SOCIOLOGY- PAGE 13
SOCIOLOGY MCQs- PAGE 13
1. Who argues that labour force of unskilled workmen is as important and as indispensable to the factory as labour force of engineers?
(A) Mebin M. Tumin
(B) Michael Young
(C) Eva Rosenfeld
(D) Wilbert E. Moore
Ans: A
2. For whom history is ‘a graveyard of aristocracies’?
(A) Karl Marx
(B) Randall Collins
(C) V. Pareto
(D) Emile Durkheim
Ans: C
3. According to whose terminology, person’s ‘class situation’ is basically his ‘market situation’?
(A) Karl Marx
(B) Max Weber
(C) Kingsley Davis and Wibert E. Moore
(D) Talcot Parsons
Ans: B
4. Match the items in the List – I with the items in the List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. E. Durkheim 1. The Elementary forms of the Religious Life
b. B.S. Turner 2. Religion and Social Theory
c. M. Weber 3. The Sociology of Religion
d. G. Bataille 4. Theory of Religion
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 2 1 3 4
(D) 3 4 1 2
Ans: A
5. Match the items in the List – I with the items in the List – II and choose the correct code given below:
List – I List – II
a. E.W. Burgess and H.J. Locke 1. The family: From Institution to Companionship
b. A.W. Gouldner 2. Patterns of Industrial Bureaucracy
c. H.J. Locke 3. Predicting Adjustment in Marriage
d. T. Parsons 4. The Social System
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 3 2 4 1
(D) 2 4 3 1
Ans: A
6. An instrument or procedure, when repeatedly used under similar conditions, gives the same result, it refers to
(A) Validity
(B) Quantitativeness
(C) Reliability
(D) Consistency
Ans: C
7. Match the items in the List – I with the items in the List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. R. Robertson 1. The Sociological Interpretation of Religion
b. R. Rosser and C. Harris 2. The Family and Social Change
c. T. Parsons and B.F. Bales 3. Family, Socialization and Interaction Process
d. J.M. Mogey 4. Family and Neighbourhood
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 3 4 2 1
(D) 2 1 3 4
Ans: A
8. Match the List – I with List – II:
List – I List – II
a. G.H. Mead 1. Verstehen
b. V. Pareto 2. Alienation
c. Max Weber 3. Role taking
d. Karl Marx 4. Circulation of Elites
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 3 1 4 2
(B) 3 2 1 4
(C) 3 4 2 1
(D) 3 4 1 2
Ans: D
9. Oral History can be used to generate information in a study focusing on
(A) Geneology of family
(B) Communal riots that took place in 1945
(C) Culture change in a tribal community
(D) Identity politics of an ethnic group
Answer: (Wrong question)
10. Which of the following are measures of dispersion?
(1) Skewness
(2) Variance
(3) Standard Deviation
(4) Harmonic Mean
Codes:
(A) (1), (3) & (4)
(B) (2), (3) & (4)
(C) (1), (2) & (3)
(D) (1), (2) & (4)
Ans: C
11. Match the items in the List – I with the items in the List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Inductive method 1. Variable that causes effect
b. Independent variable 2. Formulation of hypothesis
c. Qualitative method 3. Particular to general
d. Exploratory study 4. Interpretinism
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 2 1 3 4
(B) 3 1 4 2
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 4 3 2 1
Ans: B
12. Who argued that “By studying traditions of Indian society change can be understood”?
(A) A.K. Saran
(B) M.N. Srinivas
(C) S.C. Dube
(D) D.P. Mukherjee
Ans: D
13. ‘Tarawad’ is a matrilineal joint family found in the State of
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Kerala
(C) Assam
(D) Orissa
Ans: B
14. Assertion (A): According to Marx, class membership is determined by a person’s position in the economic system.
Reason (R): Class conflict is a necessary result of the exploitation of one class by another.
Choose the correct answer from the given code:
Codes:
(A) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is false but (R) is true.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: D
15. Which of the following concepts can be related to the statement ‘subjective detachment of performer from the role being performed’?
(A) Role taking
(B) Role distance
(C) Role making
(D) Role exit
Ans: B
16. Sociology is the science of interpretative understanding of social
(A) action
(B) interaction
(C) group
(D) institution
Ans: A
17. A researcher wants to test the effectiveness of the intervention model developed for behavioural change among the HIV victims. Which of the following research designs will be more appropriate?
(A) Diagnostic Research Design
(B) Exploratory Research Design
(C) Descriptive Research Design
(D) Experimental Research Design
Ans: D
18. Assertion (A): Coefficient of correlation explains the extent of change in one variable (X) associated with the change in the other variable (Y).
Reason (R): Both variables X and Y are always causally related.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(C) (A) is false but (R) is true.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: B
19. Which of the following is not one of the four basic stages of what Mead calls “the act”
(A) Impulse
(B) Perception
(C) Manipulation
(D) Significant symbols
Ans: D
20. When a Hindu male marries a woman from his lower caste, it is called
(A) Hypogamy
(B) Hypergamy
(C) Levirate
(D) Sororate
Ans: A
21. There are two statements, one is Assertion (A) and the other is Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Introduction of Midday meals in primary schools has increased the rate of attendance among the children in Rural India.
Reason (R): Mid-day meals has resulted in corruption and negligence of teachers in their teaching.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Ans: B
22. Which one of the following is not associated with ‘test of significance’?
(A) Critical region
(B) Type I (α) error
(C) Type II (β) error
(D) Product moment correlation
Ans: D
23. Ferdinand Toennies mentioned Kuerville or artificial will as the basis of
(A) Gemeinschaft
(B) Gesellschaft
(C) Family
(D) Peer group
Ans: B
24. Talcott Parsons mentions the needs of a social system in a particular sequence. Which one of the following correctly mentions that sequence?
