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1. 'l1,eprocessbywhichthegroup·valuesareintemalizedbytheindividual iscalled:

assimilation integration


aerommodation


2. Therearcthreeslages ofdevelopmentofsociety,namelysavagerybarbarismandcivilization, according to:

Darwin Morgan


Spenccr Bachofen


3. When a person believes that his culture is superior to other cultures, it is called

Lihnicity ethnocentrism


cultural snobbery cultural relativism


4. 'Ihe view tllat the tribal people should be allowed to retain their'pccial characteristic while becoming a part ofthemain-stream, is known as:

cultural relativism acculturation


assimilation isolationism


5. Which one ofthe'followingdoes NOT represent ascribed slatus?

A father A pricst


ABmhmin A nela


6. An Institution can be best deseri'bed as a complex of:

authority statuses


roles procedures


7. Whichone ofthefollowing isthepre·requisite ofsocialintemetion?

Face to face contact . Hannony


Physical rontact Mutual orientation


8. Theprocess ofaccommodationisadoptedinsocietytoavoid:

competition betwccn pcople


competition between ideologies


conflict between equals and non-equals


integmtion between the formal and the infonnal


9. Thcproccssbywhiehideasandbeliefsbecomepart ofthesclfiscalled:

conformity inlcmaIization


imitation institutionalisation


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10. Which onc oflhc following can be refcrred to as independcntly dcfined role?

Fathcr Tcachcr


Painler Offi=


II. Which ofthc followingpmmole adoptionofimprovcd agricultural practices fordivcrsification of the eropping pattern

Communication facilities
Economic imx:ntives



Poverty


Traditionalism
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and and


12. Considerthefollowing:

Movementoftraitstluoughspaceand time


Diffusion oftraits can be traced


DifTusioncan bedircetor indirecl.
Which ofthe above arc the features ofdiffusion?



and


and and


13. ThecultureofPovertyrefers to: SllIDS Suburbs
Rural arca Inner cities
14. Coercion rcfers 10:

Usc ofphysical force to gain one's interesl


Large-scale violence lcading to disruptionofsociallife


Prevalence 0 fwarring groups in society


Social interaction in which one person or group forces its will on another


15. '111emain diflcrcnce bctween class and status is tllat:

the fonner refers to economic group and the latter to hereditary rankingoffamily


theformerisassociatedwithownership ofmeansofproductionand thelatterwithstyles of life


the former refers to personal power and the latter is associated with privileges that one enjoys


tileformer refers toacquisitionofpolitical powerand thelatter togainofsocialpower


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All inmates ofa prison
Sugarcane plantation workers



MembersofAlcoholicsAnonymous ofametropolis


Mother and her three children


17. Status inconsistencyrefcrs to

differential rankingon thedimensions ofsocial stratification


discrepancy and conflict in the status and role ofan individual


gaps between expectation and performance


incompatibilityamongthediffcrcntslatusesofan individual


18. Which one ofthe followingstatcrnents is correct?

Social processes are always associative


Social processes arc always disassociative


Social processes may be both associative and


Social processes arc neither associative nor disassoeiative


19. Which oneofthe following best defines the term "kinship"?

The groupingofrclatives


The sociallyrccognized relationship


A recognition ofcultwally conditioned relationship


The social rccognition and expression ofgenealogical relationship


20. Which oncis the correct scquenceofthe given socia-cultural processes?

Culturalcontact-Assimilation-Accommodation-conDict


Accommodation-Assimilation-cultural contact -conflict


Culturalcontact-con11ict-Accommodation-Assimilation


Accommodation-conflict-cultural contact-Assimilation


21. What is ti,e most important and basic factor for social integration according to the functionalists?
Yalueconsensus
Structural interdependence Condition ofanomie
22. Which one ofti,e following is not covered under the "Element ofsocial structure"

Deviation Observance


Sanction Group aclion


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23. What arc social nonns

Rules whose observance is expected in a society


Laws whose violation invariablyleads to punishment


Principles accepted as nonnal by sociology


Codes which are prescribed in saered texts


24. Joking relationships take plaec between:

husband and wife mother and daughter


father and son hrother-in-Iaw and sister-in-law


25. Which one offollowing defines correctly the family which is created as aresult ofmamage and the offsprings consequently born

