DUET 2021 Question Paper M.Phil Ph.D in Social Work

DU MPhil PhD in Social Work
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1) Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it’ is a statement attributed to [Question ID = 662]
1. B.G. Tilak [Option ID = 2645]
2. Amartya Sen [Option ID = 2646]
3. Mahatma Gandhi [Option ID = 2647]
4. Rabindranath Tagore [Option ID = 2648]

2) The process of emulating the higher caste/class groups in customs, rituals and ideology is known as[Question ID = 663]
1. Sanskritization [Option ID = 2649]
2. Sanitization [Option ID = 2650]
3. Parochialization [Option ID = 2651]
4. Dominant caste [Option ID = 2652]

3) The study of social groups excluded from the dominant power structures whether neo‐colonial or socio‐economic is
known as[Question ID = 664]
1. Subaltern studies [Option ID = 2653]
2. Cross cultural studies [Option ID = 2654]
3. Ethnocentric studies [Option ID = 2655]
4. Discourse studies [Option ID = 2656]

4) Applying one’s own culture as a frame of reference to judge other peoples. Behaviours, beliefs and people is known
as[Question ID = 665]
1. Ethnocentrism [Option ID = 2657]
2. Panculturalism [Option ID = 2658]
3. Ethnomethodology [Option ID = 2659]
4. None of the above [Option ID = 2660]

5) The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) does not provide a definition of disability, but instead
provides a broad description intended to be widely inclusive. The CRPD establishes in Article 1 that ‘persons with
disabilities’ includes ‘those who have long‐term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction
with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others’. In giving this
understanding the CRPD is following[Question ID = 666]
1. Medical Model [Option ID = 2661]
2. Minority Model [Option ID = 2662]
3. Social Model [Option ID = 2663]
4. Charity Model [Option ID = 2664]

6) The Government of India has reorganized labour codes and with reference to the Code on Social Security, 2020 as
notified by Gazette. As a social worker working with the informal sector work force, you are delighted at the prospect
enabling the work force to avail the social security benefits

Assertion: Access the benefits under the code and go for registration of the workers, however you find that they do not
have the requisite identity cards. Hence, you begin to work on getting their identity cards made, with the hope that they
will be getting benefits in future.

Reasoning: There is provision to include the unorganized workers in the social security code with a mandatory provision of
registration of workers

[Question ID = 667]
1. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 2665]
2. Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 2666]
3. A is correct but R is not correct

[Option ID = 2667]
4. A is not correct but R is correct

[Option ID = 2668]

7) Labour codes in India are currently[Question ID = 668]
1. 6 in number [Option ID = 2669]
2. 4 in number [Option ID = 2670]
3. 2 in number [Option ID = 2671]
4. 10 in number [Option ID = 2672]

8) Which of the following is considered by the text to be a pseudo‐psychology?[Question ID = 669]

1. Cognitive psychology [Option ID = 2673]
2. Behaviorism [Option ID = 2674]
3. Gestalt psychology [Option ID = 2675]
4. Astrology [Option ID = 2676]

9) A school of thought that considers the social institutions, relationships, roles and norms as serving a specific purpose and
required for the existence of others is known as[Question ID = 670]
1. Functionalism [Option ID = 2677]
2. Symbolic interactionism [Option ID = 2678]
3. Cultural change [Option ID = 2679]
4. Conflict perspective [Option ID = 2680]

10) Erving Goffman's concept of Total Institutions could be represented by one of the following[Question ID = 671]
1. Professional Bodies [Option ID = 2681]
2. Higher education institutions [Option ID = 2682]
3. Panchayat [Option ID = 2683]
4. Prisons [Option ID = 2684]

11) Match the following authors LIST I with their works LIST II

[Question ID = 672]
1. A ‐ IV, B ‐ II, C ‐ I, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 2685]
2. A ‐ I, B ‐ III, C ‐ IV, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 2686]
3. A ‐ II, B ‐ IV, C ‐ III, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 2687]
4. A ‐ III, B ‐ I, C ‐ II, D ‐ IV

