Sociology UGC NET Paper Sample Question-Answer in English

1. Who is the author of the book "The Elementary Forms of Religious Life"?
(A) Emile Durkheim
(B) Auguste Comte
(C) Herbert Spencer
(D) Mahatma Gandhi

2. Who defined Culture as “that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.”?
(A) Karl Marx
(B) Talcott Parsons
(C) Georg Simmel
(D) Edward B. Tylor

3. Which of the following Names is associated with the Theory of Socialization?
(A) Daniel Bell
(B) Erving Goffman
(C) Charles Mills Wright
(D) George Herbert Mead

4. Who defines "Sociology is a General Science of Society."
(A) Kinsley Davis
(B) Max Weber
(C) Emile Durkheim
(D) Louis Dumont

5. Who said "Sociology as the Study of Social Facts."
(A) Erving Goffman
(B) Emile Durkheim
(C) Talcott Parsons
(D) Karl Marx

6. Who is the author of the book "The Social System"?
(A) CH Cooley
(B) Ginsberg
(C) Talcott Parsons
(D) V. Pareto

7. The Concept and Theory of Culture Lag is developed by:-
(A) Bronislaw Malinowski
(B) Jurgen Habermas
(C) Auguste Comte
(D) William F. Ogburn

8. Who Coined the Concept of Ethnocentrism?
(A) WG Sumner
(B) Raymond Aron
(C) Donald Black
(D) Antonio Caso

9. Who has given the concept of Ascribed and Achieved Status?
(A) Kinsley Davis
(B) EB Tylor
(C) GH Mead
(D) Ralph Linton 

10. Who is the author of the book "The Dialectic of Sex"?
(A) Randall Collins
(B) Colin Crouch
(C) Dalton Conley
(D) Shulamith Firestone

11. Who is the author of the book "The Household Dimension of the Family in India: A Field Study in a Gujarat Village and a Review of Other Studies"?
(A) Louis Dumont
(B) MN Srinivas
(C) SC Dube
(D) Arvind Shah

12.  Who said "The Caste is an Enclosed Class." 
(A) MN Srinivas
(B) Auguste Comte
(C) Dr. BR Ambedkar
(D) GS Ghurye

13. Sociometry first used by:-
(A) Ralf Dahrendorf 
(B) Jacques Derrida
(C) Jacob L. Moreno 
(D) Troy Duster

14. Who coined the concept of the "One Dimensional Man"?
(A) Marcuse
(B) Matza
(C) Marx
(D) Weber

15.  What has been termed as "a haven in a heartless world"?
(A) School
(B) Family
(C) Religion
(D) Work

16. Human Development Index (HDI) include the following set of indicators. Mark the right answer.
(A) Health, Education and Income
(B) Freedom, Equality and Fraternity
(C) Equity, Social Justice and Liberty
(D) Oneness, Freedom and Equality

17. "Historical Materialism" is associated with:-
(A) Karl Marx
(B) Emile Durkheim
(C) Auguste Comte
(D) F. Tonnies

18. What does Population Pyramid deal with?
(A) Age & Marriage Structure
(B) Age & Sex Structure
(C) Age & Labour Force Structure
(D) Age & Literacy Structure

19. Who was the first chairman of the "Backward Classes Commission" in India? 
(A) BP Mandal
(B) BR Ambedkar
(C) Kaka Kalekar
(D) MK Gandhi

20. The Sarda Act was passed in:-
(A) 1829
(B) 1929
(C) 1935
(D) !983

(Answer Key)
(1) Option A (Emile Durkheim)
(2) Option D (Edward Burnett Tylor)
(3) Option D | George Herbert Mead
(4) Option A (Kingsley Davis)
(5) Option B (Emile Durkheim)
(6) Option C (Talcott Parsons)
(7) Option D (William Fielding Ogburn)
(8) Option A (William Graham Sumner)
(9) Option D (Ralph Linton)
(10) Option D (Shulamith Firestone)
(11) Option D | Arvind Shah
(12) Option C (Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar)

(13) Option C (Jacob Levy Moreno)
(14) Option A (Herbert Marcuse)
(15) Option B | Family (Quote by Christopher Lasch, "The Family is a Haven in a Heartless World."
(16) Option A (Health, Education and Income)
(17) Option A (Karl Marx)
(18) Option B (Age and Sex Structure)
(19) Option C | Kaka kalekar
(20) Option B (1929 | Also called Child Marriage Restraint Act)