List of top Sociology Questions asked in CUET (PG)

Match List I with List II

	List I (Constitutional Provision)		List II ((Issue)
A	Article 17	I	Backward Cla
B	Article 340	II	Equality
C	Article 19	III	Untouchability
D	Article 14	IV	Freedom of speech

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A society dependent on communication and information technologies for administration and control processes and which result in the close monitoring of everyday life?

According to Charles Tilly which of the following are features of a social movement?
(A) They develop public campaigns, getting organized to make collective claims on targetted audiences. 
(B) They threaten to bring down the government. 
(C) They combine whole repertoire of political actions, ranging from public meetings, processions and rallies through to demonstrations petitions and the creation of special purpose association. 
(D) They display and present themselves to the public as good causes and worthy people. 
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Match the sociologists in List I with their associated concepts in List II:

List I (Sociologists)		List II (Concepts)
(A)	Pierre Bourdieu	(I)	Risk Society
(B)	Michael Foucault	(II)	Time-Space Compression
(C)	Anthony Giddens	(III)	Surveillance
(D)	Ulrich Beck	(IV)	Cultural Capital

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Rule by a male head of a social unit over other men, all women and children is called

Give below are two statement: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: Non material culture consists of the ideas, customs and beliefs of people. 
Reason R: Change in technology will not bring any change in culture. 
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Who among the following makes the distinction between Gemeinschaft and Gesselschaft ?

Which of the following sequence of research step is correct?
A. Data analysis 
B. Problem statement 
C. Report writing 
D. Data collection 
E. Literature review 
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Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Jajmani system is an expression of the interdependence of different castes. 
Statement II: Jajmani system is an arrangement of different caste groups for exchanging goods and services. 
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

Some of the key features affecting the religion in contemporary times across the world are:
(A) A limited, partial secularization is continuing the twentieth century trend towards a secular age. 
(B) There is a declining interest in the mainstream traditional world religious and attempt to revive and attract wider group of followers. 
(C) The growth of fundamentalism alongside the clash of civilisations' which results in more and more religiously linked conflicts, culture, war and even genocide. 
(D) The development of a wide range of new religious movements. 
(E) The development of a new institutional (may be post modern) form of religion such as cyber temple and mega churches. 
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Functionalist analysis identifies following of the major functions of family:
(A) Socializing the young one's 
(B) Regulating Sexual Activity 
(C) Transmitting Social Placement 
(D) Providing material and emotional support 
(E) Strengthening division based on class, ethnicity, race and gender 
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Match the laws/organisation in List I with the year of formation in List II:

Law/Organisation		Year
(A)	National Organisation Year AIDS Control	(I)	2005
(B)	Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act	(II)	1961
(C)	Dowry Prohibition Act	(III)	1985
(D)	Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act	(IV)	1992

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Give below are two statement: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: Assimilation is a natural and slow process. 
Reason R: Rigidity and conservatism are the pre-requisites of assimilation. 
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Given below are two statements:
Statement I: According to Merton, retreatism refers to the rejection of both cultural goals and means. 
Statement II: According to Merton, innovation is the attempt to achieve a culturally approved goal by unconventional means. 
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Match List I with List II

	List I (concept)		List II (Thinker)
A	Modernisation	I	M.N. Srinivas
B	Dominant Caste	II	Mckim Marriot
C	Parochialisation & Universalisation	III	Dipankar Gupta
D	Westoxication	IV	Yogendra Singh

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Arrange the following acts passed by Indian government in the order of earliest to latest:
A. Dowry Prohibition Act 
B. Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 
C. Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 
D. The Equal Remuneration Act E. Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act 
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Characteristics of Sanskrization are:
A. It generally results in upward mobility 
B. It tends to equate with Karma 
C. It is related to science 
D. It is the adoption of new customs and habits 
E. It reveals socio-cultural mobility 
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Most sociological research takes a snapshot of the people at one particular moment in time. But we also need to grasp the ways in which liver develop their own life stages within wider historical and social change. The study of the significant changes within individual lives and in the society over a period of time is called

The concept which indicates about the character and likely behaviour of members of particular social groups, that usually carries a pejorative meaning ?

Taboo is not an English word, it has been derived from the Polynesia "Tabu" meaning :

Capitalism is an economic system in which resources and the means of producing goods and services are privately owned. Which of the following are not necessarily a feature exclusive to capitalism?

Arrange the following religious communities in ascending order of their population size as per 2011 Census of India.
A. Sikhs 
B. Muslims 
C. Buddhists 
D. Hindus E. Christians 
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Characteristics of Post Industrial society:
A. The dominant occupation of people is agriculture 
B. Change from goods producing to a service economy 
C. Predominance of secondary relationship 
D. It is organised around culture 
E. MNC's become the centre point in the post industrial society 
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The characteristics of city life are :
A. Simplicity of life 
B. Extended/joint family system 
C. Anonymity 
D. Social distance 
E. Crowding 
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Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Social Anthropology is the other name for Comparative Sociology. 
Statement II: The above statement is associated with Emile Durkheim. 
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below