1. Which of the following is not a cultural object

Technology Barbie Doll


Sculptures None of these


2. Tendency to view the norms and values of our own culture as standards to judge practices of others is called

Egoism Cultural Pride


Ethnocentrism Ethnology


3. A shop displays the sign "No-Profanity especially when women and children are around". It is an example of

Laws Norms


Values Customs


4. "American Punkers" are an example of

Counter culture Sub culture


Cultural change None of these


5. Values are shared standards of

Desirable goals Morals


Guidelines Expectations


6. Delay before a change in one part of society produces realignment of other parts is known as

Cultural adjustment Acculturation


Generation Gap Cultural Lag


7. Race is largely determined on the basis of

Biological Differences Phenotypical Differences


Genotypical Differences Cultural Differences


8. Animism is belief in

Natural Phenomena Deitiis


Animals Religion


9. Find the odd one out

Frazer Malinowaski


Evans Pritchard Saint-Simon


10. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of culture

Innate Biologically transmitted


Dynamic Static


11. Concept "Mores" is derived from

English word Frenchword


Latin word Spanish word


12. 'Xenocentrism' is

Opposite of Ethnocity Preference for foreign objects


Cultural relativism Counter Culture


13. Which of the following is not a social process

Exchange Cooperation


Competition None of these


14. Which of the following is not a group

Family Couple


Indians Football Team


15. Which of the following is an example of 'Secondary group'?

Co-workers Seminarians


Gang Peer group


16. "Shoppers in a mall" is an example of

A group An aggregate


A category A class


17. Major function of secondary groups is

Expressive activity Instrumental activity


Economic activity Leisure activity


18. Which is not a characteristic of Bureacracy

Hierarchy of authority Personal relations


Rules and Regulations Division of Labour


19. Theory of "Social Capillarity" was propounded by

Arsene Dumont Louise Dumont


Emile Durkheim Carr-Saunders


20. Who was the first proponent of 'Demographic Transition Theory'?

Becker Landry


Notestein Easterlin


21. Which State among the following has the least population

Haryana Himachal Pradesh


Jammu and Kashmir Punjab


22. Which among the following is the smallest metropolis according to 2001 census

Surat Kanpur


Jaipur Nagpur


23. Name the country which does not maintain a population register

England Denmark


Israel Sweden


24. Who has written the book "Polish Peasants in Europe and America"

F. Znaniecki W. I. Thomas


Thomas and Znaniecki None of these


25. "Population Involution" is a response to

Population growth Urbanization


Internal migration Industrialization


26. "A Nation of Strangers" deals with migration in

Canada USA


Australia New Zealand


27. According to 2001 census, the population of Jammu and Kashmir was

89.9 Lakhs 95.6 Lakhs


100.6 Lakhs 115.2 Lakhs


28. World Population Day is celebrated on

8th March 5th June


11th July 8th August


29. Which of the following does not fit with others

Gens Affines


Clan Phratry


30. Term Agnatic is used for

Matrilineal Patrilineal


Unilineal None of these


31. Cognates means Kin through

Female Link Male Link


Any Link All of these


32. In the sorrorate form of marriage a man is married to

Wife's sister His cousin


Brother's widow None of these


33. Primary aim of Hindu marriage is

Reproduction Religious duty


Companionship Pleasure


34. Which of the following is a preferential from of marriage

Love Marriage Cross-cousin marriage


Arranged Marriage Widow remarriage


35. In this system, property is transferred through 'mother's brother':

Matrilineal Patrilineal


Avunculineal None of these


36. What is not true about clan

Common Ancestor No common residence


Associated with totem Exogamy


37. Which of the following is not an institution

BCCI CBSE


Market None of these


38. Rites of Passage ....................................


Mark the beginning of a status


Mark the end of a status


Mark the end of one status and beginning of another


Ceremonies


39. Propinquity means

Physical nearness Social nearness


Cultural nearness Endogamy


40. Homogamy means the tendency to choose mate

similar to oneself of similar sex


of same town None of these


41. Which of the following is not an example of domestic violence

Wife battering Child abuse


Elderly abuse Abuse of domestic maid


42. Point out the odd one out

Church Ecclesia


Denominations Sect


43. Type of authority in a Sect is

Traditional Chrismatic


Rational Divine


44. Exercise of power through force or threat of force is known as

Terrorism Vandalism


Authority Coercion


45. Point the odd one out

Hospital Bank


Hotel Industry


46. Magic includes

Sorcery Witchcraft


Charms All of these


47. "Magic, Science and Religion and other Essays" was written by

Frazer Malinowoski


Kluckhohn Evans-Pritchard


48. Sociologists have defined religion with reference to

God Sacred


Ultimate Spiritual


49. Magic is thought to be

Individualistic Instrumental


Intentional All of these


50. In a market economy, economic activities are conducted by

Caste groups Individuals and companies


Companies Government


51. According to Plato, which of the following is not a class category

Auxiliaries Guardians


Land Owners Workers


52. Which of the following does not figure in Marxist approach of stratification

Class mobility Classconsciousness


Class solidarity Class conflict


53. is not a process of social stratification.

Differentiation Ranking


Rewarding Selection


54. does not constitute a dimension of social mobility.
Time Space
Generation Institution
55. When an 'overseer' is called a 'Junior Engineer', it is an example of

Upward Mobility Fictitious Mobility


Parallel Mobility Occupational Mobility


56. Ranking of social status is not done on the basis of

Value judgements Personal characteristics


Skills Consequences


57. Ghurye is the author of .

Caste and Class in India Caste and Race in India


Caste and Religion in India Caste, Class and Race in India


58. Estate system in Europe ended with

Industrial revolution Green revolution


French Revolution Urbanization


59. Which of the following countries have never had a caste system

India South Africa


America Japan


60. Estate system does not prescribe

Economic duties Political rights


Social Conventions Social Mobility


61. 'Patidar' is the dominant caste of

Andhra Pradesh Gujarat


Maharashtra U.P.


