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1. The term 'Reference Group' was first introduced by

Hyman N.W.Thomas


Srinivas Cooley


2. The collection of roles that goes with a given status is termed as:

Multiple roles Conflict of roles


Role Set Summation of roles


..,
Who stated that "society is web ofsocial relationship"
Weber MacIver Durkheim Marx
4. A formally organised group having limited objectives that are specifically spelled out is known as:

Community Organisation


Association Society


5. The concept of 'Sanskritisation' is closely related to the concept of:

Primary group Relative group


Reference group Pressure group


6. Community and society can be different on the basis of which ofthe following element?

Group of persons Definite locality


Likeness of interest Sentiment of oneness


7. Which ofthe following is termed as an abstract concept?

Society Community


Institution Association


8. Who gave the first complete definition of culture in his book "Primitive Culture"?

David Bidwy G P Nerdock


MacIver and Page Edward B Tylor


9. Which ofthe following is not an example of non-material element?
Clothes Norms Folkways Belief
10. Rural society is an example of:

Association Community


Region Nation


11. Sex, age and caste, all are examples of:

Ascribed status Cultural status


Achieved status Biological status


12. Who coined the term 'Primary Group'
Durkheim Cooley Ginsberg Comte
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13. Main objective of among Muslims is

Procreation and legislation of children


Religious sanctification of marriage


Finding groom for daughter/sister


To purify the bride and groom


14. Hindus consider marriage as obligatory, because:

It is important for harmonious relations between sexes


Sexual gratification outside marriage is sin


The birth of a son is necessary for the discharge of obligation to the ancestors


Marriage is precondition for entering into Grihastha Ashrama


15. Marriage to more than one wife is called:

Polygyny Polyandry


Matrilinearity Matrifocality


16. The first significant contribution to the study of kinship was made by:

Tylor Morgan


Malinowski Radcliffe Brown


17. Socialisation is entirely based on

Political interaction Economic interaction


Social interaction Universal interaction


18. Which stage of life is the most important stage of socialization?

Adolescent Adulthood


Childhood Old age


19. What are the major dimensions of stratification?

Class, power and status Power and wealth


Caste and class Land and prestige


20. When a girl of higher caste marries a boy of the lower caste, the system is known as:

Pratiloma Anuloma


Sororate Levirate


21. Which among the following is the indicator of open stratification system?

Ethnicity Class


Religion Caste


22. Social Stratification is:

A system in which people can change their status with relative ease.


Based entirely on self classification.


The ranking of individuals and groups into hierarchical layers


None ofthe above


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34. Who made studies on dominant caste in South India?

Ramchandra Guha Y.V. Reddy


M.N. Srinivas D.N. Majumdar


35. According to 2011 census, the state having the highest urban population is:

Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra


Tamil Nadu Kerala


36. When the norms related to religion are not confirmed to a sector, culture, an individual or a group, it can be called as

Social deviance Legal deviance


Sexual deviance Religious deviance


37. Who developed the term

Karl Marx and Engels R Merton


Max Weber R Linton and SF Nadel


38. Which among the following correctly describes changed position of women in a modern Indian family?

Woman's increasing economic independence


Woman becoming head ofthe family


Woman's growing independence to her domestic obligations


Woman's competitiveness with male peers in the family


39. Indian Parliament adopted Science Policy Resolution in which year?
1963 1958 1955 1949
40. The Science and Technology Policy aims to position India among top five global powers by which time period?
2015 2022 2020 2024
41. The International Labour Organisation defines children as those who are under:
14 years 15 years 18 years 21 years
42. Industrial worker in general is

An uncommitted worker


A semi-committed worker


Generally committed worker


Specifically committed worker


43. 'Population Pyramid' is a graphical technique to represent:

Birth rate and death rate ofthe population


Caste and Religion wise population


Income and poverty level ofthe society


Age and Sex composition ofpopulation


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44. In which of the following ways ,Women's role has changed in industrial society?

They have become independent as they entered the work force and left the household.


Middle class women were forced to go to work to help support their families.


They become more dependent on the men since they were not allowed to work.


Women stayed at home to take care of their family since the men could make enough money to support them.


45, The Industrial Revolution created two new social classes:

The bourgeoisie and the land owning peasantry


The proletariat and the merchant class


Capitalists and the proletariat


Middle class professionals and land owning aristocrats.


46. Which article of Indian constitution has a provision for of making policies favourable to women?

Article Article 14


Article 13 Article 16


47. Who among the following wrote Essay on the Principle of Population', giving the fundamental truth of population growth?

David Ricardo Milton Friedman


Thomas Malthus Adam Smith


48. Which year was declared as an International Women's year by U.N.
1971 1980 1975 1986
49. Who is the highest government functionary responsible for investigation into the constitutional safeguards for Tribals

Governor ofthe State


The Commissioner for Schedule Castes and Tribes


The Tribal Welfare Officer


The Administrator


50. What is meant by Sex-ratio?
The number of females per 1000 males in a population
(B)Theratiobetweennumber offemales andnumber ofmales inapopulation.

The ratio between the number of adult male and adult females in a population.


The relation between males and females.


51. Who among the following used the word 'demography' for the first time?

Achilles Guillard


T Malthus


Herbert Spencer


Ricardo


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52. Usually, the developing countries are characterised by

High birth rate and low death rate


Low birth rate and low death rate


High birth rate and high death rate


Low birth rate and High death rate


53. The study ofcomposition of marital status of a group of population is called:

Nuptiality Gamalogy


Alliance Eugenics


54. Population change is mainly based on

Fertility and Mortality Mortality and Migration


Fertility, Mortality and Migration Fertility and Migration


55. Post Industrial Society is characterized by which one ofthe following?

Declining manufacturing activities.


