Compilation of most probable mock sociology questions and answers that might come in the upcoming competitive examination. This will also assist the students, teachers, eligibility tests, Civil Services, UGC-NET, UPSC & IAS aspirants for their competitive exams!
1. According to Timashiff, Spencer’s Law of Evolution in strict sense is
(a) Sociological
(b) Philosophical
(c) Biological
(d) Methodological
Ans. (b)
2. ‘Mind and Society’ is the work of
(a) Harlambos
(b) Pareto
(c) Bottomore
(d) Alex Inkles
Ans. (b)
3. Which of the following would you not categorise as characteristic of Herbert spencer’s thought?
(a) Evolution is the key concept
(b) All processes of change are markedly different
(c) Society is a super-organic entity
(d) Society is more than a collection of individuals
Ans. (c)
4. Who has criticized Comte and Spencer for indulging in pseudoscientism?
(a) Pareto
(b) Moscas
(c) Marx
(d) Durkheim
Ans. (a)
5. Who has classified action in logical and non-logical categories?
(a) Parsons
(b) Pareto
(c) Weber
(d) G.H. Mead
Ans. (b)
6. The unification of individual’s Socio- Psychological behaviour is reflected in
(a) the way individual behaves
(b) his personality
(c) his social interaction
(d) his culture
Ans. (b)
7. Personality is expressed through
(a) habits, tendencies and thinking
(b) habits and behaviour
(c) thinking
(d) tendencies and thinking
Ans. (a)
8. To prepare one for future roles is
(a) Futurisation
(b) Prediction
(c) Anticipatory Socialisation
(d) Internalisation
Ans. (c)
9. The groups from which the individual extracts his behaviour and cultural norms are called
(a) Cultural groups
(b) Homogeneous groups
(c) Reference groups
(d) Ought-to-be groups
Ans. (c)
10. Discrimination refers to______ against any individual or group
(a) Negative action
(b) Negative attitude
(c) Negative labelling
(d) Negative report
Ans. (d)
11. Who among the following sociologists give his/her stand that marriage has in all probability developed out of a primeval habit?
(a) Malinowski
(b) Morgan
(c) Westermarck
(d) Murdock
Ans. (c)
12. Amongst Veddas of Ceylon, divorce is
(a) very frequent
(b) not permissible at all
(c) allowed under special circumstances
(d) equivalent to murder of a women.
Ans. (c)
13. Gifts, dowries and property were offered on the eve of marriage
(a) By the Red Indians of America
(b) By all the tribes
(c) By the African tribes
(d) By no tribes at all
Ans. (b)
14. Marrying one’s mother’s brother’s daughter is
(a) A form of incest prohibited in all civilised societies
(b) a kind of cross-cousin marriage
(c) Necessary in matrilineal society
(d) A common custom among all tribes
Ans. (b)
15. Marriage among Nayars of Kerala is known as
(a) Shadia vivaha
(b) Sambandham
(c) Troille
(d) Karanvam
Ans. (b)
16. Property can be tangible or intangible. Which among the following is intangible property?
(a) Factory unit
(b) Truck plying on roads
(c) Copy right of an author
(d) Liquor shop
Ans. (c)
17. Which among the following does not contribute to the rural economy?
(a) Cottage industry
(b) Animal husbandry
(c) Money Sending
(d) Better equipment
Ans. (d)
18. Which among the following ideas are not connected with socialism?
(a) Private property should be abolished
(b) The means of production and distribution must be in the hands of the community
(c) Defects of social organisation arise from private ownership and the desire of profit
(d) Laissez faire
Ans. (d)
19. Example of direct exchange is
(a) Redistribution
(b) Barter exchange
(c) Gift exchange
(d) Reciprocity
Ans. (b)
20. The term buyers market and sellers market refers to
(a) Perfect competition
(b) Monopolistic market
(c) Availability or non-availability of goods
(d) Price rise
Ans. (c)
21. The main difference between caste and class is that
(a) caste operates in a classless society and class operates in casteless society
(b) caste is always closed; and class is always open
(c) the status given to an individual is ascribed in the case of caste, whereas in class it is achieved.
(d) the individual suffers most in the case of caste, whereas in class he does not.