(A) Integration, Latency, Goal Maintenance, Adaptation
(B) Latency, Integration, Goal Maintenance, Adaptation
(C) Goal Maintenance, Integration, Adaptation, Latency
(D) Adaptation, Goal Maintenance, Integration, Latency
Ans: D
25. Which of the following is not included in the Gender Inequality Index?
(A) Capacity to determine one’s own life chances
(B) Adolescent fertility
(C) Political representation
(D) Labour force participation
Ans: A
26. Who has made the statement ‘Caste is closed class and class is open caste’?
(A) D. Hardiman
(B) L. Dumont
(C) S. Espstein
(D) Milton Singer
Ans: A
27. ‘Doing Gender’ requires working with
(A) Women only
(B) Women and men also
(C) Women and men separately
(D) Women and men together
Ans: D
28. Who described modernization as the transition from ‘Gemeinshaft’ to ‘Gesellshaft’, which signifies the progressive loss of community amid growing individualism?
(A) M. Weber
(B) F. Toennies
(C) Amitai Etzioni
(D) David Reisman
Ans: B
29. Neo-functionalism was developed by
(A) B. Malinowski and A.R. Radcliffe Brown
(B) Alexander C. Jeffrey and P. Colomy
(C) Alexander C. Jeffrey and L. Coser
(D) Talcott Parsons and Marian J. Levy
Ans: B
30. Who amongst the following is not connected with phenomenological sociology?
(A) Alfred Schutz
(B) Max Weber
(C) Peter Berger
(D) Ralph Dahrendorf
Ans: D
31. Which one of the following is, according to Giddens, not true?
(A) The concept of structuration implies that the constitutions of agents are structure are two independently given sets of phenomena.
(B) ‘Agents’ and ‘Structures’ suggest dualism.
(C) ‘Agents’ and ‘Structures’ are locked in an irreconcilable conflict.
(D) There is a dialectic relationship between ‘structure’ and ‘agency’.
Ans: B
32. 73rd Constitution of Amendment is responsible for
(A) Emergence of rural leadership
(B) Empowerment of rural women
(C) Gram Panchayat’s functioning
(D) Representation of rural youth
Ans: B
33. According to whom “Crime is an integral part of all healthy societies”?
(A) R.K. Merton
(B) E. Durkheim
(C) A. Cohen
(D) D. Matza
Ans: B
34. Marxist Feminists explain patriarchy in terms of
(A) Lack of equal opportunities for men and women
(B) Oppression of women economically, politically and sexually
(C) Exploitation of women through domestic labour
(D) Double oppression of capitalism and male domination
Ans: D
35. The theory of scientific management was first spelt out in detail by whom?
(A) Tom Burns
(B) G.M. Stalker
(C) F.W. Taylor
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
36. Who coined the concept of ‘Culture of Poverty’?
(A) Oscar Lewis
(B) Walter B. Miller
(C) Robert Redfield
(D) M.N. Srinivas
Ans: A
37. “Action and Its Environments” was written by
(A) Talcott Parsons
(B) Juergen Habermas
(C) A.C. Jeffrey
(D) Max Weber
Ans: C
38. Juergen Habermas was concerned mainly with
(A) Work and exploitation
(B) Post modernism
(C) Functionalism
(D) Communication
Ans: D
39. In “the case of kinship... the observable phenomena result from the action of laws which are general but implicit.” Who made the statement?
(A) Meyer Fortes
(B) Lucy Mair
(C) Robin Fox
(D) Claude Levi-Strauss
Ans: D
40. Avuncular relationship means the relationship
(A) between virilocal and neolocal families
(B) between the siblings
(C) between the parents and the offspring
(D) between uncle or aunt and nephew or niece.
Ans: D
41. Structuralism analyses the basic structures underlying human thinking and human social groups. The foregoing idea is most clearly suggested in the writings of
(A) S.F. Nadel
(B) A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
(C) Ferdinand de Saussare
(D) Claude Levi-Strauss
Ans: D
42. Which one of the following statements is incorrect?
(A) Deconstruction seeks to confirm metanarratives
(B) Deconstruction seeks to undermine the existing texts such as extant sociological theories
(C) Deconstruction seeks to unravel the inherent contradictions in existing knowledge.
(D) Deconstruction is a part of epistemological postmodernism
Ans: A
43. In whose words, punishment ‘Serves to heal the wound’s done to the collective sentiments’?
(A) R.K. Merton
(B) E. Durkheim
(C) E.H. Sutherland
(D) D. Matza
Ans: B
44. Assertion (A): The degree of decrease and increase in social solidarity leads people to commit suicide.
Reason (R): In modern society people commit suicide, because of personal/self-centred reasons.
Codes:
(A) (A) is false but (R) is true.
(B) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: D
45. Match List – I with List – II and choose the right answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Differential Association theory i. E. Durkheim
b. Theories of Suicide ii. A. Cohen
c. Labelling theory iii. E.H. Sutherland
d. Delinquent sub-culture theory iv. H.S. Becker
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iii i iv ii
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iv ii i iii
Ans: B
46. Positive checks are those which increase mortality, preventive checks are those which lower fertility”. This statement can be attributed to
(A) Adam Smith
(B) Karl Marx
(C) Thomas Malthus
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: C
47. Who defines ‘White Collar Crime’ as “Crimes committed by persons of high social status and respectability in the course of their occupations”?
(A) H.S. Becker
(B) E.M. Lemert
(C) G. Tarde
(D) E.H. Sutherland
Ans: D
48. To explain deviance the ‘legitimate opportunity structure’ and the ‘illegitimate opportunity structure’ have been referred to by
(A) R.K. Merton
(B) D. Matza
(C) R.A. Cloward and L.E. Ohlin
(D) E. Durkheim
Ans: C
49. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I (Authors) List – II (Books)
a. Selig Harrison i. India: The Most Dangerous Decades Ahead
b. Lloyd Rudolph and Susan Rudolph ii. Modernity of Tradition
c. B. Baviskar iii. Politics of Development
d. Myron Weincy iv. Politics of Scarcity
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) iii ii i iv
Ans: A
50. Provision of houses/land to the displaced persons on account of industrialization falls under the purview of
(A) Trade Union
(B) Corporate Social Responsibility (C.S.R.)
