Sociology UGC NET Paper Sample Question-Answer in English (Lesson 25) :-

1. Who supports the view that social structure is more or less stable and unchangeable, while its qualitative character is dynamic and changeable?
 (1) AR Radcliffe-Brown
 (2) SF Nadel
 (3) Bronislaw Malinowski
 (4) Claude Levi-Strauss

2. Who gave the 'Mechanical' and 'Statistical' models in his study of kinship structure?
(1) Claude Levi-Strauss
(2) James Frazer
(3) AR Radcliffe-Brown
(4) SF Nadel

3. Who among the following talked about moving
equilibrium (Balance) in the process of progressive
growth in the social system?

 (1) Talcott Parsons
 (2) RK Merton
 (3) Max Weber
 (4) B Malinowski

4. To Emile Durkheim, Moral density means:-

 (1) Sheer (Complete) increase in the number of individuals
 (2) Individuals working morally
 (3) Individuals feeling sobriety
 (4) Increased interaction between the individuals

5. Self-fulfilling prophecy was the concept explained by:-

 (1) Max Weber
 (2) RK Merton
 (3) T Parsons
 (4) None of the above

6. Who has studied "Trobriand Islanders" ?

 (1) AR Brown

 (2) James Frazer
 (3) B Malinowski
 (4) Emile Durkheim

7. The concept : “The generalized other”
was introduced by:-

 (1) GH Mead
 (2) Herbert Blumer
 (3) V Pareto
 (4) None of the above

8. Max Weber distinguished power from authority
as the presence or absence of:-

 (1) Hierarchy
 (2) Rationality
 (3) Legitimacy
 (4) Bureaucracy

9. Who were the first to develop the elite theory ?

 (1) Pareto and Mosca

 (2) Mills and David Lane
 (3) Pareto and Mills
 (4) Mosca and Mitchell

10. The Book:- “The Methodological Position of

Symbolic Interactionism” was written by:- 

 (1) H Blumer
 (2) CH Cooley
 (3) Erving Goffman
 (4) GH Mead

11. Functionalism approach to conflict was propounded by:-

 (1) Ralf Dahrendorf
 (2) LA Coser
 (3) Karl Marx
 (4) R Collins

12. Identify the correct logical order as explained by Marx:-

 (1) Class-in-Itself, Class for Itself, Social Transformation, Class Conflict
 (2) Class-in-Itself, Class for Itself, Class Conflict, Social Transformation
 (3) Class in Itself, Class Conflict, Class for Itself, Social Transformation
 (4) Class for Itself, Class Conflict, Class-in-Itself, Social Transformation

13. Who has stated that, ‘human activity can be observed and

comprehended from only inside’?

 (1) Max Weber
 (2) W Dilthey
 (3) E Durkheim
 (4) P Sorokin

14. Who has considered that ‘social phenomenon
can be treated like natural phenomenon, in terms of
observation, classification and also in direct experiment’ ?

 (1) Emile Durkheim
 (2) AR Radcliffe-Brown
 (3) Both (1) and (2)
 (4) None of the above

15. Among the Indian sociologists, who has pleaded for

an integrated approach to the study of
social phenomenon ?

 (1) DP Mukerji
 (2) GS Ghurye
 (3) Radhakamal Mukherjee
 (4) Ram Krishna Mukherjee

16. Who has undertaken for the first time ‘survey
of an industrial city’ in India and employed
statistical concepts and tools ?

 (1) DN Majumdar
 (2) MN Srinivas
 (3) VS D’Souza
 (4) SC Dube

17. Who is said to have used the participant observation

method in the study of a street corner
society in U.S.A. ?

 (1) B Malinowski
 (2) WF Whyte
 (3) Paul F Lazarsfeld
 (4) Rk Merton

18. Census is an example of:-

 (1) Explanatory research
 (2) Exploratory research
 (3) Descriptive research
 (4) Diagnostic research

19. Which one of the following measures of average

can be applied to qualitative data?

 (1) Mean
 (2) Median
 (3) Mode
 (4) All the above

20. Case study aims at:-

(1) Qualitative analysis of a unit

(2) Quantitative analysis of a unit
(3) Both Qualitative and Quantitative analysis
(4) Qualitative and detailed analysis of all
aspects of a unit

(Answer Key)

1. Option 2 (SF Nadel)

2. Option 1 | Claude Levi Strauss

3. Option 1 | Talcott Parsons

4. Option 4 (Increased interaction between the individuals)

5. Option 2 (RK Merton)

6. Option 3 (Bronislaw Malinowski)

7. Option 1 (George Herbert Mead)

8. Option 3 (Legitimacy) 

9. Option 1 | Pareto and Mosca

10. Option 1 (Herbert Blumer)

11. Option 2 (LA Coser)

12. Option 2 (Class-in-itself | Class-for-itself | Class conflict | Social Transformation) 

13. Option 2 (Wilhem Dilthey) 

14. Option 3 Both (1) and (2) 

15. Option 3 (Radhakamal Mukherjee)

16. Option 1 (DN Majumdar) 

17. Option 2 (William Foote Whyte)

18. Option 3 (Descriptive Research) 

19. Option 3 | Mode 

20. Option 4 | Qualitative and detailed analysis of all aspects of a unit