NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam., December 2019 Sociology (Paper-II)

Total Questions: 100

11. Who has conceptualized social structure as a complex of principal groups and institutions which constitute societies?

Correct Answer: (c) M. Ginsberg
Solution:According to Moris Ginsberg, social structure in concerned with the principal form of social organiation, i.e. types of groups, associations and institutions and the complex of these which constitute societies. Social structure thus refers to the pattern and arrangement of institutional agencies and organizations.

12. Who among the following holds the view that an 'Indian Tribe' as converted to Indian caste when it loses a territoriol meaning and social significance?

Correct Answer: (a) Max Weber
Solution:Max Weber writes in ''Social Structure'' that when an Indian tribe loses its territorial significance it assumes the form of an Indian caste. In this way the tribe is a local group whereas is a social group.

13. Who among the following viewed status as an 'effective claim to social esteem'?

Correct Answer: (c) M. Weber
Solution:Weber defined status position in Economy and Society (1992) as the ''effective claim to social esteem'' These status positions confer both negative and positive privileges, and status is typically based on a specaial lifestyle, and a formal training.

14. Which one of the following is least inequitable metropolitan city of India?

Correct Answer: (c) Howrah
Solution:Howrah is an industrial city of West Bengal. Which is the least inequitable metropolitan city of India. That is all the options are incorrent except option (C).

15. In which cencus year the data related to slums in India was collected?

Correct Answer: (a) 2001

16. How many metropolises were there in India according to Census 2001?

Correct Answer: (b) 35
Solution:35 metropolises were in India according to Census 2001. There are 56 urban agglomerations in India with a population of 1 million or more as of 2011 against 35 in 2001. About 43% of the urban population of India lives in these cities.

17. Bhil and Meena tribes are largely living in the state of -

Correct Answer: (c) Rajasthan
Solution:As of 2001, the Bhil meenas were classified as a scheduled tribe under the Indian Government's reservation program of positive discrimination. The Bhil meena (also spelled bhil mina) are a tribal group found in the state of Rajasthan, India.

18. Who among the following has said that caste system has organic links with the tribal culture in India?

Correct Answer: (a) G.S.Ghurye
Solution:Ghurye introduced a down-to-earth empiricism in Indian sociology and social anthropology. He was also an ethnographer, who studied tribes and castes of India, using historical and Indological data. His knowledge of Sanskrit enabled him to study the religious scriptures in the context of Indian society.

Ghurye highlights six structural features of caste system as follows:
1. Segmental division
2. Hierarchy
3. Pollution and Purity
4. Civil and Religious Disabilities and Privileges of different sections
5. Lack of choice of occupation
6. Restrictions on marriage
Besides the above characteristics, Ghurge stresses on endogamy as the most important feature of the caste system. Any effective unit of the caste hierarchy is marked by endogamy.

19. Who has criticized the emerging political culture of corruption and criminality in his/her work on Indian Politics?

Correct Answer: (c) Rajni Kothari
Solution:Rajni kothari has criticized the emerging political culture of corruption and criminality in her work on Indian Politics. In this pioneering study of India as a vibrant and politically sustainable polity, Rajni kothari covers considerable basic ground. Politics in India was first Published in 1970 and marks a turning point in the evolution of the author's intellectual contributions.

Her major writings are:
• Politics in India
• Caste in Indian Politics
• Rethinking Democracy
• Rethinking Development: In search of Humane Alternatives
• Environment and Alternative development
• Transformation and Survival: In search of Human world order.

20. Where was the largest and longest protest in 1980's organized by Bhartiya Kisan Union under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Tikait?

Correct Answer: (c) Delhi
Solution:Mahendra Singh Tikait was an Indian former leader from the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Meerut was the largest and longest protest in 1980's organized by Bhartiya Kisan Union under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Tikait.