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

Total Questions: 100

31. Which one of the following tribes is patrilineal?

Correct Answer: (d) Toda
Solution:Toda, pastoral tribe of the nilgiri hills of southern India. They are a dravidian ethnic group. Unlike most of the Indian tribes , the Todas practice child marriage.
The Toda society is strictly patrilineal and Todas trace their descent through father but because of polyandry it is almost impossible to know the actual father. In Indian, Patrilineal families are fond in Gond, Santhal, Bhil Ho tribes. Matrilineal Societies– Khasi, Garo, Nairs, Ezhavas, Bunt, Bilava, etc

32. Who is the author of the book, 'The Virtual Community'?

Correct Answer: (b) Howard Rheingold
Solution:Howard Rheingold is the author of the book, "The Virtual Community''. The virtual Community, a group of People, who may or may not meet one another face to face, who exchange word and ideas through the mediation of digital networks. The term gained popularity after a 1987 article written by Howard Rheingold for "The whole Earth Review: In the virtual community (1933)".

33. Who among the following considered 'time' and 'space' as 'a priori'?

Correct Answer: (d) Immanual Kant
Solution:A priori knowledge, in western philosophy since the time of Immanuel kant, knowledge that is acquired independently of any particular experience, as opposed to a posteriori knowledge, which is derived from experience. Kant tells us that space and time are the pure (a priori) forms of sensible intuition.

34. Who among the following have conceptualized media a 'Cultural Industry'?

Correct Answer: (c) Neo-Marxists
Solution:Neo-Marxists have conceptualzed media as a 'cultural Industry.
Cultural industry is a term used by social thinkers Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer to describe how popular culture in the capitalist society functions like an industry in producing standardized products which produce standardized people.
Neo-Marxism encompasses a group of beliefs that have in common rejection of economic or class determinism and a belief in at least the semi autonomy of the social sphere.

35. Which one is the common element in the most conceptions of the piety?

Correct Answer: (c) Humility
Solution:A common element in most conceptions of piety is a duty of Humility. In a religious context piety may be expressed through pious activities or devotions,. which may vary among countries and cultures. Humility means "the state of being humble."

36. Any signifier which signifies a concept or meaning - the signified, is called

Correct Answer: (c) Sign
Solution:

Any signifier which signifies a concept or meaning-the signified is called sign. Sign:- The Smallest unit of meaning. Anything that can be used to communicate (or to tell a lie).

37. While dicussing religion who has paid attention to development of moral ideas?

Correct Answer: (c) L.T. Hobhouse
Solution:L.T. Hobhouse has discussing about religion and he has paid attention to development of moral ideas. Hobhouse was also an atheist from an early age, despite his father being an archdeacon. He believed that rational tests could be applied to values and that they could be self-consistent and objective. Hobhouse was never religious.

38. According to Durkheim. the unit of significance in ritual is :

Correct Answer: (b) Action
Solution:For Durkheim ritual is a determined mode of action. According to Durkheim, the reference or object, of ritual is the belief system of a society, which is constituted by a classification of everything into the two realms of the sacred and the profane.

39. The symbol deals with

Correct Answer: (a) Transmission of a message
Solution:The symbol deals with transmission of a message. The noun transmission comes from the Latin word transmission, which means ''sending over or across. passege.'' The transmission of a message is the delivery of the message.

40. Who views education as the action exercised by the older generations upon those who are not yet ready for social life?

Correct Answer: (a) Emile Durkheim
Solution:Confirming to this meaning Durkheim defined education as ''the action exercised by the older generations upon those who are not yet ready for social life. Education is indispensable to individual and society, for without it there would be loss of all the accumulated knowledge of the ages and all the standard of conduct.