Sociology September 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. Who argues that labour force of

unskilled workmen is as important

and as indispensable to the factory as

labour force of engineers ?

 (A) Mebin M. Tumin

 (B) Michael Young

 (C) Eva Rosenfeld

 (D) Wilbert E. Moore

Answer:(A)

2. For whom history is ‘a graveyard of

aristocracies’ ?

 (A) Karl Marx

 (B) Randall Collins

 (C) V. Pareto

 (D) Emile Durkheim

Answer:(C)

3. According to whose terminology,

person’s ‘class situation’ is basically

his ‘market situation’ ?

 (A) Karl Marx

 (B) Max Weber

 (C) Kingsley Davis and Wibert E.

Moore

 (D) Talcot Parsons

Answer:(B)

4. 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. E. Durkheim  1. The

Elementary

forms of the

Religious Life

b. B.S. Turner  2. Religion and

Social Theory

c. M. Weber  3. The Sociology

of Religion

d. G. Bataille  4. Theory of

Religion

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) 1 2 3 4

 (B) 4 3 2 1

 (C) 2 1 3 4

 (D) 3 4 1 2

Answer:(A)

5. Match the items in the List – I with

the items in the List – II and choose

the correct code given below :

 List – I  List – II

a. E.W.  1. The family : From

Burgess and  Institution to

H.J. Locke  Companionship

b. A.W.  2. Patterns of

Gouldner  Industrial

Bureaucracy

c. H.J. Locke  3. Predicting

Adjustment in

Marriage

d. T. Parsons  4. The Social System

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) 1 2 3 4

 (B) 4 3 2 1

 (C) 3 2 4 1

 (D) 2 4 3 1

Answer:(A)

6. An instrument or procedure, when

repeatedly used under similar conditions,

gives the same result, it refers to

 (A) Validity

 (B) Quantitativeness

 (C) Reliability

 (D) Consistency

Answer:(C)

7. 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. R. Robertson  1. The Sociological

Interpretation of

Religion

b. R. Rosser and  2. The Family and

C. Harris  Social Change

c. T. Parsons  3. Family, Socialization and

and B.F.  Interaction Process

Bales

d. J.M. Mogey  4. Family and Neighbourhood

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)

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

 List – I List – II

a. G.H. Mead 1. Verstehen

b. V. Pareto 2. Alienation

c. Max Weber 3. Role taking

d. Karl Marx 4. Circulation of

Elites

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) 3 1 4 2

 (B) 3 2 1 4

 (C) 3 4 2 1

 (D) 3 4 1 2

Answer:(D)

9. Oral History can be used to generate

information in a study focusing on

 (A) Geneology of family

 (B) Communal riots that took place

in 1945

 (C) Culture change in a tribal

community

 (D) Identity politics of an ethnic group

Answer:(X)

10. Which of the following are measures

of dispersion ?

 (1) Skewness

 (2) Variance

 (3) Standard Deviation

 (4) Harmonic Mean

Codes :

 (A) (1), (3) & (4) (B) (2), (3) & (4)

 (C) (1), (2) & (3) (D) (1), (2) & (4)

Answer:(C)

11. 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. Inductive  1. Variable that 

method  causes effect 

b. Independent 2. Formulation of

variable  hypothesis

c. Qualitative 3. Particular to

method  general

d. Exploratory  4. Interpretinism

study

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) 2 1 3 4

 (B) 3 1 4 2

 (C) 1 2 3 4

 (D) 4 3 2 1

Answer:(B)

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

 List – I  List – II

a. Value of the score  1. Mean

which most

frequently occurs in

the collection of the

scores

b. Score value below  2. Mode

which (and above

which) half the

scores in the

distribution fall

c. Value depicting  3. Median

sum of all scores

divided by the

number of

observation

Codes :

 a b c

 (A) 1 2 3

 (B) 2 1 3

 (C) 3 2 1

 (D) 3 1 2

Answer:(X)

13. ‘Tarawad’ is a matrilineal joint

family found in the State of

 (A) Maharashtra (B) Kerala

 (C) Assam (D) Orissa

Answer:(B)

14. Assertion (A) : According to Marx,

class membership is

determined by a person’s

position in the economic

system.

Reason (R) : Class conflict is a

necessary result of the

exploitation of one class by

another.

Choose the correct answer from the

given code :

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.

 (D) Both (A) and (R) are true but

(R) is not the correct

explanation of (A).

Answer:(D)

15. Which of the following concepts can

be related to the statement

‘subjective detachment of performer

from the role being performed’ ?

 (A) Role taking

 (B) Role distance

 (C) Role making

 (D) Role exit

Answer:(B)

16. Sociology is the science of

interpretative understanding of social

 (A) action

 (B) interaction

 (C) group

 (D) institution

Answer:(A)

17. A researcher wants to test the

effectiveness of the intervention

model developed for behavioural

change among the HIV victims.

