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1. How many types of ‘modes of individual adaptation’ are there?
(a) Four
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(b) Five
(c) Two
(d) Three
Ans. (b)
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2. Which among the following is not one of the ‘modes of individual adaptation’ proposed by Merton?
(a) Association
(b) Innovation
(c) Ritualism
(d) Rebellion
Ans. (a)
3. For Marx, estranged or alienated labour involves four aspects. Which among these is not one of them?
(a) From the end of production
(b) From himself
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(c) From the object
(d) From the mode of production
Ans. (a)
4. The word ‘verstehen’ comes from the____ language.
(a) Portuguese
(b) German
(c) French
(d) Latin
Ans. (b)
5. ‘Verstehen’ means
(a) to understand
(b) to know
(c) to analyse
(d) to feel
Ans. (a)
6. The book ‘Main Currents in Sociological Thought’ is written by
(a) Raymond Aron
(b) Lewis Coser
(c) Hobhouse
(d) Alex Inkles
Ans. (a)
7. Whose monumental work is ‘The Gift’?
(a) Mauss
(b) Malinowski
(c) Frazer
(d) M.N. Srinivas
Ans. (a)
8. The sociological method of Durkheim exists firmly on the experience of
(a) Biology
(b) Physics
(c) Astronomy
(d) History
Ans. (a)
9. Durkheim has propounded three types of suicide. Which among these is not one of them?
(a) Altruistic
(b) Egoistic
(c) Ritualistic
(d) Anomic
Ans. (c)
10. Who has considered religion as a reflection of man’s relation with society and nature?
(a) Durkheim
(b) Radcliffe Brown
(c) Frazer
(d) Tylor
Ans. (a)
11. Which among the following is not true?
(a) Adaptation and assimilation is the process that brings about cultural diffusion
(b) Adaptation and assimilation is a historical process
(c) Cultural contact has always been in operation.
(d) Adaptation and assimilation do not bring cultural diffusion.
Ans. (d)
12. Society is an abstract organisation which prevails
(a) where ever there is existence of social relationship
(b) where there is group
(c) where there is social stratification
(d) where there is law and order
Ans. (a)
13. “A person who is overtly concerned with vocational security, excessively methodical, more concerned with rules than organisational goal and unimaginative in solving problems” is a/an
(a) Bureaucratic personality
(b) Idle personality
(c) Organisational personality
(d) Puritan personality
Ans. (a)
14. The concept of Bureaucratic personality is propounded by
(a) M. Weber
(b) Dijlas
(c) R.K. Merton
(d) New Comb
Ans. (c)
15. Providing emotional support to the individual at the time of individual or societal crisis is known as
(a) emotional function
(b) buttress function
(c) calm function
(d) societal function
Ans. (b)
16. The Bombay prevention of Hindu Bigamous Marriage Act 1947 enforced
(a) Monogamy in the Bombay state
(b) Monogamy in India
(c) Monogamy among Parsis of Bombay
(d) Polygamy in the Bombay state
Ans. (a)
17. When husband and wife live alternatively at each other’s residence, marriage system is known as
(a) Changing
(b) Alternative
(c) Complementary
(d) Contradictory
Ans. (a)
18. Who has distinguished between family of orientation and family of procreation?
(a) Warner
(b) Morgan
(c) Westermarck
(d) Radcliffe Brown
Ans. (a)
19. Concept of ‘atomistic family’ is propounded by
(a) Quetlet
(b) Parsons
(c) Zimmerman
(d) le Play
Ans. (c)
20. ‘Bow and arrow ceremony’ prevalent is among
(a) Todas
(b) Bhutias
(c) Jorwas
(d) Kadars
Ans. (a)
21. Which among the following is not a feature of market exchange?
(a) Buyers approach the sellers
(b) Sellers wish to exchange their goods because they need the money
(c) An individual in market exchange try to maximise other’s profit
(d) Fluctuation in price depends on supply and demand
Ans. (c)
