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Compilation of most probable practice sociology questions and answers that might come in the upcoming IAS examination. This will also assist the students, teachers, eligibility tests, Civil Services, UGC-NET, UPSC & IAS aspirants for cracking their competitive exams!
1. Which among the following is not correct about culture?
(a) Cultural traits can be acquired through socialisation and habits
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(b) Culture is something collective
(c) Culture has always links with the past
(d) Culture never passed on with the help of language
Ans. (d)
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2. Trait is
(a) social trend at present
(b) social trend of the past
(c) the smallest unit of culture
(d) the smallest unit of personality
Ans. (c)
3. Non-material culture may consist of
(a) words people use, the ideas, customs and belief they hold and the habits they follow
(b) non-manufactured items
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(c) manufactured items which people use in cultural way
(d) culture which teaches a particular behaviour for particular situation
Ans. (a)
4. The material culture is always the outgrowth of the non-material culture. This statement is
(a) True
(b) False
(c) Partially true
(d) Can happen provided with stimuli
Ans. (a)
5. A cluster of related traits is called
(a) Culture norms
(b) Culture complex
(c) Cultural collectivity
Ans. (b)
6. Interaction between members or groups with different culture is known as
(a) Touch of culture
(b) Cultural diffusion
(c) Culture contact
(d) Acculturation
Ans. (c)
7. In common sense the term ‘society’ is equivalent to
(a) boundaries
(b) organisation
(c) group
(d) imbalance
Ans. (a)
8. Who said this – “Status is the rank-order position assigned by a group to a role or to a set of roles”?
(a) Lundberg
(b) Maclver
(c) Kingsley Davis
(d) Ogburn
Ans. (c)
9. Who holds that – “A status is a position in a social group or grouping in relation to other positions held by other individuals in the group or grouping”?
(a) Arnold Green
(b) Martindale
(c) Lundberg
(d) K. Davis
Ans. (a)
10. Identify the incorrect statement.
(a) In simple society, we witness rapid role changes
(b) Roles in modern complex society are numerous and complex
(c) Roles keep changing from time to time
(d) Role is a pattern of expected behaviour.
Ans. (c)
11. Those kins who are related to each other directly through descent are called
(a) Lineal kin
(b) Descent kin
(c) Direct kin
(d) Primary kin
Ans. (a)
12. A Joking relationship when not mutual, assumes the role of
(a) social conflict
(b) social control
(d) respect for family tradition
Ans. (b)
13. Malinowski in his studies found Trobriand Islanders to be
(a) Patrilineal
(b) Bilineal
(c) Matrilineal
(d) There exist no system of lineage
Ans. (c)
14. Those kins who branch out from the main group like uncles and cousins are called
(a) Sub-kin
(b) Collateral kin
(c) Separate kin
(d) Lateral kin
Ans. (b)
15. It is a general practice especially in Indian villages that, when a women has to make reference for her husband she generally says as for example Mohan’s father. This is an example of
(a) reference
(b) ego
(c) teknonymy
(d) symbolising
Ans. (c)
16. The cities are not marked by
(a) Dense settlement
(b) Advance culture
(c) Permanence
(d) Occupational specialization
Ans. (a)
17. Who has conducted ‘middle town’ study?
(a) Rand H. Lynd
(b) Whyte
(c) Oscar Lewis
(d) C.W. Mills
Ans. (c)
18. The Urban slums are the marks of
(a) Industrial society
(b) Capitalist society
(c) A society in transition towards industrialism
(d) Post-industrial society
Ans. (d)
19. The ‘city’ has been defined as relatively large, dense and permanent settlements of heterogenous individuals by
(a) Le Play
(b) A.W. Green
(c) Burgess
(d) Louis Wirth
Ans. (c)
20. “Urbanism is a way of life, whereas urbanisation is a process”. This distinction was made by
(a) Max Weber
(b) G. Simmel
(c) Louis Wirth
(d) Robert Park
Ans. (c)
21. In early twentieth century the radical leadership brought politics to our people because
(a) They were radical
(b) They were popular ladder of the masses
(c) They belonged to different parts of the country
(d) They drew upon the cultural heritage
Ans. (d)