Familyoforientntion Familyofprocrealion


Extended Family Joint Family


26. Which ofthe following arc ineluded in the familyoforientation?

one's parents


one's spouse


one's siblings
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and


27. Which one ofthe following is the correct sequence in Comte's lhcoryofchange?

lbcological-Positive_ Metaphysical


TIleologieal-Metaphysieal-Positive


Metaphysical-Thcological-Positive


Positive -Metaphysical-'Ibcologieal


28. Whichoneofthefollowingpairs ofkincompositionandtype offamilyiscorrectlymatched?

Ego's mother,fathcr and Sibling-Familyofproercation


Ego's brothers, sisters and mothcr-Matrilineal family


Ego's wife and wife's brother-Patrilocal family


Ego's husband and ehildrcn-Familyoforientation


29. Incompatible expectations lead to

Double role


Role conflict Role mix


30. Genetic characteristics are evident among:

affinal kins consanguincal kins


unilateral kins bilateral kins


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31. Ego'swifeishis:

primaryconsanguincal kin prirnaryaffinalkin


secondary kin tcrtiarykin


32. Whichofthefollowingtribespractisedpolyandry?

Toda, Kota, Khasa, bhils and gonds Q3) kota, khasa, Toda and bhils


Toda, kota, and khasa onlyTodas


33. The RulesofResidencc where a couple upon being married, go to live with thebrotheroflhe groom's mother, are known as

Patrilocal Matrilocal


Arunculocal Neolocal


34. Which one ofthe following Acts removed the restriction on "golra" marriage?

The Hindu Marriage ValidityAct, 1949


The Special Marriage Act, 1954


The Hindu Marriage Disabilities Removal Act, 1946


The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955


35. Whichofthefollowingisthebasis ofthesystenl""ofmarriagefollowed bymostparts ofNorth India?

Village endogamy and gotra exogamy


Village exogamyand gotra exogamy


Village exogamy and preferential kin marriage


None ofthe above


36. Marriage with mother's brother's daughter is a form ofwhich one ofthe following:

Restricted exchange Direct exchange


Discontinuous exchange Generali7.cd exchange


37. Which one ofthe following is not used for identifying, social strata?

Occupation Income


Intelligence Education


38. Which ofthe following eharacteristies are associated with social movement?

Collectiveenterprise To establish new social order


Delinitegoals Formal action
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and and


and


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39. 'Jbe estate system isa feature of:

Post-industrial European Society Feudal EuroPe


Indian Society Ancient Egyptian Society


40. TI,e main differencebetween caste and class is that

Caste operates in a classless society and class operates in casteless society


Caste is always closed; and class is always open


The status given to an individual is ascribed in the case ofcaste, whereas in class it is achieved


lbeindividualsuffersmostin thecase ofcastewhereasinclass hedocsnot


41 . Dualorganisationasa functional stratificationprevalentamong:

Castes Class


Ethclass Tribes


42. The system ofcaste stratification is based on

Rebirth stratification Chaturvama


Vamashrarna System Sept.


43. Falscconsciousncss in a class stratification is dysfunctional as it obstructs awareness:

oftheirrole inthesystem abouttheirdemandS


oftheirrcaIstatus about themselves


44. The principal sources ofritual pollution is/are:

birth bodilyemissions


death birth, bodilyernissions and death


45. Whichofthefollowingarethedefiningfeatures ofthedominant caste?

Numerical strength Highest ritual status


Higheconomicstatus High political status
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and and


46. Structural differentiation refer.; to:

Progressive spccialisationandautonomous functioning ofsocial units


Changes in the structural forms ofsocial units


Theprocessofevaluationandrankingofsocial institutions


Theprolifcration ofsocial wlits


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47. Which one oftlie following helps to maintain the structural distance bctween castes

Economic status Political power


Land ownership Purityand pollution


48. In theevent ofadeclinein therate ofsocio-economicchange, social mobilitylikewisetendsto declinein:

castestratification estalestratification


class stratification etlUlicstratification


49. Which one ofthe following is not a characteristic ofconflict?

it is a conscious action it is a personal activity


it is a collective social bchaviour it is an integral part ofsocial activities


50. A IUral community without any village centrc has been described by Edwards as

UneviUagc Open-<:ountrycommunity


Down-<:ountrycommunity GJosedcommunity


51. The concept of "Pre-industrial society" was proposed by:

Saint Simon Kingsley Davis


Sjoberg Robcrt Park


52. A placc whcre 2/3 ofthe population is engaged in agriculture and 1/3 in secondary and tertiary occupations can be best called a

city town


rural town rural market


53. Herbert Spencer hasclassificd types ofsocieties from the simplest to the most complex according to their degree of:

composition aggregation


social bond knowledge


54. .__creates provisions for integration in society.

Dishonesty Material desires


Cultural heterogencity Dictatorship


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55. In India a peasant is idcntified as one who:

owns land and cultivates with the help ofhired labour


owns land and cultivates with the help offamily labour


uses traditional methods ofcultivation


is fatalistic in out look


56. Socicties which arc relativelysmall, non-literate, homogeneous and cohesive arc called

folk societies Urban societies


Rural societies Industrial societies


57. In which one ofthe followingtypcs ofsocieties, the status ofwomen is rclativelybetter? Industrial society Tribal society
Agrariansocicty Post Industrial society
58. Find the odd man out:

Hegal Hobbes


Dalm:ndorf Dwi<hcim


59. Which ofthe following itcms was used by Durkheim to describe social phenomena that were external to individual yct constrained his action?

