UGC NET · Sociology — practice MCQs

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Basic Concepts and Institutions 289

• Match the List I (Type of Society) with List II (Features).
• Important characteristics of Estates were
• Which among the following are correct about Parsons' notion of socialization?
• Arrange the following sociological works on social stratification in chronological order of their publication.
• Who is the author of the book 'A Philosophy of NEFA'?
• 'Capitalism produces wasted population not just the poor and refuges but huge prison populations and other outsiders.' Who…
• 'Poverty exists because poor people serve useful functions for society'. Who is associated with this statement?
• 'A social structure that organizes the residence and activities of people in physical space', is known as
• Given below are two statements:
• Which among the following statements are true about relative poverty?
• The normative response to disease, according to Talcott Parsons, is for an individual to assume the sick role.…
• What are the different types of society?
• A community is an area of social living marked by some degree of social coherence. The basis of…
• Fundamental types of social process are:
• Who coined the term 'credential society' for societies where people view diplomas and degrees as evidence of ability…
• The institution of education as a system of formal bureaucratic structure designed not to:
• Which of the following societies is 'Mass Society'?
• Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from…
• Match List I (ethnographic works) with List II (authors) and choose the correct answer from the options given…
• Which of the following are the three most fundamental institutions in Indian society? Choose the correct answer from…
• Which characteristics of a dominant caste were specified by M.N. Srinivas in 1966? Choose the correct answer from…
• The primary group implies the conditions: Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• Who is the author of 'Caste and Tribes of Bengal' (1891)?
• Who among the following sociologists in India applied the theoretical insights of Claude Levi-Strauss to studying structure and…
• Who among the following are known for the sociological study of the body?
• Match List I (Authors) with List II (Books) and choose the correct answer:
• The sociology of emotions examines the relations of feelings with the following:
• The biomedical model refers to:
• An aggregate which lacks structure or organization and whose members may be unaware or less aware of the…
• Who among the following has advocated for the tribe-caste continuum?
• Match List I (Books) with List II (Authors) and choose the correct answer:
• The study of the processes of ageing, old age and the elderly is known as:
• Match List I (Work) with List II (Scholar) and choose the correct answer:
• Caste is derived from a word used in the Iberian Peninsula. That word is:
• Sanction refers to:
• Which of the following are correct for labelling theory, a dominant paradigm in the explanation of deviance?
• Match List I (Concept) with List II (Theorist) and choose the correct answer:
• Caste-based stratification is:
• Who wrote the book 'Caste and Race in India'?
• A structure of relationships linking social actors, or the set of actors and the ties among them, is…
• Definite procedures or rules which people are expected to observe are known as:
• The main features of class are:
• There are two levels of meaning implicit in Sanskritization. These are:
• Which one of the following influences deviance?
• Which one of the following is NOT correct?
• People under the class structure who are economically, politically and socially marginalized and excluded comprise the:
• Assertion A: Prejudice is one thing; discrimination is something else. Reason R: Prejudice is a matter of belief;…
• A biological being is transformed into a social being with the help of:

