Sociology Quiz Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams

Article shared by :

ADVERTISEMENTS:

Are you preparing for sociology related competitive examinations? We have compiled a set of sociology quiz questions and answers that will help you to hit the bulls-eye in UPSC, UGC-NET, Civil Services, IAS, eligibility tests and other competitive exams!

1. In which mode of production is there communal ownership of land?

(a) Asiatic

ADVERTISEMENTS:

(b) Ancient

(d) Capitalist

Ans. (a)

ADVERTISEMENTS:

2. In which mode of production are the producers considered private property?

(a) Asiatic

(b) Ancient

(d) Capitalist

Ans. (b)

3. Under which mode of production is labour power bought and sold?

(a) Asiatic

(b) Ancient

ADVERTISEMENTS:

(d) Capitalist

Ans. (d)

4. In feudal mode of production surplus is expropriated through

(a) Rent

(b) Speculation

(d) Profit

Ans. (a)

5. Which of the following can be appropriately called a mode of production?

(a) Feudal

(b) Tribal

(d) Pastoral

Ans. (a)

6. According to Marx, mode of production is

(a) a psychological phenomenon

(b) a biological fact

(d) an empirical concept

Ans. (c)

7. Which of the following statements is correct?

(a) The nature of human is not immutable but historical

(b) The nature of human is an indeterminate unconsciousness

(d) the nature of human is a manifestation of ecological factors

Ans. (a)

8. ‘The Golden Bough’ was written by

(a) James Frazer

(b) W.H.R. Rivers

(d) Evans – Pritchard

Ans. (a)

9. Frazer has distinguished between two types of magic. They are-

(a) Homeopathetic and Contagious

(b) Black and White

Ans. (a)

10. Eunomia stands for

(a) a state of societal health or well-being

(b) a state of normlessness

(d) equal wealth

Ans. (a)

11. Society is organisation of individuals as well as organisation of activities. This statement is

(a) True

(b) Partially true

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

12. Which of the following is not true?

(a) Society exhibits organisation

(b) Organisation is possible when there is any purpose

(d) Neither (a) nor (b)

Ans. (d)

13. Which among the following statements regarding behaviour is correct?

(a) Behaviour is manifestation

(b) Behaviour is moulded by certain

(d) Neither (a) nor (b)

Ans. (d)

14. The concept of ‘casual crowd’ is propounded by

(a) H. Blumer

(b) Malinowski

(d) K. Davis

Ans. (a)

15. Which of the following statements is not true?

(a) Primary groups are relationship oriented.

(b) Secondary groups are goal oriented

(d) The warmth of relation in primary group can be found in secondary group

Ans. (d)

16. Who holds that the family is the unit of study instead of individual because family shows unity?

(a) Comte

(b) Durkheim

(d) Parsons

Ans. (c)

17. If a village made up of several clans, each located in a fairly definite part of the village, each of the clans is technically known as a

(a) clan continuity

(b) clan barrier

(d) clan integral

Ans. (b)

18. If the whole village consists of one clan, we may call it a

(a) clan community

(b) clan integral

(d) clan continuity

Ans. (a)

19. When more than one wife is shared by several brothers it may be termed as

(a) Polyandry

(b) Polygyny

(d) Polygamy

Ans. (c)

20. Parallel cousin is also called

(a) Ortho cousin

(b) Orio cousin

(d) Neo-cousin

Ans. (a)

21. The Relative Deprivation Approach attempts to

(a) measure poverty of those below the poverty line

(b) determineous privileges of the rich

(d) assess the deprivation of a section of population as compared to the others.