Social values Social norms


Social relations Social facts


60. ThcmostfWldamcntaldivision ofaclassinanysocietyisfoundbetweenthe:

rich and poor commoners and rulers


agriculturalistand industrialist Uleistand atheist


61 . Which oneofthc following is the primarysub-system specialized inrelation to theadaptivefUletion ofa society?

Polity Economy


Culture Religion


62. Production and exchange ofgoods and services for the satisfaction ofwants is called Productivcaction exchangc
economic action rational action
63. Whichoneofthefollowingis NOTaneconomicinstitutioninthcstrictsociological sensc? Contract Market
Divisionoflabour Factory
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64. Which are thcmain features ofthe controlled (planned) economy in India?

The politicsof"garibi hatao"


Anti-povcrtypolicies like land reforms


Puttingthewcight ofthestatebehind agricultural production


Controlling the economy through public sector economic units
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(2)and(4)only and


65. Which among the following is not the defining feature ofthe concept ofpeasant

Theyaresmallproducers
1beyproduceprimarily for theirownconsumption



They produce with the help ofthcirown and that ofthe family labour


They enjoy privileged position in statecentrcd society


66. Cities in the primary phasc ofurbanization display:

heterogenctic transformation generative transformation


parabitictnlllsformation orthogenctictransforrnation


67. Inwhichone ofthefollowinglypesofcities dowefmdtheeliteclassatthecentre ofthecity?

Pre-industrial Modem


Historical Commercial


68. Which ofthe following affc.ct the size ofurban population in India?

Birthratc


Death rate


Reclassification ofplaces
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and and


and


69. Which one ofthe following terms is used for the spread ofpopulation and industry beyond thc borders ofurban centres?

urban sprawl urbanization


urban centrc Suburbanisation .


70. Whcn urban population grows and thc proportion ofurban population to the total populalion remains constant, is known as

urbanization over-urbanization


urban growth population stability


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71. Whcn the connictingparties try to adjust to each other it iscalled

surrendcr adjustment


accommodation assimilation


72. Social interaction is a process through which members ofa group:

penetrate each othcr's mind develop a sense ofhealthy competition


helpstrengtheningsocial customs save each other from social ridicule


73. Article335 in thc Indian Constitulion provides forreservation:

in govcnunent services for SCslSTs ofscats inLokSabhafor SCslSTs


ofseals in Vidhan Sabha for SCslSTs ofseats in educational institutions for SCslSTs


74. Thc fundamental charucteristicofan industrial society is:

mechanised means ofproduction break up ofjoint families


poverty. laekoffaith in religion


75. The community devclopment programmc intndia was launched in theycar:

1947 1950


1952 1956


76. Whichoneofthefollowingisthebcstcriterion ofcontrastbetwecnaruraland
mban community?


gcographiclocation specificsizeofpopulation


spocilicdensityofpopulation diversificationofoccupations


77. Which ofthc following is not contained in Robert E Park's sodal classification?

conflier co-operation


competition accommodation


7R. Accommodation is the natural result of

Competition Integration


Isolation None ofthe above


79. Thc three-tier system ofParichayati Raj was recommended by:

Balwantrai Mehta Committee Elwin Committee


OhcbarCommission Jaya Prakash Narain Committee


80. Which one ofthc following is a caslc?

Marwati Bhil


Sudra 'Yadava


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81. Whuttype ofvillage is found along the west coast ofIndia, say in South Kanara and Kerala

Nucleated village Dispersed village


Integrated village Deserted village


82. Caste status is detennined by

education socialisation


economicalTIuence birth


83. In a multi-caste Indian village a Harijan family hies to follow the life styleofa.Brahman family. Consequently certain changcs occur in the life styleofthe Harijan family. In sociological parlance such changes arc attributed to

imitation sanskritisation


enculturation acculturation



84. The pattern ofsoeial stratifieation in developed societies is capable ofbeing diagrammatically represented in the shape 0 fa:

diamond pyramid


triangle square


85. Byeasteism we mean

biasinfavour ofone'sowncaste


biasinfavour ofnotonlyone'sowncastebutalsoagainstothercastes


bias against every caste


bias in favourofa few castes


86. Modem society is governed by:

conventions ruleoflaw


divinelaw physical force


87. always implies inhibition ofceltain ego centred drives.

conflict


competition accommodation


88. For a person an adopted son is:

an affinal kin


a consanguincous kin


neither an affinal nor a consanguineous kin


an affinal kin as well as a consanguineous kin


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89.The process of assimilation, as pointed out by involves both denationalisation and renationalisation.