Which of the following research

designs will be more appropriate ?

 (A) Diagnostic Research Design

 (B) Exploratory Research Design

 (C) Descriptive Research Design

 (D) Experimental Research Design

Answer:(D)

18. Assertion (A) : Coefficient of

correlation explains the extent

of change in one variable (X)

associated with the change in

the other variable (Y).

Reason (R) : Both variables X

and Y are always causally

related.

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) are false.

Answer:(B)

19. Which of the following is not one of

the four basic stages of what Mead

calls “the act”

 (A) Impulse

 (B) Perception

 (C) Manipulation

 (D) Significant symbols

Answer:(D)

20. When a Hindu male marries a

woman from his lower caste, it is

called

 (A) Hypogamy

 (B) Hypergamy

 (C) Levirate

 (D) Sororate

Answer:(A)

21. 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) : Introduction of Mid-

day meals in primary schools

has increased the rate of

attendance among the children

in Rural India.

Reason (R) : Mid-day meals has

resulted in corruption and

negligence of teachers in their

teaching.

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).

 (C) (A) is true but (R) is false.

 (D) (A) is false but (R) is true

Answer:(B)

22. Which one of the following is not

associated with ‘test of significance’ ?

 (A) Critical region

 (B) Type I (α) error

 (C) Type II (β) error

 (D) Product moment correlation

Answer:(D)

23. Ferdinand Toennies mentioned

Kuerville or artificial will as the basis of

 (A) Gemeinschaft

 (B) Gesellschaft

 (C) Family

 (D) Peer group

Answer:(B)

24. Talcott Parsons mentions the needs

of a social system in a particular

sequence. Which one of the

following correctly mentions that

sequence ?

 (A) Integration, Latency, Goal

Maintenance, Adaptation

 (B) Latency, Integration, Goal

Maintenance, Adaptation

 (C) Goal Maintenance, Integration,

Adaptation, Latency

 (D) Adaptation, Goal Maintenance,

Integration, Latency

Answer:(D)

25. Assertion (A) : Roles are the

bundles of socially defined

attributes and expectations

associated with social

positions.

Reason (R) : Roles demonstrate

the absolute compliance with

expected behaviour of an

individual in the set.

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true.

 (B) Both (A) and (R) are false.

 (C) (A) is true but (R) is not true.

 (D) (A) is false and (R) is the

correct explanation of (A).

Answer:(C)

26. Which of the following is most

effective in addressing social

inequality caused by caste system

yielding tangible results ?

 (A) Positive discrimination

 (B) Affirmative action

 (C) Development policies

 (D) Caste based politics

Answer:(A)

27. ‘Values’ refer to

 (A) Ideals

 (B) Prescriptions of behaviour

 (C) Social preferences

 (D) Social expectations

Answer:(C)

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

the correct answer from codes given

below :

 List – I  List – II

a. Sociology is the  1. Alex

science of  Inklee

institutions, their

genesis and their

functioning

b. Sociology is the  2. Morris

study of social  Ginsberg

systems of social

action and of their

interrelations

c. Sociology in the  3. Max

Study of human Weber

interactions and

inter-relations their

conditions and

consequences.

d. Sociology is ‘the  4. E.

science whose object Durkheim

is to interpret the 

meaning of social

action and thereby

give causal

explanation

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) 4 1 2 3

 (B) 2 4 1 3

 (C) 4 1 3 2

 (D) 1 3 4 2

Answer:(A)

29. Who said that ‘only one role is

associated with one status’ ?

 (A) Ralph Linton

 (B) R.K. Merton

 (C) Talcott Parsons

 (D) William G. Goode

Answer:(A)

30. Match the List – I with List – II and

select the correct code from the

following :

 List – I  List – II

a. Family and  1. Young

Social  and

Network Willmott

b. Family and  2. Talcott

kinship in East  Parsons

London

c. World Revolution  3. Elizabeth

and Family  Bott

Patterns

d. Family,

Socialization and  4. William J.

Interaction  Goode

process

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) 3 1 4 2

 (B) 1 2 3 4

 (C) 2 3 1 4

 (D) 4 1 2 3

Answer:(A)

31. R.K. Merton offered the example of

the Hopi Americans engaging in

ceremonial dances to encourage rain

in order to illustrate

 (A) Manifest dysfunction

 (B) Latent dysfunction

 (C) Manifest function

 (D) Latent function

Answer:(D)

32. Symbolic interactionism tends to

focus on

 (A) Macro-level social change

 (B) Small-scale social change

 (C) Meso-level social change

 (D) Change in the behaviour of the

ego

Answer:(B)

33. What does Macdonaldization mean ?

 (A) Universal application of the

ideas of Dwight Macdonald

 (B) The process of extension of the

cartoons of Donald Duck.

