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Question Paper

SOCIOLOGY

PAPER II
Note This paper contains fifty objective type questions of tto marks each. All questions are compulsory.

1 'Differences between natural and social sciences arise from cognitive intentions of the investigator, whose view is this


Auguste Comte

Emile Durkheim

Max Weber

Karl Mannheim


2 Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists

List I List II
(Concepts) (Sociologists)

Internal structure of role C. Levi-strauss
Structure of myth B. Malinowski
Functions of rituals S.F. Nadel
Basic and derived needs T. Parsons
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown

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3 Who has written the book 'structure and function in primitive society'

S.F. Nadel

C. Levi-Strauss

B. Malinowski

A.R. Radcliffe-Brown

4 Who has stated that the basic characteristics of human mind determine the possible varieties of social structure

C. Levi-Strauss

J. Paul Sartre

G.P. Murdock

S.F. Nadel
5 Match List with List -II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the Lists

List I List II
(torks) (authors)

Argonauts of the western pacific Emile Durkheim
The Andaman Islanders B. Malinowski
Elementary forms of religious life C. Levi-Strauss
Structural Anthropology A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
S.F. Nadel

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6 Who has given a functional theory based on basic and derived needs

B. Malinowski

E. Durkheim

R.K. Merton

Herbert Spencer


7 Who has written the book scientific theory of culture'

B. Malinowski

A.L. Kroeber

A.R. Radcliffe-Brown

E.B. Tylor
8 Who has distinguished between simple society and industrial mechanical and organic solidarity

T. Parsons

B. Malinowski

H. Spencer

Emile Durkheim society on the basis of
9 Who has given the concept of 'functional alternatives' as a possibility of studying social change by using functional theory

Talcott parsons

R.K. Merton

B. Malinowski

Emile Durkheim
10 The concept 'generalised other' was given by

H. Blumer

G.H. Mead

Erving Goffman

C.H. Cooley .
11 Match the items in List I with List II

List I List II
(Methods) (Thinkers)

Comparative method Karl Marx
Verstehen method E. Durkheim
Historical method Max Weber
Ideal type method R.K. Merton

Select the correct answer from the codes given below

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12 To Mead "the generalised others" and "significant others" are the creators of

I

Me

Ego

Super ego
13 In which system of government vilfred pareto provided as an example of 'fox type of elite'

European democracies

Military dictatorships

Political democracies

Modern elites
14 Which of the following is applicable to pareto's logical action

Subjectively logical action

Objectively logical action

Both and

None of the above
15 Who predicted that conflict may have some positive role to play as it enhances social solidarity of a given group

G. Simmel

L. A. Coser

R. Dahrendorf

None of these
16 The terms "life chances" and "life styles" were coined by

L. Dumont

Max Weber

V. Pareto

P.A. Sorokin
17 Whose name is associated with interpretative sociology

Max Weber

Karl Marx

G. Simmel

T. Parsons


18 The disharmony between the rapid growth of technology and slower transformation of social institutions and traditional beliefs is known as .

Cultural lag

Cultural diffusion

Cultural innovation

Cultural assimilation
19 Who among the following thinkers has propounded the theory of evolution

G.W.F. Hegal

Karl Manheim

Auguste Comte

Karl Marx
20 Who has used participant observation in the study of a slum area in ..S.A.

W.F. Whyte

B. Malinowski

D.F. La.arsfeld

R.K. Merton
21 Oral history is a method in which we collect

data of human events

recollections of living persons

recollections of historians

data of human bodies
22 The measures of disperson (mean and standard deviation) show

Degree of inequality

Degree of equality

Both and

None of the above



23 According to R.K. Merton content analysis includes which of the following

One dimensional classification
Symbol counts
Campaign analysis
Qualitative analysis

Mark the correct answer from the codes given below

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24 Which of the averages can be calculated only from a closed ended table

Mean

Median

Mode

All the above
25 Correlation indicates the degree of covariation between

qualitative variables

quantitative variables

one qualitative variable and one quantitative variable

Any combination of variables
26 Which of the following can measure degree of covariation between a qualitative and another qualitative variables

