100 + Sociology MCQs (With Answers)

1. The system under which boys and girls are allowed to mix with each other and are given
maximum permissible mixing facility by society before marriage is known as:
(a) probationary marriage

(b) experimental marriage

(c) compassionate marriage

(d) none of these

Ans. (a)

2. If in a family, the offspring’s inherit the mother’s name, the family is called-
(a) matronymic

(b) patronymic

(c) matripotestal

(d) matrilineal

Ans. (c)

3. Which family is formed by an individual when he marries and has children?

(a) Family of orientation

(b) Family of pro-creation

(c) Nuclear family

(d) Conjugal
Ans. (c)

4. The eldest male member of the Tarwad is known as____________.

(a) patriarch

(b) Karnavan

(c) Nokna

(d) none of the above

Ans. (b)

5. When the offsprings inherit the father’s name, the family is called-
(a) patronymic

(b) patrilineal

(c) patriarchal

(d) conjugal

Ans. (a)

6. Who among the following follow the matrilineal family system?

(a) Nairs of Kerala

(b) Bhils

(c) Kadars

(d) Muslims

Ans. (a)
7. In ______ family the husband goes to live in the house of his wife.
(a) matrilineal

(b) matriarchal

(c) joint family

(d) matripotestal

Ans. (b)

8. In______ family, the wife goes and lives in the house of her husband.
(a) patrilocal

(b) patrilineal

(c) bilateral

(d) joint family

Ans. (a)

9. One’s wife’s brother is one’s_________.

(a) primary kin

(b) tertiary kin

(c) affinal secondary kin

(d) secondary kin

Ans. (d)

10. The Sema Naga use_________ for mother, father’s, brother’s wife and mother’s sister.
(a) hepu
(b) aja

(c) ami

(d) shi

Ans. (b)

11. If in a kinship system, maternal uncle enjoys a pre-eminent place in the life of his
nephews and nieces as a matter of convention, the kinship usage is called_____________.
(a) avunculate

(b) amitate

(c) couvade

(d) matriliny

Ans. (a)
12. Which one of the following statements about kinship is NOT true?
(a) Its usages create group of kins

(b) It creates relationship structure

(c) It defines role of different relationships

(d) It indicates expected behaviour of kins

Ans. (c)

13. The principle or set of principles by which ego’s consanguineal relatives are determined
is technically known as-
(a) rules of residence

(b) rules of kinship

(c) rules of descent

(d) none of the above

Ans. (c)

14. The Child Marriage Act amended in___________ (year) raised the minimum age of
marriage for girls from 15 to 18 years.
(a) 1986

(b) 1976

(c) 1929

(d) 1991

Ans. (b)
15. A world Conference on the issues of women was organised by the United Nations in
1975.
Which among the following was the venue?
(a) Mexico

(b) Beijing

(c) Copenhagen

(d) Nairobi

Ans. (a)

16. Mark out the factor contributing to high maternal mortality rate-
(a) Antenatal Care

(b) Education

(c) Increase in the number of working women

(d) Early Marriage

Ans. (d)

17. Dialectic of Sex was authored by-

(a) Shulamith Firestone

(b) Babuef

(c) Farah Naqvi

(d) Deepa Mehta

Ans. (a)

18. Who was the chairperson of the National Commission on Self Employed Women and
Women in Informal Sector in 1987?
(a) Vina Mazumdar

(b) Ela Bhat

(c) Madhuri Shah

(d) Armati Desai

Ans. (b)

19. Who maintained that those who perform successfully in terms of society’s values will be
ranked highly and they will be likely to receive a variety of rewards.
(a) Parsons

(b) Davis

(c) Durkheim
(d) Redcliffe Brown

Ans. (a)

20. Which of the following is employed to mean the numerous sub-divisions of a varnal?
(a) Jati

(b) Caste

(c) Gotra

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)
21. According to Marx, various forms of exploitative mode of production have been
_______________.
(a) slavery, feudalism, and capitalism

(b) slavery, barbarism and capitalism

(c) slavery, bourgeoisie, and capitalism

(d) none of the above

Ans. (a)

22. According to Marx’s classic phrase, the proletariat are a _____________.

(a) class in themselves

(b) class for themselves

(c) class by themselves

(d) class through themselves

Ans. (a)
23. According to Weber____________, refers to the unequal distribution of economic
rewards whereas ___________refers to the unequal distribution of social honour.
(a) class, caste

(b) power, prestige

(c) class, status

(d) caste, class

Ans. (c)
24. Which tribe names their girls’ dormitory as ‘yo’?
(a) Konayak Naga

(b) Muria

(c) Angami Naga

(d) Bhotia

Ans. (a)

