Sociology practice paper for UPSC Exams

Sociology practice paper for UPSC Exams
UPSC Civil Services Exam Previous Questions Sociology
UPSC EXAM INDIA: Model Question Paper Sociology

Q. 1. When a number of people ride in a life together, they usually stand facing the door. According to Anthony Giddens, this would be an example of:
(a) circumspection
(b) social distance
(c) politeness
(d) role performance
Ans. (b)

Q. 2. Which of the following are features of reference group behaviour?
1. Comparison
2. Appraisal
3. Emulation
4. Rejection
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) l and 2
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 3 and 4
Ans. (a)

Q. 3. When those who have risen above the lowest poverty levels indulge in civic unrest against the privileged, it is an expression of:
(a) Relative deprivation
(b) Social inequality
(c) Social mobility
(d) Factionalism
Ans. (b)

Q. 4. Which of the following are the characteristics of Society?
1. Territory
2. State
3; Individuals
4. System of interrelationships
5. Common culture
Select the correct answer from he codes given below:
(a) l, 2 and3
(b) 3, 4and5
(c) 2, 3, 4 and 5
(d) 1, 4 and 5
Ans. (b)

Q. 5. Which one of the following is the minimal pre-requisite of a social relationship?
(a) Physical contact
(b) Face-to-Face contact
(c) Mutual awareness
(d) Harmony
Ans. (c)

Q. 6. Which of the following are the characteristics of a modem urban society?
1. Organic solidarity
2. Mechanical solidarity
3. Strong collective consciousness
4. Weak collective consciousness
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1 and4
Ans. (d)

Q. 7. What does acculturation signify?
(a) Growing .up an internalizing the values and norms of one’s society
(b) Spread of a cultural element from the centre of origin to other societies
(c) Interchange of elements of culture between societies
(d) Incorporation of an element of culture from another culture, while retaining its identity
Ans. (d)

Q. 8. Who among the following identified and analyzed spatial and temporal dimensions of human interaction?
(a) Erving Goffman
(b) Robert A. Nisbet
(c) George Simmel
(d) Lewis Coser
Ans. (a)

Q. 9, The statement that ‘Indian culture is superior to Western culture’ is an example of:
(a) culture relativity
(b) ethnocentrism
(c) fundamentalism
(d) xenophobia
Ans. (b)

Q. 10. A group which does not allow a person to join similar other groups at one and the same time is called:
(a) disjunctive group
(b) in-group
(c) closed group
(d) congregate group
Ans. (a)

Q. 11. Who among the following developed the concept of ‘Primordial primary’ group?
(a) Edward Shils
(b) C.H. Cooley
(c) Erich Fromm
(d) George Homans
Ans. (d)

Q. 12. Which one of the following scholars has propounded that ‘command over resources and benefits’ is an organizing principle of large social structures?
(a) M. Fortes
(b) F. G. Bailey
(c) M. J. Levy
(d) S. F. Nadel
Ans. (d)

Q. 13. Who among the following has argued that a social structure cannot changc?
(a) Levi Bruhl
(b) Levi Strauss
(c) Pierre Bordien
(d) Raymend Aron
Ans. (b)

Q. 14. According to T. Parsons, the cardinal process in the formation and continuity of the social system is:
(a) goal attainment
(b) integration
(c) institutionalization
(d) adaptation
Ans. (c)

Q. 15. If a gang is involved in conflict with a rival gang, the intragroup conflict usually tends to:
(a) increase
(b) decrease
(d) remain unaffected
(c) disappear
Ans. (b)

Q. 16. “An association is a group of individuals united for specific purpose o purposes or held together by a recognized or sanctioned mode of procedure or behaviour”, according to :
(a) Maclver
(b) Glum and Gillin
(c) T. B. Bottomore
(d) Horton and Hunt
Ans. (b)

Q. 17. The term ‘relative deprivation’ was used originally by:
(a) Samuel A. Stouffer
(b) R.K. Merton
(c) Herbert Hyman
(d) K. Dais
Ans. (b)

Q. 18. What is the function of legal institutions in a society?
(a) Integration
(b) Adaptation
(c) Patterns maintenance
(d) Goal attainment
Ans. (c)

Q. 19. The process whereby various structural components of a social system are organized is called:
(a) assimilation
(b) integration
(c) cooperation
(d) accommodation
Ans. (b)

