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Question 501Single Answer
A statement of relationship between variables to be tested is known as :
  1. A
    Research question
  2. B
    Hypothesis
  3. C
    Objective of the study
  4. D
    Problem of the study
Question 502Single Answer
For Marx, human potential is actualized :
  1. A
    when democracy is institutionalized
  2. B
    in the objectication of products
  3. C
    during the capitalist stage
  4. D
    during the primitive stage
Question 503Single Answer
A relationship in which change in one variable always induce change in another variable is known  as :
  1. A
    positive correlation
  2. B
    linear correlation
  3. C
    unfounding relation
  4. D
    cause and effect relationship
Question 504Single Answer
When did the term sociology coined ?
  1. A
    1838
  2. B
    1732
  3. C
    1835
  4. D
    1650
Question 505Single Answer
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A)  and  the other  labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Both Lewis Coser and Randall Collins are grounded under the conflict school.
Reason (R) : Both of them highlight the function of conflict in maintaining the society..
  1. A
    Codes :
    Both (A)  and  (R)  are true.
  2. B
    (A)  is true, but (R)  is false.
  3. C
    (A) is false,  but (R)  is true.
  4. D
    Both (A) and  (R)  false.
Question 506Single Answer
If in a family, the offspring’s inherit the mother’s name, the family is called -
  1. A
    matronymic
  2. B
    patronymic
  3. C
    matripotestal
  4. D
    matrilineal
Question 507Single Answer
Assertion (A) : Townsend asserts that poverty can be defined objectively only in terms of the concept of relative deprivation.
Reason (R) :  Society determines people's needs,  patterns of food consumption.
  1. A
    Codes :
    Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is false.
  2. B
    Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R)  are false.
  3. C
    Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R)  are true and (R)  is the correct explanation of (A).
  4. D
    Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but (R)  is not the correct explanation of (A).
Question 508Single Answer
Who suggested that God is society divinized?
  1. A
    Max  Weber
  2. B
    E. E. Evans - Pritchard
  3. C
    Auguste Comte
  4. D
    Emile  Durkhein
Question 509Single Answer
In an Indian family the parents prepare their daughter to be a good wife/daughter in her in-laws,  home,  this is an example of  :
  1. A
    Socialization
  2. B
    Re-socialization
  3. C
    Adult socialization
  4. D
    Anticipatory socialization
Question 510Single Answer
Who among the following has distinguished between lions and foxes as types of elites ?
  1. A
    Pareto
  2. B
    Shils
  3. C
    Weber
  4. D
    Mannhiem
Question 511Single Answer
Match item in List-I  with item in List-II  and  choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
List - I                                                   List - II
a. Social class and stratification       (i) Bottom, T. B.
b. The power Elite                              (ii)  Castells,  M.
c. Class,  city and  power                  (iii)  Mills,  C. W.
d. Class in modern society               (iv)  Saunders,  P.
  1. A
    Codes  :
    a       b.      c       d
    i        iv       iii      ii
  2. B
    ii       i         iv      iii
  3. C
    iv      iii       ii       i
  4. D
    iii       ii       i        iv
Question 512Single Answer
" Sociology is the science of understanding of the meaning of social action. " The proceeding statement was made by :
  1. A
    Max Weber
  2. B
    August  Comte
  3. C
    Herbert Spencer
  4. D
    Emile  Durkheim
Question 513Single Answer
The idea of ' imperatively cordianted associations' was given by :
  1. A
    Karl Marx
  2. B
    Max Weber
  3. C
    Lewis Coser
  4. D
    Ralph  Dahrendorf
Question 514Single Answer
According to Emile Durkheim  religious practices are best understood as :
  1. A
    satisfying the spiritual interests of human beings
  2. B
    helping human beings to get relief from problem of mundane life
  3. C
    showing alternatives to the existing practices of collective life
  4. D
    contributing to the integration and stability of a society
Question 515Single Answer
Assertion  (A) :  Nepotism,  favouritism and corruption have  in-creaded in Indian society.
