Sociology December 2012 Paper 2 Solved

SOCIOLOGY

Paper – II

Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions, each question carrying two (2)

marks. Attempt all the questions.

1. Which one of the following is not a

characteristic of a primary group ?

 (A) Personal orientation

 (B) Long term orientation

 (C) Relations are end in themselves

 (D) Relations are means to an end

Answer:(D)

2. Who, of the following, is the author of

the book “Economy and Society” ?

 (A) Max Weber

 (B) Anthony Giddens

 (C) E. Durkheim

 (D) A. Comte

Answer:(A)

3. Which one of the following is not an

element of rural community ?

 (A) We-feeling

 (B) Cultural diversity

 (C) Territory

 (D) Self-sufficiency

Answer:(B)

4. Choose the correct sequence of

following in order of increasing

complexity :

 (A) Hunting, Gathering, Agrarian,

Pastoral, Industrial and Post-

industrial societies

 (B) Gathering, Pastoral, Hunting,

Industrial and Post-industrial

societies

 (C) Hunting, Pastoral, Agrarian,

Industrial and Post-industrial

societies

 (D) Agricultural, Gathering,

Hunting, Horticultural, Industrial

and Post-industrial societies

Answer:(C)

5. Sociology is characterised by a

perspective that places ________ in

the foreground.

 (A) Individual

 (B) Unique social events

 (C) Social interaction

 (D) Culture

Answer:(C)

6. When two people interact with each

other, they form

 (A) a society

 (B) an institution

 (C) an association

 (D) a dyadic group

Answer:(D)

7. Which one of the following Max

Muller believed to be the earliest

form of religion ?

 (A) Naturism (B) Monoism

 (C) Animism (D) Fetishism

Answer:(A)

8. Ridicule is a

 (A) Social sanction

 (B) Social norm

 (C) Mores

 (D) Folkway

Answer:(A)

9. The term ‘Reference group’ was first

introduced by

 (A) Hyman (B) Merton

 (C) Srinivas (D) Cooley

Answer:(A)

10. Match List – I with List – II and

mark the correct answer from the

codes given below the lists :

List – I  List – II

(Author)  (Change Perspective)

a. Sorokin  i. Structural-functional

B Dahrendorf   ii. Cyclical

c. Spencer  iii. Diaectical

d. Durkhiem  iv. Evolutionary

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) ii iii iv i

 (B) i iii ii iv

 (C) ii iv i iii

 (D) iii i ii iv

Answer:(A)

11. The pivotal methodology of

functionalist is

 (A) Conjectural history

 (B) Library work

 (C) Field work

 (D) Content analysis

Answer:(C)

12. To Mead the ‘generalised others’ and

‘significant others’ are the creators of

 (A) I

 (B) Me

 (C) Ego

 (D) Super ego

Answer:(B)

13. The collection of roles that goes with

a given status is termed as

 (A) Multiple roles

 (B) Conflict of roles

 (C) Role set

 (D) Summation of roles

Answer:(C)

14. Assertion (A) : The situation in

which a person is faced with

demands from two or more

roles that do not match is called

role conflict.

Reason (R) : Role conflict is not

common in traditional societies

where each person plays a

limited number of roles.

Choose the correct answer from the

given codes :

 Codes :

 (A) (A) is true but (R) is false.

 (B) Both (A) and (R) are true and

(R) is the correct explanation of

(A).

 (C) (A) is false but (R) is true.

 (D) Both (A) and (R) are true but

(R) is not the correct

explanation of (A)

Answer:(D)

15. Who has written the book

“urbanisation and family change” ?

 (A) Iravati Karve

 (B) M.S. Gore

 (C) Leela Dube

 (D) I.P. Desai

Answer:(B)

16. Who studied the structural and

functional unity of joint family in

‘Mahua’ ?

 (A) K.M. Kapadia

 (B) Neera Desai

 (C) I.P. Desai

 (D) A.M. Shah

Answer:(C)

17. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I  List – II

a. Marriage and  i. A.M. Shah

Family in

India

b. Kinship  ii. Robin Fox

organisation

in India

c. Kinship and  iii. K.M. Kapadia

Marriage

d. Family in  iv. Iravati Karve

India

 Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) i ii iv iii

 (B) iii iv ii i

 (C) i iii iv ii

 (D) ii iii iv i

Answer:(B)

18. Who said that the social stratification

in India is based on ‘purity and

pollution’ ?

 (A) M.N. Srinivas

 (B) A.R. Desai

 (C) Louis Dumont

 (D) Yogendra Singh

Answer:(C)

19. Who has given functional theory of

social stratification ?

