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

Total Questions: 100

81. Which section of Indian Penal Code deals with LGBT?

Correct Answer: (b) 377
Solution:377 Section of Indian Penal code deals with LGBT. Unnatural offences : Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

82. Kinship terminologies reflect a great deal about preferences and prohibitions of marriage. Which categories of relatives are preferred in Dravidian marriage as reflected in the terminology?

Correct Answer: (b) preference for cross-cousin marriage
Solution:Kinship terminologies reflect a great deal about preferences and prohibitions of marriage. Preference for cross-cousin marriage categories of relatives are preffered in Dravidian marriage as reflected in the terminology. In those that differentiate between cross-cousins and parallel cousin, cross-cousin marriage is usually preferred or sometimes even obligatory, while marriage parallel cousins often falls under incest taboos. Cross-cousin marriage often acts as a device to strengthen alliances between clans. Murdock used the 'Kinship terminology' in his study/ He mentions two types of kinship terms to explain kinship behaviour and analyze kinship interrelations- 'terms of address' and terms of reference'. Term of Address refers to the culturally patterned relationships among individuals. 'Terms of Reference' on the other hand indicate the linguistic symbols involved in relationship.

83. Honour killing is aimed at protecting which of the following social institutions?

Correct Answer: (a) Family and Caste
Solution:Honour killing is aimed at protecting family and caste of social institutions. That is the correct answer is option (a) others option are not appropriate.

84. Which of the following practices do PNDT (1994) Act and its Amendments aim to prohibit?

Correct Answer: (b) Sex-selective abortion in India
Solution:Sex selective abortion in India practices do PNDT (1994) Act and it's Amendments aim to prohibit. The significant reduction of CSR is attributed to the impact of implementation of PNDT Act 1994. Conclusion: The study reveals that the illegal practice of sex selective abortions has been curtailed by enforcement of PNDT Act 1994 as feticide is negatively correlated with CSR, INDIA.

85. Match List-I with List-II:

 

List-I (Books) List-II (Authors) 
(A) After Kinship(i) David M. Schneider
(B) American kinship(ii) Janet Carsten
(C) Structural Anthropology(iii) Bob Simpson
(D) The Theory of social structure(iv) Claude Levi- Strauss
(v) S.F. Nadel

Select the correct option from the option given below: 

Code:ABCD
(a)ivviii
(b)iiiivvi
(c)iiiivv
(d)iiiiiiiv
Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:
List-I (Books) List-II (Authors) 
(A) After Kinship(ii) Janet Carsten
(B) American kinship (1968)(i) David M Schneider
(C) Structural Anthropology (1958)(iv) Claude Levi- Strauss
(D) The Theory of social structure(iii) S.F. Nadel structure

That is the correct answer is option (c) others option are not appropriate.

86. When a newly married couple resides in the man's father's house this type of residence is termed as

Correct Answer: (a) patrilocal
Solution:When a newly marriage couple resides in the man's father's house this type of residence is termed as patrilocal. In social anthropology, patrilocal residence or patrilocality, also known as virilocal residence or virilocality, are terms referring to the social system in which a married couple resides with or near the husband's parents. Matrilocal family is a term referring to the societal system in which a married couple resides with or near the wife's parents.

87. Why has ultrasound technology in reproductive medicine led to 'missing girls' in India but not it the West?

Correct Answer: (b) Aversion to daughter
Solution:Aversion to daughter has ultrasound technology in reproductive medicine led to 'missing girls' in India but not in the west. Daughter aversion (and, in fact, gender inequality on a number of social indicators) continues to be a major issue even as India modernises, which should be a cause for serious alarm.

88. Internet originated in which one of the most innovative research institutions of the world?

Correct Answer: (b) US Defence Department's Advenced Research project
Solution:Internet originated in US defense Department's Advanced Research Project of the most innovative research institutions of the world.

ARPANET, in full Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, experimental computer network that was the forerunner of the Internet. The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) an arm of the U.S. Defense Department, funded the development of the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network in the late 1960 s.

89. Match List-I with List-II

List-I (Concepts)List-II (Authors)
(A) Timeless Time(i) David Held
(B) Hyperglobalizers(ii) Anthony Giddens
(C) Late Modernity(iii) Immanuel Wallerstein
(D) World System Theory(iv) Manuel Castells

Select the correct option from the option given below:

Code:ABCD
(a)iiiiiiiv
(b)iiiiviii
(c)iviiiiii
(d)iiiiviii
Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:
List-I (Concepts)List-II (Authors)
(A) Timeless Time(iv) Manuel Castells
(B) Hyperglobalizers(i) David Held
(C) Late Modernity(ii) Anthony Giddens
(D) World System Theory(iii) Immanuel Wallerstein

90. Which one of the following describes all the forms of information technology that involve communication?

Correct Answer: (a) Electronic Communication Technology
Solution:Electronic communication technology of describes all the forms of information technology that involve communication. Electronic communications are defined in ECPA as data communications carried over both wire wireless systems.