Reason (R)  :  The situation has risen due to lack of political will.
  1. A
    (A)  is true and (R)  is false.
  2. B
    Both (A)  and  (R)  are true.
  3. C
    (A)  is false and (R)  is true.
  4. D
    Both (A)  and  (R)  are false.
Question 516Single Answer
Which family is formed by an individual when he marries and has children ?
  1. A
    Family of orientation
  2. B
    Family of pro-creation
  3. C
    Nuclear family
  4. D
    Conjugal
Question 517Single Answer
Assertion (A) :  Women empowerment resulted in rural India  during the last two decade.
Reason (R) :  73rd  constitution amendment empowered rural Indian women.
  1. A
    Codes : 
    Both (A)  and  (R)  are false.
  2. B
    Both (A)  and  (R)  are true.
  3. C
    (A)  is false and  (R)  is true.
  4. D
    (A)  is true  and  (R)  is false.
Question 518Single Answer
Assertion (A) :  Privatization of education in India is leading to commercialization of education.
Reason (R) :  Commercilization  of education has deprived many poor deserving students from quality education  .
  1. A
    Codes : 
    (A)  is true,  but (R)  is false.
  2. B
    (A)  is false and  (R)  is true.
  3. C
    Both (A)  and  (R)  are true,  and  (R)  is the correct explanation of (A).
  4. D
    Both (A)  and  (R)  are true,  but (R)  is not the correct explanation of  (A).
Question 519Single Answer
The statement "Organizations are arenas for struggle " was given by :
  1. A
    Randall Collins
  2. B
    Karl Marx
  3. C
    Ralph Dahrwndorf
  4. D
    Max  Weber
Question 520Single Answer
Who suggested that conflict has a functional importance in society  ?
  1. A
    Karl  Marx
  2. B
    Lewis  Coser
  3. C
    Ralph  Dahrendorf
  4. D
    Randall Collins
Question 521Single Answer
Match the List-I   with List-II :
List - I                                 List - II
a. Ralph  Dahrenforf       1. Power Elite
b. G. H. Mead                   2. Phenomenology
c. Alfred Shultz.                3. Functions of social conflict
d. Lewis Coser                 4. Conflict and Authority
  1. A
    Codes : 
    a      b       c        d
    4      5       2        3
  2. B
    2      3       4.       1
  3. C
    5      4       2        3
  4. D
    1      3       4        5
Question 522Single Answer
Which one of the following statement is not reflective of conflict perspective  ?
  1. A
    Society  as a struggle for resources and power
  2. B
    Change  is inevitable,  often beneficial  and  can be violent
  3. C
    Society is viewed as a complex system of parts that interact to perform various necessary functions
  4. D
    Conflict  between classes determines social change
Question 523Single Answer
Match the items in the List-I  with the items in the List-II  and  select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I                                           List-II
a.   J. W. B. Douglous               (i)  The Home and the School
b.   D. H.  Hargreaves              (ii)  Social relations in a secondary school
c.  S.  Bowled and  H. Gintis   (iii) Schooling in capitalist America
d.  Ivan Illich                             (iv)  Deschooling society
  1. A
    Codes  :  
    a         b        c        d
    i          ii         iii       iv
  2. B
    iv        iii        ii        i
  3. C
    ii         i          iii       iv
  4. D
    iii        iv        i         ii
Question 524Single Answer
Which theory advocates the view that the domain of Sociology is the ' common sense world of everyday life  '?
  1. A
    Functionalism
  2. B
    Structuralism
  3. C
    Phenomenology
  4. D
    Exchange  theory
Question 525Single Answer
Which one of the following is not an element of symbolic interactionism?
  1. A
    The self
  2. B
    The Ego
  3. C
    Symbols
  4. D
    Role-Taking
Question 526Single Answer
Assertion (A) :  Sense of alienation is increasing among Dalits.
