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(1) Who has studied ‘Trobriand Islanders’ ?
(1) A.R. Brown
(2) J. Frazer
(3) B. Malinowski
(4) E. Durkheim
Answer: B. Malinowski
(2) The concept : “The generalized other” was introduced by :
(1) G.H. Mead
(2) H. Blumer
(3) V. Pareto
(4) None of the above
Answer: G.H. Mead

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(3) Who were the first to develop the elite theory ?
(1) Pareto and Mosca
(2) Mills and David Lane
(3) Pareto and Mills
(4) Mosca and Mitchell
Answer: Pareto and Mosca
(4) The Book : “The Methodological Position of Symbolic Interactionism” was written by :
(1) H. Blumer
(2) C.H. Cooley
(3) E. Goffman
(4) G.H. Mead
Answer: H. Blumer
(5) Functionalism approach to conflict was propounded by
(1) R. Dahrendorf
(2) L.A. Coser
(3) Karl Marx
(4) R. Collins
Answer: L.A. Coser
(6) Identify the correct logical order as explained by Marx :
(1) Class-in-Itself, Class for Itself, Social Transformation, Class Conflict
(2) Class-in-Itself, Class for Itself, Class Conflict, Social Transformation
(3) Class in Itself, Class Conflict, Class for Itself, Social Transformation
(4) Class for Itself, Class Conflict, Class-in-Itself, Social Transformation
Answer: Class-in-Itself, Class for Itself, Class Conflict, Social Transformation
(7) Who has stated that, ‘human activity can be observed and comprehended from only inside’ ?
(1) Max Weber
(2) W. Dilthey
(3) E. Durkheim
(4) P. Sorokin
Answer: W. Dilthey
(8) Who has considered that ‘social phenomenon can be treated like natural phenomenon, in terms of observation, classification and also in direct experiment’ ?
(1) Emile Durkheim
(2) A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
(3) Both (1) and (2)
(4) None of the above
Answer: Both (1) and (2)
(9) Among the Indian sociologists, who has pleaded for an integrated approach to the study of social phenomenon ?
(1) D.P. Mukerji
(2) G.S. Ghurye
(3) Radhakamal Mukherjee
(4) Ram Krishna Mukherjee
Answer: Radhakamal Mukherjee
(10) Who has undertaken for the first time ‘survey of an industrial city’ in India and employed statistical concepts and tools ?
(1) D.N. Majumdar
(2) M.N. Srinivas
(3) V.S. D’Souza
(4) S.C. Dube
Answer: D.N. Majumdar
(11) Who is said to have used the participant observation method in the study of a street corner society in U.S.A. ?
(1) B. Malinowski
(2) W.F. Whyte
(3) Paul F. Lazarsfeld
(4) R.K. Merton
Answer: W.F. Whyte
(12) Census is an example of
(1) Explanatory research
(2) Exploratory research
(3) Descriptive research
(4) Diagnostic research
Answer: Descriptive research
(13) Which one of the following measures of average can be applied to qualitative data ?
(1) Mean
(2) Median
(3) Mode
(4) All the above
Answer: Mode
(14) Standard deviation is a measure of :
(1) Dispersion around Mode
(2) Dispersion around Mean
(3) Dispersion around Mode and Mean
(4) Dispersion around Median and Mode
Answer: Dispersion around Mean
(15) Case study aims at :
(1) Qualitative analysis of a unit
(2) Quantitative analysis of a unit
(3) Both Qualitative and Quantitative analysis
(4) Qualitative and detailed analysis of all aspects of a unit
Answer: Qualitative and detailed analysis of all aspects of a unit

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