UPSC Civil Services Sociology Free Model paper

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Q. 1. One of the explanations of role is that it is a:
(a) Micro level aspect of status
(b) Static aspect of status
(c) Dynamic aspect of status
(d) Macro aspect of status
Ans. (c)

Q. 2. Which of the following statements associated with status and role are correct?
1. Status is a recognized social position within a society
2. Role. is the behaviour appropriate to a society
3. Role is a guide to status expected from a person
4. Status is ascribed to a person as the person achieves it
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1, 2 and 4
(c) 1 and 4
(d) 3 and 4
Ans. (c)


Q.3. What is according to Hindu traditional law, marriage by abduction, called?
(a) Gandharva
(b) Paisacha
(c) Arsha
(d) Rakshasa
Ans. (d)

Q.4 Among the muslims, a wife can obtain release from her marriage by giving consideration to husband whose consent is essential. What is this type of divorce called?
(a) Mehar
(b) Tafweez
(c) Khula
(d) Talaq
Ans. (c)

Q. 5. What is a Hindu marriage in which the daughter is gifted to priest, called?
(a) Brahma marriage
(b) Daiva marriage
(c) Sacred marriage
(d) Arsha marriage
Ans. (b)

Q.6. In traditional Hindu society which of the following forms of mate selection were undesirable?
(a) Asura, Rakshasa and Paisacha
(b) Brahma, Asura, Arsha, Gandharva
(c) Rakshasa, Daiva, Prajapatya and Paisacha
(d) Brahma, Arsha and Rakshasa
Ans. (a)


Q. 7. What is cross-cousin marriage practiced by Gonds by Madhya Pradesh called?
(a) Shahadlautwa
(b) Geelaautwa
(c) Pannilautwa
(d) Dudhlautwa
Ans. (d)

Q. 8. “Look after the population and the population will look after itself.” This slogan emerged in World Population Conference held at:
(a) Belgrade
(b) Alma Ata
(c) Bucharest
(d) Cairo
Ans. (d)

Q. 9. Competition has been described as ‘peaceful conflict’ by:
(a) Spencer
(b) Coser
(c) Weber
(d) Frazer
Ans. (b)

Q. 10. Socialization takes place:
(a) during childhood
(b) during young age
(c) during the whole life
(d) at different intervals
Ans. (c)

Q. 11. Match List- I with List -II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List –I List -II
A. Significant others 1. Freud
B. Looking-glass self 2. Cooley
C. Collective representation 3. Mead
D. Id, ego and superego 4. Durkheim
5. Jung
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 3 4 1
(b) 4 5 1 3
(c) 3 2 4 1
(d) 3 5 4 2
Ans. (c)

Q. 12. The process by which the group-values are internalized by the individual is called:
(a) assimilation
(b) integration
(c) socialization
(d) accommodation
Ans. (c)

Q. 13. Which of the following are likely to happen to a hitherto dominant culture if there is reaction against acculturation?
1. It will combine the old and the new in a new mosaic
2: It will condemn the cultural degeneration
3. It will defend its heritage
4. It will express its resentment through aggression or phantasy
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) l, 2 and 3
(b) l, 2 and 4
(c) l, 3 and 4
(d) 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (d)


Q. 14. Which one of the following is not determined by the ‘Rules of Descent’?
(a) One’s consanguineal relations
(b) Inheritance of property
(c) Line of succession
(d) Matrimonial relations
Ans. (d)

Q. 15. Which of the following pairs are properly contrasted?
1. Primogeniture : Ultimo geniture
2. Exogamy : Endogamy
3. Family of orientation : Family of procreation
4. Residually joint family : Potentially joint family
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1, 3 and 4
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (d)

Q. 16. Ceremonies that mark a critical transition in the life of an individual from one phase of life cycle to another are called:
(a) role taking
(b) Rites of passage
(c) status crystallization
(d) status-set
Ans. (b)

Q. 17. A type of marriage known as Levirate is the one that takes place between a man and a:
(a) sister of his deceased wife
(b) widow of his deceased brother
(c) woman of inferior caste
(d) woman of a superior case
Ans. (b)

Q. 18. What is the correct sequence of the following forms of marriage adopted by the Toda tribal people of Nilgiri hills?
1. Monogamy
2. Polygyny
3. Polyandry
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) 3, 2, 1
(b) 1, 2, 3
(c) 2, 3, 1
(d) 3, 1, 2
Ans. (a)

Q. 19. Which of the following are included in the Family of Orientation?
1. One’s parents
2. One’s spouse
3. One’s siblings
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 3
Ans. (d)

Q. 20. Which one of the following pairs i correctly matched?
(a) Endogamy : Couvade
(b) Baptism : Rites of passage
(c) Kibbutz : Family of procreation
(d) Incest : Religious sacrament
Ans. (b)

Q. 21. The term ‘Status Group was coined by:
(a) Robert Merton
(b) Max Weber
(c) Talcott Parsons
(d) Ralph Linton
Ans. (b)

Q. 22. The system of caste stratification is based on:
(a) rebirth
(b) chaturvarna
(c) varnashrama system
(d) sept
Ans. (c)

Q. 23. The caste system prevented India from going towards barbarianism according to:
(a) Mandelbaum
(b) Dubey
(c) Abbe Dubois
(d) Dumont
Ans. (c)

Q. 24. False consciousness in class stratification is dysfunctional as it obstructs awareness:
(a) of their role in the system
(b) about their demands
(c) of their real status
(d) about themselves
Ans. (a)

Q. 25. Davis and Moore have stimulated a lively and continuing debate in the area of social stratification under the title of:
(a) a functional analysis of stratification
(b) some principles of stratification: a critical analysis
(c) some principles of stratification
(d) dialectical analysis of stratification
Ans. (c)

