Sociology December 2013 Paper 2 Solved

SOCIOLOGY

Paper – II

Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All

questions are compulsory.

1. “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)

2. “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)

3. The term ‘Sociological Imagination’

was coined by whom ?

 (A) P. Berger

 (B) C.W. Mills

 (C) A. Giddens

 (D) J.S. Mill

Answer:(B)

4. 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:(X)

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. Which of the following is not a

primary group ?

 (A) Scouts

 (B) A peer group

 (C) A class of students

 (D) Family

Answer:(A)

8. 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)

9. 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)

10. Match List – I with List – II.

List – I  List – II

(Books)  (Authors)

a. De-schooling  i. R.D. Laing

Society

b. The Politics of  ii. S. Bowles

Family  and H. Gintis

c. Anti-social  iii. Ivan Illich

Family

d. Schooling in  iv. M. Barrett

Capitalist  & M. MacIntosh

America

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:(C)

11. Match List – I with List – II.

List – I  List – II

(Terms)  (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. Denomi iii. Often closely

Nation  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)

12. 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)

13. 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)

14. Match List – I with List – II.

List – I  List – II

(Authors)  (Terms)

a. V. Pareto  i. The Ruling

Class

b. G. Mosca  ii. The Non-governing Elite

c. R.  iii. The Iron law of Oligarchy

Mitchell

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)

15. 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)

16. According to Dahrendorf, Marx’s

Theory of Class Conflict is

 (A) to be rejected universally

 (B) to be accepted universally

 (C) to be accepted and modified

generally

 (D) to be rejected, accepted and

modified contextually

Answer:(D)

17. The process whereby the helpless

human infant gradually becomes a

self-aware, knowledgeable person,

skilled in the ways of the culture into

which he or she was born is known

as

 (A) Re-socialization

 (B) Social position

 (C) Socialization

 (D) Shared understanding

Answer:(C)

18. Stages of cognitive-development

related socialization was proposed by

 (A) H. Mead (B) S. Freud

 (C) C.H. Cooley (D) J. Piaget

Answer:(D)

19. Match List – I with List – II and find

out the correct answer from the codes

given below :

List – I  List – II

a. E.  i. The Social

Durkheim System

b. M. Weber  ii. The Liquid Love

c. Z. Bauman  iii. The Division of

Labour in Society

d. T.  iv. The Religion of

Parsons  India

 Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) i ii iii iv

 (B) iii iv ii i

 (C) ii iii iv i

 (D) iv iii ii i

Answer:(B)

20. In a system of social stratification

social rankings are based on certain

attributes which may

 (A) either be inherited or socially

constructed.

 (B) either be ascribed or acquired.

 (C) either be acquired or socially

constructed.

 (D) either be ascribed, acquired or

constructed.

 Which is the correct one ?

Answer:(D)

21. The social positions of

 (A) caste, gender and ethnic groups

are biologically determined.

 (B) caste biologically, but gender

and ethnic groups are

economically determined.

 (C) gender is biologically, while

the ethnic and caste groups are

culturally determined.

 (D) caste, gender and ethnic groups

are culturally determined.

 Which one of the above is correct ?

Answer:(D)

22. According to Marx and Dehrendorf

unequal class position of a social

group is determined by which of the

following forms and extent of one’s

control over

 (A) economic and cultural

resources respectively.

 (B) cultural and economic

resources respectively.

 (C) economic and political

resources respectively.

 (D) political and cultural resources

respectively.

Answer:(C)

23. Who among the following

sociologists analysed social classes in

terms of market and property

situation ?

 (A) M . Weber

 (B) J. Goldthorpe

 (C) E. Durkheim

 (D) T. Parsons

Answer:(A)

24. Some assumptions are given below :

 The definitional assumption(s) about

class and class conflict in the

Marxian theory is (are)

 (i) every society is based on a

degree of economic

equilibrium.

 (ii) class inequality is due to

inherent political and social

injustice.

 (iii) class conflict is inherent in

society.