25. Find the odd one out-

(a) Dalya

(b) Podh

(c) Kaman

(d) Gotul

Ans. (d)

26. Tribe is a ________ group whereas caste is a _________ group.

(a) social, territorial

(b) political, territorial

(c) territorial, social

(d) social, religious

Ans. (c)

27. In Madhya Pradesh, shifting cultivation is named as ___________.

(a) Podh

(b) Jhum

(c) Dahiya

(d) Koman

Ans. (c)

28. Which of the following tribes is expert in cultivation?

(a) Tharo

(b) Chenchu

(c) Irula

(d) Onge

Ans. (a)

29. Viewing the geographic area covered by the system as a circle, the-travel only clockwise
and ___________ travel only counter _________ clockwise.
(a) Soulva, Mwali

(b) Mwali, Soulva

(c) Soulva, shell necklace

(d) none of the above

Ans. (a)
30. Kula exchange system is distinctly different for common barter called __________ ,
since it involves a higher level of trust.
(a) Mwali

(b) Soulva

(c) Gimwali

(d) none of the above

Ans. (c)

31. ___________ means giving up self-interest or hostility for the sake of mutual benefit.
(a) Negative reciprocity

(b) Balanced reciprocity

(c) Generalized reciprocity

(d) Exchange of gifts

Ans. (b)
32. Kula exchange consists of the circulation of two items, i.e., __________ and
____________.
(a) Shell armbands and Mwali

(b) Mwali and Soulva

(c) Shell disc necklace and Soulva

(d) none of the above

Ans. (b)

33.___________ is an exchange transaction that involves direct movement of goods or

services between parties.
(a) Redistribution

(b) Barter

(c) Market exchange

(d) None of the above

Ans. (d)

34. The impact of urbanization during medieval period worked through:

(a) Artisans in the towns
(b) Army on move

(c) Nobles, chiefs and Jagirdars

(d) Petty government officials

Ans. (c)
35. Which among the following do you think was NOT the function of the ancient
Panchayat?
(a) To advise the king in day-to-day matters of administration

(b) To look after the local matters, including the collection of revenue

(c) To provide the public facility

(d) To provide in all matters cooperation to the local people and to invite the same in working
out of the local problems

Ans. (a)

36. What do you think is the importance of Panchayat System?

(a) It make possible the participation of the village community in the working of the body politic

(b) It encourages initiative and enterprise for the common good at the local level

(c) It gives individuality, character and a sense of responsibility to the village community

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

37. How have the development of transport and communication helped the growth of
cities? Mark out the correct answer-
(a) The local transport added to the population of the city by extending its boundaries

(b) It connected different parts of the city

(c) It connected the city with the different parts of the country

(d) All of the above

Ans. (a)

38. Which of the following terms was used for an ordinary fortified town where inland
trade was an important activity?
(a) Pattana

(b) Nagara

(c) Rajdhani

(d) Kheta

Ans. (b)

39. The change from the occupational role to the retirement role is an example of situation
involving a degree of
(a) role -detachment

(b) role discontinuity

(c) preferential role

(d) primary role

Ans. (b)
40. The precedence of one role over another is called
(a) Role primary

(b) Role order

(c) Preferential role

(d) Primary role

Ans. (a)

41. Behaviour of an individual in a particular role providing a pattern or model upon

which another individual bases his behaviour in performing the same role is called
(a) Role model

(b) Role pattern

(c) Role actor

(d) Model

Ans. (a)

42. Which among the following is not true regarding, ‘reflexive role taking’?
(a) Taking the role of another by viewing oneself from the point of view of the other

(b) Reflexive role taking allows a person to become object in himself as other’s see him

(c) The concept of reflexive role taking is like precedence of one role over another.

(d) The concept of reflexive role taking is similar to the Cooley’s concept of the looking-glass
self.

Ans. (c)
43. Reflexive role-taking is defined by
(a) C.H. Cooley

(b) G.H. Mead

(c) M. Mead

(d) R. Linton

Ans. (b)

44. Name the sociologist who had made distinction between achieved status and ascribed
status.
(a) R.K. Merton

(b) K. Davis

(c) C.H. Cooley

(d) R. Linton

Ans. (d)

45. Who has given the concept of status-set?

(a) T. Parsons

(b) K. Davis

(c) R.K. Merton

(d) Parson

Ans. (c)

46. Who among the following has examined the effect of modern division of labour on work
and leisure?
(a) T. Veblen

(b) Huntington

(c) G. Friedmann

(d) R. Centres

Ans. (c)
47. Who holds the view that?
Vedas says that family property is not property of the family. But was the property of the head of
house, usually the father, and that the other members of the family only had moral claims upon it
which the father could ignore.

