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Sociology
Paper III

III
Time Allowed : 2½ Hours] [Maximum Marks : 150
Note : This paper contains Seventy Five (75) multiple choice questions, each
carrying Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.
(75) (2)

1. The book ‘Asylums’ is written by : 1.

(A) Erving Goffman (A)

(B) Alfred Shultz (B)

(C) Peter Berger (C)

(D) J. Alexander (D)

2. According to one scholar, “the 2.

keypoint about ethnomethods is that

they are reflexively accountable”.

Who is this scholar ?

(A) Nicholson (A)

(B) Giddens (B)

(C) Garfinkel (C)

(D) Elias (D)

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3. Match List I and List II and select 3. I II
the correct answer from the codes
given below :

List I I

(Authors)

(a) Alfred Schultz (a)

(b) Habermass (b)
(c) Foucault (c)
(d) Garfinkel (d)
List II II
(Concepts)

(i) Ethnomethodology (i)
(ii) Discourse analysis (ii)
(iii) Typification (iii)
(iv) Critical theory (iv)
(v) Functionalism (v)
Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv) (A) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iv) (iii) (v) (B) (ii) (iv) (iii) (v)
(C) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) (C) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(D) (i) (iv) (v) (iii) (D) (i) (iv) (v) (iii)

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4. For Habermas, the political goal of 4.

society is :

(A) Undistorted communication
(A)

(B) Controlled communication
(B)
(C) Symbolic communication
(C)
(D) Communication of certain
(D)
classes of intellectuals

5. ‘Sociology should be based on a post- 5.

positivistic understanding and the

scientific development should be

understood as much through

theoretical as through empirical

explanations.’ Who suggests this ?

(A)
(A) Althusser

(B)
(B) Colomy

(C) J. Alexander (C)

(D) N. Smelser (D)

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6. Structuration theory of Giddens 6.

is :
(A)

(A) extraordinarily eclectic
(B)

(B) based on teleology

(C)
(C) humanistic in appeal

(D)
(D) anti-Marxist

7. The term ‘biopower’ is associated 7.

with :

(A) Derrida (A)

(B) Habermass (B)

(C) Goffman (C)

(D) Foucault (D)

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8. Match the following lists by 8. I II

selecting correct codes :

List I
I
(Authors)

(a) Foucault
(a)
(b) Giddens
(b)
(c) Derrida
(c)
(d) Althusser
(d)
List II
II
(Concepts)

(i) Duality of structure
(i)
(ii) Relative autonomy (ii)
(iii) Panoptic (iii)

(iv) Discourse analysis (iv)

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)

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

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

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

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

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9. Foucault’s term for the ways in 9.
which individuals regulate their
own behaviour in case they are being
observed is :
(A)
(A) Panopticism
(B)
(B) Bio-politics
(C)
(C) Episteme

(D) Body fetishism (D)

10. Which one of the authors wrote 10.

about the conflicts that erupted due
to linguistic diversity in India ?
(A)
(A) M. N. Srinivas
(B)
(B) A. R. Desai
(C)
(C) Myron Weiner
(D)
(D) David Hardiman
11.
11. Who was the author of the book—
“Modern Indian Culture” ?

(A) D. P. Mukherji (A)

(B) N. K. Bose (B)

(C) Surajit Sinha (C)

(D) S. C. Dube (D)

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12. Match the List I with List II and 12. I II
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :

List I
I
(a) Homo Hierarchicus
(a)
(b) Sanskritization
(b)
(c) Modernization of Indian
(c)
Tradition
(d)
(d) Caste, Class and Occupation
II
List II
(i)
(i) G. S. Ghurye
(ii)
(ii) Yogendra Singh

(iii) Louis Dumont (iii)

(iv) M. N. Srinivas (iv)

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)

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

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

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

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

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13. Modes of action which do not conform 13.

to the norms or values held by most

of the members of a group or society

is called :
(A)
(A) Crime

(B)
(B) Corruption

(C)
(C) Delinquency

(D)
(D) Deviance

14. Which one is the recent committee 14.

to look into the regional imbalance

of Maharashtra ?

