NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam., June 2020 Sociology (Paper-II)

Total Questions: 100

11. Yellow revolution is related to

Correct Answer: (a) Oilseed
Solution:The Yellow Revolution started in 1986-1987 to multiply the production of vegetable oils, especially mustard and sesame seeds, to achieve independence known as the Yellow Revolution. During the Yellow Revolution, hybrid mustard and sesame seeds were planted, which significantly increased vegetable oil production, also thanks to the use of edible oil production technologies. Yellow Revolution targets nine oil seeds, namely peanuts, mustard greens, soybeans, saffron, sunflower, niger, flaxseeds and castor. Hence, correct answer is option (a).

12. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of census town?

Correct Answer: (c) Presence of municipality/corporation cantonment board or notified town
Solution:Presence of municipality/corporation cantonment board or notified town is not a characteristics of census town. All other options are a specialty of census town.

13. Which one of the following is least urbanized state in India?

Correct Answer: (b) Himachal Pradesh
Solution:Himachal Pradesh is the least urbanized state Union Territory, followed by Bihar in both 2001 and 2011 and therefore ran 35 and 34 respectively in both 2001 and 2011.

Top 5 Least urbanized state in India
1. Himachal Pradesh
2. Bihar
3. Assam
4. Orrissa
5. Meghalaya

Top 4 Most urbanized state in India
1. Tamil Nadu
2. Kerla
3. Mahareshtra
4. Gujrat

14. During which decade increase in total urban population was more than total increase in rural population of India?

Correct Answer: (b) 2001-2011
Solution:In 2001-2011 decade increase in total urban population was more than total increase in rural population of India.

15. During which decade increase in total urban population was more than total increase in rural population of India?

Correct Answer: (b) 2001-2011
Solution:In 2001-2011 decade increase in total urban population was more than total increase in rural population of India.

16. Who has given a graphic account of the miserable situation of unmarried individuals in the most primitive societies?

Correct Answer: (a) C. Levi-Strauss

17. Who said, “social structure as the complex of the principal groups and institutions which constitute societies”?

Correct Answer: (d) M. Ginsberg
Solution:According to Moris Ginsberg, social structure is concerned with the principal form of social organization, i.e., types of groups, association and institutions and the complex of these which constitute societies.

18. The study of people using participant observation and face to face interviewing is called

Correct Answer: (c) Ethnography
Solution:Ethnography, simply stated, is the study of people in their own environment through the use of methods such as participant observation and face-toface interviewing.

19. According to Durkheim. indirect Experiment is _______

Correct Answer: (d) Comparative method
Solution:For the testing of sociological explanations the alternative according to Durkheim is indirect experiment; the comparative method. Social facts as described and defined by Durkheim could not be artificially manipulated, or even produced, to accord with anything like controlled experimental conditions.

20. Who used the historical approach in his sociological analysis?

Correct Answer: (b) C. Wright Mills
Solution:Charles Wright Mills argued that history is an important element to in sociological imagination. These different historical events have shaped modern society as a whole and each individual within it. Mills argues that one can only truly understand themselves if they can truly understand their circumstances.