SOCIOLOGY
Paper – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All
questions are compulsory.
1. Which of the following is right
combination contributed to the
displacement among the tribal
communities in India ?
(i) Deforestation
(ii) Development projects
(iii) Debt trap
(iv) Land acquisition
(v) Land alienation
(vi) Drought
Choose the correct answer form the
codes given below :
Codes :
(A) Development projects – Land
alienation – Debt trap
(B) Deforestation – Debt trap –
Drought
(C) Development projects – Land
acquisition – Drought
(D) Development projects –
Deforestation – Land acquisition
Answer:(D)
2. According to Anthony Giddens,
‘structure’ is
(A) itself the form and shape of
human life
(B) outside or external to human
action
(C) itself exists in time and space
(D) constraining and enabling
Answer:(D)
3. Who described the phenomenon of
globalization in today’s world as
‘globalization of nothing’ ?
(A) George Ritzer
(B) Jean Baudrillard
(C) Anthony Giddens
(D) Michel Foucault
Answer:(A)
4. Match the items of List-I with the
items of List-II given below. Select the
correct answer from the codes given
below :
List-I List-II
a. G.S. i. Village India
Ghurye
b. McKim ii. The social
Marriot Background of
Indian
Nationalism
c. A.R. Desai iii. The structure of
Hindu Society
d. N.K. Bose iv. Occidental
civilization
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv i ii iii
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) iii iv i ii
Answer:(B)
5. ‘The Social Construction of Reality’
was authored by
(A) Peter Berger
(B) Brigette Berger and Peter Berger
(C) Peter Berger and T. Luckmannü
(D) Niklas Luhman
Answer:(C)
6. Who stated “Ethnicity and Ethnic
grouping are ‘primordial factors’ in
the sense that they are given in the
very condition of human existence” ?
(A) Fredrick Barth
(B) Clifford Geertz
(C) Max Weber
(D) Michael Garfield Smith
Answer:(B)
7. Who divided the Chicago city into
five zones in order to explain the
incidences of Juvenile delinquency ?
(A) C.R. Shaw and H.D. McKay
(B) A. Cohen
(C) E.H. Sutherland
(D) G. Tarde
Answer:(A)
8. Who is the author of the book ‘The
Ultimate Resource’ ?
(A) Paul Ehrlich
(B) Julian Linken Simon
(C) Frank Notestein
(D) Kingsley Davis
Answer:(B)
9.Match the List-I with the List-II
given below :
List-I List-II
a. Ethno- 1. People of lower
centrism castes collectively
adopt upper caste,
practices and
belief to acquire
higher status.
b. Westerni 2. Yields economic
zation or political power
and occupies a
higher position in
the hierarchy.
c. Sanskriti- 3. Explains the
zation changes brought
about in our
society through
western contact.
d. Dominant 4. Tendency of each
caste group to take for
granted the
superiority of its
own culture.
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 2 3 4 1
(B) 1 3 4 2
(C) 4 3 1 2
(D) 3 2 1 4
Answer:(C)
10. Which of the following approaches
encompass the programmes drawn on
poverty alleviation, welfare and
equity ?
(A) Women in Development
(B) Women and Development
(C) Gender and Development
(D) Women, Environment and
Development
Answer:(A)
11. “Sampurnanand Ashram” is
associated with which of the
following ?
(A) Borstal School
(B) Open Jail
(C) Closed Jail
(D) Remand Home
Answer:(B)
12. 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. Social 1. Bio-
organisation in grammay
which men enjoy
the power and
authority
b. Belief that one sex 2. Matriarchy
is innately
superior to the
other
c. Social system in 3. Patriarchy
which women
inherit property
rights
d. Genetically based 4. Sexism
programme which
predisposes
mankind to behave
in certain ways
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 3 1 2 4
(C) 3 4 2 1
(D) 4 2 1 3
Answer:(C)
13. Who coined the concept of Vote
Bank ?
(A) Rajani Kothari
(B) M.N. Srinivas
(C) Yogendra Yadav
(D) A.R. Desai
Answer:(B)
14. Assertion (A) : Gender roles are
culturally influenced rather
than biologically determined.
Reason (R) : Cultural conception
of gender divides the full range
of human qualities into two
opposing sphere of masculinity
and feminity and their
appropriate behaviour.
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
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 and
(R) is the correct explanation of
(A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Answer:(B)
15. Rural development programmes
resulted into which one of the
following most undesirable social
situation in the Indian rural society ?