(C) Jamindar
(D) Panchayat
Ans: B
(A) Mebin M. Tumin
(B) Michael Young
(C) Eva Rosenfeld
(D) Wilbert E. Moore
Ans: A
2. For whom history is ‘a graveyard of aristocracies’?
(A) Karl Marx
(B) Randall Collins
(C) V. Pareto
(D) Emile Durkheim
Ans: C
3. According to whose terminology, person’s ‘class situation’ is basically his ‘market situation’?
(A) Karl Marx
(B) Max Weber
(C) Kingsley Davis and Wibert E. Moore
(D) Talcot Parsons
Ans: B
4. Match the items in the List – I with the items in the List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. E. Durkheim 1. The Elementary forms of the Religious Life
b. B.S. Turner 2. Religion and Social Theory
c. M. Weber 3. The Sociology of Religion
d. G. Bataille 4. Theory of Religion
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 2 1 3 4
(D) 3 4 1 2
Ans: A
5. Match the items in the List – I with the items in the List – II and choose the correct code given below:
List – I List – II
a. E.W. Burgess and H.J. Locke 1. The family: From Institution to Companionship
b. A.W. Gouldner 2. Patterns of Industrial Bureaucracy
c. H.J. Locke 3. Predicting Adjustment in Marriage
d. T. Parsons 4. The Social System
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 3 2 4 1
(D) 2 4 3 1
Ans: A
6. An instrument or procedure, when repeatedly used under similar conditions, gives the same result, it refers to
(A) Validity
(B) Quantitativeness
(C) Reliability
(D) Consistency
Ans: C
7. Match the items in the List – I with the items in the List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. R. Robertson 1. The Sociological Interpretation of Religion
b. R. Rosser and C. Harris 2. The Family and Social Change
c. T. Parsons and B.F. Bales 3. Family, Socialization and Interaction Process
d. J.M. Mogey 4. Family and Neighbourhood
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 3 4 2 1
(D) 2 1 3 4
Ans: A
8. Match the List – I with List – II:
List – I List – II
a. G.H. Mead 1. Verstehen
b. V. Pareto 2. Alienation
c. Max Weber 3. Role taking
d. Karl Marx 4. Circulation of Elites
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 3 1 4 2
(B) 3 2 1 4
(C) 3 4 2 1
(D) 3 4 1 2
Ans: D
9. Oral History can be used to generate information in a study focusing on
(A) Geneology of family
(B) Communal riots that took place in 1945
(C) Culture change in a tribal community
(D) Identity politics of an ethnic group
Answer: (Wrong question)
10. Which of the following are measures of dispersion?
(1) Skewness
(2) Variance
(3) Standard Deviation
(4) Harmonic Mean
Codes:
(A) (1), (3) & (4)
(B) (2), (3) & (4)
(C) (1), (2) & (3)
(D) (1), (2) & (4)
Ans: C
11. Match the items in the List – I with the items in the List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Inductive method 1. Variable that causes effect
b. Independent variable 2. Formulation of hypothesis
c. Qualitative method 3. Particular to general
d. Exploratory study 4. Interpretinism
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 2 1 3 4
(B) 3 1 4 2
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 4 3 2 1
Ans: B
12. Who argued that “By studying traditions of Indian society change can be understood”?
(A) A.K. Saran
(B) M.N. Srinivas
(C) S.C. Dube
(D) D.P. Mukherjee
Ans: D
13. ‘Tarawad’ is a matrilineal joint family found in the State of
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Kerala
(C) Assam
(D) Orissa
Ans: B
14. Assertion (A): According to Marx, class membership is determined by a person’s position in the economic system.
Reason (R): Class conflict is a necessary result of the exploitation of one class by another.
Choose the correct answer from the given code:
Codes:
(A) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is false but (R) is true.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: D
15. Which of the following concepts can be related to the statement ‘subjective detachment of performer from the role being performed’?
(A) Role taking
(B) Role distance
(C) Role making
(D) Role exit
Ans: B
16. Sociology is the science of interpretative understanding of social
(A) action
(B) interaction
(C) group
(D) institution
Ans: A
17. A researcher wants to test the effectiveness of the intervention model developed for behavioural change among the HIV victims. Which of the following research designs will be more appropriate?
(A) Diagnostic Research Design
(B) Exploratory Research Design
(C) Descriptive Research Design
(D) Experimental Research Design
Ans: D
18. Assertion (A): Coefficient of correlation explains the extent of change in one variable (X) associated with the change in the other variable (Y).
Reason (R): Both variables X and Y are always causally related.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(C) (A) is false but (R) is true.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: B
19. Which of the following is not one of the four basic stages of what Mead calls “the act”
(A) Impulse
(B) Perception
(C) Manipulation
(D) Significant symbols
Ans: D
20. When a Hindu male marries a woman from his lower caste, it is called
(A) Hypogamy
(B) Hypergamy
(C) Levirate
(D) Sororate
Ans: A
21. There are two statements, one is Assertion (A) and the other is Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Introduction of Midday meals in primary schools has increased the rate of attendance among the children in Rural India.
Reason (R): Mid-day meals has resulted in corruption and negligence of teachers in their teaching.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Ans: B
22. Which one of the following is not associated with ‘test of significance’?
(A) Critical region
(B) Type I (α) error
(C) Type II (β) error
(D) Product moment correlation
Ans: D
23. Ferdinand Toennies mentioned Kuerville or artificial will as the basis of
(A) Gemeinschaft
(B) Gesellschaft
(C) Family
(D) Peer group
Ans: B
24. Talcott Parsons mentions the needs of a social system in a particular sequence. Which one of the following correctly mentions that sequence?
