1. Who has written the book “urbanisation and family change”?
(A) Iravati Karve
(B) M. S. Gore
(C) Leela Dube
(D) I. P. Desai



2. Who studied the structural and functional unity of joint family in ‘Mahua’?

(A) K.M. Kapadia
(B) Neera Desai
(C) I. P. Desai
(D) A. M. Shah



3. Match List – I with List – II and find the correct answer from codes given below:

List – I
List – II
a. Sociology is the science of institutions, their genesis and their functioning
1. Alex Inklee
b. Sociology is the study of social systems of social action and of their interrelations
2. Morris Ginsberg
c. Sociology in the Study of human interactions and inter-relations their conditions and consequences.
3. Max Weber
d. Sociology is ‘the science whose object is to interpret the meaning of social action and thereby give causal explanation
4. E. Durkheim
                                                     
Codes:

       a b c d

 (A) 4 1 2 3
(B) 2 4 1 3
(C) 4 1 3 2
(D) 1 3 4 2



4. Who said that ‘only one role is associated with one status’?

(A) Ralph Linton
(B) R.K. Merton
(C) Talcott Parsons
(D) William G. Goode



5. Who is said to have deconstructed language and social institutions?

(A) Derrida
(B) Godelier
(C) Foucault
(D) Smith



6. Who has envisioned an alternative stage (an alternative society) in which “speech will cease to govern the stage”?

(A) Foucault
(B) Derrida
(C) Lemert
(D) None of the above



7. To A. Giddenssocral theorizing involves

(A) Single hermeneutic
(B) Double hermeneutic
(C) Dialectical hermeneutic
(D) Historical hermeneutic



8. Who among the following distinguishes three components of the life world – culture, society and personality?

(A) A. Shutz
(B) E. Husserl
(C) P. Berger
(D) J. Habermas



9. Giddens’ concept of regionalization implies that

(A) The reproduction of relations not only across time but also space.
(B) The process of social change is limited by regions.
(C) A regional society starts influencing other societies.
(D) The mainstream society acquires the features of regional societies.



10. In defining nationalism A.R. Desai is influenced by

(A) S.M. Lipset
(B) E.H. Carr
(C) M. Weber
(D) L. Althussar

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