Ans. (d)

22. The form of agronomy, in which land is broken with a digging stick or not with consequent limitation upon the amount of food that can be produced is called

(a) Agriculture

(b) Horticulture

(d) Food gathering

Ans. (b)

23. The form of agronomy in which land is broken with a plough making possible large-scale food production is called

(a) Agriculture

(b) Horticulture

(d) Plantation

Ans. (a)

24. The sector of economy that deals with raw materials including agriculture, fishing, mining, and forestry is called

(a) Primary

(b) Agricultural

(d) Main

Ans. (a)

25. A visible and controversial development of the economy, is the domination of industries and markets by fewer and fewer corporations. This situation may be termed as

(a) Monopoly

(b) Oligopoly

(d) Merger

Ans. (b)

26. Ecology refers to the relationship between organisms and their

(a) Environment

(b) River system

(d) Fauna

Ans. (c)

27. Who among the following defined social institutions as the social structure and machinery through which human society organises, directs and executes multifarious activities required to satisfy human needs?

(a) E.A. Ross

(b) K. Davis

(d) H.E. Barnes

Ans. (d)

28. The earliest slums were

(a) Negro ghettos

(b) Christian ghettos

(d) Chicano ghettos

Ans. (b)

29. The concept culture of poverty is propounded by

(a) Oscar Lewis

(b) Whyte

(d) Robert Park

Ans. (d)

30. ‘Report to the Durbar of Indore’ – 1920, is the work of

(a) A.M. Shah

(b) Patrick Geddes

(d) R.K. Mukerjee

Ans. (a)

31. Which of the following is stateless tribes of India?

1. Santhal

2. Oraon

3. Bhil

4. Toda

Codes:

(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(b) 3 and 2

(d) 1 and 2

Ans. (c)

32. “Larger the surplus more developed was the state in India” is the view of

(a) Karl Marx

(b) Amalendu Guha

(d) G.S. Ghurye

Ans. (b)

33. ‘Distinctions of ranks, status or occupation operate independently of differences of wealth’ in African Society is by

(a) Radcliffe Brown

(b) Seligman

(d) Levi – Strauss

Ans. (c)

34. Who among the following has observed that Shilluk king reigned but did not govern?

(a) Evans – Pritchard

(b) M. Fortes

(d) H. Kuper

Ans. (a)

35. Whom of the following holds that ‘the chiefdom is a development of the tribal system to a higher level of integration’?

(a) G.S. Ghurye

(b) M. Fortes

(d) Evans – Pritchard

Ans. (c)

36. Social Stratification

(a) is an unavoidable phenomenon

(b) weakens existing social structure

(d) gives support to untouchability

Ans. (c)

37. Which among the following statement regarding Social Stratification is incorrect?

(a) Social stratification exist in all societies

(b) Communication eliminates social stratification

(d) Industrial revolution brought a new type of social stratification

Ans. (b)

38. Economic determinism as an approach to Social Stratification was first applied by

(a) Max Weber

(b) Karl Marx

(d) Raymond Aron

Ans. (b)

39. The ‘Guild’ of the medieval times comprised the people who belonged to the class of

(a) Aristocracy

(b) Wealthy

(d) Artisans living in towns who were not within the control of the feudal lords.

Ans. (d)

40. For Marx, the final stage of class consciousness is reached

(a) When people realizes their position

(b) When members realize that only by collective action can they overthrow the ruling class

(d) When inter group solidarity develops

Ans. (b)

41. The most notable contribution to the study of Social Stratification has been given by

(a) Max Weber

(b) Kingsley Davis and T. Parsons

(d) Karl Marx and Max Weber

Ans. (d)

42. When a class is somewhat extremely hereditary, it is called

(a) Class

(b) Caste

(d) Kingship

Ans. (b)

43. ‘A process whereby increasing numbers of manual workers are entering in the middle stratum and becoming middle class’- this process is known as

(a) Universalization

(b) Embourgeoisement

(d) Proletearisation

Ans. (b)

44. Who among the following enjoys prestige?

(a) A stock broker

(b) A wealthy business man

(d) A magistrate

Ans. (d)

45. Who were of the opinion that “social equality is a dream”?

(a) Pareto

(b) Mosca

(d) K. Davis

Ans. (c)

46. Who among the following are not associated with Backward Caste Movement in India?

1. Sri Narayan Guru

2. B.R. Ambedkar

3. Jyothibha Phule

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below

(a) 1 and 2

(b) 1 and 3

(d) 1, 2 and 3

Ans. (a)

47. For whom does change mean passage from savagery to barbarism and ultimately to civilisation?

(a) H. Spengler

(b) L.H. Morgan

(d) F. Tonnies

Ans. (b)

48. Who rejected the concept of caste hierarchy and developed the concept of ‘One caste, one religion and One God for Mankind’?

