Sociology December 2014 Paper 3 Solved

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

Answer:(A)

2. Match items in List – I with items in List – II and choose

the correct answer from the code

given below :

List – I List – II

a. Ramkrishna Mukherjee 1. Ideology and Theory in Indian Sociology

b. Yogendra Singh 2. Sociology of Indian Sociology

c. D.N. Dhangare 3. An Anthropologist among Historian and other

Essays

d. B.S. Cohen 4. Themes and Perspectives in Indian Sociology

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 2 3 4 1

(B) 1 2 4 3

(D) 4 3 1 2

Answer:(C)

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

Answer:(C)

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)

Answer:(C)

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

Answer:(A)

6. Crude Birth Rate (CBR) is labelled as such because

it does not take into account

(A) Demographic transition

(B) Mortality rate

(D) None of the above

Answer:(C)

7. Who is the author of the book “Ethnic Plurality in India” ?

(A) R.A. Schermerhorn (B) M.N. Srinivas

Answer:(A)

8. Match the concepts given in the List – I with

statements given in the List – II :

List – I List – II

a. Practical Rationality 1. Cognitive processes as logical deduction,

induction and attribution

of causality.

b. Theoretical Rationality 2. Worldly activities viewed in terms of

individual’s pragmatic and egoistic intentions.

c. Substantive Rationality 3. Means-end calculation and universally applied

rules.

d. Formal Rationality 4. Choice of means and ends within the context

of system value.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below :

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 2 1 4 3

(B) 1 2 3 4

(D) 3 4 2 1

Answer:(A)

9. Feminist epistemology is a concept which is

based on the principle of

(A) differences between sociology and feminism

(B) feminization of occupation

(D) a reflection of women’s lived experience and place giving

emphasis on affectual relationships

Answer:(D)

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.

(D) Discontinuation of prison work programmes.

Answer:(D)

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

Sanskritic to include both the sacred and

secular elements of culture

(D) includes elements of western influence on traditional rural structure

Answer:(C)

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).

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

Answer:(A)

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

Answer:(B)

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

Answer:(B)

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.

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Answer:(D)

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

Answer:(D)

17. Which among the following are obstacles in the path

way to Nation building in India ?

(A) Hierarchical social order (B) Economic inequalities

Answer:(C)

18. Match the items in List – I with List – II :

List – I List – II

(Works) (Authors)

a. Madness and Civilization 1. Jacques Derrida

b. Capitalism and Modern Social Theory 2. Michel Foucault

c. Writing and Difference 3. Claude Levi-Strauss

d. Structural Anthropology 4. Anthony Giddens

Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 1 2 4 3

(B) 2 3 4 1

(D) 1 3 2 4

Answer:(C)

19. Among the following who made a critical

appropriation of Husserl’s approach of

phenomenology ?

(A) Alfred Schultz (B) Peter Berger

Answer:(A)

20. Population pyramid is basically meant for explaining :

(A) Spatial distribution of a given population

(B) Demographic rates of a given population

(D) Growth rates of a given population

Answer:(C)

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

Answer:(A)

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

Answer:(A)

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

Answer:(A)

24. Indian village has lost its self-sufficiency due to

(A) Impact of Green Revolution

(B) The breakdown of Jajmani System

(D) All the above

Answer:(D)

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

Answer:(A)

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

Answer:(A)

27. Who has written the book “The Consequences

of Modernity” ?

(A) Jurgen Habermass (B) Anthony Giddens

Answer:(C)

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

Answer:(A)

29. Match items in the List – I with items in the List – II

and choose the correct answer from

the codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Concepts) (Authors)

a. Urbanism as a way of life 1. Oscar Lewis

b. Folk-urban continuum 2. L. Wirth

c. Little and Great Traditions 3. R. Radfield

d. Culture of poverty 4. Milton Singer

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 2 3 4 1

(B) 4 1 2 3

(D) 2 1 3 4

Answer:(A)

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).

(D) (A) is false and (R) is true

Answer:(B)

31. Match the items in List – I with List – II :

List – I List – II

(Approaches) (Objective)

a. Women in Development i. Women’s Emancipation

b. Women and Development ii. Restructuring Development

Programs

c. Gender and Development iii. Sustainable Development

d. Women, Environment and Development iv. Alternative Development

Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i iii ii iv

(B) ii iv i iii

(D) ii iv iii i

Answer:(B)

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

Answer:(B)

33. The term ‘Sons of the Soil’ was coined by

(A) Myron Weiner (B) D.J. Bogue

Answer:(A)

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

Answer:(B)

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

Answer:(D)

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.

(D) Sex selective abortion

Answer:(C)

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

(d) Literacy and ignorance

Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Codes :

(A) (a) and (b) (B) (b) and (c)

Answer:(B)

38. The slogan “Save Planet Earth” came from

(A) Rio-earth Summit (B) Copenhagen Summit

Answer:(A)

39. Match the items in List – I with List – II :

List – I List – II

a. Cultural Anthropology 1. Louis Dumont

b. Homohierarchicus 2. D.P. Mukherjee

c. Annihilation of Caste 3. N.K. Bose

d. Diversities 4. S.C. Dube

5. B.R. Ambedkar

Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 1 2 3 4

(B) 2 3 4 1

(D) 3 1 5 2

Answer:(D)

40. In Anthony Gidden’s theory of structuration

primacy is granted to _____

(A) Structure

(B) Agency

(D) Neither of the two (structure, agency)

Answer:(D)

41. To Karl Marx, alienation of worker is due to his

alienation from

(A) the product and productive activity

(B) the family

(D) the society

Answer:(A)

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).