 (iv) economic inequality lies at the

core of class conflict.

 (v) Class conflict is resolved

through class alliance.

 Select correct assumptions from the

following :

 (A) (i) and (ii)

 (B) (i), (ii) and (iii)

 (C) (ii), (iii) and (v)

 (D) (iii) and (iv)

Answer:(D)

25. Transmission of traits from one

culture to another is sociologically

termed as

 (A) Acculturation

 (B) Diffusion

 (C) Assimilation

 (D) Enculturation

Answer:(B)

26. Who among the following is a

proponent of cyclical theory of

evolution ?

 (A) T. Parsons

 (B) E. Durkheim

 (C) O. Spengler

 (D) H. Spencer

Answer:(C)

27. Identify the social processes which

are linked to change of social

structure :

 (i) Industrialisation

 (ii) Sanskritization

 (iii) Modernisation

 (iv) Globalisation

 (v) Intergenerational mobility

 (vi) Intragenerational mobility

Select the correct option :

 (A) (i) (ii) (iv)

 (B) (i) (iii) (iv)

 (C) (iv) (v) (vi)

 (D) (i) (iii) (iv) (v)

Answer:(B)

28. According to R.K. Merton, those

observed consequences which lessen

the adaptation or adjustment of the

system are

 (A) Functions

 (B) Non-functions

 (C) Dysfunctions

 (D) Functional alternatives

Answer:(C)

29. In which of the book has Mannheim

propounded the idea of Sociology of

Knowledge ?

 (A) The End of Ideology

 (B) The End of History

 (C) Ideology and Utopia

 (D) The German Ideology

Answer:(C)

30. A statement of prediction that sets

forth the basis for testing the

relationship between variables in an

attempt to link theory to reality is

called

 (A) Random sampling

 (B) Questionnaire

 (C) Hypothesis

 (D) Assumption

Answer:(C)

31. Name the technique which is to be

used before the actual field work

starts

 (A) Pilot Study

 (B) Census study

 (C) Case study

 (D) Survey

Answer:(A)

32. There are two statements, one is

Assertion (A) and the other is Reason

(R). Select the correct answer from

the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : Research design is a

kind of blue print that is

prepared before actually

carrying out a research.

 Reason (R) : Many research plans

are unable to produce a

concrete finding.

 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:(B)

33. Identify the correct logical order as

explained by Karl Marx :

 (A) Class-in-itself, class-for-itself,

social transformation, class

conflict

 (B) Class-in-itself, class-for-itself,

class conflict, social

transformation

 (C) Class-in-itself, class conflict,

class-for-itself, social

transformation

 (D) Class-for-itself, class conflict,

class-in-itself, social

transformation

Answer:(B)

34. In the context of Randall Collin’s

analysis, identify the correct one :

 (A) Moves from macro-level to

Meso-level and to micro-level

social processes

 (B) Moves from micro-level to

Meso -level and to micro-level

social processes

 (C) Moves from micro-level to

macro-level social processes

 (D) Moves from macro-level to

micro-level processes

Answer:(D)

35. Match List – I with List – II :

List – I  List – II

(Contributions  (Approach)

of)

a. R.K.  i. Conflict

Merton  Functionalism

b. T. Parsons  ii. Need

Functionalism

c. B.  iii. Analytical

Malinowski  Functionalism

d. L. Coser  iv. Empirical

Functionalism

 Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) iii iv ii i

 (B) iv iii ii i

 (C) ii iii iv i

 (D) iv ii iii i

Answer:(B)

36. What is triangulation ?

 (A) A type of qualitative method of

research

 (B) A type of qualitative analysis

 (C) A combination of qualitative

and quantitative methods

 (D) A type of non-participant

observation

Answer:(C)

37. Who among the following used the

method of concomitant variation ?

 (A) M. Weber

 (B) R. Dahrendorf

 (C) E. Durkheim

 (D) T. Parsons

Answer:(C)

38. Reliability of data implies

 (A) The same methods of

investigation on the same

materials produce the same

results.

