140+ Sociology of Indian Society Solved MCQs

1.

What is the prominent factor which caused to emergence of village society in India

A. agricultural economy
B. capitalist economy
C. feudal economy
D. asiatic economy
Answer» A. agricultural economy
2.

…………..is the major feature of rural society

A. haemogeneity
B. homogeneity
C. heterogeneity
D. hierarchy
Answer» B. homogeneity
3.

Which is the living system end with the emergence of agricultural society

A. nomadic mode of collective living
B. semi-nomadic mode of collective living
C. settled mode of living
D. community mode of collective living
Answer» A. nomadic mode of collective living
4.

What are the three types of agricultural production techniques as mentioned in history

A. bronze age, brass age, iron age and gold age
B. hoe culture, gun culture, bullock culture and fertilizers
C. hoe culture, plough culture, wheel culture and tractors
D. hoe culture, plough culture & tractors and fertilizers.
Answer» D. hoe culture, plough culture & tractors and fertilizers.
5.

What is one of the institution among the institutions related to the term family, which are identified by Rivers

A. clan
B. ethnic
C. class
D. moitey
Answer» A. clan
6.

Self sufficiency is the major characteristics of ………………

A. urban society
B. modern society
C. rural society
D. capitalist society
Answer» C. rural society
7.

Which is the land settlement system established by Lord Cornvallis in 1793

A. ryotwari land settlement system
B. permanent land settlement system.
C. cornvallis land settlement system
D. zamindari land settlement system
Answer» B. permanent land settlement system.
8.

To know about sanskritisation M.N. Srinivas made his study in..........

A. mysore
B. karnataka
C. bengaluru
D. coorgs
Answer» D. coorgs
9.

Which was the land revenue introduced by Cornwallis in 1793 through Permanent Settlement Act.

A. zamindari system
B. ryotwari system
C. intermediary system
D. land lord system
Answer» A. zamindari system
10.

When did the Caste Disabilities Removal act established?

A. 1849
B. 1857
C. 1850
D. 1947
Answer» C. 1850
11.

Which were the provinces where the permanent land settlement system introduced?

A. bengladesh, bihar, madhya pradesh and orissa
B. india, afganisthan, uttar pradesh and bihar
C. orissa, bhuwaneswar, kolkatta and bengal
D. bengal, bihar, orissa and varanasi
Answer» D. bengal, bihar, orissa and varanasi
12.

Who were recognized as the owners of land in permanent land settlement system

A. landlords
B. zamindars
C. labourers
D. king
Answer» B. zamindars
13.

What was the main intension of British people to introduce land revenue system in India

A. collect revenue maintenance of country
B. collect revenue for luxury of administrators
C. collect the revenue for their profit
D. collect revenue for welfare
Answer» C. collect the revenue for their profit
14.

Who introduced Ryotwari Land settlement system in India?

A. thomas munro
B. cornvallis
C. ashokan
D. bentick
Answer» A. thomas munro
15.

When did the Ryotwari Land settlement system introduced in India?

A. 1819
B. 1924
C. 1822
D. 1820
Answer» D. 1820
16.

Who established the Sathya Sodhak Samaj?

A. jyothi venkitachalam
B. jyothi rao phule
C. ram mohan roy
D. jyothi basu
Answer» B. jyothi rao phule
17.

What is known as a living system followed by a family after the marriage husband and wife lives in wife’s family?

A. mother local
B. virilocal
C. matrilocal
D. uxorilocal
Answer» C. matrilocal
18.

Who use the Marxian theory while analyzing the Indian class structure in agrarian relation?

A. g p murdock
B. d p mukherjee
C. karl marx
D. a r desai
Answer» D. a r desai
19.

What is the peculiarity of Asiatic feudal economy?

A. lack of private property
B. lack of communal property
C. lack of capitalist property
D. lack of public property
Answer» A. lack of private property
20.

................ who own but do not cultivate land

A. peasants
B. landlords
C. zamindar
D. labourers
Answer» B. landlords
21.

Indian rural economy was a ……………….economy

A. self-sufficient
B. semi-self sufficient
C. independent
D. mixed
Answer» D. mixed
22.

………..is the process of destruction of the old handicraft industry without commensurate the growth of modern industry.

A. de-peasantization
B. de-colonization
C. de-industrialization
D. de-agrarinization
Answer» C. de-industrialization
23.

Who wrote the famous work “Social Background of Indian Nationalism”?

A. akshay ramanlal desai
B. akshay kumar desai
C. ishwarlal pragji deasi
D. govind sadashiv ghurye
Answer» A. akshay ramanlal desai
24.