(A) Dantwala Committee (A)

(B) Dandekar Committee (B)

(C) Kelkar Committee (C)

(D) Chavan Committee (D)

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15. A component of formal organization 15.

in which rules and hierarchical

ranking are used to achieve

efficiency is known as :

(A) Authority (A)

(B) Bureaucracy (B)

(C) Capitalism (C)

(D) Rationality (D)

16. Who among the following sociologists 16.

was associated with the term division

of labour ?
(A)
(A) Emile Durkheim

(B)
(B) Karl Marx

(C)
(C) Max Weber

(D) Talcott Parsons (D)

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17. Factory system is not characterised
17.

by :

(A) Concentration of productive

process (A)

(B) Application of mechanical
(B)
power

(C) Application of animate sources (C)

of power
(D)
(D) Concentration of wealth

18. Which one is an example of 18.

organization ?
(A)

(A) Schools
(B)
(B) Ethnic groups

(C)
(C) Friendship groups

(D) Classes (D)

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19. Who has written the book-worker 19.

factories and Social Change in

India ?
(A)

(A) B. P. Singh
(B)
(B) R. D. Lambert

(C)
(C) S. D. Punekar

(D)
(D) S. S. Khanka

20. N. M. Lokhande in 1890 succeeded 20.

in forming the first labour

organization in India, namely the :

(A) National Union of Railwaymen (A)

(B) Kamgar Hita Vardhak Sabha (B)

(C) Girni-Kamgar Union (C)

(D) Bombay Mill Hands Association (D)

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21. In which industrial policy of 21.

India—Liberalization, Privatization

and Globalization (LPG) was

introduced ?
(A)
(A) Industrial Policy, 1995

(B)
(B) Industrial Policy, 1980

(C)
(C) Industrial Policy, 1991

(D) Industrial Policy, 1986 (D)

22. A work stoppage in which an 22.

employer prevents employees from

working is known as :
(A)
(A) Strikes

(B)
(B) Gherao

(C)
(C) Picketing

(D) Lockouts (D)

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23. Which kind of workers’ participation 23.

in management is in the lowest

level ?
(A)

(A) Informative participation

(B)
(B) Consultative participation

(C)
(C) Administrative participation

(D)
(D) Associative participation

24.
24. Which Section of Trade Union Act

of 1926 define Trade Union ?

(A) Section 2(h)
(A) 2(h)

(B) Section 2(k)
(B) 2(k)

(C) Section 2(q) (C) 2(q)

(D) Section 2(l) (D) 2(l)

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25. Which one is not a party to 25.

Industrial Relations ?

(A) Employees (A)

(B) Employer (B)

(C) Government (C)

(D) Collective bargaining (D)

26. MRTP Act, 1969 became effective 26.

from the year :

(A) 1970 (A) 1970

(B) 1971
(B) 1971

(C) 1972
(C) 1972

(D) 1973
(D) 1973

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27. The idea of sustainable development 27.

is associated with which

commission ?
(A)
(A) Brutland Commission
(B)
(B) Sutherland Commission
(C)
(C) Carson Commission
(D)
(D) Fanon Commission

28. In Andre Gunder Frank’s 28.

understanding :
(A)
(A) the periphery exists purely for

feeding the requirements of the

core
(B)
(B) both core and peripheries suffer

due to economic instability

(C) core-periphery relations are (C)

determined through market

fluctuations
(D)
(D) core and periphery look forward

to sustainable development

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29. Wallerstein in his ‘world system 29.

theory’ rejects the notion of ‘Third

World’ and instead proposes :

(A) a multi-polar world
(A)
(B) a bipolar world

(C) global network of economic (B)

exchange
(C)
(D) Accumulation with social
(D)
justice

30. Gunnar Myrdal’s theory of 30.

‘cumulative causation’ is an

alternative theory of undevelopment,

because : (A)

(A) it gave serious attention to

non-economic or institutional

factors (B)

(B) it focuses upon economic growth (C)

(C) it supports theory of ‘stages of

growth’
(D)
(D) if emphasises on humanitarian

approach

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31. Which one of the following feminists 31.

made the statement that ‘one is not

born but rather becomes a woman’.