Yule's Q

Phi coefficient c

Chi square x2

rho p
27 Who has argued that anticipatory sociali.ation takes place due to reference group behaviour

H.H. Hyman

R.K. Merton

C.H. Cooley

M. Mead



28 Who has stated the mechanisms for articulating roles in the role-set

Ralph Dinton

Talcott Parsons

R.K. Merton

A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
29 Status groups to Weber are identified by

education

styles of life

occupation

family background
30 A doctor after examining a lady said Mrs Jones I have good news for you. Then the lady reacted am miss Jones not Mrs Jones, The Doctor then said If it is so, bad news. This is an example to explain the concept of

Norm

Role

Status

Value
31 The awareness of common interest and situation amongst the members of a social class is know as .

Class formation

Class consciousness

Class domination

Class dealignment
32 Which of the following is not the characteristic feature of caste system

Heirarchical ranking

Endogamous strata

Vertical mobility

Ascribed status
33 A study design involving the collection of data at different points of time is known as

Cohort study

Trend study

Cross sectional study

Longitudinal study
34 The movement of people or groups from lower positions to higher ones is known as .

Vertical mobility

Hori.ontal mobility

Down ward mobility

Upward mobility


35 An inductive approach to research in which theories are generated solely from an examination of data rather than being derived deductively is known as

Grounded theory

Cross-case analysis

Constant comparative method

None of the above
36 A hypothesis that suggests that there is no relationship among the variables under study is known as

Conflict hypothesis

Comfort hypothesis

Null hypothesis

None of the above
37 What perspective did Auguste Comte use in the study of society

Structural Perspective

Historical Perspective

Conflict Perspective

Functional Perspective
38 Match the List I with List II and mark the correct answer from the following codes

List I List II

(Books) (Authors)
India through Hindu Categories M.N. Srinivas
Indian Sadhus (ii) L. Dumont
Contemporary India and Its (iii) G.S. Ghurye Modernisation
Homo Hierarchies (iv) S.C. Dube
The caste system and its implications
(v) Mckisn Marriot
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39 Match List I with List II and mark the correct answer from the following codes

List I List II

(Works) (Authors)
Positive philosophy H. Spencer
A contribution to the critique of A. Comte political economy
Synthetic philosophy Karl Marx
The structure of social action T. Parsons
(v) Max Weber

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40 Who among the following stated that treating to embrace all phenomena that are in any way connected with human life one pursues a 'will-o-the


A. Comte

H. Spencer

G. Simmel

E. Durkheim
41 Who among the following suggests that the community is synonymous to class

G. Simmel

Lowe

A. Etzioni

E. Ettore


42 Who among the following uses ethonology as a method of study of 'peoples and cultures with in their environments'

H. Garfinkel

B. Malinowosky

Radcliffe -Brown

T. Parsons
43 Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion and the other as Reason

Assertion N.K. Bose emphasised the need to bring ethnology and Indology together in the study of Indian society.

Reason It is possible to reconstruct the structure of Indian constitution through these two approaches.

In the context of above statements which one of the following is correct

Both and are correct and is the correct explanation of

Both and are correct but is not the correct explanation of

is true but is false

is false but is true
44 Who is the author of the book 'The origin of the family, private property and the state'

F. Engels

K. Marx

G.P. Morgan

L.T. Hobhouse
45 Who is the author of the book 'World Revolution and Family Patterns'

G.P. Murdock

William J. Goode

C. Levi-Strauss

R. H. Lowie
46 Cohabitation among young in western societies in largely a

Alternative to marriage

Prelude to marriage

Gay phenomena

Cost cutting strategy


47 Which among the following is not a total institution

A Convent School

A Boarding School

A Mental Asylum

A Cruise
48 Who distingushed between normal and pathological functioning of institutions

Herbert Spencer

Emile Durkheim

Radcliffe Brown

Robert Merton
49 Which of the following is an agency of resocialization

Primary school

Peer group

Training institute

Military Academy
50 Media communication is an agency of which of the following

De-Socialization

Secondary Socialization

Anticipatory Socialization

Adult Socialization


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