Sociology multiple choice questions test
SOCIOLOGY Solved Question paper
Q. 1. Who among the following is an advocate of the theory of Civil Legitimacy?
(a) John Locke
(b) Thomas Hobbes
(c) J.J. Rousseau
(d) Aristotle
Ans. (a)
Q. 2. Who among the following expressed the view that leadership necessarily required an element of voluntary submission on the part of the followers?
(a) Marx
(b) Weber
(c) Bottomore
(d) C. Wright Mills
Ans. (b)
Q. 3. The first person or set of persons to have used the term “Political Socialization’ was:
(a) Herbert Hayman
(b) Herbert Spencer
(c) Almord Powell
(d) Easton and Dennis
Ans. (a).
Q. 4. The status of organizations like the FICCI and CII in the political system is that of a/an:
(a) Economic institution
(b) Trade association
(c) Pressure group
(d) Interest group
Ans. (c)
Q. 5. . Which one of the following political movement mobilized its support on the basis of caste loyalties?
(a) Self-respect movement
(b) Naxalite movement
(c) Kisan movement
(d) Bodo movement
Ans. (a)
Q. 6. Which one of the following groups of thinkers belong to the linear view of social change?
(a) Comte, Pareto and Marx
(b) Pareto, Sorokin and Ogburn
(c) Comte, Ogburn and Marx
(d)Comte, Spencer and Pareto
Ans. (c)
Q. 7. Match List -I with List -II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Concept) List- II (Name of Thinker)
A. Sensate culture 1. Sorokin
B. Non-material culture 2. Ogburn
C. Forces of production 3. Marx
D. Instinct of workmanship 4. Veblen
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 1 2 4 3
(c) 2. 1 4 3
(d) 2 1 3 4
Ans. (a)
Q. 8. That society passes from the sacred to the secular stage is an idea expounded by:
(a) David Riseman
(b) Howard Becker
(c) Max Weber
(d) Karl Marx
Ans. (b)
Q. 9. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Theory) List-II (Thinkers)
A. Circulation of elite 1. Sorokin
B. Limit theory of change 2. Ogburn
C. Evolutionary theory of change 3. Spencer
D. Dialectical theory of change 4. Marx
5. Pareto
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 1 4 3
(b) 5 1 3 4
(c) 5 4 1 2
(d) 2 1 3 4
Ans. (b)
Q. 10. Who among the following treated magic as a ‘Pseudoscience’?
(a) Taylor
(b) Frazer
(c) Morgan
(d) Malinowaski
Ans. (b)
Q. 11. According to the studies available, which one of the following has remained the most effective factor of social change amongst the Dalits?
(a) Reservation
(b) Social reforms
(c) Industrialization
(d) Collective action
Ans. (d)
Q. 12. According to Robert Blauner, “there is X between the level of technology used and alienation”. X stands for:
(a) An equal relationship
(b) An inverse relationship
(c) A positive relationship
(d) No relationship
Ans. (b)
Q. 13. Which one of the following tribes is associated with the ‘Bhagat Movement’?
(a) Seharia
(b) Bonda
(c) Bhil
(d) Mina
Ans. (c)
Q. 14. The maxim that a culture must be understood and evaluated on its own terms without reference to the values of another culture is known as:
(a) cultural hegemony
(b) cultural relativism
(c) cultural pluralism
(d) cultural specificity
Ans. (b)
Directions The following items consist of two statements, one labelled as ‘Assertion A’ and the other labelled as ‘Reason R’. You are to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the Assertion (A) and the Reason (R) are individually true and if so, whether the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion;
Select your answers to these items using the codes given below and mark your answer sheet accordingly.
Codes:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true 6ut R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
Q. 15. Assertion (A): Quality of life in Indian. cities is poor.
Reason (R): Large number of poor people live in Indian cities.
Ans. (a)
Q. 16. Assertion (A): Minorities in India feel insecure and alienated.
Reason (R): Minorities are ethnocentric.