(A) Margaret Mead (A)

(B) Betty Friedan (B)

(C) Ann Oakley (C)

(D) Simone de Beauvoir (D)

32. Which group of feminists argued 32.

that women’s liberation can only be

achieved by working to end both

economic and cultural sources of

women’s oppression ?

(A)
(A) Post-modernist feminists

(B) Marxist feminists (B)

(C) Socialist feminists (C)

(D) Cultural feminists
(D)

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33. “Patriarchy is a system of oppression 33.

where men constitute the oppresser

class while, women are the

oppressed category.” This under-

standing belongs to :
(A)
(A) Radical feminist
(B)
(B) Post-structural feminist

(C)
(C) Psychoanalytic feminist

(D)
(D) Socialist feminist

34. Who among the following is 34.

considered as an eco-feminist

thinker ?
(A)
(A) Uma Chakravarti
(B)
(B) Romila Thapar

(C)
(C) Vandana Shiva

(D) Leela Dube (D)

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35. Which is the main basis for the 35.

growth of eco-feminism ?

(A) Deforestation in industrial
(A)
society
(B)
(B) Women’s lives and their
relation with the nature

(C) Pollution and environmental (C)
degradation
(D)
(D) Global warming

36. What are less organized and more 36.

spontaneous reactions to non-
conformity ?
(A)
(A) Formal sanctions
(B)
(B) Informal sanctions
(C)
(C) Legal sanctions

(D) Illegal sanctions (D)

37. Which of the following factors 37.
determines the deviance ?

(A) Personality (A)

(B) Society (B)

(C) Politics (C)

(D) Culture (D)
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38. How do theorists of the new
38.
criminology framed their analysis ?

(A) In terms of the structure of

society (A)

(B) In terms of the deprotection of
(B)
the power of the ruling class

(C) In terms of dysfunction in

society (C)

(D) In terms of deconstruction of
(D)
society

39. Who wrote the Article in Sociological 39.

Bulletin in 1998 on ‘A life-world of

Disenchantment : Modernity,

Ethnicity and Pluralism’ ?

(A) T. K. Ommen (A)

(B) Andre Beteille (B)

(C) Yogendra Singh (C)

(D) D. N. Dhanagare (D)

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40. Match the following books with their 40.
authors and choose the correct code
given at the end :

Books

(a) The Household Dimensions of (a)
the Family in India

(b) Science and Society
(b)
(c) The Dynamics of Rural Society
(c)
(d) Social Background of Indian
(d)
Nationalism

Authors
(i)
(i) D. D. Kosambi
(ii)
(ii) A. M. Shah

(iii) A. R. Desai (iii)

(iv) Ramkrishna Mukherji (iv)

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)

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

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

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

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

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41. Which of the following categories is 41.

not a part of Daniel Thorner’s

classification of rural classes ?

(A) Landlords (A)

(B) Working peasants (B)

(C) Artisans (C)

(D) Labourers (D)

42. Which of the following objectives 42.

was not recommended by Balwant

Rai Mehta Committee to implement,

Panchayat Raj System in its base

structure ?

(A) To represent the felt needs of (A)

the village community

(B) To give power to the non- (B)
officials for the development of

village communities
(C)
(C) Area development programmes

(D) To give power of implementation (D)

to people

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43. Who has used the term ‘peasant 43.

struggle’ to analyse the phenomenon

of Agrarian Unrest‘’ in India ?

(A) Kathleen Gough (A)

(B) A. R. Desai (B)

(C) Hamza Alavi (C)

(D) D. N. Dhanagare (D)

44. When the Naxalbari peasant 44.

struggle was launched ?