(A) Integration, Latency, Goal Maintenance, Adaptation
(B) Latency, Integration, Goal Maintenance, Adaptation
(C) Goal Maintenance, Integration, Adaptation, Latency
(D) Adaptation, Goal Maintenance, Integration, Latency
Ans: D
25. Which of the following is not included in the Gender Inequality Index?
(A) Capacity to determine one’s own life chances
(B) Adolescent fertility
(C) Political representation
(D) Labour force participation
Ans: A
26. Who has made the statement ‘Caste is closed class and class is open caste’?
(A) D. Hardiman
(B) L. Dumont
(C) S. Espstein
(D) Milton Singer
Ans: A
27. ‘Doing Gender’ requires working with
(A) Women only
(B) Women and men also
(C) Women and men separately
(D) Women and men together
Ans: D
28. Who described modernization as the transition from ‘Gemeinshaft’ to ‘Gesellshaft’, which signifies the progressive loss of community amid growing individualism?
(A) M. Weber
(B) F. Toennies
(C) Amitai Etzioni
(D) David Reisman
Ans: B
29. Neo-functionalism was developed by
(A) B. Malinowski and A.R. Radcliffe Brown
(B) Alexander C. Jeffrey and P. Colomy
(C) Alexander C. Jeffrey and L. Coser
(D) Talcott Parsons and Marian J. Levy
Ans: B
30. Who amongst the following is not connected with phenomenological sociology?
(A) Alfred Schutz
(B) Max Weber
(C) Peter Berger
(D) Ralph Dahrendorf
Ans: D
31. Which one of the following is, according to Giddens, not true?
(A) The concept of structuration implies that the constitutions of agents are structure are two independently given sets of phenomena.
(B) ‘Agents’ and ‘Structures’ suggest dualism.
(C) ‘Agents’ and ‘Structures’ are locked in an irreconcilable conflict.
(D) There is a dialectic relationship between ‘structure’ and ‘agency’.
Ans: B
32. 73rd Constitution of Amendment is responsible for
(A) Emergence of rural leadership
(B) Empowerment of rural women
(C) Gram Panchayat’s functioning
(D) Representation of rural youth
Ans: B
33. According to whom “Crime is an integral part of all healthy societies”?
(A) R.K. Merton
(B) E. Durkheim
(C) A. Cohen
(D) D. Matza
Ans: B
34. Marxist Feminists explain patriarchy in terms of
(A) Lack of equal opportunities for men and women
(B) Oppression of women economically, politically and sexually
(C) Exploitation of women through domestic labour
(D) Double oppression of capitalism and male domination
Ans: D
35. The theory of scientific management was first spelt out in detail by whom?
(A) Tom Burns
(B) G.M. Stalker
(C) F.W. Taylor
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
36. Who coined the concept of ‘Culture of Poverty’?
(A) Oscar Lewis
(B) Walter B. Miller
(C) Robert Redfield
(D) M.N. Srinivas
Ans: A
37. “Action and Its Environments” was written by
(A) Talcott Parsons
(B) Juergen Habermas
(C) A.C. Jeffrey
(D) Max Weber
Ans: C
38. Juergen Habermas was concerned mainly with
(A) Work and exploitation
(B) Post modernism
(C) Functionalism
(D) Communication
Ans: D
39. In “the case of kinship... the observable phenomena result from the action of laws which are general but implicit.” Who made the statement?
(A) Meyer Fortes
(B) Lucy Mair
(C) Robin Fox
(D) Claude Levi-Strauss
Ans: D
40. Avuncular relationship means the relationship
(A) between virilocal and neolocal families
(B) between the siblings
(C) between the parents and the offspring
(D) between uncle or aunt and nephew or niece.
Ans: D
41. Structuralism analyses the basic structures underlying human thinking and human social groups. The foregoing idea is most clearly suggested in the writings of
(A) S.F. Nadel
(B) A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
(C) Ferdinand de Saussare
(D) Claude Levi-Strauss
Ans: D
42. Which one of the following statements is incorrect?
(A) Deconstruction seeks to confirm metanarratives
(B) Deconstruction seeks to undermine the existing texts such as extant sociological theories
(C) Deconstruction seeks to unravel the inherent contradictions in existing knowledge.
(D) Deconstruction is a part of epistemological postmodernism
Ans: A
43. In whose words, punishment ‘Serves to heal the wound’s done to the collective sentiments’?
(A) R.K. Merton
(B) E. Durkheim
(C) E.H. Sutherland
(D) D. Matza
Ans: B
44. Assertion (A): The degree of decrease and increase in social solidarity leads people to commit suicide.
Reason (R): In modern society people commit suicide, because of personal/self-centred reasons.
Codes:
(A) (A) is false but (R) is true.
(B) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Ans: D
45. Match List – I with List – II and choose the right answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Differential Association theory i. E. Durkheim
b. Theories of Suicide ii. A. Cohen
c. Labelling theory iii. E.H. Sutherland
d. Delinquent sub-culture theory iv. H.S. Becker
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iii i iv ii
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iv ii i iii
Ans: B
46. Positive checks are those which increase mortality, preventive checks are those which lower fertility”. This statement can be attributed to
(A) Adam Smith
(B) Karl Marx
(C) Thomas Malthus
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: C
47. Who defines ‘White Collar Crime’ as “Crimes committed by persons of high social status and respectability in the course of their occupations”?
(A) H.S. Becker
(B) E.M. Lemert
(C) G. Tarde
(D) E.H. Sutherland
Ans: D
48. To explain deviance the ‘legitimate opportunity structure’ and the ‘illegitimate opportunity structure’ have been referred to by
(A) R.K. Merton
(B) D. Matza
(C) R.A. Cloward and L.E. Ohlin
(D) E. Durkheim
Ans: C
49. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I (Authors) List – II (Books)
a. Selig Harrison i. India: The Most Dangerous Decades Ahead
b. Lloyd Rudolph and Susan Rudolph ii. Modernity of Tradition
c. B. Baviskar iii. Politics of Development
d. Myron Weincy iv. Politics of Scarcity
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) iii ii i iv
Ans: A
50. Provision of houses/land to the displaced persons on account of industrialization falls under the purview of
(A) Trade Union
(B) Corporate Social Responsibility (C.S.R.)
(C) Jamindar
(D) Panchayat
Ans: B
51. “Sociology is a Science which attempts an interpretative understanding of social action.” Who defined Sociology in this manner?