62. Jajmani system indicates a set of

Political relations Caste dominance


Economic relations Social obligation


63. Stratification ranks the individuals as

Rich and poor Superior and inferior


High caste and low caste Haves and Have nots


64. According to purity and pollution is an important criteria of caste hierarchy.

Andre Beteille M.N. Srinivas


G.S. Ghurye Louis Dumont


65. Max Weber categorised caste as a

Closed group Community


Ethnic group Endogamous group


66. 'Andre Beteille' is the exponent of

Functional view of caste Structural view of caste


Cultural view of caste Political view of caste


67. A tribe is characterised by

A common territory A sense of unity


A political organisation All of these


68. refers to the mode of

Food gathering Marriage ceremony


Shifting Cultivation Pastoralism


69. Who has defined a tribe "as a social group with a feeling of common determination against strangers."

MacIver Tylor


Murdock Louis


70. Which tribe is pastoralist

Toka Gujjar


Bhotia All of these


71. "Youth dormitory" among Trobrianders was described by

Parsons Radcliffe Brown


Malinowoski Tylor


72. The man's interaction with the Environment for his needs is known as

Zoology Ecology


Sociology Biology


73. The youth dormitory among the Bhotia tribe is called .

Gitiora Yo


Jonkerpa Rangbang


74. Which tribe is not known for its artisanry

Mario Gond


Tharo Birhor


75. An Industrial Society is marked by

Mass production Extreme division of labour


Occupational Subcultures All of these


76. Family in an industrial society is a

Economic unit Production unit


Consumption unit None of these


77. The concept of Post-Industrial Society is associated with

Toffler Touraine


Marx Smelser


78. Scheduled Caste Federation was set up in 1942 by

Ambedkar M.K. Gandhi


Jyotiba Phule Jawahar Lal Nehru


79. Which Article provides for the abolition of untouchability

104 216


17 217


80. Schedule VI of the Constitution of India is related to

Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes


Other Backward Castes Minorities


81. Source of power in a Post-Industrial Society is

Wealth Knowledge


Authority Status


82. Major economic activity in a Post-Industrial Society is

Manufacturing Rents


Services Consumption


83. Burgers put forward theory for the development of the city.

Central Place Concentric Zone


Compositional Subcultural


84. Who is the author of 'The Metropolis and Mental Life'

Georg Simmel Max Weber


R.E. Pahl Louis Wirth


85. Term "under-urbanization" refers to

Low rate of urbanization Imbalance between urbanization and industrialization


Small sized cities Poor infrastructure in cities


86. Term "Conurbation" stands for

Urban agglomeration Congested cities


Large city regions Growing cities


87. Who distinguished the cities into pre-Industrial and Industrial

Sjoberg Spengler


Munford Toynbee


88. Panchayati Raj System was introduced in India in .

1952 1969


1977 1984


89. Which of the following is not a feature of Industrial Society

Subsistence economy Market economy


Urban living Electrical energy


90. According to Fischer, deviant sub-cultures exist more easily in than elsewhere.

