politicization of the Dalits led to social mobility among them.
Codes:
(A) (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true and (R) is false. (A) is false and (R) is true.
Assertion (A): Dalit assertion in Indian politics resulted in Dalit identity.
Reason (R): Politicization of the Dalits led to social mobility among them.
Codes:
(A) (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true and (R) is false.
Answer: (B) (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
2. Caste is an example of
Answer: (D) Ascribed Status
3. Who has written the book, 'The Death of the Family'?
Answer: (B) D. Cooper
4. Sociology is characterised by a perspective that places which one of the following in the foreground?
Answer: (C) Social interaction
5. The term 'total institution' means and includes
Answer: (D) All the above
6. Match the List - I with List - II.
List - I
a. E. Durkheim
b. W. J. Goode
c. C. W. Mills
d. R. Robertson
List - II
1. The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
2. The Power Elite
3. The Sociological Interpretation of Religion
4. World Revolution and Family Patterns
Codes:
(B) 1 4 2 3
(C) 3 2 4 1
(D) 1 2 3 4
(E) 2 3 4 1
List - I
a. E. Durkheim
b. W. J. Goode
c. C. W. Mills
d. R. Robertson
List - II
1. The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
2. The Power Elite
3. The Sociological Interpretation of Religion
4. World Revolution and Family Patterns
Codes:
(B) 1 4 2 3
(C) 3 2 4 1
(D) 1 2 3 4
(E) 2 3 4 1
Answer: (A) 1 4 2 3
7. A statistical measure based on the study of entire population is called
Answer: (A) Parameters
8. Who has written the book "Deschooling Society"?
Answer: (C) I. Illich
9. The pivotal methodology of functionalists is
Answer: (C) Field work
10. Which among the following is not an indicator of change in the social structure?
Answer: (B) Industrial to Feudal Society
11. Who among the Indian Sociologists, is known to have written on 'Sociology of Values'?
Answer: (B) Radha Kamal Mukherjee
12. Two statements are given, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Re-socialisation of criminals in prisons is a part of the reformation method helping in their rehabilitation.
Reason (R): Released prisoners without proper rehabilitation resort to crime and come back to prison again.
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).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Assertion (A): Re-socialisation of criminals in prisons is a part of the reformation method helping in their rehabilitation.
Reason (R): Released prisoners without proper rehabilitation resort to crime and come back to prison again.
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).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
Answer: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
13. Research carried out in order to improve social situation for the betterment of individuals or social group or an organisation is called
Answer: (B) Action Research
14. If the two variables are varying in their values in opposite direction, then it is called
Answer: (C) Negative correlation
15. Who one among the following maintains that social structure has nothing to do with empirical reality?
Answer: (C) Levi-Strauss
