List of top Sociology Questions asked in All India Law Entrance Test - PhD

Son of a rickshaw-puller becomes an IAS officer. It indicates:

According to Peter Saunders, in modern societies, social stratification based on social and economic classes implies that

Who among the following remarked "laissez faire was planned, planning was not"?

What is "I" in AGIL of Talcott Parsons?

The postulation that class varies with regard to the possession of cultural capital is associated with:

In our Indian society, an increasing challenge to same-sex marriage reflects our society's parameters for recognizing marriage as a valid social institution. These judgments, challenges and thought processes can be understood through which perspective?

Ostracization is a form of:

The term "social capital" refers to

To Foucault, power can be understood:

Karl Marx says "Christianity preaches cowardice, self-contempt, submissiveness and humbleness to the proletariat". What does it imply about his understanding of religion in a capitalist society?

"Epistemology" is the study of

Who defined "caste is superimposition of endogamy over exogamy"?

In Economic Sociology, substantivism and formalism can be distinguished as:

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

List - I	List - II
A. Homo Hierchicus	i. G.S. Ghurye
B. Human society	ii. Yogendra Singh
C. Modernisation of Indian Tradition	iii. Louis Dumont
D. Caste, Class and Occupation	iv. Kingsley Davis

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Who among the following chose to deduce their theory of religion from the "Arunta tribe"?

For Robert Merton, which of the following concepts are essential to the study of society?

According to Max Weber, authority can be understood as

Phenomenology is a radical alternative to:

Match List I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:

List - I	List - II
A. Empirical Research	i. Knowledge free from bias
B. Objectivity	ii. Personal assertion
C. Fact	iii. Field-based data
D. Subjectivity	iv. Empirical evidence

Choose the correct Codes:

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

List - I(Type of research design)	List - II(Nature of research question)
A. Exploratory	i. Why is it?
B. Experimental	ii. What is it?
C. Descriptive	iii. How to treat it?
D. Diagnostic	iv. How is it?

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What is the "feminization of poverty"?

Who put forward the idea that "one is not born, but rather becomes a woman"?

Postmodern feminism advocates celebrating differences among women. Who among the following theorists influenced postmodern feminism?

Who gave the idea of McDonaldization of society and what does it imply?

What is the concept of "hegemony" as given by Antonio Gramsci?