(a) B.R. Ambedkar

(b) Sri Narayan Guru

(d) K. Ranga Rao

Ans. (b)

49. Which caste formed the backbone of Dr. Ambedkar movement?

(a) Mahars

(b) Nadar

(d) Nair

Ans. (a)

50. Who among the following started self-respect movement. Advocated the rejection of Brahman priests in rituals of weddings, forcible temple entry, the burning of Manusmriti and finally the rejection of religion and the propagation of atheism?

(a) K. Kamraj

(b) B.R. Ambedkar

(d) Sri Narayana Guru

Ans. (c)

51. The principal requirements for a Toda settlement are

(a) good pastures, a forest, water stream

(b) mountain, forest, agricultural land

(d) mountain, pastures, clear sky

Ans. (a)

52. The principal sources of impurity in Toda society is

(a) Buffalo

(b) Milk product

(d) Relation between brothers

Ans. (c)

53. The preferred form of marriage among Todas is

(a) Cross-cousin

(b) Parallel cousin

(d) Village exogamy

Ans. (a)

54. In context of which tribal group has Elwin suggested the policy of ‘Tribal Reserve Area’?

(a) Santhals

(b) Baiga

(d) Munda

Ans. (b)

55. Tribal Research Institute is located at

(a) Ranchi

(b) Guwahati

(d) Willingdon

Ans. (c)

56. Which nation is the first modern state to make legal provision for census?

(a) India

(b) Great Britain

(d) France

Ans. (c)

57. The study of the population pyramids affords a more intensive analysis of changes in the ___________ composition of a population.

(a) age and sex

(b) educational

(d) health

Ans. (a)

58. Who has written the book ‘Population of India and Pakistan’?

(a) Abdul Kareem

(b) Kingsley Davis

(d)T.N. Madan

Ans. (b)

59. Which among the following refers to the occurrence of disease?

(a) Mortality

(b) Epidemic

(d) Death rate

Ans. (c)

60. Who among the following has grouped the countries of the world in three broad categories according to the extent of their control over birth and death rate?

(a) K. Davis

(b) H. Spencer

(d) W. Moore

Ans. (c)

61. The Untouchability Offences Act was passed in

(a) 1969

(b) 1955

(d) 1977

Ans. (b)

62. Schedule VI of the Constitution of India related to

(a) The Scheduled Castes

(b) The Scheduled Tribes

(d) Minorities

Ans. (b)

63. Which one of the following provisions in the Constitution of India relates only to the scheduled tribes?

(a) Appointment to services

(b) Declaration of a scheduled area

(d) Reservation of seats in state assemblies

Ans. (b)

64. The percentage of women workers is low because

(a) Women are housewives

(b) Women are not enumerated as workers

(d) Workers are always men

Ans. (b)

65. Which among the following Articles empowered the government to make special provisions for women?

(a) Article 15

(b) Article 10

(d) Article 332

Ans. (a)

66. Who first propounded the theory of social evolution?

(a) Herbert Spencer

(b) Wallace and Darwin

(d) Montesquieu

Ans. (a)

67. Who argued that societies developed from organisational forms where relationships were based on status to those based upon contract?