 (A) T.B. Bottomore

 (B) K. Davis

 (C) W.E. Moore

 (D) Karl Marx

Answer:(X)

20. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I  List – II

a. Homeohierchicus  i. G.S. Ghurye

b. Human society  ii. Yogendra Singh

c. Modernisation  iii. Louis Dumont

of Indian

Tradition

d. Caste, Class and  iv. Kingsley Davis

Occupation

 Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) i ii iii iv

 (B) ii iii iv i

 (C) iii iv ii i

 (D) iv ii i iii

Answer:(C)

21. Marxian theory of change, ‘that

change comes through revolution’

indicates

 (A) change in the existing structure.

 (B) change of the whole structure.

 (C) a partial change in the existing

structure

 (D) a nominal change of the

structural elements.

Answer:(B)

22. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below the lists :

List – I  List – II

(Theory of  (Author)

Change)

a. Cyclical  i. Karl Marx and

Dahrendorf

b. Linear- ii. A. Toynbee

Evolutionary

c. Dialectic  iii. K. Davis and

W.E. Moore

d. Functional  iv. Auguste Comte

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) iii iv i ii

 (B) ii iv i iii

 (C) iv i iii ii

 (D) i ii iii iv

Answer:(B)

23. The basic difference between

classical and modern sociological

perspectives is visible in the

 (A) Silent shift from macro to

microtheoretical perspective

 (B) Radical shift from micro to

macro perspective

 (C) Development of middle range

theories

 (D) None of the above

Answer:(A)

24. Who was Comte’s Mentor ?

 (A) Montesquieu

 (B) Morgan

 (C) Saint Simon

 (D) Robert Redfield

Answer:(C)

25. From among the following who

believed in Social Darwinism ?

 (A) Diffusionists

 (B) Evolutionists

 (C) Functionalists

 (D) All of the above

Answer:(B)

26. Parsons’ analysis of social system is

based on the principle of

 (A) Manifest function

 (B) Division of labour

 (C) Homeostasis

 (D) Functional unity

Answer:(X)

27. Who started his book “The Structure

of Social Action” with the rhetorical

question “who now reads Spencer” ?

 (A) Durkheim (B) Parsons

 (C) Weber (D) Pareto

Answer:(B)

28. Phenomenology is a radical

alternative to

 (A) Positivism

 (B) Evolutionism

 (C) Functionalism

 (D) Diffusionism

Answer:(A)

29. Durkheim’s study of suicide helps us

to understand

 (a) Society’s hold over the Individual

 (b) Individual’s hold on the society.

 (c) Suicide rates of various

societies

 (d) Degree of social integration of

a society.

Codes :

 (A) (b) and (c)

 (B) (a) and (b)

 (C) (a) and (d)

 (D) (b) and (d)

Answer:(C)

30. In Merton’s functional analysis of

society which of the following

concepts are central ?

 (a) Functions and Dysfunctions

 (b) Structural elements and

functional pre-requisites

 (c) Subjective and objective

manifestation

 (d) Manifest and latent functions

Codes :

 (A) (b) and (c)

 (B) (b) and (d)

 (C) (a) and (c)

 (D) (a) and (d)

Answer:(D)

31. “Kula” was associated with

 (a) Trobriand Islanders

 (b) Malinowski

 (c) Andaman Islanders

 (d) Frazer

Codes :

 (A) (b) and (c)

 (B) (b) and (d)

 (C) (a) and (b)

 (D) (a) and (c)

Answer:(C)

32. Durkheim considered animism as :

 (1) Soul worship

 (2) The belief that events in the

world are mobilized by the

activities of spirit.

 (3) The belief in worshipping the

animals.

 (4) The belief in worshipping the

natural objects.

Codes :

 (A) (1) and (2)

 (B) (1) and (4)

 (C) (2) and (3)

 (D) (2) and (4)

Answer:(A)

33. In his evolutionary framework Marx

arranged societies in the order of

 (1) Primitive Communism

 (2) Feudalism

 (3) Capitalism

 (4) Socialism

 The correct order is

Codes :

 (A) (3), (2), (1), (4)

 (B) (2), (3), (4), (1)

 (C) (1), (4), (3), (2)

 (D) (1), (2), (3), (4)

Answer:(D)

34. Assertion (A) : For the emergence

of capitalism, a particular

motivation was required with

regard to profit and work.

Reason (R) : Capitalism was

developed in the west because

such a motivation was provided

by Calvinism.

 Select your answer from :

 Codes :

 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and

(R) is correct explanation of

(A).

 (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but

(R) is not the correct

explanation of (A).

 (C) (A) is true, (R) is false.

 (D) Both (A) and (R) are false.

Answer:(A)

35. Assertion (A) : Functionalism

considers human society as a

social system, as a set of

interconnected parts which

together form as a whole.

