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1. Who viewed that genuine democracy would not be possible –
(a) B.R. Ambedkar
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(b) Jay Prakash Narain
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) P.N. Prabhu
Ans. (a)
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2. An Institution can be best described as a complex of:
(a) authority
(b) statuses without the annihilation of caste?
(c) roles
(d) procedures
Ans. (d)
3. Who viewed ‘The essence of the social group is not physical closeness but a consciousness of joint interaction’?
(a) anthony Giddens
(b) stephen Cole
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(c) roles
(d) procedures
Ans. (a)
4. Who is the writer of the book ‘In defence of Sociology – Essays. Interpretations and Rejoinders’?
(a) David Miliband
(b) Stuart Hall
(c) Anthony Giddens
(d) T. N. Marshall.
Ans. (c)
5. The essence of ‘rural’ is ‘agriculture’. Otherwise it is only an analytical device. Who has stated?
(a) J. Gilbert
(b) P.J. Cloke
(c) T. Pinbey
(d) K. H. Halfacree.
Ans. (d)
6. Who has broadly classified the definitions of culture in to universal istic, hierarchical and pluralistic?
(a) T.K. Oommen
(b) Alfred Kroeber
(c) Clyde Kluckhom
(d) S.T. Colridge.
Ans. (a)
7. Who has defined:
“A community is a spatial or territorial unit of social organization in which people have a sense of identity and feeling of belonging”?
(a) R.M. Maclver
(b) Derek Phillips
(c) Anthony Giddens
(d) Mike O’Donnel.
Ans. (d)
8. In rural society even now a family is like:
(a) a society
(b) Community
(c) group
(d) association
Ans. (d)
9. ‘Clinical Sociology’ term was used by:
(a) Louis Wirth
(b) D. Martindale
(c) G.A. Lundberg
(d) F.E. Lumley.
Ans. (a)
10. Society, can be properly studied if ‘latent’ and ‘manifest’ functions are:
(a) kept separate from each other
(b) allowed be come closer to each other
(c) are made contradictory to each other
(d) are not allowed to interfere with each other
Ans. (b)
11. Which one of the following is not functional utility of social stratification?
(a) it develops a spirit of struggle
(b) it helps in deciding responsibility of every one in society
(c) it h elps in allotting suitable positions to suitable persons
(d) it helps identifying unsuitable persons in society.
Ans. (d)
12. Who wrote ‘Human Nature and Social Order’ in 1902?
(a) E. A. Ross
(b) C.H. Cooley
(c) G. H. Mead
(d) R. M. Maciver
Ans. (b)
13. Process of Socialization helps in establishing his/her:
(a) group identity
(b) self-identity
(c) community indentity
(d) social identity
Ans. (b)
14. Which one of the following are the most important agents of social control in a modern industrial society?
(i) law
(ii) religion
(iii) education
(iv) family
(a) i and ii
(b) ii and iii
(c) i and iii
(d) ii and iv
Ans. (c)
15. Incompetitive society which one “of the following does not matter in status formation?
(a) knowledge
(b) Education
(c) expertise
(d) family
Ans. (d)
16. Who coined the term ‘Social Control’ in 1894?
(a) E.A. Ross
(b) R.M. Maclver
(c) Emile Durkheim
(d) Small & George Vincent
Ans. (d)
17. Role conflict does not a rise when a person is given a role:
(a) Which one does not like
(b) Which is not conducive to his environment.
(c) When everyone is free to perform the role of his choice
(d) When each one works under a well-planned system.
Ans. (d)
18. The aim of social control is to:
(a) achieve normative conformity
(b) crush deviants
(c) generate fear complex in the minds of people.
(d) achieve harmony.
Ans. (a)
19. Who viewed ‘technological changes encourage the growth of largeness in organisation, the specialisation and change in nature of work’?
(a) W.E. Moore
(b) Charles De-Carlo
(c) Nels Anderson
(d) Simon Kuznet.
Ans. (b)
20. Who said this………..? Our direct concern as sociologist is with social relations. It is the change in these which alone we shall regard as social change.
(a) P. Sorokin
(b) Maclver & Page
(c) V. Pareto
(d) Max Weber
Ans. (b)
21. Who has written the book ‘Socio Cultural Dynamics?
(a) P. Sorokin
(b) Maclver & Page
(c) V. Pareto
(d) Max Weber.