Ans. (c)
22. Which one of the following traits of metropolis is explained by its being called a racial and cultural melting pot?
(a) Heterogeneity
(b) Mobility
(c) Density
(d) Size
Ans. (a)
23. Which among the following usually combines rural and urban communities into one?
(a) Neighbourhood
(b) Country
(c) Community
(d) Region
Ans. (b)
24. Which among the following statement is not true?
(a) Small rural or big urban communities vary greatly in character and size
(b) Communities either rural or small village are based on contractual relationship
(c) Small rural or village communities are likely to enlist the greatest degree of unity and homogeneity in cultural pattern
(d) Once communities becomes established, it tends to develop a common culture.
Ans. (b)
25. The people shifting from rural to urban areas seem to adjust to city life more smoothly if they
(a) Maintain caste hierarchy
(b) Maintain kin ties
(c) Maintain bank balance
(d) Maintain huge library
Ans. (c)
26. Force is
(a) the basis of authority
(b) the basis of state
(c) the element of state
(d) the origin of state
Ans. (b)
27. Society which is ruled by one-party dictatorship organised under a charismatic leader is called
(a) Socialist Society
(b) Fascist Society
(c) Communist Society
(d) Democratic Society
Ans. (b)
28. Which among the following is a Gandhian State?
(a) Democracy
(b) Swaraj
(c) Co-operative decentralisation
(d) Socialism
Ans. (b)
29. Which among the following statements about characteristics of simple political system is correct?
(a) They are segmentary in nature
(b) They do not have any law and government
(c) They are kinship based
(d) They are ruled by traditions only
Ans. (c)
30. The authority which an officer exercises over his subordinate is known as
(a) Traditional
(b) Coercion
(c) Rational-legal
(d) Legal
Ans. (c)
31. Which group of scholars believes that class stratification in India is the most fundamental?
(a) A.R. Desai, D.P. Mukherji, R.P. Dutt
(b) M.N. Srinivas, S.C. Dubey, Y. Singh
(c) A Beteille, C.S. Dubey, Y. Singh
(d) K. L. Sharma, A.B. Beteille
Ans. (a)
32. Which among the following refers to status?
(a) Economic position of the people
(b) Religious background of the people
(c) Prestige or social esteem attached to the people
(d) A highly qualified person
Ans. (c)
33. Who has differentiated between hierarchial and dichotomous views of class?
(a) Karl Marx
(b) Max Weber
(c) Ossowski
(d) Raymond Aron
Ans. (c)
34. Who has presented threefold classification of rural people into Malik, Kisan and Mazdoor?
(a) Andre Beteille
(b) Daniel Thorner
(c) F.G. Bailey
(d) M.N. Srinivas
Ans. (b)
35. Who has adopted purity/pollution criteria in the study of caste hierarchy in India?
(a) Andre Beteille
(b) M.N. Srinivas
(c) F.G. Baily
(d) Louis Dumont
Ans. (d)
36. Who among the following sociologists has classified the sources of social change as exogenous and endogenous?
(a) K. Davis
(b) T. Parsons
(c) K. Marx
(d) W.F. Ogburn
Ans. (d)
37. Modernisation refers to
(a) Dress style
(b) Way of life
(c) Developing infrastructure
(d) Advancement in science and technology
Ans. (b)
38. The concept of social static and social dynamics is propounded by
(a) A. Comte
(b) Karl Marx
(c) H. Spencer
(d) E. Durkheim
Ans. (a)
39. ‘Telic’ change stands for
(a) Change by chance
(b) Climatic change
(c) Change due to planning
(d) Change due to revolution
Ans. (c)
40. Which of the following is not responsible for upliftment of women?
(a) Swami Namdeo
(b) Swami Dayananda
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Ans. (a)
41. Dancing in moon light, that is ‘Thabal Chongba’ is performed by
(a) Garos of Assam
(b) The tribes of Manipur
(c) Todas of Nilgiri Hills
(d) Kol of east U.P
Ans. (b)
42. Dormitory for girls named as ‘yo’ is present in which tribals?
(a) Konyak Naga
(b) Regma Naga
(c) Khasis
(d) Garos
Ans. (a)
43. The pastoral community is generally larger than that of the hunters. The reason is that
(a) Enough food supply is available to them
(b) Fertility rate among than is higher
(c) They generally form large group
(d) It is Conducive to their geographical condition
Ans. (a)