Q. 20. Match List- I with List -II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the list:
List-I List-II
A. Ethics of common meanings 1. Conduct rituals
B. Ethics of individual responsibility 2. Norms, sanctions
C. Rational legal norms 3. Rigid principles
D. Magico-astrological pragmatism 4. Reflexive principles
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 4 3 1 2
(b) 3 4 2 1
(c) 4 3 2 1
(d) 3 4 1 2
Ans. (b)

Q. 21. “The community is the smallest territorial group that can embrace all aspects of social life,” according to:
(a) C.H. Cooley
(b) Kingsley Davis
(c) R.M. Maclver
(d) Harry H. Johnson
Ans. (b)

Q. 22. Promised rewards for compliance and threatened penalties for non-compliance with group expectations, is called:
(a) norms
(b) values
(c) sanctions
(d) mores
Ans. (c)

Q. 23. Which one of the following concepts correctly refers to the process by which cultural traits are transmitted from one society to another?
(a) Acculturation
(b) Universalisation
(c) Diffusion
(d) Assimilation
Ans. (c)

Q. 24. Who among the following defined ‘function’ as the contribution of a part to the maintenance and well being of the whole?
(a) Malinowaski
(b) Emile Durkheim
(c) Herbert Spencer
(d) Redcliffe Brown
Ans. (d)

Q. 25. A society in which cultural groups are not forced into assimilation, but are able to coexist with one another in mutual respect and with a fair share of the national resources is described as:
(a) a melting pot
(b) democratic
(c) pluralistic
(d) a mosaic
Ans. (c)

Q. 26. The assumption that every culture needs to be evaluated on its own terms, is the converse of:
(a) enculturation
(b) ethnocentrism
(c) domination
(d) minoritism
Ans. (b)

Q. 27. According to Parsons, for a social structure to persist it must reform which of the following functions?
1. Adaptation
2. Social action
3. Integration
4. Socialization
5. Goal attainment
6. Pattern maintenance
Select the correct answer from le codes given below:
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(b) 2, 4, 5 and 6
(c) 1, 3, 5 and 6
(d) 1, 2, 4 and 5
Ans. (c)

Q. 28. Who among the following identified four major types of co-operation, that is, spontaneous, traditional, directed and contractual?
(a) Lewis Coser
(b) George Simmel
(c) Robert Nisbet
(d) George C. Homans
Ans. (a)

Q. 29. The view that social structure can be understood through roles, networks -and patterns was propounded by:
(a) S.F. Nadel
(b) Redcliffe Brown
(c) Talcott Parsons
(d) Herbert Spencer
Ans. (b)

Q. 30. Levirate means:
(a) a man marrying his wife’s sister while the wife is still alive
(b) a man marrying his wife’s sister after the death of his wife
(c) a woman marrying her husband’s brother while the husband is still alive
(d) a woman marrying her husband’s brother after the death of her husband
Ans. (d)

Q. 31. The Muslim community of Lakshadweep follows:
(a) matrilineal kinship and duolocal residence
(b) patriarchal kinship and neolocal residence
(c) matrilineal kinship and matrilocal residence
(d) patrilineal kinship and patrilocal residence
Ans. (a)

Q. 32. In which of the following communities is the marriage with one’s father’s sister’s daughter permitted?
(a) Coorgs and Marathas of northern Mahrashtra
(b) Marathas of Southern Mahrashtra and Okkaligas of Mysore (Karnataka)
(c) Marathas of entire Mahrashtra
(d) The Coorgs
Ans. (b)

Q. 33. Match List -I with List- II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Forms of Marriage) List-II (Tribes)
A. Marriage with mother’s brother 1. Todas
B. Fraternal polyandry 2. Tibetans
C. Both fraternal and non-fraternal polyandry 3. Coorgs
D. Levirate
4. Deshastha branch of Karnataka
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 4 2 3
(b) 4 1 2 3
(c) 4 1 3 2
(d) 1 4 3 2
Ans. (b)

Q. 34. ‘Dudhalutana’, as a form of cross cousin marriage prevalent among the:
(a) Gonds of Madhya Pradesh
(b) Santhals of Orissa
(c) Mundas of Chhota Nagpur
(d) Bhils of Rajasthan
Ans. (c)

Q. 35. Match List -I with List -II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
(Names of Family) (Tribes/Castes)
A. Gharawad 1 Coorgs
B. Okka 2. Nayars
C. Nok 3. Garos
D. Illam 4. Namboodiris
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 2 1 3 4
(d) 1 2 4 3
Ans. (c)

