Kerala SET 2018 Feb Question Paper Sociology

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1. The structure of scientific revolution is written by ---------
A) Thomas S.Kuhn B) Karl Popper
C) W. Mills D) Louis Dumont

2. ------------- is a powerful instrument of social control
A) Religion B) Folkways C) Mores D) Traditions

3. ------------ is not the characteristic feature of caste system
A) Hierarchical ranking B) Endogamous group
C) Mobility Possible D) Ascribed status

4. According to Marx which one of the following is considered to be the most crucial element
for class struggle?
A) Class interest B) Class consciousness
C) Class formation D) Class identity
5. Marriage relation between the members of same caste is known as ------------
A) Endogamy B) Exogamy
C) Monogamy D) Polygamy

6. ----------- is a kind of marriage in which one man marries many women at one time
A) Polygyny B) Polyandry
B) Polygamous D) Monogamous

7. Theorist who emphasised the positive function of conflict
A) Lewis A Coser B) Karl Marx
C) Max weber D) Emile Durkheim
8. According to Emile Durkheim the nature of modern law is---------
A) Repressive B) Restitutive
C) Normative D) Formal
9. Evolutionary process takes place through -----------
A) All kinds of social change
B) Radical transformation of society
C) Gradual movement from simple to complex
D) Social change in a definite direction
10. According to Emile Durkheim ------- division of labour is the cause of social
disorganisation.
A) Moderate B) Extreme C) Little D) Small
11. The concept of pattern variable is associated with---------
A) Max Weber B) Pitrim Sorokin
C) Talcott Parsons D) Emile Durkheim

12. Functionalism has its origin in the works of ------------
A) Spencer B) Emile Durkheim
C) Robert Merton D) E.B.Taylor
13. Durkheim distinguished religion between -------------
A) Sacred and the Secular B) Pure and the impure
C) Sacred and the profane D) The gods and the ghosts

14. The Weberian model of social stratification has been used in the study of caste by
A) S.C. Dube B) M.N. Srinivas
C) T.N. Madan D) None
15. Which among the concept was associated with Robert K Merton?
A) Eufunction B) Non-function
C) Quasifunction D) Dysfunction
16. The probability of getting equal chance for all items from the sample is known as ---------
A) Random sampling B) Quota sampling
C) Snow ball sampling D) None of the above

17. Match the items in List – I with the items in List – II and choose the correct answer from the
codes given below:
List – I List – II
a Looking-glass self (1) Karl Marx
b Alienation (2) William Ogburn
c Cultural lag (3) Auguste Comte
d Positivism (4) C.H. Cooley

Codes:
a b c d
A) 4 1 2 3
B) 1 2 3 4
C) 4 3 2 1
D) 3 4 1 2

18. Which of the following thinkers used a system of binary opposition in structural approach to
social phenomena?
A) Nadel B) Radcliffe-Brown
C) Levi-Strauss D) Malinowski
19. Which of the following does not represent the Dahrendorf’s theory of conflict?
A) Social change is ubiquitous in human society
B) Conflict can be both latent and manifest
C) Every society experiences social conflict
D) Economic and social inequalities are the sole sources of conflict

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20. Match the items in List – I with the items in List – II and choose the right answer from the
codes given below:
List – I List – II
a Malinowski 1 Pattern variables
b Durkheim 2 Postulates of functional analysis
c Parsons 3 Collective consciousness
d Merton 4 Biological need-based functionality
Codes:
a b c d
A) 1 2 3 4
B) 2 3 1 4
C) 3 4 2 1
D) 4 3 1 2
21. Which type of sampling method is ideally suited, where there is no knowledge about
population?
A) Convenient sampling method
B) Purposive sampling method
C) Quota sampling method
D) Snowball sampling method
22. Participant observation method is ideally suited for the study of ---------
A) Tribal Culture B) National Culture
C) Ethnographic study D) Phenomenon of Globalisation

23. In which of the following types of research, hypothesis is a prerequisite?
A) Biographical study B) Experimental study
C) Interpretative research D) Critical research

