UPPCS PRELIMS 2010 Solved paper Sociology
UPPSC Prelims 2010 Sociology Solved Paper
1. The Father of Sociology was born in the year-
(A) 1822 AD
(B) 1820 AD
(C) 1810 AD
(D) 1798 AD
2. Which one of the following features is not associated with community ?
(A) Extensive objectives
(B) Common rules
(C) Specific purpose
(D) Specific name
3. Who has defined marriage as "a contract for the production and maintenance of children" ?
(A) Malinowski
(B) Westermark
(C) Murdock
(D) Tylor
4. Who among the following is not associated with conflict theory ?
(A) Lewis A. Coser
(B) Ralph Dahrendorf
(C) T. N. Carver
(D) Herbert Spencer
5. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists-
List-I
(a) Directive Principles of State Policy
(b) Scheduled and Tribal areas
(c) Financial Provisions
(d) Special provision towards certain classes
List-II
1. Part X
2. Part IV
3. Part XII
4. Part XVI
Codes:
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4.
(B) 4 3 1 2
(C) 2 1 3 4
(D) 2 4 1 3
6. Which one of the following is not an economic institution?
(A) Division of labour
(B) Property
(C) Land ownership
(D) Agricultural produce
7. Who has stated that 'status and role' provide the 'structural context' of reference group behavior?
(A) T. Parsons
(B) James Silverberg ,
(C) R. K. Merton
(D) M. F. Nimkoff
8. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists-
List-I
(a) Article 15
(b) Article 330
(c) Article 46
(d) Article 17
List-II
1. Abolition of untouchability.
2. Promotion of education and economic interest of SC/ST and other weaker sections.
3. Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of Religion, Caste, Sex or Place of birth.
4. Reservation of seats for SC and ST in the House of People.
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 4 2 3
(B) 1 2 4 3
(C) 3 2 4 1
(D) 3 4 2 1
9. Which of the following are example of affinal kingship?
a. wife
b. brother
c. father-in-law
d. father
Codes:
A. 1 and 2
B. 1 and 3
C. 3 and 4
D. 1 and 4
10. Which one of the following is not an element of culture?
(A) Symbols
(B) Language
(C) Norms
(D) Stratification
11. Who among the following has edited the 'Oxford Dictionary of Sociology' ?
(A) Gordon Marshall
(B) David Lee
(C)• David Rose
(D) Anthony Giddens
12. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : No society can fully be from deviance.
Reason (R) : Deviance and conformity are the ongoing processes in society.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
13. Who is the author of the book entitled 'Sociology of Everyday Life' ?
(A) A. Adler
(B) Jack Douglas
(C) Erving Goffman
(D) Andrew Weigert
14. 'The delinquent subculture takes its normal from the larger culture, but turns them upside down.' Who said this in the context of deviance?
(A) Walter Miller
(B) Albert Cohen
(C) Robert K. Merton
(D) Edward Shils
15. Who among the following has edited the book entitled 'Cyber Society' ?
(A) Steven G. Jones
(B) Edwin Lemert
(C) S. Becker
(D) Paul Walton
l6. From the view point of population of Tribes, which State is placed first?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Assam
(D) Madhya Pradesh
17. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists-
List-I
(a) Sanskritization (b) Voluntary group (c) Positivism (d) Role Taking
List-II
1. Sanderson
2. Srinivas
3. Mead
4. Comte
Codes;
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 3 4 1
(B) 2 1 4 3
-(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 1 3 2 4
18. Which of the following are associative processes?
Cooperation
Conflict
Competition
Assimilation
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 2,3 and 4
(D) 1 and 4
19. Which of the following is not involved in the evolution of institutions?
(A) Ideas
(B) Group habits
(C) Personality
(D) Structure
20. Who has introduced the idea of 'class conflict' in Sociology ?
(A) George Simmel
(B) Karl Marx
(C) L. A. Coser
(D) A. R. Desai
21. Who has stated, "India is a museum of races" ?
(A) Raymond Firth
(B) D. N. Majumdar
(C) Herbert Risley
(D) C. W. Crooke
22. Where did the estate system emerge?
(A) Ancient Roman Empire
(B) Ancient Greece
(C) Medieval Europe
(D) Medieval India
23. Which type of relationships are found in secondary groups?
(A) Formal relations
(B) Informal relations
(C) Personal relations
(D) Face to face relations
24. 'Sociology is the science which attempts the interpretative understanding of social action: Who has given this statement?
(A) E. B. Tylor
(B) E. Durkheirn
(C) P. Sorokin
(D) Max Weber
25. Which one of the following is a constituent of social structure?
(A) Age and sex
(B) A large number of individuals
(C) Status and role set
(D) A set of extended families
26. Who has distinguished societies on the basis of 'status and contract' ?
(A) Tonnies
(B) Durkheim
(C) Maine
(D) None of the above
27. Who has given the concept of 'structural observability' ?
(A) Merton
(B) Parsons
(C) Nadel
(D) Sorokin
28. Who has used the concept 'Suigneris' ?
(A) Max Weoel
(B) Emile Durkheim
(C) Auguste Comte
(D) Nisbet
29. Assertion (A) : It is the nature of culture to change.
Reason (R) : Change is the law of all life.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below-
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
30. Who has given the concept of structuration ?
(A) Levi-Strauss
(B) Saussure
(C) Parsons
(D) Giddens
31. Which principle guides the Five Year Plans in India ?
(A) Social Welfare
(B) Social Justice
(C) Economic Prosperity
(D) Growth with Justice
32. Who has used the concept of idealistic culture?
(A) Sorokin
(B) Ogburn
(C) Gillin
(D) Maciver
33. Which of the following characteristics in relation to primary groups are correct?
1. Shoulder to shoulder relationship
2. We feeling
3. Like interest
4. Common interest
Select the correct answer from the codes given below-
Codes:
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 1,2 and 3
(D) 2,3 and 4
34. Who has written the book 'Functions of Social Conflict' ?
(A) George Simmel
(B) Lewis A. Coser
(C) D. P. Mukherjee
(D) A. R. Desai
35. Assertion (A) : Struggle is inevitable between the two classes. Reason (R) : Development is the struggle of opposites.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below— Both (A) and (R) are true
and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
36. Who has written the book ‘Human Society’?
(A) A. R. Radcliffe-Brown
(B) B. Malinowski
(C) Kingsley Davis
(D) Robert Bierstedt
37. Which social institution is most affected by industrialization?
(A) Feudalism
(B) Monarchy
(C) Religion
(D) Family
38. In which year 8th Five Year Plan was started ?
(A)1992 AD
(B) 1991 AD
(C)1990 AD
(D) 1989 AD
39. A social position which is secured through individual’s choice and competition is known as—
(A) Ascribed status
(B) Achieved status
(C) Role taking
(D) Status set
40. Who said that ‘self’ and ‘society’ are twin born?
(A) Margaret Mead
(B) E. Goffman
(C) Ginsberg
(D) C. H. Cooley
Answers:
1. D
2. C
3. C
4. D
5. D
6. D
7. C
8. D
9. B
10. D
11. B
12. B
13. B
14. B
15. D
16. D
17. B
18. D
19. C
20. B
21. C
22. C
23. A
24. D
25. C
26. D
27. C
28. D
29. B
30. D
31. A
32. A
33. D
34. B
35. A
36. C
37. D
38. A
39. B
40. C
