NTA UGC NET/JRF Exam., June 2021 Sociology (Paper-II)

Total Questions: 100

61. Which village was studied by Andre Beteille in his work on 'Caste, Class and Power'?

Correct Answer: (d) Sripuram
Solution:Beteille conducted his study on 'Caste, Class and Power' at Tanjore district Sripuram village of Tamilnadu in South India in 1961-62.

Caste, Class and Power is an intensive study of the changing patterns of social stratification in a multi-caste village in South India, first published in 1965.

62. According to Manuel Castells, Informational Revolution is:

A. A new social order
B. A network society
C. Legitim

Choose the correct answer answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) A and B only
Solution:Manuel Castells describes the shift from an industrial society to an information society, which started in the 1970s. This Network society is structured around networks instead of individual actors, and works through a constant flow of information through technology.

63. In which type of reading, the Reader accepts the dominant codes and conventions but may question their use in terms of his/her own experience?

A. Dominant reading
B. A negotiated reading
C. An oppositional reading

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) B only
Solution:In a negotiated reading the reader accepts the dominant codes and conventions but may question their use in terms of his/her own experience.

Negotiated Reading- a compromise between the dominant and oppositional readings, where the audience accepts parts of the producer's views, but has their own views on parts as well.

64. Which of the following aspect(s) is/are NOT associated with the works of M.N. Srinivas?

A. Statistical-view of caste
B. Field-view of caste
C. Functional unity of caste

Choose the correct answer answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) A only
Solution:Statistical view of caste is not associated with the works of M.N. Srinivas. The 'field view' that Srinivas advocated, the study of the micro (the caste system in the village) through participant observation is a limiting and needs to be compensated and complemented by other method. He studied the caste in structural functionalist way.

He highlighted the following functional attributes of caste :- Organic nature Srinivas divides the population of the village by caste and by occupation and then examines the relationship of these castes with agriculture and connects these to their occupation.

65. According to Pippa Norris, the concept of the digital divide encompasses which three of the following distinct aspects?

A. Global divide
B. Local divide
C. Social divide
D. Democratic divide
E. Economic divide

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (b) A, C and D
Solution:The concept of the digital divide grows more complex as the phrase becomes a shorthand for every conceivable disparity relating to online access. The multi-dimensionality of the concept has been framed by

Pippa Norris into three distinct aspects :-
(i) Global divide- divergence of Internet access between industrialized and developing countries.
(ii) Social divide- gap between information rich and information poor in each nation.
(iii) Democratic divide- difference between those who do and those who do not use the new technologies to further political participation.

66. Match List-I with List-II

List-I (Ideas)List-II (Explanation)
A. Analytic HermeneuticI. Meaning determines reference and our understanding of the being of entities
B. Hermeneutic RealismII. Methodology of Interpretation
C. Hermeneutic IdealismIII. Combining analytic philosophy with hermeneutics
D. HermeneuticsIV. Nature in itself and Science provides an explanation
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Code:ABCD
(a)IIIIVIII
(b)IIIIIVII
(c)IIIIVIII
(d)IVIIIIII
Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:
List-I (Ideas)List-II (Explanation)
A. Analytic HermeneuticIII. Combining analytic philosophy with hermeneutics
B. Hermeneutic RealismIV. Nature in itself and Science provides an explanation
C. Hermeneutic IdealismI. Meaning determines reference and our understanding of the being of entities
D. HermeneuticsII. Methodology of Interpretation

67. Who said that monogamous marriage developed not to unite men and women in marital bliss, but to protect private property?

A. Friedrich Engles
B. Karl Marx
C. Schulasmith Firestone

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) A only
Solution:Friedrich Engels said that monogamous marriage developed not to unite men and women in marital bliss, but to protect private property. Engels regarded stable monogamy as a virtue, he considered the current state and church-regulated marriage as a form of class oppression. Upon his return to Germany in 1844, he collaborated more closely with Karl Marx and the circle of socialist around him.

68. Arrange the following functionalists in chronological order as they have contributed

A. A.R. Radcliffe Brown
B. B. Malinowski
C. E. Durkheim
D. R.K. Merton
E. Talcott Parsons

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (d) C, B, A, E, D
Solution:The functionalists are arranged in chronological order of their contribution :-

(i) Emile Durkheim- As a functionalist, Emile Durkheim's (1858-1917) perspective on society stressed the necessary interconnectivity of all of its elements. Even the socially deviant members of society are necessary, Durkheim argues, as punishments for deviance affirm established cultural values and norms.
(ii) Malinowski- Malinowski believed that human beings have a set of universal biological needs and various customs and institutions are developed to fulfill those needs.
(iii) Radcliffe Brown- Brown, argued that social phenomena constitute a domain, or order, of reality that is independent of psychological and biological facts.
(iv) Talcott Parsons- Functionalism sees society as a system; a set of interconnected parts which together form a whole. Parsons viewed society as a system. He argued that any social system has four basic functional prerequisites: adaption, goal attainment, integration and pattern maintenance.
(v) R.K. Merton- Merton believed that any social structure probably has many functions, some more obvious than others. He identified three main limitations:- functional unity, universal functionalism and indispensability.

69. Given below are two statements

Statement I: According to A. Schutz, the world of everyday life is not permeated by the epoch of the natural attitude
Statement II: All the objects of the Social World are constituted within a framework of familiarity and pre-acquaintanceship.

In light of the above statements, Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (d) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Solution:The foundation of phenomenology in the social sciences was laid by Alfred Schutz in his 1932 book, Phenomenology of the Social World. Schutz combined principles of scientific neutrality with stages of experience to form a robust framework for analyzing experience, memory and phenomena.

In this book, his major work, Alfred Schutz attempts to provide a sound philosophical basis for the sociological theories of Max Weber. Using a Husserlian phenomenology, Schutz provides a complete and original analysis of human action and its "intended meaning". Statement I is incorrect but II is correct.

70. All truths are ideologically biased, all truths ultimately reflect the interest and biases of social groups', whose views are these?

Correct Answer: (c) Karl Mannheim
Solution:'All thruths are ideologically biased, all truths ultimately reflect the interest and biases of social groups', Karl Mannheim views are these.

According to Mannheim, in modern society different kinds of group membership affect intellectual though. Among the groups we one way or another belong to are generations, status groups, sects, occupational group, schools and the like.