Sociology June 2014 Paper 2 Solved

PHILOSOPHY

Paper – II

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

questions are compulsory.

1. A statement of relationship between

variables to be tested is known as

 (A) Research question

 (B) Hypothesis

 (C) Objective of the study

 (D) Problem of the study

Answer:(B)

2. For Marx, human potential is

actualized

 (A) when democracy is

institutionalized

 (B) in the objectification of

products

 (C) during the capitalist stage

 (D) during the primitive stage

Answer:(B)

3. A relationship in which change in

one variable always induce change in

another variable is known as :

 (A) positive correlation

 (B) linear correlation

 (C) unfounding relation

 (D) cause and effect relationship

Answer:(D)

4. Who among these theorist were the

intellectual fountain heads of conflict

theories ?

 (A) G.H. Mead and Erving

Goffman

 (B) Karl Marx and Max Weber

 (C) Emile Durkheim and Herbert

Spencer

 (D) Edward Wilson and Charles

Darwin

Answer:(B)

5. Given below are two statements, one

labelled as Assertion (A) and the

other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : Both Lewis Coser

and Randall Collins are grouped

under the conflict school.

Reason (R) : Both of them

highlight the function of conflict

in maintaining the society.

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) false.

Answer:(B)

6. The reasons for insurgency in the

North Eastern region are :

 (A) Ethnic conflicts and

development deprivation

 (B) Land alienation and poverty

 (C) Criminalisation of politics and

corruption

 (D) Religious fundamentalism and

terrorism

Answer:(A)

7. Assertion (A) : Townsend asserts

that poverty can be defined

objectively only in terms of the

concept of relative deprivation.

Reason (R) : Society determines

people’s needs, patterns of food

consumption.

Codes :

 (A) Assertion (A) is true and

Reason (R) is false.

 (B) Both Assertion (A) and Reason

(R) are false.

 (C) Both Assertion (A) and Reason

(R) are true and (R) is the

correct explanation of (A).

 (D) Both Assertion (A) and Reason

(R) are true, but (R) is not the

correct explanation of (A).

Answer:(D)

8. Who suggested that God is society

divinized ?

 (A) Max Weber

 (B) E.E. Evans - Pritchard

 (C) Auguste Comte

 (D) Emile Durkheim

Answer:(D)

9. In an Indian family the parents

prepare their daughters to be a good

wife/daughter in her in-laws home,

this is an example of

 (A) Socialization

 (B) Re-socialization

 (C) Adult socialization

 (D) Anticipatory socialization

Answer:(D)

10. Which theory among the following

states that people are motivated by

self-interest in the interactions with

other people ?

 (A) Conflict

 (B) Exchange

 (C) Interaction

 (D) Structural

Answer:(B)

11. Match item in List-I with item in

List-II and choose the correct answer

from the codes given below :

List – I  List– II

a. Social class and  i. Bottomore,

stratification  T.B.

b. The power Elite  ii. Castells, M.

c. Class, city and  iii. Mills, C.W.

power

d. Class in modern  iv. Saunders, P.

society

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) i iv iii ii

 (B) ii i iv iii

 (C) iv iii ii i

 (D) iii ii i iv

Answer:(C)

12. “Sociology is the science of

understanding of the meaning of

social action.” The proceeding

statement was made by

 (A) Max Weber

 (B) Auguste Comte

 (C) Herbert Spencer

 (D) Emile Durkheim

Answer:(A)

13. The idea of ‘imperatively co-

ordinated associations’ was given by

 (A) Karl Marx

 (B) Max Weber

 (C) Lewis Coser

 (D) Ralph Dahrendorf

Answer:(D)

14. According to Emile Durkheim

religious practices are best

understood as :

 (A) satisfying the spiritual interests

of human beings.

 (B) helping human beings to get

relief from problems of

mundane life

 (C) showing alternatives to the

existing practices of collective

life

 (D) contributing to the integration

and stability of a society

Answer:(D)

15. Assertion (A) : Nepotism,

favouritism and corruption

have increased in Indian

society.

Reason (R) : The situation has

risen due to lack of political

will.

Codes :

 (A) (A) is true and (R) is false.

 (B) Both (A) and (R) are true.

 (C) (A) is false and (R) is true.

 (D) Both (A) and (R) are false.

Answer:(B)

16. The temporary form of marriage

found among Muslims is called

 (A) Nikah

 (B) Muta

 (C) Mehr

 (D) Purdah

Answer:(B)

17. Assertion (A) : Women empower

ment resulted in rural India

during the last two decade.

 Reason (R) : 73rd constitution

amendment empowered rural

Indian women.

Codes :

 (A) Both (A) and (R) are false.

 (B) Both (A) and (R) are true.

