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• 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
• 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
• 4. The eldest male member of the Tarwad is
known as______.
• (a) patriarch
• (b) Karnavan
• (c) Nokna
• (d) none of the above
• 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
• 14. The Child Marriage Act amended in_____
(year) raised the minimum age of marriage for
girls from 15 to 18 years.
• (a) 1986 (b) 1978(c) 1929(d) 1991
• 49. Rural and urban centres share some
common facets of life. They show
• (a) Antagonism
• (b) Contradiction
• (c) Cooperation
• (d) Interdependence
• 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
• 67. ‘Before and after’ observations are made in
studies involving:
• (A) Exploratory Design
• (B) Experimental Design
• (C) Descriptive Design
• (D) Cross-cultural Design
• 1. The use of the term ‘Bapu’ to describe
Mahatma Gandhi is an example of which one of
the following?
• (a) North Indian kinship terminology
• (b) Fictive kinship
• (c) Putative kinship
• (d) Collateral kinship
• 21. Who, among the following sociologists,
viewed crime and deviance as playing a positive
rule in the functional integration of society?
• (a) E. Durkheim
• (b) Karl Marx
• (c) Anguste Comte
• (d) T.H. Marshall.
• 33. Consider the following sentences
• :On the basis of the recent studies on the families in India, it can be
argued that changes in the family have taken the direction of -
• 1. Making all families small and nucleated.
• 2. Increasing filial dependence of sons on fathers and reducing the
scope of the conjugal relationships.
• 3. Weakening family norms and increasing trends towards neo -local
residence.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

• (a) 1,2 and 3

• (b) 2 and 3 only
• (c) 1 and 2 only
• (d) 3 only.
• 45. A social institution is –
• (a) An established procedure that regulates
human behavior.
• (b) A place where social functions are
organized.
• (c) An organization where social positions are
determined.
• (d) An organizations that administers social
service.
• 46. Which one of the following is not a social
institution?
• (a) Kinship
• (b) School
• (c) Education
• (d) Prison
• 49. Which one of the following is an attribute of
culture?
• (a) Culture is divinely gifted
• (b) Culture is socially constructed
• (c) Culture is generally inherited
• (d) Culture is environmentally manipulated.
• 60. Physical theory about social deviant
behavior believes that deviant behaviour is due
to:
• (a) Certain types of defects in the body
• (b) Social pressures on the group leaders
• (c) Social rigidity and caste attitude
• (d) None of the above
• 70. According to E. Sutherland, which one of
the following is referred to as white-collar
crime?
• (a) Crimes committed by social elites
• (b) Crimes such as bribery and corruption in
industry and business
• (c) Crimes which go unreported
• (d) Crimes committed by habitual offenders.
• 82. Consider the following statements regarding
Sanskritisation:
• 1. It involves a change in the way of life of a lower caste.
• 2. It does not lead to a structural changed in the system.
• 3. Even though limited in nature it leads to a more egalitarian
social order.
• Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
• (a) 1 only
• (b) 1 and 2 only
• (c) 3 only
• (d) 1, 2 and 3
• 43 Which of the following indicate Andragogy:-
• A) The blending of gender roles
• B) The fear of aging
• C) Adult centered education
• D) A fear of dying
• Which of the following is not advised when
planning the question order of a structured
interview?
• A) Expect some variation in the order in which
questions are asked
• B) Be wary of asking an earlier question that
alters the salience of later questions
• C) Group the questions into logically organized
sections
• D) Leave questions about sensitive or
embarrassing issues until later in the interview
• Which theory of collective behaviour stated
'Human beings are subject to herd like animal
behaviour when they assemble in large crowds?
• A) Mob theory
• B) crowd theory
• C) Contagion theory
• D) social movement theory
• 3. Which of the following will not be considered
as Primary group?
• (A) Family
• (B) Peer Group
• (C) Neighbourhood
• (D) Crowd
• 4. As per Hindu Dharrnsastra marriage between
a Brahmin woman and a man from 'Vaishya
• Varna' is called–
• (A) Pratiloma
• (B) Anuloma
• (C) Exogamy
• (D) Love marriage
• 2. Which statement is not correct
• about tabulation in research ?
• (A) It is a means of recording classifications in a
compact form
• (B) It is a way to facilitate comparison
• (C) To show the involved relations
• (D) To falsify the narration and its justifications
• 4. ____ is a religious system in
• which certain things, particularly
• animals and plants, come to be
• regarded as sacred.
• (A) Totemism
• (B) Animism
• (C) Naturalism
• (D) Pragmatism
• 12. Which among the following is true?
• (a) Divorce is physical separation of the spouses
• (b) Separation is legal termination of a marriage
• (c) Both (a) & (b) are true
• (d) Both (a) and (b) are false
• 5. If a person physically assaults another, it is an
example of
• (a) affective action
• (b) brave action
• (c) rational action
• (d) fearful action
• 6. Absorption of culture is similar to
• (a) Integration
• (b) Assimilation
• (c) Adjustment
• (d) Accommodation

