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

Total Questions: 100

91. Digital divide is the result of increasing

Correct Answer: (c) computer technology in everyday life
Solution:Digital divide is the result of increasing computer technology in everyday life. Computer technology is used to serve and connect people the modern world. Individuals, communities, government and innovate the majority of things in their lives, such as food, services, entertainment, care, communication education and transportation,

92. Why 'Nestle' received negative criticism on social media over the lead issue in the product 'Maggi'?

Correct Answer: (c) They refused to apologise and digitally deleted protesters' links
Solution:'Nestle' received negative criticism on social media over the lead they issue in the product 'Maggi' because they refused to apologise and digitally deleted protest's links.

93. To protect yourself from a computer hacker, you should turn on a

Correct Answer: (d) Firewall
Solution:A firewall can help protect your computer and data by managing your network traffic. It does this by blocking unsolicited and unwanted incoming network traffic. A firewall validates access by assessing this incoming traffic for anything malicious like hackers and Malware that could infect your computer.

94. Who emphasized that any cultural item can be analyzed through a circuit of culture?

Correct Answer: (a) Sruart Hall
Solution:Stuart Hall's circuit of culture provides an analytical framework through which to view products of popular culture. The circuit is split into five interacting elements-representation, identity, production, consumption, and regulation-which range in their level of visibility to the public sphere.

 His major writings are:
• Reading of Marx's 1857
• Beliefs and Ideologies
• Multicultural Question
• Representation : Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices
• Familiar Stranger : A Life between Two Islands
• Questions of Cultural Identity
• Selected Writings on Marxism
• Selected Writings on Race and Difference
• Writings on Media : History of the Present

95. Which ruling party in Cambodia was associated with mass killing in the 20th century?

Correct Answer: (c) Khmer Rouge

96. In the four years that the Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia, it was responsible for one of the worst mass killings of the 20th Century. The brutal regime, in power from 1975-1979, claimed the lives of up to two million people.

Correct Answer: (c) Semiotics
Solution:Semiotics term is used for the study of symbols and signs. Semiotics, also called semiology, the study of signs and sign- using behaviour. It was defined by one of its founders, the swiss linguist Ferdinand De Saussure, as the study of ''the life of signs within society.''

97. Who commented on holocaust and modernity?

Correct Answer: (a) Zygmunt Bauman
Solution:Zygmunt Bauman is commented on Holocaust and Modernity His most-celebrated books included Modernity and the Holocaust (1989), in which he argued that modern industrial and bureaucratic paradigms made the Holocaust imaginable and that the machinery of industrialism made it possible to carry out and Liquid Modernity (2002), in which he examined the effects of consumption- based economies.

98. In which was the 'Appiko' movement launched?

Correct Answer: (b) Karnataka
Solution:Appiko Movement is one of the forest-based environmental movements in India. The movement took place in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka in the Western Ghats. In September 1983, women and youth of the negion decided to launch a movement similar to chipko, in south India. The movement was named Appiko which menas "hug" in Kannada 'symbolizing protection for the tree. The movement was founded and led by environmental activist Panduranga Hegde.

99. Jallikattu is the traditional sport of which state?

Correct Answer: (a) Tamil Nadu
Solution:Jallikattu is celebrated in the second week of January, during the Tamil harvest festival, Pongal. A tradition over 2,000 old years, Jallikattu is a competitive sport as well as an event to honour bull owners who rear them for mating.

100. Which of the following pairs of Traditional Gharanas and Musicians is NOT correctly matched?

Correct Answer: (b) Gwaliar Gharana : Mogubai Kurdikar
Solution:Gwaliar Gharana: Mogubai Kurdikar Mogubai Kurdikar (15 July 1904 - 10 February 2001) was a renowned Indian Classical vocalist of the Jaipur Atrauli Gharana.