UGC NET Sociology 2025 Question Paper & Answers
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Official PYQ
UGC NET Sociology 2025 (December 2025 / January 2026 cycle, Paper 2)
120 Mins 200 Marks
100Questions
200Max Marks
Sample questions from UGC NET Sociology 2025 (December 2025 / January 2026 cycle, Paper 2)
1Arrange the following disasters in the chronological order :
A. B.P. oil explosion in Gulf of Mexico
B. Torrey Canyon oil slick
C. Chernobyl nuclear explosion
D. Union carbide pesticide explosion, Bhopal
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- A) A, C, B, D
- B) D, A, C, В
- C) B, D, C, A
- D) A, B, D, C
Answer: C
2Who gave the concept of 'bifurcated consciousness'?
- A) Judith Butler
- B) Patricia Hill Collins
- C) Dorothy E. Smith
- D) Jessie Bernard
Answer: C
3Arrange the following works in the field of Media in the chronological order :
A. R. Jenkin - Convergence culture: where old and new media collide
B. S. Cohen - The social manufacture of news: Deviance, social problems and the mass media
C. R.L. Keeble and J. Mair The phone hacking scandal: Journalism on Trial
D. B.A. McCable and G.M. Martin - School violence, the media and criminal justice responses
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- A) A, B, C, D
- B) D, C, B, A
- C) B, D, A, C
- D) C, A, D, В
Answer: C
4Which Committee appointed after independence recommended comprehensive agrarian reform measures including the abolition of intermediaries ?
- A) Balwant Rai Mehra Committee
- B) Kumarappa Committee
- C) Kothari Committee
- D) M.S. Swaminathan Committee
Answer: B
5Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The 'logic of growth' looks like an optimistic view of the world, suggesting, that people have improved their lives by devising more productive technology.
Reason (R): Environmentalists propose the counter arguement that growth must have limits (Limits of Growth) in order to avoid environmental collapse.
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
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Official PYQ
UGC NET Sociology 2025 (June 2025 cycle, Paper 2)
120 Mins 196 Marks
98Questions
196Max Marks
Sample questions from UGC NET Sociology 2025 (June 2025 cycle, Paper 2)
1Match List-I with List-II.
List-I (Scholar)
A. George Peter Murdock
B. Talcott Parsons
C. Edmund Leach
D. R.D. Laing
List-II (Concept/Contribution)
I. The basic and irreducible functions of family
II. The Universal functions of family
III. The Politics of Family
IV. A Runaway world
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- A) A-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III
- B) A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV
- C) A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
- D) A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
Answer: C
2A vast urban region containing number of cities and their surrounding suburbs is best defined as.
- A) Megacity
- B) Megaregion
- C) Urban Corridor
- D) Megalopolis
Answer: D
3What is the term for 'the knowledge that human beings acquire from sensory experiences'?
- A) Ontology
- B) Empiricism
- C) Rationalism
- D) Description
Answer: B
4The testing of hypothesis primarily involves _______.
A. Formulating your assumption
B. Collecting required data
C. Analysing the data to draw conclusion about assumption
D. Testing first alternate hypothesis
E. Testing null hypothesis
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
- A) A, B, C, D Only
- B) B, C, D, E Only
- C) A, B, C Only
- D) C, D, E Only
Answer: C
5Following are the major public programmes/schemes for farmers introduced by the Government of India. Arrange them sequentially from the earliest to the latest.
A. Pradhanmantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (Fisheries)
B. P.M Kisan Yojana
C. Soil Health Card Scheme
D. Agricultural Credit (Kisan Credit Card)
E. Paramparagat Krishi Yojana (Promotion of Organic Farming)
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- A) A, E, C, B, D
- B) C, A, D, B, E
- C) D, C, A, B, E
- D) D, C, E, B, A
Answer: D
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