• 32. The feeling to lead settled life established-

• (a) the village communities
• (b) the urban communities
• (c) the semi-rural communities
• (d) the semi-urban communities
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+ Social control has two aspects. These are-
+ (a) Pressure oriented and value oriented
+ (b) Pressure oriented and norms oriented
+ (c) Culture oriented and customs oriented
+ (d) Religion oriented and education oriented
+ According to Weber the groups which are specifically
concerned with influencing policies and making
decisions in the interests of their membership are
called_____.
+ (a) Parties
+ (b) Communities
+ (c) Political Parties
+ (d) Relative Classes
Language falls under non-
material culture.
+ Which theory analyzes the concepts like personal
troubles of milieu and public issues of social structure?
+ (A)Sociological Imagination (B)Chicago School
+ (C)Synthetic School (D)Formalistic School
+ 10. Which of the following statements on the nature of
social role is not correct?
+ (A) It is a set of expectations.
+ (B) It is impossible to define one’s role without referring
to another.
+ (C) It includes a series of rights and duties.
+ (D) It has no association with status.
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• Ritual kinship refers to –
• A. Legally defined marriage relationship
• B. Kins related to one another through
blood
• C. Kinship based on functional social
relationship
• D. Persons related to each other through
rituals

• अनुष्ठान रिश्तेदािी का तात्पर्य है –

• A. कानूनी रूप से परिभाषित षििाह संबंध
• B. िक्त के माध्र्म से एक दस
ू िे से संबंधधत
Kins
• C. कार्ायत्मक सामाजिक संबंधों के आधाि पि
रिश्तेदािी
• D. अनुष्ठानों के माध्र्म से एक दस
ू िे से संबंधधत
व्र्जक्त
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• Tarawad' family in Kerala practice:

• (A) Patrilineal (B) Patri-Matrilineal
• (C) Matrilineal (D) Collateral

• केिल में तािािाद का परििाि अभ्र्ास किता है :

• (A) षपतिृ ंशीर् (B) षपत-ृ माति ृ ंशीर्
• (C) माति ृ ंशीर् (D) संपाजश्ियक
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• The most common rule of exogamy is:

• (A) Racial Taboo (B) Class Taboo
• (C) Incest Taboo (D) Dining Taboo

• एक्सोगैमी का सबसे आम ननर्म है :

• (ए) नस्लीर् ननिेध (बी) िगय िजियत
• (C) अनाचाि ननिेध (D) डाइननंग िजियत
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• Uncle and Aunt are indicative of:

• (A) Classification kinship terms
• (B) Descriptive kinship terms
• (C) Reference kinship
• (D) Affinal Kinship

• चाचा औि चाची के संकेत हैं:

• (ए) िगीकिण रिश्तेदािी शब्द
• (b) िणयनात्मक रिश्तेदािी की शतें
• (C) संदभय रिश्तेदािी
• (d) Affinal रिश्तेदािी
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• In which one of the following tribes divorced women is most respected?

• (A) Ho of Bihar
• (B) Korwa of Mirzapur
• (C) Santhal of West Bengal
• (D) Lushai of Assam

• ननम्नललखित िनिानतर्ों में से ककस एक में तलाकशद

ु ा महहलाओं का सबसे अधधक
सम्मान ककर्ा िाता है ?
• (A) बबहाि के हो
• (ि) लमिायपिु का कोििा
• (C) पजश्चम बंगाल के संथाल
• (D) असम के लुशाई
• Reconstituted family is also known as ____.
• (A) Blended family
• (B) Bi-nuclear family
• (C) Stem family
• (D) Extended family

