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MH SET 2021: 26 September, Paper II, Sociology

  • Date: 26 September 2021
  • Paper code: SEP14221
  • Series: A
  • Language: Bilingual
  • 32 pages
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                                                                SOCIOLOGY
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                                     Sociology
                                       Paper II


                                                        II
Time Allowed : 120 Minutes]                          [Maximum Marks : 200
Note : This Paper contains Hundred (100) multiple choice questions. Each question
       carrying Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.
                               (100)                                          (2)


1.   The farmer’s long march in                    1.          2018
     Maharashtra in March 2018 was
     fundamentally demanding ............. .
     (A) Credit facilities for the Kisans                (A)
     (B) Implementation of Swami-                        (B)
         nathan Report guidelines
     (C) Loan waivers as well as the                     (C)
         implementation of the Forest
         Rights Act (FRA)
                                                         (D)
     (D) Loan waivers as well as fair
         price for crops
2.   The debate on the mode of                     2.
     production in India centres around
     the issue :
     (A) A shift in Indian economy from                  (A)
         a capitalist to a post-capitalist
         mode of production
     (B) A shift in Indian agriculture
         from a primitive to an Asiatic                  (B)
         mode of production
     (C) A shift in Indian agriculture
         from a feudal to a capitalist                   (C)
         mode of production
     (D) A shift in Indian Agriculture
                                                         (D)
         from an Asiatic to a colonial
         mode of production
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3.   Diaspora refers to :                                    3.         (Diaspora)
     (A) Voluntary               transactional
         migration                                                (A)

     (B) Migration from rural to urban                            (B)
         areas
                                                                  (C)
     (C) Human trafficking
     (D) Dispersal of an ethnic group                             (D)
         from their homeland to foreign
         land
4.   Which of the following is not related                   4.
     with property relations ?
     (A) Classes                                                  (A)
     (B) Agrarian structure                                       (B)
     (C) Relations of production                                  (C)
     (D) Monetary relations                                       (D)
5.   Unstructured observation is mostly                      5.
     used in :
     (A) Descriptive/Diagnostic studies                           (A)
     (B) E x p l o r a t o r y / F o r m u l a t i v e
                                                                  (B)
         studies
                                                                  (C)
     (C) Experimental studies
     (D) Analytical studies                                       (D)

6.   Which of the following is not the                       6.
     objective of “National Mission for
     Green India” ?
     (A) Restoration of Wetlands                                  (A)
     (B) Agroforestry             and       Social
         Forestry                                                 (B)

     (C) Disaster Management                                      (C)
     (D) Enhancing Tree Cover in
         Urban Areas                                              (D)

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7.   The Mahalanobis model was                       7.
     influenced by which of the following ?

     (A) Gandhian model                                   (A)

     (B) Soviet model                                     (B)

     (C) Latin American model                             (C)

     (D) Democratic model                                 (D)

8.   Given below are two statements, one             8.
     is labelled as Assertion (A) and other                           (A)                       (R)
     as Reason (R) :
     Assertion        (A)    :   Haphazard
                                                                       (A) :
     development of cities has resulted
     into      degradation       of   urban
     environment.
     Reason (R) : This is due to absence
                                                                  (R) :
     of urbanization policy in India.
     Select the correct answer from the
     codes given below :
     Codes :
     (A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and
                                                          (A) (A)           (R)
            (R) is the correct explanation
                                                                (R)     (A)
            of (A)
     (B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but                (B) (A)           (R)
            (R) is not the correct explanation                  (R)     (A)
            of (A)
                                                          (C) (A)                      (R)
     (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
     (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true                    (D) (A)                     (R)

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9.   Which among the following is not          9.
     a major cause for cultural change ?
     (A) Invention                                   (A)

     (B) Discovery                                   (B)

     (C) Diffusion                                   (C)
     (D) Assertion of tradition                      (D)
10. Epistemology can be understood             10.
     as :
                                                     (A)
     (A) Theory of knowledge
                                                     (B)
     (B) Basis of methodology
                                                     (C)
     (C) Methods and techniques
     (D) Framework of data analysis                  (D)