Ans. (a)
Q. 17. Assertion (A): Muslims marriage, regulated by Muslims personal law, is a social character.
Reason (R): ‘Shariat’, the personal law of the Muslims, lacks in sacramental character.
Ans. (a)
Q. 18. Assertion (A): Concept of culture suggests bounded ness, homogeneity, coherence and stability.
Reason (R): Social reality is characterized by variability, inconsistencies and individual agency.
Ans. (b)
Q. 19. Assertion (A): In a caste system in which the accommodation lasts for a long time, the attitudes of members of the stratified groups get adjusted to the arrangement.
Reason (R): Accommodation is more than a purely external relationship and has become a conditioning force in shaping the social attitudes of persons.
Ans. (a)
Q. 20. Assertion (A): Commercial revolution was the main reason for the development of medieval cities
Reason (R): Colonization and conquests opened up the East to the Western market.
Ans. (b)
Q. 21. Assertion (A): Under the influence of mass-culture, people support the prevailing system of domination, against their own interest.
Reason (R): The mass-culture promotes apathy, resignation and acceptance of things as they are.
Ans. (a)
Q. 22. Assertion (A): Society always tries to come out with a solution to overcome a problem.
Reason (R): No society can afford to let a problem continue lest its unity and survival are endangered.
Ans. (a)
Q. 23. Assertion (A): For matrimonial relations, upper caste people are more class conscious than being caste conscious.
Reason (R): Economic status of the family is an important factor in the settlement of marriage.
Ans. (d)
Q. 24. Assertion (A): Nordic race is superior and creates superior culture.
Reason (R): A super-race does not create superior culture.
Ans. (d)
Q. 25. Assertion (A): In the opinion of Irawati Karve, caste is an extended kin-group.
Reason (R): All the members of a caste believe that they have descended from a common ancestor.
Ans. (a)
Q. 26. Assertion (A): It is not correct to assume that matrilineal families are consanguineal families.
Reason (R): Besides the consanguineal kins, the tharawad of Nayars consists of official relatives also.
Ans. (a)
Q. 27. Assertion (A): Marriage is a union between one man and one woman.
Reason(R): It establishes legitimacy of sex union and also the legitimacy of children.
Ans. (a)
Q. 28. Assertion (A): Territorial exogamy is not strictly confined to Northern kinship zone.
Reason (R): ‘Devara Okkalu’ of the Gangadikar Okkaligas of Karnataka was a form of territorial exogamy.
Ans. (d)
Q. 29. The modern industrial society is characterized by a shift of an increasing number of manual workers to the next higher stratum. This process is referred to as:
(a) sanskritization
(b) adaptation
(c) embourgeoisement
(d) class-homogenization
Ans. (c)
Q. 30. The book entitled “Politics of the Kula Ring” was written by:
(a) B. Malinowaski
(b) A.R. Redcliffe-Brown
(c) D.N. Majumdar
(d) J.PS. Uberoi
Ans. (b)
Q. 31. ‘Ad-hocracy’ is the system whereby there will be an administrative system with transient project teams, task forces and adhoc committees which would give dynamism and replace bureaucracies. This term was coined by:
(a) Peter Blau
(b) A. Etzioni
(c) Alvin Toffler
(d) Goldthorpe
Ans. (b)
Q. 32. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
1. Munda : Gitiora
2. Gonds : Ghotul
3. Naga : Rangbang
4. Trobriand Island : Bukumatula
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (c)
Q. 33. Match List- I with List -II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
(Tribe) (Features)
A. Bhils 1. Patriarchy
B. Todas 2. Matriarchy
C. Khasis 3. Polygyny
D. Oraons 4. Polyandry
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 3 4 1 2
(b) 3 4 2 1
(c) 4 3 2 1
(d) 4 3 1 2
Ans. (b)
Q. 34. Consider the following statements:
According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India a tribe is a:
1. collection of families with a common name
2. community using ancient means of production
3. community speaking a common dialect
4. community which is usually exogamous
5. community occupying a common territory
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) l, 2 and 5
(d) 1, 3 and 5
Ans. (d)
Q. 35. Which one of the following Five Year Plans of India had human development as the main focus of planning?
(a) 4th
(b) 5th
(c) 7th
(d) 8th
Ans. (d)
Q. 36. Who among the following observed that the Chief Executives and the very rich are one and the same group in the U.S.A.?
