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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (BA Sociology) , Sociology (CBCS) .
| 101. |
To know about sanskritization M.N. Srreenivas made his study in ........... |
| A. | Mysore |
| B. | Coorgs |
| C. | Banglore |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Coorgs | |
| 102. |
Caste is an ............... group |
| A. | Universal |
| B. | Open |
| C. | Endogamous |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Endogamous | |
| 103. |
Caste system is often regarded as a .......... |
| A. | Endogamous |
| B. | open group |
| C. | Closed society |
| D. | social group |
| Answer» C. Closed society | |
| 104. |
who wrote the book “Religion and society among the Coorgs” |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | Durkheim |
| C. | Page |
| D. | M.N. Sreenivas |
| Answer» D. M.N. Sreenivas | |
| 105. |
The term Brahminisation means? |
| A. | Westernisation |
| B. | Modernisation |
| C. | Sanskritlization |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Sanskritlization | |
| 106. |
.......... refers to the changes brought about in Indian Society and culture as a result of over 150 years of British rule |
| A. | Westernisation |
| B. | Modernisation |
| C. | Brahminisation |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Westernisation | |
| 107. |
.................. is a process which indicates the adoption of the modern ways of life and values |
| A. | Industrialization |
| B. | Modernisation |
| C. | Westernisation |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Modernisation | |
| 108. |
Who wrote the book Social change in modern India |
| A. | M.N. Sreenivas |
| B. | E.A.H. Blunt |
| C. | Ketkar |
| D. | Risley |
| Answer» A. M.N. Sreenivas | |
| 109. |
................. is a broader term and it can subsume in itself the narrower process of brahminisation |
| A. | Industrialization |
| B. | Westernisation |
| C. | Modernisation |
| D. | Sanskritization |
| Answer» D. Sanskritization | |
| 110. |
Who critcied the concept of modernisation? |
| A. | Yogendra Singh |
| B. | M.N. Sreenivas |
| C. | Ram Ahuja |
| D. | Page |
| Answer» B. M.N. Sreenivas | |
| 111. |
........... defends the concept of modernisation? |
| A. | Yogendra Singh |
| B. | Ketkar |
| C. | Risley |
| D. | Gait |
| Answer» A. Yogendra Singh | |
| 112. |
Who wrote the book Indian Social System? |
| A. | Mac Iver |
| B. | H. Maine |
| C. | Ram Ahuja |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Ram Ahuja | |
| 113. |
Who introduced the modern secular education in India? |
| A. | Portuguese |
| B. | Arabians |
| C. | Duch |
| D. | British |
| Answer» D. British | |
| 114. |
Who coined the term Dominant Caste? |
| A. | Anderson |
| B. | Parker |
| C. | T.N. Majundar |
| D. | M.N. Sreenivas |
| Answer» D. M.N. Sreenivas | |
| 115. |
When a special role is given to the father’s sister, it is known as ............ |
| A. | Avoidance |
| B. | Amitate |
| C. | Couvade |
| D. | Tecknonymy |
| Answer» B. Amitate | |
| 116. |
............... usage is found among many primitive tribes |
| A. | Couvade |
| B. | Teknonymy |
| C. | Amitate |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Couvade | |
| 117. |
The marriage assigns each mother a husband and makes her children thereby creating a special group of father mother and children, which we call ...... |
| A. | Kinship |
| B. | Family |
| C. | Marriage |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Family | |
| 118. |
The kin is not referred to directly but he is referred to through another kin is called |
| A. | Avunclate |
| B. | Tecknonymy |
| C. | Amitate |
| D. | Joking relationship |
| Answer» B. Tecknonymy | |
| 119. |
Who use the word Tecknonymy in Antropology for the first time? |
| A. | Tylor |
| B. | Clare |
| C. | Murdock |
| D. | Durkheim |
| Answer» A. Tylor | |
| 120. |
The word tecknonymy has been came from ...................... |
| A. | Greek |
| B. | Latin |
| C. | Spanish |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Greek | |
| 121. |
................. means that the two kin should remain away from each other |
| A. | Amitate |
| B. | Avunclate |
| C. | Avoidance |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Avoidance | |
| 122. |
The term uncle is a ................ system. |
| A. | Classificatory system |
| B. | Descriptive |
| C. | Kinship |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Classificatory system | |
| 123. |
Who established the Sathya Sodhak Samaj? |
| A. | Jyothi Rao Phooley |
| B. | Vivekanandan |
| C. | Dayananda Saraswathi |
| D. | Rajaram Mohan Roy |
| Answer» A. Jyothi Rao Phooley | |
| 124. |
Who lounched the movement against the Brahmin Supermacy |
| A. | Vivekanandan |
| B. | Jyothi Rao Phooley |
| C. | Dayananda Saraswathi |
| D. | Rajaram Mohan Roy |
| Answer» D. Rajaram Mohan Roy | |
| 125. |
When did the Caste Disabilities Removal act established? |
| A. | 1931 |
| B. | 1879 |
| C. | 1872 |
| D. | 1873 |
| Answer» C. 1872 | |
| 126. |
M.N. Sreenivas considered the term modernisation is more ............. |
| A. | Subjective |
| B. | Objective |