Declining political power oftechnocrats and professionals


Declining technical bureaucracy


Increasing professional and technical services as form ofeconomic activities.


56. The death of children below one year ofage is known as

Intra-uterine mortality


Child mortality


Infant mortality


Neo-natal mortality


57. Discrimination against lower castes 1S illegal in India under which Article of the Constitution?

Article 10 Article 13


Article 15 Article 23


58. In which year the National Commission for Women was established?
1995 1994 1992 1993
59. Which Act fixed the age ofmarriage ofboys and girls in Indian society?

Hindu Act Dowry Act


Roy Act Sharda Act


60. Who said 'Equality is a dream'

Giddings Henry Maine


Fairchild Gouldner


61. What is the main cause ofgender difference?

Patriarchal society Economic difference


Procreation Traditionalism


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62. Which ofthe following society is matrilineal?

Khasis Nairs ofKerela


Bhils ofOdisha Gond


63. Who wrote the book "Social Change in Modem India"
(A)MSGore (B)MSRao
Yogendra Singh M N Srinivas
64. "Process of uniting of formerly serarate groups into one group with obliteration of separate group differences and identification is known as

Integration Acclimatisation


Assimilation Competition


65. Urban oriented development programmes generated urban centered employment which resulted into

Rural to rural migration Urban to rural migration


Rural to urban migration Urban to urban migration


66. Who among the following does not belong to Cyclical Theory of Social Change?

Spengler Toynbee


Pareto Lipset


67. The main difference between Caste and Class is that:

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


The status given to an individual is ascribed in the case of caste, where as in class it is achieved.


Caste is always closed and class is always open.


The individual suffers most in the case ofcaste, whereas in class he does not.


68. Class struggle is most intense in a

Capitalistic society Primitive society


Feudal society Socialistic society


69. Which ofthe following statements about Caste is INCORRECT?

Every caste is more or less a hereditary class.


Caste is a close class.


Hindu caste system is rooted in religious order.


The membership of a caste is voluntary.


70. Membership in the Secondary Groups is

Mainly confused


Mainly smaller


Mainly voluntary


Mainly involuntary


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71. Who among the following has written the book, "Social Theory and Social Structure"
Weber Marx Cooley Merton
72. Which ofthe following is not a feature of Primary Group?

Wholistic relation Individual relation


Self-born relation Extreme difference in goal


73. The term 'Post Industrial Society' was first used by:

Tylor Daniel Bell


Morgon Pareto


74. Which among the following is the most common measure used for indicating birth rate?

Net Reproduction Rate Crude Birth Rate


Standardized Birth Rate None ofthe above


75. Who has used the concept of social structure in sociology the first time?
Marx Weber Spencer Durkheim
76. In which year The Untouchability (Offences) Act was passed?
1954 1955 1855 1956
77. The book entitled "Peasant Society and Culture' is written by

Robert Redfield Oscar Lewis


David Cooper Talcott Parsons


78. In which ofthe following year, Domestic Violence Act was passed in India to protect women?
2000 2005 2006 2009
79. Who is the author ofthe book Class and Occupation'

G.s. Ghurye M.K. Dutta


P.V. Kane J.H. Huttan


80. Which one of the following Article in the Constitution of India guarantees that the SC and ST will be given special attention while filling up the post of the Government services?

Article 338 Article 335


Article 275 Article 164


81. In a simple traditional society most effective check on authority used to be

Magic Religion


Laws Education


82. Tribe may be an example of:

Family Association


Community Caste


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83. At the earlier stage Backward Classes Movement in India meant only:

Non Brahmin Movement Dalit Movement


Peasant Movement None ofthe above


84. The book entitled 'India's Changing Villages' is written by:

S.C. Dube M.N. Srinivas


Iravati Karve Louis Dumont


85. The simplest definition of Status is that "it represents the position of the Individual in the group". Who defmed status in this way?

Ogburn and Nimkoff Robert Redfield


Parsons K.M. Kapadia


86. Which among the following is an INCORRECT statement?

Migration of population brings reallocation of resources.


Causes of infant death may be both, endogenous and exogenous.


Fertility and fecundity have the same meaning.


Census ofpopulation is a decennial exercise.


87. Which year in India's population growth is known as the year of 'Great Divide'?
1901 1921 1931 1951
88. Who has said that "Culture is the man made part of the environment"

Herskovits Tylor


Redfield Pareto


89. Which among the following is not the element of social action according to Weber?

Actor Situation


Organisation Ends


90. There are only two specific articles in the Constitution that explicitly guarantee the protectionofthe interest ofminoritiesinIndia.TheseArticles are:

25 and 26 23 and 24


29 and 30 31 and 32


91. Who defines classes in terms oftheir relationship to the instruments ofproduction and the distribution ofwealth

Karl Marx Max Weber


Bogardus Coser


92. Society brings about acceptance Of basic norms through techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior, this process is termed

Labeling Social Control


Law Stigmatization


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93. People who have excelled themselves in the field of their activity: social, political, economic, religion, etc. are called:

Superior Authority


Elite Powerful


94. Imposition of power by a small group of people over a large number of people is called:

Monopoly Will


Coercion Hegemony


95.· The book entitled 'Principles of Sociology' is written by:

S.C. Dube Cooley


G.S.Ghurye Spencer


96. Who among the following said that, "Where there is life, there is society"

MacIver Kingsley Davis


Cooley Karl Marx


97. Who among the following has given the functional view ofsociety

Parsons Spencer


Auguste Comte Giddings


98. In open societies social mobility depends upon:

Family status


Religious background


Caste background


Personal achievements ofthe people


99. In the all India competition of services, reservation for the scheduled caste candidates is to the extent of:
22% 7.5% 15% 17.5%
100. In which year The National Population Policy was declared in India?
1977 1976 1975 1974

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