1. Social refers to the division of population into several strata.

(A)Classification


Division


(C)Stratification


Differentiation


2. Social stratification is a particular form of social

(A)Equality


Justice


(C)Gradation


Inequality


3. Parsons suggests stratification to be a/an part of all human societies.

(A)Necessary


Inevitable


(C)Functional


All of these


4. Weber believed held class to denote unequal distribution of rewards.

(A)Occupation


Economic


(C)Social


Judicial


5. regarded status groups to be stratified on the basis of their styles of life.

(A)Parsons


Moore


(C)Weber


Davis


6. This term is used in sociology to indicate the struggle between the different interests and social groups in society.

(A)Competition


Conflict


(C)Both option and


Only option


7. According to Weber, and denoted differential distribution of economic rewards and social honour respectively.

(A)Power, prestige


Class, estate


(C)Class, status


Caste, class


8. The basis of the most rigid social stratification system is .

(A)Caste


Age


(C)Physical features


Economic inequality


9. Social mobility refers to movement of an individual or group from one to another.

(A)Country


Place


(C)Class


Society


10. The word is of origin.

(A)German


French


(C)Spanish


Hindi


11. The most perfect instance of caste exists in

(A)The USA


China


(C)India


Pakistan


12. According to whom does class take the extreme form of caste when status is wholly predetermined

(A)Page


Parsons


(C)Cooley


MacIver


13. The Dvija or twice-born referred to the

(A)Brahmanas


Kshatriyas


(C)Vaishyas


All of these


14. Membership in the Caste

(A)Based on achievement


Hereditary


(C)Based on election


A matter of individual choice


15. Traditional caste was characterised by hereditary

(A)Membership


Occupation


(C)Commensality


Authority


16. In this system high castes are provided services and products by various lower castes and in return serving people are paid in cash or kind

(A)Barter System


Ceremonial Exchange


(C)Jajmani System


None of the above


17. In the Jajmani System, the patron was called the

(A)Jajman


Parjan


(C)Kameen


None of these


18. Parsons argued that societies had four basic needs namely

(A)AGIB


AGIL


(C)AGIT


AGIV


19. The numerous sub-divisions of a varna are called

(A)Classes


Castes


(C)Jatis


Strata


20. Membership in the caste is

(A)Achieved


Optional


(C)Ascribed


Automatic


21. M.N. Srinivas did the field work in village in Mysore.

(A)Rajpur


Rajpura


(C)Rampur


Rampura


22. The Jajmani System is

(A)Achieved


Contractual


(C)Hereditary


None of these


23. The jajmani relations are

(A)Temporary


Permanent


(C)Contractual


Dependent on the jajman's will


24. The person who gives service to the jajman is called

(A)Kamin


Parjan


(C)Nokna


Purohit


25. It is a period leading up to French revolution, which was characterised by a belief in progress and with the challenge to traditional roles is known as

(A)End of ideology


Liberation


(C)Enlightenment


End of History


26. Commensal restrictions

(A)Gradually lost its rigidity


Hindered social progress


(C)Hindered social mobility


All of the above


27. Slavery was followed by

(A)Capitalism


Feudalism


(C)Communism


Freedom


28. A class-in-itself becomes a class-for-itself with the development of

(A)Class-consciousness


Organization


(C)Both and


Neither nor


29. A 'class-in-itself' is a term coined by

(A)Engels


Lenin


(C)Castro


Marx


30. Who said "the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle"

(A)Karl Marx


Fredrich Engels


(C)Both


Neither nor


31. Class distinction is not based on

(A)Possession of property


Birth


(C)Status and power


Social honour


32. The declaration that the educational and economic interests of SC and STs would be promoted with 'special care' is contained in

(A)Article 46


Article 342


(C)Article 335


Article 78


33. Article provides for reservation for SC and ST in the House of People.

(A)332


330


(C)338


325


34. Reservation in the legislature was initially provided for years.







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35. Caste in India is a/an group.

(A)Primary


Ethnic


(C)Endogamous


Racial


36. Culture is

(A)Learned


Genetically transmitted


(C)Developed in isolation


A matter of one's race


37. Civilization represents

(A)Culture


Progress


(C)Technological developments


A particular type of culture


38. A culture complex is

institution


habit


meaningful set of cultural traits combined


norm


39. Kroeber has demarcated culture into eidos and

(A)Aura


Environment


(C)Superstructure


Ethos


40. Subculture would be exemplified by

(A)The Anand Margis


Teenage culture


cultural association


A political party


41. Prayer is a

(A)Belief


Value system


(C)Norm


Culture trait


42. Which of the following represents a culture complex

(A)Vegetarianism


Prayer


(C)Caste system


Wearing of sacred thread


43. Which is called the culture of poverty

(A)Suburbs


Rural areas


(C)Inner cities


Slums


44. Ethos implies

(A)Disposition of a culture determining its quality


(B)Formal appearance of a culture


(C)Cultural bias


(D)None of the above


45. Culture is transmitted through

(A)Genes


Language


(C)Region


Mobility


46. Material Culture includes

(A)Tools


Beliefs


(C)Values


Language


47. Pick out the culture trait

(A)Vaishnavism


(B)Touching the feet of an elderly person


(C)Joint family system


(D)Performing the death ceremonies of the deceased


48. Indicate which is an example of non material culture

(A)Ideas


Laptop


(C)Building


Car


49. Durkehim gave the concept of totemic beliefs in his book

Suicide


Elementary Form of Religious Life


(C)Rules of Sociological Method


Division of Labour


50. It is a type of residence where a newly married couple resides separately from both the husband's wife's natal household