22. Which among the following is not true regarding advertisement?
(a) To create awareness among consumers
(b) To create consumer’s acceptance
(c) To create consumer’s demand
(d) To create consumer’s resistance
Ans. (d)
23. The Book ‘Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations’ is written by
(a) David Ricardo
(b) Adam Smith
(c) Robinson
(d) Karl Marx
Ans. (b)
24. Rural economy in India goes back to the
(a) Indus valley civilization
(b) Vedic civilization
(c) Harsha Vardhana
(d) Maurya period
Ans. (a)
25. Who has observed that the chief basis of Indus civilization could be the taxes and tributes collected from the peasants living in the vicinity of the towns?
(a) Badden Powel
(b) Ram Sharan Sharma
(c) A. Beteille
(d) Sachchidanand Sharma
Ans. (b)
26. Which tribal group considers ‘Ayak’ a benevolent god?
(a) Kolam
(b) Naikpods
(c) Sooras
(d) Nishis
Ans. (d)
27. Who among the following has written ‘cities in evolution’ in 1915?
(a) Max Weber
(b) Oswald Spengler
(c) Robert Park
(d) Patrick Geddes
Ans. (a)
28. Who among the following has coined the term ‘Conurbation’?
(a) Patrick Geddes
(b) Whyte
(c) R. Park
(d) Robert Redfield
Ans. (c)
29. Urban areas formed by the fusion of towns through spreading industry and housing is called
(a) In built area
(b) Suburb
(c) Conurbation
(d) Spreading
Ans. (a)
30. Who of the following has made distinction between Folk and Urban society?
(a) Robert Redfield
(b) Robert Park
(c) Louis Wirth
(d) Oscar Lewis
Ans. (d)
31. A person with strong personal magnetism who attracts devoted follower is said to be
(a) Magnetic
(b) Charismatic
(c) Handsome
(d) Knowledgeable
Ans. (b)
32. A political system which allows free economic competition without any interference from the state is known as
(a) Individualism
(b) Socialism
(c) Capitalism
(d) Absolutism
Ans. (c)
33. According to Pareto, all elites
(a) decay in quality
(b) increase their quality
(c) become more stable with the lapse of time
(d) gradually gain power
Ans. (a)
34. Nuer of Sudan stands as an example of
(a) classless political system
(b) acephalous political system
(c) democratic political system
(d) age based political system
Ans. (b)
35. Who has expounded the ‘Theory of the General Will’ as the origin of state?
(a) Rousseau
(b) Montesquieu
(c) Machiavelli
(d) M. Weber
Ans. (a)
36. The middle class of medieval times mostly comprised of
(a) The capitalists
(b) Tradesman
(c) The elite people
(d) The lower class people
Ans. (b)
37. According to Marx which of the following best sums up the individual’s class positions in society?
(a) It is primary social category that determines everything for the individual
(b) It is the most basic social category that the individual occupies
(c) It is something an individual cannot escape from since it determines individual’s socialization and set the perspectives from which he sees his society and his place in it.
(d) All the above
Ans. (d)
38. Oppenheimer was of view that social stratification can be traced in
(a) The tribal identity
(b) Inter-familial relations
(c) The conquest, one group by the other
(d) Intra-familial relations
Ans. (c)
39. ‘No great and permanent divisions of class appeared so long as a peaceful mode of life was maintained’. This statement may be attributed to
(a) Oppenhiemer
(b) C. North
(c) K. Davis
(d) Gumplowitz
Ans. (b)
40. Which of the following trends in modern society has been largely responsible for not bringing about what Marx has predicted about the ultimate fate of the capitalism?
