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1. 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 (Ideas)
(a) Geometric growth of population and arithmetic growth of food supply
(b) Diet Theory
(c) Optimum Population Theory
(d) Social Capillarity
List-II (Authors)
(i) Doubleday
(ii) Herbert Spencer
(iii) Dalton
(iv) Dumont
(v) Thomas Malthus
Codes:
(A) a-i, b-ii, c-iv, d-iii
(B) a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i
(C) a-v, b-i, c-iii, d-iv
(D) a-iii, b-iv, c-i, d-v
2. Who has indicated diversities of Indian culture and contributed the book “Diversities”? (JUNE 2012)
(A) R.K. Mukherjee
(B) D.P. Mukherjee
(C) G.S. Ghurye
(D) S.C. Dube
3. Match List-I with List-II. (JUNE 2012)
List-I (Authors)
(a) B.R. Virmani
(b) S.R. Parker and R.K. Brown et al.
(c) E.V. Schneider
(d) Paul Blumberg
List-II (Books)
(i) Sociology of Industry
(ii) Workers’ Participation in Management
(iii) Industrial Democracy
(iv) Industrial Sociology
Codes:
(A) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
(B) a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii
(C) a-i, b-iii, c-i, d-iv
(D) a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i
4. The following thinkers have contributed to the study of population. Arrange them in chronological order. (JUNE 2012)
I. Thomas Malthus
II. Warren S. Thompson
III. Kingsley Davis
Codes:
(A) I, II, III
(B) I, III, II
(C) II, III, I
(D) I, II, IV, III
5. The term ‘White-Collar Crime’ was first introduced by: (JUNE 2012)
(A) C. Barnes
(B) E. Sutherland
(C) A. Cohen
(D) E. Durkheim
6. Match List-I with List-II. (JUNE 2012)
List-I (Theories of Gender Relations)
(a) Liberal
(b) Radical
(c) Socialist
(d) Postmodernist
List-II (Thinkers)
(i) Cixous, Irigaray
(ii) Clara Zetkin
(iii) Kate Millet, Mary Daly
(iv) Mary Wollstonecraft, Betty Friedan
Codes:
(A) a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii
(B) a-iii, b-iv, c-i, d-ii
(C) a-iv, b-i, c-iii, d-ii
(D) a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i
7. Who has written the work “The Social Construction of Reality”? (JUNE 2012)
(A) Peter L. Berger
(B) Thomas Luckmann
(C) Both A and B
(D) None of the above
8. Who has written the book “Theoretical Logic in Sociology”? (JUNE 2012)
(A) N.J. Smelser
(B) J.C. Alexander
(C) Paul Colomy
(D) Bernhard Giesen
9. Who has edited the voluminous work “People of India”? (JUNE 2012)
(A) G.S. Ghurye
(B) S.C. Dube
(C) Yogendra Singh
(D) K.S. Singh
10. Match the items in List-I with List-II. (DEC 2012)
List-I (Books)
(a) Sociology of Environment
(b) Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Survival in India
(c) The Third Wave
(d) Modernization, Protest and Change
List-II (Authors)
(i) S.N. Pawar & R.B. Patil
(ii) Alvin Toffler
(iii) Vandana Shiva
(iv) S.N. Eisenstadt
Codes:
(A) a-ii, b-i, c-iii, d-iv
(B) a-iv, b-i, c-ii, d-iii
(C) a-i, b-iii, c-ii, d-iv
(D) a-iii, b-ii, c-i, d-iv
11. Match the authors with the books. (DEC 2012)
List-I (Authors)
(a) A. Cohen
(b) R.E. Dobash and R.P. Dobash
(c) C.B. Gardner
(d) F. Heidensohn
List-II (Books)
(i) Women and Crime
(ii) Gender and Public Harassment
(iii) Women, Violence and Social Change
(iv) Delinquent Boys
Codes:
(A) a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i
(B) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
(C) a-iv, b-i, c-ii, d-iii
(D) a-iii, b-ii, c-iv, d-i
12. Who propounded the Theory of Differential Association? (DEC 2012)
(A) R.K. Merton
(B) R.H. Burke
(C) G. Tarde
(D) E.H. Sutherland
13. Match the authors with their books. (DEC 2012)
List-I (Authors)
(a) P. Carlen
(b) P. Walton and J. Young
(c) D. Clark
(d) R. Cloward and L. Ohlin
List-II (Books)
(i) Women’s Imprisonment: A Study in Social Control
(ii) The New Criminology Revisited
(iii) The Sociology of Death
(iv) Delinquency and Opportunity
Codes:
(A) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
(B) a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i
(C) a-ii, b-i, c-iii, d-iv
(D) a-iii, b-ii, c-iv, d-i
14. Who is the author of “Essay on the Principle of Population”? (DEC 2012)
(A) G. Marshall
(B) M.K. Premi
(C) T. Malthus
(D) Peter R. Cox
15. Match the feminists with their books. (DEC 2012)
List-I (Feminists)
(a) Simone de Beauvoir
(b) Mary Wollstonecraft
(c) Sulamith Firestone
(d) Juliet Mitchell
List-II (Books)
(i) The Dialectic of Sex
(ii) Women’s Estate
(iii) The Second Sex
(iv) The Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Codes:
(A) a-iii, b-iv, c-i, d-ii
(B) a-iii, b-i, c-iv, d-ii
(C) a-i, b-iii, c-ii, d-iv
(D) a-ii, b-i, c-iii, d-iv
16. The term ‘Reference Group’ was first introduced by: (DEC 2012)
(A) Hyman
(B) Merton
(C) Srinivas
(D) Cooley
17. Who is said to have deconstructed language and social institutions? (DEC 2012)
(A) Derrida
(B) Godelier
(C) Foucault
(D) Smith
18. Who argued that classes should be defined as imperatively coordinated associations? (JUNE 2013)
(A) M. Weber
(B) K. Marx
(C) R. Dahrendorf
(D) R. Collins
19. For R. Dahrendorf, a post-capitalist society is characterized by: (JUNE 2013)
(i) Decomposition of capital
(ii) Differentiation of labour
(iii) Diamond-like class structure
(iv) Regulation and institutionalization of conflict
(A) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(B) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(C) (i), (ii) and (iv)
(D) (i), (iii) and (iv)
20. The view that authority relations are the main cause of social conflict was held by: (JUNE 2013)
(A) M. Weber
(B) K. Marx
(C) R. Collins
(D) R. Dahrendorf
21. Arrange the processes explained by Peter Berger in logical order. (JUNE 2013)
(A) Habitualization → Institutionalization → Legitimation → Externalization
(B) Institutionalization → Legitimation → Externalization → Habitualization
(C) Habitualization → Legitimation → Externalization → Institutionalization
(D) Legitimation → Institutionalization → Habitualization → Externalization
22. Who is associated with the concept of Risk Society? (JUNE 2013)
(A) H.S. Becker
(B) Ulrich Beck
(C) Daniel Bell
(D) Susan Baker
23. Who is the author of “Tribal Movements in India”? (JUNE 2013)
(A) M.S.A. Rao
(B) Ghanshyam Shah
(C) K.S. Singh
(D) S. Fuchs
24. The term ‘Sociological Imagination’ was coined by: (DEC 2013)
(A) Talcott Parsons
(B) Max Weber
(C) C. Wright Mills
(D) Robert K. Merton
25. Stages of socialization was proposed by the cognitive-development related theorist. (DEC 2013)
(A) H. Mead
(B) S. Freud
(C) C.H. Cooley
(D) J. Piaget
26. E. Sutherland founded the theory of: (DEC 2013)
(A) Blue-collar crime
(B) Crime by dacoits
(C) White-collar crime
(D) Cyber-crime
27. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2013)
List-I (Authors)
(a) V. Pareto
(b) G. Mosca
(c) R. Michels
(d) S. Lukes
List-II (Terms)
(i) The Ruling Class
(ii) The Non-governing Elite
(iii) The Iron Law of Oligarchy
(iv) The Three-Dimensional View
Codes:
(A) a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i
(B) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
(C) a-ii, b-i, c-iii, d-iv
(D) a-ii, b-iv, c-i, d-iii
28. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2013)
List-I (Books)
(a) De-schooling Society
(b) The Politics of Family
(c) Anti-social Family
(d) Schooling in Capitalist America
List-II (Authors)
(i) R.D. Laing
(ii) S. Bowles and H. Gintis
(iii) Ivan Illich
(iv) M. Barrett and M. McIntosh
Codes:
(A) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
(B) a-iv, b-i, c-ii, d-iii
(C) a-iii, b-i, c-iv, d-ii
(D) a-ii, b-i, c-iii, d-iv
29. In which book did Mannheim propound the idea of Sociology of Knowledge? (DEC 2013)
(A) The End of Ideology
(B) The End of History
(C) Ideology and Utopia
(D) The German Ideology
30. Who among the following analysts of social change used the term ‘rentiers and speculators’? (DEC 2013)
(A) T. Veblen
(B) K. Marx
(C) V. Pareto
(D) A.J. Toynbee
31. Who among the following analysts of social change used the term ‘rentiers and speculators’? (DEC 2013)
(A) T. Veblen
(B) K. Marx
(C) V. Pareto
(D) A.J. Toynbee
32. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2013)
List-I (Authors)
(a) J. Derrida
(b) M. Foucault
(c) H. Garfinkel
List-II (Concepts)
(1) Episteme
(2) Indexicality
(3) Ethnomethodology
(4) Logocentrism
Codes:
(A) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
(B) a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
(C) a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
(D) a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
33. “The Clash of Civilizations” thesis was proposed by whom? (DEC 2013)
(A) J.S. Mill
(B) Max Weber
(C) Samuel P. Huntington
(D) Emile Durkheim
34. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2013)
List-I (Books)
(a) The Postmodern Condition
(b) Writing and Difference
(c) Postmodernism or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
(d) The Archaeology of Knowledge and the Discourse on Language
List-II (Authors)
(I) J. Derrida
(II) J.F. Lyotard
(III) F. Jameson
(IV) M. Foucault
Codes:
(A) a-II, b-III, c-I, d-IV
(B) a-III, b-I, c-II, d-IV
(C) a-II, b-I, c-III, d-IV
(D) a-I, b-II, c-III, d-IV
35. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2013)
List-I (Major Thought)
(a) Resources set the limits of population growth