(A)Amitalocal


Neolocal


(C)Avunculocal


Patrilocal


51. Which of the following is a rule of descent

(A)Bilateral Descent


Joking Descent


(C)Teknonymy Descent


Avunculate Descent


52. Which among the following is an informed method of social control

(A)Belief


Coersion


(C)Law


Education


53. Race is one of the forms of

(A)Gender


Theory


(C)Social Stratification


Institution


54. Which of the following is a trait in determining race

(A)Beauty


Participation in politics


(C)Intelligence


Colour of skin


55. Belief in the superiority and inferiority of different races is called

(A)Fascism


Racism


(C)Elitism


Ethnocentrism


56. Hutton classified the Indian into racial categories.

(A)Three


Eight


(C)Six


Seven


57. Who is the author of Caste and Race in India

(A)Dr. H.J. Hutton


Dr. B.S. Guha


Myralal


None of these


58. Totemism began as a/an

(A)Religion


Social classification


(C)Discrimination


Ethnocentric drive


59. Religion oriented out of

(A)Sense of fear


Response to needs


(C)Acceptance of authority


All of the above


60. Tylor held that the primitive man must have believed in the existence of

soul


No soul


(C)Two souls


None of these


61. Religion being opium of the people is a view held by

(A)Lenin


Engels


(C)Marx


Tylor


62. The name of Tylor is associated with

(A)Naturalism


Animalism


(C)Animism


Sacred and profane


63. Durkheim's study of religious deals with

(A)Christianity


Australians aboriginals


(C)Tribal religions


None of the above


64. Whose book is "Social Change in Modern India"

(A)B.R. Ambedkar


M.N. Srinivas


(C)G.S. Ghurye


Louis Dumont


65. Who has written the 'Elementary form of religious life'

(A)Frazer


Parsons


(C)Weber


Durkheim


66. Secularism is not

(A)Anti-religious


way of life


movement from ritualism to spiritualism


(D)The basis of a new culture


67. Which of the following would be a community

business organisation


A church


temple


A city


68. People belonging to a community share

geographical area


A way of life


(C)Common sentiments


All of the above


69. Infancy is an status.

(A)Achieved


Integrated


(C)Absolute


Ascribed


70. Any group sharing a common purpose or interest

(A)Community


Institution


(C)Association


Society


71. Sociologically 'Culture' denotes

(A)Refinement in a person


(B)Learned behaviour of man


(C)Growth of micro-organism in a laboratory


(D)Cultivation of aesthetics


72. Which among the following is not included among the consanguineous

(A)Elder uncle


Brother


(C)Sister-in-law (wife's sister)


Sister


73. The primary model of estate is provided by

(A)Medieval European society


France


(C)Germany


Caste in India


74. Change of residence in connection with work refers to

(A)Mobility


Migration


(C)Both and


Neither nor


75. Vertical mobility refers to movements is

(A)Occupation


Living class


(C)Power


All of these


76. Flexibility of mobility exists in the system.

(A)Caste


Estate


(C)Class


None of these


77. refers to the rewards and punishments used to establish social control, that is to enforce the norms in society.

(A)Rites


Rituals


(C)Sanctions


Ceremonies


78. Which of the following is a type of conflict

(A)Frustration


Formation


(C)Feud


Force


79. Who has said that there are nine cultural traits

(A)Horton and Hunt


Kimball Young


(C)Clark


E.B. Tylor


80. It is a behavior which goes against the dominant norms of the specific society or group in which it occurs

(A)Devotion


Red Tapism


(C)Corruption


Deviance


81. Article 342 empowers the President to specify the following communities deemed to be tribes

(A)Scheduled Tribes


Scheduled Caste


(C)Harizans


Neighbourhood Community


82. The Forests and Natural Resources are the major livelihood securities for the following communities

(A)Scheduled Tribes


Scheduled Caste


(C)Higher Caste


Marginalized Community


83. University Grants Commission is keen to provide the following welfare scheme to each SC/ST students in India

(A)Employment


Financial Assistance


(C)Research Project


Providing Text Books


84. It is a form of power in which key positions in organizations, whether political, administrative or economic are allocated to relatives of those already in positions of power

(A)Corruption


Nepotism


(C)Nesting


Networking


85. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru 'Panchasheela' denotes