(A) 1921 (A) 1921

(B) 1956 (B) 1956

(C) 1918 (C) 1918

(D) 1967 (D) 1967

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45. Among the theoretical explanation 45.

of drug usage, who has formulated

differential association theory ?

(A) Merton (A)

(B) Burgess (B)

(C) Sutherland (C)

(D) Akers (D)

46. In which city the ‘slums’ are known 46.

as ‘charies’ ?

(A) Mumbai (A)

(B) Chennai (B)

(C) Delhi (C)

(D) Kanpur (D)

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47. In 1948 which of the following 47.

international voluntary health

organization was established ?

(A) Food and Agricultural

Organization (FAO) (A) (FAO)

(B) Red Cross Society (B)

(C) World Health Organization
(C) (WHO)
(WHO)

(D) (UNICEF)
(D) UNICEF

48. The idea of Primary Health Centre 48.

was spelt out in clear terms by :

(A) Union Health Ministry (A)

(B)
(B) Shrivastava Committee

(C)
(C) Bhore Committee

(D)
(D) Mudaliar Committee

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49. Match List I with List II and select 49. I II

the correct answer from the codes
given below :

List I I

(Village)

(a) Rampura (a)

(b) Shamirpeth (b)

(c) Sripuram (c)
(d) Shivpur (d)
List II
II
(Researchers)

(i) M. N. Srinivas
(i)
(ii) S. C. Dube
(ii)
(iii) Andre Beteille
(iii)
(iv) K. Ishwaran
(iv)
(v) G. S. Ghurye

Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (v) (iv) (iii) (ii)
(A) (v) (iv) (iii) (ii)
(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)

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

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50. The census which was synchronous, 50.

covered a wider area and was more

modern in nature was undertaken

in India in the year :

(A) 1867 (A) 1867

(B) 1872 (B) 1872

(C) 1881 (C) 1881

(D) 1883 (D) 1883

51. With reference to Internal Migration 51.

who has stated that, “Of all sorts of

luggage, man is the most difficult

to be transported” ?
(A)
(A) Tara Kanitkar

(B)
(B) S. N. Agarawal

(C)
(C) David Ricardo

(D) Adam Smith (D)

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52. Which of the following years is 52.
marked as ‘year of big divide’ in

India’s population ?
(A) 1951
(A) 1951
(B) 1931
(B) 1931
(C) 1921
(C) 1921
(D) 1911
(D) 1911

53. Who enjoy a longer life expectancy 53.

in almost every country ?

(A) Men (A)

(B) Men in urban area (B)

(C) Women (C)

(D) Women in urban area (D)

54. In which five year plan the stress 54.

was given on extension approach

instead of clinical approach ?

(A) V Five Year Plan (A)

(B) II Five Year Plan (B)

(C) IV Five Year Plan (C)

(D) III Five Year Plan (D)

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55. Which feminism believes that men 55.

are responsible for and benefit, from

the exploitation of women ?

(A) Liberal feminism (A)

(B)
(B) Post-modern feminism

(C)
(C) Socialist feminism

(D)
(D) Radical feminism

56.
56. Studies on learning Sanskrit, as well

as of the higher arts like classical

music, dance, painting, sculpture

under the studied on organization

of specialists were proposed by :
(A)
(A) McKim Marriot
(B)
(B) Surjit Sinha

(C)
(C) D. P. Mukerji

(D) N. K. Bose (D)

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57. Who authored a book on ‘The 57.
Anatomy of a Rururbun
Community’ ?
(A)
(A) M. N. Srinivas
(B)
(B) S. C. Dube
(C)
(C) A. R. Desai

(D) G. S. Ghurye (D)

58. Who is the author of the book “Land 58.

Systems of British India” ?

(A) Baden-Powell (A)

(B) F. G. Balley (B)

(C) O. E. Baker (C)

(D) T. K. Basu (D)

59. Who was of the opinion that ‘poverty 59.
is an evil which could be remedied
by the poor themselves by prudently
delayed marriage’ ?