(b) Human beings are the ultimate resource
(c) Contraceptive is best development
(d) Population regulation is essential for improving people’s life
List-II (Person)
(1) Julian L. Simon
(2) T.R. Malthus
(3) Plato
(4) Karan Singh
Codes:
(A) a-1, b-4, c-3, d-2
(B) a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
(C) a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3
(D) a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4
36. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2013)
List-I (Authors)
(a) P. Berger and T. Luckmann
(b) A. Schutz
(c) H. Garfinkel
(d) P. Berger
List-II (Books)
(1) The Problem of Social Reality
(2) Studies in Ethnomethodology
(3) The Sacred Canopy
(4) The Social Construction of Reality
Codes:
(A) a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
(B) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
(C) a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2
(D) a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4
37. Which branch of feminism views the state as a system recreating male domination? (DEC 2013)
(A) Liberal Feminists
(B) Radical Feminists
(C) Marxist Feminists
(D) Eco-feminists
38. Who has NOT discussed the social aspects of automation? (DEC 2013)
(A) R. Blauner
(B) S. Mallet
(C) T. Bottomore
(D) D. Gallie
39. Who introduced the term ‘Post-Industrial Society’? (DEC 2013)
(A) J. Burnham
(B) J.K. Galbraith
(C) Daniel Bell
(D) R. Dahrendorf
40. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2013)
List-I (Books)
(a) Social Class and Stratification
(b) The Power Elite
(c) Class, City and Power
(d) Class in Modern Society
List-II (Authors)
(i) T. Bottomore
(ii) M. Castells
(iii) C.W. Mills
(iv) P. Saunders
Codes:
(A) a-i, b-iv, 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-ii, c-i, d-iv
41. Match List-I with List-II. (JUNE 2014)
List-I
(a) J.W.B. Douglas
(b) D.H. Hargreaves
(c) S. Bowles and H. Gintis
(d) Ivan Illich
List-II
(i) Knowledge and Control
(ii) Deviance in Classrooms
(iii) Schooling in Capitalist America
(iv) Deschooling Society
Codes:
(A) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
(B) a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i
(C) a-ii, b-i, c-iii, d-iv
(D) a-iii, b-iv, c-i, d-ii
42. Match List-I with List-II. (JUNE 2014)
List-I
(a) G. Homans
(b) Cartwright
(c) M.S. Olmsted
(d) R.H. Turner
List-II
(i) The Small Group
(ii) Collective Behaviour
(iii) Group Dynamics
(iv) The Human Group
Codes:
(A) a-iii, b-iv, c-ii, d-i
(B) a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii
(C) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
(D) a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii
43. “An Outline of Social Psychology” was written by: (JUNE 2014)
(A) C.H. Cooley
(B) Sigmund Freud
(C) Muzafer Sherif
(D) G.H. Mead
44. Who suggested that conflict has a functional importance in society? (JUNE 2014)
(A) Karl Marx
(B) Lewis Coser
(C) Ralf Dahrendorf
(D) Randall Collins
45. Match List-I with List-II. (JUNE 2014)
List-I
(a) Dependence and exploitation in work and marriage
(b) The future of marriage
(c) The death of the family
(d) The family and marriage in Britain
List-II
(i) D.L. Banker
(ii) J. Bernard
(iii) D. Cooper
(iv) R. Fletcher
Codes:
(A) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
(B) a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i
(C) a-ii, b-i, c-iii, d-iv
(D) a-iii, b-iv, c-i, d-ii
46. Who propounded that “primary groups are the nursery of human nature”? (JUNE 2014)
(A) Charles H. Cooley
(B) George Herbert Mead
(C) Ralf Dahrendorf
(D) Karl Marx
47. Who authored the book Society in India? (JUNE 2014)
(A) A.P. Barnabas
(B) Andre Beteille
(C) Kingsley Davis
(D) David G. Mandelbaum
48. “The Social Construction of Reality” was authored by: (JUNE 2014)
(A) Peter Berger
(B) Brigette Berger and Peter Berger
(C) Peter Berger and T. Luckmann
(D) Niklas Luhmann
49. Who authored the book The Ultimate Resource? (JUNE 2014)
(A) Paul Ehrlich
(B) Julian Simon
(C) Frank Notestein
(D) Kingsley Davis
50. Who gave the concept of ‘Born Criminal’? (JUNE 2014)
(A) Sutherland
(B) Lombroso
(C) Tarde
(D) Gillin
51. Match List-I with List-II. (JUNE 2014)
List-I
(a) Delinquency and Opportunity
(b) Sociology of Deviant Behaviour
(c) Social Inequality
(d) Deviance and Society
List-II
(1) Cloward and Ohlin
(2) Clinard
(3) Andre Beteille
(4) Taylor
Codes:
(A) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
(B) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
(C) a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
(D) a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
52. Who authored Class and Class Conflict in Industrial Society? (JUNE 2014)
(A) Karl Marx
(B) R. Dahrendorf
(C) Max Weber
(D) R.K. Merton
53. Who authored the book Social Deviance in India? (JUNE 2014)
(A) Sushil Chandra
(B) M.Z. Khan
(C) S.P. Srivastava
(D) R. Ahuja
54. Match List-I with List-II. (JUNE 2014)
List-I
(a) M.B. Clinard
(b) R.A. Cloward and L.E. Ohlin
(c) A.K. Cohen
(d) J. Bowlby
List-II
(1) Sociology of Deviant Behaviour
(2) Delinquency and Opportunity
(3) Delinquent Boys
(4) Forty-four Juvenile Thieves
Codes:
(A) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
(B) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
(C) a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
(D) a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
55. Who argued that Merton failed to account for non-utilitarian crimes? (JUNE 2014)
(A) W.B. Miller
(B) Albert K. Cohen
(C) R.A. Cloward
(D) L.E. Ohlin
56. In its mature form, the Demographic Transition Theory is associated with: (JUNE 2014)
(A) Kingsley Davis
(B) Frank Notestein
(C) Thomas Malthus
(D) W.W. Rostow
57. Who authored Social Mobility in Industrial Society? (JUNE 2014)
(A) S.M. Lipset and R. Bendix
(B) R.K. Merton
(C) P.L. Berger
(D) R. Bendix
58. Who discussed the ‘Techniques of Neutralization’? (JUNE 2014)
(A) A.K. Cohen
(B) E.H. Sutherland
(C) D. Matza and G. Sykes
(D) W.B. Miller
59. Who first suggested studying the rural–urban continuum? (JUNE 2014)
(A) Sorokin and Zimmerman
(B) Robert Redfield
(C) McKim Marriott
(D) G.S. Ghurye
60. Match List-I with List-II. (JUNE 2014)
List-I
(a) Crime and Personality
(b) Human Deviance, Social Problems and Social Control
(c) Delinquency and Drift
(d) Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas
List-II
(1) H. Eysenck
(2) E.M. Lemert
(3) D. Matza
(4) C.R. Shaw and H.D. McKay
Codes:
(A) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
(B) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
(C) a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
(D) a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1
61. Who authored the book More Equality? (JUNE 2014)
(A) Herbert J. Gans
(B) J.C. Kincaid
(C) Amartya Sen
(D) André Gorz
62. Who wrote The Death of the Family? (DEC 2014)
(A) E. Leach
(B) D. Cooper
(C) W.J. Goode
(D) G.P. Murdock
63. Who authored Deschooling Society? (DEC 2014)
(A) K. Davis and W.E. Moore
(B) R. Collins
(C) Ivan Illich
(D) S. Bowles and H. Gintis
64. Which Indian sociologist is known for writings on the ‘Sociology of Values’? (DEC 2014)
(A) G.S. Ghurye
(B) Radha Kamal Mukherjee
(C) D.P. Mukherjee
(D) A.K. Saran
65. Who among the following sociologists does not belong to the French School of Sociology? (DEC 2014)
(A) Auguste Comte
(B) Emile Durkheim
(C) Charles Montesquieu
(D) V. Pareto
66. Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer. (DEC 2014)
List-I
(a) Ramkrishna Mukherjee
(b) Yogendra Singh
(c) D.N. Dhanagare
(d) B.S. Cohen
List-II
(1) Ideology and Theory in Indian Sociology
(2) Sociology of Indian Sociology
(3) An Anthropologist among Historians and Other Essays
(4) Themes and Perspectives in Indian Sociology
Codes:
(A) 2, 3, 4, 1
(B) 1, 2, 4, 3
(C) 2, 1, 4, 3
(D) 4, 3, 1, 2
67. Who is the author of the book Ethnic Plurality in India? (DEC 2014)
(A) R.A. Schermerhorn
(B) M.N. Srinivas
(C) Robert Bierstedt
(D) A.R. Desai
68. Which book celebrated 50 years of publication and remained a classic on Tradition and Modernity in India? (DEC 2014)
(A) Social Change in Modern India
(B) Caste, Class and Power
(C) Village India
(D) Modernization of Indian Traditions
69. In The Social Reality of Religion, who argued for a methodologically atheist stance? (DEC 2014)
(A) Peter Berger
(B) Alfred Schutz
(C) Thomas Luckmann
(D) None of the above
70. The term ‘Sons of the Soil’ was coined by: (DEC 2014)
(A) Myron Weiner
(B) D.J. Bogue
(C) M.N. Srinivas
(D) A. Chandrasekhar
71. Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer. (DEC 2014)
List-I
(a) Hazel Henderson
(b) Malcolm Waters
(c) Satish Deshpande
(d) A.R. Desai
List-II
(1) Globalization
(2) Contemporary India: A Sociological View
(3) Beyond Globalization: Shaping a Sustainable Global Economy
(4) Social Background of Indian Nationalism
Codes:
(A) 4, 2, 1, 1
(B) 4, 3, 2, 1
(C) 3, 1, 2, 4
(D) 2, 3, 1, 4
72. Who wrote Natural and Political Observations on the Bills of Mortality? (DEC 2014)
(A) A. Guillard
(B) Warren Thompson
(C) John Graunt
(D) Frank Notestein
73. Who stated that sociology in India stands at the confluence of Indology and Sociology? (DEC 2014)
(A) F.G. Bailey
(B) Louis Dumont