• 5. पुनर्गठित परिवाि को _____ के रूप में भी जाना जाता है ।

• (क) ममश्रित परिवाि
• (ख) द्वव-पिमाणु परिवाि
• (र्) स्टे म परिवाि
• (घ) ववस्तारित परिवाि
• The notion that human beings have to cooperate to meet
their basic needs, and to produce and reproduce themselves
and their world was supported by
• (a) Emile Durkheim (b) Charles Darwin
• (c) Tom Bottomore (d) Durkheim and Karl Marx
• The central concepts to understanding the dialectical
relationship between the society and individual are ___
• (a) Structure (b) Stratification
• (c) Social processes (d) All the above
• The clash of interests’ is known as
• (a) conflict
• (b) competition
• (c) co-operation
• (d) class struggle
• A social process in which two interacting individuals give
some space to each otherin their situation is called
• [1] acculturation
• [2] assimilation
• [3] accommodation
• [4] cooperation
• Which dimension of secularism stated by TN Madan is not true?
• A. The separation of state from religion
• B. Partial treatment of some communities by the state
• C. Approaching religious beliefs in a spirit of objective rationality
• D. Ensuring a just standard of living for all irrespective of community

• 3. टीएन मदन द्वािा बताए र्ए धमगननिपेक्षता का कौन सा आयाम सच नहीीं है ?

• के बबना।
• A. धमग से िाज्य का ववयोर्
• B. िाज्य द्वािा कुछ समदु ायों का आींमिक उपचाि
• C. वस्तुननष्ि तार्कगकता की भावना से धाममगक मान्यताओीं के ननकट
• D. समुदाय के बावजूद सभी के मिए जीवन स्ति सुननश्चचत किना
• 15. Which of the following statements is true?
• (a) Cooperation is based on emotional relationship, harmony
and intimacy
• (b) Accommodation is the situation of tolerating one
another without interference.
• (c) Both (a) and (b) are correct
• (d) Both (a) and (b) are false
• 10. "Process of uniting of formerly separate groups into one group with obliteration
of separate group differences and identification" is known as
• A. Competition
• B. Assimilation
• C. Integration
• D. Acclimatisation

• 10. "अिर् समूह मतभेदों औि पहचान के वविोपन के साथ एक समूह में पूवग में अिर् समूहों को एकजुट
किने की प्रर्िया" के रूप में जाना जाता है
• A. प्रनतयोश्रर्ता
• B. आत्मसात
• C. एकीकिण
• D. अनुकूिन
• . Which one is not a secondary kin?
• (A) Wife of brother-in-law
• (B) Sister's husband
• (C) Brothers' wife
• (D) Wife's sister

• 39. कौन सा माध्यममक परिजन नहीीं है ?

• (क) दे वि-भाभी की पत्नी
• (ख) बहन का पनत
• (र्) ब्रदसग की पत्नी
• (घ) पत्नी की बहन
• Who gave the "mechanical" and "statistical" models in a study of kinship
structure?
• A. C. Levi-Strauss
• B. James Frazer
• C. A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
• D. S.F. Nadel

• 16. रिचतेदािी सींिचना के अध्ययन में "याींबिक" औि "साींश्ययकीय" मॉडि र्कसने ठदए?
• ए.C िेवी-स्रॉस
• बी जेम्स फ्रेजि
• C.R. िै डश्लिफ-ब्राउन
• डी एस एफ नाडेि
•
• The clan is an:
• (A) Endogamous kinship group
• (B) Exogamous kinship group
• (C) Both endogamous and exogamous kinship group
• (D) None of the above

• 38. कबीिे एक है :
• (क) एींडोर्ेमस रिचतेदािी समह
ू
• (ख) एलसोर्ैमस रिचतेदािी समह ू
• (र्) दोनों अींतर्ामी औि एलसोर्ैमस रिचतेदािी समूह
• (घ) उपिोलत में से कोई नहीीं
• 19. A group involves some degree of ---------------- among its members for the
attainment of common goals.
• A. Corporation
• B. Conflict
• C. Competition
• D. Association

• 19. एक समूह आम िक्ष्यों की प्राश्तत के मिए अपने सदस्यों के बीच ---------------- के कुछ डडग्री िाममि है
।
• A. ननर्म
• B. सींघर्ग
• C. प्रनतयोश्रर्ता
• D. एसोमसएिन
• 37. In the "Arsha" form of marriage among Hindus:
• (A) The father gives his daughter to a person as Kanyadan
• (B) The father gives his daughter in marriage after receiving a cow
• (C) The father gives his daughter in marriage after receiving money from the bridegroom
• (D) The bright selects her partner in the assembly of noblemen.

