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Question Paper Name : Ph.D in Sociology 4th Oct 2020
Subject Name : Ph.D in Sociology
Creation Date : 2020-10-04 13:31:39
Duration : 180
Number of Questions : 100
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Total Marks : 100Display Marks: Yes
Ph.D in Sociology
Group Number : 1
Group Id : 92862755
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Group Maximum Duration : 0Group Minimum Duration : 150
Show Attended Group? : No
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Break time : 0
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Group Marks : 100Is this Group for Examiner? : No
SECTION A RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Section Id : 928627120
Section Number : 1
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Section type : OnlineMandatory or Optional : Mandatory
Number of Questions : 50
Number of Questions to be attempted : 50
Section Marks : 50
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Mark As Answered Required? : YesSub-Section Number : 1
Sub-Section Id : 928627380
Question Shuffling Allowed : Yes
Question Number : 1 Question Id : 9286276628 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Who among the following pleaded for extending the scientific outlook from the physical science to the study of human beings ?
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Auguste Comte
Saint-Simon
Emile Durkheim
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Robert Merton
Question Number : 1 Question Id : 9286276628 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Question Number : 2 Question Id : 9286276629 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
Which of the following is the correct sequence of disciplines according to the chronological order?
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Options:
Sociology, Biology, Mathematics and Physics
Mathematics, Physics, Biology and Sociology
Physics, Mathematics, Biology and Sociology
Biology, Mathematics, Physics and Sociology
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Question Number : 2 Question Id : 9286276629 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Question Number : 3 Question Id : 9286276630 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
An approach of sociology which emphasizes the analysis of the form of social relations is known as
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Comparative method
Realism
Formalism
Structuralism
Question Number : 3 Question Id : 9286276630 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Question Number : 4 Question Id : 9286276631 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
C. Wright Mills believed that
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sociology is a science which helps understand political nature of human beings.
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sociology believes that dominance of politics makes men social.
the study of sociology focuses on the political perspective of human beings.
sociology is a means of challenging social ideas and prejudices and that all sociology is political.
Question Number : 4 Question Id : 9286276631 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Question Number : 5 Question Id : 9286276632 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
The social science approach that believes that experience, particularly of the senses is only source of knowledge is called
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Phenomenology
Empiricism
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Dialectical materialism
Diffusionism
Question Number : 5 Question Id : 9286276632 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Question Number : 6 Question Id : 9286276633 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Epistemology deals with
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nature, scope, source and limits of knowledge
the evolution of societies from simple to complex
the complex arrangement between various institutions in societies
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various systems of knowledge and their cultural contexts
Question Number : 6 Question Id : 9286276633 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Question Number : 7 Question Id : 9286276634 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
__________ in his book 'Rules of Sociological Method' makes an attempt to establish the discipline of sociology.
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Options:
Durkheim
Max Weber
Question Number : 7 Question Id : 9286276634 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
__________ ? ? ? '? ? ? ?' ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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Karl Marx
Auguste Comte
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Question Number : 8 Question Id : 9286276635 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
Who among the following emphasized the need for 'value reference' instead of value judgement in social science research ?
Options:
August Comte
Max Weber
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Emile Durkheim
Malinowski
Question Number : 8 Question Id : 9286276635 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Question Number : 9 Question Id : 9286276636 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
Who among the following is associated with the phenomenological approach in social sciences ?
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Options:
Max Weber
Alfred Schütz
Ralf Dahrendorf
Radcliffe-Brown
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Question Number : 9 Question Id : 9286276636 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Question Number : 10 Question Id : 9286276637 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
Which of the following methodology advocates for non-separation of public and private sphere in society?
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Feminist
Marxist
Neo-functionalist
Neo-Marxist
Question Number : 10 Question Id : 9286276637 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Question Number : 11 Question Id : 9286276638 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
Hermeneutics means
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explaining
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ordering
classification
organisation
Question Number : 11 Question Id : 9286276638 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Question Number : 12 Question Id : 9286276639 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
Who coined the term Positivism?