(a) Macdonell and Keith

(b) Max Muller

(c) Sachchidanand

(d) S.C. Dubey

Ans. (a)

48. Rural and urban centres have co-existed in India, except for a brief interlude during
the
(a) Indus valley
(b) Medieval period

(c) Rig-vedic period

(d) Gupta period

Ans. (c)

49. Rural and urban centres share some common facets of life. They show
(a) Antagonism

(b) Contradiction

(c) Cooperation

(d) Interdependence

Ans. (d)

50. It can be said that in India and perhaps also in……… , the political role of the priestly
class has shaped political thought and religion.
(a) Byzatium

(b) Byzatium, the Inca Empire and Ancient Egypt

(c) China and Mesopotamia

(d) China and Japan

Ans. (b)

51. The term ‘Legitimacy’ stands for

(a) Attachment

(b) Coercion
(c) Lawfulness

(d) Absolute power

Ans. (c)

52. As compared to Marx’s analysis, Weber’s analysis of social stratification is

(a) Simple

(b) Exhaustive

(c) More complex and diversified

(d) Ambiguous

Ans. (c)

53. Whose opinion is this?

‘Stratification is an inevitable part of all human societies. If value consensus is an essential
component of all societies, then it follows that some form of stratification will result from the
ranking of individuals in terms of common value.’

(a) K. Marx

(b) K. Davis

(c) M. Tumin

(d) T. Parsons
Ans. (d)

54. The Indian approach to planning is

(a) Democratic

(b) Totalitarian

(c) Communistic

(d) Dictatorial

Ans. (a)

55. Which of the following statements are false?

1. Caste activities have greatly decreased in all villages since development planning has been
undertaken.

2. Industrialisation and expansion of development administration has stimulated the growth of

the middle class

3. With development planning India has been able to solve its basic problems of unemployment,
population growth and poverty
4. India’s development planning has given special focus to integrate women into the
development process.

(a) 1 and 3
(b) 1 and 4

(c) 2 and 3

(d) 2 and 4

Ans. (a)

56. Which tribal group practices two religions (old tribal cult and Mahayana Buddhism)?
(a) Bhotia

(b) Gaddi

(c) Sherdukpens

(d) Kolam

Ans. (c)

57. Which among the following tribal group is supposed to be the most primitive on Indian
mainland?
(a) Khasi

(b) Jorwas

(c) Kadar

(d) Mundas

Ans. (c)

58. The theory of diet principle in social demography was given by

(a) Burnham
(b) Double day

(c) D. Ricardo

(d) K. Mannheim

Ans. (b)

59. Optimum Population Theory was given by

(a) Edwin Canon

(b) J.S. Mills

(c) Adam Smith

(d) H. Spencer

Ans. (a)

60. Who defined family in this way?

‘The family is a group of persons united by the ties of marriage, blood, or adoption; constituting
a single household, interacting and intercommunicating with each other in their respective social
role of husband and wife, mother and father, brother and sister; creating a common culture’.

(a) L.H. Morgan

(b) Maclver and Page

(c) E.W. Burgess and H. J. Locke

(d) Park and Burgess

Ans. (c)
61. Who defined family as a ‘group of persons whose relations to one another are based
upon consanguinity and who are therefore kin to one another.’?
(a) J. Goody

(b) Kingsley Davis

(c) Maclver and Page

(d) L.H. Morgan

Ans. (b)

62. Middle quartile is known as:

(a) median

(b) mode
(c) harmonic mean

(d) geometric mean

Ans. (a)

63. In a distribution of 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, the x̅ is 30, the sum of deviations from x̅ will be:
(a) 0

(b) 60

(c) 30
(d) 15

Ans. (a)

64. Froebel, the well-known child educationist was a:

(a) Realist from the United Kingdom

(b) French psychologist

(c) Psychologist of the progressive education movement

(d) German educationist with poor education

Ans. (d)

65. Which one of the following correctly defines the concept of social structure?
(A) Socially assigned meaning to a particular set of behavioural pattern

(B) The enduring, orderly and patterned relationships between elements of a society

(C) A group of individuals, sharing common social background, aspirations and occupations

(D) A set of behavioural patterns shared by different cultures

Ans. (B)

66. Consider the following statement:

1. The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 does not apply to members of any scheduled tribes unless the
Central Government by notification in the official gazette otherwise directs.
2. Under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) the right of maintenance extends not
only to the wife and dependent children, but also to indigent parents and divorced wives.