(A) T. Parsons
(B) MacIver and Page
(C) E. Durkheim
(D) Max Weber
Ans: D
52. “Culture is man’s guide, it liberates as well as enslaves him as all guides do.” Which of the following school represents this view?
(A) Evolutionary School
(B) Marxian School
(C) Diffusionistic School
(D) Culture-personality School
Ans: D
53. The term ‘Sociological Imagination’ was coined by whom?
(A) P. Berger
(B) C.W. Mills
(C) A. Giddens
(D) J.S. Mill
Ans: B
54. Arrange the following books in chronological order by using the code given below:
i. Das Kapital
ii. Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
iii. Patterns of Culture
iv. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
Codes:
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iv iii i ii
(D) iii iv i ii
Ans: B
55. Every man in society occupies a number of statuses. Different statuses associated with a single person are known as
(A) Status inconsistency
(B) Status sequences
(C) Status set
(D) Status succession
Ans: C
56. Which of the following are the physical conditions of a primary group?
i. Physical proximity
ii. Attraction
iii. Smallness
iv. Endurance
(A) i, ii, iii & iv
(B) i, ii & iii
(C) i, ii & iv
(D) i, iii & iv
Ans: D
57. Which of the following is not a primary group?
(A) Scouts
(B) A peer group
(C) A class of students
(D) Family
Ans: A
58. Which of the following are fundamental features of a social group?
i. Organisation
ii. We-feeling
iii. Self-sufficiency
iv. Explicit cultural goals
(A) i and ii
(B) ii and iii
(C) iii and iv
(D) i and iii
Ans: A
59. Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A), and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): According to Durkheim education perpetuates and reinforces homogeneity in society among its members.
Reason (R): Schools inculcate society’s norms and values providing link between individual and society.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: A
60. Match List – I with List – II.
List – I (Books) List – II (Authors)
a. De-schooling Society i. R.D. Laing
b. The Politics of Family ii. S. Bowles and H. Gintis
c. Anti-social Family iii. Ivan Illich
d. Schooling in Capitalist America iv. M. Barrett & M. MacIntosh
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv i ii iii
(C) iii i iv ii
(D) ii i iii iv
Ans: D
61. Match List – I with List – II.
List – I (Terms) List – II (Features)
a. Church i. Usually more individualistic and lacks sharply defined belief system
b. Sect ii. Usually conservative but not closely related to State.
c. Denomination iii. Often closely related to State and claim promptly on religious truth
d. Cult iv. Less conservative and connected with lower class
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) iii iv ii i
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) i ii iii iv
Ans: B
62. The variable sum concept of power is based on the assumption that
(A) value consensus is essential for society.
(B) value dissension is essential for society.
(C) value neutrality is essential for society.
(D) values are essential for society.
Ans: A
63. The State moderates between different groups ensuring that all of them have some influence on public policy, is best manifested in
(A) Socialist democracy
(B) Republic democracy
(C) Pluralist democracy
(D) Traditional democracy
Ans: C
64. Match List – I with List – II.
List – I (Authors) List – II (Terms)
a. V. Pareto i. The Ruling Class
b. G. Mosca ii. The Nongoverning Elite
c. R. Mitchell iii. The Iron law of Oligarchy
d. S. Lukes iv. The Three Dimensional View
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) ii iii i iv
(D) ii iv i iii
Ans: B
65. Which of the following is an appropriate example of a social institution?
(A) Market
(B) Trade Union
(C) Political Party
(D) N.G.O.
Ans: A
66. According to Dahrendorf, Marx’s Theory of Class Conflict is
(A) to be rejected universally
(B) to be accepted universally
(C) to be accepted and modified generally
(D) to be rejected, accepted and modified contextually
Ans: D
67. The process whereby the helpless human infant gradually becomes a self-aware, knowledgeable person, skilled in the ways of the culture into which he or she was born is known as
(A) Re-socialization
(B) Social position
(C) Socialization
(D) Shared understanding
Ans: C
68. Who regards American Society as a ‘great saleroom’ filled with hypocrisy, deceit and insincerity?
(A) R.K. Merton
(B) C. Wright Mills
(C) T. Parsons
(D) E. Durkheim
Ans: B
69. The concept of Rajputization was coined by
(A) N.K. Bose
(B) Surajit Sinha
(C) David Hardiman
(D) M.N. Srinivasan
Ans: B
70. Which of the following is not the indicator of Human Development?
(A) Scientific Orientation
(B) Improvement in quality of life
(C) Gender equality
(D) Widow remarriage
Ans: D
71. Who has discussed the Modes of Adaptation in American Society for the development of deviant behaviour?
(A) R.K. Merton
(B) E. Durkheim
(C) G. Tarde
(D) T. Parsons
Ans: A
72. Who authored the book “Culture Change in India; Identity & Globalization”?
(A) T.K. Oommen
(B) Yogendra Singh
(C) A.K. Saran
(D) Dipenkar Gupta
Ans: B
73. Match the items in List – I with the items in List – II and choose the right answer from the codes given below:
List – I (Books) List – II (Authors)
a. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life i. Max Weber
b. Religion of India ii. E.E. Evans- Pritchard
c. Primitive Religion iii. Emile Durkheim
d. Religion and Society among the Coorgs of South India iv. M.N. Srinivasan
v. Robert N. Bellah
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii i v iv
(B) iii i ii iv
(C) iv v iii ii
(D) iii ii iv i
Ans: B
74. In which of the following Indian sociological studies was structural functional approach adopted?
(A) Social Background of Indian Nationalism
(B) Society and Religion among the Coorgs of South India
(C) Peasant Movements in India
(D) Diversities
Ans: B
75. Choose the correct sequence of societal evolution in order of increasing complexity.
(A) Agriculture, Gathering-hunting and Industrial Societies
(B) Hunting-gathering, Agriculture and Industrial Societies
(C) Hunting-gathering, Industrial Societies and Agriculture
(D) Pastoral, Industrial and Agriculture
Ans: B
76. Match List – I with List – II:
List – I List – II
a. The World of Work i. Edward Gross
b. The Sociology of Work ii. Peter Blau
c. Bureaucracy in Modern Society iii. Theodore Caplow
d. Work and Society iv. Robert Dubin
Mark the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) i iii ii i
Ans: A
77. “By ‘cultural dope’ I refer to the man-in-the-sociologist’s-society who produces the stable features of society in compliance with pre-established and legitimate alternatives of action that the culture provides.” Who made the above statement?