• 37. ठहींदओ
ु ीं के बीच वववाह के "अिाग" रूप में :
• (क) वपता अपनी बेटी को कन्यादान के रूप में र्कसी व्यश्लत को दे ता है
• (ख) वपता र्ाय प्रातत किने के बाद अपनी बेटी को वववाह में दे ता है
• (र्) वपता दल् ू हे से पैसे ममिने के बाद अपनी बेटी को िादी में दे ता है
• (घ) उज्ज्वि िईसों की ववधानसभा में अपने साथी का चयन किता है ।
• 34. A wife can obtain divorce from husband provided he agrees to her proposal of divorce among
the Muslims. Such divorce is called ------.
• (A) Talaq
• (B) Nikah
• (C) Mubarat
• (D) Khula

• 34. एक पत्नी पनत से तिाक प्रातत कि सकते हैं बिते वह मुसिमानों के बीच तिाक के अपने
प्रस्ताव के मिए सहमत हो। इस तिह के तिाक को ------. कहा जाता है
• (क) तिाक़
• (ख) िादी
• (र्) मब्र
ु त
• (घ) खुल्िा
• 33. The kinship usage which gives special role and respect to the father's sister is called:
• (A) Couvade
• (B) Teknonymy
• (C) Avunculate
• (D) Amitate

• 33. रिचतेदािी का उपयोर् जो वपता की बहन को वविेर् भमू मका औि सम्मान दे ता है ,

कहा जाता है :
• (क) कूवडे
• (ख) टे कनोनामी
• (र्) एवनु लिेट
• (घ) एममएट
• 32. When relatives are bunched/merged under the same terminology/identifying
label, then the system of kinship terminology is referred to as :
• A. Bifurcate merging type
• B. Classificatory type
• C. Descriptive type
• D. Denotative type

• 32. जब रिचतेदािों को एक ही िब्दाविी/पहचान िेबि के तहत र्ुच्छा/वविय र्कया जाता है , तो रिचतेदािी

िब्दाविी की प्रणािी के रूप में सींदमभगत र्कया जाता है :
• A. वविय प्रकाि का ववभाजन
• B. लिामसऱ्िकिी प्रकाि
• C. वणगनात्मक प्रकाि
• D. डडनोठटव प्रकाि
• 37. Neo local family is:
• A. Newly married couple always lives in new locality.
• B. Newly married couple lives with parents.
• C. Newly married couple live independently.
• D. Newly married couple lives in weekend houses.

• 37. नव स्थानीय परिवाि है :

• A. नववववाठहत जोडा हमेिा नए इिाके में िहता है ।
• B. नववववाठहत जोडा माता-वपता के साथ िहता है ।
• C. नववववाठहत जोडे स्वतींि रूप से िहते हैं ।
• D. नववववाठहत जोडा सतताहाींत घिों में िहता है ।
•
• 19. Language is an element of:
• (A) Material culture
• (B) Counterculture
• (C)Symbolic Culture
• (D) All of the above

• 19. भार्ा का एक तत्व है :

• (क) भौनतक सींस्कृनत
• (ख) प्रनतसींस्कृनत
• (र्) प्रतीकात्मक सींस्कृनत
• (घ) उपिोलत सभी
• 20. The tendency to evaluate one's own culture as superior is known as
• (A) Provincialism
• (B)Cultural relativism
• (C) Ethnocentrism
• (D)None of the above

• 20. बेहति के रूप में अपनी सींस्कृनत का मल्

ू याींकन किने की प्रववृ ि के रूप में जाना
जाता है
• (क) प्राींतीयता
• (ख) साींस्कृनतक सापेक्षता
• (र्) नवृ ींिवाद
• (घ) उपिोलत में से कोई नहीीं
• 24. Choose the correct statement.
• (A)Deviance is a shifting and ambiguous concept
• (B) Deviance is always harmful for the society
• (C) Deviance always leads to the development of society
• (D) Deviance is a pattern of acceptance of social norms

• 24. सही बयान चन

ु ें।
• (क) ववचिन एक स्थानाींतिण औि अस्पष्ट अवधािणा है
• (ख) ववचिन हमेिा समाज के मिए हाननकािक है
• (र्) ववचिन हमेिा समाज के ववकास की ओि िे जाता है
• (घ) ववचिन सामाश्जक मानदीं डों की स्वीकृनत का एक पैटनग है
• 49. In Muslims, Khula is initiated by:
• (A) Woman initiates
• (B) Man initiates
• (C) Both Initiates
• (D) All of the above

• 49. मुसिमानों में , खल्

ु िा द्वािा िुरू र्कया जाता है :
• (क) मठहिा ने िरू ु की िरुु आत
• (ख) आदमी िरू ु
• (र्) दोनों िुरू
• (घ) उपिोलत सभी
• 62. "He very strongly believed in the cohesion of society. For
him, society is above everything. It is par excellence. It is
God.“
• Who is referred in the following statement?
• (A) Max Weber
• (B) Talcott Parsons
• (C) Herbert Spencer
• (D) Emile Durkheim
• 90. "Criminals are born." Who gave this statement?
• (A) Sutherland
• (B) Lombroso
• (C) Mowrer
• (D) None of these

• 90. "अपिाश्रधयों का जन्म होता है ." यह बयान र्कसने ठदया?