22. Who among the following was the chief exponent of the patriarchal theory of the origin of the state?
(a) Hobbes
(b) Rousseau
(c) Locke
(d) Sir. H. Maine
Ans. (d)
23. The Systematic Theory of Social Contract was first given by
(a) W. Pareto
(b) E. Durkheim
(c) Rousseau
(d) Hobbes
Ans. (d)
24. Name the book of Thomas Hobbes where he has given the theory of social contract,
(a) ‘Politics’
(b) ‘Leviathan’
(c) ‘The Social Contract’
(d) ‘People’
Ans. (b)
25. The members of Zila Parishad are indirectly elected for a period of
(a) 2 years
(b) Five years
(c) 7 years
(d) One year
Ans. (a)
26. Who among the following have applied the Historical-dialectical approach to the study of class stratification?
(a) Andre Beteille
(b) M.N. Srinivas
(c) D.D. Kosambi
(d) R.K. Mukerjee
Ans. (c)
27. The term ‘Gender Stratification’ refers to stratification between
(a) Mother and father
(b) Sexes
(c) Generations
(d) Ethnic group
Ans. (b)
28. One don’t find any class distinctions in the savage tribes and the women had to do
(a) much easier house-hold tasks
(b) harder and more menial works
(c) essential family functions
(d) None of these
Ans. (c)
29. Sociological concept which is most closely related to social inequality is
(a) social classification
(b) social differentiation
(c) social categorization
(d) social stratification
Ans. (d)
30. The word ‘Caste’ has been derived from which language?
(a) Portuguese
(b) Spanish
(c) English
(d) Chinese
Ans. (a)
31. Who among of the following has emphasized the demographic factor as a factor for social change?
(a) Malthus
(b) H. Spencer
(c) Adam Smith
(d) D. Ricardo
Ans. (d)
32. Who among the following does not belong to cyclical theory of social change?
(a) Toynbee
(b) Spengler
(c) H. Spencer
(d) P. Sorokin
Ans. (c)
33. Internally generated social changes are usually
1. Continuous
2. Abrupt
3. Violent
4. Insignificant
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 4
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 4 only
Ans. (a)
34. Spencer has linked his theory of social change with
(a) Technology
(b) Philosophy
(c) Organism
(d) Structure
Ans. (c)
35. To evolve social development programmes, the knowledge of _____ is not necessary.
(a) Social history
(b) Caste composition
(c) Economic development
(d) Cultural patterns
Ans. (b)
36. Who has made distinction between ‘militant’ and ‘industrial’ societies?
(a) F. Tonnies
(b) Malinowski
(d) L.T. Hobhouse
Ans. (c)
37. What has the industrialisation done to women?
(a) Their position has lowered due to petty jobs in factors
(b) They have become subject to exploitation at the hands of factory owners
(c) They joined factors and thus were liberated from the seclusion
(d) Women become jealous of man’s success at factories
Ans. (c)
38. The way to achieve industrial harmony is
(a) by the exercise of state power
(b) by periodically raising the wages of workers
(c) through activity of labour union
(d) through mutual understanding between the management and the workers
Ans. (d)
39. Emile Durkheim feels that solidarity in industrial society is based on
(a) Mechanical solidarity
(b) Organic solidarity
(c) Division of work
(d) Production and wages
Ans. (b)
40. Who among the following is author of the book “Class and Class Conflict in Industrial society”?
(a) Raymond Aron
(b) Daniel Bell
(c) Ralph Dahrendorf
(d) Karl Marx
Ans. (c)
41. Who was of the view that demographic density is a major determinant of social evolution?
(a) Emile Durkheim
(b) Herbert Spencer
(c) G. Simmel
(d) Morgan
Ans. (a)
42. In which state of India men is outnumbered by women according to 1991 census?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Kerala
(d) Goa
Ans. (c)
43. Among the following causes of mortality which do you attribute to society?
(a) Capital punishment
(b) Medical treatment
(c) Child infanticide
(d) Magical treatment
Ans. (c)
44. Who among the following has developed the theory of ‘step migration’?
(a) Revenstein
(b) R. Redfield
(c) Mumford
(d) H. Spencer
Ans. (a)
45. Who among the following voiced against Malthus and held that the core reason of overpopulation was not to be found in biological power of reproduction but in prevailing capitalist mode of production?
