Question

Match the following:

List - I (Author)	List - II (Books)
A. Lynd and Lynd	I. New Haven
B. W. Lloyd Warner	II. Street corner society
C. William Foote Whyte	III. Middle town: study in contemporary American culture
D. Robert Dahl	IV. Yankee City

• A. A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
• B. A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I
• C. A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
• D. A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III

Hint:

Remember: Lynd = Middletown; Warner = Yankee City; Whyte = Street Corner Society; Dahl = New Haven power study.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Concept: Key sociological and anthropological community studies that utilize ethnographic, observational, and power-structure analysis.

Step 1: Robert and Helen Lynd conducted a seminal community study of Muncie, Indiana, published as "Middletown: A Study in Contemporary American Culture" (III).

Step 2: W. Lloyd Warner conducted his famous study of Newburyport, Massachusetts, known as the "Yankee City" (IV) series, focusing on social stratification.

Step 3: Whyte is known for his classic participant observation study of an Italian-American neighborhood in Boston, titled "Street Corner Society" (II).

Step 4: Robert Dahl, a political scientist, studied the structure of power in his famous research on the community of "New Haven" (I).

Step 5: Matching these authors to their works (A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I) aligns correctly with option (2). $$\boxed{\text{(2) A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I}}$$