(A) T. Parsons
(B) J. Derrida
(C) H. Garfinkel
(D) A. Giddens
Ans: C
78. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Giddens observes that the concept of structuration helps to understand the importance of social practices over both actions and structures.
Reason (R): Structuration implies dualism of society and individual.
Choose the correct answer from the given codes.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(C) (A) is false but (R) is true.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: A
79. Which of the following development perspectives encompasses the notion of sustainable development as its central objective?
(A) Women in Development (WID)
(B) Women and Development (WAD)
(C) Gender and Development (GAD)
(D) Women Environment and Development (WED)
Ans: D
80. Eco-feminism grew in India as the result of
(A) Participation in Chipko Movement
(B) Women’s participation in Dandi March
(C) Women’s participation in Freedom Struggle
(D) Women’s participation in Lokpal Movement
Ans: A
81. Which sequence of perspectives on Gender and Development is followed in India?
(A) Welfare, Development, Empowerment
(B) Politicization, Welfare, Globalisation
(C) Welfare, Politicisation, Modernisation
(D) Affirmative action, Welfare, Politicisation
Ans: A
82. India’s path of development is based on
(A) Private enterprise
(B) Private and State enterprise
(C) State enterprise
(D) Gandhian model
Ans: B
83. Match the items in the List – I with the List – II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Liberal i. Wallerstein
b. Uneven development ii. Andre Gounder Frank
c. Centreperiphery iii. Samir Amin
d. Worldsystem iv. Gunnar Myrdal
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) iv ii i iii
(D) iii ii iv i
Ans: A
84. Who authored the book, “Annihilation of Caste”?
(A) A.R. Desai
(B) David Hardiman
(C) B.R. Ambedkar
(D) N.K. Bose
Ans: C
85. Who has examined the phenomenon of Islamization in the context of unity in diversity in India?
(A) Yogendra Singh
(B) Imtiaz Ahmed
(C) Jalal Asad
(D) S.C. Dube
Ans: A
86. Assertion (A): Green revolution resulted in agrarian prosperity.
Reason (R): All agrarian classes gained economically.
Codes:
(A) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(B) (A) is false and (R) is true.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true.
Ans: D
87. The Minimum Wages Act was enacted in the year
(A) 1949
(B) 1950
(C) 1948
(D) 1952
Ans: C
88. Match the following statements in List – I with the concepts given in List – II:
List – I (Statements) List – II (Concepts)
a. Tendency of each group to take for granted the superiority of its own culture i. Westernisation
b. Which yields economical or political power and occupies a higher position in society ii. Dominant castes
c. People of lower castes collectively try to adopt upper caste practices and beliefs to acquire higher status iii. Sanskritisation
d. Explain the changes brought about the Indian societies through western contact iv. Ethnocentrism
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) iii i ii iv
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) ii iv i iii
Ans: C
89. Sustainable development is characterized by
(i) Judicious use of resources
(ii) Maintaining Ecological balance
(iii) Deforestation
(iv) Keeping soil fertility durable for future generation
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (i) (ii) (iii)
(B) (i) (ii) (iv)
(C) (i) (iii) (iv)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii)
Ans: B
90. Who is the author of the book ‘Peasant Society and Culture’?
(A) A.R. Desai
(B) Robert Redfield
(C) M. Mead
(D) R.H. Lowie
Ans: B
91. Who tested the hypothesis of “embourgeoisement” ?
(a) Roberts, Cook, Clark and Semenoff (b) J. Bernard (c) Clark Kerr (d) Goldthorpe, Lockwood, Bechhofer and Platt
Ans: D
92. Who said “The final stage of adaptation is assimilation” ?
(a) S. Patterson (b) R. E. Park (c) Ogburn and Nimkoff (d) Fairchild
Ans: A
93. According to whom “Ethnocentrism” is the first great basis of conflict ?
(a) K. Marx (b) L.A. Coser (c) K. Davis (d) C. W. Mills
Ans: C
94. Who has articulated the modern Theory of Global System ?
(a) Giddens (b) Ritzer (c) Robertson (d) Wallerstein
Ans: D
95. Who said “a person’s ‘class situation’ is basically is his market situation” ?
(a) K. Marx (b) Max Weber (c) C. W. Mills (d) J. Bernard
Ans: B
96. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List – I (Sociologists) List – II (Concepts)
(A) C.W. Mills (i) The Proletariat
(B) David Lockwood (ii) Studies in class structure
(C) G. Briefs (iii) White collar
(D) G.D.H. Cole (iv) The Black Coated Worker
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(a) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(b) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(c) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(d) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Ans: B
97. Which village was studied by S. C. Dube for his work “An Indian Village” ?
(a) Rampura (b) Shamirpet (c) Ranawaton ki Sadri (d) Chhanu Khera
Ans: B
98. Srinivas used the term “Sanskritisation” for the first time in which of the following books ?
(a) Religion and Society among the Coorgs of South India (b) India’s Villages
(c) Social Change in Modern India (d) The Cohesive Role of Sanskritisation
Ans: A
99. Which are the works of G.S. Ghurye ?
I. Tribal Heritage of India
II. Cities and Civilization
III. Social Tensions in India
IV. Indian Sadhus
(a) Only IV
(b) I, III and IV
(c) II, III and IV
(d) I, II, III and IV
Ans: C
100. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List – I (Concepts) List – II (Sociologists)
(A) Cultural Diversity (i) B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Social Justice (ii) L. Dumont
(C) Purity and Pollution (iii) A. R. Desai
(D) Freedom Movement (iv) D. P. Mukerjee
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(a) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(b) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(c) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(d) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
Ans: A
(A) T. Parsons
(B) MacIver and Page
(C) E. Durkheim
(D) Max Weber
Ans: D
52. “Culture is man’s guide, it liberates as well as enslaves him as all guides do.” Which of the following school represents this view?
