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PAPER-II
SOCIOLOGY

Note This paper contains fifty objective type questions, each question carrying two marks. Attempt all the questions.

1. "We belong to associations, not to institutions." Who among the following said so

Ogburn

Sutherland

Giddens

MacIver


2. Which of the following statements are correct Answer by using the correct code given below


3 214
2 341 stratification may be regarded


A class system of social

4 321 as a 'closed' system.
1 342


It may be regarded as an


Logico-1. Durkheim
experimental
Dialectical 2. Pareto


Ideal typical 3. Marx


Functional 4. Weber









5. Which one of the following is not an system.
example of a community
In the class system, a person

The Red Indians cannot move up or down in the


The Muria social hierarchy.

The Andman Icelanders


The Rashtriya Swayamsewak distinguished by social


The class system is usually
Sangh
mobility.

6. Match List I with List II and

Codes
select the correct answer from the
and codes given below the lists

List I List II
and
Sub-culture 1. Hippie
and
Contra-culture 2. Language
and

Vehicle of 3. Army culture


Culture clash 4. Ayodhya



3. An example of an ex-criminal's Temple conformity to social norms may be Movement called
Codes
Socialisation

Re-socialisation

4 231


1 234


De-socialisation
3 124
Non-socialisation
1 423






7. Who among the following used sociometry for the first time

Lundberg Moreno


Bogardus Burgess



8. One of the following does not form part of social action typology presented by Weber. Identify.

Democratic


Traditional


Evaluative


Rational



9. Identify which one of the following does not constitute an element of culture

Family


Values


Dress


Ways of behaviour



10. In his sociological explanation of religion, Durkheim made certain observations. Select the correct ones from the codes given below

Religion is mental illness.


God is only society personified.


Religion brings salvation for the suffering humanity.


The kingdom of heaven is a glorified society.


Codes

and


and


and


and



11. Which of the following is not an example of primary group

Neighbourhood


School


Friends Circle


The State Bank of India



12. The State is an example of which of the following

Primary group


Community


Association


Government



13. Classification of groups into ingroup and outgroup categories was presented by who among the following

Tonnies


Cooley


Homans


Sumner



14. Who has divided functions of family into following six categories

Affectional


Economic


Recreational

Protective


Religious


Educational


MacIver


Ogburn and Nimkoff


G.H. Sprott


Arnold Green



15. Who has defined the Hindu Joint Family as "a group constituted of known ancestors and adopted sons and relatives related to these sons through marriage"

Henry Maine


Kingsley Davis


R.M. MacIver


H.M. Johnson



16. The first significant contribution to the study of kinship was made by

Tylor


Morgan


Malinowski


Redcliffe-Brown



17. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the list List I List II

Family and 1. Robin Fox kinship among Pandits of Kashmir


Kinship and 2. G.S. Ghurye Marriage


Elementary 3. Radhakamal structures of Mukherjee kinship


Family and 4. T.N. Madan kin, in Indo-European culture


5. C. Levi-Strauss
Codes


3 152


4 152


4 235


2 143



18. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason Assertion Caste as a social group cannot be called a community. Reason Caste does have social coherence but it lacks the community's territorial basis.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct
Codes

Both and are true and

is the correct explanation of


Both and are true, but

is not the correct explanation of


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.



19. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched

Sanskritization M.N. Srinivas


Little and Great McKim Tradition Marriott


Brahminisation Aiyappan


Parochialization F.G. Bailey


Select the correct answer using the codes given below
Codes

3 and 4


3 and 4


2 and 4


2 and 3



20. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
List I List II

Caste is a closed 1. Louis system Dumont


Caste is a closed 2. Gunar organic Myrdal stratification


Caste is an extreme 3. Fredrick form of equality Bailey


Caste is an 4. Max expression of Weber hierarchy rather than stratification


Codes


1 234


4 321


1 324


4 231




21. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
List I List II

Opposition of 1. S. Sinha purity-pollution


Tribe-caste-2. L. Dumont Peasant continuum


Attributional and 3. McKim International Marriott analysis


4. M.N. Srinivas
Codes


1 42


1 34


2 13


2 31



22. Choose the right arrangement of the following stages of socialization in a sequence from the codes given below

Anticipatory


Child


Infant


Adult


Adolescent


Codes

a c b e d


e c b d a


c b e d a


b c d e a



23. Which one of the following is an example of 'generalized others'

Community


Friends


Peer group


Parents



24. Who among the following has analysed the stages of social evolution as simple, compound, double compound and trebly compound

L.H. Morgan


E.B. Tylor


E. Durkheim


H. Spencer



25. Some social change occurs without being noticed by most members of a society is known as

Manifest change


Latent change


Relative change


Absolute change



26. Who among the following does not belong to cyclical theory of social change

Spencer


Toynbee


Lipset


Hobhouse



27. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the Table
List I List II

Cyclical 1. Vico


Linear 2. Sorokin


Fluctuation 3. Spengler


Spiral 4. Spencer


Codes


3 421


3 214


2 314


2 143



28. According to Radcliffe-Brown, a society with a condition of functional disunity rarely dies, instead, it ………..

Struggles towards the new state of eunomia.


