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| 1. |
Proximity to nature is a characteristic feature of– |
| A. | Agrarian society |
| B. | Urban society |
| C. | Industrial society |
| D. | Post-industrial society |
| Answer» A. Agrarian society | |
| 2. |
The total organisation of social life within a limited area may be termed as– |
| A. | A community |
| B. | An association |
| C. | An institution |
| D. | A society |
| Answer» A. A community | |
| 3. |
Which of the following will not be considered as Primary group? |
| A. | Family |
| B. | Peer Group |
| C. | Neighbourhood |
| D. | Crowd |
| Answer» B. Peer Group | |
| 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 |
| Answer» A. Pratiloma | |
| 5. |
___________ borrowed the administrative model of the persian empire. |
| A. | British |
| B. | Mughal, |
| C. | Mauryan |
| D. | Gupta |
| Answer» C. Mauryan | |
| 6. |
Kushans brought the famous_______ art. |
| A. | Kathakali |
| B. | Mohiniyatam, |
| C. | Kathak |
| D. | Gandharan |
| Answer» D. Gandharan | |
| 7. |
Social mobility is the most important feature of . |
| A. | Urban society |
| B. | Rural society |
| C. | Tribal society |
| D. | Industrial Society |
| Answer» A. Urban society | |
| 8. |
The natural boundaries provide India is. |
| A. | Cultural unity |
| B. | Political unity |
| C. | Religious unity |
| D. | Geographical unity |
| Answer» D. Geographical unity | |
| 9. |
Government which year human rights act as commissioners in census? |
| A. | 1911 |
| B. | 1950 |
| C. | 1942 |
| D. | 1921 |
| Answer» A. 1911 | |
| 10. |
Who defined the ‘religion is an attitude towards superhuman powers’ |
| A. | Mac Iver |
| B. | Page |
| C. | Ogburn |
| D. | Ginsberg |
| Answer» C. Ogburn | |
| 11. |
Islam religion comes to India in century. |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 13 |
| C. | 10 |
| D. | 14 |
| Answer» A. 12 | |
| 12. |
Who was the founder of Sikhism? |
| A. | Guru Nanak, |
| B. | Guru Govind |
| C. | Mahveer |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Guru Nanak, | |
| 13. |
Who was the census commissioner in 1911? |
| A. | Herbert Risely |
| B. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. | M.N. Srinivas |
| D. | G S Gurye |
| Answer» A. Herbert Risely | |
| 14. |
The concept of mother India also indicates _______ . |
| A. | The realization of geographical unity |
| B. | Natural boundaries |
| C. | Land of Bharat |
| D. | Indian diaspora |
| Answer» A. The realization of geographical unity | |
| 15. |
What are the factors of language growth |
| A. | level of literacy |
| B. | cultural growth |
| C. | both |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. both | |
| 16. |
Racial groups are divided into three by __________ |
| A. | anthropologists |
| B. | Sociologists |
| C. | Scientist |
| D. | Administrators |
| Answer» A. anthropologists | |
| 17. |
The villages are the symbol of cultural homogeneity and the cities symbolize. |
| A. | Homogeneity |
| B. | Isolation |
| C. | Cultural heterogeneity |
| D. | Alienation |
| Answer» C. Cultural heterogeneity | |
| 18. |
Who says that diversity of physical and social type, language, customand religion which strike the observance in India? |
| A. | M.N. Srinivas |
| B. | Herbert Risely |
| C. | Harvard Wood |
| D. | A R Desai |
| Answer» B. Herbert Risely | |
| 19. |
Mangoloids are concentrated in _________ |
| A. | India |
| B. | America |
| C. | U.K |
| D. | Europe |
| Answer» A. India | |
| 20. |
Language of Negritos |
| A. | Andamanis and Ongan |
| B. | Andamanis and Burma |
| C. | Ongan |
| D. | Devanagiri |
| Answer» A. Andamanis and Ongan | |
| 21. |
Negritos are concentrated in _________ |
