SOCIOLOGY
Paper – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. Who has propounded the concept of ethnocentrism ?
(A) W. Sumner
(B) J. Adorno
(C) Max Weber
(D) Immanuel Watterstein
2. Match items in List – I with items in List – II and choose the correct answer from the code given below :
3. Which among the following features emerged due to privatization of education in India ?
1. Emergence of private schools at the village level.
2. Emergence of market research.
3. Mushrooming growth of educational institutions.
4. Provision of scholarships to the poor students.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) 1, 3, 4
(B) 1, 2, 4
(C) 1, 2, 3
(D) 2, 3, 4
4. Which of the following ideas are considered at the core of Michel Foucault’s methodology ?
(i) Genealogy of power (ii) Micro-politics of power
(iii) Archaeology of knowledge (iv) Power at the societal level
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) (i) and (ii)
(B) (ii) and (iii)
(C) (i) and (iii)
(D) (ii) and (iv)
5. Formulating a new theory drawing upon Marx’s thinking by revising and reorienting, it is labelled as
(A) Neo-Marxian Theory
(B) Post-Marxian Theory
(C) Pre-Marxian Theory
(D) A Critique of Marx’s Theory
6. Crude Birth Rate (CBR) is labelled as such because it does not take into account
(A) Demographic transition
(B) Mortality rate
(C) Age and sex composition of the population
(D) None of the above
7. Who is the author of the book “Ethnic Plurality in India” ?
(A) R.A. Schermerhorn
(B) M.N. Srinivas
(C) Robert Bierstadt
(D) A.R. Desai
8. Match the concepts given in the List – I with statements given in the List – II :
9. Feminist epistemology is a concept which is based on the principle of
(A) differences between sociology and feminism
(B) feminization of occupation
(C) sexuality
(D) a reflection of women’s lived experience and place giving emphasis on affectual relationships
10. For the successful rehabilitation of released prisoners, which one is not relevant ?
(A) Bail should be immediately granted as per law.
(B) Trial should be speeded-up.
(C) Probation should be granted.
(D) Discontinuation of prison work programmes.
11. By including the concept ‘dominant caste’ in the concept of Sanskritization, Srinivas
(A) undermines the ritual element of culture
(B) overemphasises the secular elements
(C) broadens the connotation of the term Sanskritic to include both the sacred and secular elements of culture
(D) includes elements of western influence on traditional rural structure
12. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Religious pluralism is identifiable and regularized behaviour.
Reason (R) : It is attributable to a particular people and is expressed through certain images, symbols, rituals and myths.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
13. Who has argued that ‘even the change in Indian society has to be studied by studying its deep rooted traditions’ ?
(A) A.K. Saran
(B) D.P. Mukherjee
(C) A.R. Desai
(D) M.N. Srinivas
14. Slums are predominantly occupied by
1. People drawn from organised sectors
2. People drawn from unorganised sectors
3. People drawn from service sectors
4. People drawn from aged
Codes :
(A) 1 and 4
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 2 and 4
(D) 3 and 4
15. There are two statements given below. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Large scale development projects such as dams and mines evoke resistance from marginalised people, as rehabilitation programmes are not realistically planned.
Reason (R) : The rehabilitation programmes include only the compensation of land which is partial in nature.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) (A) is false and (R) is true.
(B) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
16. Which book celebrated its 50th year of publication and remained classic during these years in relation to its contribution to the study of Tradition and Modernity in India ?
(A) Social Change in Modern India
(B) Caste, Class and Power
(C) Village India
(D) Modernization of Indian Traditions
17. Which among the following are obstacles in the path way to Nation building in India ?
(A) Hierarchical social order
(B) Economic inequalities
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Western educated leadership
18. Match the items in List – I with List – II :
19. Among the following who made a critical appropriation of Husserl’s approach of phenomenology ?
(A) Alfred Schultz
(B) Peter Berger
(C) Luckmann
(D) None of the above
20. Population pyramid is basically meant for explaining :
(A) Spatial distribution of a given population
(B) Demographic rates of a given population
(C) Age-sex composition of a given population
(D) Growth rates of a given population
21. Who in the Book “The Social Reality of Religion” has suggested that Sociologists should adopt a methodologically atheist stance and not seek to discuss whether religion is anything more than a social creation ?
