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UGC NET Sociology 2023 Question Paper & Answers

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UGC NET Sociology 2023 (December 2023 cycle, Paper 2)

120 Mins 200 Marks
100Questions
200Max Marks

Sample questions from UGC NET Sociology 2023 (December 2023 cycle, Paper 2)

1Ethnomethodology is concerned with -
A. The study of ordinary people's method for making sense of and creating order in everyday life.
B. When people talk or act, they are constantly engaged in interpreting what is going on around them.
C. There is an inherent relationship between talk and action.
D. The study of social phenomena by using highly structured interviews of a very large sample size.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
  • A) A, C and D only
  • B) A, B and C only
  • C) B, C and D only
  • D) A, C and D only.
Answer: B
2Match List I with List II
List IList II
a.Historical - Comparative Method
b.Comparative Method
c.Dialectical Method
d.Neo - functionalism
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
  • A) A - I, B - II, C - III, D - IV
  • B) A - III, B - I, C - II, D - IV
  • C) A - IV, B - III, C - I, D - II
  • D) A - II, B - IV, C - III, D - I
Answer: B
3Match List I with List II
List IList II
A.The Network Society
B.Liquid Modernity
C.Late Modernity
D.Reflexive Modernity
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
  • A) A - II, B - I, C - IV, D - III
  • B) A - I, B - II, C - III, D - IV
  • C) A - III, B - IV, C - II, D - I
  • D) A - IV, B - III, C - I, D - II
Answer: A
4The normative response to disease, according to Talcott Parsons, is for an individual to assume the sick role. What are the characteristic of sick role:
A. Illness suspends routine responsibilities.
B. A person's illness is not deliberate.
C. A sick person must want to get well soon.
D. A sick person must take care of himself/herself.
E. A sick person must adhere doctor's advice.
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:
  • A) A, B, D and E only
  • B) A, B, C, D and E only
  • C) A, C, D and E only
  • D) A, B, C and E only
Answer: D
5In which of the following works Marx wrote about "The comomodity form" ?
  • A) Das Kapital
  • B) The German Ideology
  • C) The Poverty of Philosophy
  • D) The Class Struggle in France
Answer: A

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Official PYQ

UGC NET Sociology 2023 (June 2023 cycle, Paper 2)

120 Mins 200 Marks
100Questions
200Max Marks

Sample questions from UGC NET Sociology 2023 (June 2023 cycle, Paper 2)

1Arrange the rural - urban continuum from the units provided below:  
A. Hamlet 
B. Urban agglomeration 
C. Metropolis 
D. City
E. Megapolis 
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
  • A) A, B, D, C, E
  • B) A, B, C, D, E
  • C) E, D, C, B, A
  • D) A, D, B, C, E
Answer: A
2To Talcott Parsons, the unit act of social system includes:
A . Acts 
B. Ends 
C. Situations 
D. Beliefs 
E. Means 
Choose the appropriate answer from the options given below:
  • A) A and B only
  • B) A, B and C only
  • C) B, C and D only
  • D) A, B, C and E only
Answer: D
3Identify those who identified the functions of conflict.
A. Karl Marx 
B. Ralf Dahrendorf 
C. George Simmel 
D. C.Wright Mills 
E. Lewis Coser 
Choose the appropriate answer from the options given below:
  • A) A, B and E only
  • B) C and D only
  • C) C and E only
  • D) B and D only
Answer: C
4Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: Contemporary societies experiences the phenomena of ethnic identity assertion.
Reason R: The search of self identity is intrinsic to human condition.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below
  • A) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
  • B) Both A and R are correct but R is Not the correct explanation of A
  • C) A is correct but R is not correct
  • D) A is not correct but R is correct
Answer: B
5Who among the following established the relationship between power, ideology and discourse in relation to modern organisations?
  • A) M. Foucault
  • B) F. Fukoyama
  • C) K. Mannheim
  • D) M. Castells
Answer: A

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