(a) Sir Henry Maine

(b) Auguste Comte

(d) None of them

Ans. (a)

68. He sought to establish the patriarchal family as the primary form of social group. Who was he?

(a) Spencer

(b) Bachofen

(d) none of these

Ans. (c)

69. Identify the sociologist.

He in his Ancient Society, 1878, developed Bachofen’s notions and established an elaborate sequence of family forms from primordial promiscuity to monogamy through which he thought societies must pass.

(a) E.B. Tylor

(b) L.H. Morgan

(d) Emile Durkheim

Ans. (b)

70. Who held bureaucratisation to be the prime example of rationalisation?

(a) Max Weber

(b) Peter Blau

(d) C. W. Mills

Ans. (a)

71. It is said that in the course of a child’s education his feeling and emotions also must be looked after. This aspect of education can be termed as:

(a) Psychological Education

(b) Value Orientation

(d) Affective Education

Ans. (d)

72. The process of grouping of related facts into classes is called:

(a) Tabulation

(b) Classification

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

73. A set of vertical bars whose areas are proportional to the frequencies represented is called:

(a) Frequency polygon

(b) Histogram

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

74. The term ‘Supervised study’ in schools means that:

(a) Students say effort in learning is encouraged by teachers with their guidance

(b) It is curricular subject of study like the social studies.

(d) It is a term used by inspectors to supervise low teachers study for their daily work.

Ans. (a)

75. The objective behind population education in schools is to:

(a) Give an idea of the seize of population on different states in our country

(b) Teach about the nature and magnitude of the population of different countries

(d) Explain low educational facilities should be improved for our country’s population

Ans. (c)

76. According to C. H. Cooley, which of the following features are related to primary group?

1. Adjustment

2. Fair play

3. Equality

4. Free expression

5. Jealousy

6. Willingness to sacrifice

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4 only

(B) 2, 3, 4 and 6 only

(D) 2, 3, 5 and 6 only

Ans. (B)

77. Which among the following statements is true according to the Marxist approach?

(A) In India caste and class stratification does not correspond

(B) In India caste and class broadly correspond

(D) In India caste does not have any role to play

Ans. (B)

78. Consider the following:

1. Plough

2. Nilgiri Hills

3. Taj Mahal

4. Pali Language

5. Rains

Which of the above are not examples of culture?

(A) 2 and 5 only

(B) 1 and 4 only

(D) 3 and 5 only

Ans. (A)

79. Consider the following Weberian classification of types of action:

1. Traditional action

2. Zweckrational action

3. Wertrational action

4. Affective action

What is the correct sequence of the above classification of types of action?

(A) 1, 4, 3, 2

(B) 1, 3, 4, 2

(D) 2, 3, 4, 1

Ans. (A)

80. What is the correct chronological sequence of the following in Social Change Theory propounded by T. Veblen?

1. Technological Evolutionism

2. Instinct of workmanship

3. Change in habit and thought

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(A) 1-2-3

(B) 2-1-3

(D) 2-3-1

Ans. (A)

81. Maturation is primarily:

(a) A social process

(b) Analogous to socialisation

(d) A physical process

Ans. (d)

82. According to_________, society has passed through three stages, namely theological, metaphysical and positive.

(a) Divine origin theory

(b) Rousseau

(d) Giddings

Ans. (c)

83. Main criticism against Social Contract theory about the origin of state is that it believes that man came:

(a) After the society

(b) Before the society

(d) Long after society had established itself

Ans. (b)

84. Patriarchal theory has been propounded by:

(a) Tylor

(b) Henry Maine

(d) Morgan

Ans. (b)

85. When the child attempts to walk with a stick like his father, he is following__________ a factor responsible in the process of socialization:

(a) Identification

(b) Suggestion

(d) Conformity

Ans. (c)

86. Culture is “an accumulation of thoughts, values and objects, it is the social heritage acquired by us from preceding generations through learning, as distinguished from the biological heritage which is passed on to us automatically through genes”. These are the words of:

(a) Joseph Pieper

(b) A.F. Walter Paul

(d) E.A. Hobel

Ans. (c)

87. Culture is “the socially transmitted system of idealized ways in knowledge, practice, and belief along with the artefacts that knowledge and practice produce and maintain as they change time”. In view of this definition, which among the following constitutes an element of culture?