(A) Peter Berger
(B) Alfred Schultz
(C) Luckmann
(D) None of the above
22. Trace the social background of the emergence of Sociology in India :
1. Heritage of social thought in India.
2. Socio-economic conditions of India at the advent of British rule.
3. Industrial revolution.
4. Intellectual response of Indian Scholarship to western understanding of Indian society.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) 1, 2, 4
(B) 1, 2, 3
(C) 2, 3, 4
(D) 3, 4, 1
23. Which form(s) of scientific knowledge, J. Habermass has identified in his works ?
1. Empirical-analytical
2. Hermeneutic
3. Critical and emancipatory
4. None of the above
Codes :
(A) 1, 2 and 3
(B) 4
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 1 and 3
24. Indian village has lost its self-sufficiency due to
(A) Impact of Green Revolution
(B) The breakdown of Jajmani System
(C) The interaction with urban fringe
(D) All the above
25. When spouses are legally recognised as living in separate households, but are not free to remarry, it is called
(A) Judicial separation
(B) Divorce
(C) Desertion
(D) Marital-termination of spouses
26. Who revealed that in Rural Society, the main cause of factions are wealth, women and land (Jar, Joru and Jamin) ?
(A) Oscar Lewis
(B) Louis Dumon’t
(C) Louis Wirth
(D) A.R. Desai
27. Who has written the book “The Consequences of Modernity” ?
(A) Jurgen Habermass
(B) Anthony Giddens
(C) Jacques Derrida
(D) Michel Foucault
28. Which type of family among the following is emerging in India due to rise of Multinational Corporations and I.T. industry ?
(A) Twin city family
(B) Nuclear family
(C) Joint family
(D) Extended family
29. Match items in the List – I with items in the List – II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
30. Two statements are given, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : India’s education policy must strive to meet the challenge of providing quality education to its citizens.
Reason (R) : Quality of education would enable its citizens to face the challenges of globalization.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false and (R) is true.
31. Match the items in List – I with List – II :
32. Who initiated the theoretical and specialist approach within Sociology which sets out to uncover the methods and social competence to employ in constructing our sense of reality ?
(A) E. Goffman
(B) H. Garfinkel
(C) A. Giddens
(D) Luckmann
33. The term ‘Sons of the Soil’ was coined by
(A) Myron Weiner
(B) D.J. Bogue
(C) M.N. Srinivas
(D) A. Chandrasekhar
34. In our country for the first time in 1976 India’s Population Policy was prepared under the Chairmanship of
(A) Dr. K. Srinivasan
(B) Dr. Karan Singh
(C) Dr. C. Chandrasekharan
(D) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
35. In which aspects J. Habermas’s theoretical thinking has attracted lot of criticism ?
1. On systems theory
2. On evolutionary model of social development
3. His over abstract nature of theorising
4. All the above
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1 and 3
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 1, 2 and 3
36. Which one of the following is not a reason for declining female sex ratio in India ?
(A) Gender role stereotyping and traditional role expectations.
(B) Practice of dowry and prevalence of girl child discrimination.
(C) Migration of female work force from rural to urban areas.
(D) Sex selective abortion.
37. Which of the following combinations contribute to the ethnic conflicts in North Eastern region ?
(a) Innumerable tribal groups with integration
(b) Immigrants from neighbouring countries
(c) Lack of development and feeling of insecurity
(d) Literacy and ignorance
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) (a) and (b)
(B) (b) and (c)
(C) (c) and (d)
(D) (a) and (c)
38. The slogan “Save Planet Earth” came from
(A) Rio-earth Summit
(B) Copenhagen Summit
(C) Jakarta Summit
(D) Tehran Summit
39. Match the items in List – I with List – II :
40. In Anthony Gidden’s theory of structuration primacy is granted to _____
(A) Structure
(B) Agency
(C) Both structure and agency
(D) Neither of the two (structure, agency)
41. To Karl Marx, alienation of worker is due to his alienation from
(A) the product and productive activity
(B) the family
(C) human potential
(D) the society
42. Two statements are given, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : In modern India, intergenerational conflict has pushed the older people into oldage homes.
Reason (R) : Mis-match of mentality, attitude and values of the younger people with the older people is responsible for intergenerational conflict.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correction explanation for (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct exploration for (A).
(C) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false and (R) is true.
43. Match items in List – I with the items in List – II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
44. There are two statements given. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Gender is one of the organising principles of the social world.
Reason (R) : Gender matters because it shapes the identities and behavioural dispositions of individuals.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is false and (R) is true.
(D) (A) is true and (R) is false.
45. Who considered modernity as an unfinished project ?
(A) J. Derrida
(B) A. Giddens
(C) L. Althuser
(D) J. Habermas
46. Match the items in List – I to List – II :
47. Who wrote “Natural and Political Observations on the Bills of Mortality” ?
(A) Guillard A.
(B) Thompson, Warren
(C) John Graunt
(D) Notestein Frank
48. 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.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
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.