11. Whose name is closely associated           11.
     with the concept “Little and Great
     Traditions” ?
                                                     (A)
     (A) Louis Worth
                                                     (B)
     (B) Judith Butler
                                                     (C)
     (C) Robert Redfield
     (D) Milton Singer                               (D)

12. Which of the following programmes          12.
     has been started by the Government
     of India for creating environmental
     awareness amongst the children ?
                                                     (A)
     (A) Nature Lovers
                                                     (B)
     (B) Soldiers of Nature
                                                     (C)
     (C) National Green Crop
     (D) E-Waste Management                          (D)

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13. Concept of ‘symmetrical family’ was                13.
    propounded by .................. .
    (A) P. Willmott and M. Young                             (A)

    (B) T. Parsons and R. Bales                              (B)
    (C) C. Harris                                            (C)
    (D) R. Brown                                             (D)
14. Which         one      of    the   following       14.
    statements about Ethnicity is
    incorrect ?
                                                             (A)
    (A) Involves we/they distinction
                                                             (B)
    (B) Is only subjective
                                                             (C)
    (C) Involves labelling
    (D) Establishes boundaries                               (D)

15. Which one of the following does not                15.
    denote modernisation ?
    (A) Changing dress style                                 (A)

    (B) Changing ways of life                                (B)

    (C) Developing infrastructure                            (C)
    (D) Maintaining traditions                               (D)
16. The secondary needs (the derived                   16.
    needs) as mentioned by Malinowski
    are .................... .
    (A) Biological                                           (A)

    (B) Psychological                                        (B)
    (C) Social-structural and instru-
                                                             (C)
          mental
    (D) Symbolic and cultural                                (D)

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17. “In a working day, the value created             17.
    by workers over and above the value
    of their labour time which goes to
    owners of the means of production
    to make profit in the market” is
    termed by Marx as :
    (A) Surplus value                                      (A)

    (B) Use value                                          (B)

    (C) Production value                                   (C)

    (D) Exchange value                                     (D)

18. Growing             digital    divide   in       18.
    globalization is a matter of change
    in ..................... .
                                                           (A)
    (A) Material culture
                                                           (B)
    (B) Non-material culture
                                                           (C)
    (C) Popular culture
    (D) Mass culture                                       (D)

19. The consequence of any cultural or               19.
    social act, which is intended and
    recognised and contributes to the
    adaptation in a given system is
    called ................... .
    (A) Latent function                                    (A)

    (B) Manifest function                                  (B)

    (C) Latent dysfunction                                 (C)

    (D) Manifest dysfunction                               (D)

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20. Given below are two statements, one          20.
    is labelled as Assertion (A) and the                           (A)                       (R)
    other as Reason (R) :
    Assertion (A) : Discourse on
    domestic violence is not as loud as                            (A) :

    it should be.
    Reason (R) : Domestic violence
    occurs within the four walls of the
                                                              (R) :
    house.
    Select the correct answer from the
    codes given below :
    Codes :
    (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
                                                       (A) (A)           (R)
        (R) is the correct explanation
        of (A)                                               (R)      (A)

    (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but                 (B) (A)           (R)
        (R) is not the correct explanation                   (R)      (A)
        of (A)
                                                       (C) (A)                      (R)
    (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false

    (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true                  (D) (A)                     (R)

21. When an overseer is called a junior          21.
    engineer, it is an example of :
    (A) Upward mobility
                                                       (A)
    (B) Parallel mobility                              (B)
    (C) Fictitious mobility                            (C)
    (D) Occupational mobility                          (D)

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22. Who used the term ‘avtar’ to denote                22.
    a new form of caste ?
     (A) Andre Beteille                                      (A)
     (B) Yogendra Singh                                      (B)
     (C) S. C. Dube                                          (C)
     (D) M. N. Shrinivas                                     (D)
23. Who is the author of ‘The Urban                    23.
    Question : A Marxist Approach’ ?
     (A) D. Harvey                                           (A)
     (B) M. Castells                                         (B)
     (C) P. Saunders                                         (C)
     (D) L. Sawers                                           (D)
24. “The end of patriarchialism with                   24.
    more divorces, less marriages, more
    use of reproductive technologies and
    women’s denial to patriarchal
    authority” is suggested by .............. .
     (A) A. Giddens                                          (A)