Ans. (a)
22. Who has given the theory of ‘cultural lag’?
(a) Toyn bee
(b) P. Sorokin
(c) Ogburn & Nimkoff
(d) Kingsley Davis
Ans. (c)
23. Who from the following has not opined cyclical theory of social change?
(a) V. Pareto
(b) Spengler
(c) Toynbee
(d) Karl marx
Ans. (d)
24. Who has given the theory of ‘Circulation of Elites’?
(a) P. Sorokin
(b) Spengler
(c) Kark Marx
(d) V. Pareto
Ans. (d)
25. Who has given ‘Law of Three Stages?
(a) Karl Marx
(b) Max Weber
(c) August Comte
(d) P. Sorokin
Ans. (c)
26. Who among the following has given the. ‘Theory of Natural Selection’?
(a) V.Pereto
(b) Max Weber
(c) Herbert Spencer
(d) August Comte
Ans. (c)
27. Who among the following is not an evolutionist?
(a) Morgan
(b) Herbert Spencer
(c) P. Sorokin
(d) Darwin
Ans. (c)
28. Who has written the book ‘Mind and Society’?
(a) Karl Marx
(b) V. Pareto
(c) P. Sorokin
(d) Max Weber
Ans. (b)
29. Who among the following has divided culture in to sensate, ideational and idealistic culture?
(a) P. Sorokin
(b) V.Pareto
(c) Karl Marx
(d) Charles Darwin
Ans. (a)
30. Which book has been written by PH. Landis is 1931?
(a) Social Change
(b) Culture Sociology
(c) Social Control
(d) Society; An Introductory Analysis
Ans. (c)
31. Who among the following has divided social control into positive and negative types?
(a) E. Durkheim
(b) Kimball Younga
(c) Max Weber
(d) Giddings
Ans. (b)
32. Which one among the following is the informal agency of Social Control?
(a) State
(b) Religion
(c) Law
(d) Police
Ans. (b)
33. ‘The Elementary Forms of Religious life’ is written by:
(a) Kingsley Davis
(b) Maclver & Page
(c) Emile Durkheim
(d) Gisbert
Ans. (c)
34. Which one among the following is not the means of social control?
(a) Folk ways
(b) Propaganda
(c) Public Opinion
(d) Industrialisation
Ans. (d)
35. Sensational and unsensational forms of social control is given by:
(a) Kimball Young
(b) C.H. Cooley
(c) Karal Manheim
(d) Karl Marx
Ans. (b)
36. Which one among the following is not the characteristic of informal social control?
(a) Internalily
(b) Externality
(c) Group welfare
(d) Non-changeability
Ans. (b)
37. Which one among the following is not the function of the state as an agency of social control?
(a) Humor and ridicule
(b) Law formation
(c) Protection of fundamental rights
(d) Internal and external security.
Ans. (a)
38. Which one of the following is not” an Ashram?
(a) Brahmcharya
(b) Vanprastha
(c) Sevasharam
(d) Grihstha
Ans. (c)
39. Which of the following is not a Purshartha?
(a) Parmartha
(b) Arth
(c) Kaam
(d) Dharma
Ans. (a)
40. The concept of Karm is found in:
(a) Bhagwad Geeta
(b) Dharmashastra
(c) Puranas
(d) None of these
Ans. (a)
41. Dharm in terms of Hindu tradition means:
(a) Totemism
(b) Religion
(c) Ancestoral worship
(d) Moral obligation
Ans. (d)
42. Tyler’s theory of religion is known as:
(a) Animatism
(b) Animism
(c) Naturalism
(d) Totemism
Ans. (b)
43. Which of the following is not a characteristic of primitive religion?
(a) Totemism
(b) Transmigration of soul
(c) Taboo
(d) Temple
Ans. (d)
44. Max Muller’s theory of religion is known as:
(a) Animatism
(b) Animism
(c) Naturalism
(d) Totemism
Ans. (c)
45. Racial theory of the origin of caste was developed by:
(a) Hocart
(b) Ghurye
(c) Riesley
(d) Nesfield
Ans. (c)
46. Louis Dumont propounded a theory in his ‘Homo-Hierarchicus’ which can be termed as:
(a) Theory of Karma and Dharma
(b) Theory of occupational differentiation
(c) Principle of caste endogamy
(d) Structural principle of complementarity and separation.