Which of the statements given above is/are Correct?

(A) 1 only

(B) 2 only

(C) Both 1 and 2

(D) Neither 1 nor 2

Ans. (C)

67. ‘Before and after’ observations are made in studies involving:

(A) Exploratory Design

(B) Experimental Design

(C) Descriptive Design

(D) Cross-cultural Design

Ans. (D)

68. The distribution of data is symmetrical when:

(A) Mean value is equal to that of mode.

(B) Mean value is equal to that of median.

(C) Median value is equal to that of mode.

(D) Mean, median and mode values are equal.

Ans. (C)

69. According to Radcliffe-Brown, which of the following does not contribute to the
integration and survival of the society?
(A) Kinship system

(B) Leadership

(C) Lineage

(D) Rituals

Ans. (B)

70. Which of the following requisites is applicable to symbolic system of Malinowski?

(A) Production and distribution of consumer goods

(B) Social control and regulation of behaviour

(C) Organisation and execution of authority

(D) Communal rhythm in daily life and activities

Ans. (B)
71. According to_________________ method, an ideal is constructed from concrete cases
and then a particular case is evaluated according to the degree of its approximation to the
ideals.
(a) Inverse deductive

(b) Comparative

(c) Ideal type

(d) Experimental

Ans. (c)

72. _____________ is a set of techniques to measure attractions and repulsion in

interpersonal relation ‘in quantitative and diagrammatic terms’.
(a) Social statistics

(b) Sociometry

(c) Social survey

(d) Quantitative method

Ans. (b)

73. The method of sociometry was first used by:

(a) Weber

(b) Sorokin

(c) Lipset

(d) G. L. Moreno
Ans. (d)

74. In India language has:

(a) Helped in promoting national unity

(b) Stood in the way of national integration

(c) Created no problem at any level

(d) Played health role in national life

Ans. (a)

75. According to_________ society is a web of social relations.

(a) Cooley

(b) Maclver

(c) Parsons

(d) Leacock

Ans. (b)

76. The concept of ‘Themes’ has been given by:

(a) Ruth Benedict

(b) Linton

(c) Boas
(d) Opler

Ans. (d)

77. Who of the following said that culture is “totality of group ways of thought”?
(a) White

(b) Malinowski

(c) Joseph Piper

(d) A.F. Walter Paul

(e) C.C. North

Ans. (d)

78. Groups have been classified as Primary and Secondary by:

(a) Sumner

(b) Miller

(c) Cooley

(d) Giddings

Ans. (d)

79. ______ is the most conspicuous example of secondary group.

(a) Army

(b) Nation

(c) Neighbourhood
(d) Modern large scale organization

Ans. (c)
80. Who of the following has said that “Crowd is a physically compact organisation of
human beings brought into direct, temporary and unorganised contact with one another”?
(a) Sheriff and Sheriff

(b) Gillin and Gillin

(c) Britt

(d) Maclver

Ans. (a)

81. A group in which a person is born and which he must join is called as:
(a) Congregate group

(b) Genetic group

(c) Primary group

(d) Voluntary group

Ans. (b)

82. According to_________, “Status is a place in a particular system which a certain

individual occupies at a particular time.”
(a) Mazumdar

(b) Maclver

(c) Linton

(d) Kingsley Davis

Ans. (c)
83. Who has referred to ‘role’ as the dynamic aspect of status?
(a) Maclver

(b) Ralph Linton

(c) Merton

(d) Cooley

Ans. (d)

84. Norms regulate human behaviour through:

(a) informal controls

(b) social force

(c) physical force

(d) well established standards

Ans. (c)

85. ‘A rule requiring all men to have two wives would be valueless if sex ratio did not
permit it’. From this, which of the following statements can be deduced?
(a) norms are standards of group behaviour

(b) norms incorporate value judgements

(c) norms are related to the events in the real world

(d) none of the above

Ans. (a)
86. Which one of the following cannot be covered under the category of positive sanctions?
(a) Praise

(b) Promotion

(c) Medals

(d) Disapproval of opponent’s action

Ans. (d)

87. Which one of the following is not covered under the category of informal sanctions?
(a) Physical torture

(b) Public opinion

(c) Imprisonment

(d) Death

Ans. (d)

88. When the child is able to judge the response of a group as a whole he is responding to a-
(a) significant others

(b) generalised others

(c) insignificant others

(d) none of the above

Ans. (b)
89. Suggestion is one of the basic principles of-
(a) human behaviour
(b) class