[Option ID = 2688]

12) Match List I with List II

[Question ID = 673]
1. A ‐ III, B ‐ IV, C ‐ I, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 2689]
2. A ‐ II, B ‐ I, C ‐ III, D ‐ IV

[Option ID = 2690]
3. A ‐ I, B ‐ II, C ‐ IV, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 2691]
4. A ‐ IV, B ‐ III, C ‐ II, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 2692]

13) Which of the following treatments deal with phobias by gradual exposure? [Question ID = 674]
1. Super ego control [Option ID = 2693]
2. Systematic desensitization [Option ID = 2694]
3. Reinforcement [Option ID = 2695]
4. None of these [Option ID = 2696]

14) Understanding Child Development in India requires focusing on [Question ID = 675]
1. Poverty levels of the families of children [Option ID = 2697]
2. Interdisciplinary perspectives [Option ID = 2698]

3. Social structure of families to which the children belong [Option ID = 2699]
4. Psychological status of the children [Option ID = 2700]

15) All the following are considered as social institutions except[Question ID = 676]
1. Panchayat [Option ID = 2701]
2. Marriage [Option ID = 2702]
3. Family [Option ID = 2703]
4. Religion [Option ID = 2704]

16) A teacher believes that one group of children is very bright and that a second is below average in ability. Actually, the
groups are identical, but the first group progresses more rapidly than the second. This demonstrates[Question ID = 677]
1. the self‐fulfilling prophecy [Option ID = 2705]
2. the placebo effect in a natural experiment [Option ID = 2706]
3. observer bias in naturalistic observation [Option ID = 2707]
4. the ethical problems of field experiments [Option ID = 2708]

17) The most fundamental principle of perceptual organization used by Gestalt Pyschologists is called the:[Question ID =
678]
1. Figure‐ground relationship [Option ID = 2709]
2. Volley principle [Option ID = 2710]
3. Dark adaptation phenomenon [Option ID = 2711]
4. Law of closure [Option ID = 2712]

18) The reservation of seats in Panchayats is under the provisions of article ‐‐‐‐ of the Constitution of India[Question ID =
679]
1. 243 D [Option ID = 2713]
2. 243 B [Option ID = 2714]
3. ​234 E [Option ID = 2715]
4. 233D [Option ID = 2716]

19) Social Policy goals are all the following except[Question ID = 680]
1. Reaching the Antodaya [Option ID = 2717]
2. Ensuring social security to the needy [Option ID = 2718]
3. Planning for easing rules for business [Option ID = 2719]
4. Meeting the constitutional obligations [Option ID = 2720]

20) The alternative social development theories speak of all the following except [Question ID = 681]
1. Grassroots post‐modernism [Option ID = 2721]
2. Going from global to local [Option ID = 2722]
3. De‐growth [Option ID = 2723]
4. Outsourcing growth through CSR [Option ID = 2724]

21) The UN Convention On the Rights of the Child requires the signatories to the Covenant to adhere to adhere to the core
principles of the Convention except one among the following. [Question ID = 682]
1. Non Discrimination [Option ID = 2725]
2. Devotion to the best interests of the child [Option ID = 2726]
3. Right to life, survival and development of the child [Option ID = 2727]
4. The right not to take vaccination [Option ID = 2728]

22) With reference to Human Rights given below are two statements Assertion A and Reasoning R

Assertion: It is the obligatory responsibility of the government to ensure the dignity and equal worth of all human beings as
a part signing the Human rights Declarations.