 (C) (A) is false and (R) is true.

 (D) (A) is true and (R) is false.

Answer:(B)

18. Assertion (A) : Privatization of

education in India is leading to

commercialization of

education.

 Reason (R) : Commercilization of

education has deprived many

poor deserving students from

quality education.

Codes :

 (A) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

 (B) (A) is false and (R) is true.

 (C) Both (A) and (R) are true, and

(R) is the correct explanation of

(A).

 (D) Both (A) and (R) are true, but

(R) is not the correct explanation

of (A).

Answer:(D)

19. The statement “Organizations are

arenas for struggle” was given by

 (A) Randall Collins

 (B) Karl Marx

 (C) Ralph Dahrendorf

 (D) Max Weber

Answer:(A)

20. Who suggested that conflict has a

functional importance in society ?

 (A) Karl Marx

 (B) Lewis Coser

 (C) Ralph Dahrendorf

 (D) Randall Collins

Answer:(B)

21. Match the List-I with List-II.

List-I  List-II

a. Ralph  1. Power Elite

Dahrendorf

b. G.H.Mead  2. Phenomenology

c. Alfred  3. Functions of

Shultz  social conflict

d. Lewis  4. Symbolic

Coser  Interactionism

 5. Conflict and

Authority

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) 4 5 2 3

 (B) 2 3 4 1

 (C) 5 4 2 3

 (D) 1 3 4 5

Answer:(C)

22. Which one of the following

statement is not reflective of conflict

perspective ?

 (A) Society as a struggle for

resource and power.

 (B) change is inevitable, often

beneficial and can be violent.

 (C) Society is viewed as a complex

system of parts that interact to

perform various necessary

functions.

 (D) Conflict between classes

determines social change.

Answer:(C)

23. Match the items in the List-I with the

items in the List-II and select the

correct answer from the codes given

below :

List – I  List – II

a. J.W.B.  i. The Home and

Douglous  the School

b. D.H.  ii. Social relations

Hargreaves  in a secondary

school

c. S. Bowles  iii. Schooling in

and H.  capitalist

Gintis  America

d. Ivan Illich  iv. Deschooling

society

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) i ii iii iv

 (B) iv iii ii i

 (C) ii i iii iv

 (D) iii iv i ii

Answer:(A)

24. Which theory advocates the view that

the domain of sociology is the ‘common

sense world of everyday life’ ?

 (A) Functionalism

 (B) Structuralism

 (C) Phenomenology

 (D) Exchange theory

Answer:(C)

25. Which one of the following is not an

element of symbolic interactionism ?

 (A) The self

 (B) The Ego

 (C) Symbols

 (D) Role - Taking

Answer:(B)

26. Assertion (A) : Sense of alienation

is increasing among Dalits.

Reason (R) : Atrocities have

increased in recent years on

Dalits.

 Choose the correct answer from the

given codes :

Codes :

 (A) (A) is true and (R) is false.

 (B) (A) is false and (R) is true.

 (C) Both (A) and (R) are false.

 (D) Both (A) and (R) are true.

Answer:(D)

27. Match List-I with List-II and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

List-I  List-II

a. G. Homans  i. The small group

b. Cart Wright  ii. Collective

behaviour

c. M.S.

Olmsted  iii. Group Dynamics

d. R.H. Turner  iv. The Human

group

 Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) iii iv ii i

 (B) ii i iv iii

 (C) i ii iii iv

 (D) iv iii i ii

Answer:(D)

28. Rewards and punishment associated

with role expectations are called

(A) Mores

(B) Sanctions

(C) Norms

(D) Values

Answer:(B)

29. Match items in List-I with items in

List-II and select the correct code

from codes given below :

List-I  List-II

a. Primary group i. Summer, W.G.

b. Reference  ii. Bierstedt, Robert

group

c. In-groups and  iii. Hyman, R

Out-groups

d. Organised  iv. Charles Cooley

group

 Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) i ii iii iv

 (B) ii i iv iii

 (C) iii iv ii i

 (D) iv iii i ii

Answer:(D)

30. Which one of the following is not an

example of social action ?

(A) Two persons exchanging blows

after a collision of their

bicycles.

(B) Two cyclists expressing regrets

to each other after their

bicycles collide.

(C) Two cyclists going their

respective ways without taking

note of each other.

(D) Two cyclists coming from

opposite directions trying to

give way to each other.

Answer:(C)

31. “An Outline of Social Psychology” is

written by

(A) C.H. Cooley

(B) Sigmund Freud

(C) Muzafer Sherif

(D) G.H. Mead

Answer:(C)

32. The idea of ‘culture of poverty’ was

introduced by whom ?