Q. 36. Marriage between single pairs, without involving the rights of exclusive cohabitation with each other is referred to as:
(a) Syndyasmian family
(b) Conjugal family
(c) Patriarchal family
(d) Promiscuous family
Ans. (a)

Q. 37. A ‘Tarwad’ is composed of a woman:
(a) her sons’ daughters, daughters’ daughters and sons
(b) her husband, her sons and sons’ daughter and sons
(c) her daughters, husbands and daughters’ daughters
(d) her son’s wives and daughters.
Ans. (b)

Q. 38. Match List -I with List -II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
(Terms of Kinship of Family) (Names of Sociologists who used them)
A. ‘Primary, secondary tertiary relatives’ 1. Parsons
B. Family of ‘procreation’ and family 2. Murdock
or ‘Orientation.’
C. ‘Joking-relationship’ 3. Redcliffe-Brown
D. Elementary family 4. Ogburn
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 2 4 3
(b) 2 1 3 4
(c) 1 2 3 4
(d) 2 1 4 3
Ans. (b)

Q. 39. Ritual kinship refers to:
(a) legally defined marriage relationship
(b) kins related to one another through blood
(c) kinship on the basis of functional relationship
(d) persons related to each other through rituals
Ans. (c)

Q. 40. Consider the following countries:
1. Pakistan
2. India
3. Indonesia
4. Bangladesh
The correct sequence of these countries in descending order in terms of the Muslim population is:
(a) 2, 3, 4, 1
(b) 3, 2, 4, 1
(c) 3, 2, 1, 4
(d) 2, 3, 1, 4

Q. 41. Which one of the following statements is not true?
(a) Social stratification means the same as social differentiation
(b) Social stratification is a particular from of ranking
(c) Gender inequality is a form of social stratification
(d) It is possible for social inequality to exist without social strata
Ans. (d)

Q. 42. Who among the following said that wealth increases in the same proportion as poverty?
(a) Marx
(b) Engels
(c) Weber
(d) Hegel
Ans. (a)

Q. 43. A person belonging to a Dalit caste gives up eating on vegetation food and adopts ritualistic worship. Which one of the following best describes this behaviour?
(a) Sanskritization
(b) Acculturation
(c) Enculturation
(d) Socialization
Ans. (a)

Q. 44. The concept of ‘respect of pollution’ was put forward by:
(a) L. Dumont
(b) Milton Singer
(c) S.C. Dubey
(d) E.B. Harper
Ans. (d)

Q. 45. Which one of the following was believed to represent the vertical unit of castes?
(a) Varna system
(b) Jajmani system
(c) Sanskritization
(d) Endogamy
Ans. (a)

Q. 46. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
1. Sanskritization : M.N. Srinivas
2. Little and Great Tradition : Meckim Marriott
3. Brahininization : Aiyappan
4. Parochialization : FG. Bailey
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) 2, 3 and 4
(b) l, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans. (d)



Q. 47. Which one of the following measures of fertility can be computed from date on sex and age alone from a single census?
(a) Child-woman ratio
(b) Total fertility rate
(c) Crude birth rate
(d) Age specific fertility rate
Ans. (a)

Q. 48. Which of the following pair(s) is/are correctly matched?
1. Variation in mortality with age represents a ‘J’ shaped curve : Characteristic of
developed countries
2. Concept of proximate variables of fertility : Contribution of
K. Davis and Judith
Blake
3. Variation in mortality represents a ‘U’ shaped curve : Characteristic of
underdeveloped
countries.
4. Net Reproduction Rate (N.R.R.) is equal to one (1) : A stagnant population.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 4 alone
Ans.

Q. 49. Match List -I with List -II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List I List II
(Demographic features as per 1991 census) (States/UT)
A. Most populous state of India 1. Kerala
B. Ranked first among states in literacy 2. Nagaland
C. Had the highest population rate in 1981-91 decade 3. Uttar Pradesh
D. Had the highest population density in the country 4. Bihar
5. Delhi
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 3 1 2 5
(c) 4 1 5 3
(d) 3 5 2 4
Ans. (b)

Q. 50. The practice of levirate is found in:
(a) matrilineal societies
(b) patrilineal societies
(c) bi-lineal societies
(d) all the above societies
Ans. (b)