UGC NET Solved question paper in sociology Set-c

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UGC NET Solved question paper in sociology Set-c

Q1,“Sociology is a Science which attempts an interpretative understanding of social action.” Who defined Sociology in this manner?

(A) T. Parsons

(B) MacIver and Page

(C) E. Durkheim

(D) Max Weber

Answer: (D) Max Weber

Q2. “Culture is man’s guide, it liberates as well as enslaves him as all guides do.” Which of the following school represents this view?

(A) Evolutionary School

(B) Marxian School

(C) Diffusionistic School

(D) Culture-personality School

Answer: (D) Culture-personality School.

Q3. The term ‘Sociological Imagination’ was coined by whom?

(A) P. Berger
(B) C.W. Mills
(C) A. Giddens
(D) J.S. Mill
Answer: (B)

Q4. Arrange the following books in chronological order by using the code given below:

i. Das Kapital
ii. Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
iii. Patterns of Culture
iv. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
Codes:
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iv iii i ii
(D) iii iv i ii
Answer: (B)

Q5. Every man in society occupies a number of statuses. Different statuses associated with a single person are known as

(A) Status inconsistency

(B) Status sequences

(C) Status set

(D) Status succession

Answer: (C)

Q6. Which of the following are the physical conditions of a primary group?
i. Physical proximity

ii. Attraction

iii. Smallness

iv. Endurance

(A) i, ii, iii & iv

(B) i, ii & iii

(C) i, ii & iv

(D) i, iii & iv

Answer: (D)

Q7. Which of the following is not a primary group?

(A) Scouts

(B) A peer group

(C) A class of students

(D) Family

Answer: (A)

Q8. Which of the following are fundamental features of a social group?

i. Organisation

ii. We-feeling

iii. Self-sufficiency

iv. Explicit cultural goals

(A) i and ii

(B) ii and iii

(C) iii and iv

(D) i and iii

Answer: (A)

Q9. Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A), and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): According to Durkheim education perpetuates and reinforces homogeneity in society among its members.

Reason (R): Schools inculcate society’s norms and values providing link between individual and society.

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, but (R) is false.

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Answer: (A)

Q10. Match List – I with List – II.

List – I (Books)                                                           List – II (Authors)

a. De-schooling Society                                              i. R.D. Laing

b. The Politics of Family                                             ii. S. Bowles and H. Gintis

c. Anti-social Family                                                   iii. Ivan Illich

d. Schooling in Capitalist America                             iv. M. Barrett & M. MacIntosh

Codes:

       a b c d

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) iv i ii iii

(C) iii i iv ii

(D) ii i iii iv

Answer: (D)

Q,11. Match List – I with List – II.

List – I (Terms)           List – II (Features)

a. Church                     i. Usually more individualistic and lacks sharply defined belief system

b. Sect                                     ii. Usually conservative but not closely related to State.

c. Denomination          iii. Often closely related to State and claim promptly on religious truth

d. Cult                                     iv. Less conservative and connected with lower class

Codes:

  a b c d

(A) iv iii ii i

(B) iii iv ii i

(C) ii i iv iii

(D) i ii iii iv

Answer: (B)

Q12. The variable sum concept of power is based on the assumption that

(A) value consensus is essential for society.

(B) value dissension is essential for society.

(C) value neutrality is essential for society.

(D) values are essential for society.

Answer: (A)

Q13. The State moderates between different groups ensuring that all of them have some influence on public policy, is best manifested in

(A) Socialist democracy

(B) Republic democracy

(C) Pluralist democracy

(D) Traditional democracy

Answer: (C)

Q14. Match List – I with List – II.

List – I (Authors)                                                        List – II (Terms)

a. V. Pareto                                                                 i. The Ruling Class

b. G. Mosca                                                                 ii. The Nongoverning Elite

c. R. Mitchell                                                              iii. The Iron law of Oligarchy

d. S. Lukes                                                                  iv. The Three Dimensional View

Codes:   a   b   c     d

(A)         ii iii iv i

(B)         ii i iii iv

(C)         ii iii i iv

(D)         ii iv i iii

Answer: (B)

 Q15. Which of the following is an appropriate example of a social institution?

(A) Market

(B) Trade Union

(C) Political Party

(D) N.G.O.

Answer: (A)