1. ‘Indigenous seed banks protect women’s right to local farming practices.’ Which theory is represented by this argument? (A) Liberal Feminism (B) Gandhian Feminism (C) Eco-Feminism (D) Tribal Feminism 2. Who is the author of ‘Crisis in the World Economy’? (A) Karl Marx (B) Andre G. Frank (C) Amartya Sen (D) Gunnar Myrdal 3. Which

1. The second most common cause of death in Indian population is: (A) HIV (B) Diarrhoea (C) Acute Respiratory Infection (D) Leprosy 2. Which of the following was presumed to equate to westernization? (A) Transformation (B) Revolution (C) Modernization (D) Insurrection 3. Which one of the following is an orthogenetic process of change? (A) Sanskritization

1. Who coined the term symbolic interactionism? (A) Margaret Mead (B) C. H. Cooley (C) Herbert Blumer (D) George Simmel 2. According to whom there are similarities between linguistic system and kinship system: (A) Levi-Strauss (B) Radcliffe-Brown (C) Malinowski (D) S. F. Nadel 3. Who has incorporated’ the perspective of phenomenology and ethnomethodology in his

1. Sengupta Commission was appointed to look into ………………… . (A) Industrial growth (B) Agricultural crisis (C) Science and technology development (D) Enterprises in unorganized sector 2. Who is of the opinion that the life world is a micro world where people interact and communicate? (A) Garfinkel (B) Habermas (C) Alexander (D) Giddens 3. Which

1. What is the characteristic of scientific method given by Karl Popper? (A) Replicability (B) Hypothesis (C) Falsifiability (D) Experimentation 2. Who gave the concept of “following a rule” with reference to objectivity in social science? (A) Durkheim (B) Weber (C) Spencer (D) Parsons 3. Which sociologist wrote the book ‘The Rules of Sociological Method’?

1. ‘Bow and Arrow’ ceremony is performed for which of the following reasons? (A) To capture brides (B) To find grooms (C) To give societal acceptance to children (D) To hunt food for the family 2. ‘India has missed the industrial revolution, but can’t afford to miss the knowledge revolution, has been asserted by: (A)

1. Who developed the concept of ‘generalised others’ in symbolic interactionism? (A) Herbert Blumer (B) G. H. Mead (C) Alfred Schutz (D) Erving Goffman 2. According to Weber, Verstehen means ……………… . (A) Understanding (B) Causality (C) Explanation (D) Analysis 3. When a political party or an ideology hegemonize every aspect of society— social, cultural,

1. Which of the following books is not written by K. Mannheim? (A) Diagnosis of Our Time (B) Structures of Thinking (C) The Sociology of Knowledge (D) Conservatism 2. According to Durkheim what is the subject matter of Sociology? (A) Social Facts (B) Social Actions (C) Social Systems (D) Social Patterns 3. Which of the

1. Possession of attributes, like human nature, agency, self-awareness among other is defined as: (A) Personhood (B) Personality (C) Embodiment (D) Entitlement 2. Human Development Index (HDI) measures the level of development amongst various countries includes the following set of indicators. Mark the right answer: (A) Health, Education and Income (B) Freedom, equality and fraternity

1. According to Talcott Parsons which are the two functions of family? (A) Rearing of child and socialisation (B) Primary socialization and personality stabilization (C) Personality development and stabilization (D) Maintain kinship network and socialization 2. Find out which of the following is a part of the exploratory or formulative studies? (A) Analysis of ‘insight-stimulating’