(c) socialization

(d) social process

Ans. (c)

90. According to A.W. Green conflict is the deliberate attempt to oppose, resist or coerce
the will of another or others. In view of this which among the following involves conflict?
(a) Bullion merchants acting in a manner which resulted in shooting-up of the gold price

(b) The hustling at the bus stop

(c) Door crashing by the mob at the football stadium

(d) Racial discrimination enforced in South Africa

Ans. (d)

91. Among the following mark out the item that does not involve conflict.
(a) The consumer resistance brought the prices of the commodities down

(b) Trade Union asking the workers to strike for a specified time

(c) A and B having failed to settle amongst themselves the ownership issue of a house, referred
the matter to the Court of Law

(d) Effort by students to secure admission to Medical College

Ans. (d)

92. Among the _____ one is often obliged to marry one’s father’s widows, other than one’s
own mother.
(a) Rengami Naga
(b) Kuki tribe

(c) Sema Naga

(d) Toda tribe

Ans. (c)

93. In a Muslim marriage, a wife can obtain release from her marriage by giving
consideration to the husband whose consent is essential. This is called-
(a) dower

(b) mubarat

(c) khula

(d) talaq

Ans. (c)

94. Joint family system is on the decline; which is NOT the main cause for its
disintegration?
(a) There is change from agricultural to industrial economy

(b) There is increased western influence

(c) There is increased pressure on land

(d) There is increased agricultural production

Ans. (d)

95. Which one of the following is NOT an important advantage of joint family system?
(a) It provides social security

(b) It encourages savings

(c) It makes leisure possible

(d) It helps in the development of good virtues

Ans. (b)

96. Modernisation has affected rural kinship most because:

(a) the people have become materialist

(b) means of communication have developed

(c) there has been migration from the villages to the cities

(d) the people have lost faith in worship of God

Ans. (c)

97. Kinship by nature is:

(a) always specific

(b) always unspecific

(c) never specific

(d) in some case specific, while others not

Ans. (d)
98. If a teacher leaves one school to work in another, this is called-
(a) downward mobility

(b) horizontal mobility

(c) vertical mobility

(d) none of the above

Ans. (b)

99. The status order, according to Weber, operates-

(a) to encourage social mobility, up or down

(b) to discourage social mobility, up or down

(c) to encourage upward social mobility but discourage downward social mobility

(d) to encourage group mobility, up or down

Ans. (b)
100. Which one of the following does not fall under the classification of tribes given by the
Indian Conference of Social Work?
(a) those concerned with forests

(b) those concerned with a business

(c) those concerned with agriculture

(d) those living in urban and semi-urban areas

Ans. (b)

101. Which one of the following is not true of a clan?

(a) it is an exogamous group

(b) its members do not marry within the tribe

(c) ancestors can be both real as well as mystical

(d) it is not unilateral

Ans. (d)

102. Which one of the following is NOT the modern trend in industrial relations?
(a) new conceptions of labour is emerging

(b) industry is being transferred from, a complex of industrial relations to a system of social
relations

(c) industry is being transferred from a complex of industrial relations into a system of political
relations

(d) that performance of industry is to be measured in terms of social good

Ans. (d)

103. One of the important ways in which, according to Ginsbert, goods in the past were
exchanged was:
(a) hospitality and exchange of gifts

(b) exchange through animals

(c) exchange with the help of food crops

(d) exchange of women

Ans. (a)
104. Between Geography and Topography, there is a difference of character rather than of
content. Which among the following gives the meaning of geography?
(a) A physical description of a place

(b) An intimate description of a place

(c) Description of the flora and fauna

(d) A description of the climatic conditions

Ans. (d)

105. A study of relations between organism and their environment is called:

(a) Topography

(b) Geography

(c) Ecology

(d) Zoology

Ans. (c)

106. Who has given the optimum population theory?

(a) Edwin Canan

(b) Castro

(c) Dumont
(d) Ricardo

Ans. A

107._________ is the fertility which exists in the absence of deliberate birth control
(a) Natural fertility

(b) Fecundity

(c) Controlled fertility

(d) Artificial fertility

Ans. A

108. Which one of the following is NOT the most important characteristic of the State?
(a) Territory

(b) Population

(c) Government

(d) Political system

Ans. A

109. Which one of the following does not fall under the category of optional function of the
State?
(a) To provide means of transportation

(b) To open employment exchanges

(c) To provide old age pension

(d) To maintain law and order

Ans. D

110. The industrial revolution exemplifies the kind of social change described as –
(a) Continuous

(b) Manifest

(c) Abrupt

(d) latent

Ans.(a)