| C. | Preferable |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Subjective | |
| 127. |
....... refers to the unprecedented growth and expansion of industries |
| A. | Urbanisation |
| B. | Modernisation |
| C. | Industrialisation |
| D. | Westernisation |
| Answer» C. Industrialisation | |
| 128. |
The word Harijan means .................. |
| A. | Children of god |
| B. | Children of the state |
| C. | Brahmins |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Children of god | |
| 129. |
Caste and occupation are two structural Criteria which we could use to define the term |
| A. | Brahmin |
| B. | Kshathriya |
| C. | Vyshya |
| D. | Backward class |
| Answer» D. Backward class | |
| 130. |
Untouchables who are now known as ................... |
| A. | Scheduled caste |
| B. | Scheduled Tribe |
| C. | Other backward class |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Scheduled caste | |
| 131. |
Who use the Marxian theory while analysing the Indian class structure in agrarian relation |
| A. | A.R. Desai |
| B. | Pager |
| C. | Mac Iver |
| D. | Dhurkhiem |
| Answer» A. A.R. Desai | |
| 132. |
................ who own but do not cultivate land |
| A. | Poor peasants |
| B. | Rich farmers |
| C. | Landlords |
| D. | Middle peasants |
| Answer» C. Landlords | |
| 133. |
................ who look upon agriculture as a business proposition |
| A. | landless agricultural workers |
| B. | Middle peasants |
| C. | Landlords |
| D. | Rich famers |
| Answer» D. Rich famers | |
| 134. |
............ who cultivate their own land and hire labourers only for certain operations or at certain points of time |
| A. | landlords |
| B. | tenants |
| C. | Middle peasants |
| D. | artisans |
| Answer» C. Middle peasants | |
| 135. |
Who described communalism as the Indian version of fascism? |
| A. | Gandhi |
| B. | Nehru |
| C. | Ambedkar |
| D. | Balagangadhar Thilak |
| Answer» B. Nehru | |
| 136. |
............ has become an essential for modern democratic nation states to ensure a strong sense of identification whether the polity based on a commonsense of identity |
| A. | secularism |
| B. | Regionalism |
| C. | Communalism |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. secularism | |
| 137. |
Who put forward the word secularism? |
| A. | Ram Ahuja |
| B. | Abdul Ahamed |
| C. | Bipin Chandra |
| D. | George Jacob Holyoake |
| Answer» D. George Jacob Holyoake | |
| 138. |
..................... refers to the process of growth and expansion of cities |
| A. | Industralization |
| B. | Urbanisation |
| C. | Modernisation |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Urbanisation | |
| 139. |
The word ................ is used for the untouchables ill-treated and humiliated castes |
| A. | Scheduled Caste |
| B. | Scheduled Tribe |
| C. | Dalit |
| D. | OBC |
| Answer» C. Dalit | |
| 140. |
................. is one who is culturally, socially, economically and politically supressed and exploited in the name of religion |
| A. | Dalith |
| B. | Other backward class |
| C. | Untouchables |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Untouchables | |
| 141. |
Who called the name Harijan was given to the Untouchables |
| A. | Nehru |
| B. | Nadabai Navaroji |
| C. | Ambedkar |
| D. | Ghandhi |
| Answer» D. Ghandhi | |
| 142. |
The word secularism is came from .................... |
| A. | Portuguese |
| B. | Greek |
| C. | Latin |
| D. | Spanish |
| Answer» C. Latin | |
| 143. |
Who made the classic study India as a secular state |
| A. | Shankar Rao |
| B. | Mac Iver |
| C. | Page |
| D. | Donald Eugene smith |
| Answer» D. Donald Eugene smith | |
| 144. |
The main thrust of the new economic policy is . |
| A. | globalization |
| B. | liberalization |
| C. | privatization |
| D. | westernisation |
| Answer» B. liberalization | |
| 145. |
.Who started liberalization? |
| A. | Manmohan Singh |
| B. | A.B Vajpayee |
| C. | Pranab Mukharji |
| D. | V.P.Singh |
| Answer» A. Manmohan Singh | |
| 146. |
Liberalization of economy means? |
| A. | Market friendly state |
| B. | Controlled by private sector |
| C. | Dergulation of licenses |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 147. |
Which article provides a citizen of India, shall not discriminate against anyone on the basis of religion, caste, sex |
| A. | Article 15 |
| B. | Article 17 |
| C. | Article 28 |
| D. | Article 27 |
| Answer» A. Article 15 | |
| 148. |
............ Article gives the freedom to all religions to set up trusts and institutions and acquire property & manage their own affairs |
| A. | Article 325 |
| B. | Article 28 |
| C. | Article 326 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Article 28 | |
| 149. |
............ is a feeling or an ideology among a section of people |
| A. | Regionalism |
| B. | Dravida movement |
| C. | Communalism |
| D. | Secularism |
| Answer» A. Regionalism | |
| 150. |
........... movement initially focused on empowering delith, non brahmin’s & poor peoples |
| A. | Dalith |
| B. | Dravida |
| C. | Bodomovement |
| D. | Thelungana |
| Answer» B. Dravida | |
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