Reason: The government should establish robust institutional mechansims so that the marginalized are protected and do
not face discrimination In the light of the above statements choose the correct option from the choices given below

[Question ID = 683]
1. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 2729]
2. Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 2730]
3. A is correct but R is not correct

[Option ID = 2731]
4. A is not correct but R is correct

[Option ID = 2732]

23) Human Rights Principles in Health care would mean

[Question ID = 684]
1. A ‐ III, B ‐ IV, C ‐ II, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 2733]
2. A ‐ II, B ‐ I, C ‐ III, D ‐ IV

[Option ID = 2734]
3. A ‐ I, B ‐ II, C ‐ IV, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 2735]
4. A ‐ IV, B ‐ III, C ‐ I, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 2736]

24) As a social worker working in the health sector in the light of previous question in 23, you would initiate interventions

Statement I: You would work to ensure access to publicly provided health services for the marginalised

Statement II: Human rights approach needs to be used to strengthen national accountability systems for universal health
care In the light of the above statements choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

A. Both Statement I and Statement II are Correct

B. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

C. Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect

D. Statment I is incorrect and Statement II is correct

[Question ID = 685]
1. A only

[Option ID = 2737]
2. B only

[Option ID = 2738]
3. C only

[Option ID = 2739]
4. D only

[Option ID = 2740]

25) There is a significance to Budget in social policy which could be[Question ID = 686]
1. understood as the outcome of systems and relationships through which the varying needs and desires of a nation are heard, prioritized and funded.
[Option ID = 2741]
2. Seen as the choices made by Governments as to how money is collected and distributed [Option ID = 2742]
3. What rights are realized and for whom [Option ID = 2743]
4. Rational decisions without bias [Option ID = 2744]

26) Match List I with List II

[Question ID = 687]
1. A ‐ III, B ‐ I, C ‐ IV, D ‐ II

[Option ID = 2745]
2. A ‐ II, B ‐ III, C ‐ I, D ‐ IV

[Option ID = 2746]
3. A ‐ III, B ‐ II, C ‐ IV, D ‐ I

[Option ID = 2747]

4. A ‐ I, B ‐ IV, C ‐ II, D ‐ III

[Option ID = 2748]

27) Given below are two statements Assertion A and the other labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: The companies undertake a number of activities for the welfare of the affected populations giving them
equipment, schools, scholarships and safe drinking water as part of Corporate Social Responsibility.
Reason R: The CSR activities are reflective of the Company’s caring attitude to the project affected

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

[Question ID = 688]
1. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 2749]
2. Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 2750]
3. A is correct but R is not correct

[Option ID = 2751]
4. A is not correct but R is correct

[Option ID = 2752]

28) Group Dynamics mean[Question ID = 689]
1. Communication and Interaction Patterns within the group [Option ID = 2753]
2. Sociometry of the group [Option ID = 2754]
3. Social Distance scale [Option ID = 2755]
4. Non –judgmental attitude [Option ID = 2756]

29) Please arrange the hierarchy of needs given by Abraham Maslow
A. Safety needs
B. Physiological needs
C. Esteem needs
D. Belongingness
E. Self‐actualization[Question ID = 690]
1. B, A, D, C, E [Option ID = 2757]
2. A, D, B, C, E [Option ID = 2758]
3. C, E, B, A, D [Option ID = 2759]
4. B, D, C, E, A [Option ID = 2760]

30) Community practice would include
A. Diagnostic assessments
B. Understanding community
C. Building rapport
D. Organising and mobilizing community[Question ID = 691]
1. A, B and D only [Option ID = 2761]
2. B, C and D only [Option ID = 2762]
3. A, B and C only [Option ID = 2763]
4. B and D only [Option ID = 2764]

31) A rural health survey uses the following sampling design. The selection of Primary Sampling Units (PSUs), which are
villages or groups of villages (in the case of small linked villages), with probability proportional to population size (PPS) in the
first stage, followed by the selection of households using systematic sampling within each selected PSU in the second stage.
[Question ID = 692]
1. Multi‐stage sampling [Option ID = 2765]
2. Population sampling [Option ID = 2766]
3. Cluster sampling [Option ID = 2767]
4. None of the above [Option ID = 2768]

