NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam, Dec.- 2021/June-2022 Sociology (Paper-II)

Total Questions: 100

51. Chronologically arrange the following schools of thought as they appeared in the history of Sociology.

A. Positivism
B. Symbolic interactionism
C. Postmodernism
D. Functionalism
E. Structuralism

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) A, D, E, B, C
Solution:The chronology of the origins of the ideologies in question in the history of sociology will be as follows -

Post-modernism → Symbolic Interactionism → Structuralism → Functionalism → Positivism

52. The #MeToo movement is a part of which wave of feminism?

A. First Wave
B. Second Wave
C. Third Wave
D. Fourth Wave
E. Fifth

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (d) D only
Solution:

The # Me Too movement is a part of the fifth wave of feminism. This is a movement against sexual harassment, exploitation and rape of women. This movement was founded by activist Tarana Burke.

He coined the word ‘Me Too’ in the year 2006. It gained widespread attention in 2017 when American actress Alyssa Milano urged victims of sexual harassment and assault to share their stories on social media.

53. Who had given the concept of "modes of individual adaptation"?

Correct Answer: (c) R.K. Merton
Solution:R.K. Merton provided the concept of “Modes of Individual Adaptation”. He has mentioned the following five methods of adaptation along with the analysis of cultural goals and institutional meansConformity, Innovation, Ritualism, Retreatism, Rebellion |

54. A ....... entails the collection of data on more than one case (usually quite a lot more than one) and at a single point in time

Correct Answer: (a) Cross-sectional research design
Solution:Cross-sectional research design involves collecting data from more than one case (usually more than one) and at the same time. Cross-sectional designs are used for population-based surveys and to estimate the prevalence of diseases in clinic-based samples.

55. The concept of "habitus" deals with

Correct Answer: (c) Behavioural dispositions of the individuals
Solution:The concept of “habits” is related to the behavioral tendencies of a person. This is Bourdieu's main concept. Habits are a set of attitudes that a person uses in day-to-day behavior. These attitudes predispose a person to behave or not to behave in a certain way.

56. Match List-I with List-II

List-I (Books)List-II (Authors) 
A. The Sociology of Disaster1. Jeffery D. Sachs
B. Environmental Sociology2. Ram Ahuja
C. The Age of Sustainable Development3. Thomas E. Drabek
D. Social Problems in India4. John Hannigan
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Code:ABCD
(a)IVIIIIII
(b)IIIIIVII
(c)IIIIVIII
(d)IVIIIIII
Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:The matched list is as follows -
List-I (Books)List-II (Authors) 
A. The Sociology of Disaster3. Thomas E. Drabek
B. Environmental Sociology4. John Hannigan
C. The Age of Sustainable Development1. Jeffery D. Sachs
D. Social Problems in India2. Ram Ahuja

57. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Correspondence analysis is a statistical method of analysis for cross-tabulated data by finding a geometrical representation.
Statement-II: Well-known applications of correspondence analysis are presented by Pierre Bourdieu in Distinction.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

Correct Answer: (a) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
Solution:Congruent analysis is a statistical method of analyzing cross-tabulated data by exploring geometric representations. Pierre Bourdieu has presented the wellknown applications of coherence analysis in the book “Distinction”. Hence, both statements I and II are true.

58. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R)

Assertion (A) : N.K. Bose emphasised the need to bring ethnology and indology together in the study of Indian Society.
Reason (R) : It is possible to reconstruct the structure of the Indian Constitution through these two approaches.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) (A) is true but (R) is false
Solution:N.K. Bose emphasized on bringing together ethnology and Indology in the study of Indian society. But it is not possible to restructure the structure of the Indian Constitution through these two approaches. Hence, Assertion (A) is correct but Reason (R) is not correct.

59. The academic journal published by Indian Sociological Society

A. Man in India
B. Sociological Bulletin
C. Contributions to Indian Sociology
D. International Sociology
E. Annals of Indian Sociology

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) B only
Solution:Sociological Bulletin is an academic journal published by the Indian Sociological Society. Its first editor was Dr. Ghurye. It was due to his efforts that the establishment of 'Indian Sociological Society' was possible in the year 1952.

60. Who among the following criticised the effects of "mass media" and "culture industry" on population?

Correct Answer: (c) Theodor Adorno
Solution:

Theodor Adorno has criticized the effects of "mass media" and the "culture industry" on the population. He believes that within the cultural industry our new cultural vocabulary becomes vulnerable. 'Brand' (label) associated with things is one such.

These act as a curtain against our true relationship with things. They erase the distinction between the social actor and the enjoyer. He says that acceptance of things without thinking in consumer capitalism makes advertising itself ‘totalitarian’.

In his criticism of the modern society, he made the means of mass communication his main target because through it such a 'mass society' of individuals is created which encourages repressiveness and status quo inhumanity. indistinct phrase. These phrases do not shed any light on the things on which they are affixed.