Reason (R) : Social Institutions

such as education and religion

are viewed as a part of the

social system rather than as

isolated units.

Choose the correct answer.

 Codes :

 (A) (A) is true and (R) is false.

 (B) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

 (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).

Answer:(D)

36. Match the following :

List – I  List – II

(Thinker)   (Concept)

a. Max Weber  i. Circulation of

Elites

b. R.K. Merton  ii. Self fulfilling

prophesy

c. B.  iii. Ideal types

Malinowski

d. V. Pareto  iv. Kula exchange

 Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) iii ii iv i

 (B) i iv ii iii

 (C) ii i iii iv

 (D) iv iii i ii

Answer:(A)

37. Match the following :

List – I  List – II

(Authors) (Books)

a. A.R. Radclif i. Rules of Sociological

Brown  Method

b. H. Spencer  ii. Structure and Function in

Primitive Society

c. R.  iii. Class and

Dahrendorf  Class Conflict 

in Industrial Society

d. E. Durkheim  iv. Principles of

Sociology

 Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) ii iv iii i

 (B) iv iii ii i

 (C) ii iii i iv

 (D) i iii ii iv

Answer:(A)

38. The book “Street Corner Society”

was authored by

 (A) L.A. Coser

 (B) Max Weber

 (C) William F. Whyte

 (D) B. Malinowski

Answer:(C)

39. The figure that most frequently

occurs in a given set of data is known

as

 (A) Mode

 (B) Median

 (C) Mean

 (D) Average

Answer:(A)

40. Range is a measure of

 (A) Central Tendency

 (B) Dispersion

 (C) Association

 (D) Correlation

Answer:(B)

41. Who has given the formula for

calculating rank correlation ?

 (A) Spearman

 (B) Pearson

 (C) Yules

 (D) Garrett

Answer:(A)

42. An idea about a given state of affairs

put forward in exact terms to provide

basis for empirical testing is known as

 (A) Ideal type

 (B) Hypothesis

 (C) Sociological imagination

 (D) Empirical Research

Answer:(B)

43. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below the lists :

List – I  List – II

a. Oral History  i. Quantitative

Data

b. Survey  ii. People’s

Knowledge

c. Sampling  iii. Indepth study

of a unit

d. Case study  iv. Representative

of a whole

 Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) i ii iii iv

 (B) ii i iv iii

 (C) iii iv i ii

 (D) iv iii ii i

Answer:(B)

44. Attribute is related to

 (A) Qualitative variable

 (B) Quantitative variable

 (C) Constant

 (D) None of the above

Answer:(A)

45. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below the lists :

List – I  List – II

a. Empirical  i. Knowledge

Research free from bias

b. Objectivity  ii. Personal assertion

c. Fact  iii. Field based data

d. Subjectivity  iv. Empirical

evidence

 Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) i ii iii iv

 (B) iii i iv ii

 (C) ii iii iv i

 (D) iv i ii iii

Answer:(B)

46. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I  List – II

(Type of  (Nature of research

research design)  question)

a. Exploratory  i. Why is it ?

b. Experimental  ii. What is it ?

c. Descriptive  iii. How to treat it ?

d. Diagnostic  iv. How is it ?

 Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) iv iii ii i

 (B) i iv iii ii

 (C) ii i iv iii

 (D) i ii iii iv

Answer:(C)

47. What is the correct sequence of

understanding research methodology ?

 (A) Nature of phenomena, methods

of data collection, nature of

social science, methods of data

analysis.

 (B) Nature of phenomena, nature of

social science, method of data

collection, methods of data

analysis

 (C) Methods of data analysis,

methods of data collection,

nature of social science, nature

of phenomena

 (D) Methods of data collection,

nature of phenomena, nature of

social science, methods of data

analysis

Answer:(B)

48. In case of doing a research which is

the correct sequence ?

 (A) Formulation of the problem,

data collection, hypothesis,

analysis of data

 (B) Data collection, hypothesis,

formulation of the problem,

analysis of data

 (C) Formulation of problem,

hypothesis, data collection,

analysis of data

 (D) Hypothesis, analysis of data,

formulation of the problem,

data collection

Answer:(C)

49. After data collection which is the

correct sequence of the following steps ?

 (A) Editing of filled in tool, coding,

report writing, tabulation

 (B) Coding, report writing, editing

the filled in tool, tabulation

 (C) Report writing, editing filled in

tool, tabulation, coding

 (D) Editing filled in tool, coding,

tabulation

Answer:(D)

50. Coefficient of correlation (r) indicates

the extend of relationship between

 (A) two qualitative variables

 (B) two quantitative variables

 (C) one qualitative variable and

other quantitative variable

 (D) all the above

Answer:(B)