List of top Sociology Questions on Basic Concepts of Sociology asked in GATE XH- C6

Which of the following proposition(s) is/are part of the argument that B. R. Ambedkar makes in his Caste in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development?

In The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Max Weber’s finding(s) is/are:

Which of the following statement(s) about the concept of intersectionality as developed by Kimberlé Crenshaw is/are CORRECT?

Which of the following statement(s) about tribes is/are CORRECT?

Which of the following statement(s) about Arturo Escobar’s work Encountering Development is/are CORRECT?

Patriliny is a kinship term that refers to

Match the following scholars in Column I and their contributions in Column II.

In the Economic and Political Manuscripts of 1844, Marx states that alienation occurs

In post-development theories, M. K. Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj is understood as a text that represents:

Which of the following statement(s) is/are CORRECT?

Match the following sociologists in Column I with sociological theory/concept in Column II.

Match the authors in Column I with their books in Column II.

Match the scholars in Column I with their approaches in Column II:

Fill in the blank with the CORRECT option.
The _______ opposed deforestation in the northern Indian tracts. This movement started in the early 1970s to prevent destruction of the forest by timber contractors and was carried forward by women, who were traditionally responsible for fuel, food and water in the family.

Who developed the concept of ‘seed and earth’ as a way to understand the gendered division of labour and cultural construction of gender?

This founder of the Lucknow Department of Economics and Sociology called upon the discipline of Sociology “to combat the tyranny of Economics”. He argued, ‘No choice in the economic field can be appropriate or “rational” which is inconsistent with human norms and values in political, familial and other fields of man’s institutional life.’ Identify this sociologist from the following options:

Match Talcott Parsons’ functional pre-requisites in Column I with the associated social institutions in Column II.

In the book Suicide: A Study in Sociology, Durkheim states, “Those experiencing either downswing or uplift in their material circumstances are placed in a situation in which their habitual expectations come under strain.” This could lead to _______

Fill in the blank with the CORRECT option.
The term _______ was coined by Francis Galton in 1883. It promotes positive selection of people with particular genes who are thought to be intelligent and negative selection of people considered to be inferior or defective.

Which of the following option(s) is/are CORRECT about Max Weber’s argument(s) about bureaucracy?