GATE 2022 Humanities and Social Sciences - Sociology (XH-C6) Question Paper with Solutions PDF is available for download. GATE 2022 XH- C6 (Sociology) paper was conducted on February 6, 2022 in the Afternoon Session. The exam was successfully organized by IIT Kharagpur. GATE 2022 XH- Sociology question paper comprised a total of 65 questions with 48 MCQs, 2 NATs and 15 MSQs. The question was divided into three sections- Section GA (General Aptitude), Section B1 (Reasoning Comprehension) and Section XH- C6 (Sociology).
GATE 2022 Humanities and Social Sciences - Sociology (XH-C6) Question Paper with Solutions
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Inhaling the smoke from a burning __________ could __________ you quickly.
A sphere of radius \(r\) cm is packed in a box of cubical shape.
What should be the minimum volume (in cm\(^3\)) of the box that can enclose the sphere?
Pipes P and Q can fill a storage tank in full with water in 10 and 6 minutes, respectively. Pipe R draws the water out from the storage tank at a rate of 34 litres per minute. P, Q and R operate at a constant rate.
If it takes one hour to completely empty a full storage tank with all the pipes operating simultaneously, what is the capacity of the storage tank (in litres)?
Six persons P, Q, R, S, T, and U are sitting around a circular table facing the center not necessarily in the same order. Consider the following statements:
P sits next to S and T.
Q sits diametrically opposite to P.
The shortest distance between S and R is equal to the shortest distance between T and U.
Based on the above statements, Q is a neighbor of
A building has several rooms and doors as shown in the top view of the building given below. The doors are closed initially.
What is the minimum number of doors that need to be opened in order to go from the point P to the point Q?
Rice, a versatile and inexpensive source of carbohydrate, is a critical component of diet worldwide. Climate change, causing extreme weather, poses a threat to sustained availability of rice. Scientists are working on developing Green Super Rice (GSR), which is resilient under extreme weather conditions yet gives higher yields sustainably.
Which one of the following is the CORRECT logical inference based on the information given in the above passage?
A game consists of spinning an arrow around a stationary disk as shown below.
When the arrow comes to rest, there are eight equally likely outcomes. It could come to rest in any one of the sectors numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 as shown.
Two such disks are used in a game where their arrows are independently spun.
What is the probability that the sum of the numbers on the resulting sectors upon spinning the two disks is equal to 8 after the arrows come to rest?
Consider the following inequalities.
(i) \( 3p - q < 4 \)
(ii) \( 3q - p < 12 \)
Which one of the following expressions below satisfies the above two inequalities?
Given below are three statements and four conclusions drawn based on the statements.
Statement 1: Some engineers are writers.
Statement 2: No writer is an actor.
Statement 3: All actors are engineers.
Conclusion I: Some writers are engineers.
Conclusion II: All engineers are actors.
Conclusion III: No actor is a writer.
Conclusion IV: Some actors are writers.
Which one of the following options can be logically inferred?
Which one of the following sets of pieces can be assembled to form a square with a single round hole near the center? Pieces cannot overlap.
A relationship is expressed as Iodine : Goitre.
The pair(s) of words showing SIMILAR relationship is/are
Three individuals are named P, Q, and R. Together they have a total of fifteen children, of which nine are boys. P has three girls and Q has the same number of boys. Q has one more child than P, who has four children. R has four more boys than the number of girls of P. The number of girls of R is equal to the number of boys of P. How many boys do R and P have?
A sentence has been given below.
The train will leave at 8:30 PM, we \underline{have been ready by 7:30 PM, so that we can reach the station on time.
To make the above sentence grammatically correct, the phrase marked in bold is to be replaced by
Complete the sentence correctly using the options given below.
Hastings (p)(q) developed as a holiday resort after (q).
The Arecibo telescope does not resemble what most of us think of when we hear the word telescope. Its reflective surface covers an area of 20 acres, which is quite remarkable. Dangling above it are towers and cables, sub-reflectors and antennas, all of which can be positioned using 26 motors to transmit radio waves and receive echoes with astonishing precision.
From the passage, it can be inferred that most telescopes
Tailgating another vehicle is unsafe and illegal. Many rear-end collisions are caused by drivers following too closely to the vehicle in front of them. The rules state that a driver must keep significant distance from the vehicle in front in order to stop safely and avoid a collision. Drivers should allow a minimum two seconds gap between their vehicle and the one ahead. At 60 km per hour, this equates to a gap of 33 meters; at 100 km per hour, it equates to a gap of 55 meters. More distance is needed to safely stop in rain or poor visibility, as during rain slippery roads reduce the effectiveness of braking.
