SOCIOLOGY solve questions set-2(CBSE NET EXAM)

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1. Who argued that “By studying traditions of Indian society change can be understood”?

(A) A.K. Saran

(B) M.N. Srinivas

(C) S.C. Dube

(D) D.P. Mukherjee

Answer: (D)

2. Choose the correct sequence of societal evolution in order of increasing complexity.

(A) Agriculture, Gathering-hunting and Industrial Societies

(B) Hunting-gathering, Agriculture and Industrial Societies

(C) Hunting-gathering, Industrial Societies and Agriculture

(D) Pastoral, Industrial and Agriculture

Answer: (B)

3. Match the following statements in List – I with the concepts given in List – II:

List – I (Statements)                                                                           List – II (Concepts)

a. Tendency of each group to take for granted the superiority of its own culture                

i. Westernisation

b. Which yields economical or political power and occupies a higher position in society     

ii. Dominant castes

c. People of lower castes collectively try to adopt upper caste practices and beliefs to acquire higher status                                                                                               iii. Sanskritisation

d. Explain the changes brought about the Indian societies through western contact

iv. Ethnocentrism

Codes:

       a b c d

(A) i iii iv ii

(B) iii i ii iv

(C) iv ii iii i

(D) ii iv i iii

Answer: (C)

 4. Sustainable development is characterized by

(i) Judicious use of resources

(ii) Maintaining Ecological balance

(iii) Deforestation

(iv) Keeping soil fertility durable for future generation

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

(A) (i) (ii) (iii)

(B) (i) (ii) (iv)

(C) (i) (iii) (iv)

(D) (iv) (ii) (iii)

Answer: (B)

5. Who is the author of the book ‘Peasant Society and Culture’?

(A) A.R. Desai

(B) Robert Redfield

(C) M. Mead

(D) R.H. Lowiewww.netugc.com

Answer: (B)

6. Match List – I with List – II:

List – I                                                            List – II

a. The World of Work                                     i. Edward Gross

b. The Sociology of Work                               ii. Peter Blau

c. Bureaucracy in Modern Society                  iii. Theodore Caplow

d. Work and Society                                       iv. Robert Dubin

Mark the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

        a b c d

(A) iv iii ii i

(B) iii iv i ii

(C) iv ii iii i

(D) i iii ii i

Answer: (A)

7. “By ‘cultural dope’ I refer to the man-in-the-sociologist’s-society who produces the stable features of society in compliance with pre-established and legitimate alternatives of action that the culture provides.” Who made the above statement?

(A) T. Parsons

(B) J. Derrida

(C) H. Garfinkel

(D) A. Giddens

Answer: (C)

8. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Giddens observes that the concept of structuration helps to understand the importance of social practices over both actions and structures.

Reason (R): Structuration implies dualism of society and individual.

Choose the correct answer from the given codes.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.

(B) (A) is true but (R) is false.

(C) (A) is false but (R) is true.

(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.

Answer: (A)

9. Which of the following development perspectives encompasses the notion of sustainable development as its central objective?

(A) Women in Development (WID)

(B) Women and Development (WAD)

(C) Gender and Development (GAD)

(D) Women Environment and Development (WED)

Answer: (D)

 10. Eco-feminism grew in India as the result of

(A) Participation in Chipko Movement

(B) Women’s participation in Dandi March

(C) Women’s participation in Freedom Struggle

(D) Women’s participation in Lokpal Movement

Answer: (A)