1. Mixed methods is closest to

Triangulation

Sample surveys

Life history

Census methods

2. Identify the odd one in the group

Ethnomethodology

Phenomenology

Constructionism

Functionalism

3. Narratives are part of

Surveys

Ethnographies

Focussed Group Discussions

Experimental method

4. Qualitative research is concerned primarily about

Generalizability

Reliability

Reality construction

Giving a bird's eye view of the problem

5. Who among the following is not associated with structural functionalism?

Marcel Mauss

M.N. Srinivas

R.K. Merton

Evans-Pritchard

6. Which of the following classical sociological theorist worked on class, gender and race?

Karl Marx

Max Weber

Harriet Martineau

Emile Durkheim

7. Sociologist has to engage in a process of Verstehen because:

Action to which actors attach an objective meaning is the subject of sociology.

Action to which actors attach a subjective meaning is the subject matter of sociology.

Action to which actors attach both objective and subjective meaning is the subject matter of sociology

All the above

8. In Durkheim's Rules Of Sociological Method, his conception of "collective life" is in contrast to the following theorists:

Thomas Hobbes

Rousseau

Herbert Spencer

All the above

9. Which of the following statements are true regarding Marx's conception of class?

Distribution of economic goods is a sphere separate to and independent of production.

Production is governed by definite laws, distribution is controlled by human institutions

Classes are merely inequalities in the distribution of income.

Classes are an aspect of relations of production.

10. Who among the following defined history as the presentation, in chronological order of successive developments in the means and relations of production?

D Kosambi

TN Madan

Andre Beteille

M N Srinivas

11. The word caste is derived from a foreign language. Identify the correct languages

Portuguese and Arabic

Spanish and Latin

English and French

Portuguese and Spanish

12. Which pair of author and books is the correct answer?

M. N. Srinivas: Social Transition in India

Ram Manohar Lohia: Caste and Tribe in Central India

William Henricks Wiser: The Hindu Jajmani System

Louis Dumont: Caste System in India

13. Which classical sociological theorist is an advocate of the socio-historical approach in the study of religion?

Emile Durkheim

Mircea Eliade

Max Weber

Edward Tylor

14. Interactionist approach looked at the micro-level and everyday life such as:

Small Groups

Conducted Meetings

Family Interaction

All of the above

15. Match the author with the correct book title

Anthony Giddens: The Global Conundrum

Ulrich Beck: Global Risk Society

George Ritzer: McDonaldization of Society

Alvin Toffler: The New Shock

16. Engels associated the origin of family and private property with

Emancipation of women

Liberation of men and women

Ideal relationship between men and women

Control and subordination of women

17. Who among the following is not associated with family studies in Indian sociology

AM. Shah

Patricia Uberoi

I.P. Desai

AR. Desai

18. Marx introduces his "materialistic conception of history" in which of his following works

Contributions to the Critique ofPolitical Economy

German ideology

Poverty of Philosophy

Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts

19. The term' abstracted empiricism' indicates

Empirical data abstracted through ethnography

Absence of theoretical categories and comparative historical analysis

Empirical inquiry by using hermeneutics

All of the above

20. 'Adverse Inclusion' is term to designate

Lower level of well-being preceding socio-economic change

Excluding a community and creating situations of extreme vulnerability

Dehumanizing the marginal communities through eviction and dispossession

None of the above

21. Who is the author of The stages of economic growth:

non-communist manifesto?

Joseph Schumpeter

W. W. Rostow

Ernest Mandel

Francis Fukuyama

22. Which international organization provided the 'basic needs approach' to development?

United Nations Development Programme

World Bank

International Labour Organisation

International Monetary Fund

23. Which of the following comes close to Amartya Sen's idea on poverty?

Poverty is a relative concept

Poverty is an absolute notion in the space of capabilities, but takes relative form in the space of commodities

Poverty and inequality are essentially related

All of the above

24. Which of the following is not an expected effect of climate change?

Rising of sea level

Flooding in coastal cities

Expanding glaciers

Extreme weather

25. Affluent society is a term coined by

M. N. Srinivas

J. K. Galbraith

G. S. Ghurye

R.K.Merton

26. Semiotics is generally defined as the study of

Signs

Social behavior during conflict

Voting behavior

Census analysis

27. The application of biological theories of evolution to historical-social affairs in the 19th century was attempted primarily by

Charles Darwin

Auguste Comte

Herbert Spencer

Karl Marx

28. The significant modes of production in Marx's theory of history were

Feudalism

Capitalism

Communism

All of the above

29. Who among the following theorists held that sociology was entering a 'post-classical' phase?

Talcott Parsons

Emile Durkheim

Alvin Gouldner

Radcliffe-Brown

30. The argument of reason and enlightenment turning into their opposite, transforming what promised to be vehicles of truth and liberation into tools of domination is sketched out in detail in

Communist Manifesto

Negative Dialectics

Dialectic of Enlightenment

Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere

31. Hospitals, prisons, army barracks, boarding schools and monasteries are an example of

Open institutions

Total institutions

American institutions

Place of residence and work

32. Feminist writing in sociological theory has principally sought to

Socialize women

Rethink the sex-gender distinction

Confront the gendering of modernity

All of the above

33. Culture' includes:

Sharing

Difference

Meaning

All the above

34. Much of the Functionalist tradition addresses

How the subjective states of actors influence emergent patterns of social organization

How social organization influences subjective states of actors

Both the above

None of the above

35. Author of the book The Burning Forest: India's war in Bastar is

Madhav Gadgil

Ashish Nandy

Nandini Sundar

Ramachandra Guha

36. Work at a Call Centre is an example of

Assembly line

Industrialization

Alienation

Mobilization

37. Displacement of populations for SEZ purposes has been described by David Harvey as

Accumulation by dispossession

Displacement

Creation of internal refugees

Genocide

38. Arrange the following techniques of research in the increasing order of subjectivity (from low to high)

1. Participant observation

2. Questionnaire based survey

3. Case study

4. Experiment



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39. Correlation is a

Measure of association

Measure of central tendency

Measure of dispersion

None of the above

40. Example for a one dimensional variable is

Power

Sex

Intelligence

Marginality

41. Examine Michel Foucaulfs approach to the study of power. How does it differ from other understandings of power?

42. What is ethnography? What are the contexts in which it can be preferred over survey method?

43. Examine the idea of "deepening of democracy" in the Indian political scenario.

Attempt a short note on any Five of the following questions in the space provided below. Each short note carries Five marks and must not exceed 200 words.

44. Religious pluralism in India;

45. Nation as an imagined community;

46. Social consequences of digital divide;

47. Gender beyond binary;

48. Questionnaire in survey research;

49. Durkheim's concept of sacred and profane;

50. Ivan Illych on de-schooling society;

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