Q. 26. Observers like Leach and Bailey conclude, basing their views on the ideal principles that caste in India, is essentially.
(a) a non-competitive system
(b) a competitive system
(c) both a competitive and non-competitive system
(d) neither a competitive nor non-competitive system
Ans. (a)

Q. 27. The principal source of ritual pollution is/are:
(a) birth
(b) bodily emissions
(c) death
(d) birth, bodily emissions and death
Ans. (d)

Q. 28. The two stages of ritual purity as described by S.C. Dubey ate:
(a) bodily cleansing and social distance
(b) protracted ablution procedures and initiation rituals
(c) seclusion worship and segregation
(d) formal worship and ceremonies
Ans. (b)

Q. 29. Which of the following statements in relation to class system are correct?
1. A class system may be regarded as a ‘closed system’
2. A class system may be regarded as an ‘open system’
3.. In a class system a person cannot move up and down in the social hierarchy
4. A class system is usually distinguished by social mobility
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) l and 3
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 4
(d) 2 and 4
Ans. (d)

Q. 30. Which one of the following- pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Kathleen Gough : Tanjore
(b) F.G. Bailey : Bisipara
(c) S.C. Dubey : Sripuram
(d) M.N. Srinivas : Rampura
Ans. (c)

Q. 31. The concept of ‘hierarchy’ in the context of caste stratification was given by:
(a) T.N. Madan
(b) Gopala Saran
(c) D.F. Pocock
(d) L. Dumont
Ans. (d)

Q. 32. Match List -I with List- II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List -I (Titles of Books) List –II (Authors)
A. Caste in Modern India 1. A .Beteille
B. Caste, Class, Power 2. L. Dumont
C. Homo Hierarchies 3. R. Kothari
D. Caste in Indian Politics 4. M.N. Srinivas
5. Yogesh Atal
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 4 1 2 3
(b) 3 2 1 5
(c) 1 2 4 3
(d) 5 2 3 1
Ans. (a)

Q. 33. The subsystems of action as developed by Parsons include:
(a) Social system, cultural system and personality system
(b) Social system, political system and cultural system
(c) Cultural system, political system and economic system
(d) Economic system, social system and biological system
Ans. (a)

Q.34. Which of the following characteristics used for defining a law?
l. A rule 2. Justice
3. Political authority 4. State power
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) 1,2and3
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (c)

Q.35. Which of the following group(s) of factors was/were used by Koreber to classify kinship terminology?
1, Descent, Gender, Polarity, Bifurcation and Lineage
2. Kindred, Class, Affinity, Gender and Polarity
3. Generation, Gender, Affinity, Bifurcation and Polarity
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 3
Ans. (c)

Q.36. A special role similar to that of a maternal uncle, for one’s father’s sister is designated as
(a) amitate
(b) couvade
(c) avunculate
(d) teknonymy
Ans. (a)

Q.37.Consider the following statements:
1. Extended family consists of two mates of opposite sex and their offspring
2. Conjugal family consists of two mates of opposite sex and their offspring
3. Consanguineous family consists of two mates of opposite sex and their offspring
Which of the statements given above is correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 3 only
(d) None
Ans(b)

Q.38. When two or more sibs exist in a community, they may be called
(a) moieties
(b) pharteries
(c) exogamous clans
(d) endogamous clans
Ans. (b)

Q.39.Match List-I with List -II and select the correct answer by using the code given below the Lists:
List-I List-II
A. Joking relationships 1 L.H. Morgan
B. Taboo 2. F.J. Pedlar
C. Classificatory terminology 3. E. Durkheim
D. Totemism 4. Sir James Frazer
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 4 2 3
(b) 2 3 1 4
(c) 1 3 2 4
(d) 2 4 1 3
Ans. (d)

Q.40. Consider the following statements about family:
1. Family regulates sexual behaviour through incest taboo
2. Family provides ethnic identity
3. Family serves as an occupational guild
4. Family provides predictable social contexts within which its children are to be socialized
Which of the above statements are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1, 2 and 4
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 2 and 4
Ans. (b)

Q.41. What is the smallest unit of Tharawad called?
(a) Tavazhi
(b) Nambudiri
(c) Cheri
(d) Koli
Ans. (a)

Q.42.Match List -I with List -II and select the correct answer by using the code given below the Lists:
List-I List-II
(Book) (Author)
A. Urbanism 1. Oscar Lewis
B. Folk urban continuum 2. L. Wirth
C. Little Tradition and Great tradition 3. R. Redfield
D. Culture of Poverty 4. Milton Singer
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 4 1 2 3
(b) 2 3 4 1
(c) 4 3 2 1
(d) 2 1 4 3
Ans. ((b)



Q. 43. Which of the following are likely to happen if a situation is characterized by ethnocentrism?
1. Everything will be measured in the terms of one’s own cultural standard and found wanting
2. Indigenous goods will be regarded as somehow defective
3. Members of other cultures will be less acceptable
4. The traditional beliefs and characteristics of other cultures will be ridiculed
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) l, 2 and 3
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) l, 3 and 4
(d) l, 2 and 4
Ans. (c)

Q. 44. When two cultural groups come in contact with each
other and consequently, in due course of time, one group borrows so heavily from the other that it loses its own identity and gets itself finally absorbed in the other group. This process is known as:
(a) enculturation
(b) socialization
(c) integration
(d) assimilation
Ans. (d)


Q. 45. Which one of the following basic symbols is used for ‘Female’ in constructing a kinship diagram?
(a) □
(b) =
(c) O
(d) ∆
Ans. (d)