(a) J.K. Gaibraith
(b) G. Myrdal
(c) C.W. Mills
(d) N. Smelser
Ans. (c)
Q. 37. Match List- I with List -II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
A. Habitat, Economy and Science 1. F.G. Bailey
B. Religion and the Rise of Capitalism 2. A.R. Desai
C. Peasant struggle in India 3. H. Tawney
D. Caste and the Economic Frontier 4. D. Forde
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 4 3 2 1
(b) 4 3 1 2
(c) 3 4 2 1
(d) 3 4 1 2
Ans. (a)
Q. 38. “Property is to be conceived in terms of the control of man over things, a control which is recognized by the society, more or less permanent and. exclusive.” According to:
(a) L.H. Morgan
(b) R.H. Lowie
(c) L.T. Hobhouse
(d) Adam Smith
Ans. (c)
Q. 39. According to Marx,. which .of the following are moments of man’s action on Nature?
1.Labour
2. Alienation
3. Social relations of production
4. Anomie
5. Social consciousness
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 5
(b) 1, 3 and 5
(c) 1, 4 and 5
(d) 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (b)
Q. 40. With whose name would one associate the study of the economy of Trobriand islanders?
(a) J.P.S. Uberoi
(b) E. Evans Pritchard
(c) B. Malinowaski
(d) R. Fifth
Ans. (c)
Q. 41. Consider the following States:
1. West Bengal
2. Rajasthan
3. Karnataka
4. Mahrashtra
The correct sequence of these states in descending order of their population (as per 1991 Census) is:
(a) l, 4, 2, 3
(b) l, 4, 3, 2
(c) 4, 1, 2, 3
(d) 4, 1, 3, 2
Ans. (d)
Q. 42. The concept of ‘doubling time’ pertains to the study of:
(a) finance
(b) population
(c) environment
(d) parasitology
Ans. (b)
Q. 43. The major share of a city’s population growth in India is due to:
(a) migration
(b) natural growth
(c) redefinitions of municipal limits
(d) industrialization
Ans. (a)
Q. 44. According to Malthus, in the control of overpopulation famines represent an example of:
(a) preventive checks
(b) negative checks
(c) positive checks
(d) morbid checks
Ans. (c)
Q. 45. Which one of the following States has the lowest density of population as per 1991 Census?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Sikkim
(c) Mizoram
(d) Manipur
Ans.(a)
Q. 46. Mahmood Mamdani regards high fertility patterns amongst the poor as:
(a) normal
(b) abnormal
(c) rational
(d) irrtiona1
Ans. (c)
Q. 47. The first synchronic all India Census was organized in the year:
(a) 1871
(b) 1872
(c) 1901
(d) 1951
Ans. (b)
Q. 48. Consider the following States:
1. Kerala
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Punjab
The correct sequence of these states in descending order in terms of sex-ratios (females per thousand males as per 1991 Census) of their population is:
(a) 3, 1, 2, 4
(b) 3, 1, 4, 2
(c) 1, 3, 2, 4
(d) 1, 3, 4, 2
Ans. (d)
Q. 49. Which one of the following is the correct arrangement of the State marked in the given map in terms of ascending order of the levels of urbanization?
(a) 2, 1, 3, 4
(c) 1, 2, 3, 4
(b) 2, 1, 4, 3
(d) l, 2, 4, 3
Ans. (d)
Q. 50. The correct sequence in descending order of the total population of Scheduled Tribes in the States marked on the map is:
(a) 4, 2, 1, 3
(b) 4, 2, 3, 1
(c) 2, 4, 1, 3
(d) 2, 4, 3, 1
Ans. (b)
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