(a) Karl Marx
(b) Herbert Spencer
(c) F. Engels
(d) M. Weber
Ans. (a)
46. Tick mark the incorrect statement.
(a) Early marriages expose women to lengthen child bearing period
(b) In the context of child bearing the teenaged mothers have more health risk for themselves and children
(c) In the rural areas most of the deliveries are conducted by midwives
(d) Late marriage leads to more fertility among women
Ans. (d)
47. The Equal Remuneration Act, 1973 stipulates for the equal remuneration for man and women doing the same kind of work.
(a) In the organised sector
(b) In the unorganised sector
(c) Both in unorganised and organised sector
(d) In private sector
Ans. (a)
48. Whose study showed that women were discriminated against at the time of promotions and tended to be crowded into lower status clerical and primary school jobs?
(a) Papola
(b) Leela Dubey
(c) Ghapola
(d) Pauline Kolenda
Ans. (a)
49. Who has concluded that though in three families women were the principal earners, employment did not improve the women’s self-estimation or status in the social hierarchy?
(a) Leela Dubey
(b) Katheline Gough
(c) Leela Gulati
(d) Pauline Kolenda
Ans. (c)
50. Whose study shows that when unemployed weavers from Tamil Nadu migrated to Delhi the women folk found jobs only as domestic servants, while men became mechanics, cooks or drivers?
(a) Leela Kasturi
(b) Leela Gulati
(c) Leela Dube
(d) Pauline Kolenda
Ans. (a)
51. ‘Avunculate’ denotes
(a) an anthropological ferminology
(b) a term denoting the special relationship that persists in some societies between a man and his mother’s brother
(c) both a & b
(d) none of these
Ans. (c)
52. Who was the person, who deliberated upon the above views?
He introduced the distinction between the law of public delicts and the law of private delict which allowed for a sociological discussion of the different types of sanctions aroused by offences of each type, even when the actual offence may in one society be socially regarded as of a different category from that in another. Murder for instance is a public delict in modern western societies but among some people it is private delict.
(a) R. Brown
(b) B. Malinowski
(c) Maclver
(d) Anthony Giddens
Ans. (a)
53. ‘The scientific study of human populations, primarily with respect to their size, their structure and their development’ is
(a) sociography
(b) demography
(c) geography
(d) none
Ans. (b)
54. Who for the first time used the concept of social structure in sociology?
(a) Marx
(b) Weber
(c) Spencer
(d) Durkheim
Ans. (c)
55. Nadel’s definition of social structure makes use of
(a) Social role
(b) Social organisation
(c) Function
(d) Social relationships
Ans. (a)
56. Which of the following are positional averages?
(a) geometric mean
(b) median
(c) arithmetic mean
(d) harmonic mean
Ans. (b)
57. A researcher wants to study the future of the Congress I in India. For the study which tool is most appropriate for him?
(a) Questionnaire
(b) Interview
(c) Schedule
(d) Rating scale
Ans. (a)
58. Weber’s Verstehen is a method which aims at:
(A) Explaining actions of individuals.
(B) Identification of causes of action.
(C) Interpretive understanding of actors’ motives.
(D) Developing causal understanding of relationships through actions.
Ans. (D)
59. Who for the first time did use the concept of social structure to explicate society?
(A) Karl Marx
(B) Max Weber
(C) Emile Durkheim
(D) Herbert Spencer
Ans. (B)
60. Which of the following concepts are applied to analyses the process of civilization change?
(A) Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft
(B) Zweckrational and Wertrational
(C) Mechanical and Organic Solidarity
(D) Sensate and Ideational Culture
Ans. (B)
61. Social movement can be defined as:
1. An action on the part of members of certain organisations
2. A radical social change to be sought for by the organised efforts of the people with set objectives
3. A collective action to resist or promote changes with certain goals
4. An evolutionary process of change from simple to complex settings
5. A diffusionist process of change
(A) 2 and 3
(B) 2, 4 and 5
(C) 1, 3 and 4
(D) 1, 2 and 4
Ans. (C)
62. Of the following who introduced the term industrial sociology?
(a) Auguste Comte
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Saint Simon
(d) Emile Durkheim
Ans. (c)
63. Herbert Spencers’ model of society was essentially:
(a) Consensus
(b) Organismic
(c) Functionalist
(d) Conflict
Ans. (b)
64. Individuality in sociological sense means:
(a) Physical detachment of two units
(b) Physical attachment of two units
(c) Depicting strength of character as an individual
(d) Depicting strength of character
Ans. (d)
65. ______ posits the view that society is the family writ large.
