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

Total Questions: 100

71. The proportion of women workers in labour force in India as per World Bank Report 2017 is

Correct Answer: (e) 23.3%
Solution:India's female Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR)- the share of working-age women who report either being employed, or being available for work has fallen to a historic low of 23.3% in 2017-18, meaning that over three out of four women over the age of 15 in India are neither working nor seeking work.

72. Structural-differentiation model of economic development was formulated by

Correct Answer: (a) Neil J. Smelser
Solution:Structural- differentiation model of economic development was formulated by Neil J. Smelser. ''Structural differentiation is a process whereby one social role or organization... differentiates into two or more roles or organization... The new social units are structurally distinct from each other but taken together are functionally equivalent to the original unit.'' His major writing are:

• Theory of Collective Behaviour
• The Hanbook of Economic Sociology
• Cultural Trauma and Collective Identity
• Economy and Society
• The Sociology of Economic Life
• Social Change in the Industrial Revolution
• Personality and Social Systems
• Social Paralysis and Social change
• The Faces of Terrorism
• The Social Edges of Psychoanalysis
• Problematics of Sociology

73. Momentum for Change: Climate Neutral Now' is an initiative which was launched by

Correct Answer: (b) The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Solution:'Momentum for Change : Climate Neutral Now' is an initiative was founded by The United Nations framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC) That is the correct answer is option (b) others option are not appropriate. This initiative was launched in 2015. It is an initiative launched to urge individuals, companies, and governments to measure their climate footprint, reduce their greenhouse gas emissions as much as possible.

74. What was the theme of 'World Environment Day, 2018'?

Correct Answer: (b) Beat Plastic Pollution
Solution:World Environment Day 2018, the theme of the day is ''Best plastic pollution'' - a call for action for the world to work together to address one of the great environmental challenged of our time and raise global awareness of the need to reduce the heavy burden of plastic pollution on people's health and the threat it poses to the environment and wildlife.

75. Who among the following coined the term 'Cultural Ecology' in his famous book, Theory of culture Change: The Methodology of Multilinear Evolution?

Correct Answer: (a) J. H. Steward
Solution:Julian Haynes Steward coined the term 'Cultural Ecology' in his famous book, Theory of Cultural Change: The Methodology of Multilinear Evolution. Steward id notable for moving anthropology away from this more particularist approach and developing a more nomothetic, social-scientific direction. His theory of ''multilinear'' cultural evolution examined the way in which societies adapted to their environment.

76. Famous environmental NGO 'Tarun Bharat Sangh' was Founded by

Correct Answer: (a) Rajendra Singh
Solution:Famous environmental NGO 'Tarun Bharat Singh' was founded by Rajendra Singh. Rajendra Singh is an Indian water conservationist and environmentalist from Alwar district, Rajasthan in India also known as ''Waterman of India''. He won the Magsaysay Award in 2001 and Stockholm Water prize in 2015. He runs an NGO called 'Tarun Bharat Singh' (TBS), which was founded in 1975.

77. When was the term 'Social Forestry' used for the first time in India?

Correct Answer: (b) 1976
Solution:The term social forestry was first used in 1976 by The National Commission on Agriculture, when the government of India aimed to reduce pressure on forests by planting trees on all unused and fallow lands.

78. Who is the author of the monograph An Environmental History of the world?

Correct Answer: (d) Donald Hughes
Solution:Johnson Donald Hughes is the author of monograph An Environmental History of the World. The principal goal of environmental history is to deepen our understanding of how humans has been affected by the natural environment in the past and also how they have affected that environment and with what results.

79. Match List-I with List-II:

List-I (Acts and Policies) List-II (Year) 
(A) Biological Diversity Act(i) 1972
(B) Environmental Protection Act(ii) 2002
(C) Wild Life Protection Act(iii) 1986
(D) Plastic Waste Management Rules(iv) 2016

Select the correct answer from the option given below:

Code:ABCD
(a)iiiiiiiv
(b)iiiiiiiv
(c)iiiiiiiv
(d)iiiiivii
Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:
List-I (Acts and Policies) List-II (Year) 
(A) Biological Diversity Act2002
(B) Environmental Protection Act1986
(C) Wild Life Protection Act1972
(D) Plastic Waste Management Rules2016

80. Alliance Theory in Kinship Studies is associated with which of the following scholars?

Correct Answer: (c) C. Levi-Strauss
Solution:Generally associated with the structuralist anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss argues that in kinship systems, inheritance and the continuation of the vertical line (descent) are less important than the horizontal links (alliances) and relationship of reciprocity and exchange which are brought about by marriage between different groups.