Sociology June 2013 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. Arrange in the logical order in which

P. Berger has explained.

(A) Habitualization,

institutionalization,

legitimation, externalization

(B) Institutionalization,

legitimation, externalization,

habitualization

externalization,

institutionalization

(D) Legitimation,

institutionalization,

habitualization, externalization

Answer:(A)

2. Which of the following categories

can be placed in Althusser’s concept

of ideological state apparatus ?

i. Education

ii. Family

iii. Religion

iv. State bureaucracy

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

(A) i, ii & iv (B) i, iii & iv

Answer:(C)

3. Which of the following methods used

by H. Garfinkel in his exposition of

ethnomethodology ?

i. The Documentary Method

ii. The Breaching Experiments

iii. The Reciprocity of Perspectives

iv. The Etcetera Principle

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

(A) i, ii & iii

(B) ii, iii & iv

(D) i, ii, iii & iv

Answer:(D)

4. Which of the following crises are

stated by J. Habermas ?

i. Economic crisis

ii. Political crisis

iii. Legitimation crisis

iv. Rationality crisis

(A) Economic crisis, political crisis

and rationality crisis

(B) Economic crisis, legitimation

crisis and rationality crisis

(D) Economic crisis, political crisis

and legitimation crisis

Answer:(B)

5. Which of the following books are not

written by F. Goffman ?

i. Relations in Public

ii. Behaviour in Public Places

iii. Forms of Talk

iv. Social Behaviour : Its

Elementary Forms

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

(A) i, ii & iii (B) i, ii & iv

Answer:(X)

6. To A. Giddens socral theorizing

involves

(A) Single hermeneutic

(B) Double hermeneutic

(D) Historical hermeneutic

Answer:(B)

7. Who among the following

distinguishes three components of the

life world – culture, society and

personality ?

(A) A. Shutz

(B) E. Husserl

(D) J. Habermas

Answer:(D)

8. Giddens’ concept of regionalization

implies that

(A) the reproduction of relations

not only across time but also

space.

(B) the process of social change is

limited by regions.

influencing other societies.

(D) the mainstream society

acquires the features of

regional societies.

Answer:(A)

9. In defining nationalism A.R. Desai is

influenced by

(A) S.M. Lipset

(B) E.H. Carr

(D) L. Althussar

Answer:(B)

10. Match the List – I with the List – II :

List – I List – II

(Contributors) (Approaches)

a. D. Learner i. Development of

Underdevelop

b. B. Hoselitz ii. Ideal typical

c. A.G. Frank iii. World System

d. I. Wallerstein iv. Diffusion

Mark the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) i iii ii iv

(D) iv iii ii i

Answer:(X)

11. Which of the following statements is

incorrect with regard to D.P.

Mukherjee ?

(A) He uses the dialectical

approach.

(B) He combines Marx’s, Dilthey’s

and Vedanta’s approaches.

between primary, secondary

and tertiary.

(D) Modernity can be understood

independent of tradition.

Answer:(D)

12. In which of the following sequences

are ‘Demographic Transitions’

traditionally associated ?

(A) High fertility, low mortality,

high population growth

(B) Low mortality, low mortality to

high fertility

low mortality and low fertility,

the later lagging behind

(D) Low fertility, high mortality to

low fertility and low mortality

with mortality lagging behind

Answer:(C)

13. Which of the following concept does

not figure in Malthusian Theory of

Population ?

(A) Arithmetic progression

(B) Positive checks

(D) Preventive checks

Answer:(C)

14. Match the items in List – I with the

items in List – II and choose the right

answer from the codes given below :

List – I List – II

a. Crude Rate i. The number of

live births per

1000 population in a

given year

b. General ii. The number of

Fertility deaths of babies under

Rate age 1 year per 1000 live

births in a given year

c. Infant iii. The number of

Mortality live births per 1000 women

Rate in 15-44 or 15-49 years in

a given year

d. Birth Rate iv. Rate of any demographic

event computed for an entire

population

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iv iii ii i

(B) iii i iv ii

(D) i iii ii iv

Answer:(A)

15. ‘Population pyramids’ reveals the

following information :

(a) Dependency burden

(b) Birth and Death rate

(d) Approximate life expectancy of

birth

From the above, find the combination

for correct answer :

(A) (a) and (b) but not (c) and (d).