(A)The policy of integration


The general phenomenon


(C)Policy for survival


Policy of protective discrimination


86. State Govt. to appoint a separate Minister to look into the Tribal people according to

(A)Article 164


Article 339


(C)Article 46


Article 14


87. To provide productive and unproductive loan to tribal areas has been established that is known large sited multi-purpose co-operative societies, in short known as

(A)LAMPS


ALMPS


(C)MALPS


MPLADS


88. Tribal Research Institute always focus on issues related to the

(A)Tribal issue


Tribal Problem


(C)Tribal issues and problem


Tribal development


89. In Southern zone the following tribal are seen more prominent in their habitats

(A)Toda


Naga


(C)Bhil


Kadar


90. In the north-eastern zone, the following tribal is old

(A)Lepcha


Chenchu


(C)Urali


Valayar


91. Those who are given importance in a person's life, perhaps acting as role models, but also those who constitute an important audience for a person in a particular life

(A)Significant Others


Generalized Others


(C)Specialized Others


Important Others


92. A view that there are no universal beliefs, but each culture must be understood in its terms, because cultures cannot be translated into terms which are accessible everywhere

(A)Cultural Reproduction


Cultural Pluralism


(C)Cultural Relativism


Cultural Imperialism


93. Marriage always need

(A)Social approval


Family approval


(C)Friends approval


Government approval


94. One man marries more than one women at a given time known as

(A)Polygyny


Monogamy


(C)Polyandry


Sorrorate


95. When life partner selected within group that is called

(A)Endogamy


Exogamy


(C)Polygamy


Polyandry


96. Exogamy is a rule of marriage when individual to marry

(A)Within the same group


Outside the group


(C)Outside and inside group


Outside country


97. In Hindu custom, the marriage is a

(A)Religious duty


Social contract


(C)Social and religious contract


Community sentiment


98. According to Child Marriage Act (1929) a girl attends the marriage age at

years


15 years


years


21 years


99. Hindu Widow Remarriage Act came into effect

(A)1856


1829


(C)1872


1876


100. Hindu Marriage Act is applicable in India except the following State

(A)Bihar


Tamil Nadu


(C)Jammu Kashmir


Arunachal Pradesh


101. The Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 a guidelines for

(A)Prohibits the practice of dowry


influenced the dowry practice


prohibits the dowry practice and fixed the maximum amount to be paid in dowry


prohibits extra vagrancy in marriage celebration


102. Fasid and Basil are familiar words in marriage rules for

(A)Hindu Marriage


Christian Marriage


(C)Muslim Marriage


Sikh Marriage


103. A political ideology, deriving from Socialism and particularly from Marx and subsequent Marxists which aims at the creation of societies in which private productive property, social classes and the state are absent

(A)Colonialism


Socialism


(C)Communism


Marxism


104. The Patriarchal family is normally

(A)Father dominated family


Mother dominated


(C)Son dominated family


Daughter dominated family


105. Modernization has shifted the family structure from

(A)Nuclear to joint


Joint to Nuclear


(C)Nuclear to Extended


Nuclear to Absentia


106. Nuclear family consists of

(A)Husband only


Husband and wife only


(C)Husband, wife and children only


Husband, wife and kins


107. Joint family means

(A)Have a common roof


Separate kitchen


(C)Common toilet


Separate dining


108. Hindu Marriage Act 1955 recognizes

(A)Bigamy


Monogamy


(C)Fraternal Polyandry


None of the above


109. Hindu Marriage Act came to effect

(A)1956


1957


(C)1955


1965


110. On the basis of authority, family can be

(A)Patriarchal


Matriarchal


(C)Both


Neither nor


111. According to the Indian Constitution, which of the following articles deals with the claims of SCs and STs to services and posts

(A)Article 335


Article 330


(C)Article 338


Article 334


112. Heterogeneous population and high population density is a feature of

(A)Urban society


Rural society


(C)Agrarian society


Tribal society



113. Social Demography is a study that investigates of population.

(A)Social status


Composition


(C)Distribution


All of the above


114. Three stages proposed by Auguste Comte of human development

(A)Militant, Industrial, Mechanical


(B)Organic, Theological, Positive


(C)Theological, Metaphysical, Positive


(D)Theological, Metanarrative, Scientific


115. In India, national census year comes

(A)Once in 05 years


Once in 10 years


(C)Once in 15 years


Whenever needed


116. According to Indian Constitution who has the authority to specify particular communities as SCs and STs by public notification

(A)Chief Minister


President


(C)Prime Minister


Governor


117. Groups which become important models for one's conduct and ideas are called

Primary groups


Secondary groups


Reference group


In group
118. Dejure enumeration refers as


(A)Counting of people in their usual place of residence


a particular notified Night


(C)Any time when enumeration get feasible


a holiday


119. According to M.N. Srinivas, Sanskritisation is a change.

(A)Positional


Structural


(C)Structural functional


None of the above


120. Registration of vital events deals with

(A)Process of life from birth to death


Only birth


(C)Only marriage


Only death