Ans. (d)
47. The book ‘Caste: Old and New’ is written by:
(a) Yogendra Singh
(b) Andre Beteille
(c) A.R. Desai
(d) D. P. Mukharjee
Ans. (b)
48. Who believed that monogamy is universal?
(a) Westermark
(b) Iravati Karve
(c) Tylor
(d) Briffault
Ans. (a)
49. ‘Marriage by elopement’ is a form of:
(a) Tribal marriage
(b) Christian marriage
(c) Muslim marriage
(d) Hindu marriage
Ans. (a)
50. Who is the author of the book entitled ‘The History of Human Marriage?
(a) Tylor
(b) Westermark
(c) Morgan
(d) Kapadia
Ans. (b)
51. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Hindu Joint Family?
(a) Common property
(b) Common Kitchen
(c) Limited size
(d) Definite hierarchy among its members
Ans. (c)
52. Which of the following is correct? OKKA is a:
(a) Family
(b) Caste
(c) Class
(d) Tribe
Ans. (a)
53. Who wrote the book, Joint Family in Urban Setting’?
(a) K. M. Kapadia
(b) M.N. Srinivas
(c) E.A. Ross
(d) A. D. Ross
Ans. (d)
54. Who was undertaken regional study of family and kinship?
(a) J.R Desai
(b) Irawati Karve
(c) K.M. Kapadia
(d) A.M. Shah
Ans. (b)
55. Which system regulates the interpersonal relationship of relatives?
(a) Jajamani system
(b) Kinship system
(c) Caste system
(d) Varna system
Ans. (b)
56. Who introduced the idea of ‘global village’?
(a) Anthony Giddens
(b) Marshall Mcluhan
(c) Immanuel Wallerstein
(d) E. Anitat
Ans. (b)
57. In the analysis of the social and religious life of Coorgs of South India, M.N. Srinivas developed the concept of:
(a) Modernization
(b) Industrialization
(c) Xenocentrism
(d) Sanskritization
Ans. (d)
58. Who wrote the book ‘Modernization of Indian Tradition’?
(a) M.N. Srinivas
(b) S.C. Dubey
(c) Yogendra Singh
(d) Roabrt Redfield
Ans. (c)
59. The most effective barrier to cultural diffusion is:
(a) distance
(b) cultural differences
(c) mountains
(d) rivers and ocean
Ans. (a)
60. Who has called the process of westernization as modernization?
(a) W.E. Moore
(b) Daniel Lerner
(c) Yogendra Singh
(d) David Mclelland
Ans. (b)
61. Sanskritization and westernization as concepts are primarily focussed to analyse:
(a) Cultural changes
(b) Structural changes
(c) Agrarian changes
(d) Industrial changes
Ans. (a)
62. Who among the following has observed sanskri tization as Hinduization, Aryanization, Brahmanization and Indianization?
(a) M.N. Srinivas
(b) B.G. Gokhale
(c) B.K. Sarkar
(d) R.C. Mazumdar
Ans. (c)
63. Who among the following has held the view that modernization is a value laden concept?
(a) Yogendra Singh
(b) Gunnar Myrdal
(c) M.N. Srinivas
(d) B.K. Sarkar
Ans. (c)
64. A systematic study of kinship organization in India was initiated by:
(a) I.P. Desai
(b) K.M. Kapadia
(c) Irawati Karve
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)
65. All countries pass through various stages of demographic transition. Which one of the following is not such a stage?
(a) Population Explosion
(b) Stationary state
(c) Population stabilization
(d) Optimum state
Ans. (d)
66. Which statement is wrong?
(a) Regionalism is a learned behaviour
(b) Regionalism is local patriotism
(c) Regionalism is related to ethnocentricism
(d) National interest is of paramount importance in regionalism
Ans. (d)
67. In which of the following decades has there been an absolute decline of population size in India?
(a) 1971-1981
(b) 2001 – 2011
(c) 1901-1911
(d) 1931-1941
Ans. (c)
68. India has missed the Industrial Revolution but cannot afford to miss the knowledge Revolution” suggested by:
(a) Women’s Commission in India
(b) Ministry of Human Resource Development
(c) Education Commission 1986
(d) Knowledge commission
Ans. (d)
69. Green Revolution is related to:
(a) Agricultural growth
(b) Industrial growth
(c) Milk Production
(d) Service sector growth
Ans. (a)
70. What are the three levels of Westernization in India?
(a) Simple, complex, and multiple
(b) Primary, secondary and tertiary
(c) High, medium and low
(d) Individual, community and nation
Ans. (b)
71. As per 2011 census which of the following states of India is most densely populated?
(a) Bihar
(b) Kerala
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) West Bengal
Ans. (a)
72. The Census Projection Report shows that India is one of the youngest nations of the world. In the year 2020, the average age of India will be of:
(a) 29 years
(b) 30 years
(c) 31 years
(d) 32 years
Ans. (a)
73. Who among the following actresses is the brand ambassador of ‘Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan’?