(C) Yogendra Singh
(D) M.N. Roy
74. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2014)
List-I (Authors)
(a) Simone de Beauvoir
(b) Ann Oakley
(c) Shulamith Firestone
(d) Judith Butler
List-II (Books)
(1) Sex, Gender and Society
(2) The Second Sex
(3) Gender Trouble
(4) The Dialectic of Sex
Codes:
(A) 1, 4, 3, 2
(B) 4, 2, 1, 3
(C) 3, 2, 1, 4
(D) 2, 1, 4, 3
75. Who opined that a scientific-empirical study of Indian society is not possible? (DEC 2014)
(A) Ram Krishna Mukherjee
(B) D.P. Mukherjee
(C) A.K. Saran
(D) S.C. Dube
76. Who gave the concept of ‘Born Criminal’? (DEC 2014)
(A) C. Lombroso
(B) E.H. Sutherland
(C) E. Durkheim
(D) G. Tarde
77. Who defined patriarchy as a set of social relations among men enabling domination over women? (DEC 2014)
(A) Esther Boserup
(B) Sandra Harding
(C) Heidi Hartmann
(D) Nancy Hartsock
78. Who studied the Indian National Movement using a Marxian perspective? (DEC 2014)
(A) Ram Krishna Mukherjee
(B) A.R. Desai
(C) Bipin Chandra
(D) D.N. Dhanagare
79. Who propounded the theory of evolution? (JUNE 2015)
(A) G.W.F. Hegel
(B) Karl Mannheim
(C) Auguste Comte
(D) Karl Marx
80. Who authored The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State? (JUNE 2015)
(A) Friedrich Engels
(B) Karl Marx
(C) G.P. Morgan
(D) L.T. Hobhouse
81. Who wrote World Revolution and Family Patterns? (JUNE 2015)
(A) G.P. Murdock
(B) William J. Goode
(C) Claude Lévi-Strauss
(D) R.H. Lowie
82. Who said that embracing all phenomena connected with human life leads to a ‘will-o-the-wisp’? (JUNE 2015)
(A) Auguste Comte
(B) Herbert Spencer
(C) Georg Simmel
(D) Emile Durkheim
83. Who wrote Peasant Life in India? (JUNE 2015)
(A) N.K. Bose
(B) D.P. Mukherjee
(C) Surjit Sinha
(D) David Hardiman
84. Who wrote The Passing of Traditional Society? (JUNE 2015)
(A) M.N. Srinivas
(B) Daniel Lerner
(C) Daniel Thorner
(D) Alex Inkeles
85. Match List-I with List-II. (JUNE 2015)
List-I (Authors)
(a) Kingsley Davis
(b) J.C. Caldwell
(c) Louis Dumont
(d) R. Hill, K. Back and M.J. Stycos
List-II (Theories)
(1) Social Capillarity Theory
(2) Social Structure and Fertility
(3) Interaction Model
(4) Wealth Flow Theory
Codes:
(A) a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
(B) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
(C) a-4, b-2, c-3, d-1
(D) a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4
86. Who authored Tribe, Caste and Nation? (JUNE 2015)
(A) R. Nesfield
(B) F.G. Bailey
(C) L.P. Vidyarthi
(D) Baden-Powell
87. Who argued that Third World problems arose from colonial and trade dominance? (JUNE 2015)
(A) Samir Amin
(B) Rostow
(C) Frank
(D) Schumpeter
88. Who studied the modernizing effects of higher education in India? (JUNE 2015)
(A) A.R. Desai
(B) Yogendra Singh
(C) S.L. Sharma
(D) I.P. Desai
89. The term ‘BIMARU states’ was coined by: (JUNE 2015)
(A) K. Srinivasan
(B) J.R. Rele
(C) Ashish Bose
(D) S. Chandrasekhar
90. Who authored The Antinomies of Classical Thought? (JUNE 2015)
(A) Raymond Aron
(B) Jürgen Habermas
(C) Louis Althusser
(D) Jeffrey Alexander
91. Who wrote Phenomenology of Mind? (JUNE 2015)
(A) Karl Marx
(B) G.W.F. Hegel
(C) Peter Berger
(D) Thomas Luckmann
92. Who argued that global economy developed through ‘colonization’ and ‘housewifization’? (JUNE 2015)
(A) Maria Mies
(B) Schumpeter
(C) Neera Desai
(D) Rosemary Pringle
93. Who edited Peasants and Peasant Societies? (JUNE 2015)
(A) Eric Wolf
(B) T. Shanin
(C) Daniel Thorner
(D) McKim Marriott
94. Match List-I with List-II. (JUNE 2015)
List-I
(a) Folk–Peasant–Urban continuum
(b) Tribal–Peasant continuum
(c) Peasant struggles
(d) Peasant insurgency
List-II
(1) Ranjit Guha
(2) A.R. Desai
(3) Robert Redfield
(4) Surjit Sinha
(5) David Hardiman
Codes:
(A) a-4, b-3, c-5, d-1
(B) a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
(C) a-5, b-3, c-1, d-4
(D) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-5
95. Who used a historical-Marxian approach to study rural Indian society? (JUNE 2015)
(A) M.N. Srinivas
(B) S.C. Dube
(C) Ram Krishna Mukherjee
(D) Yogendra Singh
96. Who concluded that rural Indian society was neither static nor egalitarian? (JUNE 2015)
(A) N.K. Bose
(B) Andre Béteille
(C) Ram Krishna Mukherjee
(D) D.N. Dhanagare
97. Who used the term ‘underdevelopment’ instead of ‘undeveloped’? (JUNE 2015)
(A) Frank
(B) Samir Amin
(C) Schumpeter
(D) Gunnar Myrdal
98. Who identified capitalist mode of production in Indian agriculture? (JUNE 2015)
(A) T.K. Oommen
(B) Utsa Patnaik
(C) Andre Béteille
(D) D.N. Dhanagare
99. Who argued that agrarian movements are based on psychological perceptions of inequality? (JUNE 2015)
(A) Kathleen Gough
(B) D.N. Dhanagare
(C) K.C. Alexander
(D) K.L. Ganguli
100. Who classified economic growth into five stages? (JUNE 2015)
(A) Walt Rostow
(B) Max Weber
(C) Karl Marx
(D) A.G. Frank
101. Whose research marked a break from colonial and nationalist elite historiography? (JUNE 2015)
(A) A.R. Desai
(B) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) David Hardiman
(D) Surjit Sinha
102. Who said “the overthrow of mother-right was the world historic defeat of the female sex”? (DEC 2015)
(A) Jean-Paul Sartre
(B) Nancy Chodorow
(C) Adam Smith
(D) Friedrich Engels
103. The concept of ‘positivism’ was coined by: (DEC 2015)
(A) Karl Marx
(B) C.H. Cooley
(C) Auguste Comte
(D) Emile Durkheim
104. Who said social change is the result of natural adaptation? (DEC 2015)
(A) Darwin
(B) Spencer
(C) Marx
(D) Hegel
105. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2015)
List-I (Books)
(a) White Collar
(b) The Ruling Class
(c) Social Structure
(d) Social Structure of a Planned City
List-II (Authors)
(i) G.P. Murdock
(ii) Victor S. D’Souza
(iii) G. Mosca
(iv) C.W. Mills
Codes:
(A) a-iii, b-iv, c-ii, d-i
(B) a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii
(C) a-ii, b-iv, c-iii, d-i
(D) a-i, b-ii, c-iv, d-iii
106. Sociology of Economic Life is authored by: (DEC 2015)
(A) Weber
(B) Parsons
(C) Merton
(D) Smelser
107. The Idea of Social Science was written by: (DEC 2015)
(A) Peter Winch
(B) Robert Redfield
(C) A.R. Louch
(D) Malinowski
108. Who first used the survey method in social research? (DEC 2015)
(A) Charles Booth
(B) William J. Goode
(C) C.A. Moser
(D) Jahoda
109. Where did Andre Béteille conduct fieldwork for Caste, Class and Power? (DEC 2015)
(A) Rampura
(B) Sripuram
(C) Khalapur
(D) Kisangarhi
110. Who authored Deschooling Society? (DEC 2015)
(A) Emile Durkheim
(B) Ivan Illich
(C) Kingsley Davis
(D) Krishan Kumar
111. Who emphasized interpretation and context in meaning formation? (DEC 2015)
(A) G.H. Mead
(B) V. Pareto
(C) Max Weber
(D) H. Blumer
112. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2015)
List-I (Books)
(a) Hindu View of Life
(b) Discovery of India
(c) Hindu Social Organization
(d) Society in India
List-II (Authors)
(i) Jawaharlal Nehru
(ii) S. Radhakrishnan
(iii) D.G. Mandelbaum
(iv) P.H. Prabhu
Codes:
(A) a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii
(B) a-i, b-iv, c-ii, d-iii
(C) a-iii, b-ii, c-i, d-iv
(D) a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i
113. The concept ‘Culture of Poverty’ was introduced by: (DEC 2015)
(A) Oscar Lewis
(B) Michael Harrington
(C) Walter B. Miller
(D) Kenneth Little
114. Ashish Bose is known for the concept of: (DEC 2015)
(A) Demographic Transition
(B) Population Explosion
(C) BIMARU States
(D) Sustainable Development
115. Imitation theory of deviance was propounded by: (DEC 2015)
(A) H.S. Becker
(B) Gabriel Tarde
(C) Emile Durkheim
(D) Stanley Cohen
116. The key concept in labelling theory is: (DEC 2015)
(A) Acceptance
(B) Stigma
(C) Motivation
(D) Aspiration
117. Which pair is NOT associated with the study of crime and deviance? (DEC 2015)
(A) Sutherland and Cressey
(B) Eliot and Merrill
(C) Coser and Rosenberg
(D) Barnes and Teeters
118. Who wrote The McDonaldization of Society (1993)? (DEC 2015)
(A) George Ritzer
(B) Barry Smart
(C) Anthony Giddens
(D) Immanuel Wallerstein
119. The concept ‘Beyond Family Planning’ was introduced by: (DEC 2015)
(A) Kingsley Davis
(B) J.C. Caldwell
(C) D.J. Bogue
(D) Bernard Berelson
120. Social Capillarity Theory was propounded by: (DEC 2015)
(A) Arsène Dumont
(B) J.C. Caldwell
(C) Kingsley Davis
(D) Frank Notestein
121. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2015)
List-I
(a) Sharmila Rege
(b) Susheela Kaushik
(c) Madhu Kishwar
(d) Leela Dube
List-II
(i) Women and Panchayati Raj
(ii) Dowry
(iii) Women and Kinship
(iv) Dalit Women
Codes:
(A) a-iv, b-i, c-ii, d-iii
(B) a-ii, b-iv, c-i, d-iii
(C) a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i
(D) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
122. Who authored The Female Eunuch? (DEC 2015)
(A) Simone de Beauvoir
(B) Germaine Greer
(C) Kate Millett
(D) Betty Friedan
123. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2015)
List-I (Books)
(a) Social Framework of an Industry
(b) Workers, Factories and Social Change in India
(c) Footloose Labour
(d) Workers’ Consciousness and Trade Union Response
List-II (Authors)
(i) E.R. Ramaswamy
(ii) Jan Breman
(iii) Richard D. Lambert
(iv) N.R. Sheth
Codes:
(A) a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i
