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

Total Questions: 100

61. Match List-I with List-II

List-I (Tribe) List-II (Dormitories) 
A. Gonds1. Kichuki
B. Oraon2. Dhumkuria
C. Bhutia3. Gotul
D. Angami Naga4. Rangbang
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Code:ABCD
(a)IIIIIIIV
(b)IIIIIIVI
(c)IIVIIIII
(d)IIIIIIIV
Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:The matched list is as follows -
List-I (Tribe) List-II (Dormitories) 
A. Gonds1. Kichuki
B. Oraon4. Rangbang
C. Bhutia2. Dhumkuria
D. Angami Naga3. Gotul

62. Use of public office for private gain is known as:

Correct Answer: (b) Corruption
Solution:The use of public office for personal gain is known as corruption. Corruption mainly includes activities like nepotism, bribery or embezzlement.

63. The main features of class are

A. Homogeneity and Simplicity
B. Individualism
C. Economic and professional values
D. Rationalism
E. Traditionalism

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (b) B, C and D only
Solution:The main characteristics of class are individualism, economic and professional values, intellectualism, fluctuation of groups, birth not important, completely acquired, less stability etc. Class is a group of people who have similar social status. Classes are actually groups. They are relatively open, not closed.

64. Definite procedures or rules which people are expected to observe are known as:

Correct Answer: (a) Norms
Solution:Certain procedures or rules that people are expected to follow are considered as norms. Social norms are those rules of conduct of the society which instruct a person to behave in a particular way in a particular situation according to the cultural characteristics, social values and methods accepted by the society.

65. Which of the following is not a defining feature of tribe?

Correct Answer: (a) Food habits
Solution:Food habits are not the defining characteristic of the tribe. A tribe is a human group that has a common culture, common language, common territory, kinship ties, political organization and occupation, etc. and which generally follows the rules of endogamy.

66. Match List-I with List-II

List-I (Thinkers)List-II (Concept/Theory)
A. Georg Simmel1. Network Society
B. Louis Wirth2. Metropolis and Mental life
C. Manuel Castells3. Gesellschaft
D. Ferdinand Tonnies4. Urbanism as a way of life
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Code:ABCD
(a)IIIVIIII
(b)IIIVIIII
(c)IVIIIIII
(d)IIIIVIII
Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:The matched list is as follows -
List-I (Thinkers)List-II (Concept/Theory)
A. Georg Simmel2. Metropolis and Mental life
B. Louis Wirth4. Urbanism as a way of life
C. Manuel Castells1. Network Society
D. Ferdinand Tonnies3. Gesellschaft

67. Which one of the following was not a direct cause of the decline of the pre-British village artisan industries?

Correct Answer: (c) Introduction of money economy in India
Solution:

The introduction of money based economy in India was not the direct reason for the disintegration of pre-British rural craft industries, whereas the introduction of railways, development of modern industries in India, development of road transport system etc. were the direct reasons for it.

68. The disharmony between the rapid growth of technology and slower transformation of social institutions and beliefs is known as

Correct Answer: (c) Cultural lag
Solution:The mismatch between the rapid growth of technology and the slower transformation of social institutions and beliefs is known as cultural lag.

69. The most systematic general theory of cultural reproduction is given by –

Correct Answer: (b) Pierre Bourdieu
Solution:The most well-organized general theory of cultural reproduction is given by Pierre Bourdieu. In essence, Bourdieu believes that social structures give rise to culture. Which later give rise to behaviours, and these behaviours, ultimately, again create social structures. In this way this cycle of social structure and culture continues continuously.

70. Match List-I with List-II

List-I (Thinkers)List-II (Concept/Theory)
A. A. Comte1. Size and density
B. E. Durkheim2. Level of intellectual development
C. E. Marx3. Evolution and Complexity
D. H. Spencer4. Economic influence
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Code:ABCD
(a)IIIIVIII
(b)IIIIVIII
(c)IIIIIVII
(d)IIIIIIIV
Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:The matched list is as follows -
List-I (Thinkers)List-II (Concept/Theory)
A. A. Comte2. Level of intellectual development
B. E. Durkheim1. Size and density
C. E. Marx4. Economic influence
D. H. Spencer3. Evolution and Complexity