(a) Madhuri Dixit
(b) Kajol
(c) Vidhya Balan
(d) Priyanka Chopra
Ans. (c)
74. In which year Ram Mohan Roy founded the ‘Brahma Samaj’?
(a) 1772
(b) 1822
(c) 1828
(d) 1833
Ans. (c)
75. Where was the main field of activity of Raja Ram Mohan Roy?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Punjab
(d) Bengal
Ans. (d)
76. Who coined the term ‘Harijan’?
(a) Thakkar Bappa
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) B.R. Ambedkar
(d) Baba Amte
Ans. (b)
77. Who had apearheaded the movement against the tradition of ‘Sati’?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Ray
(b) M.K. Gandhi
(c) Madan Mohan Malviya
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
78. The theory of trusteeship was presented by:
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Ray
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Madan Mohan Malviya
Ans. (c)
79. From where Gandhiji accepted the ideology of ‘Sarvodaya’?
(a) Rousseau
(b) Plato
(c) John Ruskin
(d) Aristotle
Ans. (c)
80. Mahamana Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya was born in the year:
(a) 1863
(b) 1861
(c) 1869
(d) 1872
Ans. (b)
81. Who edited the Abhyudaya’ newspaper?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhle
(d) Madan Mohan Malviya
Ans. (d)
82. In which year Banaras Hindu University came into existence?
(a) 1912
(b) 1916
(c) 1919
(d) 1920
Ans. (b)
83. Who has given the law of three stages in sociology?
(a) August Comte
(b) Max Weber
(c) Karl Marx
(d) Emile Durkheim
Ans. (a)
84. Who has given the concepts of mechanical and organic solidarity?
(a) Pareto
(b) Spencer
(c) Durkheim
(d) Marx
Ans. (c)
85. Which school of thought has been followed by Karl Marx?
(a) Phenomenology
(b) Conflict
(c) Structuralism
(d) Functionalism
Ans. (b)
86. In sociology who studied the ‘Division of labour in society’?
(a) Karl Marx
(b) Max Weber
(c) Emile Durkheim
(d) August Comte
Ans. (c)
87. Who has written the book ‘The Communist Manifesto’?
(a) Engle’s
(b) Marx
(c) Engle’s and Marx
(d) None of these
Ans. (b)
88. Who has advocated sociology as a positivistic science?
(a) Sorokin
(b) Pareto
(c) Comte
(d) Parsons
Ans. (c)
89. Who is said to be a functionalist from among the following?
(a) Durkheim
(b) Weber
(c) Pareto
(d) Comte
Ans. (a)
90. Who has given the three types of authority viz. traditional, rational-legal and charismatic?
(a) Pareto
(b) Parsons
(c) Weber
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)
91. What is an ‘ideal type’?
(a) Logical abstraction of real events or phenomena
(b) Depiction of worldly things in an ideal form
(c) An ideological typology
(d) None of these
Ans. (a)
92. How many types of social action are given by Max Weber?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 2
Ans. (b)
93. Who first introduced the concept of ‘Alienation’ in to sociological theory?
(a) Hegel
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Spencer
(d) None of these
Ans. (b)
94. Who is the author of the book, ‘The Poverty of Philosophy’ (1847)?
(a) Veblen
(b) Saint Simon
(c) Karl Marx
(d) C.W. Mills
Ans. (c)
95. Who believed that society is governed by certain ‘Social Laws’ just as the physical universe in governed by certain physical laws?
(a) Karl Marx
(b) Auguste Comte
(c) Max Weber
(d) Durkheim
Ans. (b)
96. Who is the author of the book, ‘The Positive Philosophy’?
(a) Auguste Comte
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Durkheim
(d) Spencer
Ans. (a)
97. Mention Twin pillars of Comte’s system:
(a) Law and order
(b) Change and order
(c) Social dynamics and social statics
(d) Social movement and social change
Ans. (c)
98. According to Comte each branch of own knowledge, passes through three different theoretical conditions. Which one he has not mentioned?