(A) De-peasantisation and suicides.
(B) De-peasantisation.
(C) Richness of farmers.
(D) Suicide among peasants.
Answer:(A)
16. Higher child Dependency Ratio is
consequence of
(A) Increasing life expectancy at
birth.
(B) Higher proportion of child
labour.
(C) High fertility rate.
(D) Migration of elderly people.
Answer:(C)
17. Assertion (A) : ‘Systematic Source
Book in Rural Sociology’ vol. 1
edited by Sorokin, Zimmerman
and Galpin reveals basic features
of rural society firstly at the
international scene.
Reason (R) : As it includes
comprehensive survey of the
views of eminent sociologists
belonging to various countries
in the past epochs.
Choose the correct answer from the
given code :
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)
18. ‘Incarceration’ means
(A) Freedom (B) Punishment
(C) Furlough (D) Probation
Answer:(B)
19. A sociological analysis of gender
entails that one must examine :
(A) Gender Division
(B) Gender Dis-examination
(C) Gender Performance
(D) All of the above
Answer:(X)
20. Transformation of Human Societies
from agrarian to industrial and to post-
industrial has widely been shaped by :
(A) Technological innovations
(B) Application of knowledge for
productivity
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Training for work
Answer:(C)
21. Who has given the concept of ‘Born
Criminal’ ?
(A) Sutherland
(B) Lombroso
(C) Tarde
(D) Gillin
Answer:(B)
22. Who used the term ‘New
International Division of Labour’
(NIDL) to describe the substantial
relocation of operations to Third
World countries ?
(A) F. Frobel
(B) E. Durkheim
(C) Auguste Comte
(D) Adam Smith
Answer:(A)
23. Assertion (A) : Urbanization
and Industrialization in the era
of globalization led to
displacement of peasantry in
India.
Reason (R) : Peasants eviction is
due to land acquisition pursued
by the state.
Codes :
(A) (A) is true, (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) (A) is false, (R) is true.
Answer:(B)
24. Through which process the worker’s
benefits are derived in an Industry ?
(A) Arbitration
(B) Conciliation
(C) Collective Bargaining
(D) Adjudication
Answer:(C)
25. Who mentioned Alienation as the
consequence of division of labour ?
(A) Sorokin
(B) Durkheim
(C) Gillin
(D) Marx
Answer:(D)
26. Assertion (A) : Low child sex ratio
in India is mainly due to female
foeticide.
Reason (R) : Son Preference is
quite strong in India due to
patrilineal system.
Code :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true
(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Answer:(A)
27. Match List-I with List-II in the context
of National Population Policy – 2000
objectives.
List-I List-II
a. Immediate 1. To address the
needs of
contraception,
health care
infrastructure &
child health care.
b. Medium- 2. To achieve stable
term population by
2045 at level
consistent with
the requirement of
sustainable
economic growth,
social
development and
environmental
protection.
c. Long-term 3. Bring TFR to
replacement level
by 2010 through
vigorous
implementation of
operational
strategies.
Codes :
a b c
(A) 3 1 2
(B) 1 3 2
(C) 2 3 1
(D) 1 2 3
Answer:(B)
28. Knowledge based development does
not depend on :
(A) Knowledge Accumulation
(B) Knowledge Dissemination
(C) Knowledge for Assumption
(D) Knowledge for Production
Answer:(C)
29. Which is not an attribute of rural
society ?
(A) Joint family
(B) Agrarian economy
(C) Pre-dominance of natural
environment
(D) Rural differentiation
Answer:(D)
30. Assertion (A) : Slums are the
breeding grounds for Juvenile
delinquency in urban and
industrial centres.
Reason (R) : Juveniles migrate from
the rural areas to industrial and
urban centres for employment.
Code :
(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).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer:(C)
31. By which constitutional amendment
the words “Secularism, Socialism
and Integrity” have been included in
its preamble ?
(A) Fourth Amendment 1955
(B) Seventh Amendment 1956
(C) Fourteenth Amendment 1962
(D) Forty-second Amendment 1976
Answer:(D)
32. ‘Live-in relationship’ is a recent
phenomenon visible and accepted in
which society ?
(A) Tribal
(B) Rural
(C) Urban
(D) Cosmopolitan
Answer:(D)
33. Major focus of Environment
Conference Rio-92 was on ;
(A) Human Development
(B) Sustainable Development
(C) Poverty Reduction
(D) Population Control
Answer:(B)
34. Who has authored the book on “Social
Mobility in Industrial Society” ?