 (B) The different methods of

investigation on different

materials produce the same

results.

 (C) The same methods of

investigation on the same

materials produce different

results.

 (D) The same methods of

investigation on different

materials produce the same

result.

Answer:(A)

39. Radical Sociology sought to support

which of the following sociological

thought systems ?

 (A) Marxian

 (B) Functional

 (C) Symbolic interactionist

 (D) Positivist

Answer:(A)

40. Match the items of List – I with

List – II and select the correct answer

from the codes given below :

List – I  List – II

(Concept)  (Authors)

a. False  i. Malinowski

Consciousness

b. Magic  ii. Marx

c. Rational action  iii. Durkheim

d. Moral  iv. Weber

Community

 Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) i iii iv ii

 (B) ii i iv iii

 (C) iii i ii iv

 (D) iv ii iii i

Answer:(B)

41. Assertion (A) : Karl Marx thought

of all capitalist societies to be

founded on exploitation of the

proletariat.

 Reason (R) : The proletariat has

not become increasingly

impoverished.

 Codes :

 (A) (A) is true, but (R) is false

 (B) (R) is true, but (A) is false

 (C) (A) is true, but (R) is not

correct explanation of (A).

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

is the correct explanation of (A).

Answer:(A)

42. Which of the following acts are

necessary to keep the social system

intact ? Select the correct code given

below :

 (i) Adaptation

 (ii) Social action

 (iii) Integration

 (iv) Goal attainment

 (v) Latency (pattern maintenance)

 (vi) Socialisation

Codes :

 (A) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

 (B) (iv), (v), (i) and (vi)

 (C) (i), (iii), (iv) and (v)

 (D) (i), (ii), (iv) and (v)

Answer:(C)

43. The indepth investigation of a

phenomena, or a process, or an event

that focuses on its historicity and

contemporary interlinks with wider

society is termed as

 (A) Content study

 (B) Participant observation

 (C) Content analysis

 (D) Case study

Answer:(D)

44. Which of the following is not an

ethical consideration in social

research ?

 (A) Protecting the subjects from

physical and psychological

harm while collecting data

 (B) Protecting the subjects

confidentiality and privacy

 (C) Acquiring consent of the

subject in collecting

information

 (D) Acquiring data through

deception

Answer:(D)

45. Which one of the following is not a

measure of correlation ?

 (A) Chi-square

 (B) Student’s t-test

 (C) Mean dispersion

 (D) Product-movement coefficient

Answer:(C)

46. Kamla teaches in a college, organizes

a kitty party, takes care of her

daughter and presides over a meeting

of women’s organization. Which of

the following concepts is used to

describe her role ?

 (A) Role conflict

 (B) Role set

 (C) Multiple roles

 (D) Role making

Answer:(C)

47. Match the concepts (List – I) with the

authors (List – II) and then select the

correct answer from among the codes

given below :

List – I  List – II

(Concepts)  (Authors)

a. Anticipatory  i. R.K.

socialization  Merton

b. Sensate  ii. P. Sorokin

culture

c. Residues  iii. V. Pareto

d. Little  iv. R. Redfield

Community

 Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) ii iii i iv

 (B) iii ii iv i

 (C) ii iv iii i

 (D) i ii iii iv

Answer:(D)

48. The concept of ‘Wert-rational’ is

associated with whom ?

 (A) M. Weber

 (B) P. Sorokin

 (C) T. Parsons

 (D) J. Habermas

Answer:(A)

49. Which of the following pairs is not

correctly matched ?

(A) Social

evolution – H. Spencer

(B) Verstehen – M. Weber

(C) Rentier Class – V. Pareto

(D) Sacred and Profane – A. Comte

Answer:(D)

50. Who among the following analysts of

social change used the term ‘rentiers

and speculators’ ?

 (A) T. Veblen

 (B) K. Marx

 (C) V. Pareto

 (D) A.J. Toynbee

Answer:(C)