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UGC NET Paper 2Sociology

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2025 Q17

People who exercise influence over decisions made by others are known as:

2025 Q50

Read the following passage and answer the questions: John B. Watson, an animal experimentalist who argued that all human action is merely a conditioned response to external environ...

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2025 Q51

Match List I with List - II. List - I Concepts A. Dynamic density B. False Consciousness C. Substantive rationality D. Sociation List - II Thinkers I. Max Weber II. Georg Simmel II...

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2025 Q52

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): On the view of Greater Homogeneity A.R. Desai, says 'The Ru...

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2025 Q54

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II LIST-I A. "Habitus" B. "Anaclisis" C. "Fetishism" D. "Hyperreality" LIST-II I. Pierre Bourdieu II. Sigmund Freud III. Alferd Binet IV. Eco Choose the...

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2025 Q54

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II LIST-I A. "Habitus" B. "Anaclisis" C. "Fetishism" D. "Hyperreality" LIST-II I. Pierre Bourdieu II. Sigmund Freud III. Alferd Binet IV. Eco Choose the...

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2025 Q54

Who gave the concept of 'bifurcated consciousness'?

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2025 Q55

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Family fragmentation still continues to be a major politica...

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2025 Q55

Which of the following is not a component of Gender Empowerment measure?

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2025 Q56

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): According to Michel Foucault, power and knowledge are organ...

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2025 Q56

Who amongst the following can be associated with the functionalist perspective on education?

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2025 Q57

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R Assertion A: The Jains registered least growth rate of population in India (200...

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2025 Q57

Which of the following terms are associated with Anthony Giddens ? A. Sequestration B. Juggernaut of modernity C. Reflexivity of modernity D. Alienation among industrial workers Ch...

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2025 Q58

Match List - I with List - II. List - I List - II Authors Works A. Erving Goffman I. The Theory of communicative action B. Michel Foucault II. Social theory and social structure C....

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2025 Q59

'The animal is immediately one with its life activity.... Man makes his life activity itself the object of his will and of his consciousness'. Who said this?

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2025 Q60

Chronologically arrange the following concepts in the Marxian framework : A. Class B. Class-in-itself C. Class-for-itself D. Class conflict Choose the correct answer from the optio...

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2025 Q62

Which of the following are true about G. Myrdal's position on theory of social change and development in India? A. Universal stage of growth B. Cumulative change C. Traditional gro...

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2025 Q62

Developed mostly by German scholars, which of the following schools sought for a universal doctrine of historical evolution of the whole world (rather than being limited only to a...

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2025 Q63

Chronologically arrange the following perspectives in terms of their origin in sociological literature: A. Postmodernism B. Poststructuralism C. Interactionism D. Marxism Choose th...

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2025 Q63

Match List - I with List - II. List - I Social Scientists A. McGuire B. Rokeach C. Hofstede D. Heider List - II Framework Theory I. Balance Theory of attitude change II. Framework...

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2025 Q64

With reference to Karl Marx which of the following is not a component of alienation ?

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2025 Q65

Match List - I with List - II. List - I Scholar A. G.S. Ghurye B. D.P. Mukerji C. N.K. Bose D. David Hardiman List - II Perspective I. Civilizational Perspective II. Subaltern Pers...

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2025 Q68

Match List - I with List - II. List - I (Scholars) A. R.E. Park and E. Burgess B. Homer Hoyt C. R.J. Johnston D. C. Harris and E. Ullman List - II (Theories) I. Social Area Analysi...

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2025 Q69

Who among the following wrote the book 'Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient'?

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2025 Q70

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Anthony Giddens argues that modernity is not a dynamic phen...

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2025 Q71

Match List I with List II. List - I Book Title A. The Gift : The form and reason for exchange in archaic societies B. The Great Transformation : The political and economic origins...

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2025 Q74

Match List - I with List - II. List - I Perspective A. Functionalist Perspective B. Conflict Perspective C. Interactionist Perspective D. Structuralist Perspective List - II Thinke...

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2025 Q75

In the Parsonian framework, which of the following combinations of pattern variables of role definition is/are true: A. Self-orientation Vs. Affective neutrality B. Universalism Vs...

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2025 Q76

Who among the following provided systematic statement about philosophical foundations of Sociology and other social sciences and pleaded for non-compartmentalization of knowledge i...

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2025 Q78

G.S. Ghurye wrote the following books. Identify the correct chronological sequence of these publications: A. Indian Sadhus B. I and other Explorations C. Caste and Race in India D....

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2025 Q80

Match List I with List II. List - I Author A. Arjun Appadurai B. Benjamin Barber C. Samuel P. Huntington D. Irving Zeitlin List - II Book I. The Clash of civilizations and the rema...

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2025 Q81

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): The Sociology of Disability and Impairment relates to the s...

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2025 Q82

Match List - I with List - II. List - I (Authors) A. Judith Butler B. S. Firestone C. bell hooks D. Betty Friedan List - II (Works) I. The Feminine Mystique II. Ain't I a woman? Bl...

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2025 Q83

Arrange the following in order as suggested by Goode and Hatt (1952) in their work "Methods in Social Research": A. Studying literature on the subject B. Analyzing the Problem C. F...

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2025 Q84

Who is associated with the work 'Mind, Self and Society'?

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2025 Q85

Who among the following refers to material and non-material social facts ?

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2025 Q86

Match List - I with List - II. List - I Contribution A. Bipolar Model B. Multipolar Model C. Universalization and Parochialization D. Sacred Complex List - II Scholar I. Mckim Marr...

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