111. The oldest model of social change is –

(a) Evolutionary

(b) Mechanical

(c) Dialectical

(d) -Cyclical

Ans.(d)

112. Migrants leaving India to settle down in the United States are to the United States and
______________ from India.
(a) immigrants, emigrants

(b) emigrants, immigrants

(c) emigrants, migrants

(d) none of the above

Ans. A
113. _____________ is the difference between the total number of persons who arrive and
the total number of persons who leave.
(a) Gross migration

(b) Net migration

(c) Volume of migration

(d) Actual migration

Ans. B

114. Social benefit of population statistics is that

(a) we come to know about child mortality

(b) we gather information about industrialisation

(c) we gather information about consumption, needs of the people

(d) identification of sources of taxation becomes possible

Ans. A

115. Point out the factor which is NOT an unconscious encouragement to fertility
(a) rebate on income-tax

(b) higher deems allowance

(c) facility for getting a house

(d) marriage of couples at mature age

Ans. D

116. Among the following, mark out the correct meaning of Human Ecology:
(a) Study of men in relation with the topography of the place of their residence
(b) Study of men in relation with their geographical conditions

(c) Study of men in relation with other men

(d) Study of men’s relations with their physical environment

Ans. (d)

117. Some believe that humanistic values are lost when cities as communities become —
(a) structured

(b) polymorphic

(c) large

(d) small

Ans. (b)

118. Which among the following factors makes the people of a village a ‘community’?
(a) That they belong to common blood origin

(b) That they believe in common religion

(c) That they have a common culture

(d) That they are bound by a ‘we sense’

Ans. (d)

119. Who described cities as the “sinks of civilization”?

(a) Rousseau

(b) Oswald Spengler

(c) Lewis Numford

(d) Henry S. Churchill

Ans. (a)

120. What among the following cannot be helpful in the improvement of villages?
(a) Rural reconstruction schemes

(b) Involvement of the panchayat in the village uplift

(c) Cultivating the spirit of self-help among the villagers

(d) Politics in the panchayat and speech making

Ans. (d)

121. Which of the following is NOT a region?

(a) United States of America

(b) Organisation of American States

(c) The Western Hemisphere

(d) Scandinavian countries

Ans. (a)

122. Under the State Reorganization Act, 1956, India has been divided into five different
zones. Mark out the state NOT included in Southern zone.
(a) Tamilnadu

(b) Karnataka

(c) Kerala
(d) Andhra Pradesh

Ans. (d)

123. Regional community aims at-

(a) economic co-operation

(b) balanced development

(c) cultural exchange

(d) all of the above

Ans. (d)

124. In a city ‘multiplicity of functions is accompanied by a high differentiation of both

men and their institutions’. Which among the following does not represent this?
(a) A ‘tandoor’ and a five star hotel

(b) Teashop and sweat meat shop

(c) Primary school and advance study centre

(d) Political division from ward to electoral division for parliamentary elections

Ans. (d)

125. Which of the following has not been dealt with elaborately by Elton Mayo about
Heresy theory?
(a) Natural society consists of hordes of unorganised individuals

(b) Each individual acts in his own self-interest

(c) Each individual acts with a feeling of self-preservation

(d) Each individual behaves in a manner that interest of others are not jeopardized
Ans. (d)
126. Which one of the following does not apply in the case of complex economy?
(a) Workers are being given share in the profits

(b) Workers are being provided more facilities

(c) Workers are being denied share in the running of industry

(d) Workers are being allowed to form trade unions

Ans. (c)

127. The theory of Heresy first appeared in the writings of-

(a) Adam Smith

(b) Francois Quesney

(c) Ricardo

(d) none of the above

Ans. (b)

128. Karl Marx believed that in the production process maximum role is played by-
(a) capital

(b) machine equipment

(c) labour

(d) government

Ans. (c)
129. In the feudal system in production maximum stress was laid on-
(a) labour
(b) capital

(c) machine

(d) trade unions

Ans. (b)

130. According to Marxian philosophy the industrial workers can find an end to their
problems if:
(a) they destroy the machine

(b) they unite

(c) they raise capital

(d) they set up their own machines

Ans. (b)

131. Primitive economic organisations are of ____________ type.

(a) production

(b) subsistence

(c) production-selling

(d) market-oriented

Ans. (b)

132. The intra-tribal economic relations are mostly based on-

(a) Shell money

(b) Jajmani system

(c) Barter and exchange

(d) Stone money

Ans. (c)