(A) Evolutionary School
(B) Marxian School
(C) Diffusionistic School
(D) Culture-personality School
Ans: D
53. The term ‘Sociological Imagination’ was coined by whom?
(A) P. Berger
(B) C.W. Mills
(C) A. Giddens
(D) J.S. Mill
Ans: B
54. Arrange the following books in chronological order by using the code given below:
i. Das Kapital
ii. Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
iii. Patterns of Culture
iv. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
Codes:
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iv iii i ii
(D) iii iv i ii
Ans: B
55. Every man in society occupies a number of statuses. Different statuses associated with a single person are known as
(A) Status inconsistency
(B) Status sequences
(C) Status set
(D) Status succession
Ans: C
56. Which of the following are the physical conditions of a primary group?
i. Physical proximity
ii. Attraction
iii. Smallness
iv. Endurance
(A) i, ii, iii & iv
(B) i, ii & iii
(C) i, ii & iv
(D) i, iii & iv
Ans: D
57. Which of the following is not a primary group?
(A) Scouts
(B) A peer group
(C) A class of students
(D) Family
Ans: A
58. Which of the following are fundamental features of a social group?
i. Organisation
ii. We-feeling
iii. Self-sufficiency
iv. Explicit cultural goals
(A) i and ii
(B) ii and iii
(C) iii and iv
(D) i and iii
Ans: A
59. Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A), and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): According to Durkheim education perpetuates and reinforces homogeneity in society among its members.
Reason (R): Schools inculcate society’s norms and values providing link between individual and society.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: A
60. Match List – I with List – II.
List – I (Books) List – II (Authors)
a. De-schooling Society i. R.D. Laing
b. The Politics of Family ii. S. Bowles and H. Gintis
c. Anti-social Family iii. Ivan Illich
d. Schooling in Capitalist America iv. M. Barrett & M. MacIntosh
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv i ii iii
(C) iii i iv ii
(D) ii i iii iv
Ans: D
61. Match List – I with List – II.
List – I (Terms) List – II (Features)
a. Church i. Usually more individualistic and lacks sharply defined belief system
b. Sect ii. Usually conservative but not closely related to State.
c. Denomination iii. Often closely related to State and claim promptly on religious truth
d. Cult iv. Less conservative and connected with lower class
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) iii iv ii i
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) i ii iii iv
Ans: B
62. The variable sum concept of power is based on the assumption that
(A) value consensus is essential for society.
(B) value dissension is essential for society.
(C) value neutrality is essential for society.
(D) values are essential for society.
Ans: A
63. The State moderates between different groups ensuring that all of them have some influence on public policy, is best manifested in
(A) Socialist democracy
(B) Republic democracy
(C) Pluralist democracy
(D) Traditional democracy
Ans: C
64. Match List – I with List – II.
List – I (Authors) List – II (Terms)
a. V. Pareto i. The Ruling Class
b. G. Mosca ii. The Nongoverning Elite
c. R. Mitchell iii. The Iron law of Oligarchy
d. S. Lukes iv. The Three Dimensional View
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) ii iii i iv
(D) ii iv i iii
Ans: B
65. Which of the following is an appropriate example of a social institution?
(A) Market
(B) Trade Union
(C) Political Party
(D) N.G.O.
Ans: A
66. According to Dahrendorf, Marx’s Theory of Class Conflict is
(A) to be rejected universally
(B) to be accepted universally
(C) to be accepted and modified generally
(D) to be rejected, accepted and modified contextually
Ans: D
67. The process whereby the helpless human infant gradually becomes a self-aware, knowledgeable person, skilled in the ways of the culture into which he or she was born is known as
(A) Re-socialization
(B) Social position
(C) Socialization
(D) Shared understanding
Ans: C
68. Who regards American Society as a ‘great saleroom’ filled with hypocrisy, deceit and insincerity?
(A) R.K. Merton
(B) C. Wright Mills
(C) T. Parsons
(D) E. Durkheim
Ans: B
69. The concept of Rajputization was coined by
(A) N.K. Bose
(B) Surajit Sinha
(C) David Hardiman
(D) M.N. Srinivasan
Ans: B
70. Which of the following is not the indicator of Human Development?
(A) Scientific Orientation
(B) Improvement in quality of life
(C) Gender equality
(D) Widow remarriage
Ans: D
71. Who has discussed the Modes of Adaptation in American Society for the development of deviant behaviour?
(A) R.K. Merton
(B) E. Durkheim
(C) G. Tarde
(D) T. Parsons
Ans: A
72. Who authored the book “Culture Change in India; Identity & Globalization”?
(A) T.K. Oommen
(B) Yogendra Singh
(C) A.K. Saran
(D) Dipenkar Gupta
Ans: B
73. Match the items in List – I with the items in List – II and choose the right answer from the codes given below:
List – I (Books) List – II (Authors)
a. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life i. Max Weber
b. Religion of India ii. E.E. Evans- Pritchard
c. Primitive Religion iii. Emile Durkheim
d. Religion and Society among the Coorgs of South India iv. M.N. Srinivasan
v. Robert N. Bellah
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii i v iv
(B) iii i ii iv
(C) iv v iii ii
(D) iii ii iv i
Ans: B
74. In which of the following Indian sociological studies was structural functional approach adopted?
(A) Social Background of Indian Nationalism
(B) Society and Religion among the Coorgs of South India
(C) Peasant Movements in India
(D) Diversities
Ans: B
75. Choose the correct sequence of societal evolution in order of increasing complexity.
(A) Agriculture, Gathering-hunting and Industrial Societies
(B) Hunting-gathering, Agriculture and Industrial Societies
(C) Hunting-gathering, Industrial Societies and Agriculture
(D) Pastoral, Industrial and Agriculture
Ans: B
76. Match List – I with List – II:
List – I List – II
a. The World of Work i. Edward Gross
b. The Sociology of Work ii. Peter Blau
c. Bureaucracy in Modern Society iii. Theodore Caplow
d. Work and Society iv. Robert Dubin
Mark the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) i iii ii i
Ans: A
77. “By ‘cultural dope’ I refer to the man-in-the-sociologist’s-society who produces the stable features of society in compliance with pre-established and legitimate alternatives of action that the culture provides.” Who made the above statement?
