NTA UGC NET//JRF Exam, June-2023 Sociology (Paper-II)

Total Questions: 100

41. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R

Assertion A : According to H.Blumer, human beings act towards the things on the basis of meanings they have.
Reason R : The meanings are derived through the interpretative process while handling the things.

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

Correct Answer: (a) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
Solution:

According to H. Blumer, human beings respond to things on the basis of their previous measurement because in order to handle things, meanings are derived through the process of interpretation. Hence, both assertion A and reason R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

42. According to Eric R Wolf prerequisites for sustained peasant rebellion are :

A. Land owning middle peasantry
B. Peasantry located in a peripheral area outside the domains of landlord control
C. Agricultural labour
D. Rich peasantry

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) A and B only
Solution:

According to Eric R. Wolf the prerequisites for sustained peasant revolt are the landowning middle peasantry and the peasantry located in marginal or peripheral areas outside the areas of landowner control.

43. Arrange the works of Anthony Giddens in a chronological order:

A. The Third Way: The Renewal of Social Democracy
B. The Global Third Way Debate
C. The constitution of Society
D. The Transformation of Intimacy: Love, Sexuality and Eroticism in Modern Societies

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) C, D, A, B
Solution:

The chronology of Anthony Giddens' works is as follows:
• The Constitution of Society
• Transformations of Intimacy: Love, Sexuality and Eroticism in Modern Societies
• The Third Way: The Renewal of Social Democracy
• The Global Third Way Debate

44. Which of the following sociologists have discussed the family from functionalist perspective?

A. G.P. Murdock
B. T. Parsons
C. Sherry
B. Ortner
D. Norman W. Bell

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) A, B and D only
Solution:

G. P. Murdock, T. Parsons and Norman W. Bell have discussed the family in the functional perspective whereas Sherry B. Ortner has not discussed the family in the functional perspective.

45. Conceptually, incest taboo refers to what?

Correct Answer: (c) Avoidance of sexual relation of blood kin
Solution:Incest taboo refers to the prohibition of sexual relations with a blood relative. Incest taboo is a cultural rule or norm that prohibits sexual relations between certain members of a family, primarily between persons related by blood.

46. Who among the following defines 'culture change' as the process by which the existing order of the society, that is its social, spiritual, and material dimensions is transformed from one type to another?

Correct Answer: (c) B. Malinowski
Solution:

B. Malinowski has defined ‘cultural change’ as a process by which the existing system of society i.e. its social, spiritual and material form is transformed from one form to another.

47. Who among the following suggested a 'value reference' instead of 'value judgment' as methodology to have the status of sociology as objective science?

Correct Answer: (d) Max Weber
Solution:

Max Weber suggested 'value reference' methodology instead of 'value judgement' to give sociology the status of an objective science.

48. Who among the following has studied changing agrarian relations in Sripuram located in Tanjore district? Tamil Nadu?

Correct Answer: (b) Andre Beteille
Solution:Andre Betai has studied the changing peasant (agricultural) relations in Sripuram in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. Betai's important contribution has been to contextualise local concepts and understandings, such as caste and class, hierarchy and equality, stratification and more universal and generalised theories of justice.

49. What does not refer to the rites of passage?

Correct Answer: (c) State
Solution:

The state is not related to the rite of passage while ceremonies, customs, symbols, a ritual etc. are related to the rite of passage. The rite of passage (rite of passage) has three stages- separation, marginalization and assimilation.

50. David Held (1999) had not divided the globalization debate on which of the following aspects:

A. Sceptics
B. Transformationalists
C. Technocracy
D. Hyperglobalizer
E. Hypoglobalizer

Choose the appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) C and E only
Solution:

Dimensions such as technocracy (technecrisy) and hypoglobalizers were not divided by David Held (1999) in the global debate on globalization.