……….has pointed out the different phases of Indian nationalism

A. g s ghurye
B. gandhi
C. nehru
D. a r desai
Answer» D. a r desai
25.

How many phases of the growth of Indian Nationalism are identified by A R Desai?

A. two
B. five
C. four
D. three
Answer» B. five
26.

What is the peculiarity of the first phase of Indian nationalism?

A. social base is very narrow.
B. social base is very wide
C. social base is very crude
D. social base is very comprehend
Answer» A. social base is very narrow.
27.

When did the first phase of the emergence of Indian nationalism?

A. 1805
B. 1857
C. 1885
D. 1888
Answer» C. 1885
28.

When did the second phase of the emergence of Indian nationalism?

A. 1885-1907
B. 1885-1905
C. 1857-1947
D. 1757-1885
Answer» B. 1885-1905
29.

When did the third phase of the emergence of Indian nationalism extended?

A. 1905-1918
B. 1918-1934
C. 1880-1885
D. 1905-1947
Answer» A. 1905-1918
30.

When did the fourth phase of the emergence of Indian nationalism?

A. 1885-1905
B. 1905-1907
C. 1918-1934
D. 1947-1956
Answer» C. 1918-1934
31.

When did the fifth phase of the emergence of Indian nationalism?

A. 1880-1885
B. 1757-1885
C. 1885-1905
D. 1934-1939
Answer» D. 1934-1939
32.

What is the peculiarity of second phase of Indian nationalism?

A. social base is extended
B. social base is narrowed
C. social base is shrink
D. social base is distracted
Answer» A. social base is extended
33.

What is the factor which influences the social base of the second phase of Indian nationalism?

A. philosophers and educated upper class
B. intellectuals and educated middle class
C. intellectuals and lower class
D. writers and upper middle class
Answer» B. intellectuals and educated middle class
34.

Which phase of Indian nationalism characterized by the emergence of terrorist movement?

A. first phase
B. sixth phase
C. third phase
D. second phase
Answer» D. second phase
35.

Where did A R Desai born?

A. nadiad
B. kishan garhi
C. shamirpet
D. coorg
Answer» A. nadiad
36.

When did the work Social background of Indian Nationalism published?

A. 1947
B. 1985
C. 1948
D. 1984
Answer» C. 1948
37.

How many stages of development of sociology in India are identified by Ramakrishna Mukhejee?

A. two
B. three
C. four
D. six
Answer» B. three
38.

Which is the prominent work written by Abul fazal influence the emergence of sociology in India?

A. ain-i-akbari
B. deen-ilahi
C. jizhiya
D. hothus malabarius
Answer» C. jizhiya
39.

Which is the first stage of the development of sociology in India as specified by R K Mukherjee?

A. pre-professional
B. pre-academic
C. pro-professional
D. developmental and scientific
Answer» D. developmental and scientific
40.

Which is the second stage of the development of sociology in India as conceptualized by R K Mukherjee?

A. pro-professional stage
B. currently needed stage
C. professional stage
D. professional stage
Answer» A. pro-professional stage
41.

……….is the stage characterizes period of the data collection, description, and
explanation which are of sociological importance but not yet used for the consolidation of
a distinct branch of knowledge.

A. professional
B. protoprofessional
C. currently needed stage of development
D. scientific stage
Answer» B. protoprofessional
42.

Who is popularly known as the father of Indian sociology?

A. a r desai
B. i p desai
C. m n srinivas
D. g s ghurye
Answer» D. g s ghurye
43.

What is the full name of G S Ghurye

A. gopal sadashiv ghurye
B. govind sadashiv ghurye
C. guru sad ghurye
D. guna sidh ghurye
Answer» B. govind sadashiv ghurye
44.

Who wrote the famous book “Caste and Class in India”?

A. g s ghurye
B. louis dumont
C. ketkar
D. risely
Answer» A. g s ghurye
45.

Patrick Geddes was a …………..sociologist

A. italian
B. british
C. american
D. scottish
Answer» D. scottish
46.

Who is known as the doyen of Indian sociologists?

A. m n srinivas
B. g s ghurye
C. d p mukherjee
D. a r desai
Answer» B. g s ghurye
47.

Which is an approach relate phenomena to the context?

A. indological
B. regional
C. contextualization
D. professionalization
Answer» C. contextualization
48.

Which is the prominent view relate to contextualization?

A. book view
B. textual view
C. interview
D. field view
Answer» D. field view
49.

What is the primary advantage of field view as compared to book view?

A. field view reflect the reality
B. field view reflect the truth
C. field is open
D. field is reliable
Answer» A. field view reflect the reality
50.

