PRACTICE QUESTIONS UGC NET (SOCIOLOGY)
Hermeneutic and Interpretative Traditions
UGC NET SOCIOLOGY
Sociological Theory (UNIT 1)
1. Hermeneutics means
(a) Explaining
(b) Ordering
(c) Classification
(d) Organisation
2. Which intellectual traditions is central to the understanding of texts?
(a) Enlightenment Philosophy
(b) Hermeneutics
(c) Phenomenology
(d) Symbolic interactionism
3. Hermeneutics is a branch of sociology and who was known as a father of modern Hermeneutics
(a) Friedrich Schleiermacher
(b) Wilhelm Dilthey
(c) Martin Heidegger
(d) Gadamer
4. Hermeneutics is an important contribution of the theory and practice of understanding text, which part of the world its contribution began with
(a) Southern
(b) Western
(c) Eastern
(d) Northern
5. In its study of language, which sociological perspective focuses on how people rely on shared definitions of phrases and expressions in both formal speech and everyday conversation?
(a) Functionalist perspective
(b) Conflict perspective
(c) Interactionist perspective
(d) Ethnocentric perspective
6. Grounded theories should be based on what kind of knowledge?
(a) Local, emergent and intersubjective
(b) Scientific, objective and generalisable
(c) Ideological, emancipatory and ontological
(d) All of the above
7. The Interpretive view of social science is that:
(a) Their subject matter is fundamentally different to that of the natural sciences
(b) We should aim to achieve the interpretive understanding of social action
(c) It is important to study the way people make sense of their everyday worlds
(d) All of the above
8. In the historical evolution of contemporary hermeneutics which thinkers were involved.
(a) Schleiermacher, Gadamer, Dilthey
(b) Schleiermacher, Dilthey, Paul Ricoeur
(c) Gadamer, Dilthey, Paul Ricoeur
(d) Schleiermacher, Gadamer, Dilthey, Paul Ricoeur
9. Name the reciprocal influence, human beings exert on each other through interstimulation and response.
(a) Social interaction
(b) Social relation
(c) Social groups
(d) Co-operation
10. The pragmatist philosophy used in Symbolic Interactionist theory teaches that
(a) theory must be augmented by straightforward, plausible methods
(b) we can find true, objective knowledge of the world through our senses
(c) knowledge is produced in everyday, practical situations
(d) the best social theory was developed in Prague
| 1 (a) | 2 (b) | 3 (a) | 4 (b) | 5 (c) | 6 (a) | 7 (d) | 8 (d) | 9 (a) | 10 (c) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 (b) | 12 (d) | 13 (c) | 14 (a) | 15 (d) | 16 (d) | 17 (a) | 18 (a) | 19 (d) | 20 (b) |
| 21 (a) | 22 (c) | 23 (d) | 24 (a) | 25 (a) | 26 (b) | 27 (b) | 28 (d) | 29 (d) | 30 (b) |
| 31 (b) | 32 (a) | 33 (c) | 34 (c) | 35 (d) | 36 (b) | 37 (a) | 38 (a) | 39 (c) | 40 (d) |
| 41 (d) | 42 (c) | 43 (c) | 44 (a) | 45 (b) | 46 (c) | 47 (a) | 48 (a) | 49 (b) | 50 (a) |
| 51 (a) | 52 (a) | 53 (a) | 54 (a) | 55 (d) | 56 (b) | 57 (d) | 58 (d) | 59 (a) | 60 (d) |
| 61 (d) | 62 (c) | 63 (a) | 64 (a) | 65 (a) | 66 (a) | 67 (d) | 68 (b) | 69 (c) | 70 (d) |
| 71 (b) | 72 (a) | 73 (d) | 74 (b) | 75 (a) | 76 (b) | 77 (a) | 78 (d) | 79 (c) | 80 (b) |
| 81 (a) | 82 (c) | 83 (a) | 84 (c) | 85 (a) | 86 (a) | 87 (b) | 88 (c) | 89 (a) | 90 (c) |
| 91 (a) | 92 (d) | 93 (c) | 94 (b) | 95 (a) | 96 (b) | 97 (a) | 98 (c) | 99 (b) | 100 (c) |
| 101 (c) | 102 (b) | 103 (c) | 104 (a) | 105 (a) | 106 (a) | 107 (a) | 108 (b) | 109 (d) | 110 (d) |
| 111 (d) | 112 (d) | 113 (d) | 114 (a) | 115 (a) | 116 (a) | 117 (b) | 118 (a) | 119 (a) | 120 (d) |
| 121 (d) | 122 (d) | 123 (c) | 124 (b) | 125 (d) | 126 (b) | 127 (d) | 128 (d) | 129 (b) | 130 (b) |
| 131 (c) | 132 (b) | 133 (c) | 134 (d) | 135 (a) | 136 (c) | 137 (d) | 138 (a) | 139 (b) | 140 (a) |
| 141 (b) | 142 (b) | 143 (c) | 144 (c) | 145 (b) | 146 (b) | 147 (b) | 148 (a) | 149 (b) | 150 (c) |
| 151 (c) | 152 (c) | 153 (d) | 154 (a) | 155 (c) | 156 (c) | — | — | — | — |