(a) Making other person accept your views on religion by force

(b) Marrying out of caste

(d) Disciplining the public opinion

Ans. (c)

88. Which among the following represents culture pattern?

(a) A saw-miler

(b) A wood-cutter

(d) A gardener

Ans. (d)

89. “Culture becomes a civilization only when it possesses written language, science, philosophy specialised division. Whose observation is this?

(a) HT. Mazumdar

(b) E. B. Tylor

(d) Maclver

Ans. (c)

90. Men evolve culture pattern because:

(a) They are social animals

(b) They differ among themselves

(d) Some live in the world of ideas

Ans. (d)

91. Who of the following has said that a ‘group is collection of human beings who are into social relationship with one another’?

(a) Maclver

(b) Bogardus

(d) Sheriff and Sheriff

Ans. (a)

92. In a group in which there are no common interests is called:

(a) secondary group

(b) out group

(d) over-lapping group

Ans. (b)

93. A group in which members have common objectives to achieve and interests to promote is called:

(a) voluntary group

(b) social group

(d) vertical group

Ans. (c)

94. A group in which there are small divisions is called:

(a) vertical group

(b) horizontal group

(d) out group

Ans. (a)

95. Which of the following is not a secondary group?

(a) political party

(b) corporation

(d) labour-union

Ans. (c)

96. In the case of__________, it is not the body but ‘ego’ or self which acts.

(a) Actor

(b) Action

(d) Social system

Ans. (a)

97. ___________ does not consist only of ad hoc responses to a particular stimuli but also of a system of expectations relative to individuals own need disposition.

(a) Status

(b) Social system

(d) Actor

Ans. (c)

98. ___________ is a process in the actor situation system which motivates the individual or individuals in case of a group.

(a) Action

(b) Integration

(d) Co-operation

Ans. (a)

99. Who has talked of social act, status and role and actor, as elements of social system?

(a) Radcliffe Brown

(b) Tylor

(d) Loomie

Ans. (c)

100. According to whom, social system has passed through three systems namely: Savagery social system, Barbarian social system and civilized social system?

(a) Morgan

(b) T. Parsons

(d) P. Sorokin

Ans. (a)

101. Without _______, behaviour would be unpredictable.

(a) norms

(b) socialization

(d) goals

Ans. (c)

102. There are certain norms that prevail only in certain groups. They are called-

(a) communal norms

(b) regulative norms

(d) selected norms

Ans. (d)

103. Which one of the following is not true of social norms? These help in:

(a) maintaining social cohesion

(b) maintaining social controls

(d) strengthening spatial group.

Ans. (d)

104. ____________ are standards of group behaviour.

(a) pattern

(b) value

(d) none of the above

Ans. (b)

105. Utility of norms is that these help in regulating:

(a) inter-social relations

(b) Observing social controls

(d) ultra-social relations

Ans. (a)

106. According to Karl Mannheim, money economy disintegrates ____________ because they are too slow in their working.

(a) economy

(b) fashion

(d) political system

Ans. (c)

107. People of certain communities squat on the ground while eating. This is an example of-

(a) folkways

(b) custom

(d) value

Ans. (a)

108. In society unless the people live up to the expected __________ the social organization may not be effectively maintained.

(a) values

(b) norms

(d) economy

Ans. (b)

109. ________ is democratic and totalitarian both at the same time.

(a) Custom

(b) Law

(d) Culture

Ans. (a)

110. _________ related to the fundamental needs of the society.

(a) Mores

(b) Folkways

(d) Fashions

Ans. (a)

111. As an individual becomes socialized; he learns-

(a) to play a variety of roles

(b) skills for a variety of activities

(d) all of the above

Ans. (c)

112. Who gave the four stages- oral stage, anal stage, oedipal stage and adolescent stage in the process of socialization?