When did the indigenization of social sciences started?

A. post-british era
B. post-colonial era
C. post-independent era
D. colonial era
Answer» B. post-colonial era
51.

………….assumes that historically Indian society and culture are unique.

A. indological approach
B. regional approach
C. sanskritized approach
D. indian approach
Answer» A. indological approach
52.

………..is an approach which helps to understand the uniqueness or specificity of Indian social realities with the help of ancient texts

A. civilizational approach
B. cultural approach
C. dialectical approach
D. indological approach
Answer» D. indological approach
53.

What is another name of Indological approach?

A. textual perspective
B. field view
C. subaltern perspective
D. colonial perspective
Answer» A. textual perspective
54.

................ who look upon agriculture as a business proposition

A. rich landlords
B. rich farmers
C. capitalists
D. peasants
Answer» B. rich farmers
55.

Who cultivate their own land and hire labourers only for certain operations or at certain points of time.

A. rich peasants
B. landlords
C. middle peasants
D. intermediaries
Answer» C. middle peasants
56.

............ 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. communalism
C. democratism
D. seacularism
Answer» A. secularism
57.

Who made the classic study India as a secular state

A. george holyoake
B. herbert spencer
C. roland barthes
D. donald eugine smith
Answer» D. donald eugine smith
58.

................. is an ideology which states that society is divided in to religious communities those interest differ and one at times, even opposed to each other

A. communalism
B. secularism
C. communism
D. capitalism
Answer» A. communalism
59.

Who among the following wrote the book 'Indian Village'?

A. s c dube
B. r c dube
C. m n srinivas
D. mckim marriot
Answer» A. s c dube
60.

The concept of 'Dominant Caste' first appeared in the book……………..

A. caste in modern india
B. social change in modern india
C. remembered village
D. india’s village
Answer» C. remembered village
61.

Who wrote the book ho*mo hierarchicus

A. herbert risely
B. louis dumont
C. ketkar
D. john munro
Answer» B. louis dumont
62.

A.R. Desai Social change refers to change in………………….

A. function of society
B. structure of society
C. society
D. change in social institution
Answer» B. structure of society
63.

Cultural traits are acquired through……………………

A. society
B. non-material culture
C. material culture
D. socialization
Answer» D. socialization
64.

Who among the following sociologists has considered purity and pollution as the primary characteristic of the caste system?

A. g s ghurye
B. m n srinivas
C. louis dumont
D. s c dube
Answer» C. louis dumont
65.

With whom among the following are the concepts Universalization and Parochialization associated?

A. mckim marriot
B. yogendra singh
C. robert redfield
D. n k bose
Answer» A. mckim marriot
66.

What is the meaning of Great tradition?

A. elite culture
B. higher culture
C. great culture
D. primitive culture
Answer» A. elite culture
67.

What is the meaning of Little tradition?

A. little culture
B. elite culture
C. folk culture
D. material culture
Answer» C. folk culture
68.

Which are the two types of pollution conceptualized by Louis Dumont?

A. simple and complex
B. permanent and temporary
C. material and non-material
D. caste and sub-caste
Answer» B. permanent and temporary
69.

Which is a situation produced the temporary pollution?

A. child birth
B. birth in specific caste
C. pollution by approach of lower caste
D. birth in lower caste
Answer» A. child birth
70.

Which is the central characteristic of caste system as mentioned by Dumont?

A. traditional occupation
B. pollution
C. civil and religious disabilities
D. mythical ancestor
Answer» B. pollution
71.

Under………………society is divided into several small social group called caste

A. class system
B. varna system
C. caste system
D. class system
Answer» C. caste system
72.

The caste can be graded and arranged into a hierarchy on the basis of their …………….

A. social status
B. occupation
C. varna status
D. social precedence
Answer» D. social precedence
73.

The hierarchy present in the caste system is reflected through …………..in society

A. division of labour
B. birth order
C. hierarchy
D. occupation
Answer» A. division of labour
74.

Civil and religious disabilities of caste system are reflected through ………………….

A. rule
B. culture
C. society
D. unequal distribution of disabilities and privileges
Answer» D. unequal distribution of disabilities and privileges
75.

What is a major civil and religious disability practiced related with caste system?

A. keep distance from higher caste
B. division of labour
C. restriction on taking water from public well
D. restriction on common dining
Answer» C. restriction on taking water from public well
76.

Which is known as the rule followed by the caste members should marry within their own caste?

A. endogamy
B. endogamy
C. incest taboo
D. matrilocal
Answer» B. endogamy
77.

Who wrote the work The Remembered Village?