44. In an agrarian society who are living by telling the lands of others on a crop sharing basis?
(a) Cultivators
(b) Share croppers
(c) Land lords
(d) Absentee land lords
Ans. (b)
45. Which among the following is not a characteristic of agrarian society?
(a) Minimal division of labour
(b) Simple life
(c) Formal social control
(d) Formal social relation
Ans. (d)
46. The term ‘Demographic transition’ was coined by
(a) T. Malthus
(b) D. Hobman
(c) Warren S. Thompson
(d) L.H. Morgan
Ans. (c)
47. Usually the developing countries are characterized by
(a) Low birth rate and low death rate
(b) High birth rate and low death rate
(c) High birth rate and high death rate
(d) Low birth rate and high death rate
Ans. (b)
48. The ideal stage in which the population would be provided with a level of wellbeing is known as
(a) Incipient decline
(b) Transitional growth
(c) High potential growth
(d) Congitudinal growth
Ans. (a)
49. Conflicts usually emerge when there is social disequilibrium. Who makes us believe that conflicts take place when there is shortage in the supply of articles or subsistence?
(a) Malthus
(b) Vincent
(c) F.E. Lumby
(d) K. Young
Ans. (a)
50. Which of the following is best defined as change in the diversity and adoption of population of organisms?
(a) Cultural diffusion
(b) Vertical mobility
(c) Cultural evolution
(d) Biological evolution
Ans. (d)
51. Appointing a special officer at the centre to oversee the implementation of various provisions regarding Scheduled Castes comes under Article
(a) 338
(b) 330
(c) 335
(d) 22
Ans. (a)
52. About how many per cent of the total seats in the Lok Sabha and state Vidhan Sabhas has been reserved for the Scheduled Castes?
(a) 14
(b) 7.5
(c) 15
(d) 20
Ans. (a)
53. Who has observed this?
“Rural barbers when they migrate to towns, work in hair cutting saloons, washermen start laundries, smith work in furniture shops, Oilman sells oil, if not press oil, malis work as gardeners, chamars work in shoe- shops and brahmins are cooks, teachers and lawyers.”
(a) M.N. Srinivas
(b) Adrian Mayer
(c) T.N. Madan
(d) G.S. Ghurye
Ans. (a)
54. Who has found that practice of untouchability, restriction on entry into temples and separate source of water supply prevailed in 47, 90 and 64 percent of the total number of 69 villages?
(a) I.P. Desai
(b) M.N. Srinivas
(c) B.R. Ambedkar
(d) G.S. Ghurye
Ans. (a)
55. Which report states that backward classes backwardness is reflected in their under- representation in central government services in which their overall proportion is about thirty per cent though they constitute about seventy five percent of the total population
(a) Report of the Backward Classes Commission 1980
(b) Report of Scheduled Caste Commission, 1978
(c) Brochures of Development Index, 1980
(d) Report of Kaka Kalekar commission, 1988
Ans. (a)
56. This is the definition of
“The state or process of adjustment to a conflict situation in which overt expressions of hostility are avoided and certain compensatory advantages, economic, social or psychological, are gained by both sides, while leaving the source of conflict unresolved and allowing the structural inequalities giving rise to minority subordination to persist.”
(a) accommodation
(b) assimilation
(c) cooperation
(d) both a & c
Ans. (a)
57. What do you call a research, which is concerned with practice, such as social change, therapy to individuals or a small social group, and improving the efficiency of an organisation?
(a) Social research
(b) Orientation research
(c) Praxis
(d) Action research
Ans. (d)
58. Who first introduced the concept of alienation into sociological theory?
(a) Hegel
(b) Marx
(c) Comte
(d) Seeman
Ans. (b)
59. Following Marx, there was a spurt in research on the concept of alienation. From where did Marx borrow this concept?
(a) Hegel
(b) Seeman
(c) Spencer
(d) None of these
Ans. (a)
60. Who in this context isolated the concept of alienation into powerlessness, meaninglessness, normlessness, isolation and self-estrangement?
“After Marx, the concept of alienation began more and more to be regarded as a socio- psychological condition of the individual.”
(a) Eric Fromm
(b) R. Blauner
(c) M. Seeman
(d) R.K. Merton
Ans. (c)
61. According to whom, the decline of semi – autonomous groups within a society, such as voluntary associations, local communities and neighbourhoods gives rise to feelings of alienation and making such people more available for the appeals of extremist groups?