Might change its structural pattern.


Throws itself into disarray.
Changes its identity.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below
Codes

and are correct


and are correct


and are correct


and are correct



29. Which one of the following is not associated with Malinowski's three levels of system in hierarchic order

Symbolic system


Social structural system


Personality system


Biological system



30. Who laid down the distinction between historical and functional types of inquiry

Radcliffe-Brown


Durkheim


Parsons


Merton



31. Match the List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below the lists.
List I List II

Affectivity-(i) Whether actors affective be assessed in neutrality terms of same

standards


Diffuseness-(ii) Whether actors

specificity be assessed in terms of achievement or ascription


Universalism Appropriate

-particularism emotional expression in an interaction


Achievement Appropriate


-ascriptive obligations in a relationship
Codes















32. Which of the following functional imperatives of Talcott Parsons is associated with 'Pattern maintenance and tension management'

Adaptation


Goal attainment


Integration


Latency



33. Robert K. Merton stated that a cultural item can have diverse and varied consequences for individuals, groups, society and culture. To which of his functional postulates this statement is related

Functional unity


Universal functionalism


Functional indispensability


None of the above





34. 'An action is determined by a conscious belief in the value for its own sake.' This statement is applicable to which of the following types of action propounded by Max Weber

Action based on Means-end rationality


Action based on value rationality


Affectual action


Traditional action



35. Which one of the following is associated with Pareto's concept of non-logical action

Non-scientific belief systems are the determinants of action


Non-scientific belief systems are not the determinants of action.


Non-scientific belief systems are the expressions of deep seated sentiments.


None of the above.



36. Which of the following statements distinguishes from

is given importance in modern society and is given importance in primitive society.


Important values are located in but not in


is immediate response to others while is the organised set of attitudes of others.


None of the above



37. Which of the following is not related to functional theory of Durkheim

Society can be reduced to parts


Society can be decomposed into its constituent parts.


System parts fufill basic needs of the whole.


System can be normal only when equilibrium is maintained.



38. Who paid attention to positive dimensions of conflict

Coser


Dahrendorf


Collins


Simmel



39. Two statements are given here, one is labelled as Assertion and other as Reason
Assertion Symbolic interactionist tend to accord causal significance to social interaction.
Reason Meaning stems from not from solitary mental process but from interaction.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below
Codes

Both and are true and

is the correct explanation of


Both and are true, but

is not the correct explanation of


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.



40. Who has used historical comparative method in the study of West European societies

Emile Durkheim


Max Weber


L.H. Morgan


T. Veblen



41. Who among the classical sociologists has used quantitative method in comparative analysis

Karl Marx


Max Weber


Emile Durkheim


Auguste Comte


42. Who among the following propounded the idea of sociology as natural science of society'

B. Malinowski


Talcott Parsons


Claude Levi-Strauss


A.R. Radcliffe-Brown



43. Who argued that 'structure is a method not a reality'

Claude Levi-Strauss


A.R. Radcliffe-Brown


S.F. Nadel


Talcott Parsons



44. Who is known to have used 'participant observation' method in the study of American society

B. Malinowski


W.F. Whyte


W.J. Goode


P.F. Hatt



45. In which research design hypothesis is not necessarily required

Descriptive


Experimental


Diagnostic


Exploratory



46. Case-study involves

Quantitative analysis


Quantitative and Qualitative analysis


Qualitative analysis


All the above



47. Which of the following takes into account quantity of a position in the array

Mean


Mode


Median


All the above



48. Who is said to be the founding father of survey research

Charles Booth


P.F. Lazarsfeld


R.K. Merton


W.J. Goode



49. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists List I List II (Term) (Statistic)

Qualitative Tabulation variables


Quantitative Sampling variables


Frequency Attributes distribution


Probability Variates


Deviation
Codes















50. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists List I List II (Concept) (Authors)

Participant Jahoda observation


Content Charles Analysis Booth


Conjuctural Malinowski history


Research Radcliffe-Design Brown


Merton
Codes


















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