(A) Thomas Robert Malthus (A)

(B) Niccolo Machiavelli (B)
(C) William Godwin (C)
(D) Kautilya
(D)
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60. ‘Secularism ............. means liberation 60.

of politics from the hegemony of

religion’.

Who gave this definition ?
(A)
(A) Ian Robertson
(B)
(B) S. Radhakrishnan

(C)
(C) Asghar Ali Engineer

(D)
(D) M. N. Srinivas

61. Who is the author of the book, 61.

‘Population Education for

Developing Countries’ ?
(A)

(A) Salkar K. R.

(B)
(B) Namjoshi G. K.

(C)
(C) Agarwal S. N.

(D) Tiwari R. P. (D)

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62. Who recognized family planning as 62.

a basic human rights in 1968 ?

(A) World Health Organization
(A)

(B) United Nations Organization
(B)

(C) National Commission on
(C)
Population

(D)
(D) The United Nations Conference

on Human Rights

63. When the First ‘National Population 63.

Policy’ was formed in India ?

(A) Year 1952 (A) 1952

(B) Year 1975 (B) 1975

(C) Year 2000 (C) 2000

(D) Year 1976 (D) 1976

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64. ‘The people of warm land are more 64.

sex-indulgent which favours to the

growth of population.’ Who made

this statement ?
(A)
(A) Frank Notestein
(B)
(B) Montesquieu

(C)
(C) Malthus

(D)
(D) Marx

65. The largest part of land were 65.

received by Bhoodan movement in

1953 from :
(A)
(A) Andhra Pradesh

(B)
(B) Bihar

(C)
(C) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Orissa (D)

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66. Frank W. Notestein presented the 66.

theory of demographic transition in

an almost mature form in the year :

(A) 1937 (A) 1937

(B) 1945 (B) 1945

(C) 1948 (C) 1948

(D) 1950 (D) 1950

67. Which is a better and significant 67.

measure of health or ill-health in a
community ?
(A)
(A) Maternal mortality
(B)
(B) Morbidity
(C)
(C) Fertility

(D) Mortality (D)

68. When was the National Health 68.

Policy introduced ?

(A) Year 2001 (A) 2001

(B) Year 2005 (B) 2005

(C) Year 2000 (C) 2000

(D) Year 2002 (D) 2002

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69. Who are increasingly becoming 69.
‘Health Consumers’ in modern

times ?
(A)
(A) Individuals
(B)
(B) Groups
(C)
(C) Community
(D)
(D) Organizations
70.
70. Who of the following has used the

term ‘Alcoholism’ in the year 1849 ?

(A) Seldon Bacon (A)

(B) Johnson (B)

(C) Magnus Huss (C)

(D) Marshal Clinnard (D)

71. ‘Crime is a violation of conduct, 71.
norms of the normative group.’ Who

has described accordingly ?

(A) Thurston Sellin (A)

(B) Caldwell (B)

(C) Clinard (C)

(D) Hall Jerome (D)

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72. Who initiated the introduction and 72.

implementation of Panchayat Raj

System in India ?

(A) Community Development
(A)
Projects

(B)
(B) Planning Commission

(C)
(C) National Development Council

(D)
(D) State Governments

73. Which one of the following peasant 73.

movements, was not emerged in

Pre-Independent India ?
(A)
(A) Peasant Revolt in Punjab

(B)
(B) Kheda Peasant Struggle

(C)
(C) Champaran Movement

(D) Telangana Peasant Struggle (D)

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74. Daniel Thorner’s classification of 74.

agrarian classes suffers from its own

limitations for it, is not, based on any

specific theoretical assumptions.

Who has commented like this ?

(A) S. C. Dube (A)

(B) A. R. Desai (B)

(C) D. N. Dhanagare (C)

(D) D. R. Gadgil (D)

75. Some of the rural development 75.
activities were production oriented.

However which of the following

activities was not a part, of it ?

(A) Community Development
(A)
Projects

(B) Drought Prone Area Programme (B)

(C) Land Reforms
(C)
(D) Integrated Rural Development

Programmes (D)

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