(a) Matriarchal theory
(b) Force theory
(c) Evolutionary theory
(d) Patriarchal theory
Ans. (d)
66. One of the following mentioned characteristics is not a characteristic of institution. Point out such a sentence:
(a) Through institutions the individuals’ activities are controlled
(b) Collective activities of men form the basis of the institution
(c) Every institution is based on certain rules which are to be observed by everyone
(d) No institution has a symbol, either material or non- material
Ans. (d)
67. Which of the following statements is correct regarding the institutions?
(a) Institutions are always based on certain established forms of rules, conventions and usages
(b) Institutions are the artificial products of the society
(c) It is the familial factors which exclusively give birth to institutions
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
68. Who stressed on the institutionalization of patterns of value orientation in the social system?
(a) Parsons
(b) Merton
(c) Durkheim
(d) Malinowski
Ans. (a)
69. What are the specific expressions of values?
(a) Norms
(b) Roles
(c) Pattern-maintenance
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
70. _________ provides the means whereby values and goals are translated into action.
(a) Norms
(b) Roles
(c) Function
(d) Goal-attainment
Ans. (c)
71. Who held that value consensus from the fundamental integrating principle in society?
(a) Parsons
(b) Merton
(c) Radcliffe Brown
(d) Durkheim
Ans. (a)
72. According to Parsons, when an organized action system emphasizes gratification, pain and to maximize pleasure then the pattern is called-
(a) Affective
(b) Expressive
(c) Cathectic
(d) Gratifying
Ans. (a)
73. Mark the correct statement-
(a) norms provide cohesion to the social structure
(b) norms provide disintegrating capacity, to society due to excess of cohesion
(c) norms have nothing to do with the cohesion of the society
(d) none of the above
Ans. (a)
74. Which of the following is the correct statement?
(a) norms provide a kind of automation to the functioning of society
(b) norms check the automatic responses within the society
(c) norms provide stimuli to contact others since an individual is capable of existing all alone
(d) none of the above
Ans. (a)
75. Existence of a society without norms:
(a) is impossible
(b) is possible only when they are is monolithic structure
(c) is possible only when people are uneducated
(d) is possible only when the people interact with each other
Ans. (a)
76. Point out the correct statement:
(a) moral values are always attached to norms
(b) it is necessary to attach more values to norms because, they are already complete
(c) when moral values are added to norms they become religious in their tone
(d) none of the above
Ans. (d)
77. Which among the following is a part of the Buddhist belief system?
(a) Noble Eightfold Path
(b) Monastic mysticism
(c) Reincarnation
(d) All
Ans. (a)
78. People who kill others, usually one at a time, over a long period of time are called-
(a) Mass murderers
(b) Respectable deviants
(c) Folkways violators
(d) Serial murderers
Ans. (d)
79. Which of the following theorists would most likely be in agreement with the adage “laws make criminals”?
(a) W.I. Thomas
(b) D.B. Cooper
(c) Howard Berker
(d) Edwin Sutherland
Ans. (c)
80. The “born loser” Merton’s theory, who remains honest despite a lack of success is called the-
(a) Ritualist
(b) Rebel
(c) Bohemian
(d) Retreatist
Ans. (a)
81. In the process of socialization, which among the following is the battleground on the basis of Sigmund Freud’s explanation?
(a) I
(b) Id
(c) Ego
(d) Superego
Ans. (c)
82. Anticipatory socialization is a preparation for-
(a) Present role
(b) Future role
(c) Resocialization
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
83. When the groups show solidarity, it is called-
(a) Integration
(b) Fusion
(c) Diffusion
(d) Erosion
Ans. (a)
84. The process that the dominant group-determines the norms and cultures to be adopted by the dominated group is known as-
(a) Interjection
(b) Acquisition
(c) Competition
(d) Assimilation
Ans. (a)
85. The system under which one is required to marry within one’s own group only is known as-
(a) indogamy
(b) polygamy
(c) hypogamy
(d) hypergamy
Ans. (a)
86. A type of marriage in which male members can have sexual relationship with any female member without social restrictions is known as:
(a) indogamy
(b) hypergamy
(c) promiscuity
(d) polygamy
Ans. (c)
87. Marriage to father’s sister’s daughter is known as-
(a) paternal cross-cousin marriage
(b) endogamy
(c) sororate
(d) none of the above
Ans. (a)
88. The system under which brothers of a family are required to marry the sisters of the same family is known as:
(a) promiscuity
(b) group marriage
(c) companionate marriage
(d) indogamy
Ans. (b)
89._____ is a form of marriage in which a man has more than one wife at a time.