(a) R. Blauner (in Alienation and Freedom)
(b) E. Fromm (in The Sane Society)
(c) W. Kornhauser (in The Politics of Mass Society)
(d) None of these
Ans. (c)
62. In a moderately skewed distribution:
(a) Z = X̅ = M
(b) Z = 3M – 2 X̅
(c) M = 2 X̅ – Z
(d) X̅ = M = 2Z
Ans. (b)
63. Data collected from published books are called:
(a) Primary data
(b) Secondary data
(c) Tertiary data
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
64. The sum of the squared deviations of the items from Arithmetic mean is always:
(a) Minimum
(b) One
(c) Zero
(d) Five
Ans. (b)
65. Recent sociological studies of property in industrial society have been largely concerned with two aspects. Which are these two?
1. The distribution of property and its social effects
2. Mode of production
3. Relation of production
4. The ownership and control of industrial enterprises in modern capitalism.
(A) 1 and 3
(B) 1 and 4
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 3 and 4
Ans. (B)
66. Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Change in technology leads to change in culture.
2. Change in culture leads to change in technology
3. Change to technology leads to change in technology.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 3
(D) 1, 2 and 3
Ans. (D)
67. Who is noted for his/her work on Indian family among the following?
(A) Iravati Karve
(B) S. C. Dube
(C) D. N. Mazumdar
(D) K. M. Kapadia
Ans. (A)
68. Which one of the following is mismatched?
(A) T. Parsons – Pattern variables
(B) B. Malinowski – Evolutionism
(C) M. N. Srinivas – Dominant caste
(D) R. K. Merton – Middle range theory
Ans. (B)
69. Which one of the following is not a functional utility of social stratification?
(A) It helps in providing opportunities.
(B) It develops a spirit of struggle.
(C) It helps in deciding responsibility of everyone in the society.
(D) It helps in identifying unsuitable persons in society.
Ans. (B)
70. Which of the following theories makes us believe that caste system is not of human but of divine origin?
(A) Racial theory
(B) Political theory
(C) Occupational theory
(D) Traditional theory
Ans. (D)
71. “General sociology is on the whole the story of human beings living together” it is the definition given by:
(a) Kimball Young
(b) Ferdinand Tonnies
(c) L.F. Ward
(d) L.T. Hobhouse
Ans. (b)
72. Sociology is the science which attempts the interpretive understanding of the social man is the definition given by:
(a) Maclver
(b) Max Weber
(c) Bogardus
(d) Arnold Green
Ans. (b)
73. Which of the following according to Maclver has no direct relevance with society?
(a) Usages
(b) Procedures
(c) Authority
(d) Force
Ans. (d)
74. One of the following has said that “Every individual is the offspring of a social relation.” Who is he?
(a) Gillin and Gillin
(b) Ogbum and Nimkoff
(c) Maclver and Page
(d) C.C. North
Ans. (c)
75. An institution represents:
(a) Human aspect
(b) a ‘social condition of behaviour’
(c) human aspects as well as social condition of behaviour
(d) the social life
Ans. (b)
76. Institution is:
(a) Abstract
(b) Concrete
(c) Abstract as well as concrete
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
77. Group is formed for a__________ purpose but society involves ______ purposes.
(a) Philanthropic, legal
(b) Specific, general
(c) Limited, altruistic
(d) Voluntary, specific
Ans. (b)
78. __________ is characterised by intimate face to face relation.
(a) Secondary group
(b) Spatial group
(c) Primary group
(d) Gemeinschaft
Ans. (c)
79. _________ are those which are constituted because of spatial contiguity of their members.
(a) Spatial groups
(b) Peer group
(c) Congregate groups
(d) Voluntary groups
Ans. (a)
80. According to Parsons, ________ is oriented to the achievement of a goal which is an anticipated future state of affairs.
(a) instrumental action
(b) need-disposition
(c) integration
(d) pattern-maintenance
Ans. (a)
81. Parsons identifies three types of actions. They are:
(a) cognitive, expressive and evaluative
(b) instrumental, expressive and moral
(c) cathectic, moral, and cognitive
(d) adaptive, moral and expressive
Ans. (b)
82. The degree of________ maybe in part a function of the extent to which norms of other group are incongruous with them.
