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Q1. Traditional Hindu society was divided into how many Varna’s base on occupation of an individual?
[A] three
[B] Four
[C] five
[D] seven
Q2. Which of the following Justice means that everyone must have sufficient opportunity to earn daily bread and satisfy basic needs?
[A] Social
[B] Economic
[C] Political
[D] Religious
Q3. What are the local self- governments at village or small-town level in India?
[A] Gram Panchayat
[B] Zillah Parishad
[C] Municipal Corporation
[D] Panchayat Samiti
Q4. Jajmani system in Traditional Indian Society was based on which of the following?
[A] Cash Economy
[B] Barter System
[C] Gift Exchange
[D] Market System
Q5. Who is of the opinion that, nothing can emancipate the outcastes except the destruction of the caste system?
[A] H. Risley
[B] A R. Desai
[C] M.K. Gandhi
[D] B R. Ambedkar
Q6. Who wrote the Book “Homo Hirearchicus”?
[A] Louis Dumont
[B] Henry Maine
[C] Nicholas Dirks
[D] J.H. Hutton
Q7. Which of the following is the prime objective of rural sociology?
[A] Comprehensive study of rural social organisation its structure and functions
[B] Study of social problems in rural society
[C] Scientific study of rural family
[D] Systematic study of rural and urban relations
Q8. Who appointed the Country Life Commission (CLC)?
[A] Woodrow Wilson
[B] William McKinley
[C] Grover Cleveland
[D] Theodore Roosevelt
Q9. The striking similarities between the village and the town in some aspects of community life is?
[A] Interconnection of rural-urban
[B] Similarity between rural and urban
[C] Rural-urban convergence
[D] Urban cultural diffusion
Q10. The type of kinship established between husband and wife is called
[A] Affinal kinship
[B] Consanguineous kinship
[C] Fictional kinship
[D] Permanent kinship
Q11. The attitude towards sacred things is called
[A] Ritual
[B] Belief
[C] Superstition
[D] Fear
Q12. In the Hindu belief system, salvation means
[A] Temporary relief from life and death cycle
[B] Permanent relief from life and death cycle
[C] Struggle for better life
[D] Belief in supernatural powers
Q13. Which of the following is not a characteristic of village community?
[A] Definite territory
[B] Community sentiment
[C] Dominance of nuclear family
[D] Homogeneity
Q14. Modern village community has been very much influenced by
[A] Religion
[B] Political system
[C] Urbanization
[D] Economic system
Q15. A clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town is called
[A] Sub-town
[B] Metropolis
[C] Village
[D] Cities
Q16. Village studies during the British period were made for
[A] Helping village development
[B] Consolidating the British Raj in India
[C] Consolidating Panchayati Raj
[D] Eradicating rural poverty
Q17. The village Rampura in the south east of Mysore in Karnataka was studied by
[A] S.C Dube
[B] D.N Majumdar
[C] M.N Srinivas
[D] Oscar Lewis
Q18. Which one of the following is the problem related to village studies in India?
[A] Scholars studied village community in biotic frame of reference
[B] Scholars studied village with prejudice
[C] Villagers are not cooperative
[D] Lack of facilities
Q19. Which among the following factors influences the social organization of the villages?
[A] Caste system
[B] Migration
[C] Jajmani system
[D] Social mobility
Q20. Which one of the following scholars opined that the self-sufficiency of the Indian village is a myth?
[A] Charles T. Metcalfe
[B] Oscar Lewis
[C] Louis Dumont
[D] M.N. Srinivasa
Q21. Where did rural sociology originated in the world?
[A] United Kingdom
[B] France
[C] United States of America
[D] Russia
Q22. Which of the following belongs to a middle class in India?
[A] Prosperous farmers
[B] White-collar workers
[C] Military personnel
[D] All of the above
Q23. Who said that the four Varna divisions is not a vertical, but a horizontal one with all castes placed on equal footing?
[A] M. N. Srinivasa
[B] M.K. Gandhi
[C] B R. Ambedkar
[D] G.S. Ghurye
Q24. Distinct from government and business, civil society can be understood as:
[A] The “third sector” of society
[B] The “watch dog” of Society
[C] The “curator” of society
[D] The “guardian” of society
Q25. What is the nature of Indian society?
[A] Tribal
[B] Pluralistic
[C] Rural
[D] Urban
Q26. The Constitution of India has recognized how many major languages?
[A] 22
[B] 24
[C] 26
[D] 29
Q27. An aggregate of non-governmental organizations and institutions that manifest and act for furthering the interests and will of citizens is known as:
[A] Mass media
[B] Civil society
[C] Interest group
[D] Pressure group
Q28. Civil society organizations work for
[A] Economic growth
[B] Segmental growth
[C] Inclusive growth
[D] Exclusive growth
Q29. The agency that is expected to play the three roles of a watchdog, scorekeeper and gatekeeper in contemporary society is:
[A] Media
[B] Opposition parties
[C] Police
[D] Intelligence agencies
Q30. There are two types of newspapers, Broadsheets and?