Culture and Symbolic Transformations 188

• What are the characteristics of sanskritization?
• The notion of modernity is closely associated with
• The Great tradition may become more strong in heterogenetic urbanization as a result of
• As growth occurs from primary urbanization to secondary urbanization, in the metropolitan urban centers the traditional literati are…
• The processes of urbanization should not be associated with forces of modernization in metropolitan urban centers-
• Ethnic differences have a bearing on social conflict. In order to understand the scale and intensity of conflicts…
• According to R. K. Mukherjee, Indian culture is very well blended with various religious texts. He emphasises that…
• Which among the following is not the characteristics feature of indigenous knowledge?
• Who is not the spokesman for cultural determinism?
• Who coined the term ethnocentrism?
• The distinction between 'culture' and 'civilization' can be recognized by distinguishing between 'material' and 'non-material culture'. Who is…
• Match List I with List II.
• Pantheism means:
• Which among the following are the 'World affirming' new religious movement?
• Totemism is a belief in:
• Which among the following is not one of the three main categories of the New Religious movement?
• 'There are four important bases of socio-cultural identity in India: religion, caste, tribe and language' Who said?
• Who among the following used the concept of glocalization?
• Who said this 'we now live in the time of the tribe'?
• Who is associated with the Naturism?
• Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from…
• Match List I (books) with List II (authors) and choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• Match List I (definitions) with List II (concepts) and choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• Who among the following contributed to the Kulturkreise School? Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• According to P.A. Sorokin, the three broad types of culture are: Choose the correct answer from the options…
• The strategy that humans have to adopt to their environment is called:
• Who studied Indian Sadhus in 1953?
• According to whom are primitive art products used in religious ceremonial, in decorating personal possessions and in raising…
• Who has popularised the idea of a 'clash of civilizations'?
• The secularization theory explains:
• Who defined religion as 'a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things'?
• Which of the following sociologists are known for emphasising the relation of morality and education?
• Who among the following discussed the relation of advertisement and the preservation of capitalist society?
• According to Malinowski, while studying diffusion at the field level, one is to focus on which unit of…
• David Held (1999) did NOT divide the globalization debate into which of the following?
• What does NOT refer to the rites of passage?
• Who defines 'culture change' as the process by which the existing order of society, that is its social,…
• Explaining the effects of globalization, George Ritzer wrote a book titled:
• Which of the following terms are used to refer to the new religious movement?
• Who introduced the idea of the global village in the study of mass media?
• Who wrote the book 'The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism'?
• Who among the following urges that the major function of religion is to maintain order in society?
• Who propounded the idea of the hidden curriculum?
• Who among the following has written the book 'Civilizing the Savage'?
• Match List I (Concepts/Ideas) with List II (Thinkers) and choose the correct answer:
• Who said, "Education is that part of total socialization through which we learn those roles that are based…
• Who said, "Civilisation is a higher stage of cultural development characterised by intellectual, aesthetic, technological and spiritual attainment"?
• Which of the following statements is true about Durkheim's theory of religion?

Economy and Society 167

• Match the List I (Concept) with List II (Author).
• Match the List I (Author) with List II (Book).
• The changing material culture is impacted by the:
• The 'Precariat' is a new class in the making, it consists of those who are unable to gain…
• According to Neil J. Smelser, the social transformations accompany economic development which can be defined as growth of…
• Which of the following risks are created by globalization?
• Which among the following is not correct about consumerism?
• According to Manuel Castells, the rise of the new global informational economy is accompanied with emergence of a…
• Given below are two statements:
• P.P. Rey describes three stages through which transition from feudal to the capitalist mode of production takes place.…
• What changes were brought by industrialization in society?
• Information, Communication Technological Revolution have contributed in the growth of post-industrial society through:
• A worker who possesses a diversity of skills or qualifications and is therefore able to move easily from…
• W.W. Rostow's stages of economic growth are given below. Choose the correct sequence of the stages.
• The key features of the globality of the economy, according to Manuel Castells, are: Choose the correct answer…
• Which of the following countries are given the status of fast growing economy? Choose the correct answer from…
• The 'Asian Miracle' experienced by East Asian nations from 1960 to 1990 was the result of:
• When was the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) set up?
• The concept of 'Transnationalism' is associated with the process of:
• 'The Asiatic, ancient, feudal and modern bourgeois modes of production can be designated as progressive epochs in the…
• 'The Patriot Movement' against globalisation in the U.S. was inspired by the writings of:
• Arrange the order of the economy in economic sociology:
• Who analysed patterns of conspicuous consumption and conspicuous waste?
• The author of the book 'The Gift: The Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies' is:
• Which of the following statements are correct about the Indian working class?
• An economy in which much of the workforce is involved not in the physical production or distribution of…
• According to the passage, in primitive societies the principal economic resources are:
• According to the passage, for the pastoralists:
• According to the passage, which of the following are possessed by primitive people as personal private property?
• "Property is to be conceived in terms of the control of man over things." Who said this?
• According to the passage, in more developed agricultural societies:
• The concept of "conspicuous consumption" denotes that:
• The unit of production in a tribal economy is the:
• Which one of the following was NOT a direct cause of the decline of pre-British village artisan industries?
• Statement I: Some of the developing countries have embarked successfully on a process of rapid industrialization. Statement II:…
• The features of the "Kula Ring" described by Malinowski are:
• Production characterised by a large number of standardized products made by highly specialized workers is known as:
• Which of the following are true about the sociology of consumption?
• Among the earlier industrial sociologists, who wrote the book Social Framework of an Indian Factory?
• The impact of industry on religion, according to Elton Mayo, is a transformation from:
• According to new ideas in the industry:
• Which of the following are characteristics of the pre capitalist mode of production?
• In modern industrialized society, the status of women in industry
• The structural differentiation model of economic development was formulated by
• The proportion of women workers in the labour force in India, as per the World Bank Report 2017,…
• What is the international measure of extreme poverty in terms of purchasing power parity per day per head?
• A set of policies which emphasizes the rule of the market, cutting public expenditure for social services, deregulation,…
• What percentage of the total profit must a corporate invest for the purpose of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)…