(a) regulation
(b) integration
(c) cohesion
(d) conformity to norm
Ans. (a)
83. Basic values reflect:
(a) ethos of a culture
(b) fundamentals of behaviour
(c) basis of institutions
(d) none of the above
Ans. (c)
84. When the participants of deviant acts are from upper classes and cannot see themselves as being deviant, the acts are usually referred to as-
(a) Non-deviant
(b) Socially acceptable
(c) White-collar crimes
(d) Serial crimes
Ans. (c)
85. Sociology of deviant behaviour is concerned with-
(a) A detailed study of prostitution, drug-addiction and other deviant behaviors.
(b) The reasons for the occurrence of such behaviours in situations where they are interdicted or disvalued by normative rules.
(c) The cure of prostitution, drug-addiction and other such behaviours
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
86. One of the following is not an explanation of Freud’s stages of development of self?
(a) Anal
(b) Oral
(c) Id
(d) Oedipal
Ans. (c)
87. Who differentiated ‘ego’ and ‘alter’ in the interaction system?
(a) T. Parsons
(b) R. Brown
(c) M.Weber
(d) S.Freud
Ans. (a)
88. According to Kropotkin-
(a) No individual can survive without co-operation
(b) Co-operation is a disturbance in the smooth running life of an individual
(c) Co-operation is not necessary for the modern society
(d) Nothing can be burdensome than co-operation in the way of individual
Ans. (a)
89. Mark the correct statement out of the following. In general, moral or emotional unity secures to be highest-
(a) When the members feel that the preservation of the group is of vital importance to their personal welfare
(b) When each has a sense of sharing in the achievement of its objectives
(c) When the relations of the members are intimate and personal so that words of encouragement and praise flow freely from one to another
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d)
90. When boys from group ‘A’ marry girls from group ‘B’ the boys from group ‘B’ marry girls from group ‘C’ and boys from group ‘C’ get girls from group ‘A’ thus completing a circle, the principle is known as_____.
(a) restricted exchange
(b) circulation of mates
(c) generalized exchange
(d) circulation of sisters
Ans. (a)
91. When a girl of the higher caste marries a boy of the lower caste, the system is known as:
(a) levirate
(b) anuloma
(c) sororate
(d) pratiloma
Ans. (d)
92. Divorce takes place when-
(a) both the boy and the girl decide to keep away from each other
(b) both the boy and the girl inform their parents
(c) society agrees that marriage stands terminated
(d) termination is legally accepted
Ans. (d)
93. Which type of family was founded upon marriage between single pairs, with the married couple having exclusive cohabitation with one another?
(a) Monogamian
(b) Patriarchal
(c) Consanguineal
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
94. Which family was founded upon marriage between single pairs, without giving the right of exclusive cohabitation to any person over another?
(a) Punaluan
(b) Syndyasmian
(c) Extended
(d) Polyandrous
Ans. (b)
95. A _______ consists of descendants in one line, either matrilineal or patrilineal, who know their exact genealogical relationship and who recognize obligations to one another.
(a) lineage
(b) class
(c) clan
(d) unilateral descent
Ans. (a)
96. When a group of clans get merged together, it is called_________.
(a) phratry
(b) moiety
(c) sections
(d) clan-set
Ans. (a)
97. According to Redcliffe Brown, a clan is a___________.
(a) unilateral group
(b) affinal group
(c) consanguineal group
(d) collateral group
Ans. (c)
98. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Affinal kins are related by marriage
(b) In ‘Amitate’, father’s sister is assigned a special role
(c) The principles by which ego’s consanguineal relatives are determined is known as rules of descent
(d) All the above statements are true
Ans. (d)
99. Who have pointed out the ‘avoidance’ is a social fact and must therefore have a social explanation?
(a) Durkheim
(b) Redcliffe Brown
(c) Malinowski
(d) Tylor
Ans. (b)
