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Subjects : Sociology

Question Bank PGT Samajsastra (Sociology) Exam - English

Sociology

Q 1 :
Which one of the following is not a characteristic of a primary group?
  1. A.Personal orientation
  2. B.Long term orientation
  3. C.Relations are end in themselves
  4. D.Relations are means to an end
Q 2 :
Who of the following is the author of the book "Economy and Society"?
  1. A.Max Weber     
  2. B.Anthony Giddens
  3. C.E. Durkheim     
  4. D.A.  Comte
Q 3 :
Which one of the following is not an element of rural community?
  1. A.We-feeling      
  2. B.Cultural diversity
  3. C.Territory         
  4. D.Self-sufficiency
Q 4 :
Choose the correct sequence of following in order of increasing complexity :
  1. A.Hunting, Gathering,  Agrarian,  Pastoral,  Industrial and  Postindustrial societies
  2. B.Gathering,  Pastoral,  Hunting,  Industrial and Post-industrial societies
  3. C.Hunting,  Pastoral,  Agrarian,  Industrial and Pist-industrial societies
  4. D.Agricultural,  Gathering,  Hunting,  Horticultural,  Industrial and Post-industrial societies
Q 5 :
Sociology is characterized by a perspective that places..............  in the foreground :
  1. A.Individual
  2. B.Unique social  events
  3. C.Social  interaction
  4. D.Culture
Q 6 :
When two people interact with each other,  they form :
  1. A.a society        
  2. B.an institution
  3. C.an  association     
  4. D.a dyadic group
Q 7 :
Which one of the following Max Muller believed to be the earliest form of religion  ?
  1. A.Naturism    
  2. B.Monoism
  3. C.Animism     
  4. D.Fetishism
Q 8 :
Ridicule is a :
  1. A.Social  sanction     
  2. B.Social  norm
  3. C.Mores     
  4. D.Folkway
Q 9 :
The term 'Reference group' was first introduced by :
  1. A.Hyman       
  2. B.Merton
  3. C.Srinivas       
  4. D.Cooley
Q 10 :
Match List -I with List-II  and  mark the correct answer from the codes given below  the lists :
List-I                        List-II
(Author)                  (Change Perspective)
a.  Sorokin              (i)  Structural-functional
b.  Daherdorf         (ii)   Cyclical
c.  Spencer             (iii)   Dialectical
d.  Durkheim         (iv)  Evolutionary
  1. A.Codes : 
    a       b      c       d
    ii       iii       iv      i
  2. B.i        iii       ii      iv
  3. C.ii       iv       i       iii
  4. D.iii      i        ii       iv
Q 11 :
The pivotal methodology of functionalist is :
  1. A.Conjectural history
  2. B.Library  work
  3. C.Field  work
  4. D.Content  analysis 
Q 12 :
To mess the 'generalised others' and 'significant others'  are the creators of  :
  1. A.I         
  2. B.Me
  3. C.Ego      
  4. D.Super ego
Q 13 :
The collection of roles that goes with a given status is termed as.
  1. A.Multiple roles
  2. B.Conflict of roles
  3. C.Role set
  4. D.Summation of roles
Q 14 :
Assertion (A) : The situation in which a person is faced with demands from two or more roles that do not match is called role conflict.
Reason (R) :  Role conflict is not common in traditional societies where each person plays a limited number of roles.
Choose the correct answer from the given codes.
  1. A.Codes  :
    (A) is true but (R)  is false
  2. B.Both (A)  and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  3. C.(A) is false but (R)  is true.
  4. D.Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Q 15 :
Who has written the book "urbanisation and family change "?
  1. A.Iravati Karve
  2. B.M. S. Gore
  3. C.Leela Dube
  4. D.I. P. Desai
Q 16 :
Who studied the structural and functional unity of joint family in 'Mahua'?
  1. A.K. M. Kapadia
  2. B.Beers Desai
  3. C.I. P. Session  
  4. D.A. M. Shah
Q 17 :
Match List--I with List--II and select the correct answer from the codes given below  :
List--I                                           List -- II
a. Marriage and Family            (i)   A. M. Shah
    in India
b. Kinship organisation            (ii)  Robin Fox
     in India
c.  Kinship and Marrieage       (iii)   K. M. Kapadia
d.  Family in India                     (iv)   Iravati  Karve
  1. A.Codes :
    a       b        c       d
    i        ii        iv       iii
  2. B.iii      iv        ii        i
  3. C.i        iii        iv       ii
  4. D.ii       iii        iv       i
Q 18 :
Who said that the social stratification in India is based on 'purity and pollution ' ?
  1. A.M. N. Srinivas
  2. B.A. R. Desai
  3. C.Louis Dumont
  4. D.Yogendra Singh
Q 19 :
Who has given functional theory  of social stratification?