(a) Polygamy
(b) Polygyny
(c) Polyandry
(d) Group-marriage
Ans. (b)
90. The joint family is a characteristic peculiar to____________.
(a) Muslims
(b) Christians
(c) Jews
(d) Hindus
Ans. (d)
91. Who has given the concept of ‘atomistic family’?
(a) Murdock
(b) Warner
(c) Durkheim
(d) Zimmerman
Ans. (d)
92. Which family consisted of a group which was founded upon the intermarriage, in a group of siblings, own and collateral, i.e. of brothers and sisters and cousins?
(a) conjugal
(b) consanguine
(c) punaluan
(d) polyandrous
Ans. (b)
93. What is NOT the indicative of kinship change pattern in our modern society?
(a) inter-caste marriage system
(b) changing affinity
(c) less stress on residence
(d) means of transportation and communication
Ans. (c)
94. Kinship:
(a) is always related to sex
(b) is occasionally related to sex
(c) is unlinked with sex
(d) may or may not be related to sex
Ans. (a)
95. Uncle is a________ term in kinship.
(a) classificatory
(b) related
(c) descriptive
(d) deceptive
Ans. (a)
96. The reverse of avoidance is_________.
(a) joking relationship
(b) amitate
(c) couvade
(d) teknonymy
Ans. (a)
97. In primary kinship relationship is:
(a) direct and close
(b) indirect
(c) permanent
(d) hereditary
Ans. (a)
98. When was the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act passed?
(a) 1983
(b) 2004
(c) 2012
(d) 2013
Ans. (c)
99. Which of the following are Gender Inequality Index Measures?
(a) reproductive health measured by maternal mortality ratio and adolescent birth rates.
(b) empowerment, measured by proportion of parliamentary seats occupied by females and proportion of adult females and males aged 25 years and older with at least some secondary education.
(c) economic status expressed as labour market participation and measured by labour force participation rate of female and male populations aged 15 years and older.
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d)
100. A special award has been constituted which is given for Best Reporting on Women in Panchayati Raj. What is the name of that award?
(a) Durga Bai Deshmuk Award
(b) Indira Award
(c) Sarojini Naidu Award
(d) Mother Teresa Award
Ans. (c)
101. One among the following is a woman cricketer who received the Padmasri Award.
Choose the correct answer:
(a) Anjum Chopra
(b) AnjumShiya
(c) Manju Chopra
(d) Priti Bhalla
Ans. (a)
102. What are the variables which the Global Gender Gap Index examines?
(i) Economic participation and opportunity
(ii) Educational Attainment
(iii) Health and Survival
(iv) Political empowerment
Codes:
(a) i and ii only
(b) i, ii and iii only
(c) i, ii, iii and iv
(d) i and iii only
Ans. (c)
103. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Class is more open than caste
(b) The caste system is believed to have been divinely ordained whereas classes are not founded on religious dogmas
(c) Caste is more open then class
(d) Both (a) and (b) are true
Ans. (d)
104. While discussing stratification who of the following has/ have referred to effective role allocation and performance?
(a) Parsons
(b) Tumin
(c) Davis and Tumin
(d) Davis and Moore
Ans. (d)
105. Function and function alone is responsible for the origin of caste structure is India’s. Who said this?
(a) Majumdar
(b) Ghurye
(c) Nesfield
(d) Risley
Ans. (c)
106. Who has pointed out three sets of characteristics used as a basis of ranking, viz., possessions, qualities and performances?