Environment and Society 77

• Match the List I (Concept) with List II (Explanation).
• Match the List I (Concept) with List II (Explanation).
• Match the List I (Book/Substance) with List II (Author/Discoverer).
• Which among the following are correct about genetically modified crops?
• Which is not true about 'ecocentric view' to address environmental issues?
• Which among the following is not true about Common Property Resources (CPRs)?
• Which among the following is not true about the 'International Treaty on Climate Change' - the Kyoto Protocol?
• Which cannot be considered as social component of environment?
• The adverse environmental factors which can affect human health are:
• Man is responsible for the pollution of his environment through various activities like:
• What are the basic requirements to ensure "Health for all"?
• The newer concept of environment, apart from external factors, also includes:
• Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason…
• Match List I with List II.
• Which among the following are the critique of the 'precautionary principle'?
• Which among the following is not the principles of 'deep ecology'?
• Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from…
• Arrange the following publications related to environmental issues in ascending order, from first to last.
• Which of the following strategies are needed for developing an ecologically sustainable culture? Choose the correct answer from…
• Which among the following is not the role of sociologists in dealing with environmental issues?
• Which among the following diseases is caused by the presence of excess arsenic in drinking water?
• According to a popular estimate, the decline of common property resources can take which of the forms listed…
• The term 'Biodiversity' is most closely associated with:
• Match List I (Personalities) with List II (Recognition) and choose the correct answer:
• Match List I (Books) with List II (Authors) and choose the correct answer:
• Match List I (Books) with List II (Authors) and choose the correct answer:
• Assertion A: Enhancing global consciousness is a vital dimension of increasing environmental awareness. Reason R: Our choices and…
• Depletion of the ozone layer in the stratosphere is responsible for:
• Who is the author of the book "Human Ecology"?
• Arrange the following activities in sequence as per their occurrence during a year:
• Which environmentalist received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for contributions to sustainable development, democracy and peace?
• The title of the Brundtland Report is:
• Match List I (Authors) with List II (Books) and choose the correct answer:
• Which two of the following major greenhouse gases contribute to global warming?
• Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Choose the…
• Match List I (Author) with List II (Book).
• On which of the following dates are Earth Day and World Environment Day celebrated?
• Which two of the following are among the biggest dams in India?
• In which state was the 'Appiko' movement launched?
• Match List I (Acts and Policies) with List II (Year).
• Who is the author of the monograph An Environmental History of the World?
• When was the term 'social forestry' used for the first time in India?
• The famous environmental NGO 'Tarun Bharat Sangh' was founded by
• Who coined the term 'cultural ecology' in his famous book Theory of Culture Change: The Methodology of Multilinear…
• What was the theme of World Environment Day 2018?
• 'Momentum for Change: Climate Neutral Now' is an initiative launched by
• Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Choose the…
• Match List I (Author) with List II (Book).