     (B) M. Castells                                         (B)

     (C) J. Butler                                           (C)

     (D) B. Freiden                                          (D)

25. The tribal movements in north-                     25.
    eastern parts of India were launched
    mainly for seeking :
     (A) Socio-cultural status                               (A)

     (B) Forest based rights                                 (B)
     (C) Political autonomy
                                                             (C)
     (D) Movement against economic
         exploitation                                        (D)

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26. Who proposes ‘The iron law of                        26.
    oligarchy’ ?
    (A) Robert Merton                                          (A)

    (B) Max Weber                                              (B)

    (C) Karl Marx                                              (C)

    (D) Robert Michels                                         (D)

27. Which is the odd one out with                        27.
    regards          to      the      Millennium
    Development Goals ?
                                                               (A)
    (A) Eradication of Poverty
    (B) Reduce Child Mortality                                 (B)

    (C) Achieve Universal Primary                              (C)
           Education
                                                               (D)
    (D) Shelter for all
28. ‘Disneyisation’ term is coined                       28.
    by ..................... .
    (A) Bauman                                                 (A)

    (B) Bryman                                                 (B)

    (C) Bourdieu                                               (C)

    (D) Ritzer                                                 (D)

29. Disadvantage                 of   participant        29.
    observation is :
                                                               (A)
    (A) False image
                                                               (B)
    (B) Misinterpretation
    (C) Confusion                                              (C)

    (D) Too much of identification                             (D)

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30. All gender issues must be addressed             30.
    and integrated at all levels of society,
    politics and programmes. This view
    is called :
                                                          (A)
     (A) Gender Justice
                                                          (B)
     (B) Gender Mainstreaming
     (C) Gender budgeting                                 (C)

     (D) Gender equality                                  (D)
31. Which one of the following is most              31.
    inequitable metropolitan city of
    India as per Gini-coefficient as a
    measure of inequality ?
                                                          (A)
     (A) Mumbai
                                                          (B)
     (B) Meerut
                                                          (C)
     (C) Bengaluru
     (D) Kolkata                                          (D)

32. Who described post-modernism as                 32.
    “incredulity towards the meta-
    narratives” ?
     (A) Baudrillard                                      (A)
     (B) Bauman                                           (B)
     (C) Lyotard                                          (C)
     (D) Foucault                                         (D)
33. When knowledge            is   only   a         33.
    commodity :
                                                          (A)
     (A) Information is not knowledge
     (B) Technology becomes important                     (B)
     (C) Knowledge is narrative
                                                          (C)
     (D) Spiritual       knowledge        is
         important                                        (D)

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34. Which type of development projects               34.
    have displaced maximum number of
    persons ?
                                                           (A)
     (A) Mines
                                                           (B)
     (B) Dams
                                                           (C)
     (C) Industrial
     (D) Wildlife sanctuaries                              (D)

35. E. Said’s orientalism referred to :              35.
     (A) Essentialising the Non-Western
         World                                             (A)
     (B) Glorifying the Eastern World                      (B)
     (C) Demonising the Middle East                        (C)
     (D) War with Iran                                     (D)
36. Structured              interview   helps        36.
    in .................. .
     (A) Standardisation                                   (A)

     (B) Interpretation                                    (B)

     (C) Deconstruction                                    (C)

     (D) Discourse analysis                                (D)

37. Which of the following features of               37.               2005
    the Domestic Violence Act, 2005 is
    incorrect ?
                                                           (A)
     (A) Includes abuse that is physical,
         sexual, verbal, emotional and
         economic                                          (B)
     (B) Covers wife, live-in partner,
         sisters, widows and mothers
                                                           (C)
     (C) Deals with women’s harassment
         at the workplace
     (D) Recognizes women’s right to                       (D)
         reside in the matrimonial home