24. To Mead, the ‘generalised others’ and ‘significant others’ are the creators of
A) I B) Me
C) Ego D) Super ego
25. The collection of roles that goes with a given status is termed as
A) Multiple roles B) Conflict of roles
C) Role set D) Summation of roles

26. The pivotal methodology of functionalist is -----------
A) Conjectural history B) Library work
C) Field work D) Content analysis

27. Who among the following is believed in Social Darwinism?
A) Diffusionists B) Evolutionists
C) Functionalists D) All of the above

28. Parsons analysis of social system is based on the principle of-----------
A) Manifest function B) Division of labour
C) Homeostasis D) Functional unity

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29. Phenomenology is a radical alternative to-----------
A) Positivism B) Evolutionism
C) Functionalism D) Diffusionism

30. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): For the emergence of capitalism, a particular motivation was required with
regard to profit and work.
Reason (R): Capitalism was developed in the west because such a motivation was
provided by Calvinism.
Select your answer from:
Codes:
A) (A) and (R) are true and(R) is correct explanation of (A).
B) (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C) (A) is true, (R) is false.
D) (A) and (R) are false.

31. Match the following:
List – I List – II
(Thinker) (Concept)
a. Max Weber 1 Circulation of Elites
b. R.K. Merton 2 Self-fulfilling prophesy
c. B.Malinowski 3 Ideal types
d. V. Pareto 4 Kula exchange
Codes:
a b c d
A) 3 2 4 1
B) 1 4 2 3
C) 2 1 3 4
D) 4 3 1 2

32. Match the following and select the correct answer from the codes given below.
List – I List – II
a. Oral History 1 Quantitative Data
b. Survey 2 People’s Knowledge
c. Sampling 3 Indepth study of a unit
d. Case study 4 Representative of a whole
Codes:
a b c d
A) 1 2 3 4
B) 2 1 4 3
C) 3 4 1 2
D) 4 3 2 1

33. The figure that most frequently occurs in a given set of data is known as
A) Mode B) Median C) Mean D) Average

34. Attribute is related to ---------
A) Qualitative variable B) Quantitative variable
C) Constant D) None of the above

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35. “Social behaviour is an exchange of activity tangible or intangible and more or less
rewarding or costly between at least two persons”. Whose words are this?
A) Peter Blau B) George Homans
C) Peter Berger D) C.H. Cooley
36. “The phenomenology of the social world”, whose work is this?
A) Peter Berger B) Alfred Schutz
C) Edmund Husserl D) Louis Althusser
37. Who coined sociology as ‘social physics’?
A) MacIver B) Durkheim
C) Auguste Comte D) Bogardus

38. According to Schutz it is ---------- that give rise to an apparently objective social world.
A) Language B) Subjective meaning
C) Reciprocity D) Inter actions

39. Whose work is “The Social Construction of Reality”?
A) C.H.Cooley B) Peter Berger and Luckman
C) Irwin Goffman D) George Homans

40. The subject of ethnomethodology according to Garfinkel is ----------- everyday actions in
situations.
A) Practical B) Meaningful
C) Taken for granted D) Reasonable

41. According to Goffman, we use various mechanisms, called -------- to present ourselves to
others.
A) Front stage B) Sign vehicles C) Appearance D) Impressions

42. For whom history is ‘a graveyard of aristocracies’?
A) Karl Marx B) Randall Collins
C) V. Pareto D) Emile Durkheim

43. Match the List – I with List – II:
List – I List – II
a. G.H. Mead 1. Verstehen
b. V. Pareto 2. Alienation
c. Max Weber 3. Role taking
d. Karl Marx 4. Circulation of Elites
Codes:
a b c d
A) 3 1 4 2
B) 3 2 1 4
C) 3 4 2 1
D) 3 4 1 2

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44. Sociology is the science of interpretative understanding of social----------
A) Action B) Interaction C) Group D) Institution

45. A researcher wants to test the effectiveness of the intervention model developed for
behavioural change among the HIV victims. Which of the following research designs will
be more appropriate?
A) Diagnostic Research Design B) Exploratory Research Design
C) Descriptive Research Design D) Experimental Research Design

46. Symbolic interactionism tends to focus on--------
A) Macro-level social change B) Small-scale social change
C) Meso-level social change D) Change in the behaviour of the ego

47. What does Macdonaldization mean?
A) Universal application of the ideas of Dwight Macdonald
B) The process of extension of the cartoons of Donald Duck.
C) Spread of the new means of consumption across the world
D) Diffusion of modern agricultural practices.