Reason (R) :  Atrocities have increased in recent years on Dalits.
Choose the correct answer from the given
  1. A
    Codes : 
    (A)  is true and  (R)  is false.
  2. B
    (A)  is false and  (R)  is true.
  3. C
    Both  (A)  and (R)  are false.
  4. D
    Both (A)  and  (R)  are true.
Question 527Single Answer
Match List-I  with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below.
List - I                        List - II
a.  G. Homans          (i)   The small group
b.  Cart Wright         (ii)   Collective  behaviour
c.  M. S. Olmsted    (iii)  Group Dynamics
d.  R. H.  Turner      (iv)   The Human group
  1. A
    Codes :
    a      b      c      d
    iii     iv      ii      i
  2. B
    ii      i       iv     iii
  3. C
    i       ii      iii     iv
  4. D
    iv     iii     i       ii
Question 528Single Answer
The eldest male member of the Tarwad is known as____________ .
  1. A
    patriarch
  2. B
    Karnavan
  3. C
    Nokna
  4. D
    none of the above
Question 529Single Answer
Match items in List-I with items in List-II and select the correct code from codes given below
List - I                                           List - II
a.  Primary group                      (i)  Summer,  W. G.
b.  Reference  group                 (ii)  Bierstedt,  Robert
c.  In-groups and  Out-grops   (iii)   Hyman,  R
d.  Organised group                 (iv)  Charles Cooley
  1. A
    Codes :
    a        b        c        d
    i         ii        iii        iv
  2. B
    ii        i         iv        iii
  3. C
    iii       iv       ii         i
  4. D
    iv       iii       i          ii
Question 530Single Answer
Which one of the  following is not example of social action  ?
  1. A
    Two persons exchanging blows after a collision of their bicycles
  2. B
    Two cyclists expressing regrets to each other after their bicycles collide
  3. C
    Two cyclists going their respective ways without taking note of each other
  4. D
    Two cyclists coming from opposite directions trying to give way to each other
Question 531Single Answer
"An Outline of Social Psychology" is written by  :
  1. A
    C. H. Cooley
  2. B
    Sigmund Freud
  3. C
    Muzafer  Sherif
  4. D
    G. H.  Mead
Question 532Single Answer
The idea of 'culture of poverty' introduced by whom?
  1. A
    Oscar Lewis
  2. B
    Abel Smith
  3. C
    Somuel  Mencher
  4. D
    Peter Townsend
Question 533Single Answer
Match the items in List-I  with the items in List-II and choose the correct answer from the codes given  below :
List-I                                                                                  List-II
a. Culture  is man made part of environment.         (i)  E. B. Taylor
b. Culture is that complex whole which                    (ii)  Herkovits,  M. J.
    includes knowledge, belief art, morals, law
    customs and other capabilities and habits
    acquired by man as a member of society.
c. The culture of a society is the way of life of its    (iii)  Ralph Linton
    members, the collection of ideas and habits
    which they learn, share and transmit from
    generation to generation.
D. Culture is a 'design for living' held by members (iv)  C. Kluckhohn
     of a particular society.
  1. A
    Codes :
    a      b.     c       d
    ii       i       iii       iv
  2. B
    i        ii      iv       ii
  3. C
    iii      ii       i        iv
  4. D
    iv      iii      ii       i
Question 534Single Answer
The theory that views people as "Stage managers" managing impressions presented to the world is :
  1. A
    Role theory
  2. B
    Dramaturgy
  3. C
    Looking Glass Self
  4. D
    Dialectical theory
Question 535Single Answer
Which of the following does NOT characterize Herbert Blumer's theory of symbolism interactionism?
  1. A
    The essence of society is found in actors and action
  2. B
    Society is made up of Marco structures
  3. C
    Large-scale structures emerge from micro processes
  4. D
    Collective action givens rise to joint action
Question 536Single Answer
Definite procedures or rules which people are expected to observe are known as :
  1. A
    Norms
  2. B
    Values
  3. C
    Institutions
  4. D
    Group behaviour
Question 537Single Answer
Who had named ‘simple statistics’ as ‘social physics’ ?