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38. A ................ is anything that carries        38.
     a particular meaning recognized by
     people who share a culture.
     (A) Value                                               (A)

     (B) Belief                                              (B)

     (C) Moral                                               (C)

     (D) Symbol                                              (D)

39. Given below are two statements, one                39.
     is labelled as Assertion (A) and the                                (A)                        (R)
     other as Reason (R) :
     Assertion (A) : The patriarchal
                                                                         (A) :
     family,       the    comerstone        of
     patriarchialism, is being challenged
     at the turn of the millennium.
     Reason (R) : Most self-conscious                                (R) :
     educated women prefer to live alone.
     Select the correct answer from the
     codes given below :
     Codes :
     (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
          (R) is the correct explanation                     (A) (A)             (R)
          of (A)                                                   (R)     (A)
     (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but                      (B) (A)             (R)
          (R) is not the correct explanation
                                                                   (R)     (A)
          of (A)
                                                             (C) (A)                        (R)
     (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
     (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true                       (D) (A)                       (R)

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40. Which of the following is not correct        40.
    about the structured observation ?
    (A) The observer must carefully
         define the units to be observed               (A)

    (B) Must focus on selection of
         pertinent data                                (B)
    (C) It is not necessary to record the
         information
                                                       (C)
    (D) Standardization of conditions
         must go along with it                         (D)
41. Which one of the following is true
                                                 41.
    about the questionnaire method ?
    (A) Ensures greater proportion of
         returns                                       (A)
    (B) Contains specific and clear-cut
                                                       (B)
         directions
                                                       (C)
    (C) Administered on all types of
         subjects
    (D) Easy to understand the content                 (D)
         of the questions
42. Agency refers to :                           42.

    (A) Normative behaviour of an                      (A)
         individual
    (B) Rebellion                                      (B)

    (C) Individual’s political action
                                                       (C)
    (D) Capacity of an individual to act
         independently                                 (D)

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43. Environmental sociology generally          43.
    focusses on the ................. .
    (A) Social dimensions of either the
                                                     (A)
        natural environment or the
        human-built environment
    (B) Environmental and economic                   (B)
        dimensions of society                        (C)
    (C) Social dimensions of people
        associated with environment
                                                     (D)
    (D) All environmental issues
44. As per India’s Census 2011, youth          44. 2011
    (15-24 years) constitutes what
    percentage of India’s total                       15-24
    population ?
                                                     (A) 19.1
    (A) 19.1
                                                     (B) 23.1
    (B) 23.1
                                                     (C) 34.1
    (C) 34.1
                                                     (D) 37.1
    (D) 37.1
45. Which one of the following is a            45.
    probability sampling ?
    (A) Snowball sampling                            (A)
    (B) Cluster sampling                             (B)
    (C) Quota sampling                               (C)
    (D) Accidental sampling                          (D)
46. Whose names are associated with            46.
    the book “Manufacturing Consent :
    The Political Economy of the Mass
    Media” ?
    (A) Sussman, G. and Galizio, L.                  (A)
    (B) Edward, S. Herman and Noam                   (B)
        Chomsky
                                                     (C)
    (C) Robinson, J.P. and Davis, D.K.
    (D) McQuail, D. and Windahl W.                   (D)

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47. Which approach focusses on the              47.
    feature that reproduction and
    economic roles are linked to gender
    inequalities of masculinity and
    feminity ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) Welfare approach
                                                      (B)
    (B) Women in development
                                                      (C)
    (C) Efficiency approach
    (D) Gender and development                        (D)