• (क) सदििैंड
• (ख) िोम्ब्रोसो, आईएडी
• (र्) मोविि
• (घ) इनमें से कोई नहीीं
• 115. Community management of environmental resources can succeed only if there is:
• (A) Conflict
• (B) Compromise
• (C) Cooperation
• (D) Coercion

• 115. पयागविण सींसाधनों का सामद

ु ानयक प्रबींधन तभी सफि हो सकता है जब वहाीं है :
• (क) सींघर्ग
• (ख) समझौता
• (र्) सहयोर्
• (घ) दबाव
• 12. Which are not the characteristics of a primary group ?
• A. Own norms / rules
• B. Age
• C. Sex
• D. Face to face interaction
• Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
• Codes :
• (1) A and B
• (2) A and D
• (3) B and D
• (4) B and C
• 10. Which one of the following is not a feature of caste
system?
• (A)Purity and pollution
• (B) Caste endogamy
• (C) Ritual hierarchy
• (D) Caste exogamy
• 95. Who defined “ joint family as a group of people who generally lives under one roof,
who eat food cooked at one hearth, who hold property in common and who participate
in common worship and are related to each other as some particular type of kindred?”
• (A) Nimcoff (B) Cooley
• (C) Karve (D) Srinivas

• 95. र्कसने परिभावर्त र्कया है र्क "सींयलु त परिवाि उन िोर्ों के समह ू के रूप में जो
आम तौि पि एक छत के नीचे िहते हैं, जो एक चल् ू हे पि पकाया हुआ भोजन खाते हैं,
जो सींपवि को आम तौि पि िखते हैं औि जो आम पूजा में भार् िेते हैं औि एक-दस ू िे
से र्कसी वविेर् प्रकाि के रिचतेदाि के रूप में सींबींश्रधत हैं?
• (A) Nimcoff (B) कूिी
• (C) कवे (D) िीननवास
• 113. The Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Act came into force in India from:
• (A)2011
• (B) 2012
• (C) 2013
• (D)2014

• 113. यौन अपिाधों के खखिाफ बच्चों का सींिक्षण अश्रधननयम भाित में कब से िार्ू हुआ?
• (A) 2011
• (b) 2012
• (C) 2013
• (D) 2014
• 11. Who wrote the book "The Religion of India: Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism"?
• (A) G. S. Ghurye
• (B) Max Weber
• (C) Emile Durkheim
• (D) Louis Dumont

• 11. "The Religion of India: Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism" पुस्तक र्कसने मिखी?
• (A) G. S. Ghurye
• (b) मैलस वेबि
• (C) एममि दख ु ीम
• (D) िुई ड्यूमोंट
• 15. Assertion (A): According to Durkheim, egoistic suicide are more common in modern society.
• Reason (R): This is because of excess of normative regulation in modern society.
• Codes:
• A. (A) and (R) are correct.
• B. (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
• C. Both (A) and (R) are incorrect.
• D. (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
• 15. अमभकथन (ए): दख ु ीम के अनस ु ाि, अहीं कािी आत्महत्या आधनु नक समाज में अश्रधक आम हैं।
• कािण (आि): यह आधुननक समाज में मानक ववननयमन की अश्रधकता के कािण है ।
• कोड:
• A. (A) औि (R) सही हैं।
• B. (A) सही है , िेर्कन (R) र्ित है ।
• C. दोनों (A) औि (R) र्ित हैं।
• D. (A) र्ित है , िेर्कन (R) सही है ।
• 70. ____ is an ideology which states that the society is divided into
religious communities whose interests differ and are at times even
opposed to each other.
• (A)Secularism (B) Communism (C) Socialism (D) Communalism

• 70. ______ एक ववचािधािा है जो बताती है र्क समाज धाममगक

समदु ायों में ववभाश्जत है , श्जनके ठहत अिर्-अिर् हैं औि कभी-कभी
एक-दस ू िे के खखिाफ भी होते हैं।
• (A) धमगननिपेक्षता (B) साम्यवाद (C) समाजवाद (D) साींप्रदानयकता