UGC NET Sociology MCQs: Indian Society & Thinkers
Prepare for your UGC NET Sociology exam with these practice questions focusing on Indian society, demographic trends, social issues, and prominent sociological thinkers. Click to reveal the correct answers and enhance your understanding!
1. Match the items in List - I to List - II:
List - I (Minorities)
a. Sikhs
b. Jains
c. Jews
d. Anglo-Indians
List - II (Status Positions)
i. An uneasy minority
ii. A disappearing minority
iii. A mobilized minority
iv. The unobtrusive minority
Codes:
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) ii i iii iv
(E) i ii iv iii
List - I (Minorities)
a. Sikhs
b. Jains
c. Jews
d. Anglo-Indians
List - II (Status Positions)
i. An uneasy minority
ii. A disappearing minority
iii. A mobilized minority
iv. The unobtrusive minority
Codes:
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) ii i iii iv
(E) i ii iv iii
Answer: (C) iii iv ii i
2. Who wrote “Natural and Political Observations on the Bills of Mortality”?
Answer: (C) John Graunt
3. Two statements are given, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Increased social disintegration leads to increased number of suicides in industrial societies.
Reason (R): Weaker influence of moral and social values on individuals results in more number of suicides.
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 and (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false and (R) is true.
Assertion (A): Increased social disintegration leads to increased number of suicides in industrial societies.
Reason (R): Weaker influence of moral and social values on individuals results in more number of suicides.
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 and (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false and (R) is true.
Answer: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
4. Rapid industrialisation has increased the rate of white-collar crimes among
Answer: (A) Businessmen
5. Which one of the following push factors contribute to the rural to urban migration?
1. Rural poverty.
2. Urban infrastructure development.
3. Monsoon failure.
4. Employment opportunities in urban areas.
Codes:
(A) (1) and (2)
(B) (1) and (3)
(C) (2) and (3)
(D) (2) and (4)
1. Rural poverty.
2. Urban infrastructure development.
3. Monsoon failure.
4. Employment opportunities in urban areas.
Codes:
(A) (1) and (2)
(B) (1) and (3)
(C) (2) and (3)
(D) (2) and (4)
Answer: (B) (1) and (3)
6. The programme that aims to bring over all development in the community in India is called as
Answer: (D) Community Development Programme
7. Who have studied Indian society from civilizational perspective?
a. G.S. Ghurye
b. N.K. Bose
c. B.R. Ambedkar
d. Surjit Sinha
Codes:
A. (a) and (c)
B. (b), (c) and (d)
C. (a), (c) and (d)
D. (b) and (d)
a. G.S. Ghurye
b. N.K. Bose
c. B.R. Ambedkar
d. Surjit Sinha
Codes:
A. (a) and (c)
B. (b), (c) and (d)
C. (a), (c) and (d)
D. (b) and (d)
Answer: (D) (b) and (d)
8. Which of the following is not responsible for the increased life span in India?
Answer: (D) Declining birth rate
9. Which among the following were dominant features on which New Panchayati Raj was introduced?
Answer: (C) Both (A) and (B)
10. Who stated that “Sociology in India stands at the confluence of Indology and Sociology, as the right kind of ‘mix’ prerequisite to the understanding of Indian society”?
Answer: (B) Louis Dumont
11. Jacques Derrida has reduced language to which one of the following?
Answer: (A) To ‘writing’ which constrains its subjects.
12. Who found an epistemological break between Marx’s early philosophical work and his later scientific theories and knowledge?
Answer: (C) L. Althusser
13. Who wrote the book “Studies in Ethnomethodology”?
Answer: (C) H. Garfinkel