  1. A.T. B. Bottomore   
  2. B.K. Davis
  3. C.W. E. Moore   
  4. D.Karl Marx
Q 20 :
Match List -- I with List --- II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List -- I                                 List -- II
a.  Homeohierchicus        (i)  G. S. Ghurya
b.  Human society             (ii)  Yogendra Singh
c. Modernisation of          (iv)  Louis Dumont
    Indian Tradition
d. Caste, Class and           (iv)  Kingsley Davis
    Occupation
  1. A.Codes : 
    a      b     c     d
    i       ii     iii     iv
  2. B.ii      iii     iv     i
  3. C.iii     iv     ii      i
  4. D.iv     ii      i      iii
Q 21 :
Marxian theory of change, 'that change comes through revolution'  indicates :
  1. A.change in the existing structure.
  2. B.change of the whole structure.
  3. C.a partial change in the existing structure.
  4. D.a nominal change of the structural elements.
Q 22 :
Match List --I with List -- II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists :
List -- I                                      List -- II
(Theory if Change)                 (Author) 
a.  Cyclical                              (i)  Karl Marx and Dahrendoef
b.  Linear-Evolutionary        (ii)  A.  Toynbee
c. Dialectic                             (iii)  K. Davis   and   W. E. Moore
d.  Functional                        (iv)  Auguste Comte
  1. A.Codes :
    a        b       c       d
    iii       iv       i        ii
  2. B.ii        iv       i        iii
  3. C.iv       i        iii       ii
  4. D.i         ii       iii       iv
Q 23 :
The basic difference between classical and modern sociological perspectives is visible in the  :
  1. A.Silent shift from macro to microtheoretical perspective
  2. B.Radical shift from micro to macro perspective
  3. C.Development of middle range theories
  4. D.None of the  above
Q 24 :
Who was Comte's Mentor?
  1. A.Montesquieu   
  2. B.Morgan
  3. C.Saint Simon      
  4. D.Robert Redfield
Q 25 :
From among  the following who believed in Social Darwinism  ?
  1. A.Diffusionists.     
  2. B.Evolutionists
  3. C.Functionalists   
  4. D.All of the above
Q 26 :
"Sociology is a Science which attempts an interpretative understanding of social action." who defined Sociology in this manner ? 
  1. A.T. Parson
  2. B.Maclver and Page
  3. C.E. Durkheim
  4. D.Max Weber
Q 27 :
"Culture is man's guide, it liberates as well as enslaves him as all guides do." Which of the following school represents this view?
  1. A.Evolutionary School
  2. B.Marxian School
  3. C.Diffusionistic School
  4. D.Culture-personality School
Q 28 :
The term 'Sociological Imagination' was coined by whom?
  1. A.P. Berger
  2. B.C. W. Mills
  3. C.A.  Giddens
  4. D.J. S. Mill
Q 29 :
Every man in society occupies a number of statuses. Different statuses associated with a single person are known as :
  1. A.Status inconsistency
  2. B.Status sequences
  3. C.Status set
  4. D.Status succession
Q 30 :
We gotcha of the following are the physical conditions of a primary group?
(i)   Physical proximity
(ii)   Attraction
(iii)  Smallness
(iv)  Endurance
  1. A.i,   ii,   iii,  &  iv
  2. B.i,   ii ,   &  iii
  3. C.i,   ii,   &   iv
  4. D.i,  iii,   &  iv
Q 31 :
Which of the following is not a primary group?
  1. A.Scouts
  2. B.A  peer group
  3. C.A  class of students
  4. D.Family 
Q 32 :
Which of the following are fundamental features of a social group?
(i)   Organisation 
(ii)  We-feeling
(iii)  Self - sufficiency
(iv)  Explicit cultural  goals
  1. A.(i)  and (ii )  
  2. B.(ii)  and  (iii)
  3. C.(iii)  and  (iv)   
  4. D.(i)  and  (iii)
Q 33 :
Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A),  and  the other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion  (A) :  According to Durkheim education perpetuates and reinforces among neity in society  among itself members.
Reason (R)  :  Schools inclucate society's norms and  values providing link between individual and society.
  1. A.Codes  :
    Both (A)  and  (R)  are true and (R)  is the correct explanation of (A).
  2. B.Both (A)  and  (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  3. C.(A)  is true,  but  (R)  is false.
  4. D.(A)  is false, but  (R)  is true.
Q 34 :
Match List-I  with List-II.