(a) Max Weber
(b) Functionalists
(c) Talcott Parsons
(d) R. K. Merton
Ans. (c)
107. The concept of ____________ is fundamental to the caste system and every type of caste relation is governed by it.
(a) rites
(b) pollution
(c) power
(d) prestige
Ans. (b)
108. The _________ are famous for their toys and icons made of clay.
(a) Onges
(b) Bhils
(c) Tharus
(d) Muria gonds
Ans. (d)
109. In an industrial society, family has changed from a __________ unit to a __________ unit.
(a) consumption, production
(b) production, consumption
(c) religious, political
(d) production, profit-oriented
Ans. (b)
110. ___________ saw ‘bureaucracy’ as an organization with a hierarchy of paid, full time officials who formed a chain of command.
(a) Marx
(b) Weber
(c) Wrightmills
(d) Maclver
Ans. (b)
111. The _________ tribes are well known traditionally as iron smelters.
(a) Korwas
(b) Birhor
(c) Santhal
(d) Kond
Ans. (a)
112. A/An __________ society is generally associated with the cultivation of plants and domestication of animals.
(a) tribal
(b) feudal
(c) agrarian
(d) industrial
Ans. (c)
113. __________ refers to the manner in which goods are divided among members of the society.
(a) Distribution
(b) Separation
(c) Accumulation
(d) Exchange
Ans. (a)
114. ___________ requires only two parties whereas ___________ requires a social centre.
(a) Redistribution, reciprocity
(b) Reciprocity, redistribution
(c) Gimwali, Soulva
(d) Mwali, Soulva
Ans. (b)
115. _________ has pointed out that various kinds of exchange included in reciprocity can be arranged on a continuum according to the degree of balance involved.
(a) Karl Polyani
(b) Marshall Sahlins
(c) Tylor
(d) Wright Mills
Ans. (b)
116. Specialization based on specially acquired specific technical abilities is ___________ in all pre-urban societies.
(a) present
(b) absent
(c) very rare
(d) none of the above
Ans. (b)
117. _________ is sometimes viewed as simply a process of balancing values.
(a) Reciprocity
(b) Redistribution
(c) Barter
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
118. Which among the following formed the nucleus of ancient political cities?
(a) The encourage of the kings and their staff
(b) Craftsmen who furnished weapons
(c) Traders who provided goods of daily need
(d) People living in surrounding areas
Ans. (a)
119. For long villages have remained isolated and their economy self-sufficient. Mark out the reasons from among the following for such a situation-
(a) Villages are insular
(b) They remain contented with their lot
(c) Slow means of transport and communication
(d) It was due to disinterestedness of the powers that were and due to the lack of local leadership
Ans. (c)
120. Among the following mark out the purpose for which temple is NOT used:
(a) It is a place of social assemblage. Marriage and such other activities are conducted there
(b) It is a place for cultural performance
(c) It symbolises their communal and ethical standards
(d) All political decisions are taken here
Ans. (d)
121. Much that is said about the religious belief of the people in villages is no less true about the non-villagers? Mark out the correct answer.
(a) Because the villagers are illiterate
(b) Because they are insular
(c) Because they are considered by many as rustic
(d) Because the villagers are not sophisticated
Ans. (d)
122. The joint family system in the villages continues to exist. Mark out among the following the reason that does not explain its survival-
(a) Villagers are tradition bound
(b) They have deep faith in the family bonds
(c) Their work demands an integrated local effort
(d) It survives since the village community is not civilized enough to discard it
Ans. (d)
123.____________ is defined as the ratio of the number of infant death occurring before one year of age per 1000 live births
(a) Infant mortality rate
(b) Mortality rate
(c) Crude birth rate
(d) None of the above
Ans. a
124. Notestein characterised three types of population according to their stage of demographic evolution. They are.
(a) incipient decline, transitional growth and high growth potential
(b) transitional growth, high stationary stage, declining stage
(c) incipient decline, low stationary stage and high growth potential
(d) none of the above
Ans. a
125. A travelling salesman would be counted at his location for the night regardless of whether that was his permanent residence. Which type of census would it be?