(B) All (a), (b), (c) and (d).

(D) (c) and (d) but not (a) and (b).

Answer:(B)

16. Match the items in List – I with the

items in List – II and choose the right

answer from the codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Books) (Authors)

a. From Population i. K. Srinivasan

to People

b. Gender ii. T. Malthus

Inequalities and

Demographic

Behaviour

c. Essay on iii. S. Desai

Principle of

Population

d. Regulatory iv. A. Bose

Reproduction in

India’s

Population

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iv iii ii i

(B) i ii iii iv

(D) iii i iv ii

Answer:(A)

17. Match Item – I with Item – II :

Item – I Item – II

(Concept) (Explanation)

a. Deviance i. Lack of social norms

b. Crime ii. Non conformity

c. Anomie iii. Act that

contravenes the law

d. Alienation iv. Self estrangement

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) iii ii iv i

(D) iv ii iii i

Answer:(C)

18. Who among the following is

associated with the idea of ‘Risk

Society’ ?

(A) H.S. Becker

(B) Ulrich Beck

(D) Susan Baker

Answer:(B)

19. Assertion (A) : Ecology movement

are emerging from conflict

over natural resources and

people’s right to survival.

Reason (R) : Population increase is

responsible for depletion of

natural resources and

environmental degradation.

Tick the right code 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:(B)

20. Talcott parsons have mentioned

pillars of the sick role for the patient :

Find out the correct combination.

i. Sick person is not personally

responsible for being sick.

ii. Person is responsible for

his/her sickness.

iii. The sick person is entitled to

certain rights and privileges.

iv. The sick person must work to

regain health by consulting a

doctor.

Codes :

(A) i, ii and iii

(B) ii, iii and iv

(D) iii, i and ii

Answer:(C)

21. Assertion (A) : Technological

advances have been taking

place rapidly.

Reason (R) : It has been due to the

convergence of

telecommunications and

computing technology known

as information and

communication technologies.

Answer by using the correct code

from the following :

Codes :

(A) (A) is correct and (R) is its

reason.

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

correct reason.

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

Answer:(A)

22. Who among the following did not

favour hierarchization of knowledge ?

(A) E. Durkheim

(B) A. Comte

(D) M. Foucault

Answer:(D)

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

out the correct answer from the codes

given below :

List – I List – II

(Concepts) (Authors)

a. Sexuality i. U. Beck

b. Risk society ii. M. Foucault

c. Communicative iii. J. Baudrillard

action

d. Hyper reality iv. J. Habermas

Codes :

a b c d

(A) ii i iv iii

(B) i ii iii iv

(D) iv iii ii i

Answer:(A)

24. Who among the following theorists

sees contemporary society as a death

culture, with death being the

‘paradigm of all social exclusion and

discrimination” ?

(A) J. Baudrillard

(B) U. Beck

(D) J.F. Lyotard

Answer:(A)

25. Which one of the following was not

specified as an objective of social

development by the World

Development Summit (1995) ?

(A) Economic protectionism

(B) People empowerment

(D) Strengthening the capacities of

the people

Answer:(A)

26. Match the items of List – I with those

of List – II and find out the correct

answer from codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Scheme / (Year)

Programme)

a. National Education i. 2002

Policy

b. National Literacy ii. 1988

Mission

c. National Health iii. 1986

Policy

d. National Perspective iv. 2001

Plan for Women’s

Development

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iii i ii iv

(B) iii ii i iv

(D) ii i iv iii

Answer:(B)

27. Match List – I with List – II and give

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

List – I List – II

a. 73rd i. e-governance

Constitutional

Amendment

b. The Gyandoot ii. Women’s

Project empowerment

c. Human iii. e-commerce

Development

Reports

d. Sale or iv. U.N.D.P.

purchase of

goods or

services

through the

internet

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i ii iv iii

(B) iii ii i iv

(D) iv iii ii i

Answer:(C)

28. Intersubjective consciousness in

every day life is the core area of

focus of the

(A) Phenomenologist

(B) Behaviouralist

(D) Human ecologist

Answer:(A)

29. Which one of the following is not

correct about P. Berger and T.