A. s c dube
B. mckim marriot
C. robert redfield
D. m n srinivas
Answer» D. m n srinivas
78.

Who introduces the concept of Brahmanization?

A. m n srinivas
B. yogendra singh
C. robert redfield
D. ambedkar
Answer» A. m n srinivas
79.

Which was the work of Srinivas define sanskritisation?

A. remembered village
B. indian village
C. social change in modern india
D. social system of mysore village
Answer» C. social change in modern india
80.

Sanskritisation promotes…………….

A. cultural mobility
B. structural mobility
C. social mobility
D. functional mobility
Answer» B. structural mobility
81.

The Indian sociologist who does not sympathize with the Marxian perspective was ……….

A. m n srinivas
B. d p mukherjee
C. a r desai
D. r k mukherjee
Answer» A. m n srinivas
82.

Who among the following the prominent advocators of structural-functionalist approach in Indian sociology

A. parsons & coser
B. n k bose & s sinha
C. tagore & nehru
D. m n srinivas & s c dube
Answer» D. m n srinivas & s c dube
83.

Where did Shyam Charan Dube born?

A. nadiad
B. narsinghpur
C. mysore
D. kishangarhi
Answer» B. narsinghpur
84.

S C Dube applied structural-functional approach for studying the ………………

A. indian village community
B. village
C. caste
D. culture
Answer» A. indian village community
85.

Which is the prominent village near Hyderabad studied by Dube

A. kishangarhi
B. rampura
C. shamirpet
D. nadiad
Answer» C. shamirpet
86.

Which is the tribal group studied by Dube?

A. the kamar
B. bhoms
C. kadar
D. paniya
Answer» A. the kamar
87.

Who wrote the work Indian Village?

A. m n srinivas
B. mckim marriot
C. mukherjee
D. s c dube
Answer» D. s c dube
88.

Who wrote the book entitled as India’s changing Villages?

A. veena dube
B. m n srinivas
C. s c dube
D. g s ghurye
Answer» C. s c dube
89.

Which work of Dube described about the how villages can be seen in diversifies framework?

A. india’s village
B. indian village
C. changing village
D. mysore village
Answer» B. indian village
90.

Cultural approach is otherwise known as ……………….

A. civilizational approach
B. culturological approach
C. textual approach
D. indological approach
Answer» A. civilizational approach
91.

Who is the sociologist firstly designed civilizational perspective?

A. robert redfield
B. yogendra singh
C. n k bose
D. surajith sinha
Answer» A. robert redfield
92.

Which is the prominent approach analyzed the growth and development of society from its original core to the modern form through assimilation or acculturation?

A. indological perspective
B. civilizational perspective
C. structural-functional perspective
D. dialectical perspective
Answer» B. civilizational perspective
93.

Which is the study of Redfield applied civilizational perspective?

A. study about kamar
B. study about ahom
C. study about mexican village community
D. study about bhils community
Answer» C. study about mexican village community
94.

……………society is small, isolated, non-literate and socially homogeneous

A. folk
B. rural
C. agrarian
D. simple
Answer» A. folk
95.

Through the civilizational approach Redfield analyzed…………….

A. peasant-urban continuum
B. peasant-rural continuum
C. tribal-urban continuum
D. folk-urban continuum
Answer» D. folk-urban continuum
96.

Which is the main conceptual framework made by Singer and Marriot to explain the civilizational perspective?

A. peasant and urban tradition
B. traditional and scientific tradition
C. little and great tradition
D. tribal and peasant tradition
Answer» C. little and great tradition
97.

Which are the two stages of growth of civilization put forwarded by Yogendra Singh?

A. indigenous and western
B. western and british
C. indian and western
D. orthogenetic and heterogenetic
Answer» A. indigenous and western
98.

Which is the conceptual framework of evolutionary model put forwarded by Surajith Sinha for explaining civilizational approach?

A. tribe-caste-peasant-caste continuum
B. primitive-caste-elite continuum
C. tribe-class- caste continuum
D. primitive-caste-tribe caste continuum
Answer» B. primitive-caste-elite continuum
99.

Which is the prominent approach concentrates on the idea that every system has a clear
structure which is arranged in an orderly manner and it functions for the maintenance of
system as a whole.

A. socio-structural approach
B. structural-functional approach
C. system approach
D. socio-cultural perspective
Answer» D. socio-cultural perspective
100.

Who wrote the book “Social change in Modern India”?

A. milton singer
B. robert redfield
C. louis coser
D. m n srinivas
Answer» D. m n srinivas
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