Post Modernism, Post Structuralism and Post Colonialism – UGC NET Solved PYQs of Sociology

Edward Said

1. What was a key theoretical promise in Edward Said’s discussion on Orientalism? (JUNE 2023)

(a) Archaeology of knowledge
(b) Archaeology of residence
(c) Archaeology of marriage
(d) Archaeology of power
(e) Archaeology of relationships

Choose the Correct Answer from the options given below:
(A) (a) and (b) only
(B) (b) and (c) only
(C) (c) and (d) only
(D) (a) and (d) only

Pierre Bourdieu

1. Pierre Bourdieu’s theoretical perspective makes use of the concept of capital. Which of the following is not a part of this concept? (JAN 2017)

(A) Economic Capital
(B) Political Capital
(C) Social Capital
(D) Cultural Capital

2. Who has authored the work Distinction (1981)? (JUNE 2019)

(A) Anthony Giddens
(B) Pierre Bourdieu
(C) C. Geertz
(D) Jürgen Habermas

3. Who said that “the habitus is the product of past experiences, but it always transmits their experiences in an active creative fashion”? (JUNE 2019)

(A) H. Garfinkel
(B) A. Giddens
(C) E. Leach
(D) P. Bourdieu

4. The concept of Habitus as a basis for a cultural approach to structural inequality with a focus on the embodiment of cultural representation in human habits and routines was originally used by: (JUNE 2021)

(A) Pierre Bourdieu
(B) Norbert Elias
(C) Anthony Giddens
(D) Richard Jenkins

5. The most systematic general theory of cultural reproduction is given by: (JUNE 2022)

(A) Karl Mannheim
(B) Pierre Bourdieu
(C) Auguste Comte
(D) Émile Durkheim

6. The concept of “habitus” deals with: (JUNE 2022)

(A) Social status of the individuals
(B) Psychological orientations of the individuals
(C) Behavioral dispositions of the individuals
(D) Economic situation of the individuals

7. Match the List-I with List-II. (JUNE 2022)

List-I (Thinkers)
(a) Alfred Schutz
(b) Erving Goffman
(c) Jürgen Habermas
(d) Pierre Bourdieu

List-II (Concepts)
(i) Stigma
(ii) Field
(iii) Recipe
(iv) Communicative Action

Choose the Correct Answer from the options given below:
(A) a-(i), b-(iii), c-(ii), d-(iv)
(B) a-(iv), b-(i), c-(iii), d-(ii)
(C) a-(iii), b-(i), c-(iv), d-(ii)
(D) a-(ii), b-(iv), c-(iii), d-(i)