(a) De facto
(b) De jure
(c) Legal
(d) Informal
Ans. a
126. Active population is:
(a) between 15-66 years
(b) between 18-65 years
(c) between 13-65 years
(d) none of these
Ans. a
127. According to Malthus, celibacy and delayed marriages are__________
(a) positive checks
(b) preventive checks
(c) both positive checks and preventive checks
(d) contraceptives
Ans. b
128. According to_______ ‘power’ is the capacity to mobilize the resources of the society for the attainment of goals for which a general public commitment has been made by
(a) Marx
(b) Weber
(c) Talcott Parsons
(d) Wright Mills
Ans. c
129. President Kennedy is remembered as a__________ leader, but as a President his authority was based primarily on his legal position as President
(a)charismatic
(b) traditional
(c) socialistic
(d) rational
Ans. a
130. In Gandhian Society:
(a) evil doer will receive the maximum punishment
(b) stress will be on ending the evil
(c) all capital will be distributed compulsorily
(d) there will be compulsory prohibition
Ans. b
131. All leaderships require a certain amount of voluntary submission on the part of the followers, whom is this view attributed to’?
(a) Marx
(b) Weber
(c) Ogbum
(d) Wright Mills
Ans. b
132. For Aristotle State was an agency for
(a) strengthening political ideology
(b) giving good life
(c) promoting economic interests
(d) promoting religion
Ans. a
133. Which of the following is one of the constitutional safeguards regarding scheduled castes and scheduled tribes?
(a) Seats will be reserved for them in employment exchanges
(b) There will be reservation of cultivable land for them
(c) There will be reservation of seats for them in the Lok Sabha
(d) None of the above is true
Ans. c
134. Which one of the following is true about the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes?
(a) that they should get entry into the temples without any difficulty
(b) that their entry to the temples shall be restricted and regulated by certain codes
(c) that the temples will not be thrown open to them
(d) that only few selected castes will be thrown open to them
Ans. a
135. Which Article of the constitution of India deals with reservation of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in the Legislative Assemblies?
(a) Art. 334
(b) Art. 335
(c) Art. 336
(d) Art. 337
Ans. a
136. Of the following who was the staunchest champion of the cause of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes?
(a) Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
(b) Gobind Ballabh Pant
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Dr. Zakir Hussain SOCIOLOGY
Ans. c
137. Which one of the following is NOT true about untouchability in the constitution?
(a) It stands abolished
(b) Enforcement of disability arising out of untouchability is an offence
(c) It is a social crime to practice untouchability
(d) None of the above
Ans. c
138. The concept which Mackim Marriot put forward as the opposite of his concept of universalization for explaining social change in Indian village is –
(a) Localization
(b) Traditionalization
(c) Parochilization
(d) Marginalization
Ans.(c)
139. “Social change is now taking place faster than our capacity to adjust to it”. Who said this?
(a) Alvin Gouldner
(b) Alvin TofHer
(c) Amitai Etzioni
(d) Daniel Bell
Ans.(b)
140. Who of the following supported the cyclical theory of social change?
(a) P. Sorokin
(b) R. Firth
(c) E. Durkheim
(d) Parsons
Ans.(a)
141. In which of the following lies the strength of the belief system?
(a) Rituals
(b) Rites
(c) Ceremonies
(d) Confession to the system
Ans. (a)
142. The basis for Emile Durkheim’s theory of deviance was-
(a) Ritualism
(b) Anomie
(c) Conformity
(d) Retreatism
Ans. (b)
143. _____ is an individual phenomenon.
(a) Habit
(b) Fashion
(c) Style
(d) Convention
Ans. (a)
144. ________ are regulators of behaviour.
(a) Folkways
(b) Mores
(c) habits
(d) Fashions
Ans. (b)
145. Socialization is a process involving-
(a) Training to adapt to the society
(b) Instilling the social norms
(c) Gradual changing of organism
(d) Setting up of social norms
Ans. (a)
146. ‘Social control’ more or less, has become the activity of the specialized agencies in-
(a) New townships
(b) Cities
(c) Villages
(d) None of these
Ans. (b)
147. Socialization principles help in maintaining-
(a) Sociogram
(b) Social behaviour
(c) Social attitude
(d) Social norms
Ans. (d)
148. According to Mead the ‘Generalised other’ and ‘significant other’ are the creators of-
(a) I
(b) Me
(c) Ego
(d) Super ego
Ans. (b)
149. ‘Generalized others’ in the process of socialization is-
(a) Community people
(b) Peer group
(c) Parents
(d) Children
Ans. (a)
150. Single ‘savage self, as introduced by Mead is-
(a) I
(b) Super ego
(c) Id
(d) None of these
Ans. (a)