NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam, Dec.- 2023 Sociology (Paper-II)

Total Questions: 100

1. Which among the following works is not related to Erving Goffman?

Correct Answer: (d) Phenomenology of the social world
Solution:

(I) Interactional Rituals
(II) Behaviour in Public Place
(III) Frame Analysis
(IV) The Presentation of self in everyday life
(V) Asylums.
The work Phenomenology of the Social World is not related to Erving Gaffman. This book is by Alfred Schutz. Books by Erving Gaffman:-
(I) Interactional Rituals
(II) Behaviour in Public Place
(III) Frame Analysis
(IV) The Presentation of self in everyday life
(V) Asylums.

2. A powerful negative social label that radically changes a person's self concept and social identity is called :

Correct Answer: (d) Stigma
Solution:

Stigma is a powerful negative social attack that radically alters a person's self-concept and social identity. Irving Goffman described stigma as a phenomenon whereby a person with a trait that is deeply discredited by his or her society is rejected as a result of that trait.

3. Who is the author of "Caste and Tribes of Bengal" (1891)?

Correct Answer: (b) Herbert Risley
Solution:

The author of the book "Castes and Tribes of Bengal" (1891) is Herbert Risley.
His other books:-
– The People of India (1908)
– The Gazetteer of Sikhism (1894)
– Census of India 1909 (1903)

4. Which among the following is not the work of Levi-Strauss?

Correct Answer: (a) The Raw and Cooked
Solution:

Structure and Function in Primitive Society (1965) is a book written by Alfred Regnald Radcliff Brown. While other books are written by Levi-Strauss.

Radcliff Brown has said in his book Structure and Function in Primitive Society that the most important function of social beliefs and practices is to maintain social order, balance in relationships and the importance of the group over time.

5. Who among the following proposed a 'paradigm of evolutionary change' to study society?

Correct Answer: (b) Talcott Parsons
Solution:

Talcott Parsons introduced the 'paradigm of evolutionary change' for social studies. He introduced the concept of Evolutionary Universals. By this he meant that every social system has evolved in certain general directions despite historical specificities.

He also emphasized on historical and comparative analysis of the major stages of development of social systems from primitive society to modern industrial society throughout the world. Parsons analyzed the following types of evolutionary societies: primitive/archaic, intermediate and modern.

6. Who among the following said 'The Behavior of an individual can be understood only in terms of behavior of the social group of which he is a member'?

Correct Answer: (c) Georg Herbert Mead
Solution:

George Herbert Mead said that the behaviour of an individual can only be understood in terms of the behaviour of the entire social group of which he is a member.

A social group is not just a collection of individuals. It is necessary to have mutual relations between these individuals.

7. Who among the following said "Society and individuals do not denote separable phenomena, but are simply the collective and distributive aspects of the same things".

Correct Answer: (b) Charles H. Cooley
Solution:Charles H Cooley states that "Society and individuals do not exist in the sense of separate phenomena. Rather, they are generally collective and distributed aspects of the same events."

8. Which among the following is not true about Talcott Parsons theory of social system?

Correct Answer: (b) He took interaction as his fundamental unit for the analysis of the social system
Solution:

According to Talcott Parsons, sociology studies social system. This social system is formed through action-reaction or interaction. Parsons understood social system as a system of interaction.

He used status-role complexity as the basic unit of the system. According to Parsons, every system has a certain structure. And this structure is formed from various units. That is, the existence of structure depends on units.

9. In a set of data table a value is such that half of the items are above and half below it. This value is known as:

Correct Answer: (b) Median
Solution:

When a value in a set of data is given in such a way that half of its units (items) are above (greater than) it and half of its units are below (greater than) it, then it is called median.

10. Which of the following techniques is used for the analysis of news items in a newspaper?

Correct Answer: (c) Content Analysis
Solution:

Content analysis is used to analyse news in a newspaper.