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

Total Questions: 100

31. Which test can be applied to measure relationship between a qualitative and a quantitative variable?

Correct Answer: (c) Chi-square(x²)
Solution:Chi-square (x²) test can be applied to measure relationship between a qualitative and a quantitative variable. One of the most common statistical tests for qualitative data is the Chi-square test. Hence option (c) is the correct answer.

32. In which kind of research analysis of data is an ongoing process during data collection?

Correct Answer: (a) Qualitative
Solution:In qualitative research analysis of data is an ongoing process during data collection. While data analysis in qualitative research can include statistical procedures, many times analysis becomes an ongoing iterative process where data is continuously collected and analyzed almost simultaneously.

33. L. Dumont is the exponent of which of the following views of caste?

Correct Answer: (c) Cultural
Solution:Louis Dumont is the exponent of cultural views of caste. Dumont says that caste is not a form of stratification but a special form of inequality whose essence has to be deciphered by the sociologists. Here be identifies hierarchy as the essential value underlying the caste system supported by Hinduism. Dumont moves gracefully from the ethnographic data to the level of the hierarchical ideology encrusted in ancient religious texts which are revealed as the governing conception of the contemporary caste structure. He asserts that the sociology of Indian must lie at the 'confluence of sociology and Indology'.

34. Who said that 'role is the dynamic aspect of status'?

Correct Answer: (a) Linton
Solution:Ralph Linton has referred to role as dynamic aspect of status; a role is the totality of all the cultural patterns associated with particular status. Any given role within a group tends to vary according to the individual who occupies the status, as well as the general membership composition of the group.

35. Who said that 'the habitus is the product of past experiences, but it always transmits their experiences in an active fashion'?

Correct Answer: (d) P. Bourdieu
Solution:Pierre Bourdieu said that 'the habitus is the product of past experiences, but it always transmits their experiences in an active creative fashion; In Bourdieu's words, habitus refers to ''a subjective but not individual system of internalised structures, schemes of perception, conception, and action common to all members of the same group or class.''

36. Which community has the majority of its population living in diaspora than at home?

Correct Answer: (a) Jewish
Solution:Jewish community has the majority of it's population living in diaspora than at home. The Jewish diaspora or exile is the dispersion of Israelites of Jews out their ancestral homeland and their subsequent settlement in other parts of the globe.

37. A rule or standard of behaviour defined by shared expectations of two or more people regarding what behavior is to be considered an socially acceptable, is referred to as:

Correct Answer: (d) norm
Solution:A rule standard of behavior defined by shared expectations of two or more people regarding what behavior is referred to as norm.

38. Who is considered as the father of functionalist theory of culture?

Correct Answer: (b) B. Malinowski
Solution:Bronislaw Malinowski is considered as the father of functionalist theory of culture. Malinowski used the term culture as a functioning whole and developed the idea of studying the 'use' or 'function' of the beliefs, practices, customs and institutions which together made the 'whole' of a culture.

39. Watch List-I with List-II

List-I (Concepts)List-II (Explanation) 
(A) Authority(i) Ideas and behaviour logically coherent
(B) Power(ii) Socially accepted norm
(C) Rationality(iii) The legitimate form of power
(D) Legitimacy(iv) Depends on a personal source

Select the correct answer from the option given below:

Code:ABCD
(a)iiiviiii
(b)iiiiivii
(c)iiiiviii
(d)iiiiviii
Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:
List-I (Concepts)List-II (Explanation) 
(A) Authority(iii) The legitimate form of power
(B) Power(iv) Depends on a personal source
(C) Rationality(i) Ideas and behaviour logically coherent
(D) Legitimacy(ii) Socially accepted norm

40. The Weberian model of social stratification has been applied to caste by

Correct Answer: (c) A. Beteille
Solution:The Weberian model of social stratification has been used in the study of caste by Andre Beteille. Beteille looks social stratification of the Village in context to caste, class and power of the village. The distribution of power has acquired a very dynamic character after Independence. In some ways the traditional relationship between caste and power has been reversed.