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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) , Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) .
| 101. |
Who authored the work “Remembered village”? |
| A. | g s ghurye |
| B. | m n srinivas |
| C. | mckim marriot |
| D. | irawati karve |
| Answer» B. m n srinivas | |
| 102. |
Which book of M N Srinivas mentioned the concepts of sanskritisation and westernization? |
| A. | social change in modern india |
| B. | social system in mysore village |
| C. | social structure in ancient india |
| D. | indian village |
| Answer» A. social change in modern india | |
| 103. |
Which is the predecessor of the concept sanskritisation as founded by M N Srinivas? |
| A. | westernization |
| B. | modernization |
| C. | brahmanization |
| D. | elite emulation |
| Answer» C. brahmanization | |
| 104. |
Which is the approach applied by S C Dube in his study of villages? |
| A. | structural |
| B. | structural-functional |
| C. | functional |
| D. | indological |
| Answer» B. structural-functional | |
| 105. |
Which is the prominent approach analyzed the concept on the basis of civilization? |
| A. | dialectical approach |
| B. | structural-functional approach |
| C. | indological approach |
| D. | cultural approach |
| Answer» D. cultural approach | |
| 106. |
Who is the prominent historical Anthropologist combined the field and archival data in a very early period of Indian Anthropology? |
| A. | n k bose |
| B. | surajith chandra sinha |
| C. | irawati karve |
| D. | m n srinivas |
| Answer» B. surajith chandra sinha | |
| 107. |
Who wrote the famous book Primitive Tribes-The First Step? |
| A. | surajith sinha |
| B. | e b tylor |
| C. | s c dube |
| D. | d n majumdar |
| Answer» A. surajith sinha | |
| 108. |
When did Surajith Chandra Sinha born? |
| A. | 1923 |
| B. | 1920 |
| C. | 1926 |
| D. | 1852 |
| Answer» C. 1926 | |
| 109. |
Who is the famous Anthropologist born in Durgapur Upazila |
| A. | g s ghurye |
| B. | l r vidyarthi |
| C. | franz boas |
| D. | surajith chandra sinha |
| Answer» D. surajith chandra sinha | |
| 110. |
Who is the famous theorist studied about the Indian Tribe in Central India known as Bhumij |
| A. | n k bose |
| B. | surajith sinha |
| C. | s c dube |
| D. | g s ghurye |
| Answer» B. surajith sinha | |
| 111. |
…………….is the model followed by civilizational approach |
| A. | civilizational |
| B. | functional |
| C. | structural |
| D. | evolutionary |
| Answer» C. structural | |
| 112. |
………..is an approach analyzed society in a class angle |
| A. | dialectical approach |
| B. | indological approach |
| C. | structural approach |
| D. | structural-functional approach |
| Answer» A. dialectical approach | |
| 113. |
Who was known as Marxologist? |
| A. | a r desai |
| B. | d p mukherjee |
| C. | i p desai |
| D. | karl marx |
| Answer» B. d p mukherjee | |
| 114. |
Who is the author of the work Modern Indian Culture: A Sociological Study |
| A. | d p mukherjee |
| B. | r k mukherjee |
| C. | m n srinivas |
| D. | a r desai |
| Answer» A. d p mukherjee | |
| 115. |
Who presented modernization as a process can never be achieved by a mere imitation? |
| A. | m n srinivas |
| B. | yogendra singh |
| C. | max weber |
| D. | d p mukherjee |
| Answer» D. d p mukherjee | |
| 116. |
What is the Sanskritic meaning of tradition? |
| A. | continuation |
| B. | parampara |
| C. | jana |
| D. | parambarya |
| Answer» B. parampara | |
| 117. |
How D P Mukherjee classifies tradition? |
| A. | high, middle and low |
| B. | little and great tradition |
| C. | primary, secondary and tertiary |
| D. | indian and western |
| Answer» C. primary, secondary and tertiary | |
| 118. |
Mukherjee intended by primary tradition? |
| A. | ancient culture in india |
| B. | medieval culture in west |
| C. | modern culture in india |
| D. | primitive and authentic to indian culture |
| Answer» D. primitive and authentic to indian culture | |
| 119. |
What is meant by secondary tradition? |
| A. | the culture emerged with muslim contact |
| B. | the culture emerged with british contact |
| C. | the culture evolved with western contact |
| D. | the culture emerged in india |
| Answer» A. the culture emerged with muslim contact | |
| 120. |
What are the three principles influence the traditions? |
| A. | smriti, dharma and artha |
| B. | jana, varna and jati |
| C. | sruti, smriti and anubhava |
| D. | parambarya, believe and contact |
| Answer» C. sruti, smriti and anubhava | |
| 121. |
Who is an Indian sociologist who strongly criticizes the tight compartmentalization of social sciences? |
| A. | durjati prasad mukherjee |
| B. | andre betteille |
| C. | m n srinivas |
| D. | robert k merton |
| Answer» A. durjati prasad mukherjee | |
| 122. |
…………….is the major base used by A R Desai to analyze Indian social structure |