(a) The greater economic role of the government
(b) The rise of the big corporation
(c) Formation of labour unions
(d) All the above
Ans. (d)
41. Thomas Malthus was an/a
(a) English
(b) French
(c) German
(d) Irish
Ans. (a)
42. Natural law governed the growth of population in view of
(a) Malthus
(b) Comte
(c) Spencer
(d) Pareto
Ans. (a)
43. The frequency of an event per unit of population at risk of experiencing that event, for example, births per women of child bearing age is called
(a) Refined rate
(b) Fertility
(c) Productive age
(d) Feundity
Ans. (a)
44. The number of people of non-working age in a population per 1000 people of working age is called
(a) dependency ratio
(b) non-working population
(c) dependency percentage
(d) economic burden
Ans. (a)
45. In which stage of demographic transition is children ceased to be an economic asset?
(a) First stage
(b) Second stage
(c) Third stage
(d) Fourth stage
Ans. (c)
46. The Government of India Act___________ incorporated some provisions and the policy of reservation for the tribes notified in the schedule.
(a) 1935
(b) 1933
(c) 1937
(d) 1939
Ans. (b)
47. A list of tribes was incorporated in the __________ schedule of the constitution.
(a) Eighth
(b) Sixth
(c) Third
(d) Ninth
Ans. (a)
48. According to the Article____________ the parliament of India by law can include or exclude any group from the list of scheduled castes.
(a) 341 (2)
(b) 342 (2)
(c) 343 (2)
(d) 344 (4)
Ans. (a)
49. The president can appoint a commission to investigate the difficulties under which the socially and educationally backward classes of the citizens and to make recommendations to remove such difficulties. This comes under Article
(a) 339
(b) 340
(c) 338
(d) 341
Ans. (b)
50. Under which five year plans, the central and state governments have set up a large portion of the plan outlays for the welfare and development of the scheduled castes under the special component programmes?
(a) Seventh and eighth
(b) Fourth and fifth
(c) First and third
(d) Eighth and ninth
Ans. (a)
51. Book ‘Scheduled Castes in Indian Politics and Society’ is written by
(a) Benjamin Joseph
(b) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Yogendra Singh
(d) N.D. Kamble
Ans. (a)
52. The Indian Constitution recognises two types of minorities based on
(b) Language and religion
(c) Religion and Race
(d) Religion and Economy
Ans. (b)
53. Governor of a state have been given special powers in relation to Scheduled Tribes. These provisions are referred to in
(a) Article 26
(b) Fifth schedule
(c) Article 24
(d) Seventh schedule
Ans. (b)
54. Which one of the following Articles in the constitution of India guarantees that the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribe will be given special attention while filling up the posts in the government services?
(a) Article 338
(b) Article 335
(c) Article 275
(d) Article 164
Ans. (b)
55. Which article and the Fifth Schedule to the Indian constitution have declared some area as ‘scheduled’ in some states?
(a) Article 296
(b) Article 357
(c) Article 244
(d) Article 204 (A)
Ans. (c)
56. According to whom ‘sociology is a pure or theoretical science and not an applied science’?
(a) Maclver and Page
(b) Karl Marx
(c) R. Bierstedt
(d) Kingsley Davis
Ans. (c)
57. ______ is a term used to denote a state of social well-being.
(a) euphoria
(b) anomie
(c) dysphoria
(d) equilibrium
Ans. (a)
58. Who carried out his/her fieldwork in the southern part of the Sudan among the Azande and the Nuer?
(a) Margaret Mead
(b) Radcliffe Brown
(c) G.H. Mead
(d) Evans Pritchard
Ans. (d)
59. Who wrote the following books?
(i) Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande, 1937
(ii) The Nuer, 1940
(iii) The Sanusi of Cyrenaica, 1949
(iv) Kinship and Marriage among the Nuer, 1951
(v) Nuer Religion, 1956
(a) Radcliffe Brown
(b) M. Gluckman
(c) B. Malinowski
(d) Evans Pritchard
Ans. (d)
60. If N = 120, Σ f/x = 5.975, H.M:
(a) 28.02
(b) 20.08
(C) 19.08
(d) 20.06
Ans. (b)
61. The coefficient of variation is always:
(a) ratio
(b) a percentage
(c) average
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
62. By breaking the scale on X or Y axis in a graphical representation we will be creating:
(a) Line graph
(b) False base line
(c) Bar diagram
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
63. If the data is plotted on a graph and a bell shape is obtained it is an indication of:
(a) skewness
(b) no skewness
(c) no correlation
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
64. When two or more variables are studied, it is called:
(a) Positive correlation
(b) Linear correlation
(c) Partial correlation
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)
65. Consider the following tribal development measures:
1. U. N. Dhebar Commission on Scheduled Area and Scheduled Tribes
2. The Task Force on Development of Tribal Areas (Prof. Vidyarathi Committee)
3. P. Shilu Ao Commission on Tribal Development Programmes
4. Verrier Elvin Committee on Multipurpose Tribal Development Blocks
What is the correct chronological sequence of the above measures?