(B) a-i, b-iii, c-ii, d-iv
(C) a-iii, b-ii, c-i, d-iv
(D) a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i
124. Who termed caste associations serving political modernity as ‘modernity of tradition’? (DEC 2015)
(A) Edward Shils
(B) Lloyd I. Rudolph
(C) M. Featherstone
(D) Fredric Jameson
125. Who did extensive fieldwork in NEFA (North-East Frontier Agency)? (DEC 2015)
(A) N.K. Bose
(B) David Hardiman
(C) Surajit Sinha
(D) D.P. Mukherjee
126. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2015)
List-I (Books)
(a) Hindu View of Life
(b) Discovery of India
(c) Hindu Social Organization
(d) Society in India
List-II (Authors)
(i) Jawaharlal Nehru
(ii) S. Radhakrishnan
(iii) D.G. Mandelbaum
(iv) P.H. Prabhu
Codes:
(A) a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii
(B) a-i, b-iv, c-ii, d-iii
(C) a-iii, b-ii, c-i, d-iv
(D) a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i
127. Which concept is NOT given by Derrida? (DEC 2015)
(A) Cultural Capital
(B) Logocentrism
(C) Deconstruction
(D) Difference
128. Berger and Luckmann’s dialectical moments are: (DEC 2015)
(A) Externalization, Objectivation, Internalization
(B) Objectivation, Internalization, Subjectivity
(C) Internalization, Subjectivity, Externalization
(D) Externalization, Incorporation, Internalization
129. The Methodological Position of Symbolic Interactionism was written by: (JULY 2016)
(A) Herbert Blumer
(B) C.H. Cooley
(C) Erving Goffman
(D) G.H. Mead
130. Who explained the role of commonsense knowledge in constructing everyday reality? (JULY 2016)
(A) Berger and Luckmann
(B) Husserl and Schutz
(C) Parsons and Merton
(D) Davis and Moore
131. Who, amongst the following, has given six conditions for upward and downward movements of South Asian societies? (JULY 2016)
(A) T.B. Bottomore
(B) K. Davis
(C) R. Bendix
(D) G. Myrdal
132. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer. (JULY 2016)
List-I (Theories)
(a) Classical theory
(b) Geographical theory
(c) Typological theory
(d) Sociological theory
List-II (Sociologists)
(i) Lombroso
(ii) Sutherland
(iii) Quetelet
(iv) Beccaria
Codes:
(A) a-i, b-iv, c-iii, d-ii
(B) a-iii, b-iv, c-ii, d-i
(C) a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii
(D) a-iv, b-ii, c-i, d-ii
133. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer. (JULY 2016)
List-I (Works)
(a) Indian Village
(b) Village India
(c) The Indian Village Community
(d) Village Communities in the East and West
List-II (Authors / Editors)
(i) McKim Marriott
(ii) S.C. Dube
(iii) H.S. Maine
(iv) B.H. Baden-Powell
Codes:
(A) a-i, b-iii, c-ii, d-iv
(B) a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii
(C) a-iv, b-i, c-iii, d-ii
(D) a-i, b-ii, c-iv, d-iii
134. Who has written/edited the book Peasants and Peasant Societies? (JULY 2016)
(A) T. Shanin
(B) S.C. Dube
(C) Morris Opler
(D) Eric Wolf
135. Who argued that attached labour in the Green Revolution agrarian setting was similar to permanent employment in the organized sector? (JULY 2016)
(A) Ashok Rudra
(B) J. Mohan Rao
(C) Yogendra Singh
(D) Oscar Lewis
136. Match List-I with List-II. (JULY 2016)
List-I (Authors)
(a) Flavia Agnes
(b) Bina Agarwal
(c) Susheela Kaushik
(d) Madhu Kishwar
List-II (Issues)
(i) Land
(ii) Law
(iii) Dowry
(iv) Panchayati Raj
Codes:
(A) a-iii, b-iv, c-ii, d-i
(B) a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii
(C) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
(D) a-iv, b-iii, c-iii, d-ii
137. Who is the author of The History of Doing: An Illustrated Account of Movements for Women’s Rights and Feminism in India? (JULY 2016)
(A) Radha Kumar
(B) Madhu Kishwar
(C) Karin Kapadia
(D) Mary John
138. The book Narratives from the Women’s Studies Family: Recreating Knowledge deals with: (JULY 2016)
(A) Panchayati Raj institutions
(B) Violence against women
(C) Women and health issues
(D) Women’s Studies centres
139. What is the common issue affecting women in the following books? (JULY 2016)
(a) The Other Side of Silence
(b) Borders and Boundaries: Women in India’s Partition
(A) Conflict
(B) Health
(C) Law
(D) Education
140. The concept of ‘Missing Women’ was devised by: (JULY 2016)
(A) Ashish Bose
(B) Amartya Sen
(C) Praveen Visaria
(D) J.R. Rele
141. Who authored the book New Technology and the Workers’ Response? (JULY 2016)
(A) K.C. Agrawal
(B) A.K. Bagchi
(C) N.K. Banerji
(D) N.R. Sheth
142. Who stated that “human activity can be observed and comprehended only from inside”? (JULY 2016)
(A) Max Weber
(B) Wilhelm Dilthey
(C) Emile Durkheim
(D) Pitirim Sorokin
143. Which type of criminals were discussed by Sutherland in Principles of Criminology? (JULY 2016)
(A) Lower-class criminals
(B) White-collar criminals
(C) Economic criminals
(D) Political criminals
144. Who said “Man’s uniqueness lies in his possession of culture”? (JAN 2017)
(A) R.M. MacIver
(B) E. Durkheim
(C) Ruth Benedict
(D) K. Davis
145. Match List-I with List-II. (JAN 2017)
List-I (Authors)
(a) Miller
(b) Tönnies
(c) Park and Burgess
(d) Giddings
List-II (Classification of Groups)
Community – Association
Vertical – Horizontal
Genetic – Congregate
Territorial – Non-territorial
Positive – Negative
Codes:
(A) 1, 3, 2, 5
(B) 1, 2, 3, 4
(C) 2, 1, 4, 3
(D) 4, 3, 5, 1
146. The distinction between in-group and out-group was given by: (JAN 2017)
(A) Georg Simmel
(B) Pitirim Sorokin
(C) W.G. Sumner
(D) Herbert Spencer
147. Who classified groups into dyad and triad? (JAN 2017)
(A) Sorokin
(B) Sumner
(C) Simmel
(D) Giddings
148. Who authored The Social Construction of Reality? (JAN 2017)
(A) T. Luckmann and R. Bendix
(B) Peter Berger and T. Luckmann
(C) Ruth Benedict and Peter Berger
(D) Reinhard Bendix and Ruth Benedict
149. Who provides an account of common-sense knowledge in constructing everyday life? (JAN 2017)
(A) Peter Berger
(B) George Lucas
(C) Max Weber
(D) Erving Goffman
150. Who coined the concept ‘Culture of Poverty’? (JAN 2017)
(A) Oscar Lewis
(B) Gunnar Myrdal
(C) M.N. Srinivas
(D) McKim Marriott
151. Who said powerful American business enterprises were ‘habitual criminals’? (JAN 2017)
(A) Hermann Mannheim
(B) E.H. Sutherland
(C) John Mack
(D) Eliot and Merrill
152. Who has written/edited Peasants and Peasant Societies? (JAN 2017)
(A) Robert Redfield
(B) T. Shanin
(C) Eric Wolf
(D) Oscar Lewis
153. Who initiated studies in Industrial Sociology in India after independence? (JAN 2017)
(A) Rangarajan and Ramaswamy
(B) Mehta and Tripathi
(C) Sheth and Myers
(D) Breman and Das
154. Who authored the book Asian Drama? (JAN 2017)
(A) A.G. Frank
(B) Gunnar Myrdal
(C) Samir Amin
(D) Ashis Nandy
155. Match List-I with List-II. (JAN 2017)
List-I (Authors)
(a) Karin Kapadia
(b) Leela Dube
(c) Bina Agarwal
(d) Urvashi Butalia
List-II (Books)
A Field of One’s Own
Speaking Peace
Women and Kinship
Siva and Her Sisters
Codes:
(A) 3, 2, 1, 4
(B) 4, 3, 1, 2
(C) 3, 1, 4, 2
(D) 1, 4, 3, 2
156. Which of the following is NOT a correct match? (JAN 2017)
(A) Leela Dube – Matriliny and Islam
(B) K. Saradamoni – Matriliny Transformed
(C) T. Nongbri – Gender and Khasi Family Structure
(D) Flavia Agnes – Inequality, Law and Gender
157. Who used technological development and isolation to differentiate tribal communities? (JAN 2017)
(A) N.K. Bose
(B) Surajit Sinha
(C) D.P. Mukherjee
(D) G.S. Ghurye
158. Who is well known for using the subaltern perspective in Indian society? (JAN 2017)
(A) D.P. Mukherjee
(B) Y.B. Damle
(C) Gail Omvedt
(D) N.K. Bose
159. Match List-I with List-II. (JAN 2017)
List-I (Authors)
(a) Rita Manchanda
(b) Vandana Shiva
(c) Neera Desai
(d) Martha A. Chen
List-II (Issues)
Condition of Widows
Women’s Movement in India
Women in Conflict
Ecofeminism
Codes:
(A) 3, 4, 2, 1
(B) 1, 2, 3, 4
(C) 2, 4, 1, 3
(D) 4, 3, 2, 1
160. Match List-I with List-II. (NOV 2017)
List-I (Authors)
(a) Georg Simmel
(b) C.H. Cooley
(c) R. Firth
(d) G.C. Homans
List-II (Books)
(i) Social Organization
(ii) The Metropolis and Mental Life
(iii) The Human Group
(iv) Human Types
Codes:
(A) a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii
(B) a-i, b-iii, c-iv, d-ii
(C) a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i
(D) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
161. Who wrote Sociology of Economic Life? (NOV 2017)
(A) Max Weber
(B) Neil Smelser
(C) Talcott Parsons
(D) Robert Merton
162. Who authored The Functions of Social Conflict? (NOV 2017)
(A) Jeffrey Alexander
(B) Lewis A. Coser
(C) Randall Collins
(D) Ralf Dahrendorf
163. Who said he became “a non-observing participant” during fieldwork? (NOV 2017)
(A) Bronislaw Malinowski
(B) Emile Durkheim
(C) William Whyte
(D) Max Weber
164. Who stated that human studies should focus on typologies of personality and culture? (NOV 2017)
(A) Weber
(B) Dilthey
(C) Carr-Saunders
(D) Rickert
165. Who argued stratification is universally necessary? (NOV 2017)
(A) Marx
(B) Davis and Moore
(C) Weber
(D) Bendix and Lipset
166. Who gave the cognitive development theory of socialization? (NOV 2017)
(A) Marx
(B) Freud
(C) Piaget
(D) Cooley
167. Who authored Garibi Hatao: Strategy Options? (NOV 2017)
(A) Indira Gandhi
(B) M.L. Dantwala
(C) Thomas Gladwin
(D) S. Bagchi
168. Who discussed positive and preventive checks of population? (NOV 2017)
