Social Change and Processes – Solved PYQs of Sociology – UGC NET

Evolution and Diffusion

1. Which one of the following is known as the process by which cultural traits spread from one culturally distinct group to another? (JUNE 2012)
(A) Evolution
(B) Assimilation
(C) Accommodation
(D) Diffusion

2. From among the following, who believed in Social Darwinism? (DEC 2012)
(A) Diffusionists
(B) Evolutionists
(C) Functionalists
(D) All of the above

3. The theoretical perspective that asserts that there are discernible stages which the society goes through more than once or even repeatedly is termed as (JUNE 2013)
(A) Repeated Evolutionary Theory
(B) Unilinear Evolutionary Theory
(C) Cyclical Evolutionary Theory
(D) Reflexive Evolutionary Theory

4. Who among the following is a proponent of cyclical theory of evolution? (DEC 2013)
(A) T. Parsons
(B) E. Durkheim
(C) O. Spengler
(D) H. Spencer

5. Match items in List-I with items in List-II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (JUNE 2014)

List–I
(a) Evolutionary Theory
(b) Cyclical Theory
(c) Conflict Theory
(d) Structural Functional Approach

List–II
(i) Kingsley Davis
(ii) Auguste Comte
(iii) P. A. Sorokin
(iv) Karl Marx

Codes:
(A) (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)
(B) (a)-(i), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iii)
(C) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)
(D) (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iii)

6. Match items in List-I with items in List-II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (DEC 2014)

List–I
(a) Evolution
(b) Progress
(c) Revolution
(d) Transformation

List–II
(1) Structural change
(2) Change in stages
(3) Quantitative change
(4) Qualitative change

Codes:
(A) a–4, b–3, c–2, d–1
(B) a–2, b–3, c–1, d–4
(C) a–3, b–2, c–1, d–4
(D) a–1, b–4, c–3, d–2