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Classical Sociological Traditions
(Sociological Theory)
UGC NET Sociology (UNIT 1)
Solved PYQs
Emile Durkheim
1. Emile Durkheim defines society as (JUNE 2012)
(A) Community of ideas
(B) Homogeneous community
(C) Moral community
(D) Ethical community
Answer: C
2. According to Durkheim, religion consists in the distinction between (JUNE 2012)
(A) The sacred and the secular
(B) The pure and the impure
(C) The sacred and the profane
(D) The gods and the ghosts
Answer: C
3. Which of the following statements represents the functional theory of Emile Durkheim? (JUNE 2012)
(A) Society does not necessarily go through the fixed stages of development
(B) A whole is not identical to the sum of its parts
(C) Social phenomena can be reduced to individuals phenomena
(D) Collective will emanate from human will
Answer: B
4. According to Durkheim, the nature law is (JUNE 2012)
(A) Repressive
(B) Restitutive
(C) Normative
(D) Formal
Answer: B
5. According to whom “Societies characterized by too much or too little regulation or integration will have high suicide rates”? (JUNE 2012)
(A) Parsons
(B) Weber
(C) Durkheim
(D) Merton
Answer: C
6. Who has argued that ‘punishment is a social reaction to crime, it serves not simply the functions of retribution for the criminal and general deterrence of crime but also maintaining the objection to criminal activity’? (JUNE 2012)
(A) Merton
(B) Parsons
(C) Durkheim
(D) Coser
Answer: C
7. Match the items in List-I with the items in List-II and choose the Correct Answer from the codes given below: (JUNE 2012)
List-I
(i) Herbert Spencer
(ii) Emile Durkheim
(iii) Vilfredo Pareto
(iv) Karl Marx
(v) Max Weber
List-II
(a) Organic solidarity
(b) Religious Ethic
(c) Mode of Production
(d) Social evolution
Codes:
(A) a-i, b-iii, c-iv, d-ii
(B) a-ii, b-i, c-v, d-iii
(C) a-v, b-iii, c-iv, d-i
(D) a-ii, b-v, c-iv, d-i
Answer: D
8. Match the List-I with List-II given below: (JUNE 2012)
List-I (Theories)
(a) Labelling Theory
(b) Imitation Theory
(c) Delinquent Sub-culture Theory
(d) Theory of Suicide
List-II (Thinkers)
(i) Tarde
(ii) Becker
(iii) Durkheim
(iv) Cohen
Codes:
(A) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-ii
(B) a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii
(C) a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i
(D) a-iii, b-iv, c-ii, d-i
Answer: B
9. Match List-I with List-II and mark the Correct Answer from the codes given below the lists: (DEC 2012)
List-I (Authors)
(a) Sorokin
(b) Dahrendorf
(c) Spencer
(d) Durkheim
List-II (Change Perspective)
(i) Structural/functional
(ii) Cyclical
(iii) Dialectical
(iv) Evolutionary
Codes:
(A) a-II, b-III, c-IV, d-I
(B) a-I, b-III, c-II, d-IV
(C) a-II, b-IV, c-I, d-III
(D) a-III, b-I, c-II, d-IV
Answer: C
10. Durkheim’s study of suicide helps us to understand (DEC 2012)
(a) Society’s hold over the Individual
(b) Individual’s hold on the society
(c) Suicide rates of various societies
(d) Degree of social integration of a society
Codes:
(A) (b) and (c)
(B) (a) and (b)
(C) (a) and (d)
(D) (b) and (d)
11. Durkheim considered animism as: (DEC 2012)
(a) Soul worship
(b) The belief that events in the world are mobilized by the activities of spirit.
(c) The belief in worshipping the animals.
(d) The belief in worshipping the natural objects.
Codes:
(A) (a) and (b)
(B) (a) and (d)
(C) (b) and (c)
(D) (b) and (d)
Answer: A
12. Death resulting out of failure in love affair is an example of (DEC 2012)
(A) Fatalistic suicide
(B) Egoistic suicide
(C) Altruistic suicide
(D) Anomic suicide
Answer: D
13. Who defined religion in terms of a distinction between the sacred and the profane? (JUNE 2013)
(A) B. Malinowski
(B) C. Levi Strauss
(C) A.R. Radcliffe Brown
(D) E. Durkheim
Answer: D
14. Who among the following describes society as ‘sui generis’? (JUNE 2013)
(A) Radcliffe Brown
(B) Malinowski
(C) E. Durkheim
(D) R. Benedict
Answer: C
15. Assertion (A): According to Durkheim education perpetuates and reinforces homogeneity in society among its members.
Reason (R): Schools inculcate society’s norms and values providing link between individual and society. (DEC 2013)
(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