Which of the following statement(s) can be inferred from the above passage?
There are three separate, but equal-sized boxes. Inside each box, there are two separate small boxes. Inside each of the small boxes, there are four even smaller boxes. The total number of boxes will be _________.
In a specific language, \( xer dan \) means "big horse", \( liro cas \) means "red tomato", and \( dum cas dan \) means "big red barn".
The equivalent word for \textit{barn in this language is
Park street is parallel to Rock street. Garden street is perpendicular (90°) to Lake street. Lake street is parallel to Rock street. For the situation described above, the TRUE statement is
Six examinations are required to be conducted in a week starting from Sunday to Saturday. Hindi is not scheduled on the first day and English is not scheduled before Hindi. Mathematics is scheduled one day after Physics. Biology is scheduled two days after Hindi. One day prior to Chemistry, there is no examination. Only one examination can be scheduled on a single day and Sunday is not an off day. What are the subjects scheduled on first and the last days?
A passage consists of 6 sentences. The first and sixth sentences of the passage are at their correct positions, while the middle four sentences (represented by P, Q, R, and S) are jumbled up.
First sentence: Smoke oozed up between the planks.
P: Passengers were told to be ready to quit the ship.
Q: The rising gale fanned the smouldering fire.
R: Everyone now knew there was fire onboard.
S: Flames broke out here and there.
Sixth sentence: Most people bore the shock bravely.
The most logically CORRECT order for the given jumbled up sentences is
For a painting to succeed, it is essential that the painter and his public agree about what is significant. The subject of the painting may have a personal meaning for the painter or a common person; but there can also be the possibility of their agreement on its general meaning. It is at this point that the culture of the society and the period in question precedes the artists and her/his art. Renaissance art would have meant nothing to the Aztecs, and vice versa. If, to some extent, a few intellectuals can appreciate them both today, it is because their culture is a historical one. Its inspiration is history and all known developments to date.
According to the passage, which of the following is/are NOT necessarily among the attributes needed for a painter to succeed?
Vinod has a pre-determined route. Each morning he delivers 37 newspapers to customers in his neighborhood. It takes Vinod 50 minutes to deliver all the papers. When Vinod was sick or had other engagements, his friend Tarun, who lives on the same street delivered the papers on his behalf.
Find the statement(s) that must be TRUE according to the given information.
Cholera, typhoid, diphtheria and tuberculosis cause huge number of deaths. Poor quality drinking water has always been the world’s greatest single carrier of sickness. Disease is transmitted when sewage and drinking water come into contact. Children are particularly vulnerable. In some of the poorest countries the infant mortality rate is high. The separation of sewage and the supply of clean drinking water are the domain of civil engineers, and their work makes a significant contribution to public health. That contribution was recognized when public sanitation was voted the greatest medical breakthrough, beating the discoveries including antibiotics and vaccines in a poll organized by the British Medical Journal.
Identify the statement(s), which is/are NOT TRUE according to the passage.
Shark’s teeth have evolved to correspond to the diet of each particular species of shark. Consequently, the teeth of the great white shark bear little resemblance to those of the bull shark or nurse shark. There were essentially four different shark diets and thus four varieties of shark teeth. Sharks that feed on fish have needle-like teeth, perfect for spearing and ripping. Sharks that eat mammals such as seals and sea lions have heavy, serrated teeth, typically triangular on the upper jaw and pointed on the lower jaw. Shark that feed in the benthic zone of the ocean have flattened teeth for crushing the shell of the creatures they find scuttling in the sand or clinging to rocks. Sharks that bask have teeth that are largely non-functional; these sharks filter food from the water by passing it through their gills.
Which of the following is/are the CORRECT inference(s) as per the passage?
A particular school management wants to contact all parents, all businessmen and all engineers. The following statistics are available with the school.
Businessmen = 50
Engineers = 25
Parents = 2500
Businessmen who are engineers = 0
Businessmen who are parents = 25
Engineers who are parents = 15
The number of people who need to be contacted are _________.
In a questionnaire-based survey, the following item was asked to a respondent:
“I found the course interesting and structured.”
Yes No
Which one of the given options clearly describes the item?
Which one of the following is used in causal analysis?