(A) S.M. Lipset and R. Bendix
(B) R.K. Merton
(C) P.L. Berger
(D) R. Bendix
Answer:(A)
35. Match List-I with List-II.
List-I List-II
a. Delinquency and 1. Cloward
Opportunity and Ohlin
b. Sociology of 2. Clinard
Deviant Behaviour
c. Social Inequality 3. Beteille
d. Deviance and 4. Taylor
Society
Choose the correct answer from the
codes given below :
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 3 4 1 2
(D) 2 3 4 1
Answer:(A)
36. Who has written the book “Class and
Class Conflict in Industrial Society” ?
(A) Karl Marx
(B) R. Dahrendorf
(C) Max Weber
(D) R.K. Merton
Answer:(B)
37. Which is not an Indicator of
Globalization ?
(A) Free movement of labour &
manpower
(B) Free flow of foreign capital for
investment
(C) Free flow of defence
technology
(D) Free flow of foreign capital
technology
Answer:(C)
38. Select one of the following set of
processes leading to stable
population structure.
(A) Constant birth and death rate
(B) Increasing birth rate and
constant death rate
(C) Decreasing birth rate and
increasing death rate
(D) Constant birth rate and
decreasing death rate
Answer:(A)
39. Which of the following refers to
gender equity ?
(A) Economic empowerment
(B) Egalitarian relationship
(C) Women’s freedom and liberty
(D) Equal access to power, and
other resources
Answer:(D)
40. According to census of India 2011,
which of the following is not correct ?
(A) Decadal growth rate of rural
population has declined in
2001-2011 over 1991-2001.
(B) For every 10 urban dwellers in
million plus cities/urban
agglomerations 4 live in 5 such
largest cities.
(C) The state of Gujarat has the
largest number of cities/urban
agglomeration with a population
of one million or more.
(D) Sex ratio has increases in 2011
over 2001 in million plus cities.
Answer:(C)
41. Match List-I with List-II.
List-I List-II
a. Andre 1. India’s path of
Beteille development
b. A.R. 2. Antinomies of
Desai society
c. Anthony 3. Globalization and
Giddens its discontent
d. Stiglitz, 4. The consequences
E. Joseph of modernity
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 2 3 4 1
(B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 4 3 2 1
(D) 2 4 3 1
Answer:(X)
42. Those attitudes or behaviour that
confirm to the norms of one’s own
sex are known as
(A) Gender Identity
(B) Gender Appropriate
(C) Gender System
(D) Gender Sensitisation
Answer:(B)
43. In a mature form, the modern
‘Demographic Transition’ model
theory is associated with
(A) Kingsley Davis
(B) Frank Notestein
(C) Thomas Malthus
(D) W.W. Roskow
Answer:(B)
44. Higher fertility is associated with
(1) Lower age at marriage
(2) Lower level of household
income
(3) Higher illiteracy rate
(4) Higher proportion of urban
population
Codes :
(A) 1, 2, 4
(B) 2, 3, 4
(C) 1, 2, 3
(D) 1, 3, 4
Answer:(C)
45. Match List-I with List-II and find the
correct answer from the codes given
below :
List-I List-II
a. A person enu- 1. Forced
merated outside Migration
the place of
normal residence
b. Spouse and 2. Circular
children joining Migration
the person, who
lives other the
place of normal
residence
c. Persons 3. Migrant
displaced by
war/violence and
camped in out on
other place
d. Person/Group 4. Associative
seeking work Migration
each year for a
short time in
another place,
than their normal
residence and
coming back to
place of origin
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 3 4 1 2
(B) 3 2 4 1
(C) 1 2 4 3
(D) 4 3 2 1
Answer:(A)
46. 73rd Constitutional Amendment is
responsible for incorporation of the
following provisions in the Gram
Panchayats. Choose the most correct
combination according to code.
(i) Reservation of women
(ii) Reservation for dalits
(iii) Involvement of Gram sabha in
decision-making
(iv) People participation
(A) (i) and (iv)
(B) (ii) and (iii)
(C) (iv), (iii) and (i)
(D) (i), (ii) and (iii)
Answer:(D)
47. Who has authored the book “Social
Deviance in India” ?
(A) Sushil Chandra
(B) M.Z. Khan
(C) S.P. Srivastava
(D) R. Ahuja
Answer:(A)
48. Which one of the following is not a
focus in population education in
India ?