(A) 3-2-4-1
(B) 4-1-3-2
(C) 3-1-4-2
(D) 4-2-3-1
Ans. (C)
66. Which of the following statements are apt to define cultural relativism?
1. No two cultures can co-exist.
2. Culture cannot grow in a vaccum.
3. One culture is to be studied in relation to the other.
4. Culture is to be studied in relation to its location.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 3 and 4 only
(C) 1 and 3 only
(D) 2 and 4 only
Ans. (D)
67. Which of the following statements is / are correct?
Inter-personal relations in most societies are regulated by-
1. folkways and mores
2. religious institutions
3. legal institutions
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 2 and 3 only
(C) 3 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3
Ans. (A)
68. The varnas, as Senart observed in classical study, originally resembled feudal estate in certain respects. Which of the characteristics listed below have been emphasized by him?
(A) They had a status based on a complex of rights and duties.
(B) The possibility of upward mobility is there
(C) Strict concepts of purity and pollution
(D) Strict segregation of groups through endogamy
Ans. (A)
69. Consider the following statements:
Sanskritization is the process of-
1. orthogenetic change
2. heterogenetic change
3. change in cultural structure
4. change in social structure.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(A) 1 and 3 only
(B) 1 and 4 only
(C) 2 and 3 only
(D) 2 and 4 only
Ans. (A)
70. ‘Survival of the fittest’ of society was uttered by:
(a) Charles Darwin
(b) Herbert Spencer
(c) Fleming
(d) Jenny Bentham
Ans. (b)
71. Who, of the following is not the supporter of formalistic school?
(a) Simmel
(b) Vier Kandt
(c) Max Weber
(d) Ginsberg
Ans. (d)
72. Who, of the following advocated the Synthetic school of thought?
(a) Ginsberg
(b) Aristotle
(c) Plato
(d) Simmel
Ans. (a)
73. To which school the thinker Sorokin belongs?
(a) Formalistic
(b) Synthetic
(c) Idealistic
(d) Individualistic
Ans. (b)
74. “Cours de Philosophic” the first book highlighting the special subject of sociology is written by:
(a) August Comte
(b) Max Weber
(c) Arnold Green
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
75. Socialization is a matter of:
(a) Learning
(b) Biological inheritance
(c) Socialising
(d) Division of labour
Ans. (a)
76. According to________, the life of man was ‘solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short’.
(a) Rousseau
(b) Locke
(c) Plato
(d) None of the above
Ans. (d)
77. Which of the following is not the cause of social standardisation?
(a) Growth of means of transportation
(b) Growth of means of communication
(c) Advancement of mass media
(d) Rigid political party discipline
Ans. (d)
78. What is not correct about Cooley’s views about society?
(a) It is complex
(b) Processes in society are living and glowing
(c) There is always interaction in society
(d) There is little social interaction
Ans. (d)
79. When a father relieves his aggression by beating the child ________ finds expression in disguised form.
(a) Id
(b) Ego
(c) Super ego
(d) Real self
Ans. (a)
80. Essential characteristic of cultural lag is:
(a) Stability
(b) Change
(c) Homogeneity
(d) Unity
Ans. (b)
81. Cultural lag is a difference between:
(a) Two material cultures
(b) Two non-material cultures
(c) Material and non-material cultures
(d) Economic and political cultures
Ans. (c)