48. Which of the following viewpoints           48.
    has not been envisaged by
    Radhakamal Mukerjee ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) The fusion of empirical and
        normative approaches
                                                      (B)
    (B) Interdisciplinary approach to
        study social issues
                                                      (C)
    (C) Inclusion of value component of
        facts in the study of society
    (D) Rationalization of tradition                  (D)
49. A hypothesis is not essential for :         49.
    (A) Positivist research                           (A)
    (B) Ethnography                                   (B)
    (C) Epistemology                                  (C)
    (D) Survey                                        (D)
50. Unorganized sector is different from        50.
    organized sector in :
    (A) Length of employment                          (A)
    (B) Unemployment                                  (B)
    (C) Migration                                     (C)
    (D) Social security measures                      (D)
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51. The book entitled “Protestant Ethic              51.
    and Spirit of Capitalism” examines
    the relationship between .............. .
     (A) Religion and Polity                               (A)
     (B) Economy and Polity                                (B)
     (C) Religion and Economy                              (C)
     (D) Economy and Environment                           (D)
52. Which word is used by Edward Said                52.
    to describe the Western scholarship
    about the Eastern World ?
     (A) Structuralism                                     (A)
     (B) Orientalism                                       (B)
     (C) Marxism                                           (C)
     (D) Colonialism                                       (D)
53. According to Talcott Parsons which               53.
    are the two functions of family ?
     (A) Rearing       of     child     and
         socialisation                                     (A)
     (B) Primary socialization and
                                                           (B)
         personality stabilization
     (C) Personality development and
         stabilization                                     (C)
     (D) Maintain kinship network and
         socialization                                     (D)
54. Find out which of the following is               54.
    a part of the exploratory or
    formulative studies ?
     (A) Analysis of ‘insight-stimulating’                 (A)
         cases
     (B) Description          of      group                (B)
         characteristics
                                                           (C)
     (C) Testing of hypothesis
     (D) Variable analysis                                 (D)

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55. Who among the following considered            55.
    that the relationship between orient
    and occident is one of power,
    domination and hegemony ?
                                                        (A)
     (A) Anthony Giddens
                                                        (B)
     (B) Manuel Castells
     (C) Pierre Bourdieu                                (C)

     (D) Edward Said                                    (D)
56. Who among the following uses                  56.
    both the processes-opposition and
    mediation ?
                                                        (A)
     (A) Claude Levi-Strauss
                                                        (B)
     (B) Clifford Geertz
                                                        (C)
     (C) T. Parson
     (D) M. Foucault                                    (D)

57. Who is credited with introducing the          57.
    study of kinship systems to the
    gender studies ?
     (A) Neera Desai                                    (A)
     (B) Leela Dube                                     (B)
     (C) Irawati Karve                                  (C)
     (D) Vina Majumdar                                  (D)
58. Which of the following is not the type        58.
    of ‘capital’ given by Bourdieu in his
    theory ?
                                                        (A)
     (A) Cultural
                                                        (B)
     (B) Symbolic
                                                        (C)
     (C) Economic
     (D) Religious                                      (D)

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59. A movement which combines                      59.
    spiritual, religious and social issues
    is best known as :
     (A) Reform movement                                 (A)
     (B) Alternative movement                            (B)
     (C) Transformative movement                         (C)
     (D) Millennium movement                             (D)
60. Which one of the following has                 60. 2001-2011
    the highest growth rate during
    2001-2011 ?
                                                         (A)
     (A) Statutory town
                                                         (B)
     (B) Census town
     (C) Outgrowth                                       (C)
     (D) Urban agglomeration                             (D)
61. Given below are two statements, one            61.
    is labelled as Assertion (A) and the                         (A)
    other as Reason (R) :                                (R)
     Assertion (A) : Gated enclaves                                  (A) :
     symbolize the exclusive urban
     development in India.                                      (R) :
     Reason (R) : Only a few can afford
     to live in gated enclaves.
     Select the correct answer from the
     codes given below :
     Codes :
     (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and                   (A)         (A)     (R)
         (R) is the correct explanation                        (R)     (A)
         of (A)                                          (B)       (A)       (R)
     (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but                        (R)   (A)
         (R) is not the correct explanation
                                                         (C) (A)                    (R)
         of (A)
     (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
                                                         (D) (A)                   (R)
     (D) (A) is false but (R) is true