48. A.R. Radcliffe Brown conducted field work among the-----------
A) Trobriand Islanders B) Andaman Islanders
C) Todas D) Murias

49. Who defined religion in terms of a distinction between the sacred and the profane?
A) B. Malinowski B) C. Levi Strauss
C) A.R. Radcliffe Brown D) E. Durkheim

50. Choose the correct sequence of the following in the order of increasing complexity:
A) Hunting, Gathering, Agrarian, Pastoral, Industrial and Post-industrial societies
B) Gathering, Pastoral, Hunting, Industrial and Post-industrial societies
C) Hunting, Pastoral, Agrarian, Industrial and Post-industrial societies
D) Agricultural, Gathering, Hunting, Horticultural, Industrial and Post-industrial
societies

51. Range is a measure of -----------
A) Central Tendency B) Dispersion
C) Association D) Correlation

52. Who has given the formula for calculating rank correlation?
A) Spearman B) Pearson C) Yules D) Garrett

53. Which type of research aims to describe a social situation, social event, social system, social
structure etc.?
A) Basic research B) Descriptive research
C) Empirical research D) Explanatory research

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54. The type of suicide which occur due to an excess quantity of collective consciousness and
social solidarity is called ----------
A) Altruistic suicide B) Egoistic suicide
C) Anomic suicide D) Fatalistic suicide

55 According to Coser which of the following type of conflict may not be functional for the
system?
A) Conflict over core value
B) Conflict over explicit realistic issues
C) Frequent conflict over small issues
D) Repetitive conflict of low intensity

56. Which of the following scales has real zero origin?
A) Nominal B) Ordinal
C) Interval D) Ratio

57. Who had applied the reference group theory to analyse mobility within the caste system?
A) M.S.A. Rao B) G.S. Ghurye
C) M.N. Srinivas D) Yogendra Singh

58. A statement of relationship between variables to be tested is known as------
A) Research question B) Hypothesis
C) Objective of the study D) Problem of the study

59. The reasons for insurgency in the North-Eastern region are:
A) Ethnic conflicts and development deprivation
B) Land alienation and poverty
C) Criminalisation of politics and corruption
D) Religious fundamentalism and terrorism

60. Who among these theorists were the intellectual fountain heads of conflict theories?
A) G.H. Mead and Erving Goffman
B) Karl Marx and Lewis Coser
C) Emile Durkheim and Herbert Spencer
D) Edward Wilson and Charles Darwin

61. The idea of ‘imperatively coordinated associations’ was given by---------
A) Karl Marx B) Max Weber
C) Lewis Coser D) Ralph Dahrendorf

62. Which theory among the following states that people are motivated by self-interest in the
interactions with other people?
A) Conflict B) Exchange
C) Interaction D) Structural

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63. Match the List-I with List-II.
List-I List-II
a. Ralph Dahrendorf 1. Phenomenology
b. G.H. Mead 2. Functions of social conflict
c. Alfred Shultz 3. Symbolic Interactionism
d. Lewis Coser 4. Conflict and Authority

Codes:
a b c d
A) 3 4 1 2
B) 1 2 3 4
C) 4 3 1 2
D) 1 3 4 2

64. The theory that views people as “Stage managers” managing impressions presented to the
world is--------
A) Role theory B) Dramaturgy
C) Looking Glass Self D) Dialectical theory

65. Who is most generally regarded as the founder of symbolic interactionism?
A) Herbert Blumer B) George Herbert Mead
C) Max Weber D) Anthony Giddens

66. What creates hindrances in Nations unity?
A) Religion B) Communalism
C) Linguism D) All the above

67. In case of doing a research which is the correct sequence?
A) Formulation of the problem, data collection, hypothesis, analysis of data
B) Data collection, hypothesis, formulation of the problem, analysis of data
C) Formulation of problem, hypothesis, data collection, analysis of data
D) Hypothesis, analysis of data, formulation of the problem, data collection

68. Coefficient of correlation (r) indicates the extend of relationship between
A) Two qualitative variables
B) Two quantitative variables
C) One qualitative variable and other quantitative variable
D) All the above.