| A. | Andaman island |
| B. | India |
| C. | Sreelanka |
| D. | North East India |
| Answer» A. Andaman island | |
| 22. |
Specialty of mangoloids are __________ |
| A. | fair |
| B. | black |
| C. | both |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. fair | |
| 23. |
___________ is the major concern of man. |
| A. | Family |
| B. | Religion |
| C. | Society |
| D. | Community |
| Answer» B. Religion | |
| 24. |
According to the 1931 census there were ______ religious groups in India. |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 20 |
| C. | 22 |
| D. | 14 |
| Answer» A. 10 | |
| 25. |
__________ is the oldest religion of the world. |
| A. | Christianity |
| B. | Hinduism |
| C. | Jainism |
| D. | Islam |
| Answer» B. Hinduism | |
| 26. |
--------- is the basic unit of Indian rural social structure. |
| A. | Marriage |
| B. | Caste system |
| C. | Family |
| D. | Community |
| Answer» C. Family | |
| 27. |
The main duty of the family |
| A. | schooling |
| B. | socialization |
| C. | internalization |
| D. | Agriculture |
| Answer» B. socialization | |
| 28. |
The caste system based on ---------- |
| A. | Religion |
| B. | Endogamy |
| C. | Marriage |
| D. | Region |
| Answer» A. Religion | |
| 29. |
Economic system of the village is based on ------ |
| A. | Functional specialization |
| B. | Political system |
| C. | Training |
| D. | Homogeneous |
| Answer» A. Functional specialization | |
| 30. |
Buddhism was founded by _______ |
| A. | Mahaveer |
| B. | Gautama Buddha |
| C. | Allah |
| D. | Prophets |
| Answer» B. Gautama Buddha | |
| 31. |
Jainism was founded by _________ |
| A. | Mahaveer |
| B. | Allah |
| C. | Christ |
| D. | Goutama Budda |
| Answer» A. Mahaveer | |
| 32. |
___________ is the major feature of rural society. |
| A. | Social heterogeneity |
| B. | Dynamic life |
| C. | Homogeneity |
| D. | Social mobility |
| Answer» C. Homogeneity | |
| 33. |
Self sufficiency is a major feature of ___________ |
| A. | Rural society |
| B. | urban society |
| C. | tribal society |
| Answer» A. Rural society | |
| 34. |
India is a land of ----------- |
| A. | villages |
| B. | Cities |
| C. | Township |
| D. | Rururbs |
| Answer» A. villages | |
| 35. |
A village has less than __________ individuals |
| A. | 10000 |
| B. | 15000 |
| C. | 5000 |
| D. | 25000 |
| Answer» C. 5000 | |
| 36. |
____ is the main occupation of the Indians |
| A. | Business |
| B. | Agriculture |
| C. | Priesthood |
| D. | Cottage industries |
| Answer» B. Agriculture | |
| 37. |
_____ is a land of diversities |
| A. | Village |
| B. | Kerala |
| C. | Nepal |
| D. | India |
| Answer» D. India | |
| 38. |
The important feature of the Indian social structure? |
| A. | Mono religious |
| B. | Multi-religious |
| C. | Rigid mentality |
| D. | Social mobility |
| Answer» B. Multi-religious | |
| 39. |
The villages economic activities are determined by the ------------- |
| A. | Economic conditions |
| B. | Social conditions |
| C. | Cultural conditions |
| D. | Political conditions |
| Answer» B. Social conditions | |
| 40. |
What is the basic unit of Society? |
| A. | Marriage |
| B. | Family |
| C. | Kinship |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Family | |
| 41. |
What is the first and most immediate social environment to which a child is exposed? |
| A. | Family |
| B. | Nuclear family |
| C. | Society |
| D. | both (a) and (b) |
| Answer» A. Family | |
| 42. |
Family is a ..................... group |
| A. | Social |
| B. | Institution |
| C. | Universal |
| D. | both (a) & (c) |
| Answer» A. Social | |
| 43. |
In the Industrial Society the family is limited to husband, wife and their children is called |