(D) (A) is false and (R) is true.

Answer:(B)

43. Match items in List – I with the items in List – II and

choose the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I List – II

a. Henderson, Hazel 1. Globalization

b. Waters Malcolm 2. Contemporary India : A Sociological View

c. Satish Deshpande 3. Beyond Globalization : Shaping a Sustainable

Global Economy

d. A.R. Desai 4. Social Background of Indian Nationalism

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 4 2 1 3

(B) 4 3 2 1

(D) 2 3 1 4

Answer:(C)

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).

(D) (A) is true and (R) is false.

Answer:(B)

45. Who considered modernity as an

unfinished project ?

(A) J. Derrida (B) A. Giddens

Answer:(D)

46. Match the items in List – I to List – II :

List – I List – II

Minorities Status Positions

a. Sikhs i. An uneasy minority

b. Jains ii. A disappearing minority

c. Jews iii. A mobilized minority

d. Anglo-Indians iv. The unobtrusive minority

Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iv iii ii i

(B) iii iv ii i

(D) i ii iv iii

Answer:(B)

47. Who wrote “Natural and Political Observations

on the Bills of Mortality” ?

(A) Guillard A. (B) Thompson, Warren

Answer:(C)

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).

(D) (A) is false and (R) is true.

Answer:(A)

49. Rapid industrialisation has increased the rate of

white-collar crimes among

(A) Businessmen (B) Agricultural labour

Answer:(A)

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)

Answer:(B)

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

(D) Community Development Programme

Answer:(D)

52. Who have studied Indian society from

civilizational perspective ?

(a) G.S. Ghurye (b) N.K. Bose

Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Codes :

(A) (a) and (c)

(B) (b), (c) and (d)

(D) (b) and (d)

Answer:(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

(D) Declining birth rate

Answer:(D)

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

Answer:(C)

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

Answer:(B)

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.

(D) None of the above

Answer:(B)

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

Answer:(C)

58. Who wrote the book “Studies in Ethnomethodology” ?

(A) E. Goffman (B) Peter Berger

Answer:(C)

59. Match the items in List – I with List – II :

List – I List – II

(Authors) (Books)

a. Simone de Beavoir i. Sex, Gender and Society

b. Ann Oakley ii. The Second Sex

c. Shulamith Firesto iii. Gender Trouble – Feminism and the Subversion

of Identity

d. Judith Butler iv. The Dialectic of Sex : The Case of Feminist

Revolution

Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i iv iii ii

(B) iv ii i iii

(D) ii i iv iii

Answer:(D)

60. Borstal School and Remand Homes are meant

for the correction of

(A) Adult offenders (B) Habitual offenders

Answer:(C)

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.

(D) Predominance of women as receptionists

Answer:(B)

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

Answer:(C)

63. Who among the following sociologists has studied

Indian National Movement by using Marxian perspective ?

(A) Ram Krishna Mukherjee (B) A.R. Desai

Answer:(B)

64. Who opined that ‘A scientific-empirical study

of Indian Society is not possible’ ?

(A) Ram Krishna Mukherjee (B) D.P. Mukherjee

Answer:(C)

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.

(D) Both (A) and (R) is true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

Answer:(C)

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

Answer:(B)

67. Jacques Derrida has mainly focussed upon

(A) deconstruction of language of people

(B) deconstruction of logocentrism

(D) deconstruction of enslaved theatre

Answer:(B)

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

Answer:(C)

69. Fashionable especially in the 1970s, in whose

works will you find a structuralist version

of Marxism ?

(A) Louis Althuser (B) J. Derrida

Answer:(A)

70. Match the items in List –I with List –II :

List – I List – II

a. Assimilation i. The situation within state or social organization in

which power is shared among multiplicity of groups

and organization.

b. Pluralism ii. The process of contacts between different cultures and

also the outcome of such contacts.

c. Acculturalism iii. The process in which minority gets absorbed in host

culture.

d. Multiculturism iv. Acknowledgement and promotion of cultural diversity.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i iii ii iv

(B) iv iii i ii

(D) iv iii ii i

Answer:(C)

71. Who has given the concept of “Born Criminal” ?

(A) C. Lombroso (B) E.H. Sutherland

Answer:(A)

72. Which type of Agrarian relations existed during the feudal

mode of production in

agriculture ?

(A) Jajmani relations (B) King-Servant relations

Answer:(D)

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 :

List – I List – II

a. A. Comte 1. Savagery, barbarism and civilization

b. Adam Smith 2. Feudalism, capitalism, socialism and communism

c. L. H. Morgan 3. Theological, metaphysical and positive

d. Karl Marx 4. Hunting, pastoral, agriculture and manufacturing

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 3 4 1 2

(B) 4 3 2 1

(D) 1 2 4 3

Answer:(A)

74. Which one of the following factors contributes

to regional disparities in India ?

(A) Population growth (B) Sex ratio

Answer:(D)

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

(D) Increased welfare provisions and labour legislation

Answer:(B)

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