Extra Thinkers – Solved PYQs of Sociology for UGC NET

1. Who has opined that Indian civilization has a specific ideology whose components are in a binary opposition to that of the West (modern vs traditional, holism vs individualism, hierarchy vs equality, purity vs pollution, status vs power)? (JUNE 2012)

(A) Louis Dumont
(B) David Hardiman
(C) N. K. Bose
(D) G. S. Ghurye

2. Who considers “language as disorderly and unstable” in his concept of ‘Deconstruction’? (JUNE 2012)

(A) Jacques Derrida
(B) Maurice Godelier
(C) Michel Foucault
(D) George Lemert

3. The Weberian model of social stratification has been used in the study of caste by: (JUNE 2012)

(A) S. C. Dube
(B) M. N. Srinivas
(C) T. N. Madan
(D) André Béteille

4. In the context of post-structuralism, who argued that “what takes place on the stage represents what takes place in real life”? (JUNE 2012)

(A) Michel Foucault
(B) Anthony Giddens
(C) Jacques Derrida
(D) Dean

5. According to whose argument is conflict functional because it serves as a safety valve? (JUNE 2012)

(A) Lewis Coser
(B) Karl Marx
(C) Ralf Dahrendorf
(D) Max Gluckman

6. Which of the following does NOT represent Dahrendorf’s theory of conflict? (JUNE 2012)

(A) Social change is ubiquitous
(B) Conflict may be latent or manifest
(C) Every society experiences conflict
(D) Economic inequality is the sole source of conflict

7. Who emphasized the positive functions of conflict in society? (JUNE 2012)

(A) Lewis A. Coser
(B) Karl Marx
(C) Max Weber
(D) Emile Durkheim

8. The concept of social capillarity in population studies was used by: (DEC 2012)

(A) Thomas Malthus
(B) Herbert Spencer
(C) David Hardiman
(D) Louis Dumont

9. Who is a proponent of the dialectical approach to the study of Indian society? (JUNE 2013)

(A) M. N. Srinivas
(B) D. P. Mukherjee
(C) André Béteille
(D) Y. B. Damle

10. In defining nationalism, A. R. Desai was influenced by: (JUNE 2013)

(A) S. M. Lipset
(B) E. H. Carr
(C) Max Weber
(D) Louis Althusser

11. Which statement is incorrect regarding D. P. Mukherjee? (JUNE 2013)

(A) He uses a dialectical approach
(B) He combines Marx, Dilthey and Vedanta
(C) He classified traditions into three types
(D) Modernity can be understood independent of tradition

12. Who used the dialectical approach to study Indian society? (JUNE 2013)

(A) M. N. Srinivas
(B) D. P. Mukherjee
(C) André Béteille
(D) Y. B. Damle

13. A. R. Desai identified factors responsible for the rise of Indian nationalism. Which set is correct? (DEC 2013)

(i) British economic policies
(ii) Means of communication
(iii) National reform movements
(iv) Print media
(v) Modern secular education
(vi) Electronic media

(A) (i), (ii), (iii) & (vi)
(B) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v)
(C) (i), (iii), (iv) & (vi)
(D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) & (vi)

14. The idea of “imperatively coordinated associations” was given by: (JUNE 2014)

(A) Karl Marx
(B) Max Weber
(C) Lewis Coser
(D) Ralf Dahrendorf

15. Which theory states that people are motivated by self-interest in social interactions? (JUNE 2014)

(A) Conflict theory
(B) Exchange theory
(C) Interaction theory
(D) Structural theory

16. Who distinguished between ‘realistic’ and ‘non-realistic’ conflict? (DEC 2014)

(A) Karl Marx
(B) Lewis A. Coser
(C) George Simmel
(D) Ralf Dahrendorf

17. Who argued that social change in India must be studied through its traditions? (DEC 2014)

(A) A. K. Saran
(B) D. P. Mukherjee
(C) A. R. Desai
(D) M. N. Srinivas

18. Jacques Derrida reduced language to: (DEC 2014)

(A) Writing that constrains subjects
(B) Writing that does not constrain subjects
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above