Luckman’s understanding of

knowledge ?

(A) They are unconnected with

validity of knowledge.

(B) They are deeply concerned

about the validity of

knowledge.

processes through which any

body of knowledge get

recognized as reality.

(D) They focus not upon social

facts, but upon the creation of

social meaning in human

interaction.

Answer:(B)

30. Which of the following is considered

to be the ‘Tripartite Pillars of Schutz

Theory of Phenomenological

Sociology’ ?

(A) Life-world, other world and

natural attitude

(B) Artificiality, other world and

Intra-subjectivity

and cultural world

(D) Life-world, inter subjectivity

and natural attitude

Answer:(D)

31. Who among the following is

considered to the founder of

phenomenological sociology ?

(A) J. Habermas

(B) A. Schutz

(D) K. Mannheim

Answer:(B)

32. Select the correct alternative about

Habermas’ reconstruction of

Marxism :

i. Purposive rational action

instead of superstructure

ii. Symbolic interaction instead of

superstructure

iii. Societal modes of self-

reflection instead of class

consciousness

iv. Class competition instead of

class conflict

Select the correct alternative :

(A) i, ii, iii (B) i, ii, iv

Answer:(A)

33. The ethnomethodology as an

approach to study society is

concerned with

(A) the fundamental bases of social

order

(B) issue of unequal distribution of

power and authority in society

society

(D) shape up the social institutions

from historical perspective

Answer:(A)

34. Assertion (A) : Women’s work

participation has substantially

increased in the informal sector

of economy in India.

Reason (R) : Education and skill

development opportunities

have expanded among rural

women.

Select the correct answer :

(A) (A) is correct and (R) is the

reason for (A).

(B) (A) is correct, but (R) is not the

correct reason for (A).

(D) Neither (A) nor (R) is correct.

Answer:(X)

35. ‘Women’s Rights are human rights’

as an international policy for

women’s empowerment was

accepted in an International

Conference of Women held in

(A) Beijing

(B) Mexico

(D) Copenhagen

Answer:(A)

36. Select the correct statements :

On the issue of low status of women

in family the socialist feminists argue

that gender inequality is

i. ideologically linked to their

predominant engagement with

household responsibility

ii. due their predominant

engagement with unpaid

household activities

iii. due to the low income of

household

iv. politically linked to their

political passivity

Select the correct alternative :

(A) i and ii (B) ii and iii

Answer:(A)

37. Which one of the following is not

correct with regard to the Liberal

Feminists view on the State ?

(A) The State is potentially a

neutral arbiter and lack any

ideology of its own.

(B) Men have captured the State.

women are observers.

(D) Women should embrace

strategies for meaningfully

access the state and influence

it.

Answer:(B)

38. The proportion of the aged (60+)

population to the total population of

India shows a trend of

(A) Stagnation

(B) Decline

(D) Increase in urban but decline

rural areas

Answer:(C)

39. What proportion of India’s urban

population live in slums ?

(A) Around one-fifth

(B) Around one-fourth

(D) Around one-half

Answer:(A)

40. What proportion of India’s

population does not get safe drinking

water as per WHO ?

(A) 15 %

(B) 25 %

(D) 45 %

Answer:(A)

41. Who held the view that Indian tribals

were backward Hindus ?

(A) G.S. Ghurye

(B) Y.B. Damle

(D) N.K. Bose

Answer:(A)

42. Who among the following has used

the dialectical approach to the study

of Indian Society ?

(A) M.N. Srinivas

(B) D.P. Mukherjee

(D) Y.B. Damle

Answer:(B)

43. ‘Individuals, families and groups in

the population can be said to be in

poverty when they lack the resources

to obtain the types of diet, participate

in activities and have the living

conditions and amenities which are

customary, or atleast widely

encouraged or approved, in the

societies to which they belong. Their

resources are so seriously below

those commanded by average

individual or family that they are, in

effect, excluded from the ordinary

living patterns, customs and

activities.

(Townsend, 1979, cf Harlambos and

Hoborn : Sociology, p.297).

From the above paragraph in which

of the following way ‘poverty’ is

defined ?

(A) Poverty is absolute term.

(B) Poverty as ‘Relative

deprivation’.

resources’.