100. Which among the following is not a liberal feminist?
(a) Mary Wollstonecraft
(b) Harriet Taylor
(c) Shulamith Firestone
(d) Betty Friedan
Ans. (c)
101. The first ever women’s rights convention known as Seneca Falls Convention was held in:
(a) 1888
(b) 1848
(c) 1828
(d) 1808
Ans. (b)
102. AIWC stands for:
(a) All Indian Women’s Convention
(b) All India Women’s Conference
(c) All India Women’s Congregation
(d) All Indian Woman Conference
Ans. (b)
103. Which among the following is not a part of Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code:
(a) Showing pornography against the will of a woman
(b) Intercourse by a man with his wife during separation
(c) A demand or request for sexual favours
(d) Making sexually coloured remarks
Ans. (b)
104. A Working Group on ‘Women’s Agency and Empowerment’ was constituted under:
(a) Sixth Five Year Plan
(b) Twelfth Five Year Plan
(c) First Five Year Plan
(d) Ninth Five Year Plan
Ans. (b)
105. The Caste system is ………………… in nature.
(a) hierarchical
(b) symmetrical
(c) contradictory
(d) none of the above
Ans. (a)
106. Due to financial problems at home, a landless labourer from a village moved to city to work as a factory labourer. This is an example of –
(a) horizontal mobility
(b) vertical downward mobility
(c) vertical mobility
(d) social mobility
Ans. (a)
107. If a person becomes a minister from an ordinary shopkeeper, the mobility is called —
(a) upward mobility
(b) downward mobility
(c) horizontal mobility
(d) none of the above
Ans. (a)
108. The functionalists are primarily concerned with the __________ of social stratification, with is contribution to the maintenance and well-being of society.
(a) function
(b) aims
(c) value
(d) nature
Ans. (a)
109. According to Weber, communal division is an example of-
(a) status groups
(b) class
(c) party
(d) caste
Ans. (a)
110. Dormitories have been reported to be existent in _____________societies from all parts of the world.
(a) pre-literate
(b) pre-urban
(c) feudal
(d) agrarian
Ans. (a)
111. Physical violence is an example of ______________.
(a) brave action
(b) pre-urban
(c) rational action
(d) stupid action
Ans. (b)
112. The dormitory of Trobriand Islanders which was studied by Malinowski is called _______.
(a) ikhuichi
(b) arichu
(c) bukumatula
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)
113. ‘Gotul’ is found among the ________ tribe.
(a) Mona
(b) Naga
(c) Bhil
(d) Ho
Ans. (a)
114. According to Weber ___________ action has become the dominant mode of action in modern industrial society.
(a) affective
(b) traditional
(c) rational
(d) capitalistic
Ans. (c)
115. The two items, that are circulated in the kula exchange have-
(a) high value
(b) no value
(c) high value but no practical usefulness
(d) practical utility but no value
Ans. (c)
116. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Economy refers to the attempt to secure the maximum satisfaction possible through adapting limited means to unlimited ends in an organised manner
(b) Money as a measurement of value is not as widely used in primitive society as in modern society
(c) The profit motive is generally absent in tribal economies
(d) All the above statements are true
Ans. (d)
117.___________ is a pooling transaction in which goods is collected from the members of a group by a central authority and then divided up among the members of the group.
(a) Reciprocity
(b) Kula system
(c) Redistribution
(d) Gimwali
Ans. (c)
118. The temporary possession of kula article brings to its owner _______ but so does the way in which he gives it away.
(a) material benefits
(b) prestige
(c) utility
(d) wealth
Ans. (b)
119.____________ refers to the expectation of goods or services of roughly equal value in return for what one gives.
(a) Generalized reciprocity
(b) Redistribution
(c) Gift exchange
(d) Balanced reciprocity
Ans. (d)
120. “Human Society” according to Bogardus “has been cradled in the rural group”. There are villages in Arabia and Sahara. What differentiates them from that of our villages?
(a) Nearness to water
(b) Density of population
(c) Nature crops
(d) All
Ans. (d)
121. Which among the following is NOT included in Topography?
(a) Land
(b) Climate
(c) People
(d) Water
Ans. (c)
122. Which one of the following is NOT covered in the classification of cities given by Murtz?
(a) Defence cities
(b) Commercial cities
(c) Political cities
(d) Diversified cities
Ans. (d)
123. Megalopolis means ___________.
(a) the primate city, created by the merging of two cities
(b) the city with a population of ten million
(c) the superiority or sprawling greater urbanized area created by the merging of two or more metropolitan areas
(d) none of these
Ans. (c)
124.___________ is a narrow loyalty to local interests and historic sentiment.
