Objective Questions indian Sociology

Objective Questions indian Sociology
IAS Civil Services objective sociology questions
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1. Who has related the degree of integration of a group with the rate of suicide in a society?
(A) Lowell J. Carr
(B) Cyril Burt
(C) R. K. Merton
(D) Emile Durkheim

2. A change in social position that does not alter a person’s status is called—
(A) Horizontal mobility
(B) Vertical mobility
(C) Structural mobility
(D) Social immobility
3. Who has propounded the concept of Anomie?
(A) Karl Marx
(B) R. K. Merton
(C) Emile Durkheim
(D)Max Weber

4. According to Merton, psychotics, pariahs, out castes, vagrants, vagabonds, tramps, chronic drunkards and drug addicts are—
(A) Conformists
(B) Innovators
(C) Ritualists
(D) Retreatists

5. Who has maintained that fundamental source of social disorganization is Anomie?
(A) R. K. Merton
(B) Talcott Parsons
(C) H. M. Johnson
(D) Emile Durkheim

6. Which one of the following is not the salient feature of social disorganization?
(A) It is conflict between old and new order
(B) it is the outcome of transfer of functions from one group to the other
(C) It is resultant of change in social structure
(D) It is the outcome of a rigid political system

7. Who was propounded the concept of ‘Delinquency Threshold’?
(A) Lowell J. Carr
(B) Helen Witmer
(C) Cyril Burt
(D) Sophia M. Robinson

8. “Rarely is a woman wicked, but when she is, she surpasses the man.” Who has given this statement?
(A) Cesare Lombroso
(B) William Ferrero
(C) Otto Pollok
(D) Walter C. Reckless

9. Who has propounded the labelling theory of deviance?
(A) F. H. Sutherland
(B) Howard S. Becker
(C) David Matza
(D) Marshall B. Clinard
10. Who was the first Chairman of the ‘Backward Classes Commission’ in India?
(A) B. P. Mandal
(B) Kaka Kalelkar
(C) B. R. Ambedkar
(D) M. K. Gandhi

11. Who said that advance from homogeneity to heterogeneity is the universal law of progress?
(A) Auguste Comte
(B) Charles Darwin
(C) E. Durkheim
(D)Herbert Spencer

12. Who said that society is the system in equilibrium?
(A) Max Weber
(B) C. H. Cooley
(C) P. A. Sorokin
(D) V. Pareto

13. Who wrote the book “The Science of Culture”?
(A) B. Malinowski
(B) Tylor
(C) P. A. Sorokin
(D) L. A. White

14. Who among the following is associated with “Diffusional Theory of Development”?
(A) Auguste Comte
(B) Talcott Parsons
(C) McCkleland
(D) Daniel Lerner

15.Who has given Racial Theory of Caste?
(A) Nesfield
(B) Hocart
(C) Herbert Risley
(D) G. S. Ghurye

16. An untouchable getting conve ted to Christianity is an example of?
(A) Political mobility
(B) Social mobility
(C) Horizontal mobility
(D) Vertical mobility

17. Who has written the book ‘Caste in Indian Politics’?
(A) Andre Beteille
(B) T. B. Bottomore
(C) Rajni Kothari
(D) Yogesh Atal

18.The development of the ecological approach to urban analysis is attributed to—
(A) Frankfurt School
(B) Vienna School
(C) Manchester School
(D) Chicago School

19. In which Article of the Consti tution of India the term ‘Back ward Class’ has been used?
(A) 15(4)
(B) 16(4)
(C) 17 (4)
(D) 23 (4)

20.Which one of the following Articles of Indian Constitution talks about grants-in-aid for the welfare of Scheduled Tribes?
(A) 275
(B) 244 (A)
(C) 334
(D) 164(1)

21. In which book Charles, Cooley presented the Theory of Social Control?
(A) Human Nature and Social Order
(B) Sociology
(C) Cultural Sociology
(D) The Social Order

22. Who gave the concept of ‘Consciousness of Kind’?
(A) L. F. Ward
(B) C. H. Cooley
(C) F. H. Giddings
(D) F. Toennies

23. Expulsion of person from his caste for intercaste marriage is an example of—
(A) Positive control
(B) Negative control
(C) Indirect control
(D) Formal control

24. The main aspects of human development are—
1. Life expectancy
2.Literacy percentage
3.Standard of iiving
4. Technological advancement
5. Natural resources
Select the correct answer from the codes given below—
Codes:
(A) l and 2
(B)3 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) 3, 4 and 5

25. Which one of the following is an example of Sanskritization?
(A) Brahma form of marriage among the Namboodiries
(B) Sapta-padi among the Kshatriyas
(C) Sapta-padi among the peasant caste of Karnataka
(D) Monogamy among the present Nayars

Answers:
1 D
2 A
3 C
4 D
5 D
6 B
7 B
8 B
9 B
10 B
11 D
12 D
13 D
14 D
15 D
16 D
17 C
18 D
19 B
20 A
21 A
22 C
23 B
24 A
25 A