69. In which research design hypothesis is not necessarily required?
A) Descriptive B) Experimental
C) Diagnostic D) Exploratory

70. Use of multiple methods of data collection in the same area of interest is known as ---------
A) Field research B) Ethnography
C) Triangulation D) Variation

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71. ----------- is an example of non-probability sampling
A) Quota sampling B) Simple random sampling
C) Stratified sampling D) Multi stage random sampling

72. Rise of new information communication technologies leading to greater globalisation is a
feature of-------
A) Agrarian society B) Industrial society
C) Post-industrial society D) Rural society

73. -------is a business approach that contributes to sustainable development by delivering
economic, social and environmental benefits for all stakeholders.
A) Entrepreneurship B) Corporate Social Responsibility
C) Incentives D) Bonus

74. In --------- the local bodies are visualised as local self-government institutions in the
constitution.
A) Decentralisation B) Panchayats
C) Governments D) Local bodies

75. The 73rd Constitutional Amendment (Article 243 A) created an institutional set- up for
participatory democracy by the creation of ------------
A) Grama sabha B) Nagarapalika bill
C) Women reservation D) SC/ST reservation

76. ----------- is the number of children a woman bears during her reproductive years and is
related to social behaviours and personal decisions.
A) Morbidity B) Fecundity
C) Fertility D) Crude birth rate

77. Who wrote the book ‘Small is beautiful?’
A) M.K Gandhi B) Schumacher C) Samir Amin D) Waller Stein

78. Climate change refers to
A) Day to day changes B) Long term changes
C) Temperature variation D) All the above

79. According to Rostow the economic growth occurs in five basic stages, of varying length.
Which of the following is correct?
A) Traditional society, Preconditions for take-off, Take-off, Drive to maturity, Age of
high mass consumption
B) Traditional society, Age of high mass consumption, Preconditions for take-off, Take-
off, Drive to maturity
C) Age of high mass consumption, Traditional society, Preconditions for take-off, Take-
off, Drive to maturity
D) Preconditions for take-off, Take-off, Traditional society, Drive to maturity, Age of
high mass consumption.

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80. The world is divided into rich ‘centre’ countries and poor ‘peripheral’ countries. Who
claims this notion?
A) W.W. Rostow B) Samir Amin
C) Immanuel Wallerstein D) M.K. Gandhi

81. World System theory is the contribution of ----------
A) M.K. Gandhi B) E.F. Schumacher
C) Samir Amin D) Immanuel Wallerstein

82. Thus, India first started the process of globalisation and liberalisation in --------under the
Union Finance Minister, Shri Manmohan Singh.
A) 1991 B) 1995 C) 1990 D) 1993

83. ----------- is a statistical tool used to measure a country's overall achievement in its social
and economic dimensions.
A) GDI B) HDI C) Sex Ratio D) IMR

84. ‘First law minister’ of Independent India:
A) Lal Bahadur Sasthri B) B.R. Ambedkar
C) Mahatma Gandhi D) C. Achutha Menon

85. The methods of inference used to support or reject claims based on sample data are known
as:
A) Estimation B) Tests of significance
C) Mode D) Mean

86. The statement being tested in a statistical test is called----------
A) T test B) Null hypothesis
C) Table value D) Alternative hypothesis

87. The Domestic Violence Act was passed in which of the following years?
A) 1988 B) 2001 C) 2004 D) 2005

88. Narmada Bachao Antholen is an example of ------------------ movement.
A) Women’s movement B) Environment movement
C) Movement against migration D) Political movement

89. Recording and analysis of a culture or society, usually based on participant-observation and
resulting in a written account of a people, place or institution is known as ----------
A) Ethnomethodology B) Ethnography
C) Case study D) Case work