(a) Cooley

(b) G.H. Mead

(d) S. Freud

Ans. (d)

113. Who among the following talked about ‘play stage’ and ‘game stage’ in the process of socialization?

(a) M. Mead

(b) G.H. Mead

(d) Cooley

Ans. (b)

114. ‘Socialization’ implies the process of-

(a) an individual becoming an active member of society – a social being

(b) establishing a social group

(d) social evolution

Ans. (a)

115. The socialization process of the individual does not include-

(a) the environment

(b) culture

(d) the physical, psychological heritage of the individual

Ans. (c)

116. Mark the correct statement out of the following-

(a) The process of assimilation is not characteristic of the group life, in the general sense

(b) Assimilation is limited to a particular type of group life

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

117. Mark the correct statement out of the following-

(a) Assimilation is limited to the single field of activity

(b) Assimilation is not limited to field of a single activity

(d) Assimilation is limited to the children’s society only

Ans. (b)

118. The co-operation which is found in groups like Church is called-

(a) Secondary Co-operation

(b) Primary Co-operation

(d) Direct Co-operation

Ans. (a)

119. The co-operation which is found among members of a family is called-

(a) Primary Co-operation

(b) Secondary Co-operation

(d) All of the above

Ans. (a)

120. If the individuals co-operate with each other or do something together it is called-

(a) Primary Co-operation

(b) Direct Co-operation

(d) Secondary Co-operation

Ans. (b)

121. A system under which a man belonging to high caste is allowed to marry a woman of low caste and vice-versa is known as:

(a) Sororate

(b) hypogamy

(d) hypergamy

Ans. (d)

122. The system under which a boy is NOT required to marry within the group to which he belongs is known as:

(a) indogamy

(b) hypergamy

(d) exogamy

Ans. (d)

123. In _____ the girls thrust themselves on the unwilling young men:

(a) marriages by intrusion

(b) marriages by trial

(d) marriages by capture

Ans. (a)

124. Which one of the following is NOT the advantage of indogamy?

(a) In it there is very little problem of adjustment

(b) In it changes of disharmony among the women are less

(d) In it family property does not get divided

Ans. (c)

125. The restricted form of exchanges which involves circulation of women among groups, is found among the-

(a) Kachin Hills people of Burma

(b) Khasis

(d) Lushei clans of Assam

Ans. (a)

126. Which one of the following is NOT a serious problem of modern family?

(a) There is problem of proper development of the children

(b) There is problem of proper administration of family

(d) There is problem of finding suitable matches by the head of the family

Ans. (c)

127. Which one of the following statements is true?

(a) Family is an old institution but its origin can be traced

(b) Though family is new institution yet its origin cannot be found

(d) Family is an old institution and its origin is in obscurity.

Ans. (d)

128. Which one of the following is NOT a serious problem of the modern family?

(a) There is increasing problem of adjustment between the husband and the wife

(b) There is problem of sexual disharmony

(d) Romantic marriages have increased

Ans. (c)

129. Which of the following can be a feasible suggestion for the reconstruction of modem family?

(a) Process of industrialisation should be slowed down

(b) Family should be run on democratic lines

(d) Single family system should be ended

Ans. (b)

130. Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic of joint family system?

(a) All members live together under one roof

(b) Members may or may not be related to each other

(d) Family income is pooled together

Ans. (b)

131. ______________ is the rule whereby the married couple establish their own residence.

(a) Neolocal residence

(b) Bilateral residence

(d) Patrilocal residence

Ans. (a)

132. For any society, the pattern in accordance with which most married couples decide where to live is known as the___________.