  1. A
    Auguste Comte
  2. B
    Adolphe Quetelet
  3. C
    Le Play
  4. D
    Condorcet
Question 538Single Answer
Who is most generally regarded as the founder of symbolic interactionism?
  1. A
    Herbert Blumer
  2. B
    George Herbert Mead
  3. C
    Max Weber
  4. D
    Anthony Giddens
Question 539Single Answer
Which is not a form of social stratification?
  1. A
    Religion
  2. B
    Class
  3. C
    Caste
  4. D
    Gender
Question 540Single Answer
Match the items in the List-I with the items in the List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I                                                                List-II
a. Dependence and exploitation               (i)  D. L. Banker and  S. Allen
    in work and marriage
b. The future of marriage                           (ii)  J. Bernard
c. The death of the family                          (iii)  D. Cooper
d. The family and marriage in Britain      (iv) R. Fletcher
  1. A
    Codes  : 
    a       b      c       d
    i.       ii       iii      iv
  2. B
    iv      iii      ii       i
  3. C
    ii       i       iv       iii
  4. D
    iii      iv      i        ii
Question 541Single Answer
The maintenance provided by the husband to the divorced wife is called :
  1. A
    Dower
  2. B
    Mehr
  3. C
    Alimony
  4. D
    Bride price
Question 542Single Answer
Which of the following is not true in the context of culture  ?
  1. A
    Culture is cultivated
  2. B
    Culture and Civilization are two faces of the same coin
  3. C
    Culture refers to non-material while civilization to material aspects
  4. D
    Culture is what we have while the civilization is what we are
Question 543Single Answer
Who among the following criticized Marxian theory as "a monocausal explanation for multicausal world "?
  1. A
    Max Weber
  2. B
    Ralf  Dahrendof
  3. C
    Kendall Collins
  4. D
    Lewis Coser
Question 544Single Answer
Karl Marx did not mention class conflict between :
  1. A
    The Haves and  havenots
  2. B
    The Rich and the Poor
  3. C
    The Bourgeois and  the Proletariat
  4. D
    The capitalists and the working class
Question 545Single Answer
Which one of the following is not an agency of socialization? 
  1. A
    Family
  2. B
    School
  3. C
    Peer-Group
  4. D
    Media
Question 546Single Answer
Match items in List-I with in List-II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I                                         List-II
a.  Evolutionary Theory        (i)  Kingsley Davis
b.  Cyclical Theory                 (ii)  Auguste Comte
c.  Conflict Theory                 (iii)  A.  Sorokin
d.  Structural Functional      (iv)  Karl Marx
     Approach
  1. A
    Codes : 
    a.       b        c.       d
    i         ii        iii        iv
  2. B
    i         iv       ii         i
  3. C
    ii        iii       iv        i
  4. D
    iv       i         ii         iii
Question 547Single Answer
Which one of the following  is not an element of community?
  1. A
    Territory 
  2. B
    We-feeling
  3. C
    Cultural  diversity
  4. D
    Self sufficiency
Question 548Single Answer
Who has propounded that " the primary groups are the nursery of human nature "?
  1. A
    Charles H.  Cooley
  2. B
    George Herbert Mead
  3. C
    Ralf Dahrendorf
  4. D
    Karl Marx
Question 549Single Answer
Who has authored the book 'society in Indian'?
  1. A
    A. P. Barnabas
  2. B
    Andre Beteille
  3. C
    Kingsley Davis
  4. D
    David G. Mandelbaum
Question 550Single Answer
Who argues that families are factories which produce human personalities?
  1. A
    M. G. Smith
  2. B
    D. H. J.  Morgon
  3. C
    G. P. Murdock
  4. D
    T. Parsons
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