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62. Gandhian idea of development                 62.
    focuses on ................... .
    (A) Private ownership                              (A)
    (B) Community ownership                            (B)
    (C) Trusteeship                                    (C)
    (D) Government ownership                           (D)
63. Which one of the following is not a          63.
    principle of qualitative research ?
    (A) Communication                                  (A)
    (B) Inflexible research procedures                 (B)
    (C) Construction of reality                        (C)
    (D) Reflexivity                                    (D)
64. Which one of the following does not          64.
    come under the domain of a survey ?
    (A) Information about specific
        persons                                        (A)
    (B) Information about specific                     (B)
        problem
    (C) Tested general knowledge for                   (C)
        formulating theory and general
        laws
                                                       (D)
    (D) Improvement        of     social
        conditions of a specific locality
65. Whose name is closely associated             65.
    with ‘The New Ecological Paradigm’
    in view of development of
    environmental sociology ?
    (A) Hannigan, John
                                                       (A)
    (B) Ariel Salleh
                                                       (B)
    (C) Riley Dunlop and William
        R. Catton                                      (C)
    (D) Rob White                                      (D)

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66. Who is the author of ‘The Rise of              66.
    the Network Society’ ?
     (A) S. Sassen                                       (A)
     (B) M. Castells                                     (B)
     (C) R. Sennett                                      (C)
     (D) J. Urry                                         (D)
67. Asylums, according to E. Gaffman               67.
    is an example of a .................. .
     (A) reformative institution                         (A)
     (B) total institution                               (B)
     (C) political institution                           (C)
     (D) school                                          (D)
68. Given below are two statements, one            68.
    is labelled as Assertion (A) and the                           (A)                     (R)
    other as Reason (R) :
     Assertion (A) : Societies having
     particularism and ascription as basic                         (A) :
     features are traditional societies.
     Reason (R) : Parson’s scheme of
     pattern variables can not be applied                      (R) :
     to appraise modern-tradition
     polarity.
     Select the correct answer from the
     codes given below :
     Codes :
     (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
                                                         (A) (A)        (R)
         (R) is the correct explanation
         of (A)                                              (R)      (A)
     (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but                  (B) (A)        (R)
         (R) is not the correct explanation                  (R)      (A)
         of (A)
                                                         (C) (A)                   (R)
     (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
     (D) (A) is false but (R) is true                    (D) (A)                  (R)

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69. Who is the author of the book,               69.
    ‘Sociology of Economic Life’ ?
    (A) M. Weber                                       (A)
    (B) T. Parsons                                     (B)
    (C) N. Smelser                                     (C)
    (D) Karl Marx                                      (D)
70. Which of the following arguments             70.
    about gender is incorrect ?
    (A) A social construct                             (A)
    (B) Based on biological differences                (B)
    (C) Allows analysis of power-                      (C)
        relations between women and
        men                                            (D)
    (D) Has intersectionality perspective        71.
71. Research ethics prescribe guidelines
    to protect from ............... .
    (A) Harm to participants                           (A)

    (B) Pollution of mind                              (B)

    (C) Limelight                                      (C)
    (D) Publicity                                      (D)
72. Who has written the book ‘In the             72.
    Belly of the River : Tribal Conflicts
    Over Development in Narmada
    Valley’ ?
                                                       (A)
    (A) Patrick McCully
                                                       (B)
    (B) Ramachandra Guha
    (C) Madhav Gadgil                                  (C)

    (D) Amita Baviskar                                 (D)

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73. Who used the           concept    of        73.
    indexicality ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) Harold Garfinkel
                                                      (B)
    (B) Erving Goffman
                                                      (C)
    (C) Alfred Schutz
    (D) Karl Manheim                                  (D)

74. ‘ ‘Network Enterprise’ is the               74.                        (Network
    organizational form best suited to a              Enterprise)
    global, informational economy.’ Who
    said this ?
    (A) M. Castells                                   (A)
    (B) M. Albrow                                     (B)
    (C) A. Giddens                                    (C)
    (D) G. Ritzer                                     (D)
75. C. Geertz’s interpretative approach         75.
    to cultural anthropology considers
    culture as .................. .
    (A) Pragmatic                                     (A)
    (B) Synthetic                                     (B)
    (C) Semiotic                                      (C)
    (D) Holistic                                      (D)
76. According to whom classes in Indian         76.
    agriculture can be identified in
    terms of surplus value and economic
    exploitation ?
                                                      (A)
    (A) D. N. Dhanagre
                                                      (B)
    (B) Utsa Patnaik and Ashok Rudra
    (C) Danial Thorner                                (C)