| A. | Extended family |
| B. | family |
| C. | Nuclear family |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Nuclear family | |
| 44. |
The word family is derived from.......................... |
| A. | Greek |
| B. | Spanish |
| C. | Latin |
| D. | Portuguese |
| Answer» C. Latin | |
| 45. |
The term bharat varsha stands for. |
| A. | Fundamental unity, |
| B. | Unity and diversity |
| C. | Geographical unity |
| D. | Cultural unity |
| Answer» A. Fundamental unity, | |
| 46. |
_____________ says about “The unity of India” |
| A. | M.N. Srinivas |
| B. | Merton |
| C. | Gupta |
| D. | Ashoka |
| Answer» A. M.N. Srinivas | |
| 47. |
_____ was the root of both pali and prakit? |
| A. | Hindi |
| B. | Sanskrit, |
| C. | Malayalam |
| D. | Konkini |
| Answer» B. Sanskrit, | |
| 48. |
The constitution of India in its height recognizes _____official languages. |
| A. | 42 |
| B. | 22 |
| C. | 2, |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» B. 22 | |
| 49. |
Name the official languages of India? |
| A. | Assamese |
| B. | Bengali |
| C. | Devnagiri |
| D. | Hindi |
| Answer» D. Hindi | |
| 50. |
Who defined the family is a biological Social unit composed of husband wife and children? |
| A. | Mac Iver |
| B. | Burgess |
| C. | Eliot |
| D. | M.F. Nimkoff |
| Answer» A. Mac Iver | |
| 51. |
What is the main basis of the structure of family? |
| A. | Husband |
| B. | Mother |
| C. | Both (a) and (b) |
| D. | Marriage |
| Answer» C. Both (a) and (b) | |
| 52. |
What is the second basis of the structure of the family? |
| A. | Husband and Mother |
| B. | Marriage |
| C. | Procreation |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Procreation | |
| 53. |
......................... is one of the main aim of family life? |
| A. | Procreation |
| B. | Marriage |
| C. | Production of child |
| D. | Sexual satisfaction |
| Answer» D. Sexual satisfaction | |
| 54. |
Family is an agent of ................. |
| A. | Marriage |
| B. | Society |
| C. | Socialisation |
| D. | Social Institution |
| Answer» C. Socialisation | |
| 55. |
What is the meaning of ‘Famulus’? |
| A. | Family |
| B. | Servant |
| C. | Group |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Servant | |
| 56. |
................... is a basic definite and enduring group. |
| A. | Marriage |
| B. | Society |
| C. | Family |
| D. | Both (b) and (c) |
| Answer» C. Family | |
| 57. |
................... is formed by the relatively durable companionship of husband and wife. |
| A. | Family |
| B. | Marriage |
| C. | Social Institution |
| D. | Kinship |
| Answer» A. Family | |
| 58. |
Family provides ......................... status? |
| A. | Achieved |
| B. | Ascribed |
| C. | Both (a) and (b) |
| D. | Ethnic |
| Answer» B. Ascribed | |
| 59. |
It is a type of family in which husband, wife and their unmarried children is called ............. |
| A. | Joint family |
| B. | Nuclear Family |
| C. | Extended family |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Nuclear Family | |
| 60. |
............... family the bride resides with the husband’s family |
| A. | patrilocal |
| B. | Matrilocal |
| C. | patriarchal |
| D. | Matriarchal |
| Answer» A. patrilocal | |
| 61. |
In the .............. family the ancestors are men |
| A. | Matrilineal |
| B. | Partilocal |
| C. | Partiarchal |
| D. | Patrilineal |
| Answer» D. Patrilineal | |
| 62. |
On the basis of power and authority families can be divided in to ................ |
| A. | Patriarchal |
| B. | Matriarchal |
| C. | Both (a) and (b) |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Both (a) and (b) | |
| 63. |
What are the two main rules of marriage? |
| A. | Monogamy |
| B. | endogamy |
| C. | exogamy |