Family, Marriage and Kinship 159

• Match the List I (Legal) with List II (Judgement Ruling).
• According to Islami Law match definitions of the term given which refer to different forms of property rights.
• A Noniya of Benaras, flees from his village and take refuge to his mother's brother or to his…
• A man's lineage fellows are literally and figuratively close to him for they are, after all, the brothers…
• In the Tibetan kinship system there is the existence of Fraternal Polyandry. What are the premises of this…
• Arrange the following works on 'Family and Intimate Relationships' in chronological order.
• Arrange the following regulations in the chronological order of their year of enactment.
• Arrange the following regulations in the chronological order of their year of enactment.
• Arrange the following works on 'gender studies' in chronological order of their publication.
• Social constructionist theorists reject biological basis for gender differences. According to these theorists-
• C. Von Furer-Haimendorf studied intensively the family structures and cultural life of Nagas. Which group of Naga did…
• L.H. Morgan listed five different and successive forms of family. Arrange them in the order of evolution.
• Match List I with List II.
• Who among the following has used the term 'unstable family' for the first time?
• Who among the following coined the term 'intersectionality'?
• Who among the following said that family was the outcome of male possessiveness and jealousy, and a growth…
• Who among the following have drawn attention to the 'dark side' of the family life?
• Who among the following is the author of the essay "why marriage matters"?
• Who among the following is associated with the study of family in Mahuva, a town in Saurashtra?
• Who among the following used the 'alliance approach' to understand the patterns of kinship?
• Which of the following is associated with transvestite woman?
• What do you understand by gender differentiation?
• Who among the following has not used the Indological approach for the study of kinship?
• Kuttam is a:
• The rule of hypergamy means:
• 'Mutterrecht' means:
• The family founded upon the intermarriage of several sisters, own and collateral, with each other's husbands in a…
• Who classified family types into twelve categories for a comparative evaluation?
• A social role similar to that outlined in the case of the maternal uncle, but for one's father's…
• The term 'gender' is:
• The Okka is the basic group among the Coorgs which is a:
• Who defined the joint family as 'a group of people who generally live under one roof, who eat…
• Who among the following made a psychoanalytic study of childhood in Hindu families?
• Conceptually, the incest taboo refers to what?
• Which of the following sociologists have discussed the family from a functionalist perspective?
• 'World Revolution in Family Patterns' was the book written by whom?
• Assertion A: Cross-cousins are cousins whose parents are brothers and sisters. Reason R: In many tribal communities of…
• A type of marriage in which two or more women are legally mated to one man is known…
• Which of the following practices prevents sexual relations between parent and child or between brother and sister?
• Match List I (Rule) with List II (Marriage) and choose the correct answer:
• A family in which at least one of the adults has a child from a previous marriage is…
• According to Talcott Parsons, the two main functions of the family are:
• Who wrote the book 'The Transformation of Intimacy'?
• Who has conducted the study on the Nayars of Kerala?
• What is the appropriate term to describe a woman marrying the brother of her deceased husband?
• Which one of the following practises a matrilineal family structure?
• Who has written the book 'World Revolution and Family Patterns'?
• Who has written the book 'The Family in India: Critical Essays'?

Research Methodology and Methods 332

• Match the List I (Book) with List II (Author).
• Match the List I with List II.
• Which of the following are the characteristics of an ordinal scale?
• Which of the following are the characteristics of a good sample design?
• Arrange the following research activities of a research project in a chronological order.
• If we add 'measurement error' or 'non-sampling error' to 'sampling error', we get
• The simplest possible measure of dispersion which is defined as the difference between the values of the extreme…
• The origins of hermeneutics philosophy in the modern age are most appropriately attributed to
• The term used to refer to simple counts of the frequencies with which the various categories in each…
• If the purpose of a research is to test a hypothesis of a causal relationship between variables, which…
• Following table presents frequency distribution of weights of 265 male students. What is the Mean of weight of…
• Which among the following is not true about Weber's notion of 'Verstehen'?
• Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason…
• Given below are two statements:
• The correct sequence of steps of conducting a Research Study are:
• Match List I with List II.
• Descriptive Research Design is used to:
• A satisfactory statistical unit should possess the following qualities:
• Graphic Presentation of frequency distribution is done by using:
• The characteristics of Usable Hypotheses are:
• Which cannot be considered as Qualitative audio-visual digital method?
• Which is not a study design?
• Which one is not the feature of Qualitative Methods?
• One of the main characteristic of theories in Modern Science is
• Which among the following studies is the best example of comparative method?
• Who among the following sociologists wrote the book 'The Rules of Sociological Method'?
• Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from…
• What is the correct sequence of steps in the deductive process?
• Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• The role of theory in scientific research is: Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• The historical sociology method deals with: Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• Which of the following are non-probability sampling methods? Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• The selection of an appropriate method of data collection depends on the following factors. Choose the correct answer…
• The characteristics of a good questionnaire are: Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• Which of the following are measures of central tendency? Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• 'Research Methods in Social Relations' was written by whom?
• Who has introduced the case study method into social science?
• Which type of interview is most suitable for market research?
• The measure of dispersion built on the squared deviations of items about a central tendency is known as:
• Which of the following techniques is used for the analysis of news items in a newspaper?
• In a set of data a value is such that half of the items are above and half…
• In a social survey:
• In the definition of knowledge, identify the elements which are valid:
• Match List I (Researchers) with List II (Specific Area of Research) and choose the correct answer:
• While following the deductive research strategy, Karl Popper advocated that:
• Who suggested a 'value reference' instead of 'value judgment' as a methodology to give sociology the status of…
• Who among the following are NOT associated with hermeneutics?
• Arrange the sources of knowledge in the order of their usage or performance in social research:

Rural and Urban Transformations 239

• In what ways transformation approach to development was different from improvement approach?
• By whom the strategy of improvement approach was implemented?
• How was soil erosion prevented during colonial period?
• With what the extension work was coupled during colonial period?
• What was the aim of improvement approach in colonial period?
• Match the List I (System) with List II (Location).
• In addition to feeding themselves, peasants use the rest of the produce to create three different funds
• Who is associated with the concept of 'humane city'?
• Who among the following is not associated with 'The Chicago School'?
• The term refers to movement away from a residential location either within the same country or to another…
• Who argued that urbanism promotes diverse sub cultures rather than submerging everyone within an anonymous mass?
• The Power Structure of the study villages comprised of those having:
• The lower class in the village was comprised of:
• The structure of middle class in the study villages comprised of:
• The Peasant class in the village has following characteristics:
• In what ways two villages are similar to each other?
• What are the steps in planning and implementation of a Rural Development Project? Arrange in correct sequence.
• Match List I with List II.
• Which census introduced the category of person with 'physical infirmities' the blind, the deaf and the dumb?
• A concept used by Manuel Castells to refer to processes of consumption of common goods promoted by the…
• Who has studied "Lucknow Rickshawallas" in 1965?
• In which sector did the best organised and successful activities occur under the CDP?
• What was the social consequence of the CDP for the village community?
• Who were the most benefited beneficiaries of the CDP?
• What was the impact of improved agricultural implements?
• What was the attitude of the poorest section of the population to the demands of government?
• What is the chronological sequence of the following works in the field of rural studies in India?
• Who among the following sociologists have analysed peasant unrest? Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• According to Louis Wirth, which of the following variables are important in making urban life impersonal? Choose the…
• Whose observation is that 'village communities are little republics, having nearly everything that they want within themselves and…
• According to the passage, the caste system at the village level is locked into the system of:
• According to the passage, service providers receive grain with straw after the harvest for the work done during…
• According to the passage, traditional inter-caste relations in rural India are:
• According to the passage, caste groups in rural areas come together in order to bring about:
• According to the passage, which group has enduring relationships with service providers such as blacksmith, potter and barber?
• Arrange the following events of Indian agrarian society in chronological order:
• Arrange the rural-urban continuum from the units provided below:
• Who has studied the changing agrarian relations in Sripuram, located in Tanjore district, Tamil Nadu?
• According to Eric R. Wolf, the prerequisites for a sustained peasant rebellion are:
• Who among the following contributed to the mode of production debate by identifying agrarian classes in terms of…
• Arrange the following peasant movements in chronological order:
• Who coined the term 'Megalopolis'?
• Who described land use in Chicago in terms of concentric zones, rather like a bull's-eye?
• The causes of peasants' revolt against exploitation and oppression are:
• Statement I: Gentrification is a process moving wealth back into the metropolis. Statement II: Gentrification in Europe and…
• Statement I: Humans survived for tens of thousands of years without permanent settlements. Statement II: The evolution of…
• Who explained the possible reasons for the emergence of primate cities in 1939?
• Match List I (Author) with List II (Book) and choose the correct answer:

Science, Technology and Society 85

• Match the List I (Book) with List II (Thinker).
• Which among the following are correct about virtual communities?
• Which among the following are the characteristics of 'social network groups'?
• Which among the following is not true about the first generation 'cyber crimes'?
• 'Technology is socially shaped' - which among the following is not correct about this statement?
• Which among the following acts are cybercrimes?
• Which among the following is true about 'Collingridge dilemma', which is related to regulation of technology?
• Which among the following are the elements of ethos of science propounded by Robert K. Merton?
• Which of the following are the stages of Information Technology Revolution?
• Which among the following are true about technological revolution?
• Social factors fostering technological development are:
• Who is the author of the book, 'The Rise of the Network Society'?
• The concept of the 'global village' was propounded by:
• John Naisbitt took the idea of to the public.
• The distinction between the processing of knowledge and its communication has been bridged by:
• Alvin Toffler popularized the idea of the information society in which of the following books?
• The information society has been made possible because of:
• Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from…
• Which among the following are true about the concept of the 'public sphere' given by Jurgen Habermas? Choose…
• What are the benefits of genetically modified (GM) crops? Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• According to Jurgen Habermas, which are the different forms of knowledge operating in society? Choose the correct answer…
• Which among the following changes is not coming from the adoption of information and communication technology?
• Who wrote the book 'The Social Control of Technology', which is related to the regulation of emerging technology?
• Which among the following are characteristics of indigenous knowledge? Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• Statement I: Inventions are the wheels on which technology advances. Statement II: Inventions do not affect social or…
• The coming of an Artificial Intelligence society is immediately preceded by:
• Social aggregations that emerge from the Net when enough people carry on public discussions to form webs of…
• The name of the book in which W.F. Ogburn first introduced the hypothesis of 'Cultural Lag' is:
• The disharmony between the rapid growth of technology and the slower transformation of social institutions and beliefs is…
• Assertion A: There is an increasing prevalence of borderless diseases. Reason R: There is an increase in global…
• Serviceable tools were needed to supplement the deficiencies of:
• The distinction of knowledge has been emphasized in the passage through:
• Technological progress is the result of the accumulation of:
• What was the knowledge embodied in the hand axes of the Old Stone Age?
• Archaeologists can detect, in the form of hand axes, a change in:
• Which of the following are the four institutional imperatives of science according to Robert K. Merton?
• According to Pippa Norris, the concept of the digital divide encompasses which three distinct aspects?
• According to Manuel Castells, the Informational Revolution is:
• Arrange the occurrence of the following technological revolutions in chronological order from the earliest to the latest:
• Who is the author of "Private Lives and Public Surveillance"?
• Arrange the following in sequence the development of human communication.
• Match List I (Scientist) with List II (Scientific contribution).
• Match List I (Author) with List II (Book).
• According to R.K. Merton, which of the following constitute the 'ethos of science'?
• Michio Kaku in his three pillars of revolution talks of which of the following?
• Who has systematically undertaken the influence of politics on science in his study of the sociology of science?
• The transformation of time in modern society in the form of 'timelessness' was emphasized by which scholar?
• To protect yourself from a computer hacker, you should turn on a

Sociological Theory 879

• Match the List I (Concept) with List II (Explanation).
• Match the List I with List II.
• Match the List I with List II.
• Match List I with List II.
• Match the thinkers with their concepts.
• Which of the following premises characterize the dramaturgical school of interactionism?
• Marxian Dialectics is based on the ideas of:
• Arrange the following sociological works on 'Post Modernism' in chronological order of their publication.
• Arrange the following sociological works on modernity in a chronological order of their publication.
• Which among the following thinker saw modernity as an 'unfinished project'?
• Phenomenological approach of Alfred Schutz refers to 'life world' as:
• G. H. Mead defines 'I' as the:
• In 'The Elementary Form of Religious Life', Emile Durkheim refutes:
• A social science having as its main focus the study of the social institutions brought into being by…
• K. Manheim states that idea emerge from specific sectors of the social world. Therefore, ideas can be referred…
• What is the chronological sequence of the following writings of C. Levi-Strauss?
• What is the correct chronological sequence of the following books of Anthony Giddens?
• What is the correct chronological sequence of Emile Durkheim's writings?
• Emile Durkheim outlined a classification of societies. Arrange these societies in a proper sequence.
• The sequence of Talcott Parsons' scheme of social evolution is:
• L.T. Hobhouse proposed a classification of societies in terms of "intellectual development." Make a correct sequence of the…
• Match List I with List II.
• Match List I with List II.
• Match List I with List II.
• Match List I with List II.
• Match List I with List II.
• Ethnomethodology is concerned with:
• Which among the following are true according to Karl Mannheim about sociology of knowledge?
• According to B. Malinowski, which among the following are true about culture?
• Who among the following sociologists belong to Frankfurt School of critical theory?
• Functional Approach in sociology appeared as a reaction against
• Who has given the concept of "Time-Space-Distanciation" in context of the globalization and modernity?
• The concept of "Timeless Time" was given by
• "Just as modernization dissolved the structure of feudal society, modernization today is dissolving industrial society and another modernity…
• In which year, Michael Foucault wrote his famous book 'The History of Sexuality'?
• Which book of Durkheim is devoted to a close and careful analysis of primitive religion?
• 'Every society is divided into groupings and strata with distinctive life styles' who said this?
• In which of the following works Marx wrote about "The commodity form"?
• Which of the following is the correct sequence of disciplines according to the hierarchy of sciences?
• What is the chronological sequence of the following writings of Talcott Parsons?
• What is the correct chronological sequence of the publication of the following sociological works?
• Herbert Spencer proposed an evolutionary classification of societies. Choose the correct sequence of the stages of evolution.
• Match List I (theories) with List II (thinkers) and choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• Match List I (thinkers) with List II (theoretical approaches) and choose the correct answer from the options given…
• Match List I (books) with List II (authors) and choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• Match List I (thinkers) with List II (concepts) and choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• Match List I (concepts) with List II (thinkers) and choose the correct answer from the options given below.
• According to Parsons, which among the following are the functional prerequisites of a social system? Choose the correct…