    (D) Ramkrishna Mukherjee                          (D)

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77. M. Foucault refers to governmen-             77.
    tality as .................... .
    (A) Broad acceptance of dominant
                                                       (A)
           norms
                                                       (B)
    (B) Totalitarian state mentality
    (C) Dictatorship                                   (C)

    (D) Power through knowledge                        (D)

78. Who argues that kinship is based on          78.
    the alliance between two families
    formed when women of one group
    marry men from the other group ?
    (A) B. Malinowski
                                                       (A)
    (B) A. R. Radcliffe Brown                          (B)
    (C) Claude Levi-Strauss                            (C)
    (D) Clifford Geertz                                (D)
79. ‘Welfare decommodification’ refers           79.
    to :
    (A) Welfare is provided publicly not-              (A)
           withstanding one’s income or
           resources
    (B) Welfare is provided on the basis
                                                       (B)
           of one’s income and resources
    (C) Welfare is provided through
                                                       (C)
           market like goods and services
    (D) Welfare is aimed at social
           stability, stable families and              (D)
           loyalty to state

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80. Which one of the following is not a               80.
    characteristic of ethnographic
    research ?
                                                            (A)
    (A) Social interaction
                                                            (B)
    (B) Researcher as learner
    (C) Short-term observation                              (C)

    (D) First-hand observation                              (D)

81. Which of the following is most                    81.                     (2.5)
    polluted city in India by particulate
    matter (2.5) ?
                                                            (A)
    (A) Kanpur
                                                            (B)
    (B) Varanasi
                                                            (C)
    (C) Delhi
    (D) Gaya                                                (D)

82. Power excercised through force or                 82.
    threat of force is known as ............ .
    (A) Authority
                                                            (A)
    (B) Coercion                                            (B)
    (C) Terrorism                                           (C)
    (D) Vandalism                                           (D)

83. Relationship in the community                     83.
    are ................... .
                                                            (A)
    (A) Intimate and achieved
                                                            (B)
    (B) Durable, ascribed and impersonal
                                                            (C)
    (C) Intimate, achieved and durable
                                                            (D)
    (D) Intimate, durable and ascribed
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84. Which is the oldest environmental         84.
    movement in India ?
    (A) Chipko Movement                             (A)
    (B) Bishnoi Movement                            (B)

    (C) Jungle Bachao Andolan                       (C)

    (D) Appiko Movement                             (D)

85. Match List I with the List II and         85.         I           II
    select the correct answer from the
    codes given below :
                    List I                                                   I

    (a) Role taking                                 (a)

    (b) Public world                                (b)
    (c) Impression management                       (c)
    (d) Breaching experiments                       (d)
                List II                                                     II
    (1) Ethnomethodology                            (1)
    (2) Symbolic interactionism                     (2)
    (3) Dramaturgical analysis                      (3)
    (4) Phenomenology                               (4)
    Codes :
        (a)   (b)     (c)    (d)                          (a)   (b)   (c)        (d)
    (A) (1)   (2)     (3)    (4)                    (A) (1)     (2)    (3)       (4)
    (B) (4)   (3)     (2)    (1)                    (B) (4)     (3)    (2)       (1)
    (C) (3)   (4)     (2)    (1)                    (C) (3)     (4)    (2)       (1)
    (D) (2)   (4)     (3)    (1)                    (D) (2)     (4)    (3)       (1)

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86. Most common type of Domestic                      86.
     violence is .................. .