133. Which one of the following is NOT true of totem?

(a) It is sacred for tribe

(b) It is not killed on any sacred occasion

(c) On its death its funeral is taken out

(d) Its skin is worn on all occasions

Ans. (b)

134. Which one of the following is NOT the advantage of tribal dormitories?
(a) these have helped in preserving social life

(b) these are holding place of all the political functions

(c) these help young couples to choose their life partners

(d) these help in maintaining discipline in life

Ans. (b)

135. The people of Mongoloid group are found in:

(a) Sub-Himalayan region

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Kerala
(d) Tamil Nadu

Ans. (a)

136. The system of marriage in which a girl manages to stay in the house of her lover upto a
specified period is known as marriage by:
(a) purchase

(b) capture

(c) intrusion

(d) test

Ans. (c)

137. Which one of the following is NOT the advantage of the dormitories among the
tribals?
(a) These have helped in free movement among the women

(b) These help in teaching etiquettes

(c) These help in maintaining control among the young ones

(d) All religious functions are performed here.

Ans. (a)

71. Which one of the following is NOT true of capitalism?

(a) Capital predominates in economy

(b) There is thirst for gains

(c) There is desire for profits

(d) There is intense desire to look after the welfare of the workers

Ans. (d)

72. The inhabitants of the villages, which are closer to the towns, are more forward looking
than those living in the interior. Why?
(a) Towns provide markets for the village products

(b) The unemployed in the village can find work in the city and this contributes to the village
economy

(c) The town people serve to the villages the ‘reference group’ purpose

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

73. Which among the following conditions primarily contribute to the development of
village community?
(a) Good climate

(b) Application of science

(c) A proper application of intelligence and labour

(d) The police of the government

Ans. (a)
74.__________ refers to the capacity of a man, a woman or a couple to participate in
reproduction
(a) Fecundity

(b) Fertility
(c) Sex drive

(d) Productivity
Ans. A

75. Who has said, ‘fertility increases in response to the progress of society’?
(a) Herbert Spencer

(b) Saddler

(c) Marx

(d) Ricardo

Ans. A

76. Which one of the following combinations is true regarding modernization in India?
(a) Diffusion and acculturation

(b) Evaluation and acculturation

(c) Evaluation and diffusion

(d) Evaluation and regeneration.

Ans.(c)

77. The Servants of India Society was initiated in –

(a) 1910

(b) 1905

(c) 1915

(d) 1907

Ans.(b)
78. A mechanistic view of society would see social change as stemming from –
(a) Exogenous sources

(b) Endogenous sources

(c) Structural sources

(d) Immediate sources

Ans.(a)

79. Some social change occurs without being noticed by most members of a society
is known as –
(a) Manifest change

(b) Latent change

(c) Relative change

(d) Absolute change

Ans.(b)

80. Who has given the ‘cyclical theory of population growth’?

(a) Spencer

(b) Ginni

(c) Dumont

(d) Doubleday

Ans. B
81. __________is the fertility which involves a deliberate use of birth control
(a) Natural fertility

(c) Controlled fertility

(c) Fecundity

(d) Superficial fertility

Ans. B

82. Malthus has_________ of birth control

(a) disapproved

(b) approved

(c) talked nastily

(d) none of the above

Ans. A

83. ‘Fertility varies inversely with the density of population’ whose view is this?
(a) Malthus

(b) Durkheim

(c) Saddler

(d) Castro

Ans. C

84. Which one of the following is NOT a practice for killing an individual by the society?
(a) capital punishment
(b) shooting of the people by dacoits

(c) self-killing by soldiers rather than falling into the hands of the enemy

(d) sacrifice to become immortal

Ans. B

85. Nationalism and population:

(a) have nothing to do with each other

(b) are closely linked with each other

(c) are opposed to each other’

(d) none of the above is true

Ans. B

86. Which one of the following is NOT covered under the category of conscious controls?
(a) use of contraceptives

(b) legal permission for abortion

(c) infanticide

(d) taboos against fornication

Ans. D

87. While signifying the importance of social capillarity theory, who of the following has
said, “on the whole this statement of relation between individuation and genesis seems a
decided improvement over Spencer’s”?
(a) Frank Fetter

(b) Ginni
(c) L. Brento

(d) Lewis and Thompson

Ans. D

88. Which one of the following is NOT true of an Indian village?

(a) The people are conservative

(b) The people are politically conscious

(c) The villagers believe in simplicity

(d) The villagers are God fearing

Ans. (b)

89. The ___________ of the urban community is the source of social groupings both vertical
and horizontal.
(a) economic differentiation

(b) social differentiation

(c) caste

(d) social prestige

Ans. (a)

90. ___________ has been defined as an area within which the people and the different
constituent communities are conspicuously more interdependent than those within other
areas.
(a) Region

(b) Neighbourhood

(c) Community
(d) City

Ans. (a)

91. ________ is more rampant in a city life.