32) Case study design involves [Question ID = 693]
1. Selection of respondents that matches with control groups [Option ID = 2769]
2. Focusing on a singular or multiple cases that represent a particular phenomenon [Option ID = 2770]
3. Using multiple sites of inquiry to have a representative sample [Option ID = 2771]
4. Requires selecting respondents using stratified sampling [Option ID = 2772]

33) In a study of effects of positive reinforcement on children’s performance in academic tasks, the control group should
be given[Question ID = 694]
1. a high reward regiment [Option ID = 2773]
2. one‐half the positive reinforcements given to the experimental group [Option ID = 2774]
3. test to determine the significance of their reward expectancy set [Option ID = 2775]
4. no reinforcement at all [Option ID = 2776]

34) An educated guess about what is controlling some behavior is called[Question ID = 695]
1. experimental control [Option ID = 2777]

2. a hypothesis [Option ID = 2778]
3. an experimental variable [Option ID = 2779]
4. a theory [Option ID = 2780]

35) Which of the following is not a criterion of Guba and Lincoln for evaluating qualitative research?[Question ID = 696]
1. Measurability [Option ID = 2781]
2. Transferability [Option ID = 2782]
3. Dependability [Option ID = 2783]
4. Transparency [Option ID = 2784]

36) Which of the following is not a criticism of qualitative research?[Question ID = 697]
1. Qualitative research is too subjective. [Option ID = 2785]
2. Qualitative research is difficult to replicate [Option ID = 2786]
3. The findings of qualitative research cannot be generalized to other settings. [Option ID = 2787]
4. Qualitative research is too inflexible and rigid [Option ID = 2788]

37) In order to locate causation of behaviours, the questions we ask must be[Question ID = 698]
1. Tentative [Option ID = 2789]
2. Testable [Option ID = 2790]
3. Based on Theory [Option ID = 2791]
4. Based on Novelty [Option ID = 2792]

38) Ethics in qualitative research means[Question ID = 699]
1. Follow one’s heart and mind [Option ID = 2793]
2. Follow the principle of no harm to oneself [Option ID = 2794]
3. Maintaining confidentiality and respecting privacy of the respondents [Option ID = 2795]
4. Researcher following the advice of the authority [Option ID = 2796]

39) In the comprehensive national nutrition survey, for the state of Delhi, the household and anthropometry data was
collected from 1,069, 1,094 and 1,026 and biological samples from 700, 577 and 534 children aged 0‐4 years (1‐4 years for
biological sample), 5‐9 years, and adolescents aged 10‐19 years, respectively was taken. From among the following what
would represent the best sampling design they would have used[Question ID = 700]
1. Multi‐stage Stratified sampling [Option ID = 2797]
2. Snowball sampling [Option ID = 2798]
3. Simple random sampling [Option ID = 2799]
4. Purposive sampling [Option ID = 2800]

40)

From the data on District Health Survey in the above figure, with respect to Nutritional status and Anaemia among children
and women, we can clearly not identify that

[Question ID = 701]
1. Percentage children with Anaemia has increased NFHS 4 to NFHS 5

[Option ID = 2801]
2. Percentage of women with Anaemia has increased from NFHS 4 to NFHS 5

[Option ID = 2802]
3. The percentage of Women who have high risk to waist to hip ratio has increased from NFHS 4 to NFHS 5

[Option ID = 2803]
4. Percentage of women who are overweight has increased from NFHS 4 to NFHS 5

[Option ID = 2804]

41) From the district level NFHS 5 Survey data shown in the table given below

With respect to Nutritional status and Anemia among children and women given below are the following statements I and II

Starement I Percentage of children in the stunted category has reduced

Statement II Percentage of children in the wasted category has increased

In the light of the given statements choose the correct option from those given below

[Question ID = 702]
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

[Option ID = 2805]
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are false

[Option ID = 2806]
3. Statement I is correct but Statement II is false

[Option ID = 2807]
4. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is true

[Option ID = 2808]

42) From the data on District Health Survey 5 given in the table below

with respect to Nutritional status and Anaemia among children and women Given below are two statements, Statements I
and Statement II

Statement I : The overall anemic condition of children in all age groups from 6 months onwards has deteriorated in the
particular district.