82. Ethnocentrism encourages admiration of behaviour:
(a) Within the in-groups
(b) In the out-group
(c) In both in-group and out-group
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
83. Ethnocentrism can be seen as ________ phenomenon.
(a) A functional
(b) A dysfunctional
(c) Both functional and dysfunctional
(d) A subjective
Ans. (c)
84. The barefooted Costa Rican worker riddled with intestinal parasites and weighed down by poverty, is proud of being a Costa Rican because he has been taught that his country is the most advanced in Central America. This is an example of:
(a) Racism
(b) Cultural relativity
(c) Communalism
(d) Ethnocentrism
Ans. (d)
85. Lebon has said about crowd in his theory that in a crowd unconscious motives-
(a) become more active
(b) become less active
(c) become neither less nor more active
(d) are not touched at all
Ans. (a)
86. According to Miller groups can be classified as:
(a) Vertical and horizontal
(b) Input and output
(c) Pseudo social and pro-social
(d) Sanctioned and unsanctioned
Ans. (a)
87. Primary relationships are__________.
(a) non-contractual
(b) non-economic
(c) non-specialized
(d) all the above
Ans. (d)
88. In group, membership is_________ whereas in case of society it is________.
(a) compulsory, limited
(b) voluntary, compulsory
(c) spontaneous, deliberate
(d) involuntary, regulative
Ans. (b)
89. Of the following whose name is associated with reference group’?
(a) Maclver
(b) Kingsley Davis
(c) Cooley
(d) Hayman
Ans. (d)
90. Which is one of the primary means of social control through which different activities and relationships are coordinated to minimize conflicts on the social level?
(a) Institutionalization
(b) Integration
(c) Co-operation
(d) Substitution
Ans. (a)
91. Who has mentioned five mechanisms of socialization, viz, reinforcement, extinction inhibition, substitution, imitation and identification?
(a) Radcliffe Brown
(b) Nadel
(c) Parsons
(d) Merton
Ans. (c)
92. Symbols and language are___________ of a social system.
(a) Biological pre-requisites
(b) Functional per-requisites
(c) Cultural pre-requisites
(d) Idealistic pre-requisites
Ans. (c)
93. Under_______ system, material happiness is given primary importance whereas under______________ system spiritual happiness is regarded more important.
(a) Marxist, Idealistic
(b) Sensate, Ideational
(c) Ideational, Idealistic
(d) Sensate, Idealistic
Ans. (b)
94. ______ has classified the cultural system into sensate, ideation and idealistic.
(a) Sorokin
(b) Ginsberg
(c) Lintor
(d) Mead
Ans. (a)
95. Music and dance, in recent past was not necessarily considered good for women. There is now a distinct change of outlook. How best is the cultural value served by the following?
(a) Dolak music and road dance in the streets
(b) Learning music and dance in a school
(c) Giving performance of music and dance before appreciative audience
(d) By an expression of strong desire to learn music and dance to gain recognition
Ans. (d)
96. In our society food was amply available, hospitality was the way of life. What do you think will be against the social norms in view of the food scarcity?
(a) To discard the practice of providing the eatable
(b) To retain the hospitality and to express it by other means
(c) To entertain guests, etc. in hotels
(d) To discard the hospitality altogether
Ans. (d)
97. Sociologists are interested mainly in_____________ norms, that is norms that are sanctioned in such a way that violators suffer penalties in the group.
(a) ideal
(b) cultural
(c) social
(d) operative
Ans. (b)
98. Norms give_________ to society.
(a) conception
(b) cohesion
(c) legality
(d) ideals
Ans. (a)
99. A normless society is an –
(a) impossibility
(b) insulation
(c) inequality
(d) isolation
Ans. (a)
100. ____ are the result of deliberate design.
(a) Law
(b) Customs
(c) Etiquettes
(d) habits
Ans. (a)
101. From which Latin word is the term ‘Mores’ derived-
(a) Mos
(b) Mor
(c) Mon
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)