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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Arts in Sociology (MA Sociology) .
| 1. |
Who is the founder of Rural Sociology? |
| A. | c j galpin |
| B. | robert mayor |
| C. | august comte |
| D. | george simmel |
| Answer» A. c j galpin | |
| 2. |
What year did Rural Sociology start? |
| A. | 1820 |
| B. | 1836 |
| C. | 1857 |
| D. | 1928 |
| Answer» A. 1820 | |
| 3. |
Who wrote the book “Rural Sociology in India”? |
| A. | m n srinivas |
| B. | a r desai |
| C. | c j galpin |
| D. | k s singh |
| Answer» B. a r desai | |
| 4. |
Who authored the book “Ancient Law”? |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | plato |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | henry s. maine |
| Answer» D. henry s. maine | |
| 5. |
Which are the prominent factors influence the systematic emergence of Rural Sociology in India? |
| A. | philosophy, enlightenment & modernity |
| B. | british administration & independence movement |
| C. | promulgation of constitution & implementation of cdp |
| D. | emergence of rural society |
| Answer» C. promulgation of constitution & implementation of cdp | |
| 6. |
Where Rural Sociology did firstly developed in world? |
| A. | egypt |
| B. | usa |
| C. | india |
| D. | europe |
| Answer» B. usa | |
| 7. |
Who are the authors of the book “A systematic source Book in Rural Sociology” in 1930? |
| A. | comte, spencer & durkheim |
| B. | m n srinivas, mckim marriot & s c dube |
| C. | t l smith, henry maine & d s chapin |
| D. | sorokin, zimmerman & c j galpin |
| Answer» D. sorokin, zimmerman & c j galpin | |
| 8. |
Which work was considered as the milestone in Rural Sociological literature? |
| A. | a systematic source book in rural sociology |
| B. | rural sociology in india |
| C. | ancient society |
| D. | ancient law |
| Answer» A. a systematic source book in rural sociology | |
| 9. |
Village is a unit of ……………… |
| A. | society |
| B. | rural society |
| C. | indian society |
| D. | world |
| Answer» B. rural society | |
| 10. |
Which are the prominent groups constituted the Jajmani system in rural society? |
| A. | service caste & dominant caste |
| B. | jajman & service caste |
| C. | kamin & dominant caste |
| D. | jajman & kamin |
| Answer» D. jajman & kamin | |
| 11. |
………a society coming after the hunting and gathering society |
| A. | agrarian society |
| B. | industrial society |
| C. | pre-industrial society |
| D. | food gathering society |
| Answer» A. agrarian society | |
| 12. |
………..is an approach analyzed Indian villages through different historical periods |
| A. | ecological approach |
| B. | integrationist approach |
| C. | historical approach |
| D. | isolationist approach |
| Answer» C. historical approach | |
| 13. |
Who conceptualizes Indian villages as a republic? |
| A. | maine |
| B. | metcalf |
| C. | srinivas |
| D. | beteille |
| Answer» B. metcalf | |
| 14. |
Which are the ancient texts explains about the village official structure in India? |
| A. | ramayana, mahaharata & manusmriti |
| B. | ancient law, ancient society & village society |
| C. | manusmriti, arthasastra & ain-i- akbari |
| D. | manimekhala, chilappathikaram, bhagawathgeetha |
| Answer» A. ramayana, mahaharata & manusmriti | |
| 15. |
Who was the Gramani in village |
| A. | an ancient village official |
| B. | ancient village head |
| C. | medieval village men |
| D. | modern village official |
| Answer» A. an ancient village official | |
| 16. |
Who was appointing the Gramani? |
| A. | collector |
| B. | king |
| C. | british official |
| D. | village head |
| Answer» B. king | |
| 17. |
Which are the forms of villages explained in Valmiki Ramayana? |
| A. | rural & urban |
| B. | gramam & village |
| C. | ghosh & gram |
| D. | primitive & non-primitive village |
| Answer» C. ghosh & gram | |
| 18. |
………is the small villages situated near forests |
| A. | village |
| B. | rural |
| C. | gram |
| D. | ghosh |
| Answer» D. ghosh | |
| 19. |
Which was the local body fulfils the judicial functions in village society? |
| A. | gana |
| B. | gramini |
| C. | vishanti |
| D. | shati |
| Answer» A. gana | |
| 20. |
Who wrote the article “Victory of village”? |
| A. | d d kosambi |
| B. | r d mckenzie |
| C. | m n srinivas |
| D. | v disuza |
| Answer» A. d d kosambi | |
| 21. |
…………is an approach analyzed village social structure on the basis of habitation |
| A. | historical approach |
| B. | evolutionary approach |
| C. | habitual approach |
| D. | ecological approach |
| Answer» D. ecological approach | |
| 22. |
Who are the important sociologists applied ecological approach for the analysis of village community? |
| A. | a r desai & irawati karve |
| B. | s c dube & irawati karve |
| C. | m n srinivas & d d kosambi |
| D. | d d kosambi & r d mckenzie |
| Answer» B. s c dube & irawati karve | |
| 23. |
Which is the major factor influencing the capacity of people to grade the objectivity and subjectivity? |
| A. | socialization |
| B. | operant conditioning |
| C. | social conditioning |
| D. | economic conditioning |
| Answer» C. social conditioning | |
| 24. |
Which is the book of Irawati Karve explained about the village community in India? |
| A. | group relations in village community |
| B. | kinship organizations in india |
| C. | india’s village |
| D. | india’s changing village |
| Answer» A. group relations in village community | |
| 25. |
Which is the work of S C Dube explained about the complete village social structure? |
| A. | social structure of indian village |
