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UGC NET August 2024 Sociology Paper II (23rd Shift 2) — Solved Previous Year Questions

100 previous-year questions from UGC NET August 2024 Sociology Paper II (23rd Shift 2) (UGC NET) — each with the correct answer and a clear explanation. Use it as an answer key, or practise the full paper below.

  1. K. Manheim states that idea emerge from specific sectors of the social world. Therefore, ideas can be referred as: · Ans: A
  2. A social science having as its main focus the study of the social institutions brought into being by the industrial transformations of the past two or three centuries, involving a historical anthropological and critical sensitivity. Who has explained… · Ans: D
  3. In 'The Elementary Form of Religious Life', Emile Durkheim refutes: · Ans: D
  4. G. H. Mead defines 'I' as the: · Ans: A
  5. Phenomenological approach of Alfred Schutz refers to 'life world' as: · Ans: B
  6. Which among the following thinker saw modernity as an 'unfinished project'? · Ans: C
  7. According to Manuel Castells, the rise of the new global informational economy is accompanied with emergence of a new 'network enterprise'. Which among the following is not the characteristics of the network enterprise? · Ans: C
  8. Which among the following is not true about Weber's notion of 'Verstehen'? · Ans: B
  9. Following table presents frequency distribution of weights of 265 male students. What is the Mean of weight of male students? · Ans: B
  10. If the purpose of a research is to test a hypothesis of a causal relationship between variables, which of the following research design is most suitable for such a research study? · Ans: C
  11. The term used to refer to simple counts of the frequencies with which the various categories in each set occur in the data is referred as · Ans: C
  12. The origins of hermeneutics philosophy in the modern age are most appropriately attributed to · Ans: C
  13. The simplest possible measure of dispersion which is defined as the difference between the values of the extreme items of a series is called · Ans: C
  14. If we add 'measurement error' or 'non-sampling error' to 'sampling error', we get · Ans: B
  15. Who is the author of the book 'Tribe to Empire'? · Ans: B
  16. The distinction between 'culture' and 'civilization' can be recognized by distinguishing between 'material' and 'non-material culture'. Who is associated with this? · Ans: C
  17. Who coined the term ethnocentrism? · Ans: A
  18. 'A social structure that organizes the residence and activities of people in physical space', is known as · Ans: B
  19. Who is not the spokesman for cultural determinism? · Ans: C
  20. Who gave examples of developed systems of administration of justice, particularly among African Negroes? · Ans: A
  21. Who argued that urbanism promotes diverse sub cultures rather than submerging everyone within an anonymous mass? · Ans: A
  22. The term refers to movement away from a residential location either within the same country or to another country. · Ans: C
  23. Who among the following is not associated with 'The Chicago School'? · Ans: C
  24. Who is associated with the concept of 'humane city'? · Ans: A
  25. Who has theorized the triumph of capitalist democracy in the Cold War and thus the 'end of history'? · Ans: B
  26. A state expressing, in a variable geometry, the aggregate interests of its constituent members is called · Ans: C
  27. Who has used the term 'polyarchy'? · Ans: A
  28. Who refers to two useful concepts in regard to community power structure namely 'power pool' and 'power dispersion'? · Ans: A
  29. 'Poverty exists because poor people serve useful functions for society'. Who is associated with this statement? · Ans: A
  30. 'Capitalism produces wasted population not just the poor and refuges but huge prison populations and other outsiders.' Who is associated with this statement? · Ans: B
  31. Which among the following is not the characteristics feature of indigenous knowledge? · Ans: C
  32. Which among the following is not correct about consumerism? · Ans: C
  33. Which among the following is not true about the 'International Treaty on Climate Change' - the Kyoto Protocol? · Ans: A
  34. Which among the following is not true about Common Property Resources (CPRs)? · Ans: B
  35. Who is the author of the book 'A Philosophy of NEFA'? · Ans: D
  36. C. Von Furer-Haimendorf studied intensively the family structures and cultural life of Nagas. Which group of Naga did he focus in his study? · Ans: B
  37. 'Technology is socially shaped' - which among the following is not correct about this statement? · Ans: C
  38. Which among the following is not true about the first generation 'cyber crimes'? · Ans: C
  39. Social constructionist theorists reject biological basis for gender differences. According to these theorists- · Ans: A
  40. According to R. K. Mukherjee, Indian culture is very well blended with various religious texts. He emphasises that the spirit of tolerance of diversities is reflected in- · Ans: A
  41. Arrange the following research activities of a research project in a chronological order. · Ans: D
  42. Arrange the following sociological works on modernity in a chronological order of their publication. · Ans: C
  43. Arrange the following sociological works on 'Post Modernism' in chronological order of their publication. · Ans: D
  44. Arrange the following sociological works on social stratification in chronological order of their publication. · Ans: B
