Top 15 UGC NET Sociology Practice Questions

UGC NET Sociology MCQs: Exam Practice Set 3

Continue your preparation for the UGC NET Sociology exam with this set of multiple-choice questions. Reveal the answers to test your knowledge and reinforce your learning!

1. 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

Answer: (C) Content Analysis

2. 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

Codes:
(B) 3 2 1 4
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 2 3 1 4
(E) 4 2 3 1

Answer: (A) 3 2 1 4

3. 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

Answer: (D) Karl Pearson

4. 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

Answer: (B) M.M. Tumin

5. 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

Answer: (C) B. Malinowski

6. 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

Answer: (D) Anthony Giddens

7. 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

Codes:
(B) 1 2 3 4
(C) 2 3 4 1
(D) 1 4 3 2
(E) 2 4 1 3

Answer: (D) 2 4 1 3

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

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

Answer: (B) 0

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

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

Answer: (B) Mode

10. 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.

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