| B. | anatomy of indian village |
| C. | india’s village |
| D. | indian village |
| Answer» D. indian village | |
| 26. |
Which was the village studied by Andra Beteille for understanding village society in India? |
| A. | bisipara |
| B. | sripuram |
| C. | guanzhou |
| D. | kishan garhi |
| Answer» B. sripuram | |
| 27. |
Which is the village taken by McKim Marriot as a case for understanding village society in India? |
| A. | patanam |
| B. | tanjore |
| C. | kishan garhi |
| D. | rampura |
| Answer» C. kishan garhi | |
| 28. |
When did Permanent Settlement system introduced in India? |
| A. | 1798 |
| B. | 1793 |
| C. | 1773 |
| D. | 1775 |
| Answer» B. 1793 | |
| 29. |
Which is the first legal attempt to protect tenants from their deplorable condition? |
| A. | lease and rent control act 1960 |
| B. | rent control act 1857 |
| C. | rent act 1772 |
| D. | rent act of 1859 |
| Answer» D. rent act of 1859 | |
| 30. |
Which of the following was not introduced in India as part Land reforms? |
| A. | rural industrialization |
| B. | zamindari abolition |
| C. | land ceiling |
| D. | rent regulation |
| Answer» A. rural industrialization | |
| 31. |
Before independence, which land revenue system gave ownership rights to Zamindars |
| A. | mahalwari system |
| B. | permanent settlement system |
| C. | ryotwari settlement |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» B. permanent settlement system | |
| 32. |
Which of the following factors did not hamper the introduction of rent regulation Indian agriculture? |
| A. | higher socio-economic status of zamindars |
| B. | oral agreements between tenants and land owners |
| C. | demand by tenants to reduce rent |
| D. | lack of security of tenure |
| Answer» C. demand by tenants to reduce rent | |
| 33. |
………..the moving of social structure from farming to non-farming sector |
| A. | agrarianless |
| B. | non-agrarianization |
| C. | pre-agrarianization |
| D. | de-agrarinization |
| Answer» D. de-agrarinization | |
| 34. |
Who wrote the famous work “Global de-peasantization 1945-1990”? |
| A. | arundathi roy |
| B. | a m shah |
| C. | a farshad |
| D. | m sherif |
| Answer» C. a farshad | |
| 35. |
What is called as the redistribution of land from rich to poor? |
| A. | land distribution |
| B. | land re-distribution |
| C. | mobility |
| D. | land reforms |
| Answer» D. land reforms | |
| 36. |
……………is the relationship obtaining among the groups engaged in agricultural operations |
| A. | agrarian structure |
| B. | agrarian social structure |
| C. | agrarian economic structure |
| D. | land distribution structure |
| Answer» B. agrarian social structure | |
| 37. |
The view that tribal people should be allowed to retain their special characteristic while becoming a part of the mainstream is known as : |
| A. | acculturation |
| B. | assimilation |
| C. | cultural relativism |
| D. | isolationism |
| Answer» B. assimilation | |
| 38. |
Who followed Marxism as a method of analysis rather than a political ideology? |
| A. | n k bose |
| B. | r k mukherjee |
| C. | s c dube |
| D. | d p mukherjee |
| Answer» D. d p mukherjee | |
| 39. |
Which of the tribal groups of North-East is seeking a separate State to be carved out of Assam? |
| A. | bodo |
| B. | miso |
| C. | garo |
| D. | kuki |
| Answer» A. bodo | |
| 40. |
Who introduces Zamindari land settlement system in India? |
| A. | wellesly |
| B. | william bentik |
| C. | cornwallis |
| D. | robert clave |
| Answer» C. cornwallis | |
| 41. |
When did Zamindari Land Settlement system introduced in India? |
| A. | 1793 |
| B. | 1775 |
| C. | 1783 |
| D. | 1762 |
| Answer» A. 1793 | |
| 42. |
Which are the two classes in Permanent Land Settlement system? |
| A. | landless labourers & peasants |
| B. | zamindars & peasants |
| C. | middle class & tenants |
| D. | tax collectors & tenants |
| Answer» B. zamindars & peasants | |
| 43. |
Who introduced Ryotwari system in India? |
| A. | charles cornwallis |
| B. | curzon |
| C. | thomas munro |
| D. | alexander read & thomas munro |
| Answer» D. alexander read & thomas munro | |
| 44. |
Who introduced Mahalwari system in India? |
| A. | cornwallis |
| B. | mckenzie |
| C. | munro |
| D. | clave |
| Answer» B. mckenzie | |
| 45. |
Which is the Land Settlement system with Panchayath acted as intermediary? |
| A. | mahalwari settlement |
| B. | ryotwari settlement |
| C. | permanent settlement |
| D. | munro system |
| Answer» A. mahalwari settlement | |
| 46. |
What is the meaning of Mahal in Mahalwari land settlement system? |
| A. | rural |
| B. | village |
| C. | community |
| D. | urban |
| Answer» B. village | |
| 47. |
Which is the root word of tenure? |
| A. | teneo |
| B. | tano |
| C. | tenet |
| D. | tenu |
| Answer» A. teneo | |
| 48. |
Which is the meaning of the Latin word Teneo? |
| A. | to hinder |
| B. | to pick |
| C. | to hold |
| D. | to take |
| Answer» C. to hold | |
| 49. |
Tenure explains the relationship between………. |
| A. | landlord and the peasant |
| B. | owner and the tenant |
| C. | middle class and agricultural labourer |
| D. | rich peasants and tenant |
| Answer» B. owner and the tenant | |
| 50. |
Which are the aspects reformed by the Land reforms? |
| A. | abolition of exploitation and land consolidation |
| B. | abolition of intermediaries, land ceiling & land consolidation |
| C. | abolition of land concentration in landlords |
| D. | land redistribution and abolition of administration of king |
| Answer» B. abolition of intermediaries, land ceiling & land consolidation | |
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