(A) T. Parsons
(B) J. Derrida
(C) H. Garfinkel
(D) A. Giddens
Ans: C
78. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Giddens observes that the concept of structuration helps to understand the importance of social practices over both actions and structures.
Reason (R): Structuration implies dualism of society and individual.
Choose the correct answer from the given codes.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(C) (A) is false but (R) is true.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: A
79. Which of the following development perspectives encompasses the notion of sustainable development as its central objective?
(A) Women in Development (WID)
(B) Women and Development (WAD)
(C) Gender and Development (GAD)
(D) Women Environment and Development (WED)
Ans: D
80. Eco-feminism grew in India as the result of
(A) Participation in Chipko Movement
(B) Women’s participation in Dandi March
(C) Women’s participation in Freedom Struggle
(D) Women’s participation in Lokpal Movement
Ans: A
81. Which sequence of perspectives on Gender and Development is followed in India?
(A) Welfare, Development, Empowerment
(B) Politicization, Welfare, Globalisation
(C) Welfare, Politicisation, Modernisation
(D) Affirmative action, Welfare, Politicisation
Ans: A
82. India’s path of development is based on
(A) Private enterprise
(B) Private and State enterprise
(C) State enterprise
(D) Gandhian model
Ans: B
83. Match the items in the List – I with the List – II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Liberal i. Wallerstein
b. Uneven development ii. Andre Gounder Frank
c. Centreperiphery iii. Samir Amin
d. Worldsystem iv. Gunnar Myrdal
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) iv ii i iii
(D) iii ii iv i
Ans: A
84. Who authored the book, “Annihilation of Caste”?
(A) A.R. Desai
(B) David Hardiman
(C) B.R. Ambedkar
(D) N.K. Bose
Ans: C
85. Who has examined the phenomenon of Islamization in the context of unity in diversity in India?
(A) Yogendra Singh
(B) Imtiaz Ahmed
(C) Jalal Asad
(D) S.C. Dube
Ans: A
86. Assertion (A): Green revolution resulted in agrarian prosperity.
Reason (R): All agrarian classes gained economically.
Codes:
(A) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(B) (A) is false and (R) is true.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true.
Ans: D
87. The Minimum Wages Act was enacted in the year
(A) 1949
(B) 1950
(C) 1948
(D) 1952
Ans: C
88. Match the following statements in List – I with the concepts given in List – II:
List – I (Statements) List – II (Concepts)
a. Tendency of each group to take for granted the superiority of its own culture i. Westernisation
b. Which yields economical or political power and occupies a higher position in society ii. Dominant castes
c. People of lower castes collectively try to adopt upper caste practices and beliefs to acquire higher status iii. Sanskritisation
d. Explain the changes brought about the Indian societies through western contact iv. Ethnocentrism
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) iii i ii iv
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) ii iv i iii
Ans: C
89. Sustainable development is characterized by
(i) Judicious use of resources
(ii) Maintaining Ecological balance
(iii) Deforestation
(iv) Keeping soil fertility durable for future generation
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (i) (ii) (iii)
(B) (i) (ii) (iv)
(C) (i) (iii) (iv)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii)
Ans: B
90. Who is the author of the book ‘Peasant Society and Culture’?
(A) A.R. Desai
(B) Robert Redfield
(C) M. Mead
(D) R.H. Lowie
Ans: B
91. Who tested the hypothesis of “embourgeoisement” ?
(a) Roberts, Cook, Clark and Semenoff (b) J. Bernard (c) Clark Kerr (d) Goldthorpe, Lockwood, Bechhofer and Platt
Ans: D
92. Who said “The final stage of adaptation is assimilation” ?
(a) S. Patterson (b) R. E. Park (c) Ogburn and Nimkoff (d) Fairchild
Ans: A
93. According to whom “Ethnocentrism” is the first great basis of conflict ?
(a) K. Marx (b) L.A. Coser (c) K. Davis (d) C. W. Mills
Ans: C
94. Who has articulated the modern Theory of Global System ?
(a) Giddens (b) Ritzer (c) Robertson (d) Wallerstein
Ans: D
95. Who said “a person’s ‘class situation’ is basically is his market situation” ?
(a) K. Marx (b) Max Weber (c) C. W. Mills (d) J. Bernard
Ans: B
96. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List – I (Sociologists) List – II (Concepts)
(A) C.W. Mills (i) The Proletariat
(B) David Lockwood (ii) Studies in class structure
(C) G. Briefs (iii) White collar
(D) G.D.H. Cole (iv) The Black Coated Worker
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(a) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(b) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(c) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(d) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Ans: B
97. Which village was studied by S. C. Dube for his work “An Indian Village” ?
(a) Rampura (b) Shamirpet (c) Ranawaton ki Sadri (d) Chhanu Khera
Ans: B
98. Srinivas used the term “Sanskritisation” for the first time in which of the following books ?
(a) Religion and Society among the Coorgs of South India (b) India’s Villages
(c) Social Change in Modern India (d) The Cohesive Role of Sanskritisation
Ans: A
99. Which are the works of G.S. Ghurye ?
I. Tribal Heritage of India
II. Cities and Civilization
III. Social Tensions in India
IV. Indian Sadhus
(a) Only IV
(b) I, III and IV
(c) II, III and IV
(d) I, II, III and IV
Ans: C
100. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List – I (Concepts) List – II (Sociologists)
(A) Cultural Diversity (i) B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Social Justice (ii) L. Dumont
(C) Purity and Pollution (iii) A. R. Desai
(D) Freedom Movement (iv) D. P. Mukerjee
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(a) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(b) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(c) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(d) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
Ans: A