(a) Theological
(b) Superficial
(c) Metaphysical
(d) Positive
Ans. (b)
99. According to Comte in which stage the whole human race will become the operative social unit?
(a) Ist stage
(b) IIIrd stage
(c) IInd tage
(d) Ist and IIIrd stage
Ans. (b)
100. Who held that religious beliefs could have a major influence on economic behaviour?
(a) Max Weber
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Durkheim
(d) Veblen
Ans. (a)
101. According to Max Weber there are two principal diversions of Stratification system. These are:
(a) Class and Caste
(b) Class and status
(c) Class and Party
(d) Party and Status
Ans. (b)
102. According to Max Weber what are the dominant institutions of industrial society?
(a) Bureaucratic organizations
(b) Classes
(c) Castes
(d) Political Parties
Ans. (a)
103. Who held capitalism to be a product of Protestant religion?
(a) Karl Marx
(b) Durkheim
(c) Max Weber
(d) Comte
Ans. (c)
104. According to Max Weber which one among the following led to authority?
(a) Power combined with justice
(b) Power combined with Bureaucracy
(c) Power combined with hierarchy
(d) Power combined with legitimacy
Ans. (d)
105. Who is the author of the book, ‘The Elementary Forms of Religious Life’?
(a) Durkheim
(b) Max Weber
(c) Karl Marx
(d) Comte
Ans. (a)
106. According to Durkheim, the nature of solidarity of a society can be indicated by the:
(a) rate of suicide
(b) nature of division of labour
(c) nature of religion
(d) nature of economy
Ans. (b)
107. According to Durkheim what are the sources of sacredness?
(a) Utilitarian value
(b) Instinctive qualities
(c) Collective conscience
(d) Super natural powers
Ans. (c)
108. Who propounded first the functionalist theory of religion?
(a) Karl Marx
(b) Auguste Comte
(c) Max Weber
(d) Durkheim
Ans. (d)
109. According to Durkheim why a particular object is considered sacred?
(a) Because it is powerful
(b) Because it is awe-inspiring
(c) Because it is useful
(d) Because it represent social force
Ans. (d)
110. Who has propounded the term ‘False consciousness’.
(a) Max Weber
(b) Pareto
(c) Karl Marx
(d) Durkheim
Ans. (c)
111. According to whom mode of production is the sole determinant of the culture of a people?
(a) Durkheim
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Sorokin
(d) Spencer
Ans. (b)
112. According to Marx, who played the most significant role in the production process?
(a) labour
(b) capital
(c) machinery
(d) technology
Ans. (a)
113. In which type of interview both interviewee and Interviewer are bind by planned fined question?
(a) Collective interview
(b) Structured interview
(c) Unstructured interview
(d) Research interview
Ans. (b)
114. Which interview is known as “half structured interview”?
(a) Diagonistic interview
(b) Structural interview
(c) Collective interview
(d) Centered interview
Ans. (d)
115. Questionnaire method is used in :
(a) Limited area
(b) Centered study area
(c) Large area
(d) All of the above
Ans. (c)
116. The questionnaire in which both open and closed ended questions are used is known as:
(a) Figured – questionnaire
(b) Open-ended questionnaire
(c) Mixed questionnaire
(d) Close-ended questionnaire
Ans. (c)
117. Who has defined hypothesis as “A proposition condition or principle which is assumed perhaps with belief in order to draw out its logical consequences”?
(a) Manhiem
(b) Weber
(c) Durkheim
(d) Webester dictionary
Ans. (d)
118. The nature of social research is a:
(a) Social
(b) Natural
(c) Political
(d) Scientific
Ans. (d)
119. Prior and post observation are related to which type of study design?
(a) Descriptive design
(b) Experimental design
(c) Diagnostic design
(d) Exploratory design
Ans. (b)
120. Which research tool is used to collect information from a large group of literate responded spread in a larger area?