(A) K. Davis
(B) David Glass
(C) Thomas Malthus
(D) Frank Notestein
169. Who wrote Nation Building and Citizenship? (NOV 2017)
(A) Reinhard Bendix
(B) Wendell Bell
(C) W.J. Foltz
(D) C.J. Friedrich
170. Match List-I with List-II. (NOV 2017)
List-I (Authors)
(a) Arjun Appadurai
(b) A.G. Frank
(c) Gunnar Myrdal
(d) Vandana Shiva
List-II (Books)
(i) Stolen Harvest
(ii) ReOrient
(iii) Modernity at Large
(iv) Asian Drama
Codes:
(A) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
(B) a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i
(C) a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii
(D) a-iii, b-ii, c-iv, d-i
171. The Punjab Peasant in Prosperity and Debt was written by: (NOV 2017)
(A) Baden-Powell
(B) F.G. Bailey
(C) Malcolm L. Darling
(D) I. Natarajan
172. In Theory of the Leisure Class, Veblen classified societies into: (NOV 2017)
(A) Slaves and freemen
(B) Bourgeois and proletariat
(C) Savages, barbarians and civilized
(D) Rich and poor
173. Who stated justice, sustainability and inclusiveness as principles of development? (NOV 2017)
(A) Dudley Seers
(B) David Korten
(C) A.G. Frank
(D) Amartya Sen
174. Who focused on education as a key resource for socialization of the girl child? (NOV 2017)
(A) Flavia Agnes
(B) Pauline Kolenda
(C) Indira Agnihotri
(D) Karuna
175. Match List-I with List-II. (NOV 2017)
List-I (Authors)
(a) Sharmila Rege
(b) Urvashi Butalia
(c) Martha A. Chen
(d) Bina Agarwal
List-II (Issues)
(i) Widowhood
(ii) Dalit Woman
(iii) Gender and Land Rights
(iv) Women and Conflict
Codes:
(A) ii, iv, i, iii
(B) i, ii, iii, iv
(C) iv, iii, ii, i
(D) ii, iv, iii, i
176. Who argues consumption has replaced production as the core of post-modern identity? (NOV 2017)
(A) Anthony Giddens
(B) Jürgen Habermas
(C) Zygmunt Bauman
(D) Manuel Castells
177. Who explains common-sense knowledge in social construction of reality? (NOV 2017)
(A) Peter Berger
(B) Alfred Schutz
(C) Henri Bergson
(D) Erving Goffman
178. Which is an incorrect match? (JULY 2018)
(A) Sumner – In-group / Out-group
(B) Mead – Significant others
(C) Giddings – Horizontal and Vertical Groups
(D) Cooley – Primary and Secondary Groups
179. Who defined classes as occupational groups maintained by heredity? (JULY 2018)
(A) Karl Marx
(B) G. Schmoller
(C) Emile Durkheim
(D) Georges Friedmann
180. Who classified social mobility into ‘social climbing’ and ‘social sinking’? (JULY 2018)
(A) P.M. Blau
(B) S.M. Miller
(C) P.A. Sorokin
(D) S.M. Lipset
181. Who developed the ‘literary folklorist’ variation of life history approach? (JULY 2018)
(A) Thomas and Znaniecki
(B) Dolby-Stahl
(C) Bertam
(D) Freeman
182. Which work argues all knowledge is socially constructed? (JULY 2018)
(A) Phenomenology of Mind
(B) Studies in Ethnomethodology
(C) Phenomenology of the Social World
(D) The Social Construction of Reality
183. From whose work did Industrial Sociology emerge in the USA? (JULY 2018)
(A) Mayo
(B) Warner
(C) Gellerman
(D) Mayor
184. Who explained fertility through social capillarity? (JULY 2018)
(A) Arsène Dumont
(B) Kingsley Davis
(C) David Glass
(D) J. Hawthorn
185. Who first systematically studied white-collar crime? (DEC 2018)
(A) M.B. Clinard
(B) W.G. Carson
(C) E.H. Sutherland
(D) A. Cohen
186. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2018)
List-I (Authors)
(a) Sharmila Rege
(b) Urvashi Butalia
(c) Martha A. Chen
(d) Bina Agarwal
List-II (Issues)
(i) Widowhood
(ii) Dalit Women
(iii) Gender and Land Rights
(iv) Women and Conflict
Codes:
(A) ii, iv, i, iii
(B) i, ii, iii, iv
(C) iv, iii, ii, i
(D) ii, iv, iii, i
187. Who said “Man’s uniqueness lies in his possession of culture”? (DEC 2018)
(A) R.M. MacIver
(B) Emile Durkheim
(C) Ruth Benedict
(D) Kingsley Davis
188. Who authored The Social Construction of Reality? (DEC 2018)
(A) T. Luckmann and R. Bendix
(B) Peter Berger and T. Luckmann
(C) Ruth Benedict and Peter Berger
(D) Reinhard Bendix and Ruth Benedict
189. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2018)
List-I (Authors/Editors)
(a) Rita Manchanda
(b) Vandana Shiva
(c) Neera Desai
(d) Martha A. Chen
List-II (Issues)
(1) Condition of Widows
(2) Women’s Movement in India
(3) Women in Conflict
(4) Ecofeminism
Codes:
(A) 3, 4, 2, 1
(B) 1, 2, 3, 4
(C) 2, 4, 1, 3
(D) 4, 3, 2, 1
190. Who is the author of the book New Technology and the Workers’ Response? (DEC 2018)
(A) K.C. Agrawal
(B) A.K. Bagchi
(C) N.K. Banerji
(D) N.R. Sheth
191. The book Narratives from the Women’s Studies Family: Recreating Knowledge is about: (DEC 2018)
(A) Panchayati Raj institutions
(B) Violence against women
(C) Women and health issues
(D) Women’s Studies centres
192. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2018)
List-I (Authors)
(a) Flavia Agnes
(b) Bina Agarwal
(c) Susheela Kaushik
(d) Madhu Kishwar
List-II (Issues)
(i) Land
(ii) Law
(iii) Dowry
(iv) Panchayati Raj
Codes:
(A) a-iii, b-iv, c-ii, d-i
(B) a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii
(C) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
(D) a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i
193. Who is the author of Deschooling Society? (DEC 2018)
(A) Emile Durkheim
(B) Ivan Illich
(C) Kingsley Davis
(D) Krishan Kumar
194. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2018)
List-I (Books)
(a) Hindu View of Life
(b) Discovery of India
(c) Hindu Social Organisation
(d) Society in India
List-II (Authors)
(1) Jawaharlal Nehru
(2) S. Radhakrishnan
(3) D.G. Mandelbaum
(4) P.H. Prabhu
Codes:
(A) a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
(B) a-1, b-4, c-2, d-3
(C) a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
(D) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
195. ‘Imitation Theory of deviance’ was propounded by: (DEC 2018)
(A) H.S. Becker
(B) G. Tarde
(C) Emile Durkheim
(D) Stanley Cohen
196. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2018)
List-I (Books)
(a) Social Framework of an Industry
(b) Workers, Factories and Social Change in India
(c) Footloose Labour: Working in India’s Informal Sector
(d) Workers’ Consciousness and Trade Union Response
List-II (Authors)
(i) E.R. Ramaswamy
(ii) Jan Breman
(iii) Richard D. Lambert
(iv) N.R. Sheth
Codes:
(A) a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i
(B) a-i, b-iii, c-ii, d-iv
(C) a-iii, b-ii, c-i, d-iv
(D) a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i
197. The concept ‘BIMARU States’ was coined by: (DEC 2018)
(A) K. Srinivasan
(B) J.R. Rele
(C) Ashish Bose
(D) S. Chandrasekhar
198. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2018)
List-I (Authors)
(a) Simone de Beauvoir
(b) Ann Oakley
(c) Shulamith Firestone
(d) Judith Butler
List-II (Books)
(1) Sex, Gender and Society
(2) The Second Sex
(3) Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
(4) The Dialectic of Sex
Codes:
(A) 1, 4, 3, 2
(B) 4, 2, 1, 3
(C) 3, 2, 1, 4
(D) 2, 1, 4, 3
199. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2018)
List-I
(a) J.W.B. Douglas
(b) D.H. Hargreaves
(c) Bowles and Gintis
(d) Ivan Illich
List-II
(1) The Home and the School
(2) Social Relations in a Secondary School
(3) Schooling in Capitalist America
(4) Deschooling Society
Codes:
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4
(B) 4, 3, 2, 1
(C) 2, 1, 3, 4
(D) 3, 4, 1, 2
200. An Outline of Social Psychology was written by: (DEC 2018)
(A) C.H. Cooley
(B) Sigmund Freud
(C) Muzafer Sherif
(D) G.H. Mead
201. Who has written/edited Peasants and Peasant Societies? (JUNE 2019)
(A) Eric Wolf
(B) Oscar Lewis
(C) Robert Redfield
(D) Teodor Shanin
202. Structural-differentiation model of economic development was formulated by: (JUNE 2019)
(A) Neil J. Smelser
(B) W.W. Rostow
(C) Daniel Lerner
(D) E.M. Rogers
203. Who commented on Holocaust and modernity? (JUNE 2019)
(A) Zygmunt Bauman
(B) Norbert Elias
(C) Ernest Gellner
(D) Benjamin Gregg
204. Who authored What Is This Thing Called Science? (JUNE 2019)
(A) C. Wright Mills
(B) A.F. Chalmers
(C) Yogendra Singh
(D) B.K. Pattanaik
205. Who wrote Rural Development: Putting the Last First? (JUNE 2019)
(A) Robert Putnam
(B) Jane Krippers Black
(C) Dadabhai Naoroji
(D) Robert Chambers
206. Who referred to Indian villages as ‘Little Republics’? (JUNE 2019)
(A) Lord Ripon
(B) Charles Metcalfe
(C) Lord Macaulay
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
207. Who emphasized the ‘circuit of culture’ approach? (JUNE 2019)
(A) Stuart Hall
(B) David Held
(C) Max Horkheimer
(D) T.W. Adorno
208. Who wrote The Structure of Scientific Revolutions? (JUNE 2019)
(A) John Dewey
(B) Thomas S. Kuhn
(C) David Held
(D) Manuel Castells
209. Which of the following pairs is NOT correct? (JUNE 2019)
(A) Robert Redfield – Little/Great Tradition
(B) Karl Mannheim – Sociology of Knowledge
(C) Claude Lévi-Strauss – Structuralism
(D) Anthony Giddens – Functionalism
210. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2019)
List-I (Books)
(a) Family, Kinship and Marriage in India
(b) Changing Kinship, Family and Gender Relations
(c) Family and Kinship
(d) Marrying in South Asia
List-II (Authors)
(i) T.N. Madan
(ii) Rajni Palriwala
(iii) Patricia Uberoi
(iv) Ravinder Kaur and Rajni Palriwala
Codes:
(A) 1, 3, 4, 2