[A] Tabloids
[B] Pamphlets
[C] Magazines
[D] Dailies
Q31. Arrange the following media in descending order as source of news in India:
[A] Television-Radio-Social Media-Newspaper
[B] Television-Social Media-Newspaper-Radio
[C] Social Media-Television-Newspaper-Radio
[D] Newspaper-Social Media-Television-Radio
Q32. The form of media which probes deeply into a topic of interest, such as serious crimes, political corruption or corporate wrongdoing is known as?
[A] Crime media
[B] Probe media
[C] Investigative media
[D] Responsible media
Q33. Suppression, regulation and prohibition of visual and audio matter in media that people consider as offensive and obscene is termed as?
[A] Social censorship
[B] Cultural censorship
[C] Ethical censorship
[D] Moral censorship
Q34. What is a prerequisite for the rural people to understand the significance of their rights provided by the Constitution?
[A] Technology
[B] Modern education
[C] Abolition of intermediaries
[D] Urbanization
Q35. The first education commission of post independent period in India was
[A] Radhakrishnan Commission
[B] Mudaliar Commission
[C] Kothari Commission
[D] Hunter Commission
Q36. Modernity as concept in Sociology is understood as:
[A] A Fashion
[B] A way of life
[C] A subculture
[D] A perspective
Q37. With whom among the following are the concepts universalization and parochrialisation associated?
[A] Robert R. Marret
[B] McKim Marriott
[C] R. Redfield
[D] Meyer Fortes
Q38. Who among the following originally used the term ‘Relative Deprivation’?
[A] Samuel A Stouffer
[B] R.K. Merton
[C] W.G. Sumner
[D] A Henderson
Q39. Which of the following tribes initiated the Jharkhand Movement?
[A] Bhils
[B] Bodos
[C] Santals
[D] Nagas
Q40. Which is the peasant movement of India mobilized by Gandhi?
[A] Champaran Movement
[B] Baradoli Movement
[C] Kheda Movement
[D] Mappilla Movement
Q41. Which one of the following impacts of globalization on relative deprivation is true?
[A] Relative deprivation disappeared
[B] Relative deprivation increased
[C] Relative deprivation decreased
[D] There is no impact on relative deprivation
Q42. The theories which assume that all societies follow the same path, evolving from simple to complex through uniform sequences are known as:
[A] Unilinear theories
[B] Evolutionary theories
[C] Uniform theories
[D] Sequential theories
Q43. A large numbers of people, who, through deliberate and sustained efforts, organize themselves to promote the interest of a particular section or a common cause of society represent:
[A] A social movement
[B] A social revolution
[C] A social transformation
[D] A social process
Q44. An increase in the earth’s temperature due to the greenhouse effect is known as:
[A] Global degradation
[B] Global decay
[C] Global distress
[D] Global warming
Q45. Ashok Rudra mentioned the existence of class in rural society into two categories. They are?
[A] Class of entrepreneurs and class of landlords
[B] Class of landlords and class of agricultural labourers
[C] Middle class and landowning class
[D] Forward class and backward class
Q46. The three level system of stratification according to Harold A. Gould are?
[A] Forward classes, Middle classes and Harijans
[B] Landowning classes, Middle classes and backward classes
[C] Landowning classes, Forward classes and backward classes
[D] Forward classes, backward classes and Harijans
Q47. Who differentiated two approaches to the study if Indian society as the Book View and the Field View?
[A] M. Panini
[B] M.N. Srinivasa
[B] Louis Dumont
[D] A R. Desai
Q48. A R Desai Social change refers to change in?
[A] Structure of society
[B] Size of society
[C] Density of society
[D] Life style in Society
Q49. Cultural traits are acquired through?
[A] Learning
[B] Imitation
[C] Socialization
[D] Contact
Q50. Satya Shodhak Samaj was founded by?
[A] Tilak
[B] Ranade
[C] Raja Ram Mohan Roy
[D] Jyotiba Phule
Q51. Who among the following sociologists has considered purity and pollution as the primary characteristic of the caste system?
[A] L. Dumont
[B] G.S. Ghurye
[C] M.N. Srinivasa
[D] A M. Hocart
Q52. Which one of the following is NOT a feature of modernization process?
[A] Increasing commercial activities
[B] Social control on kinship basis
[C] Increasing division of labour
[D] Increasing social complexity
Q53. A world system in which we use our physical environment and natural resources to meet the just needs of humanity and leave an enriched environment to the next generation is called:
[A] Responsible environment
[B] Sound environment
[C] Sustainable environment
[D] Enlightened environment
Q54. Which one of the following is NOT one of the stages of a social movement identified by Sociologists?
[A] Initial unrest and agitation
[B] Disorganization
[C] Resource mobilization
[D] Institutionalization
Q55. The birth and growth of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s can be an example of:
[A] Deprivation Theory
[B] Structural strain theory
[C] Resource mobilization theory
[D] New age theory
Q56. Who facilitated the Appko Movement in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka?
[A] Manjunath Hegde
[B] Sishir Hegde
[C] Pandurang Hegde
[D] Santosh Hegde