(a) Social mobility

(b) Migration

(c) Religious grouping

(d) Jajmani system

Ans. (a)

92. With whom is the ‘compositional theory’ on Urbanisation associated?

(d) Homer Hyot

(b) Galpin

(c) Burgess

(d) Gane

Ans. (d)
93. In India, in the past, which one was NOT the feature of the villages?
(a) the people did not live a complex life

(b) they had not been influenced by city life

(c) they believed in simplicity

(d) they were too much dazzled by the glamours of city life

Ans. (d)
94. Mark out the incorrect statement-
(a) Urbanites are socially poor in midst of plenty
(b) Urban contacts are segmental

(c) Urbanities come into primary contact with each other

(d) Many urbanites live in social vacuum

Ans. (c)
95. An intelligent and educated temple priest has an importance in the village community.
To what do you attribute his role and status?
(a) Being an educated man, he is friend, philosopher and guide

(b) Besides performing his priestly functions, he is astrologer, and conductor of the community
prayer

(c) He is the judge of good and bad

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

96. In a simple society which one of the following is the characteristic of economy?
(a) There is urbanised economy

(b) There is non-urbanised economy

(c) There is no identification of producer with the produce

(d) There is division of labour

Ans. (b)

97. Which of the following is NOT true about the aim of lower hunter’s economy?
(a) Hunting reptiles

(b) Collecting fruits

(c) Preparing sweets

(d) Living in caves

Ans. (c)

98. Of a society with simple economy which of the following is NOT true?
(a) Materialistic outlook develops

(b) Religious outlook dominates

(c) There is not too much of over production

(d) There is no tendency towards monopoly

Ans. (a)

99. Which one of the following is NOT the characteristic of economy of a complex society?
(a) In it labour demands share in management

(b) In it trade union system is powerful

(c) In it technical expertise plays big role

(d) In it labour identifies himself with the product he produces.

Ans. (d)

100. Which of the following does not hold good in the case of state capitalism?
(a) All aspects of life are made subservient to economics

(b) State owns all the capital

(c) Possession of wealth in the hands of individual is encouraged

(d) It distrusts the individual

Ans. (c)
101. Which one of the following is NOT true of the functions of the guilds?
(a) These performed religious and political functions

(b) These had nothing to do with religious and political functions

(c) These had considerable power in medieval courts

(d) These were often instrumental in making laws

Ans. (b)

102. Which one of the following was NOT the characteristic of merchant guilds?
(a) These promoted economic interest of the merchants

(b) These tried to keep monopoly of the trade

(c) These brought pressures on the rulers

(d) These ensured that activities of the guilds were confined to the village

Ans. (d)

103. Which one of the following was NOT the characteristic of new industrialism?
(a) Personal relationship was not possible even in small group

(b) Joint stock company system came into operation

(c) Divorce between the owners of stock and the officials was taken for granted

(d) There was division between capital and management

Ans. (a)
104. According to Marxian philosophy in the industry the labour accepts less wages
because:
(a) he has left his home

(b) he has no capacity to produce

(c) he knows that the employer will not give him alternative job

(d) he knows that his labour cannot be preserved

Ans. (d)

105. In complex economy of today the welfare of the workers is:

(a) completely ignored

(b) partly taken care of

(c) given the highest priority

(d) none of the above is true

Ans. (b)

106. The system under which if magic is injured, the person who believes in that also feels
injured is known as:
(a) imitative magic
(b) contagious magic

(c) positive magic

(d) antimatism

Ans. (a)

107. Among the Tujan and Kurumb common type of family prevailing is:
(a) polyandry

(b) polygamy

(c) monogamy

(d) none of the above

Ans. (a)

108. Which one of the following is NOT a point of similarity between tribe and horde?
(a) In both there are strong community feelings

(b) In both similarity of blood relation is found

(c) Both are well disciplined

(d) Both have similar economic activities

Ans. (c)

109. Among the Bhil and Toda tribes common type of marriage is:
(a) endogamy

(b) exogamy

(c) both endogamy and exogamy

(d) neither endogamy nor exogamy

Ans. (a)

110. Which one of the following is NOT the feature of tribal religion?
(a) magic plays big role in it

(b) people have a full faith in supernatural power

(c) there is no faith in animism

(d) people have faith in animatism

Ans. (c)