Village Town


City Region


91. Regional Community aims at

Economic Cooperation Integrated Development


Cultural Exchange All of these


92. Guidelines which direct the conduct in a particular situation are called

Norms Values


Folkways Mores


93. Theory of cultural lag was propounded by

Ogburn Nimkoff


MacIver Ogburn and Nimkoff


94. Scientific Theory of Culture was propounded by

Frazer R. Brown


Malinowoski Redfield


95. The book "Untouchables" was written by

B.R. Ambedkar S.C. Dube


Mahatma Gandhi N.K. Bose


96. Customs are also called

Values Laws


Mores Folkways


97. Term "Reference Group" was coined by .

H. Hyman T. Newcomb


R. Merton G.H. Mead


98. Summer gave the concept of out-group in his classic study of

Urban areas Secondary groups


Folkways Reference groups


99. Replacement level Fertility requires a Net Reproduction Rate of

Less than one One


Two More than two


100. Which is the dominant occupational group in a Post-Industrial Society

Blue collar workers Professionals


Teachers Semi-skilled workers


101. "Marriage is rooted in the family rather than family in marriage". Who said it

Murdock Marx


Morgan Wester Marck


102. Cross-cousin marriage is prevalent among

Gonds of MP Nayars


Todas Ho


103. The book "The death of the Family" is written by

Robin Fox David Cooper


Robert Redfield T. Parsons


104. The book "Sociology of Economic life" is written by

Weber Smelser


Parsons Merton


105. One of the best examples of "Money Barter" is found among

Gonds of India IfugaoofPhillipines


Lovedu of S. Africa Afridi of Pakistan


106. Which year is considered as the year of Great Divide in the history of population of India

1911 1921


1951 1971


107. Who coined the term "conurbation"

Patrick Gedder Whyte


R. Park R-Redfield


108. Hawthorne Experiments in Organizational and Industrial Sociology refers to

Classical Management Human Relations approach


Conflict Management Stress Management


109. Tribal Research Institute is located at

Ranchi Guwahati


Bhopal Tejpur


110. Khond tribes are found in

Andhra Pradesh W. Bengal


Gujarat Orissa


111. High incidence of love marriage is found among
Meena Santhal
Gond Bhil

112. Which tribe practices 'child marriage'

Gond Bhil


Toda Munda


113. is a process by which an immigrant becomes integrated into the dominant society.

Cooperation Assimilation


Accommodation Integration


114. A 'melting pot' culture is the result of which process

Integration Cultural Relativism


Assimilation Competition


115. Stopping at red light is an example of

Assimilation Acculturation


Integration Cooperation


116. Labour-Management agreements are an example of

Hostility Accommodation


Competition Reconcilation


117. Group cohesion is based on

Small Size Proximity


Frequent Interaction Rigid Laws


118. December 10th is observed as
World Human Rights Day World Population Day
World Health Day World Environment Day

119. Plough cultivation is being practised by

Kadar Toda


Onge Munda


120. Which of the following is not a feature of Post-Industrial Society

Mass Consumption of goods Quality of life


Growth of Services Struggle between capitalist and worker


ROUGH WORK

ROUGH WORK