90. The average number of live born children produced by women of childbearing age in a
particular society, called.
A) Morbidity Rate B) Mortality Rate
C) Fertility Rate D) Fecundity Rate

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91. Sociology is the science of -----------
A) Society B) Relationship
C) Community D) Groups

92. Society is the system of --------- that exist between the individuals of the group
A) Association B) Relationship
C) Group Feeding D) Behaviour

93. ------------ is a social group with some degree of we feeling and living in a given area
A) Association B) Society
C) Institution D) Community

94. Likeness is an essential prerequisite for society according to--------
A) MacIver B) Giddiness
C) Green D) Parsons

95. ------------ is formed for the pursuit of some particular purpose or purposes
A) Association B) Community
C) Society D) Group

96. Among the following who followed the subaltern perspective.
A) Louis Dumont B) Kancha Illaiah
C) A.R Desai D) M.N Srinivas

97. Who claim that sense experience is the ultimate source of all our concepts and knowledge
A) Rationalists B) Empiricists
C) Ontologists D) Intuitionists

98. ''Man is a social animal''. Who propose this famous statement?
A) Aristotle B) Cristo
C) Spencer D) Plato

99. Who put forward the concept of the ''Looking glass self''?
A) Cooley (B) Lewis Mumford
C) Bergel (D) Hans Kohn

100. Malinowski defined marriage as a ---------- for the production and maintenance of children.
A) Bond B) Relationship
C) Contract D) Arrangement

101. Marriage is a ----------- bond between permissible mates.
A) Relatively permanent B) Temporary
C) Permanent D) Enduring

102. Who coined the term Public Sociology?
A) Michael Burawoy B) Max Weber
C) Peter Blau D) Neil Smelser

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103. A family consisting of parents, children, grandparents, step brothers, etc. living under same
roof having common property.
A) Nuclear Family B) Joint Family
C) Extended Family D) Modern Family

104. The word "Sankritisation" is coined by ---------
A) Y. Singh B) A.M. Shah
C) D.P. Mukherjee D) M.N. Srinivas

105. ----------- is a learning process of interaction that enables the learner to perform social roles
A) Socialisation B) Education
C) Skill training D) Empowerment

106. ----------- is not an agency of socialisation
A) Family B) Peer group C) Police D) School

107. The three-tier system of Panchayati Raj was recommended by ----------
A) Simon Commission B) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
C) Kaka Kelkar Committee D) Jai Prakash Narain Committee

108. Caste is an----------
A) Endogamous group B) Exogamous group
C) Peer group D) Tribal group

109. Which one of the following is not an element of rural community?
A) We feeling B) Cultural diversity
C) Territory D) Likeness

110. Largest component of internal migration in India is:
A) Rural urban migration B) Urban rural migration
C) Marriage migration D) Rural migration

111. -------- is a group of persons having a common definite territory, dialect, name, religion and
culture.
A) Class B) Race C) Tribe D) Caste

112. -------- works mostly through written laws and rules
A) Peer groups B) Association C) Family D) Religion

113. A two-dimensional frequency density diagram is called ----
A) Line diagram B) Frequency diagram
C) Bar diagram D) Pie diagram

114. The absence of communicative interaction or social contact is -------
A) Deprivation B) Isolation
C) Alienation D) Depression

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115. On the basis of --------, family can be divided into patriarchal or matriarchal
A) Descendants B) Locality C) Authority D) Property

116. Who among the following theorists use the concept ‘Rentiers and Speculators’ for analysing
social change?
A) Veblen B) Marx C) Pareto D) Mead

117. ------------- is the process by which cultural traits are spread from one culturally distinct
group to another
A) Evolution B) Assimilation
C) Accommodation D) Diffusion

118. According to A.W. Green ---------- is a deliberate attempt to oppose, resist, or coerce the
will of another or others?
A) Co-operation B) Accommodation
C) Conflict D) Competition

119. ------------- means working together in the pursuits of like or common interest
A) Co-operation B) Conflict
C) Competition D) Accommodation

120. Park and Burges have defined ---------- as interaction without social contact
A) Competition B) Co-operation
C) Conflict D) Interaction

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