(A) Create awareness relating to
urbanization and environment
problems.
(B) Develop awareness on
population dynamics.
(C) Make a major instrument to
control population.
(D) Create knowledge of
population policy.
Answer:(C)
49. Match the items in List-I with the
items in List-II and select the correct
answer from the codes given below :
List-I List-II
a. M.B. 1. Sociology of
Clinard Deviant
Behaviour
b. R.A. 2. Delinquency and
Cloward Opportunity
and L.E.
Ohlin
c. A.K. Cohen 3. Delinquent Boys
d. J. Bowlby 4. Forty-four
Juvenile Thieves.
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 3 4 2 1
(D) 2 1 3 4
Answer:(A)
50. Who argued that Merton failed to
account for ‘non-utilitarian crime’
such as vandalism and joy-riding
which do not produce monetary
reward ?
(A) W.B. Miller
(B) Albert K. Cohen
(C) R.A. Cloward
(D) L.E. Ohlin
Answer:(B)
51. Assertion (A) : Development often
leads to upsurge of Ethnic
movement.
Reason (R) : Displacement of
people takes place due to
construction of big dams.
Codes :
(A) (A) is false (R) is true.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(D) (A) is true (R) is false.
Answer:(C)
52. Which of the following
communicable diseases is yet to be
completely eradicated in India ?
(A) Tuberculosis
(B) Cholera
(C) Small Pox
(D) None of the above
Answer:(A)
53. By ‘Hindu Method of Tribal
absorption’ N.K. Bose means
(A) Forcible absorption of the
tribals into the Hindu social
organization
(B) Imitation of the Hindu way of
life by the tribals because of
superior cultural system
(C) Acceptance of the caste-system
by the tribals because
economic security and cultural
liberalism in it
(D) Exploitation of the tribals by
the colonial power
Answer:(C)
54. Match the items in the List-I with
List-II and choose the correct answer
from the codes given below :
List-I List-II
a. Androcracy 1. Government by
females
b. Androgyny 2. Women’s rule
c. Gynarchy 3. Men’s rule
d. Gynocracy 4. Presence of male
and female
characteristics in
the same person
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 1 3 4 2
(B) 4 1 3 2
(C) 3 4 1 2
(D) 4 1 2 3
Answer:(C)
55. Match List-I with List-II.
List-I List-II
a. Maternity Benefit 1. 1961
Act
b. Industrial Dispute 2. 1947
Act
c. Factory Act 3. 1948
d. Workmen’s
Compensation Act 4. 1923
Choose the correct answer from the
codes given below :
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 2 1 3 4
(D) 1 2 4 3
Answer:(A)
56. D.P. Mukherjee observes that in
order to be an Indian Sociologist one
must be Indian first in the sense that
(A) one must be born in India
(B) one must be an uncritical
admirer of Indian society and
culture
(C) one must be a Sanskritist
(D) one must be acquainted with
the Indian tradition and culture
Answer:(D)
57. Which of the following institutions
reinforce the cultural dominance of
patriarchy encouraging violence
against women by reducing women
to bodies and objectifying ?
(A) Family
(B) Media
(C) Educational Institution
(D) Religion
Answer:(B)
58. Match the items in the List-I with the
items in the List-II and choose the correct
answer from the codes given below :
List-I List-II
a. Equity 1. Effective use of
all factors of
production
b. Anti poverty 2. Rights based
approach
c. Efficiency 3. Fair distribution
of benefits of
development
d. Empower- 4. Income-generation
ment programmes
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 1 4 3 2
(B) 3 4 1 2
(C) 4 1 2 3
(D) 2 4 3 1
Answer:(B)
59. Match an item in List-I and List-II
and mark the correct answer from the
following codes :
List-I List-II
(Books) (Authors)
a. Castes and i. S.C. Dube
Race in India
b. Remembered ii. M.N. Srinivas
Village
c. Rajastha n iii. G.S. Ghurye
Village
d. Indian Village iv. B.R. Chauhan
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) iii i iv ii
Answer:(X)
60. Who discussed about the ‘techniques
of Neutralization’ among the
Juvenile delinquency in America ?
(A) A.K. Cohen
(B) E.H. Sutherland
(C) D. Matza and G. Sykes
(D) W.B. Miller
Answer:(C)
61. Who observed that knowledge and
power coexist and mutually support
one another ?