(D) Poverty as ‘exclusion of

activities’.

Answer:(B)

44. From the statements given below

choose the code depicting correct

answer to describe the ‘socially

constructed gender inequalities’.

(a) Hormonal and chromosomes

differences between male and

female.

(b) For similarly qualified persons,

men favoured over women.

possess different physical,

emotional and mental

capabilities.

(d) Practice of dowry has increased

among the educated middle class

in India.

Codes :

(A) All statements (a), (b), (c) and

(d).

(B) (b) and (c) but not (a) and (d).

(D) (b), (c) and (d) but not (a).

Answer:(D)

45. Given below are two statements –

Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Pick

the right answer from the codes :

Assertion (A) : The problem of

‘dowry deaths’ is typically

prevalent among the ‘emergent

urban middle class’ in India.

Reason (R) : The law of inheritance

is discriminatory against

women in India.

Codes :

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

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

(R) is not correct explanation

of (A).

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

explanation of (A).

Answer:(C)

46. The value of an individual’s labour

power which is ‘left over’ when an

employer has repaid the cost

involved in hiring a worker is called

in Marxian term

(A) Use value

(B) Surplus value

(D) Left-over value

Answer:(B)

47. The ‘collective bargaining’ usually

centres around

(A) share in profit, job security and

good working conditions

(B) job satisfaction, job security

and new technology

and reinvestment

(D) corporate responsibility, global

networking and profit sharing

Answer:(A)

48. “Integrate the working class into

capitalist societies, making them less

likely to become a radical or

revolutionary force.” This statement

is related to

(A) Political Parties

(B) Interest Groups

(D) Peer Group

Answer:(C)

49. The average number of live-born

children produced by women of

childbearing age in a particular

society, called

(A) Morbidity Rate

(B) Mortality Rate

(D) Fecundity Rate

Answer:(C)

50. “The economic perspective that

believes that free market forces,

achieved by minimizing Government

restrictions on business, provides the

only route to economic growth.” This

statement explains the concept of

(A) Post modernity

(B) Neo-liberalization

(D) Neo-Fordism

Answer:(B)

51. Which of the following does not

cause ‘global warming’ ?

(A) Greenhouses effects

(B) Rise in the earth’s temperature

(D) Industrial development

Answer:(C)

52. The Domestic Violence Act was

passed in which of the following

years ?

(A) 1988 (B) 2001

Answer:(D)

53. Who among the following is

associated with ‘Human

Development Index (HDI) for

measuring the level of development

among various countries ?

(A) Raymond Firth

(B) Mahabub-ul-Haque

(D) A.R. Desai

Answer:(B)

54. The General Agreement on Trade in

Services (GATS) suggests

(A) cross border trade in education

(B) localization of education

(D) Corporate funding in primary

and state funding in

professional education

Answer:(A)

55. Who is the author of the book “Tribal

Movements in India” ?

(A) M.S.A. Rao

(B) Ghanshyam Shah

(D) S. Fuchs

Answer:(C)

56. Who among the following is not a

Scheduled Tribe of India ?

(A) Bhils

(B) Santhals

(D) Ho

Answer:(C)

57. Which one of the following is not

correct with regard to peasant ?

(A) The peasant represents little

tradition.

(B) The peasants in India are

predominantly represented by

the middle strata of caste

hierarchy.

land for the mainstay of their

livelihood.

(D) Though the peasants are

dependent on land for the

mainstay of their livelihood,

they resort to several other

activities for their livelihood

security.

Answer:(B)

58. Which one of the social movements

in rural India can be termed as an

example of ‘old’ social movements ?

(A) Environment movements

(B) Peasant movements

(D) Regional autonomy movements

Answer:(B)

59. Which one of the following concepts

are not replaced by Sanskritization

by M.N. Srinivas ?

(A) Brahminization and

Sudraisation

(B) Brahminization and

Kshatriyaization

Sudraisation

(D) Brahminization and

Westernization

Answer:(X)

60. Which one of the following is not a

features of caste system ?

(A) Endogamy, purity and

pollution, ritual hierarchy and

ascribed occupation.

(B) Exogamy, purity and pollution,

ritual hierarchy and ascribed

occupation.

pollution, ritual hierarchy and

achieved occupation.

