PRACTICE QUESTIONS UGC NET (SOCIOLOGY)
Structure – Functionalism and Structuralism
UGC NET SOCIOLOGY
Sociological Theory (UNIT 1)
1. The pivotal methodology of functionalist is
(a) conjectural history
(b) library work
(c) field work
(d) content analysis
2. Identify among the following the functionalist theorist who pioneered the field-view of society?
(a) B Malinowski
(b) RK Merton
(c) E Durkheim
(d) T Parsons
3. What is the most important and basic factor for social integration according to the functionalists?
(a) Value consensus
(b) Maintenance of relative stability
(c) Structural interdependence
(d) Condition of Anomie
4. Social function may be defined as
(a) a social event to which many important people are invited
(b) an activity or consequence associated with a structure
(c) a responsibility which is assigned to a person or group of persons
(d) any event which is considered important by the members of a society
5. Which one of the following theories adopts the model of the organism to understand the social system?
(a) Conflict theory
(b) Functionalist theory
(c) Mode of production theory
(d) Behavioural theory
6. According to Malinowski, every cultural item is functional for
(a) groups only
(b) individual only
(c) individual and groups
(d) institutions and individuals
7. “Malinowski was ‘in bondage’ to his predecessors; he resented their existence because he was so much indebted to them.” Who said this?
(a) Edmund Leach
(b) David Hume
(c) Radcliffe Brown
(d) Emile Durkheim
8. “Anxiety and tension tends to disrupt the social life. Situations which produce these emotions include ‘crisis of life’ such as birth, puberty, marriage and death. Religion promotes social solidarity by dealing with such situation. Thus, religion fulfills certain basic individual needs.” Who focussed on this aspect?
(a) Emile Durkheim
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Malinowski
(d) James Frazer
9. Magic, science, religion and other essays are written by?
(a) Durkheim
(b) RK Merton
(c) Talcott Parsons
(d) BK Malinowski
10. Which is not true among the following statements according to Malinowski?
(a) Malinowski speaks of function primarly in terms of physiological and psychological needs.
(b) Malinowski cannot be described as functionalist because he became obsessed with empirical reality.
(c) Malinowski continues to be a powerful influence in Anthropology.
(d) Malinowski constantly present in meticulously carried out field researches.
| 1 (c) | 2 (a) | 3 (a) | 4 (b) | 5 (b) | 6 (c) | 7 (a) | 8 (c) | 9 (d) | 10 (b) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 (d) | 12 (d) | 13 (a) | 14 (d) | 15 (d) | 16 (b) | 17 (b) | 18 (d) | 19 (b) | 20 (d) |
| 21 (a) | 22 (c) | 23 (c) | 24 (a) | 25 (a) | 26 (d) | 27 (d) | 28 (a) | 29 (c) | 30 (d) |
| 31 (c) | 32 (b) | 33 (d) | 34 (c) | 35 (d) | 36 (c) | 37 (c) | 38 (c) | 39 (d) | 40 (b) |
| 41 (d) | 42 (c) | 43 (c) | 44 (c) | 45 (a) | 46 (a) | 47 (b) | 48 (c) | 49 (a) | 50 (a) |
| 51 (c) | 52 (d) | 53 (c) | 54 (b) | 55 (c) | 56 (b) | 57 (b) | 58 (d) | 59 (a) | 60 (a) |
| 61 (b) | 62 (c) | 63 (c) | 64 (b) | 65 (c) | 66 (a) | 67 (b) | 68 (d) | 69 (c) | 70 (a) |
| 71 (b) | 72 (c) | 73 (b) | 74 (c) | 75 (b) | 76 (c) | 77 (c) | 78 (b) | 79 (c) | 80 (d) |
| 81 (a) | 82 (b) | 83 (a) | 84 (c) | 85 (d) | 86 (b) | 87 (c) | 88 (c) | 89 (b) | 90 (b) |
| 91 (b) | 92 (c) | 93 (c) | 94 (d) | — | — | — | — | — | — |