(a) Interview schedule
(b) Case Study
(c) Questionnaire
(d) Observation
Ans. (c)
121. Sampling means:
(a) Study of whole
(b) Study of few
(c) Study of selected group
(d) All of the above
Ans. (c)
122. Who has used the case – study method for first time?
(a) Le- play
(b) H. Spencer
(c) Pearson
(d) K. Marx
Ans. (a)
123. Who has written the book “Street Comer Society”?
(a) L. A. Coser
(b) Max Weber
(c) William F. Whyte
(d) B. Malinowski
Ans. (c)
124. Which one is not used to measure central tendency?
(a) Mean
(b) Median
(c) Mode
(d) Standard deviation
Ans. (d)
125. Who said “Hypothesis is link between fact and theory”?
(a) PV. Young
(b) Bogardus
(c) Moser
(d) P.H. Mann
Ans. (d)
126. In which book Lindman has used ‘Participant Observation Word’?
(a) Social Survey
(b) Social Research
(c) Social Science
(d) Social Discovery
Ans. (d)
127. The value which most frequently occurs in a distribution of a set of datas is known as:
(a) Median
(b) Mode
(c) Mean
(d) Average
Ans. (b)
128. “Method in social research” book is written by:
(a) Abraham
(b) Burgess
(c) W.J. Goode and Hatt
(d) Maclver and Page
Ans. (c)
129. Social Research is which type of process?
(a) a complex process
(b) a natural process
(c) a simple process
(d) a systematic scientific process
Ans. (d)
130. Which of the following is not the direct source of primary data collection?
(a) Questionnaire
(b) Schedule
(c) Observation
(d) Interview
Ans. (a)
131. The research to become familiar with a new phenomenon to be investigated is known as:
(a) Diagonistic research
(b) Exploratory research
(c) Descriptive research
(d) Experimental research
Ans. (b)
132. The purpose of the survey is:
(a) In depth study of social phenomena
(b) Testing of a theory
(c) Extensive coverage of population
(d) Establishing causal linkage
Ans. (c)
133. Which among the following explains the concept of crime?
(a) Only legal
(b) Only social
(c) Legal and social
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)
134. Breaking down of the accepted norms of society is known as:
(a) Crime
(b) Deviance
(c) Fashion
(d) Struggle
Ans. (b)
135. Which is an example of white-collar crime?
(a) Violation of copyright
(b) Murder of an individual
(c) Shop lifting
(d) Burning public property
Ans. (a)
136. Borstal schools are related to:
(a) White collar criminals
(b) Juvenile delinquents
(c) Adult criminals
(d) Women criminals
Ans. (b)
137. Running away from school is an example of:
(a) Juvenile delinquency
(b) Crime
(c) White collar crime
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
138. Juvenile Justice Bill amended by the Indian Parliament in 2015 proposes to:
(a) Reduce the age of juvenile delinquents from 18 years to 16 years
(b) Increase the age of juvenile delinquents from 18 years to 21 years
(c) Reduce the age of juvenile delinquents from 16 years to 14 years
(d) Increase the age of juvenile delinquents from 16 years to 18 years
Ans. (a)
139. Who has proposed the Differential Association theory of Crime?
(a) Sutherland
(b) Sheldon
(c) Gluck
(d) Cohen
Ans. (a)
140. A prison where criminals are permitted to live with their families are called:
(a) Open prison
(b) Walled prison
(c) Both the above
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
141. Which article is related to eradication of alcoholism?
(a) Article 19
(b) Article 348
(c) Article 47
(d) Article 50
Ans. (c)
142. Which is not related to casteism?
(a) Obstacle in industrial development
(b) Cause of corruption
(c) Moral degeneration of individuals
(d) Helpful for democracy
Ans. (d)
143. What is not a characteristic of parole?
(a) Early release from the prison
(b) The criminals who is on parole can live in the community
(c) Parole is granted to a criminal before sending him/her to jail
(d) The party is supervised and is expected to follow certain rules and guidelines
Ans. (c)
144. Crime done during one’s profession is known as:
(a) White collar crime
(b) General crime
(c) Professional crime
(d) All the above
Ans. (a)
145. Which is not a characteristic of alcoholism:
(a) No control over drinking
(b) They know that drinking is causing problem for them
(c) They want to quit drinking but they can’t
(d) They are able to focus on important activities
Ans. (a)
146. Which among the following is not a characteristic of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013?
(a) The definition of sexual harassment has not been taken from the Vishaka Judgement.
(b) Hostile work environment forms a part of sexual harassment
(c) The act covers working women in organized sectors
(d) The act cover s working women in unorganized sectors
Ans. (a)
147. In modern era, prisons are regarded as:
(a) Educational centres
(b) A place where criminal activities take place
(c) A place to reform an individual
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)
148. For Prostitution, which of the following statement is correct?
(a) Legal sexual relation
(b) Socially, it is regarded as proper behaviour
(c) It is done as an occupation
(d) Prostitutes are emotionally attached to their clients
Ans. (c)