 (C) Spread of the new means of

consumption across the world

 (D) Diffusion of modern

agricultural practices

Answer:(C)

34. A.R. Radcliffe – Brown conducted

fieldwork among the

 (A) Trobriand Islanders

 (B) Andaman Islanders

 (C) Todas

 (D) Murias

Answer:(B)

35. Who first propagated the idea that

societies could be analysed as

systems with self-equilibriating

properties ?

 (A) Vilfredo Pareto

 (B) Talcott Parsons

 (C) Emile Durkheim

 (D) Max Weber

Answer:(A)

36. In 1848 Marx wrote in The

Communist Manifesto that a spectre

was haunting Europe. What was this

spectre ?

 (A) Communism

 (B) Capitalism

 (C) Hegelian thought

 (D) Religion

Answer:(A)

37. Which of the following does not

explain Coser’s Theory of Social

Conflict ?

 (A) Conflict is a universal

phenomenon

 (B) Conflict leads to destruction

 (C) Conflict has some positive

functions

 (D) Conflict may lead to social

change

Answer:(B)

38. Match the items of List – I with the

items of List – II and choose the

correct answer from the codes given

below :

List – I  List – II

a. Max  1. Logical and non-

Weber  logical action

b. Emile  2. Traditional

Durkheim  authority and

rational-legal

authority

c. Vilfredo  3. Metaphysical

Pareto  stage and positive

stage of human

intellect and social

organization

d. Auguste 4. Mechanical

Comte  solidarity and

organic solidarity

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) 2 3 1 4

 (B) 2 4 1 3

 (C) 1 2 3 4

 (D) 4 2 1 3

Answer:(B)

39. Match List – I with List – II :

 List – I  List – II

a. Mean  1. Value which

divides the

distribution into

two equal halves.

b. Median  2. Most frequently

occurring value

in the

distribution.

c. Mode  3. The value which

every unit would

have possessed

equally, if

redistributed

again.

Codes :

 a b c

 (A) 3 1 2

 (B) 2 3 1

 (C) 1 2 3

 (D) 2 1 3

Answer:(A)

40. Which of the following

characteristics of social phenomena

constrain the application of scientific

method in absolute terms in social

research ? Choose the correct answer

from the codes given below :

 1. Patterned social behaviour

 2. Unpredictability of human

behaviour

 3. Lack of precision in

measurement

 4. Multiple causation of reality

Codes :

 (A) 2 & 4

 (B) 1 & 2

 (C) 2 & 3

 (D) 3 & 4

Answer:(A)

41. Who amongst the following

sociologists has not considered

conflict as a vital element of society ?

 (A) Randall Collins

 (B) Lewis Coser

 (C) Talcott Parsons

 (D) Ralph Dahrendorf

Answer:(C)

42. The concept of ‘imperatively

coordinated associations’ was

contributed by

 (A) Talcott Parsons

 (B) Ralph Dahrendorf

 (C) C. Wright Mills

 (D) Karl Marx

Answer:(B)

43. “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed

creature, the sentiment of a heartless

world and the soul of soulless

condition.” Who made the statement ?

 (A) L. Feurbach (B) G. Lukacs

 (C) K. Marx (D) V.I. Lenin

Answer:(C)

44. 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. Caste and Race  1. D.N.

Dhanagare

b. Modernisation  2. M.N.

Srinivas

c. Sanskritisation  3. Yogendar

Singh

d. Social  4. G.S. Ghurye

movements

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) 2 1 3 4

 (B) 4 3 2 1

 (C) 3 2 4 1

 (D) 1 4 1 3

Answer:(B)

45. Assertion (A) : Privatization of

Education resulted in

degradation of education.

Reason (R) : Globalization policy

contribute to the privatization

of education.

Choose the correct answer from the

given code :

Codes :

 (A) (A) is true and (R) is false.

 (B) (A) is false and (R) is true.

 (C) Both (A) and (R) are true.

 (D) Both (A) and (R) are false.

Answer:(B,C)

46. A.R. Radcliffe-Brown contributed to

 (A) Functionalism

 (B) Cultural Materialism

 (C) Structural – Functionalism

 (D) Structuralism

Answer:(C)

47. From which one of the following the

‘sum of the differences from a

measure would always be zero’ ?

 (A) Mode

 (B) Median

 (C) Mean

 (D) Standard Error

Answer:(C)

48. Which of the following theories has a

“Micro” orientation ?

 (A) Functionalism

 (B) Conflict theory

 (C) Interactionism

 (D) Critical theory

Answer:(C)

49. Who stated that ‘Politics is about

power, politics occurs when there are

differentials in power’ ?

 (A) T. Parsons

 (B) R.A. Dahl

 (C) R.E. Dowse and J.A. Hughes

 (D) J. Westergaard and A. Little

Answer:(C)

50. Who is the author of the book ‘Rules

of Sociological method’ ?

 (A) Max Weber

 (B) Auguste Comte

 (C) Vilfredo Pareto

 (D) Emile Durkheim

Answer:(D)