  45. Arrange the following social revolutions in chronological order of their occurance. · Ans: C
  46. Arrange the following works on 'gender studies' in chronological order of their publication. · Ans: A
  47. Arrange the following regulations in the chronological order of their year of enactment. · Ans: D
  48. Arrange the following regulations in the chronological order of their year of enactment. · Ans: B
  49. Arrange the following in chronological order of their publication. · Ans: A
  50. Arrange the following works on 'Family and Intimate Relationships' in chronological order. · Ans: D
  51. Marxian Dialectics is based on the ideas of: · Ans: C
  52. Which among the following are correct about Parsons' notion of socialization? · Ans: D
  53. Which of the following premises characterize the dramaturgical school of interactionism? · Ans: D
  54. Which of the following are the characteristics of a good sample design? · Ans: B
  55. Which of the following are the characteristics of an ordinal scale? · Ans: B
  56. Important characteristics of Estates were · Ans: C
  57. In addition to feeding themselves, peasants use the rest of the produce to create three different funds · Ans: C
  58. 'left-right party divisions reflect the class division in capitalist society'. This view is criticized by T.B. Bottomore on which of the following arguments. · Ans: C
  59. Which of the following risks are created by globalization? · Ans: D
  60. According to Neil J. Smelser, the social transformations accompany economic development which can be defined as growth of output per head of population. Which of the following processes are necessary for economic development? · Ans: C
  61. The 'Precariat' is a new class in the making, it consists of those who are unable to gain access to the labour markets which offer secure employment and decent wages. Which of the following are included in this… · Ans: C
  62. Which is not true about 'ecocentric view' to address environmental issues? · Ans: D
  63. Which among the following are correct about genetically modified crops? · Ans: C
  64. In the Tibetan kinship system there is the existence of Fraternal Polyandry. What are the premises of this system? · Ans: C
  65. A man's lineage fellows are literally and figuratively close to him for they are, after all, the brothers who have separated their fields and hearths but who continue to sustain their fraternal allegiance. This ambivalence takes place because: · Ans: D
  66. Which among the following are the characteristics of 'social network groups'? · Ans: D
  67. Which among the following are correct about virtual communities? · Ans: C
  68. The changing material culture is impacted by the: · Ans: D
  69. Ethnic differences have a bearing on social conflict. In order to understand the scale and intensity of conflicts between ethnic groups a number of factors should be taken into account. These factors are- · Ans: B
  70. A Noniya of Benaras, flees from his village and take refuge to his mother's brother or to his wife's brother, when he is in trouble in his home village with the dominant landowners. This is because- · Ans: B
  71. Match the thinkers with their concepts. · Ans: A
  72. Match List I with List II. · Ans: B
  73. Match the List I with List II. · Ans: B
  74. Match the List I with List II. · Ans: A
  75. Match the List I with List II. · Ans: B
  76. Match the List I (System) with List II (Location). · Ans: B
  77. Match the List I (Concept) with List II (Explanation). · Ans: D
  78. Match the List I (Authors) with List II (Books). · Ans: A
  79. Match the List I (Book) with List II (Author). · Ans: C
  80. Match the List I (Book) with List II (Author). · Ans: B
  81. Match the List I (Author) with List II (Book). · Ans: C
  82. Match the List I (Concept) with List II (Author). · Ans: D
  83. Match the List I (Book/Substance) with List II (Author/Discoverer). · Ans: B
  84. Match the List I (Concept) with List II (Explanation). · Ans: A
  85. According to Islami Law match definitions of the term given which refer to different forms of property rights. · Ans: A
  86. Match the List I (Legal) with List II (Judgement Ruling). · Ans: B
  87. Match the List I (Goal of Good Governance) with List II (How e-government can help). · Ans: D
  88. Match the List I (Book) with List II (Thinker). · Ans: A
  89. Match the List I (Type of Society) with List II (Features). · Ans: C
  90. Match the List I (Concept) with List II (Explanation). · Ans: B
  91. The processes of urbanization should not be associated with forces of modernization in metropolitan urban centers- · Ans: A
  92. As growth occurs from primary urbanization to secondary urbanization, in the metropolitan urban centers the traditional literati are transformed into · Ans: C
  93. The Great tradition may become more strong in heterogenetic urbanization as a result of · Ans: C
  94. The notion of modernity is closely associated with · Ans: A
  95. What are the characteristics of sanskritization? · Ans: C
  96. What was the aim of improvement approach in colonial period? · Ans: B
  97. With what the extension work was coupled during colonial period? · Ans: B
  98. How was soil erosion prevented during colonial period? · Ans: C
  99. By whom the strategy of improvement approach was implemented? · Ans: B
  100. In what ways transformation approach to development was different from improvement approach? · Ans: B

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