Statement II: There is a clear increase with reference to anemic condition from NFHS 4 to NFHS 5 in specific age groups

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

[Question ID = 703]
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

[Option ID = 2809]
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are false

[Option ID = 2810]
3. Statement I is correct but Statement II is false

[Option ID = 2811]
4. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is true

[Option ID = 2812]

43) Which of the following best describes a double‐blind experimental procedure?[Question ID = 704]
1. All subjects get the experimental procedure [Option ID = 2813]
2. Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo; which they receive is known only to the experimenter [Option ID = 2814]
3. Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo; which they receive is not known to the subjects or experimenters [Option ID =
2815]
4. None of the above [Option ID = 2816]

44) Choose the correct sequence for qualitative research[Question ID = 705]
1. Identify and state the research problem, planning, data collection, data analysis, writing the results [Option ID = 2817]
2. Planning, begin the data collection, revise focus of study as needed, continue data collection, revise focus of study as needed, complete data
collection, data analysis, writing. [Option ID = 2818]
3. Identifying the research hypothesis, data collection, data analysis, conclusions, writing [Option ID = 2819]
4. Planning, identifying the problem, data collection, writing [Option ID = 2820]

45) Given below are two statements

Statement I: High mortality rates in a district are associated with the severity of illness of COVID‐19

Statement II: The observed rise in the consumption of oxygen cylinders in a district, during the pandemic indicates that the
district has suffered severe cases of COVID‐19

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

[Question ID = 706]
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

[Option ID = 2821]

2. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

[Option ID = 2822]
3. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

[Option ID = 2823]
4. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

[Option ID = 2824]

46) If a social worker wants to confidently and reliably identify health related variables that could determine incidence of
covid infection, she would rely on[Question ID = 707]
1. Regression analysis [Option ID = 2825]
2. Textual Analysis [Option ID = 2826]
3. Conversational Analysis [Option ID = 2827]
4. Discourse analysis [Option ID = 2828]

47) The following graph represents the global prevalence and numbers affected for malnutrition among children. From the
graph we can safely say

[Question ID = 708]
1. There is a reduction in the stunting and wasting as also simultaneously an increase in the overweight children

[Option ID = 2829]
2. There is growth in all the parameters stated across the different years

[Option ID = 2830]
3. There is decrease in stunting globally

[Option ID = 2831]
4. There is no change from 2000 to 2018 in global figures

[Option ID = 2832]

48) Based on the data presented below, regarding global malnutrition

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

Assertion A: Policies need to be formed to tackle childhood obesity urgently

Reason R: Childhood obesity can lead to increase in non‐communicable diseases like diabetes and hypertension in adult life.

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

[Question ID = 709]
1. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 2833]
2. Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

[Option ID = 2834]
3. A is correct but R is not correct

[Option ID = 2835]
4. A is not correct but R is correct

[Option ID = 2836]

49) From the data presented below

Given below are two statements

Statement I: There is globally a reduction of wasting, stunting from 2000 to 2018

Statement II: There is increased prevalence of overweight children globally

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

[Question ID = 710]
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

[Option ID = 2837]
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

[Option ID = 2838]
3. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

[Option ID = 2839]
4. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

[Option ID = 2840]

50) A study in which some specific sub population in which the researcher explores in depth a program, event over time
with data collected from different members in each set of observations is called[Question ID = 711]
1. Cohort Study [Option ID = 2841]
2. Case studies [Option ID = 2842]
3. Time series [Option ID = 2843]
4. Intervention studies [Option ID = 2844]