Miscellaneous Questions – Solved PYQs of Sociology for UGC NET

1. Sociology in India was introduced at institutional level after it was well-established in Europe and the U.S.A. Which one among the following is the year of introduction of sociology at the formal/institutional level? (JUNE 2012)

(A) 1894
(B) 1895
(C) 1939
(D) 1919

2. Population pyramid is graphic representation of which aspect of population? (JUNE 2012)

(A) Mortality and life expectancy
(B) Age-sex distribution at a given time
(C) Fertility and birth control
(D) Mortality and fertility ratio

3. Sociology is characterised by a perspective that places (DEC 2012)

(A) Individual in the foreground
(B) Unique social events
(C) Social interaction
(D) Culture

4. Drug de-addiction centers provide which of the following facilities? (DEC 2012)

(A) Counseling
(B) Medical assistance
(C) Yogic exercise
(D) All the above

5. Which type of intoxicant is taken by the use of Cigarettes, Bidi, Tobacco, Cigar etc.? (DEC 2012)

(A) Narcotics
(B) Nicotine
(C) Sedatives
(D) Hallucinogens

6. Assertion (A): Some scholars say, in countries which have recently introduced Sociology, indigenization of the subject is required.
Reason (R): This can be helpful in the growth of native scholarship and will contribute to the nation building process. (DEC 2012)

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true
(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

7. Assertion (A): North-Eastern States are not facing any crisis with regard to female child sex-ratio.
Reason (R): There is an increase of education among women in these States. (DEC 2012)

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(B) (A) is false, but (R) is true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false
(D) (A) is true, but (R) is false

8. During 1956, which were the countries visited by the study group comprising representatives from the Government, trade unions and the employers from India to study the experiences of workers’ participation in management? (DEC 2012)

(A) Poland, Sweden, U.K., France, East Germany, Russia
(B) Holland, Sweden, France, Yugoslavia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia
(C) U.K., Sweden, France, Belgium, West Germany, Yugoslavia
(D) U.K., Sweden, Poland, Germany, Belgium, France

9. What is incorrect about SEWA? (DEC 2012)

(A) It has unionized women workers in the unorganized sector
(B) It combines three movements: labour, co-operative and development
(C) It has organized many women cooperatives
(D) It is restricted to Ahmedabad only

10. Which of the following is/are related to Demographic processes? (DEC 2012)

I. Fertility
II. Mortality
III. Migration
IV. Morbidity

(A) I and IV are correct
(B) IV and II are correct
(C) II and III are correct
(D) III and IV are correct

11. Match the items in List-I with the items in List-II and choose the correct code. (DEC 2012)

List-I
(a) The death of a child below the age of one year
(b) The death of a woman at the time of delivery
(c) The rate of falling ill due to diseases
(d) Killing of girls after birth

List-II
(i) Morbidity
(ii) Infant mortality
(iii) Female infanticide
(iv) Maternal mortality
(v) Female foeticide

Codes:

(A) a–i, b–iv, c–ii, d–v
(B) a–ii, b–iv, c–i, d–iii
(C) a–iv, b–iii, c–iv, d–ii
(D) a–v, b–iv, c–i, d–iii