MacIver KingsleyOavis


Merton Fairchild


90. Whichoneofthefollowingcanbeconsideredacommunity

students union Tnbc


6rni1y crowd


91. Whenthemcmbcrsofanygrooupshareaspecific goaloflifeandcanyitoutas per foonal rules, they constitute alan

association oornmunity


institution gang


92. Whichoneofthefollowingterms isusedbysociologists todescribetherelativelystable,widely established procedures that develop around the noons and values ofsociety

Ideology • Institution


Role Legislation


93. Taboois:

Polynesian belief aprolnbition


ritual mark worn by pious persons avoidance between relatives


94. Working together to accomplish a goal that all desire, implies

competition conflict


co-opcralion compromise


95. Asa process, conflict is ofcoopcration.

mltua1 anti-thesis


synthesis supportive


96. The conflict theory was advocated by:

Maciver and Pagc Herbert Spencer


Talcott Parsons Dahrcndorf


97. Authoritycan be

legal traditional


charismatic all ofthe above


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98. Rolc conflict does not arise when a person is given a role:

which one does not like


which is not conducivcto one's environment


when each one works under a well-planned system


when every body is free to pcrfonn the role ofone's choicc


99. Which ofthe following is not the characteristic ofa primarygroup?

Intimacy Face to face association


Impersonal relationship Physical proximity


100. Which ofthe followingstatemcnts arecorrectly associated with Talcott Parsons concept ofSocial System

Social System means action system


Social System is a sub-system ofaction system


Social System is madc up ofaction systems


SocialSystemisthesystemofinteractiverelationships oftwoormore
individual actions.
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101. A sub culture that adheres to a set ofbcliefs and values radically rcjects thesocicty's dominant culture and prescribes and alternative one is

indoculture sub·culture


counter culture real culture


102. WhichoneofthefollowingstatementsisINCORRECf?

Raciallnter-mixturc leads to degeneration


The concept ofpure race is a myth


Inter-mixture ofraces is a universal phenomenon


No race-is supcrior or inferior to any other race


103. According to Durkhcim, which one ofthe following is the principal source of cohesion and solidarity in modem society?

Repressive laws Division oflabour


Greater intcnsityofclass conflict Expansion ofeducation


SSD-24495-B 15 (Thrn over 104. Which oneofthefollowingis 8definitionofcultwallag?

Inabilityofoneculturetoadopttraits ofanotherculture


Gap between material and nonmaterial culture


Incompatibilitybetween individual culture and group culture


Sharingbetweenmaterialandnon-material culture


105. Status ovcrwhich thc individual has absolutely no choice is known as

Ascribed status Master status


Achieved Status Key status


I06. Which 0 f thc following are thc basic characteristics ofsocial group?

Physical presence oftwo or more persons


Interaction betwcen two or more persons


Definitepattcmofrelationship


Consciousness ofmembers for belonging to the group
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107. lbecomplement ofrole relationships which a college teacher has with pupils, colleagues, principal and ministerial staffrefers to his:

multipleroles roleoontliet


role pcrformancc role set


108. Who among the following is ofthe view that social structure is an abstract construction ofsocial rcality and has nothing to do witll thc existingreality?

Spencer Levi Strauss


Leach Brown


109. The individual forgets the rule misconstrues is intention, this implies (Al conformity rebellion
deviance retreatism
110. Which one ofthc following combinations is true regarding modcrnization in India?

Dilfusionandacculturation Evolutionandaccultwation


Evolution and diffusion Evolution and regeneration


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·Ill. Asocial institution is

an established procedure that rcgulates human behaviour


a place where social functions are organized


an orgllllization where social positions are formally defined


an organization that administers social service


112. A basic distinction between culture and civilization is

culture is what we have achieved and civilization is what we aspirc to achieve


culture is what comes out ofintelligence and civilization is not


cultureissecondaryandcivilizationisprimary


culture is what we are and civilization is what we have


113. When cultural traits spread from one society to another, the process is called

diffusion parallelism


evolution pluralism


114. Which ofthe follmvingis not included as a type ofconfiict

War Feud


Collcctivebargaining


115. A pressure group is generally referred to·as alan:

ethnic group informal group


special interest group caste group


116. According to R.K. Merton, a role set is:

aset ofroles performedbythemembersinanygroup


anarray ofassociatedrolesrelatedtoparticularsocialstatus


aset ofrolesofequalstatusesinanygroup


anarray ofroles hierarchicallyordered inal1ygroup


117. A group to which wc compare ourselves when wc judge our own status is called

kingroup peer group


secondary group reference group


118. A changc in social position that does not alter a person's status is

social immobility horizontal mobility


vertical mobility structural mobiiity


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119. Competitioohas beendescribed as "peaeeful cooflict"by;

Spencer Coser


Weber Frazer


120. Socialisation takes place

duringchildhood duringyoungage


dwingthewholelife at different inlel'va1s


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