(B) 2, 4, 3, 1
(C) 4, 2, 1, 3
(D) 3, 2, 1, 4
211. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2019)
List-I
(a) K.M. Kapadia
(b) G.P. Murdock
(c) Kingsley Davis
(d) P.N. Prabhu
List-II
(1) Human Society
(2) Marriage and Family in India
(3) Social Structure
(4) Hindu Social Organisation
Codes:
(A) 2, 3, 4, 1
(B) 1, 2, 3, 4
(C) 4, 3, 2, 1
(D) 3, 2, 4, 1
212. Who considered time and space as a priori categories? (DEC 2019)
(A) Plato
(B) Aristotle
(C) St. Augustine
(D) Immanuel Kant
213. Match List-I with List-II. (DEC 2019)
List-I
(a) Gregory Bateson
(b) Fikret Berkes
(c) Jacob Bronowski
(d) Donald Worster
List-II
(i) Nature’s Economy
(ii) The Ascent of Man
(iii) Sacred Ecology
(iv) Steps to Ecology
Codes:
(A) iv, iii, ii, i
(B) ii, iii, i, iv
(C) iii, iv, ii, i
(D) i, ii, iii, iv
214. Who is the author of The Virtual Community? (DEC 2019)
(A) Melvin Webber
(B) Howard Rheingold
(C) Barry Wellman
(D) Benedict Anderson
215. Who defined social structure as the complex of principal groups and institutions? (JUNE 2020)
(A) Emile Durkheim
(B) Radcliffe-Brown
(C) Raymond Firth
(D) Morris Ginsberg
216. Who used reflexive critique in engaging with Kantian philosophy? (JUNE 2020)
(A) Karl Marx
(B) Friedrich Engels
(C) G.W.F. Hegel
(D) Max Weber
217. Who first used the concept of ‘falsifiability’? (JUNE 2020)
(A) Thomas Kuhn
(B) George Ritzer
(C) William J. Goode
(D) Karl Popper
218. Which term did Kuhn use to describe dominant scientific frameworks? (JUNE 2020)
(A) Paradigm
(B) Model
(C) Approach
(D) Theory
219. Cultures of Relatedness by Janet Carsten is a study of: (JUNE 2020)
(A) Langkawi Islanders
(B) Coorgs
(C) Nayars
(D) Bhils
220. Gender inequality explained through masochism and penis envy is associated with: (JUNE 2020)
(a) J. Lacan
(b) J. Kristeva
(c) J. Mitchell
(d) B. Mitchell
(A) (a), (b), (d) only
(B) (a), (b), (c) only
(C) (b), (c), (d) only
(D) (a), (c), (d) only
221. Which books are authored/co-authored by Stanley Cohen? (JUNE 2020)
(a) Folk Devils and Moral Panics
(b) Frontiers of Identity
(c) Visions of Social Control
(d) The Urban Question
(e) The Manufacture of News
(A) (a), (b), (c) only
(B) (b), (c), (d) only
(C) (a), (c), (e) only
(D) (c), (d), (e) only
222. “Three Pillars of Revolution” refers to: (JUNE 2020)
(a) Quantum Revolution
(b) Silicon Revolution
(c) Computer Revolution
(d) Bio-molecular Revolution
(e) Green Revolution
(A) (a), (b), (c) only
(B) (a), (c), (d) only
(C) (d), (c), (e) only
(D) (b), (c), (d) only
223. Which scholars contributed to Education and Cultural Reproduction? (JUNE 2020)
(a) Basil Bernstein
(b) J. Lacan
(c) Steve Bruce
(d) Bryan S. Turner
(e) Pierre Bourdieu
(A) (a) and (e) only
(B) (b) and (d) only
(C) (d) only
(D) (c) and (d) only
224. Which scholars were influenced by J. Lacan? (JUNE 2020)
(a) Julia Kristeva
(b) Juliet Mitchell
(c) Ann Oakley
(d) Bell Hooks
(A) (a) and (c) only
(B) (b) and (c) only
(C) (a) and (b) only
(D) (a) and (d) only
225. Match List-I with List-II. (JUNE 2020)
List-I (Authors)
(a) Hartmut Rosa & William Scheuerman
(b) Talcott Parsons & Neil Smelser
(c) Eric Schlosser
(d) Donna Haraway
List-II (Published Works)
(1) Television and Social Change in Rural India
(2) Fast Food Nation
(3) High-Speed Society
(4) Simians, Cyborgs and Women
Codes:
(A) a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
(B) a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4
(C) a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2
(D) a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
226. Match List-I with List-II. (JUNE 2020)
List-I
(a) Kepler
(b) Boyle
(c) Descartes
(d) Harvey
List-II
(i) Mechanical philosophy
(ii) Planetary orbits
(iii) Gas law
(iv) Blood circulation
Codes:
(A) a-i, b-iv, c-iii, d-ii
(B) a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv
(C) a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv
(D) a-iv, b-ii, c-i, d-iii
227. Match List-I with List-II. (JUNE 2020)
List-I
(a) A. Agarwal
(b) J.M. Acheson
(c) S.A. Crate
(d) F. Berkes
List-II
(1) Sacred Ecology
(2) Cows, Kin and Globalization
(3) Capturing the Commons
(4) Environmentality
Codes:
(A) a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
(B) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
(C) a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1
(D) a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4
228. Match List-I with List-II. (JUNE 2020)
List-I (Proponents)
(a) Kathleen Gough
(b) T. Nongbri
(c) P. Caplan
(d) Leela Dube
List-II (Concepts)
(1) Matriliny in Malabar
(2) Thalikettu Kalyanam
(3) Seed and Earth
(4) Intersectionality
Codes:
(A) a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
(B) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
(C) a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
(D) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
229. Choose the correct chronological order of Yogendra Singh’s books. (JUNE 2020)
(a) Culture Change in India: Identity and Globalization
(b) Essays on Modernization
(c) Modernization of Indian Tradition
(d) Ideology and Theory in Indian Sociology
(e) Social Stratification and Social Change
(A) a, c, e, d, b
(B) c, d, a, e, b
(C) c, b, e, a, d
(D) b, c, a, e, d
230. Which of the following works are by Pierre Bourdieu? (JUNE 2020)
(a) The Rules of the Game
(b) The State Nobility
(c) Economy and Society
(d) Distinction
(e) The Raw and the Cooked
(A) (b) and (d) only
(B) (a) and (c) only
(C) (e) and (b) only
(D) (a) and (e) only
231. Which is NOT an element of patriarchy according to Sylvia Walby? (JUNE 2020)
(a) Women are likely to be paid less
(b) Sexuality is to be treated positively
(c) Women are more represented in media
(d) Women are likely to raise children
(e) Men and women are treated equally
(A) (a), (b), (c) only
(B) (b), (c), (d) only
(C) (a), (c), (d) only
(D) (c), (d), (e) only
232. Marshall McLuhan’s idea of electronic communication creating a single community is called: (JUNE 2021)
(A) Global Village
(B) Global Network
(C) Global Sites
(D) Global City
233. Count Joseph Arthur de Gobineau is known for his work on: (JUNE 2021)
(A) Ethnicity
(B) Racism
(C) Migration
(D) Gender
234. According to Ivan Illich, schools perform which functions? (JUNE 2021)
(a) Custodial care
(b) Occupational distribution
(c) Learning dominant values
(d) Promote equality/creativity
(e) Approved skills acquisition
(A) (b), (c), (d), (e) only
(B) (a), (b), (c), (d) only
(C) (d), (c), (b), (a) only
(D) (a), (b), (c), (e) only
235. Who has NOT emphasized the concept of ‘Underclass’? (JUNE 2021)
(a) J. Goldthorpe
(b) M. Savage
(c) C. Murray
(A) (a) only
(B) (b) only
(C) (a) and (b) only
(D) (c) only
236. Who has NOT worked on Jajmani system as a binding force? (JUNE 2021)
(a) W.H. Wiser
(b) K. Ishwaran
(c) M. Opler
(d) K. Gough
(e) S.C. Dube
(A) (a) and (c) only
(B) (c) only
(C) (d) only
(D) (e) only
237. Which two of the following concepts are related to R. Robertson? (PYQ: JUNE 2021)
(a) Differences-within-Sameness
(b) Flow of gatherings and Squeezing
(c) McDonaldization and Ethnicization
(d) Homogeneity vs. Heterogeneity
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) (a) and (c) only
(B) (a) and (b) only
(C) (a) and (d) only
(D) (b) and (c) only
238. Match List-I with List-II. (PYQ: JUNE 2021)
List-I (Authors)
(a) J.W. de Wit
(b) Vinit Mukhija
(c) Robert Neuwirth
(d) M.S. Dhadave
List-II (Books)
(i) Sociology of Slum
(ii) Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, A New Urban World
(iii) Policy, Poverty and Politics in Madras Slums
(iv) Squatters as Developers? Slum Redevelopment in Mumbai
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) a-(i), b-(ii), c-(iii), d-(iv)
(B) a-(iii), b-(iv), c-(ii), d-(i)
(C) a-(iv), b-(i), c-(iii), d-(ii)
(D) a-(ii), b-(iii), c-(iv), d-(i)
239. Match List-I with List-II. (PYQ: JUNE 2021)
List-I (Authors)
(a) Ann Oakley
(b) Erving Goffman
(c) Richard Jenkins
(d) Sylvia Walby
List-II (Books)
(i) The Future of Feminism
(ii) The Captured Womb: A History of the Medical Care of Pregnant Women
(iii) Forms of Talk
(iv) Social Identity
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) a-(iii), b-(ii), c-(i), d-(iv)
(B) a-(ii), b-(iii), c-(iv), d-(i)
(C) a-(iv), b-(i), c-(iii), d-(ii)
(D) a-(iii), b-(iv), c-(ii), d-(i)
240. Match List-I with List-II. (PYQ: JUNE 2021)
List-I (Books)
(a) Social Change
(b) The Sociology of Economic Life
(c) The Family
(d) Social Stratification: The Forms and Functions of Inequality
List-II (Authors)
(i) Neil J. Smelser
(ii) William J. Goode
(iii) Wilbert E. Moore
(iv) Melvin Tumin
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) a-(iii), b-(i), c-(ii), d-(iv)
(B) a-(i), b-(ii), c-(iii), d-(iv)
(C) a-(iv), b-(iii), c-(ii), d-(i)
(D) a-(iii), b-(ii), c-(i), d-(iv)
241. Arrange the following three stages proposed by August Comte in the proper sequence. (PYQ: JUNE 2021)
(a) Theological stage
(b) Positive stage
(c) Metaphysical stage
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) (a), (b), (c)
(B) (a), (c), (b)
(C) (c), (b), (a)
(D) (b), (c), (a)
242. Given below are two statements. (PYQ: JUNE 2021)
Statement I: According to A. van Gennep, a direct rite is a curse or a spell.