(a) rule of residence

(b) rule of descent

(d) rule of living

Ans. (a)

133. When in a kinship system, father’s sister enjoys a predominant role, the kinship usage is called ___________.

(a) avunculate

(b) amitate

(d) patriliny

Ans. (b)

134. The first significant contribution to the study of kinship terms was made by-

(a) Tylor

(b) Morgan

(d) Redcliffe Brown

Ans. (b)

135. Under patrilineal system each individual becomes:

(a) automatically member of any consanguineal kin group

(b) may or may not become member of any consanguineal kin group

(d) a member of any consanguineal kin group to which either of the parents belong

Ans. (d)

136. Match the following is not correctly matched-

(a) Radical Feminism – Patriarchy

(b) Marxists Feminism – Sexual Division of Labour

(d) Black Feminism – Race

Ans. (c)

137. Being a victim of rape, she spend her 42 years in coma, making her the face of euthanasia debate in India, she was-

(a) Arunima Sharom

(b) Urmila Sharom

(d) Aruna shanbaugh

Ans. (d)

138. The practice of marriage within the boundaries of kin group, clan, lineage, village and social class is known as-

(a) exogamy

(b) endogamy

(d) hypergamy

Ans. (b)

139. The phrase ‘to renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of women’ is included in which of the following parts of the Constitution of India?

(a) Fundamental Duties

(b) Directive Principles of State Policy

(d) Fundamental Rights

Ans. (a)

140. “The existence of opportunities for meaningful work and employment” is called as-

(a) Social equality

(b) Social equity

(d) Economic justice

Ans. (d)

141. Caste is an __________ group.

(a) exogamous

(b) utilitarian

(d) indispensable

Ans. (c)

142. Weber defines _______________ as groups which are specifically concerned with influencing policies and making decisions in the interests of their membership.

(a) Status groups

(b) Classes

(d) Castes

Ans. (c)

143. According to Weber _____________.

(a) status and class are always co-related

(b) status and class are co-related but there are many cases in which they are not

(d) status determines class

Ans. (b)

144. In which of the following the first literary traces of caste system are found?

(a) Rig veda

(b) Atharva veda

(d) Sama veda

Ans. (a)

145. Weber posits the views that _____________ reach their most developed form in the caste system of traditional Hindu Society.

(a) status groups

(b) castes

(d) none of the above

Ans. (a)

146. In an agrarian society _______ are those who live by having their land cultivated by hired labourers.

(a) The supervisory farmers

(b) Cultivators

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

147. Which of the following tribes is a food gathering tribe?

(a) Kadar

(b) Bhil

(d) Santhal

Ans. (a)

148. Find the incorrect match-

(a) Konayak Naga……….. yo

(b) Gond……….. Jankerpa

(d) Muria……….. Gotul

Ans. (b)

149. Which of the following is not a feature of tribe?

(a) common territory

(b) sense of unity

(d) common language

Ans. (c)

150. In north Orissa, shifting cultivation is known as ___________.

(a) Koman

(b) Podh

(d) Jhum

Ans. (a)

151. The term ____________, among Trobrianders means the tribute paid to a chief of subsistence goods.

(a) Gimwali

(b) pokala

(d) sagali

Ans. (b)

152. ____________ is an occupational group.

(a) Trade-union

(b) Peer group

(d) Conjugal family

Ans. (a)

153. Manorial system of economy in England implied:

(a) cultivation of land by the owners themselves

(b) small scale cultivation

(d) no control of king over the lords

Ans. (c)

154. Which of the following is NOT true of craft guilds of the past?

(a) there were as many guilds, as many trades

(b) usually the highest in rank of the trade belonged to the guild

(d) there were no sharp divisions between the master and the men

Ans. (c)

155. Pre-capitalist system in society came with the-

(a) appearance of Eastern commercial routes

(b) confiscation of guild property by the kings

(d) appearance of the middle man

Ans. (d)

Upload and Share Your Article:

Sociology, Questions and Answers, Sociology Quiz Questions and Answers

Cookie	Duration	Description
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional	11 months	The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
viewed_cookie_policy	11 months	The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.

Related Articles:

Upload and Share Your Article:

Upload Your Knowledge on Sociology: