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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Sociology (CBCS) .
| 101. |
Which one of the following was not the function of the caste system |
| A. | It provided continuity in society |
| B. | It brought instability in the society |
| C. | Society became disciplined |
| D. | It provided Psychological security |
| Answer» B. It brought instability in the society | |
| 102. |
Which one of the following is not an unfavourable factor for caste system in India? |
| A. | Education |
| B. | Urbanization |
| C. | Tribal culture |
| D. | Social reforms |
| Answer» C. Tribal culture | |
| 103. |
Maximum social mobility is possible in |
| A. | A caste-ridden society |
| B. | A feudal society |
| C. | A class based society |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. A class based society | |
| 104. |
Social classes are divided on the basis of |
| A. | Religion |
| B. | Region |
| C. | Education |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 105. |
Which one of the following is a significant factor responsible for the emergence of class in rural society? |
| A. | Transformation from subsistence to market economy |
| B. | New technology |
| C. | Abolition of Intermediaries |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 106. |
Which one of the following is not the characteristic of a caste system? |
| A. | It is based on hierarchical system |
| B. | Religion has nothing to do with caste |
| C. | Certain castes are purer than others |
| D. | Interaction between castes is limited |
| Answer» B. Religion has nothing to do with caste | |
| 107. |
Traditional cultural features of caste have radically changed in rural India with regard to |
| A. | connubial dimension |
| B. | commensal dimension |
| C. | ritual dimension |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 108. |
What is the layering of people into hierarchies called? |
| A. | Social inequality |
| B. | Social hierarchy |
| C. | Social differentiation |
| D. | Social stratification |
| Answer» D. Social stratification | |
| 109. |
What is social stratification based on individual’s achievement called? |
| A. | Caste system |
| B. | Class system |
| C. | Estate system |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Class system | |
| 110. |
What is movement from one position to the other in the same social level called? |
| A. | Vertical mobility |
| B. | Intra generational mobility |
| C. | Inter generational mobility |
| D. | Horizontal mobility |
| Answer» D. Horizontal mobility | |
| 111. |
Which of the following statements is true about contemporary rural economy? |
| A. | Rural economy remains subsistence in nature |
| B. | Rural economy is transformed into market oriented economy |
| C. | Private ownership of land is unknown |
| D. | Villagers do not produce cash oriented crops |
| Answer» B. Rural economy is transformed into market oriented economy | |
| 112. |
The new class in rural India consists of |
| A. | Traders |
| B. | Rich landlords |
| C. | Petty officials and political workers |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 113. |
Who considers caste system as both ‘closed’ and ‘open’? |
| A. | Andre Beteille |
| B. | M.N. Srinivas |
| C. | Louis Dumont |
| D. | K.L. Sharma |
| Answer» A. Andre Beteille | |
| 114. |
“Substantialization of Caste” means |
| A. | Developments have weakened the caste system |
| B. | Developments have not weakened caste, but have led to changes in the caste system to suit itself to modern society |
| C. | Developments have not brought any kind of changes in the caste system |
| D. | Developments have weakened the caste system, it has been replaced by a class system |
| Answer» B. Developments have not weakened caste, but have led to changes in the caste system to suit itself to modern society | |
| 115. |
Who pointed out that “the caste system was not merely division of labour, but also a division of labourers” |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Andre Beteille |
| C. | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar |
| D. | M.N. Srinivas |
| Answer» C. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar | |
| 116. |
Who has given the concept of ‘dominant caste’? |
| A. | M.N. Srinivas |
| B. | Andre Beteille |
| C. | T.N. Madan |
| D. | S.C. Dube |
| Answer» A. M.N. Srinivas | |
| 117. |
Which of the following factors has created diverse agricultural classes in rural society? |
| A. | Green Revolution |
| B. | Differences in the size of landholdings |
| C. | Abolition of Zamindaries |
| D. | Jajmani system |
| Answer» B. Differences in the size of landholdings | |
| 118. |
Which statement is true about rural stratification? |
| A. | Caste are changing into class |
| B. | Caste, class and power are the three inseparable dimensions of stratification |
| C. | Caste includes the attributes of class also |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 119. |
Caste is not only a system of hierarchy; it is also related to |
| A. | Land |
| B. | Politics |
| C. | Land and politics |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Land and politics | |
| 120. |
Who is the chief architect of the caste as a form of culture? |
| A. | Louis Dumont |
| B. | Andre Beteille |
| C. | S.C. Dube |
| D. | M.N. Srinivas |
| Answer» A. Louis Dumont | |
| 121. |
The existence or non-existence of Sati, Chid-marriage and widow remarriage have some effect or evident in the conditions of the |
| A. | Male population |
| B. | Female population |
| C. | Whole population |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Male population | |
| 122. |
Man carries on his struggle against the environment by means of |
| A. | Tools |
| B. | Technology |
| C. | Ploughing |
| D. | Invention |
| Answer» B. Technology | |
| 123. |
Natural forces such as floods, earthquakes , famines and others affect the lives of the people in |
| A. | Urban people |
| B. | Rural people |
| C. | The high class people |
| D. | The low class people |
| Answer» B. Rural people | |
| 124. |
Changes in cultural factors like beliefs and values have repercussions in the entire |
| A. | cultural lives |
| B. | economic lives |
| C. | historical lives |
| D. | social lives |
| Answer» D. social lives | |
| 125. |
Administrative in-efficiency is one the major cause which creates huddles in path of |
| A. | Rural development |
| B. | urban development |
| C. | village development |
| D. | state development |
| Answer» A. Rural development | |
| 126. |
The villages are now link with the approach road and this has brought the village close to regional , state and |
| A. | urban markets |
| B. | rural markets |
| C. | national markets |
| D. | international markets |
| Answer» C. national markets | |
| 127. |
In the village traditional occupations have now observed mobility , the village people has taken to all kinds of occupations irrespective of their |
| A. | community |
| B. | village |
| C. | class |
| D. | caste |
| Answer» D. caste | |
| 128. |
An important mechanism for linking the village to the capitalist mainstream of the country is |
| A. | Technology |
| B. | Market |
| C. | Industry |
| D. | Caste system |
| Answer» A. Technology | |
| 129. |
The empowerment of the women and formation of Panchayati Raj is also a structural change in the ___ |
| A. | Rural society |
| B. | Traditional society |
| C. | Urban society |
| D. | Agrarian society |
| Answer» A. Rural society | |
| 130. |
The abolition of the jagirdari system affected not only the landowners and the tenants, but a whole lot of |
| A. | Artisans |
| B. | Rural people |
| C. | Urban dwellers |
| D. | Harijans |
| Answer» B. Rural people | |
| 131. |
It is due to various inventions made by man, human race has evolved out of the primitive stage to ___ |
| A. | Ancient society |
| B. | Transitional society |
| C. | Agrarian society |
| D. | Modern society |
| Answer» D. Modern society | |
| 132. |
Rural social change has been among the most important subject of study in the third world countries since ___ |
| A. | 1960 |
| B. | 1950 |
| C. | 1940 |
| D. | 1920 |
| Answer» B. 1950 | |
| 133. |
Throughout the periods of history the village economy has been ___ |
| A. | Market economy |
| B. | Barter economy |
| C. | Subsistence economy |
| D. | Exchange economy |
| Answer» C. Subsistence economy | |
| 134. |
The system of intermediaries in the form of jamindar and jagirdar was abolished in the middle of ___ |
| A. | 1930 |
| B. | 1940 |
| C. | 1950 |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. 1950 | |
| 135. |
There is a misconception in recent argument that caste is changing into ___ |
| A. | Class system |
| B. | Power system |
| C. | Estate system |
| D. | Ecommerce system |
| Answer» A. Class system | |
| 136. |
By nature, man tends to preserve tradition, customs and old ways of life. These cultural barriers affect___ |
| A. | Social change |
| B. | Occupational change |
| C. | Political change |
| D. | Economic change |
| Answer» A. Social change | |
| 137. |
Human beings find out new ways and modes of adjustments with their natural and social environment by means of ___ |
| A. | Collective efforts |
| B. | Inventions |
| C. | Renovations |
| D. | Revolutions |
| Answer» B. Inventions | |
| 138. |
If the frequency of inventions is slow, then the pace of social change will also become ____ |
| A. | Faster |
| B. | Abnormal |
| C. | Normal |
| D. | Slower |
| Answer» D. Slower | |
| 139. |
According to National Sample Survey report, a majority of our village do not have basic infrastructure facilities like ___ |
| A. | Electricity |
| B. | University |
| C. | Gymnasium |
| D. | Schools |
| Answer» A. Electricity | |
| 140. |
In India, the caste system preached sticking to one’s traditions and refusing to accept new ideas acts as a barrier to ____ |
| A. | Cultural change |
| B. | Traditional change |
| C. | Political change |
| D. | Social change |
| Answer» D. Social change | |
| 141. |
Which caste people enjoyed every possible liberty, people from lower caste were treated miserably by the ____ |
| A. | Lower caste |
| B. | Bureaucrats |
| C. | Higher castes |
| D. | Elite class |
| Answer» C. Higher castes | |
| 142. |
When illiteracy promotes hierarchy, education insists on the idea of ____ |
| A. | Equality |
| B. | Inequality |
| C. | Rationality |
| D. | Liberalism |
| Answer» A. Equality | |
| 143. |
Many sociologists feel that values are the result of change and therefore should not always be considered as _____ |
| A. | Primary factors in social change |
| B. | Secondary factors in social change |
| C. | Tertiary factors in social change |
| D. | Cultural factors in social change |
| Answer» B. Secondary factors in social change | |
| 144. |
The vicious cycle of poverty is one of the major degrading factors for the life of ____ |
| A. | Urban people |
| B. | Middle class |
| C. | Whole population |
| D. | Rural people |
| Answer» D. Rural people | |
| 145. |
NGO’s have more benefits of working in rural areas compared to governmental organisations because NGOs are more _____ |
| A. | Rigid |
| B. | Flexible |
| C. | Authoritative |
| D. | Adaptable |
| Answer» B. Flexible | |
| 146. |
Many NGOs are playing vital role in the rural development of India in collaboration with _____ |
| A. | Private sector |
| B. | Entrepreneurs |
| C. | Government |
| D. | Business |
| Answer» C. Government | |
| 147. |
The civil society, assisted by the government may also undertake development programmes at ___ |
| A. | Village level |
| B. | State level |
| C. | Community level |
| D. | District level |
| Answer» C. Community level | |
| 148. |
The civil society agencies also facilitate the usage of local resources for local development and thus make the community _____ |
| A. | Self-reliant |
| B. | Self-content |
| C. | Dependant |
| D. | Independent |
| Answer» A. Self-reliant | |
| 149. |
The harmonious co-existence of both the state and the civil society safe guards the interest of both the government and the ____ |
| A. | Political institutions |
| B. | Village people |
| C. | Individual |
| D. | Citizens |
| Answer» D. Citizens | |
| 150. |
Civil society in India has always played a significant role in implementing government policies and programme by creating awareness and coming forward for ___ |
| A. | Social change |
| B. | Structural change |
| C. | Political change |
| D. | Cultural change |
| Answer» A. Social change | |
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