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

Total Questions: 100

31. Sample which fulfills the requirements of efficiency representativeness, reliability and flexibility is called :

Correct Answer: (b) Optimum sample
Solution:An optimum sample for a study may be defined as that sample which fulfills the requirements of efficiency, representativeness, reliability and flexibility. That is, the sample should be small enough to forestall unnecessary expense and large enough to help the researcher aroid sample-error beyond the limit to tolerance.

32. Who from among the following does see the relationship between the various strata in a stratified society as one of cooperation and interdependence?

Correct Answer: (b) Functionalists
Solution:In cooperation and interdependence the functionalists does see the relationship between the various strata in a strafied society. Functionalism, in social sciences, theory based on the premise that all aspects of society-institutions, roles, norms, etc. - serve a purpose and that all are indispensable for the longterm survival of the society.

33. Which one of the following incidents prompted Vinobha Bhave to initiate the Bhudan Movement in India?

Correct Answer: (a) Nalgonda Incident
Solution:Nalgonda incident inspired Vinoba Bhave to initiate Bhoodan Movement in India.Bhoodan Movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi's disciple Vinoba Bhave in April 1957. Born spontaneously at an evening meeting in an Andhra Pradesh village, the movement saw land owners gifting land to the landless.

34. Who among the following started the selfrespect movement in Tamilnadu?

Correct Answer: (a) E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker
Solution:Champaran Satyagarha Movement was founded in 1925 by S. Ramanathan who invited E.V. Ramaswamy (also known as Periyar by his followers) to head the movement in Tamilnadu, India against Brahminism. This movement was led by Mahatma Ghandh

35. Which one of the following factors is negatively correlated with modernization?

Correct Answer: (d) Religiosity
Solution:Religiousity factors is negatively correlated with modernization. Modernisation has undermind religion in at least three ways: Social life has become separated from religious life. Rationalization means that people are more likely to seek scientific explanation for behaviour rather than religious explanations.

36. In which state Champaran Satyagraha movement was initiated?

Correct Answer: (d) Bihar
Solution:It was a farmer's uprising that took place in Champaran district of Bihar in the Indian subcontinent, during the British colonial period.

37. Who has used the term 'Serendipity' in sociological research?

Correct Answer: (a) R.K. Merton
Solution:In 1946, Merton revealed his concept of the "Serendipity pattern" in empirical research of observing an unanticipated, anomalous, and strategic datum, which becomes the occasion for developing a new theory. In this way Merton contributes to the history he maps out.

38. Cultures of Relatedness by Jannet Carsten is a study of

Correct Answer: (a) Lankawi Islanders
Solution:The book 'Cultures of Relatedness' by Jannet Cartsen is a volume that brings together some of the sources of new vitality by exploring kinship system in local cultures by finding their relatedness in other societies and the ways in which these relationship is symbolized in our own society. The study was based on the islanders of the Lankawi in Malaysia.

39. The practice of tekronymy is found among –––

Correct Answer: (b) Khasis
Solution:The term was coined by anthropologist Edward Burnett Tylor in an 1889 paper. The practice of teknonymy is found among Khasis. Teknonymy, hence the noun teknonym or teknonymic, more often known as a paedonymic, is the practice of referring to parents by the names of their children. This practice can be found in many different cultures around the world.

40. Juvenile sex ratio in India was noticed as a serendipity in Indian census analysis. when

A. Literacy rate was redefined
B. Sex ratio by age was analysed
C. Sex ratio of widows was analysed
D. All the above

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (a) A and B only
Solution:Juvenile sex ratio in India was noticed as a serendipity in Indian census analysis, when literacy rate was redefined and sex ration by age way analysed.