49. Rapid industrialisation has increased the rate of white-collar crimes among
(A) Businessmen
(B) Agricultural labour
(C) Office clerks
(D) School teachers
50. 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.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) (1) and (2)
(B) (1) and (3)
(C) (2) and (3)
(D) (2) and (4)
51. The programme that aims to bring over all development in the community in India is called as
(A) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojna
(B) Antyodaya Yojna
(C) Indira Gandhi Awas Yojna
(D) Community Development Programme
52. Who have studied Indian society from civilizational perspective ?
(a) G.S. Ghurye
(b) N.K. Bose
(c) B.R. Ambedkar
(d) Surjit Sinha
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) (a) and (c)
(B) (b), (c) and (d)
(C) (a), (c) and (d)
(D) (b) and (d)
53. Which of the following is not responsible for the increased life span in India ?
(A) Advancement in medical science and technology
(B) Control of epidemics
(C) Improvement in the health care services
(D) Declining birth rate
54. Which among the following were dominant features on which New Panchayati Raj was introduced ?
(A) Participation of women
(B) Participation of SC’s and ST’s
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Participation of youth
55. 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” ?
(A) F.G. Bailey
(B) Louis Dumont
(C) Y. Singh
(D) M.N. Roy
56. Jacques Derrida has reduced language to which one of the following ?
(A) To ‘writing’ which constrains its subjects.
(B) To ‘writing’ which does not constrain its subjects.
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
57. Who found an epistemological break between Marx’s early philosophical work and his later scientific theories and knowledge ?
(A) Alfred Schultz
(B) J. Alexander
(C) L. Althuser
(D) T. Berten
58. Who wrote the book “Studies in Ethnomethodology” ?
(A) E. Goffman
(B) Peter Berger
(C) H. Garfinkel
(D) None of the above
59. Match the items in List – I with List – II :
60. Borstal School and Remand Homes are meant for the correction of
(A) Adult offenders
(B) Habitual offenders
(C) Juvenile delinquents
(D) Hardened offenders
61. Which of the following statements is not the indicative of the reflection of social structure in the industrial organisations ?
(A) Predominance of social elites in the managerial groups.
(B) Predominance of women in the Board of Directors.
(C) Predominance of socially disadvantaged people as sanitary workers.
(D) Predominance of women as receptionists
62. Which of the following statements are true ? Mark the correct answer from the following codes :
1. All change is development.
2. Early classical sociologists viewed development and change as interchangeable/ logically related terms.
3. According to modernisation theorists, the end result of development is prosperity and political stability.
4. Development refers to unplanned process of social change in modern times.
Codes :
(A) 1 and 4
(B) 2 and 4
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 1, 2 and 3
63. Who among the following sociologists has studied Indian National Movement by using Marxian perspective ?
(A) Ram Krishna Mukherjee
(B) A.R. Desai
(C) Bipin Chandra
(D) D.N. Dhanagare
64. Who opined that ‘A scientific-empirical study of Indian Society is not possible’ ?
(A) Ram Krishna Mukherjee
(B) D.P. Mukherjee
(C) A.K. Serom
(D) S.C. Dube
65. Two statements are given below, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Unemployment increased during the last decade among the technical manpower in India.
Reason (R) : Science and Technology Policy in India is not linked to employment.
Codes :
(A) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(B) (A) is false and (R) is true.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) is true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
66. Who described Globalization as an intensification of worldwide social relations, through which far away places are linked together in such a way that events in one place are effected by process taking place many miles away and vice-versa ?
(A) D. Nayyar
(B) Anthony Giddens
(C) Y. Singh
(D) Amartya Sen
67. Jacques Derrida has mainly focussed upon
(A) deconstruction of language of people
(B) deconstruction of logocentrism
(C) deconstruction of structure that constrains people
(D) deconstruction of enslaved theatre
68. Who among the following has defined patriarchy as a “set of social relations between men, which have a material base and which though hierarchical, establish or create interdependence and solidarity among men that enable them to dominate women” ?
(A) Esther Boserup
(B) Sandra Harding
(C) Heidi Hartmann
(D) Nancy Hartsock
69. Fashionable especially in the 1970s, in whose works will you find a structuralist version of Marxism ?
(A) Louis Althuser
(B) J. Derrida
(C) J. Habermas
(D) A. Giddens
70. Match the items in List –I with List –II :
71. Who has given the concept of “Born Criminal” ?
(A) C. Lombroso
(B) E.H. Sutherland
(C) E. Durkheim
(D) G. Torde
72. Which type of Agrarian relations existed during the feudal mode of production in agriculture ?
(A) Jajmani relations
(B) King-Servant relations
(C) Marter-Servant relations
(D) Patron-Client relations
73. Historically society witnessed various stages of development. Different authors have given their own classification of stages of development in their works. Their names are given in List – I and the stages of development are given in List – II. Match List – I with List – II and mark the correct answer from the codes given below :
74. Which one of the following factors contributes to regional disparities in India ?
(A) Population growth
(B) Sex ratio
(C) Proper economic programmes
(D) Economic development
75. Which of the following combinations contribute to the weakening of trade unions in India ?
(A) Globalisation and organisational network
(B) Increased industrial democracy and declining class consciousness
(C) Increased participatory management and collective bargaining
(D) Increased welfare provisions and labour legislation
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