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• Match the List I (Goal of Good Governance) with List II (How e-government can help).
• Match the List I (Book) with List II (Author).
• Match the List I (Authors) with List II (Books).
• 'left-right party divisions reflect the class division in capitalist society'. This view is criticized by T.B. Bottomore on…
• Arrange the following in chronological order of their publication.
• Arrange the following social revolutions in chronological order of their occurance.
• Who refers to two useful concepts in regard to community power structure namely 'power pool' and 'power dispersion'?
• Who has used the term 'polyarchy'?
• A state expressing, in a variable geometry, the aggregate interests of its constituent members is called
• Who has theorized the triumph of capitalist democracy in the Cold War and thus the 'end of history'?
• Who gave examples of developed systems of administration of justice, particularly among African Negroes?
• Who is the author of the book 'Tribe to Empire'?
• Social Justice is justice in terms of the distribution of:
• Who said traditional India did not have a developed socio-cultural foundation for the growth of rational legal authority…
• Who among the following classify mixed types of culture into parochial, subject and participant?
• Who among the following uses the phrase "anti-politics machine"?
• Arrange the following social legislation Acts in chronological sequence.
• Ambedkar founded the following five newspapers at different stages of his political life. Choose the correct sequence from…
• Match List I (social reform movements) with List II (regions) and choose the correct answer from the options…
• Which among the following schemes have had a positive impact on calorie intake, enrolment, attendance and even cognitive…
• Who among the following identifies five main approaches that have been adopted in relation to women and development?
• According to the passage, authority relations are:
• According to the passage, the exercise of authority does NOT involve the exercise of:
• According to the passage, the exercise of authority produces:
• According to the passage, identify the incorrect statement with regard to authority relations:
• According to the passage, select the incorrect statement:
• Match List I (Social Movements) with List II (States) and choose the correct answer:
• Who wrote the book 'The Subjection of Women'?
• Who established the relationship between power, ideology and discourse in relation to modern organizations?
• Which one of the following forms of authority expounded by Max Weber is NOT a form of traditional…
• Assertion A: Contemporary societies experience the phenomenon of ethnic identity assertion. Reason R: The search for self-identity is…
• The classical notion of poverty includes:
• Domestic violence, according to feminist scholars, is related to:
• According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a part of Surajit Sinha's classification of movements?
• According to the passage, who among the following has NOT classified and described social movements in India?
• According to the passage, the reactionary movement tries to launch a movement to:
• According to the passage, who recently published a well-documented review of literature on social movements in India?
• According to the passage, L.K. Mahapatra describes social and tribal movements as:
• Who talks about three dimensions of power: decision making, non-decision making, and shaping desires?
• Feminization of the labour force denotes:
• Statement I: Ambedkar asserted that for the emancipation of scheduled castes, they should come forward and assert for…
• Statement I: Disablism is the term used to describe an ideology that systematically marginalizes and isolates persons with…
• Which of the following facts pertaining to conceptual shifts in the Women in Development (WID) discourse are correct?
• Which of the following facts are correct about the concept of gender?
• Arrange the following social legislations in chronological order on the basis of year of enactment:
• Match List I (Terms) with List II (Meaning) and choose the correct answer:
• The following scholars have written extensively on the relationship between caste and politics in India:
• Match List I (Terminologies) with List II (Used by the theorist) and choose the correct answer:

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