Options:
Auguste Comte
Emile Durkheim
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Max Weber
Karl Popper
Question Number : 12 Question Id : 9286276639 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Options:
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Question Number : 13 Question Id : 9286276640 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Match the following:
a. Interactional process analysis i. Radcliffe-Brown
b. Survival of the fittest ii. Herbert-Spencer
c. Social construction of reality iii. Robert F. Bales
d. Euphoria iv. Berger and Luckmann
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Options:
a-iii, b-ii, c-iv, d-i
a-i, b-iii, c-iv, d-ii
a-iii, b-i, c-iv, d-ii
a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv
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Question Number : 13 Question Id : 9286276640 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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d. ? iv. ? ? ?Options:
a-iii, b-ii, c-iv, d-i
a-i, b-iii, c-iv, d-ii
a-iii, b-i, c-iv, d-ii
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a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv
Question Number : 14 Question Id : 9286276641 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
Max Weber uses __________ as a methodological tool to objectively look at social reality.
Options:
ideal type
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observation
comparative method
understanding
Question Number : 14 Question Id : 9286276641 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Question Number : 15 Question Id : 9286276642 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
Critical theorists are most disturbed by
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alienation
economic determinism
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ethnic violence
class consciousness
Question Number : 15 Question Id : 9286276642 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Options:
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Question Number : 16 Question Id : 9286276643 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Exchange theory was developed by
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E. Goffman
H. Blumer
D. Thomas
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G. Homans
Question Number : 16 Question Id : 9286276643 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Question Number : 17 Question Id : 9286276644 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
According to Geertz, __________ has a way of providing context to the actions, words and meanings, so one can get a sense of a social practice.
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thick description
ethnography
explanation
data
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Question Number : 17 Question Id : 9286276644 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
? ? ? __________ ? ? ?, ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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Question Number : 18 Question Id : 9286276645 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
__________ elucidates the theoretical orientation with which the research process is to be carried out and guides the choice of methods and techniques to be used.
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Research design
Methodology
Research proposal
Statement of the problem
Question Number : 18 Question Id : 9286276645 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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__________ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Options:
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Question Number : 19 Question Id : 9286276646 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
The assumption that the researcher has little or no knowledge of the problem or situation under study, or is unfamiliar with the structure of the study is associated with which research?
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Explanation research
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Controlled research
Exploratory research
Empirical research
Question Number : 19 Question Id : 9286276646 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Question Number : 20 Question Id : 9286276647 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
Who among the following is associated with the concept of dynamic equilibrium?
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Raymond Firth
Talcott Parsons
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Malinowski
Edmund Leach
Question Number : 20 Question Id : 9286276647 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Question Number : 21 Question Id : 9286276648 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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__________ used linguistic models to explain social and cultural phenomenon.
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Structuralism
Discourse analysis
Historical materialism
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Structural functionalism
Question Number : 21 Question Id : 9286276648 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
__________ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (?) (models) ? ? ? ?
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Question Number : 22 Question Id : 9286276649 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
That knowledge exists as a 'fact' and that it can be established by western scientific methods was challenged by
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Interpretative school
Critical theories
Cultural linguists
Post-modernists
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Question Number : 22 Question Id : 9286276649 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Question Number : 23 Question Id : 9286276650 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
Which of the following approaches examines colonialist history of India?
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Discourse analysis
Nativists' approach
Subaltern approach
Nationalist approach
Question Number : 23 Question Id : 9286276650 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Question Number : 24 Question Id : 9286276651 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
In his book 'Orientalism' Edward Said analyses
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the Oriental way of life
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cultural patterns common to societies from the East
the history of Arab cultures
the patronising way the West depicts the East
Question Number : 24 Question Id : 9286276651 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
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Question Number : 25 Question Id : 9286276652 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
__________ draws on the concept of gender to analyse relationship between humans and natural world and argues for colloborative and egalitarian approach.
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Veganism
Environmentalism
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Eco-Pacifism
Ecofeminism
Question Number : 25 Question Id : 9286276652 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0
__________ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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