(D) Monogamy, purity and

pollution, secular hierarchy and

ascribed occupation.

Answer:(X)

61. Match List – I with List – II and

mark the correct code given below :

List – I List – II

(Authors) (Books)

a. Mekim Marriot i. India’s

Village

b. M.N. Srinivas ii. Indian

Village

c. B.R. Chauhan iii. Village India

d. S.C. Dube iv. A Rajasthan Village

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) ii iii i iv

(D) iv iii ii i

Answer:(C)

62. Match List – I with List – II and mark

the correct code given below :

List – I List – II

(Authors) (Books)

a. M.N. Srinivas i. Caste in

India : Their Mechanism,

Genesis and Development

b. B.R. Ambedkar ii. Diversities

c. G.S. Ghurye iii. Dominant Caste and

Other Essays

d. D.P. Mukherjee iv. Caste and Race in India

Codes :

a b c d

(A) ii iii i iv

(B) iii i ii iv

(D) i ii iii iv

Answer:(X)

63. Match the 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. Social i. Karl Marx

evolution

b. Positivism ii. William

Ogburn

c. Mode of iii. Auguste

Production Comte

d. Cultural Lag iv. Herbert

Spencer

Codes :

a b c d

(A) ii i iii iv

(B) i iv ii iii

(D) iii ii iv i

Answer:(C)

64. Which one of the following is not a

demand of peasant movements in

India ?

(A) Land Distribution

(B) Fertilizer Subsidy

(D) Higher wage for agricultural

labour

Answer:(X)

65. Who defined peasants as ’small

agricultural producers, who, with the

help of simple equipment and the

labour of their families, produce

mostly for their own consumption,

direct or indirect, and for the

fulfilment of obligations to holders of

political and economic power’ ?

(A) A. Beteille

(B) T. Shanin

(D) A.V. Chayanor

Answer:(B)

66. In Indian context increase in slum

population depicts

(A) an extension of rural poverty

(B) an extension of rural prosperity

prosperity

(D) a process of urbanization

Answer:(A,D)

67. Which one of the following is not a

push factor of rural to urban

migration ?

(A) Rural unemployment

(B) Increasing practice of dowry in

rural areas

(D) Decline of cottage and

household industry in rural

areas

Answer:(B)

68. Ethnicity is defined with reference to

(A) inherited and achieved socio-

cultural attributes

(B) inherited political positions and

achieved economic attributes

(D) achieved socio-cultural attributes

Answer:(C)

69. Which one of the following is not a

feature of informal sector ?

(A) Absence of effective legal

protection

(B) Absence of employment security

unionism

(D) Absence of gender segregation

Answer:(D)

70. Bonded labour is a

(A) cause of rural poverty and

illiteracy.

(B) cause of prevailing hegemony

of upper castes.

cause of illiteracy and

hegemony of the upper caste

over the lower castes.

(D) Product of rural poverty,

illiteracy and hegemony of

upper castes over the lower

castes.

Answer:(D)

71. The Juvenile delinquents in India

belong to the age group of

(A) Below 12 years

(B) Below 14 years

(D) Below 20 years

Answer:(C)

72. The average size of landholding of

Scheduled Tribes is

(A) higher than the Scheduled Castes

(B) lower than the Scheduled Castes

Scheduled Castes

(D) higher than the Other

Backward Classes

Answer:(A)

73. The social development strategy aims

to ensure that

(A) economic development is

achieved by integrating

national economy with

multinational corporations and

their corporate social

responsibility.

(B) collective voice of trade unions

is protected and their concerns

are addressed properly.

recognized as resource who

needs to be benefited from

economic development to

ensure that their educational,

employment, health, other

basic necessities of lives are

fulfilled and opportunities be

provided for the realization of

their full potential.

(D) Development process should

protect the balance between

tradition and modernity.

Answer:(C)

74. In the wake of globalization Indian

economy has

(A) reassorted its commitment to

socialist path of development.

(B) reoriented to mixed economic

path.

models of self sufficiency.

(D) opened up to economic neo-

liberalism.

Answer:(D)

75. Gary Slapper and Steve Tombs have

studied

(A) White collar crime

(B) Cyber Crime

(D) Organized Crime

Answer:(C)

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