(a) Regionalism
(b) Sectionalism
(c) Nationalism
(d) Communalism
Ans. (b)
125. The ratio of recorded live births in one year to the total mid-year population multiplied by 1000 is known as:
(a) demographic transition
(b) crude birth rate
(c) fertility ratio
(d) general fertility
Ans. b
126. When a population is concentrated at the extremes of the age distribution, it has a/an____________
(a) high dependency ratio
(b) optimum condition
(c) low dependency ratio
(d) none of these
Ans. a
127. Transitional growth means___________
(a) high birth rate and high death rate
(b) high birth rate and low death rate
(c) low birth rate and low death rate
(d) low birth rate and high death rate
Ans. b
128. According to the Transition theory’, the incipient decline stage is characterized by
(a) high fertility and mortality rates
(b) high fertility and low mortality rates
(c) low mortality and low fertility rates
(d) none of the above
Ans. a
129. ___________ is a pull factor, prompting migration
(a) Prospect of jobs
(b) New industries
(c) Pleasant climatic condition
(d) Exhaustion of natural resources
Ans. d
130. In ancient times ail over the world, to begin with, the popular form of Government used to be:
(a) bureaucracy
(b) dictatorship
(c) monarchy
(d) theocracy
Ans. c
131. Who among the following has worked on the Nuers of Sudan’?
(a) Evans Pritchard
(b) Durkheim
(c) Tylor
(d) Kluckohn
Ans. a
132.________ provide an example of lions’ type of governing elite, according to Pareto.
(a) Military dictatorship
(b) Oligarchy
(c) Chiefdom
(d) Tutelary democracy
Ans. a
133. From ___________ point of view, the source of power in society lies in the economic infrastructure.
(a) Marx’s
(b) Weber’s
(c) Parson’s
(d) Wright Mill’s
Ans. a
134. Which one of the following is one of the distinguishing features of the State but not that of an association?
(a) Its membership is voluntary
(b) It has definite territory
(c) It has limited ends
(d) One can become member of any number
Ans. d
135. Which Article of the constitution deals with the claims of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes to services and posts?
(a) Art. 335
(b) Art. 336
(c) Art. 337
(d) Art. 338
Ans. a
136. Which Article of the constitution defines scheduled castes and scheduled tribes?
(a) Art. 364
(b) Art. 365
(c) Art. 366
(d) Art. 367
Ans. c
137. Under the constitution commission to enquire into the welfare of the scheduled tribes shall be appointed after the expiry of:
(a) 10 years
(b) 15 years
(c) 20 years
(d) 25 years
Ans. a
138. Article__________ empowers the President to declare any area, where there is a substantial population of tribal people, as a scheduled area under the Fifth Schedule or in Assam as a tribal area under the Sixth Schedule
(a) 224
(b) 242
(c) 223
(d) 341
Ans. a
139. Under the constitution for which of the following states a provision has been made for appointing a Minister in charge of tribal welfare?
(a) U.P
(b) Bihar
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) West Bengal
Ans. b
140. Who said there are three stages of Social Change-Thesis, Antithesis and Synthesis?
(a) Marx
(b) Durkheim
(c) Hegel
(d) Comte
Ans. (c)
141. Which of the following can be regarded as one of the social consequences of urbanization?
(a) Secondary control becoming stronger than primary control
(b) Primary control becoming stronger than secondary control
(c) Social homogeneity
(d) Cultural homogeneity
Ans.(a)
142. Who is associated with the Cognitive-historical approach of social change?
(a) A.R. Desai
(b) Louis Dumont
(c) Marriot
(d) M.N. Srinivas
Ans.(b)
143. Famous Book ‘The Decline of the work’ was written by –
(a) A. Toynbee
(b) Parsons
(c) O. Spengler
(d) Veblen
Ans.(c)
144. “Technological change tends to be followed by changes in other parts of the social system.” who said this?
(a) Weblen
(b) Marx
(c) Weber
(d) Ogburn
Ans.(d)
145. Which of the following statement is correct?
(a) Institutions are the system of life which regulate it from their different positions
(b) Institution is confined to the economic life of the individuals
(c) Institution is confined to family only
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
146. What does institution mean:
(a) It means the place where some education is imparted
(b) It means the place where only technical education is imparted
(c) It is a special term denoting those social units which are established and are necessary for the social development
(d) Where admission is restricted to a certain types of people
Ans. (c)