(A) J. Derrida
(B) A. Giddens
(C) J. Habermas
(D) M. Foucault
Answer:(D)
62. What does Anthony Giddens
suggests by ‘reflexivity’ ?
(A) Reflexive theories are theories
that refer to themselves
(B) Reflexive theory suggest that
the world of ideas reflects the
material conditions
(C) The way in which people
constantly examine their own
practices and in the light of that
examination, alter them
(D) The way in which sociologists
reflect the social conditions of
a community
Answer:(C)
63. Assertion (A) : Science and
Technology policy in India
need to be oriented in such a
way, so that it can meet the
challenges of globalisation.
Reason (R) : Privatisation of
education, opening of job
opportunities in M.N.C.’s and
liberal trade and business
policies are necessary for
India’s all round development.
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)
64. Which of the following are
associated with the strategic gender
concerns ? Select the correct answer
from the codes given below :
(i) Food security
(ii) Consciousness raising
(iii) Education
(iv) Income generation programmes
(v) Political empowerment
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii), (iv)
(B) (ii), (iii), (v)
(C) (iii), (iv), (v)
(D) (v), (i), (iv)
Answer:(B)
65. 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. Michel i. Writing and
Foucault Difference
b. Jacques ii. Discipline and
Derrida Punish
c. Anthony iii. Studies in
Giddens Ethnomethodology
d. Harold iv. The Constitution of
Garfinkel Society : The theory
of Structuration
Codes :
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) ii i iii iv
(D) ii i iv iii
Answer:(D)
66. Correctional Institutions help
reforming the Juvenile delinquents,
the process of reformation is
otherwise called as -
(A) Anticipatory Socialization
(B) Adult Socialization
(C) Re-socialization
(D) Rehabilitation
Answer:(C)
67. Who suggested to study Rural-urban
continuum first, in sociological
research ?
(A) A. Sorokin and Zimmerman
(B) Robert Redfield
(C) Mckin Marriot
(D) G.S. Ghurye
Answer:(A)
68. Match List-I with List-II.
List-I List-II
a. Beyond
globalization 1. Henderson :
shaping a Hazel
sustainable
global economy
b. Rethinking 2. Martin Khor
globalisation :
critical issues
and policy
choices
c. Globalisation 3. Purushottam
and India Bhattacharya
and Ajitava
Chowdhary
d. Globalisation 4. Alok Roy
challenges in
India
Choose the correct answer from the
codes given below :
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 2 1 3 4
(D) 1 2 4 3
Answer:(A)
69. Which of the following is not
associated with the ‘Absolute
Poverty’ ?
(A) Poverty line
(B) Deprivation index
(C) Basic necessities of life
(D) Material deprivation
Answer:(B)
70. Which of the following is the
essential component of ‘social
exclusion’ ?
(A) Denial of quality food
(B) Denial of employment
(C) Denial of social rights
(D) Denial of housing
Answer:(C)
71. Match List-I with List-II :
List-I List-II
a. Crime and 1. H. Eysenck
Personality
b. Human
Deviance, 2. E.M. Lemert
Social
problems and
Social control
c. Delinquency 3. D. Matza
and Drift
d. Juvenile
Delinquency 4. C.R. Shaw and
and urban H.D. McKay
areas
Choose the correct answer from the
codes given below :
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 3 2 1 4
(D) 2 4 3 1
Answer:(A)
72. Assertion (A) :Rural sociology
is a well developed and oldest field
of sociology discipline in India.
Reason (R) : Many prominent
Indian social anthropologists and
sociologists studied Indian rural
society from early 20th century.
Choose the correct answer from the
given codes :
Codes :
(A) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(B) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Answer:(B)
73. Choose the correct stages in the
evolution of human society.
(A) Hunting and food gathering, hoe-
culture and domestication of
animals, agricultural economy
based on plough and
domesticated animals and modern
industrial capitalistic production.
(B) Hunting and gathering,
agricultural economy and
domestication of animals and
modern industrial capitalism.
(C) Gathering, hunting, pastoral,
agrarian, mechanised agricultural
production.
(D) Food gathering, hunting, pastoral,
horticulture and agriculture.
Answer:(A)
74. The process of social change to
which people attribute positive
values is termed as :
(A) Globalization
(B) Urbanization
(C) Development
(D) Economic Growth
Answer:(C)
75. Who authored the Book, “More
Equality” ?
(A) Herbert J. Gans
(B) J.C. Kincaid
(C) A.K. Sen
(D) A. Gorz
Answer:(A)
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