| D. | both (b) and (c) |
| Answer» D. both (b) and (c) | |
| 64. |
Endogamy is a rule of marriage in which the life partners are to be selected within the … |
| A. | group |
| B. | country |
| C. | society |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. group | |
| 65. |
..................... is a rule of marriage in which a man has many outside his own group |
| A. | monogamy |
| B. | endogamy |
| C. | exogamy |
| D. | Hypergamy |
| Answer» C. exogamy | |
| 66. |
Who says that, Marriage is a contract for the production and maintenance of children? |
| A. | Alfred MC Clung Lee |
| B. | Edward Westmark |
| C. | Robert H. Lowie |
| D. | Malinowski |
| Answer» D. Malinowski | |
| 67. |
..................... is the form of marriage in which man marries one woman. |
| A. | Polygyny |
| B. | Exogamy |
| C. | Polyandry |
| D. | Monogamy |
| Answer» D. Monogamy | |
| 68. |
...................... is a marriage between two equals |
| A. | exogamy |
| B. | Village gothra |
| C. | Pinda exogamy |
| D. | Isogamy |
| Answer» D. Isogamy | |
| 69. |
What are the two forms of an isogamy marriage? |
| A. | Hypergamy |
| B. | Hypogamy |
| C. | Anuloma |
| D. | both (a) & (b) |
| Answer» D. both (a) & (b) | |
| 70. |
........... is a marriage of a woman with a man of higher varna or Superior Caste. |
| A. | Hyper gamy |
| B. | Hypogamy |
| C. | Anuloma |
| D. | Prathiloma |
| Answer» A. Hyper gamy | |
| 71. |
................ is a marriage of higher caste man with lower caste women. |
| A. | Hypogamy |
| B. | Hypergamy |
| C. | Anuloma |
| D. | Prathiloma |
| Answer» A. Hypogamy | |
| 72. |
............. is a marriage of woman to a man from a lower caste |
| A. | Hypogamy |
| B. | Prathiloma |
| C. | Anuloma |
| D. | Hypergamy |
| Answer» B. Prathiloma | |
| 73. |
.................... is a form of marriage in which one man marries more than women at a time. |
| A. | Polygyny |
| B. | Polyandry |
| C. | Monogamy |
| D. | Group Marriage |
| Answer» A. Polygyny | |
| 74. |
The Latin work Soror stands for ........................ |
| A. | Brother |
| B. | Sister |
| C. | Father |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Sister | |
| 75. |
..................... is a form of marriage of one woman with more than one man |
| A. | Polyandry |
| B. | Polyandry |
| C. | Monogamy |
| D. | Polygyny |
| Answer» B. Polyandry | |
| 76. |
Several brothers share the same wife which practice is often called ............. |
| A. | Sororal polygyny |
| B. | Non-Sororal |
| C. | Fraternal polyandry |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Fraternal polyandry | |
| 77. |
................ is a form of marriage of a man to a woman at a time |
| A. | Polyamy |
| B. | exogamy |
| C. | Monogamy |
| D. | Polyandry |
| Answer» C. Monogamy | |
| 78. |
................ is a form of marriage a woman or a man have more than one spouse |
| A. | Polyanchy |
| B. | Monogamy |
| C. | Polygyny |
| D. | Polygamy |
| Answer» D. Polygamy | |
| 79. |
What are the two forms of Polygamy marriage? |
| A. | Polygny |
| B. | Monogamy |
| C. | Polyandry |
| D. | both (a) and (c) |
| Answer» D. both (a) and (c) | |
| 80. |
................. is the most common and acceptable form of marriage |
| A. | Monogamy |
| B. | Exogamy |
| C. | Polygamy |
| D. | Polyandry |
| Answer» A. Monogamy | |
| 81. |
Choose the main aims of marriage |
| A. | Dharma |
| B. | Rathi |
| C. | Praja |
| D. | All these |
| Answer» D. All these | |
| 82. |
..................... is an instrument of culture Transmission and an agent of socialisation |
| A. | Society |
| B. | Social control |
| C. | Family |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Family | |
| 83. |
Father is the head of the family and the familial power and authority rests in the father this type of family is known as .............................. |
| A. | Patriarchal |
| B. | Matrilineal |
| C. | Patrilocal |
| D. | Matrilocal |
| Answer» A. Patriarchal | |
| 84. |
A marriage of two or more woman with two or more men, is known as ......... |
| A. | Sororal Polygyny |
| B. | Monogamy |
| C. | Serial monogamy |
| D. | Group marriage |
| Answer» D. Group marriage | |
| 85. |
The bond of blood is called ......................... kinship |
| A. | affinal kinship |
| B. | Primary |
| C. | consanguineous Kinship |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. consanguineous Kinship | |
| 86. |
The bond of blood or marriage which binds people together in group is called .................. |
| A. | Kinship |
| B. | Affinial kinship |
| C. | Consanguineous kinship |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Kinship | |
| 87. |
The .............. refers to a set of Principles by which an individual trace the descent. |
| A. | Matrilineal descent |
| B. | Patrilineal descent |
| C. | Bilateral descent |
| D. | rule of descent |
| Answer» D. rule of descent | |
| 88. |
.................... Desent traced through the father’s or men line |
| A. | Matrilineal desent |
| B. | Patrilineal descent |
| C. | Bilateral descent |
| D. | Rule of descent |
| Answer» B. Patrilineal descent | |
| 89. |
Some relatives are very close and near that is called .............. |
| A. | Affinal |
| B. | Primary kins |
| C. | Secondary kins |
| D. | Consanguineous |
| Answer» B. Primary kins | |
| 90. |
Primary kins of a primary kin is called ............... |
| A. | Affinal kin |
| B. | Primary kin |
| C. | Tertiary kin |
| D. | Secondary kin |
| Answer» D. Secondary kin | |
| 91. |
Who told that Kinship is simply the relations between ‘kin’ that is persons related by real pulative or fictative Consanguinity? |
| A. | Aberchrombie |
| B. | Robin fox |
| C. | A.R. Radcliffe |
| D. | Nimkoff |
| Answer» B. Robin fox | |
| 92. |
The bond of marriage is called ................ kinship |
| A. | affinal kinship |
| B. | Consanguineous kinship |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. affinal kinship | |
| 93. |
Primary kin of our secondary kin is called ..................... |
| A. | Tertiary kin |
| B. | Primary kin |
| C. | Secondary kin |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Tertiary kin | |
| 94. |
The term caste is derived from.................... |
| A. | Latin |
| B. | Spanish |
| C. | Portuguese |
| D. | Greek |
| Answer» C. Portuguese | |
| 95. |
The word caste means? |
| A. | Race |
| B. | Varna |
| C. | Class |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Race | |
| 96. |
The Jathi are locally defined .................. |
| A. | Varna |
| B. | Colour |
| C. | Kula |
| D. | Group |
| Answer» D. Group | |
| 97. |
......... present the most elevated condition of purity |
| A. | Kshathriya |
| B. | Brahmin |
| C. | Shudra |
| D. | Vyshya |
| Answer» B. Brahmin | |
| 98. |
Who first use the term sanskritization? |
| A. | M.N. Sreenivas |
| B. | C.H. Coole |
| C. | T.N. Majundar |
| D. | T.N. Madan |
| Answer» A. M.N. Sreenivas | |
| 99. |
Who introduced the term modernization? |
| A. | Lundbekg |
| B. | Gait |
| C. | Page |
| D. | Daniel Lerner |
| Answer» D. Daniel Lerner | |
| 100. |
........... is a process whereby people of lower castes collectively try to adopt upper caste practices and beliefs and acquire higher status |
| A. | Modernisation |
| B. | Sanskritization |
| C. | Industrialization |
| D. | Westernisation |
| Answer» B. Sanskritization | |
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