(A) Oscar Lewis

(B) Abel Smith

(C) Somuel Mencher

(D) Peter Townsend

Answer:(A)

33. 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. Culture is man   i. E.B.

made part of  Taylor

environment.

b. Culture is that   ii. Herkovits,

complex whole  M.J.

which includes

knowledge, belief,

art, morals, law

customs and other

capabilities and

habits acquired by

man as a member

of society.

c. The culture of a  iii. Ralph

society is the way  Linton

of life of its

members ; the

collection of ideas

and habits which

they learn, share

and transmit from

generation to

generation.

d. Culture is a ‘design   iv. C.

for living’ held by  Kluckhohn

members of a

particular society.

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) ii i iii iv

 (B) i iii iv ii

 (C) iii ii i iv

 (D) iv iii ii i

Answer:(A)

34. The theory that views people as

“Stage managers” managing

impressions presented to the world is

 (A) Role theory

 (B) Dramaturgy

 (C) Looking Glass Self

 (D) Dialectual theory

Answer:(B)

35. Which of the following does NOT

characterize Herbert Blumer’s theory

of symbolic interactionism ?

(A) The essence of society is found

in actors and action.

(B) Society is made up of macro

structures.

(C) Large-scale structures emerge

from micro processes.

(D) Collective action gives rise to

joint action.

Answer:(B)

36. Definite procedures or rules which

people are expected to observe are

known as

(A) Norms

(B) Values

(C) Institutions

(D) Group behaviour

Answer:(A)

37. Religion, marriage, family, caste are

example of

(A) social values

(B) social institutions

(C) social norms

(D) social segmental division of

society

Answer:(B)

38. Who is most generally regarded as

the founder of symbolic

interactionism ?

(A) Herbert Blumer

(B) George Herbert Mead

(C) Max Weber

(D) Anthony Giddens

Answer:(B)

39. Which is not a form of social

stratification ?

(A) Religion

(B) Class

(C) Caste

(D) Gender

Answer:(A)

40. Match the items in the List-I with the

items in the List-II and select the

correct answer from the codes given

below :

List-I  List-II

a. Dependence  i. D.L. Banker

and  and S. Allen

exploitation in

work and

marriage

b. The future of  ii. J. Bernard

marriage

c. The death of  iii. D. Cooper

the family

d. The family  iv. R. Fletcher

and marriage

in Britain

 Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) i ii iii iv

 (B) iv iii ii i

 (C) ii i iv iii

 (D) iii iv i ii

Answer:(A)

41. The maintenance provided by the

husband to the divorced wife is

called

(A) Dower

(B) Mehr

(C) Alimony

(D) Bride price

Answer:(C)

42. Which of the following is not true in

the context of culture ?

(A) Culture is cultivated.

(B) Culture and Civilization are

two faces of the same coin.

(C) Culture refers to non-material

while civilization to material

aspects.

(D) Culture is what we have while

the civilization is what we are.

Answer:(D)

43. Who among the following criticized

Marxian theory as “a monocausal

explanation for a multicausal world” ?

(A) Max Weber

(B) Ralf Dahrendorf

(C) Randall Collins

(D) Lewis Coser

Answer:(A,C)

44. Karl Marx did not mention class

conflict between

(A) The Haves and Havenots

(B) The Rich and the Poor

(C) The Bourgeois and the

Proletariat

(D) The capitalists and the working

class

Answer:(B)

45. Which one of the following is not an

agency of socialization ?

(A) Family

(B) School

(C) Peer - Group

(D) Media

Answer:(D)

46. Match items in List-I with items in

List-II and choose the correct answer

from the codes given below :

List-I  List-II

a. Evolutionary  i. Kingsley

Theory  Davis

b. Cyclical Theory  ii. Auguste

Comte

c. Conflict Theory  iii. A. Sorokin

d. Structural  iv. Karl Marx

Functional

Approach

 Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) i ii iii iv

 (B) i iv ii i

 (C) ii iii iv i

 (D) iv i ii iii

Answer:(C)

47. Which one of the following is not an

element of community ?

(A) Territory

(B) We - feeling

(C) Cultural diversity

(D) Self sufficiency

Answer:(C)

48. Who has propounded that “the

primary groups are the nursery of

human nature” ?

(A) Charles H. Cooley

(B) George Herbert Mead

(C) Ralf Dahrendorf

(D) Karl Marx

Answer:(A)

49. Who has authored the book ‘Society

in India’ ?

(A) A.P. Barnabas

(B) Andre Beteille

(C) Kingsley Davis

(D) David G. Mandelbaum

Answer:(D)

50. Who argues that families are

factories which produce human

personalities ?

(A) M.G. Smith

(B) D.H.J. Morgon

(C) G.P. Murdock

(D) T. Parsons

Answer:(D)