List -I                                           List-II
(Books)                                       (Authors)
a. De-schooling Society           (i)  R. D. Laing
b. The Politics of Family          (ii)  S. Bowled and H. Gintis
c. Anti-social Family                 (iii)  Ivan Illich
d. Schooling in Capitalist        (iv)   M. Barrett & M. MacIn-tosh
      America
  1. A.Codes  :
    a        b       c       d
    i         ii        iii      iv
  2. B.iv       i         ii       iii
  3. C.iii       i         iv      ii
  4. D.ii        i         iii      iv
Q 35 :
Match  List-I  with  List-II
List-I                         List-II
(Terms)                   (Features)
a.  Church               (i)   Usually more individualistic and  lacks sharply defined belief system
b.  Sect                   (ii) Usually conservative but not closely related to State.
c.  Denomination (iii) Often closely related to State and claim promptly on religious truth
d.  Cult                    (iv)  Less conservative and connected with lower class
  1. A.Codes : 
    a        b       c.     d
    iv       iii       ii       i
  2. B.iii       iv       ii       i
  3. C.ii        i        iv       iii
  4. D.i         ii       iii       iv
Q 36 :
The variable sum concept of power is based on the assumption that :
  1. A.value consensus is essential for society
  2. B.value dissension is essential for society
  3. C.value neutrality is essential for society
  4. D.value are essential for society
Q 37 :
The State moderates between different groups ensuring that all of them have some influence on public policy, is best manifested in :
  1. A.Socialist democracy
  2. B.Republic democracy
  3. C.Pluralist  democracy
  4. D.Traditional democracy
Q 38 :
Match  List-I  with  List-II :
List -I                           List-II
(Authors)                    (Terms)
a.  V. Pareto               (i)  The Ruling Class
b.  G. Mosca              (ii)  The Non-governing Elite
c.  R. Mitchell            (iii)  The Iron law of Oligarchy
d.  S. Lukes               (iv)  The Three Dimensional  View
  1. A.Codes  : 
    a        b        c       d
    ii        iii        iv      i
  2. B.ii        i         iii       iv
  3. C.ii        iii       i         iv
  4. D.ii        iv       i         iii
Q 39 :
Which of the following is an appropriate example of a social institution?
  1. A.Market     
  2. B.Trade Union
  3. C.Political Party      
  4. D.N. G. O.
Q 40 :
According to Dahrenorf,  Marx's  Theory of Class Conflict i
  1. A.to be rejected universally
  2. B.to be accepted universally
  3. C.to be  accepted and  modified generally
  4. D.to be rejected, accepted and  modified contextually
Q 41 :
The process whereby the helpless human infant gradually  becomes a self-aware, knowledgeable person, skilled in the ways of the culture into which he or she was born is known as :
  1. A.Re-socialization      
  2. B.Social position
  3. C.Socialization      
  4. D.Shared understanding
Q 42 :
Stages of congnitive-development related socialization was proposed by :
  1. A.H. Mead     
  2. B.S.  Freud
  3. C.C. H. Cooley 
  4. D.J. Piaget
Q 43 :
Match List-I  with List-II  and  find out the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I                           List-II
a.  E. Durkheim        (i)  The Social system
b.  M. Weber            (ii)   The Liquid Love
c.  Z.  Bauman         (iii)  The Division of Labour in Society
d.  T. Parsons          (iv)  The  Religion of India
  1. A.Codes : 
    a        b      c       d
    i         ii       iii      iv
  2. B.iii       iv       ii      i
  3. C.ii        iii       iv     i
  4. D.iv       iii       ii      i
Q 44 :
In a system of social stratification social rankings are based on certain attributes which may :
  1. A.either be inherited or socially constructed
  2. B.either be ascribed or acquired
  3. C.either be acquired or socially constructed
  4. D.either be ascribed, acquired or constructed
Q 45 :
The social positions of :
  1. A.caste,  gender and ethmic groups are biologically, determined
  2. B.caste biologically, but gender and ethnic groups are economically determined
  3. C.gender is biologically, while the ethnic and caste groups are culturally determined
  4. D.Which one of the above is correct?
Q 46 :
According to Marx and Dehrendorf unequal class position of a social group is determined by which of the following forms and extant of one's control over:
  1. A.economic and cultural resources respectively
  2. B.cultural and economic resources respectively
  3. C.economic and political resources respectively
  4. D.political and cultural resources respectively
Q 47 :
Who among the following sociologists analysed social classes in terms of market and property situation  ?
  1. A.M. Weber
  2. B.J. Goldthorpe
  3. C.E. Durkheim
  4. D.T. Parsons
Q 48 :
Some assumptions are given below : The definitional assumption(s) about class and class conflict in the Marxian theory is (are) :
(i)   every society is based on a degree of economic equilibrium.
(ii)  Class inequality is due to inherent political and social injustice.
(iii)  Class conflict  is inherent in society.
(iv)  economic inequality lies at the core of class conflict.
(v)  Class conflict is resolved through class alliance.
Select correct assumptions from the following :
  1. A.i and ii
  2. B.i,  ii and iii
  3. C.ii,  iii  and v
  4. D.iii  and  iv
Q 49 :
Transmission of traits from one culture to another is sociologically termed as :
  1. A.Acculturation
  2. B.Diffusion
  3. C.Assimilation
  4. D.Enculturation
Q 50 :
Who among the following is a proponent of cyclical theory of evolution?
  1. A.T.  Parsons
  2. B.E. Durkheim
  3. C.O. Spengler
  4. D.H.  Spencer

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