Statement II: Direct rites are designed to produce results immediately, without intervention by any outside agent.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
(B) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
(C) Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect
(D) Statement I is incorrect, but Statement II is correct
243. According to Louis Wirth, the following variables are important in making urban life impersonal. (PYQ: JUNE 2022)
(a) Location
(b) Affluence
(c) Size
(d) Density
(e) Heterogeneity
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) (a), (b) and (c) only
(B) (b), (c) and (d) only
(C) (c), (d) and (e) only
(D) (a), (c) and (e) only
244. Who among the following criticized the effects of “mass media” and “culture industry”? (PYQ: JUNE 2022)
(A) Ulrich Beck
(B) Alfred Schutz
(C) Theodor Adorno
(D) Ernest Burgess
245. Who has suggested six dimensions of communalism: assimilationist, welfarist, retreatist, retaliatory, separatist and secessionist? (PYQ: JUNE 2022)
(A) Yogendra Singh
(B) A.R. Desai
(C) T.K. Oommen
(D) G.S. Ghurye
246. “The generalized other” has been given by: (PYQ: JUNE 2022)
(A) G.H. Mead
(B) Bruno Latour
(C) T.B. Bottomore
(D) Georg Simmel
247. Who wrote the book “The Lonely Crowd”? (PYQ: JUNE 2022)
(A) Howard Rheingold
(B) Alex Inkeles
(C) David Riesman
(D) Joshua Markowitz
248. Match List-I with List-II. (PYQ: JUNE 2022)
List-I (Books)
(a) The Sociology of Disaster
(b) Environmental Sociology
(c) The Age of Sustainable Development
(d) India Social Problems
List-II (Authors)
(i) Jeffery D. Sachs
(ii) Ram Ahuja
(iii) Thomas E. Drabek
(iv) John Hannigan
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) a-(iv), b-(i), c-(ii), d-(iii)
(B) a-(i), b-(iii), c-(iv), d-(ii)
(C) a-(iii), b-(iv), c-(i), d-(ii)
(D) a-(iv), b-(i), c-(iii), d-(ii)
249. Who has classified political institutions into republic, aristocracy, monarchy and autocracy? (PYQ: JUNE 2022)
(A) Robert Michels
(B) Montesquieu
(C) Harold Gould
(D) Rajani Kothari
250. Who has written the book “The Family in India: Critical Essays”? (PYQ: JUNE 2022)
(A) P. Uberoi
(B) Irawati Karve
(C) A.M. Shah
(D) L.P. Desai
251. Match List-I with List-II. (PYQ: JUNE 2022)
List-I (Thinkers)
(a) W.W. Rostow
(b) Paul Baran
(c) Amartya Sen
(d) Immanuel Wallerstein
List-II (Theory/Approach/Model)
(i) World Systems Theory
(ii) Take-off Model
(iii) Dependency Theory
(iv) Capabilities Approach
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) a-(ii), b-(i), c-(iii), d-(iv)
(B) a-(iii), b-(iv), c-(i), d-(ii)
(C) a-(i), b-(ii), c-(iv), d-(iii)
(D) a-(ii), b-(iv), c-(iii), d-(i)
252. Match List-I with List-II. (PYQ: JUNE 2022)
List-I (Books)
(a) End of Millennium
(b) World Risk Society
(c) Development as Freedom
(d) Ecofeminism
List-II (Authors)
(i) V. Shiva
(ii) A. Sen
(iii) M. Castells
(iv) U. Beck
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) a-(iv), b-(i), c-(iii), d-(ii)
(B) a-(iii), b-(ii), c-(iv), d-(i)
(C) a-(ii), b-(iv), c-(i), d-(iii)
(D) a-(i), b-(ii), c-(iii), d-(iv)
253. The book “Patterns of Culture” is written by: (PYQ: JUNE 2022)
(A) B. Anderson
(B) Evans-Pritchard
(C) Ruth Benedict
(D) B. Malinowski
254. Was first developed by sociologists B. Glaser and A. Strauss (1967). (PYQ: JUNE 2022)
(A) Conflict Theory
(B) Structural Functionalism
(C) Functionalism
(D) Grounded Theory
255. Who has conducted the study on Nayars of Kerala? (PYQ: JUNE 2022)
(A) George Peter Murdock
(B) Kathleen Gough
(C) Edward Westermarck
(D) William N. Stephens
256. Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched? (PYQ: JUNE 2022)
(A) Park and Burgess – Ecological School
(B) H.W. Odum – Regional School
(C) Dexter, Huntington – Impact of climate on society
(D) MacIver – Human Geography
257. Who has written the book “World Revolution and Family”? (PYQ: JUNE 2022)
(A) William Goode
(B) David Cooper
(C) Michael Anderson
(D) Ronald Fletcher
258. Who has written the book “Who Governs?” (PYQ: MAR 2023)
(A) Domhoff
(B) Robert Dahl
(C) Lasswell
(D) Riesman
259. Who has written the book “Women’s Role in Economic Development”? (PYQ: MAR 2023)
(A) Ester Boserup
(B) Judith Butler
(C) Martha Nussbaum
(D) Ann Oakley
260. Match List-I with List-II. (PYQ: MAR 2023)
List-I (Models of Urban Ecology)
(a) Concentric Zone Model
(b) Sector Model
(c) Multiple-Nuclei Model
(d) Ecological Analysis
List-II (Proponents)
(i) Homer Hoyt
(ii) Harris and Ullman
(iii) Amos Hawley
(iv) Burgess
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) a-(iii), b-(i), c-(ii), d-(iv)
(B) a-(ii), b-(iii), c-(iv), d-(i)
(C) a-(iv), b-(i), c-(ii), d-(iii)
(D) a-(iv), b-(i), c-(ii), d-(iii)
261. Match List-I with List-II. (PYQ: MAR 2023)
List-I (Terminologies)
(a) Delinquency Area
(b) Subcultural Theory
(c) Differential Opportunity Theory
(d) Labelling Theory
List-II (Theorists)
(i) Albert Cohen
(ii) Clifford Shaw
(iii) Howard Becker
(iv) Cloward and Ohlin
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) a-(i), b-(ii), c-(iii), d-(iv)
(B) a-(ii), b-(i), c-(iv), d-(iii)
(C) a-(iv), b-(iii), c-(i), d-(ii)
(D) a-(iii), b-(iv), c-(ii), d-(i)
262. Following scholars have written extensively on caste and politics in India. (PYQ: MAR 2023)
(a) Rajni Kothari
(b) Norman Palmer
(c) D. Miller
(d) Colin Campbell
(e) Key
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) (a), (b) and (c) only
(B) (d) and (e) only
(C) (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e)
(D) (b), (c) and (d) only
263. The book in which W.F. Ogburn introduced the concept of “Cultural Lag” is: (PYQ: MAR 2023)
(A) Culture and Society
(B) Social Change
(C) A Handbook of Sociology
(D) None of the above
264. Match List-I with List-II. (PYQ: MAR 2023)
List-I (Books)
(a) The Body and Society
(b) The Location of Culture
(c) The Coming of Post-Industrial Society
(d) Culture as Praxis
List-II (Authors)
(i) H. Bhabha
(ii) B.S. Turner
(iii) Daniel Bell
(iv) Zygmunt Bauman
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) a-(ii), b-(iv), c-(iii), d-(i)
(B) a-(i), b-(iv), c-(iii), d-(ii)
(C) a-(iv), b-(iii), c-(i), d-(ii)
(D) a-(ii), b-(i), c-(iii), d-(iv)
265. Which of the following statements are correct for Labelling Theory? (PYQ: MAR 2023)
(a) Labelling theory is also called societal reaction theory
(b) Julia Kristeva contributed to labelling theory
(c) M.G. Sumner’s “folkways” is central to labelling theory
(d) Influenced by the Chicago School
(e) Influenced by radical criminology
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) (a) only
(B) (a) and (d) only
(C) (a), (b) and (c) only
(D) (b), (c), (d) and (e) only
266. According to Alex Inkeles, the three paths to delineate sociology are: (PYQ: MAR 2023)
(a) Analytical
(b) Empirical
(c) Historical
(d) Philosophical
(e) Theoretical
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) (a), (b) and (c) only
(B) (a), (c) and (e) only
(C) (c), (d) and (e) only
(D) (a), (c) and (d) only
267. The author of “The Gift: The Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies” is: (PYQ: MAR 2023)
(A) Howard Becker
(B) Ulrich Beck
(C) Marcel Mauss
(D) Alain Touraine
268. Who defined civilisation as a higher stage of cultural development? (PYQ: MAR 2023)
(A) MacIver and Page
(B) S.M. Fairchild
(C) Robert Bierstedt
(D) Gillin and Gillin
269. Who proposed the three dimensions of power theory? (PYQ: MAR 2023)
(A) Alvin Gouldner
(B) Anthony Giddens
(C) Steven Lukes
(D) Max Weber
270. Match List-I with List-II. (PYQ: MAR 2023)
List-I (Concepts/Ideas)
(a) Tragedy of culture
(b) Idealist culture
(c) Industrial society
(d) Conspicuous consumption
List-II (Thinkers)
(i) Pitirim A. Sorokin
(ii) Thorstein Veblen
(iii) George Simmel
(iv) Herbert Spencer
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) a-(iii), b-(i), c-(iv), d-(ii)
(B) a-(i), b-(ii), c-(iv), d-(iii)
(C) a-(iii), b-(ii), c-(i), d-(iv)
(D) a-(iv), b-(ii), c-(i), d-(iii)
271. Who wrote the book “The Subjection of Women”? (PYQ: MAR 2023)
(A) Sylvia Walby
(B) Bob Connell
(C) Shulamith Firestone
(D) John Stuart Mill
272. Which sociologist wrote the book “Sociology as an Art Form”? (PYQ: JUNE 2023)
(A) Talcott Parsons
(B) C. Wright Mills
(C) Alvin Gouldner
(D) Robert Nisbet
273. Who gave the concept of “Anti-Minotaur” to demolish the myth of value-neutral sociology? (PYQ: JUNE 2023)
(A) Anthony Giddens
(B) Alvin Gouldner
(C) Robert Merton
(D) Thorstein Veblen
274. Who introduced the idea of the “Global Village” in the study of mass media? (PYQ: JUNE 2023)
(A) Herbert Marcuse
(B) McClellan
(C) Marshall McLuhan
(D) Ralph Miliband
275. “World Revolution in Family Patterns” was written by: (PYQ: JUNE 2023)
(A) William J. Goode
(B) Sylvia Walby
(C) Betty Friedan
(D) Simone de Beauvoir
276. Who propounded the idea of the “Hidden Curriculum”? (PYQ: JUNE 2023)
(A) Emile Durkheim
(B) John Dewey
(C) Ivan Illich
(D) William Blake
277. Match List-I with List-II. (PYQ: JUNE 2023)
List-I (Thinkers)
(a) E. H. Sutherland
(b) H. Becker
(c) W. F. Whyte
(d) Oscar Lewis
List-II (Concepts/Studies)
(i) Marijuana Addicts
(ii) Street Corner Society
(iii) White Collar Crime
(iv) Slums and the Poor in Mexico
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) a-(i), b-(ii), c-(iii), d-(iv)
(B) a-(iii), b-(i), c-(ii), d-(iv)
(C) a-(ii), b-(iv), c-(iii), d-(i)
(D) a-(iv), b-(iii), c-(i), d-(ii)
278. L.H. Morgan in the book “Ancient Society” proposed stages of social evolution as: (PYQ: JUNE 2023)
(A) Savagery, Barbarism and Civilization
(B) Savagery, Barbarism and Primitivism
(C) Savagery, Barbarism and Modernism
(D) Savagery, Nihilism and Positivism
