UGC NET SUBJECT SOCIOLOGY QUESTIONS AND SOLVE.

UGC NET SUBJECT SOCIOLOGY QUESTIONS AND SOLVE.

1. Who argued that “By studying traditions of Indian society change can be understood”?

(A) A.K. Saran

(B) M.N. Srinivas

(C) S.C. Dube

(D) D.P. Mukherjee

Answer: (D)

2. Choose the correct sequence of societal evolution in order of increasing complexity.

(A) Agriculture, Gathering-hunting and Industrial Societies

(B) Hunting-gathering, Agriculture and Industrial Societies

(C) Hunting-gathering, Industrial Societies and Agriculture

(D) Pastoral, Industrial and Agriculture

Answer: (B)

3. Match the following statements in List – I with the concepts given in List – II:

List – I (Statements)                                                                           List – II (Concepts)

a. Tendency of each group to take for granted the superiority of its own culture                

i. Westernisation

b. Which yields economical or political power and occupies a higher position in society     

ii. Dominant castes

c. People of lower castes collectively try to adopt upper caste practices and beliefs to acquire higher status                                                                                               iii. Sanskritisation

d. Explain the changes brought about the Indian societies through western contact

iv. Ethnocentrism

Codes:

       a b c d

(A) i iii iv ii

(B) iii i ii iv

(C) iv ii iii i

(D) ii iv i iii

Answer: (C)

4. Sustainable development is characterized by

(i) Judicious use of resources

(ii) Maintaining Ecological balance

(iii) Deforestation

(iv) Keeping soil fertility durable for future generation

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

(A) (i) (ii) (iii)

(B) (i) (ii) (iv)

(C) (i) (iii) (iv)

(D) (iv) (ii) (iii)

Answer: (B)

5. Who is the author of the book ‘Peasant Society and Culture’?

(A) A.R. Desai

(B) Robert Redfield

(C) M. Mead

(D) R.H. Lowiewww.netugc.com

Answer: (B)