Which one of the given options reflects Karl Popper’s falsification principle?
Resource mobilization theory of social movements analyses social movements as _________.
Which one of the following methods uses a control group while validating the impact of intervention programmes?
Which is not a trait of a sociological theory?
According to Pierre Bourdieu, the way one speaks or having an accent is _________ form of cultural capital.
Which one of the given options is not a latent function of attending a university?
Who among the following highlighted the concept of ‘Swaraj’ in the reconstruction of traditional village life?
In the 1960s, India adopted a heavy usage of high yielding varieties of seed, chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and new machines to raise the productivity of agricultural land. This process was described as _________.
Among the Toda of South India, property is inherited patrilineally and ritualistic privileges are inherited matrilineally. This is an example of _________.
Which of the following scholars described India’s villages as a ‘den of ignorance, narrow-mindedness and communalism’?
Who among the following gave the concept of ‘global village’?
Commodity chain is defined as _________.
Which of the following is a process wherein socialist states guide economic growth through the planned allocation of public and human resources, as an alternative to allocation through the market?
An approach that reformulates development emphasizing essential human needs over and above rising incomes is referred to as _________.
Which of the following scholars emphasized the subaltern perspective in social movements involving peasants?
Which of the following institutions provides the structural link between caste and gender in kinship in India?
A researcher is conducting a survey about internet use among the students. She was asked to follow a probability sampling technique. Which one of the given options is most suitable?
According to Talcott Parsons, the dichotomies of pattern variables or alternatives an actor can choose in society are: ascription vs _________; affectivity vs _________; and diffuseness vs _________.
According to Peter Blau, there is _______ price in social exchange but only _____ exchange ratio between two social benefits, because personal considerations and social norms influence the process of _____.
ANOVA means _________.
A researcher got excited on seeing a celebrity tweeting about COVID-19. She downloaded one million tweets using a software application. Then she analyzed the data to find out whether celebrities have a social conscience. What is this research approach called?
According to Robert Merton, innovation is a mode of adaptation when cultural goals are _________ and institutionalized means are _________.
According to Erving Goffman, _________ refers to an institution where all aspects of a person’s life are regulated by a single authority. Through a process of _________ ceremony, the person shall become secondary and invisible in the overbearing social environment.
According to Walt W. Rostow, all nations pass through _________ stages of economic development and _________ stage marks the interval when the old blocks and resistances to steady growth are finally overcome.
Which of the following statements are correct?
[i] Gustavo Esteva argues that the 1949 address of the US President Harry S. Truman marks the opening of the era of development.
[ii] According to Escobar, ‘development can best be described as an apparatus that links forms of knowledge about the Third World with the deployment of forms of power and intervention, resulting in the mapping and production of Third World societies’.
Which among the listed options most closely replicate(s) Jurgen Habermas’ idea of the public sphere?
In the light of given information, which pairs are correct?
What concepts were studied in the famous Milgram social experiment where teachers did not hesitate to give electric shocks to learners?
According to Max Weber, in addition to power what are the other TWO distinct components of stratification?
While writing on the diversity of rural settlements, Bernard Cohn has identified which of the following village patterns?
According to Andre Gunder Frank, which of the following factors are responsible for the development of underdevelopment in Latin America?
Which of the following statements describe the concept of sustainable development?
The categories of caste and tribe have been understood as colonial constructions. Which statements instantiate the above?
Which statements express the ideas of A. M. Shah with regard to family and household in India?
According to Celestin Bougle, the spirit of the caste system is determined by the mutual repulsion that exists between castes. Identify TWO different aspects in which such mutual repulsion is manifested:
Which of the following statements explain and illustrate the term ‘tragedy of commons’?
GATE 2022 XH- Sociology Question Paper: Paper Analysis
Section GA and B1 in GATE 2022 XH- Sociology Question Paper was same as the other five papers for GATE HX paper. The table below shows the number of 1 mark and 2 marks questions in GATE 2022 XH- Sociology Question Paper:
| Type of Questions | General Aptitude (GA) | Reasoning Comprehension (B1) | Sociology (XH- C6) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Questions | Marks | Number of Questions | Marks | Number of Questions | Marks | |
| No. of 1 mark MCQs | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 |
| No. of 2 marks MCQs | 5 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| No. of 1 mark NATs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| No. of 2 marks NATs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| No. of 1 mark MSQs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| No. of 2 marks MSQs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 |
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