Economy & Society – Solved Questions of Sociology – UGC NET

Exchange, Gift, Capital, Labour and Market

1. Tertiary sector is also known as: (PYQ – JUNE 2012)

(A) Processing sector
(B) Forestry sector
(C) Mining sector
(D) Services sector

2. The ‘collective bargaining’ usually centres around: (PYQ – JUNE 2013)

(A) Share in profit, job security and good working conditions
(B) Job satisfaction, job security and new technology
(C) Exploitation, profit generation and reinvestment
(D) Corporate responsibility, global networking and profit sharing

3. Bonded labour is a: (PYQ – JUNE 2013)

(A) Cause of rural poverty and illiteracy
(B) Cause of prevailing hegemony of upper castes
(C) Product of rural poverty but cause of illiteracy and hegemony of upper castes
(D) Product of rural poverty, illiteracy and hegemony of upper castes

4. Who argued that “in the wake of labour exploitation the Indian peasantry has really taken a class character”? (PYQ – DEC 2015)

(A) Rajendra Singh
(B) Virginius Xaxa
(C) R. K. Jain
(D) Utsa Patnaik

5. When did the First National Commission on Labour submit its report on labour problems in organized and unorganized sectors? (PYQ – JAN 2017)

(A) 2002
(B) 1969
(C) 1952
(D) 2006

6. When did the First National Commission on Labour submit its report on labour problems in organized and unorganized sectors? (PYQ – DEC 2018)

(A) 2002
(B) 1969
(C) 1952
(D) 2006

7. Which country is an example of ‘state capitalism’? (PYQ – JUNE 2019)

(A) China
(B) India
(C) Switzerland
(D) France