279. David Held (1999) did NOT divide globalization debate into which of the following? (PYQ: JUNE 2023)
(a) Sceptics
(b) Transformationalists
(c) Technocracy
(d) Hyperglobalizers
(e) Hypoglobalizers
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) (a) and (b) only
(B) (a) and (d) only
(C) (c) and (e) only
(D) (b) and (d) only
280. Who conducted a psychoanalytic study of childhood in Hindu families? (PYQ: JUNE 2023)
(A) Ashis Nandy
(B) A.M. Shah
(C) Sudhir Kakkar
(D) Leela Dube
281. Who wrote the book “Civilizing the Savage”? (PYQ: JUNE 2023)
(A) Verrier Elwin
(B) Ramachandra Guha
(C) Radha Kamal Mukherjee
(D) Joan P. Mencher
282. Match List-I with List-II. (PYQ: JUNE 2023)
List-I (Social Scientists)
(a) G. Ritzer
(b) F. Tönnies
(c) I. Wallerstein
(d) F. Barth
List-II (Contributions)
(i) Ethnic Groups and Boundaries
(ii) The McDonaldization
(iii) Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft
(iv) The Modern World System
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) a-(ii), b-(iii), c-(iv), d-(i)
(B) a-(iii), b-(iv), c-(i), d-(ii)
(C) a-(iv), b-(i), c-(ii), d-(iii)
(D) a-(i), b-(iii), c-(iii), d-(iv)
283. Who studied “Lucknow Rickshawallas” in 1965? (PYQ: DEC 2023)
(A) Herbert Risley
(B) Edward Shils
(C) Harold A. Gould
(D) Joseph Schumpeter
284. Who used the phrase “Anti-politics machine”? (PYQ: DEC 2023)
(A) Robert Chambers
(B) James Ferguson
(C) Keith Hart
(D) Thomas B. Hansen
285. Who coined the term “Intersectionality”? (PYQ: DEC 2023)
(A) Barbara Smith
(B) Combahee River Collective
(C) Kimberlé Crenshaw
(D) Patricia Hill Collins
286. Who classified political culture into parochial, subject and participant types? (PYQ: DEC 2023)
(A) L. I. Rudolph and S. H. Rudolph
(B) M. R. Davie and V. A. Lewis
(C) Robert E. Ward
(D) G. A. Almond and S. Verba
287. Who is associated with the study of family in Mahuva (Saurashtra)? (PYQ: DEC 2023)
(A) I. P. Desai
(B) A. M. Shah
(C) Iravati Karve
(D) Mandelbaum
288. Who first used the term “Unstable Family”? (PYQ: DEC 2023)
(A) C. H. Cooley
(B) Le Play
(C) George Simmel
(D) F. Engels
289. Who is associated with Naturism? (PYQ: DEC 2023)
(A) Max Müller
(B) E. B. Tylor
(C) R. R. Marett
(D) B. Malinowski
290. I. T. Hobhouse classified societies based on intellectual development. Identify the correct sequence. (PYQ: DEC 2023)
(a) Proto-science in ancient East
(b) Formation of articulate thought in primitive societies
(c) Critical and systematic thought in Greece
(d) Reflection in later East
(e) Experimental reconstruction (modern science)
Choose the correct answer from the options below:
(A) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e)
(B) (b), (a), (d), (c), (e)
(C) (b), (a), (c), (d), (e)
(D) (c), (a), (b), (d), (e)
291. “Modernization is dissolving industrial society and another modernity is emerging.” Who said this? (PYQ: DEC 2023)
(A) Zygmunt Bauman
(B) Anthony Giddens
(C) Ulrich Beck
(D) Jean Baudrillard
292. Who said, “We now live in the time of the tribe”? (PYQ: DEC 2023)
(A) R. Reader
(B) G. Davie
(C) Michel Maffesoli
(D) C. Barone
293. Four bases of socio-cultural identity in India—religion, caste, tribe and language—were proposed by: (PYQ: DEC 2023)
(A) Yogendra Singh
(B) T. N. Madan
(C) T. K. Oommen
(D) Andre Beteille
294. Who coined the term “Credential Society”? (PYQ: DEC 2023)
(A) Anthony Giddens
(B) Randall Collins
(C) Ivan Illich
(D) Pierre Bourdieu
295. Who authored the essay “Why Marriage Matters”? (PYQ: DEC 2023)
(A) Jesse Ellison
(B) Caitlin Flanagan
(C) John Gottman
(D) Robinson
296. P. P. Rey’s stages in transition from feudalism to capitalism follow which sequence? (PYQ: DEC 2023)
(a) Capitalism dominant but uses feudalism
(b) Capitalism subordinated to feudalism
(c) Feudalism dismantled
Choose the correct answer:
(A) (a), (b), (c)
(B) (b), (a), (c)
(C) (a), (c), (b)
(D) (c), (b), (a)
297. Who coined the term “Ethnocentrism”? (PYQ: AUG 2024)
(A) W. G. Sumner
(B) E. Gellner
(C) L. Kuznar
(D) E. B. Tylor
298. Distinction between culture and civilization as material and non-material culture is associated with: (PYQ: AUG 2024)
(A) A. Weber
(B) Arnold Toynbee
(C) R. M. MacIver
(D) Irving Hallowell
299. Arrange the following works chronologically. (PYQ: AUG 2024)
(a) Models of Democracy – David Held
(b) Understanding Social Movements – Greg Martin
(c) Political Ideologies – Andrew Heywood
(d) Power: A Radical View – Steven Lukes
Choose the correct answer:
(A) d, a, c, b
(B) b, d, c, a
(C) c, b, d, a
(D) a, b, c, d
300. Match List-I with List-II. (PYQ: AUG 2024)
List-I (Authors)
A. C. Wright Mills
B. David Riesman
C. G. William Domhoff
D. Matthew Josephson
List-II (Books)
(i) The Lonely Crowd
(ii) Who Rules America
(iii) The Robber Barons
(iv) The Power Elite
Choose the correct answer:
(A) A-(iv), B-(i), C-(ii), D-(iii)
(B) A-(i), B-(ii), C-(iii), D-(iv)
(C) A-(iv), B-(i), C-(iii), D-(ii)
(D) A-(ii), B-(i), C-(iii), D-(iv)
301. Match List-I with List-II. (PYQ: AUG 2024)
List-I (Books)
(a) The Ruling Class
(b) Political Parties
(c) Elites and Society
(d) The Mind and Society
List-II (Authors)
(i) Gaetano Mosca
(ii) Robert Michels
(iii) Vilfredo Pareto
(iv) T. B. Bottomore
Choose the correct answer:
(A) a-(iv), b-(ii), c-(i), d-(iii)
(B) a-(iii), b-(i), c-(iv), d-(ii)
(C) a-(i), b-(ii), c-(iii), d-(iv)
(D) a-(iv), b-(iii), c-(ii), d-(i)
302. Who is NOT a spokesman of cultural determinism? (PYQ: AUG 2024)
(A) E. B. Tylor
(B) A. L. Kroeber
(C) R. M. MacIver
(D) Leslie White
303. Arrange the following works on Postmodernism chronologically. (PYQ: AUG 2024)
(a) The Condition of Postmodernity – David Harvey
(b) The Postmodern Condition – Lyotard
(c) Postmodernism: Reason and Religion – Gellner
(d) Images of Postmodern Society – Denzin
Choose the correct answer:
(A) d, b, a, c
(B) c, d, b, a
(C) a, b, c, d
(D) b, a, d, c
304. Who wrote the book “Tribe to Empire”? (PYQ: AUG 2024)
(A) Emile Durkheim
(B) A. Moret and G. Davy
(C) Herbert Spencer
(D) Ferdinand Tönnies
305. Match List-I with List-II. (PYQ: AUG 2024)
List-I (Books)
(a) Virtual Communities
(b) Surveillance Society
(c) Personal Communities
(d) Third Wave
List-II (Authors)
(i) Alvin Toffler
(ii) Barry Wellman
(iii) Howard Rheingold
(iv) David Lyon
Choose the correct answer:
(A) a-(iii), b-(iv), c-(ii), d-(i)
(B) a-(ii), b-(iv), c-(iii), d-(i)
(C) a-(i), b-(iv), c-(iii), d-(ii)
(D) a-(ii), b-(iv), c-(i), d-(iii)
306. Arrange the following works on Family and Intimate Relationships chronologically. (PYQ: AUG 2024)
(a) A Sociology of Family Life – Deborah Chambers
(b) Rethinking Family Practices – David Morgan
(c) Families in Today’s World – David Cheal
(d) The Changing Experience of Childhood – Smart et al.
Choose the correct answer:
(A) c, d, a, b
(B) a, d, b, c
(C) b, c, d, a
(D) d, c, b, a
307. Arrange the following works on Gender Studies chronologically. (PYQ: AUG 2024)
(a) Masculinities – R. Connell
(b) Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male – Kinsey
(c) The Transformation of Intimacy – Giddens
(d) Paradoxes of Gender – Judith Lorber
Choose the correct answer:
(A) b, c, d, a
(B) c, b, a, d
(C) a, b, d, c
(D) d, c, b, a
308. Who studied developed systems of justice among African Negroes? (PYQ: AUG 2024)
(A) R. H. Lowie
(B) Max Gluckman
(C) B. Malinowski
(D) Max Weber
309. Who argued that urbanism promotes diverse subcultures? (PYQ: AUG 2024)
(A) Claude Fischer
(B) David Harvey
(C) Manuel Castells
(D) Louis Wirth
310. Arrange the following works on Social Stratification chronologically. (PYQ: AUG 2024)
(a) Social Class and Stratification – Saunders
(b) Social Class in America – Warner
(c) Political Power and Social Class – Poulantzas
(d) Class and Class Conflict – Dahrendorf
Choose the correct answer:
(A) a, b, c, d
(B) b, d, c, a
(C) c, b, a, d
(D) d, c, b, a
311. Who wrote “A Philosophy of NEFA”? (PYQ: AUG 2024)
(A) Virginius Xaxa
(B) Surajit Sinha
(C) M. N. Srinivas
(D) Verrier Elwin
312. Match List-I with List-II. (PYQ: AUG 2024)
List-I (Books)
(a) An American Dilemma
(b) The American Soldier
(c) Middletown in Transition
(d) Sexual Behaviour of the Human Male
List-II (Authors)
(i) Robert and Helen Lynd
(ii) Gunnar Myrdal
(iii) Samuel Stouffer
(iv) Alfred Kinsey
Choose the correct answer:
(A) a-(iv), b-(i), c-(iii), d-(ii)
(B) a-(i), b-(ii), c-(iv), d-(iii)
(C) a-(ii), b-(iii), c-(i), d-(iv)
(D) a-(iii), b-(iv), c-(ii), d-(i)
313. Who theorized the “End of History”? (PYQ: AUG 2024)
(A) Michel Foucault
(B) Francis Fukuyama
(C) Daniel Bell
(D) Anthony Giddens
314. Who used the term “Polyarchy”? (PYQ: AUG 2024)
(A) Robert A. Dahl
(B) G. McLennan
(C) Joan Tronto
(D) Adam Smith
315. Who associated capitalism with producing “wasted populations”? (PYQ: AUG 2024)
(A) Judith Butler
(B) Zygmunt Bauman
(C) Giorgio Agamben
(D) Chrystia Freeland
316. Match List-I with List-II. (PYQ: AUG 2024)
List-I
(a) Population Bomb
(b) Ozone Depleting Chemicals
(c) Silent Spring
(d) The Waste Makers
List-II
(i) Sherwood Rowland
(ii) Rachel Carson
(iii) Paul Ehrlich
(iv) Vance Packard
Choose the correct answer:
(A) a-(i), b-(ii), c-(iii), d-(iv)
(B) a-(iii), b-(i), c-(ii), d-(iv)
(C) a-(iv), b-(ii), c-(iii), d-(i)
(D) a-(iv), b-(iii), c-(i), d-(ii)
317. Match List-I with List-II. (PYQ: AUG 2024)
List-I (Authors)
(a) Ann Oakley
(b) Thomas Piketty
(c) M. Piore and C. Sabel
(d) Kenichi Ohmae
List-II (Books)
(i) The Second Industrial Divide
(ii) The Borderless World
(iii) The Sociology of Housework
(iv) Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Choose the correct answer:
(A) a-(ii), b-(i), c-(iii), d-(iv)
(B) a-(iv), b-(iii), c-(ii), d-(i)
(C) a-(iii), b-(iv), c-(i), d-(ii)
(D) a-(i), b-(ii), c-(iv), d-(iii)