     (A) Wife battering                                     (A)

     (B) Child abuse                                        (B)

     (C) Elderly abuse                                      (C)

     (D) Sibling violence                                   (D)

87. The      belief      in    technology   as        87.
     determining factor in all fields of life
     is called :

     (A) Rationality                                        (A)
     (B) Technicality                                       (B)
     (C) Technocracy                                        (C)
     (D) Techno-democracy                                   (D)
88. Jarawas is a tribe from ............... .         88.
     (A) Bihar                                              (A)
     (B) Andaman Island                                     (B)
     (C) Assam                                              (C)
     (D) Rajasthan                                          (D)
89. Which of the following creates                    89.
     gender roles in a society ?

     (A) Biological differences                             (A)
     (B) Education                                          (B)
     (C) Socialization                                      (C)
     (D) Political institution                              (D)

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90. Who believed that caste system is            90.
    based on the principles of hierarchy,
    the binary opposition of pure and
    impure ?

    (A) S. C. Dube                                     (A)

    (B) M. N. Srinivas                                 (B)

    (C) G. S. Ghurye                                   (C)

    (D) Louis Dumont                                   (D)

91. What is the percentage of disabled           91.
    persons in the Indian population as                          2011
    per census 2011 ?

    (A) 1.1                                            (A) 1.1

    (B) 2.2                                            (B) 2.2

    (C) 3.3                                            (C) 3.3

    (D) 4.4                                            (D) 4.4

92. Which famous work of Marx                    92.
    mentions the following lines “History
    of all hitherto existing societies is
    the history of class struggle” ?
                                                       (A)
    (A) A Contribution to the Critique
        of Political Economy
                                                       (B)
    (B) The Poverty of Philosophy

    (C) Capital                                        (C)

    (D) The Communist Manifesto                        (D)

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93. In which book social movements                93.
    around local and neighbourhood
    rights are analysed by Manuel
    Castells ?
                                                        (A)
     (A) The Urban Question
                                                        (B)
     (B) The City and the Grassroots
                                                        (C)
     (C) The Rise of Network Society
     (D) The Power of Identity                          (D)

94. Which one of the following is correct         94.
    about secularism in India ?
     (A) Separation between state and                   (A)
         religion
                                                        (B)
     (B) Equal treatment to all religions
                                                        (C)
     (C) Quality of education for all
     (D) Dual citizenship for all                       (D)

95. According to Weber which of the               95.
    following is not the characteristic of
    ideal types ?
                                                        (A)
     (A) Abstraction
                                                        (B)
     (B) Hypothesis
                                                        (C)
     (C) Analytical tool
     (D) Not found empirically anywhere                 (D)

96. Who is the author of the book                 96.
    “Gender Troubles” ?
     (A) Ann Phillips                                   (A)
     (B) Patricia Hill Collins                          (B)
     (C) Judith Butler                                  (C)
     (D) Sylvia Walby                                   (D)

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97. Homosexuality is :                           97.
     (A) The orientation of sexual
         activities towards same sex                    (A)
         person
     (B) The orientation of sexual
         activities towards opposite sex                (B)
         person
     (C) The orientation of sexual
         activities towards same sex                    (C)
         before marriage
     (D) The orientation of sexual
         activities towards same sex, but               (D)
         allowed only for men
98. Who proposed the pedagogy “Learner
     as a Co-creator of Knowledge” ?             98.
     (A) C. W. Mills
     (B) Paulo Freire                                   (A)
     (C) R. K. Merton                                   (B)
     (D) E. B. Tylor                                    (C)
                                                        (D)
99. Which of the following works of
     Prem Chowdhry refers to the cases           99.
     of Honour Killings ?
     (A) The Veiled Women
     (B) Gender Discrimination in Land                  (A)
         Ownership                                      (B)
     (C) Political Economy of Production
                                                        (C)
         and Reproduction
     (D) Contentious Marriages, Eloping
         Couples                                        (D)
100. Test-retest method is used for
     determining :                               100.
     (A) Validity of test scores
     (B) Reliability of the test                        (A)
     (C) Neither (A) nor (B)                            (B)
     (D) Both (A) and (B)                               (C) (A)   (B)
                                                        (D) (A)   (B)
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