| A. | social |
| B. | economy |
| C. | institution |
| D. | class |
| Answer» B. economy | |
| 123. |
………………work of Ghurye tried to make a reconstruction of a very orthodox traditional and age old characteristics of caste in India. |
| A. | indian sadhus |
| B. | the scheduled tribes of india |
| C. | caste, class and occupation |
| D. | caste and race in india |
| Answer» D. caste and race in india | |
| 124. |
When did caste system originated as part of race? |
| A. | primitive period |
| B. | aryan period |
| C. | vedic period |
| D. | post-vedic period |
| Answer» C. vedic period | |
| 125. |
……….is the arrangement of hereditary group in a rank order |
| A. | class |
| B. | hierarchy |
| C. | pyramid |
| D. | status group |
| Answer» B. hierarchy | |
| 126. |
In opinion of M N Srinivas …………is the microcosm of Indian society and civilization |
| A. | village |
| B. | caste |
| C. | urban |
| D. | rural |
| Answer» A. village | |
| 127. |
……………. is the process of treating all the religion in India as equal and neutral. |
| A. | democracy |
| B. | secularization |
| C. | equalization |
| D. | ho*mo equals |
| Answer» B. secularization | |
| 128. |
Who opined that villages are semi-autonomous |
| A. | s c dube |
| B. | andre beteille |
| C. | m n srinivas |
| D. | g s ghurye |
| Answer» A. s c dube | |
| 129. |
Who studied Shamirpet village in Madhya Pradesh |
| A. | a m shah |
| B. | m n srinivas |
| C. | s c dube |
| D. | mckim marriot |
| Answer» C. s c dube | |
| 130. |
M N Srinivas opined that all changes in society are reflected through the transformation in ………… |
| A. | institution |
| B. | caste structure |
| C. | social structure |
| D. | village structure |
| Answer» B. caste structure | |
| 131. |
What is the base of social change in the opinion of M N Srinivas? |
| A. | cultural mobility |
| B. | caste mobility |
| C. | structural mobility |
| D. | social mobility |
| Answer» D. social mobility | |
| 132. |
Who is the prominent Anthropologist studied the Juang tribe in Chottanagpur |
| A. | g s ghurye |
| B. | irawati karve |
| C. | n k bose |
| D. | surajith chandra sinha |
| Answer» C. n k bose | |
| 133. |
Evolutionary growth of tribal societies occurring through the intensity of the relationship between ……………… |
| A. | tribal communities and non-tribal societies |
| B. | tribal communities and wider societies |
| C. | western societies and tribal communities |
| D. | tribal communities and other tribal societies |
| Answer» B. tribal communities and wider societies | |
| 134. |
Who advocated that India would be truly independent only when the poorest of its people become free of human suffering? |
| A. | jawhar lal nehru |
| B. | rabindranth tagore |
| C. | mahatma gandhi |
| D. | jayaprakash narayanan |
| Answer» A. jawhar lal nehru | |
| 135. |
Which one of the following program was launched in the year of 2000? |
| A. | national rural livelihood mission |
| B. | the mahatma gandhi national rural employment guarantee act |
| C. | pradhan mantri awaas yojna- gramin |
| D. | pradhan mantri gramodaya yojana |
| Answer» A. national rural livelihood mission | |
| 136. |
Which among the following is the method to estimate the poverty line in India? |
| A. | tax method |
| B. | income method |
| C. | census method |
| D. | sampling method |
| Answer» C. census method | |
| 137. |
Women and children under the age of five are food insecure population due to? |
| A. | unemployment |
| B. | unequal distribution |
| C. | malnutrition |
| D. | poverty |
| Answer» B. unequal distribution | |
| 138. |
Which one of the social group is volunerable to poverty? |
| A. | other backward caste |
| B. | scheduled caste |
| C. | marginalized |
| D. | minority |
| Answer» A. other backward caste | |
| 139. |
Where is the contradiction of tradition and modernity ends up in opinion of Mukherjee? |
| A. | conflict & synthesis |
| B. | conflict & contradiction |
| C. | conflict & contravention |
| D. | assimilation & accommodation |
| Answer» B. conflict & contradiction | |
| 140. |
Who coined the term subaltern? |
| A. | georg simmel |
| B. | antonio gramsci |
| C. | ambedkar |
| D. | david hardiman |
| Answer» C. ambedkar | |
| 141. |
Which is the work of Gramsci firstly mentioned the term subaltern? |
| A. | media and cultural studies |
| B. | the antonio gramsci |
| C. | prison notebooks |
| D. | the southern question |
| Answer» A. media and cultural studies | |
| 142. |
When did the term subaltern get popularized? |
| A. | with the development of colonial studies |
| B. | with the british administration |
| C. | post- independence period |
| D. | modern period |
| Answer» D. modern period | |
| 143. |
Where is the birthplace of David Hardiman? |
| A. | nadiad |
| B. | chandannagar |
| C. | ganeshgudi |
| D. | rawalpindi |
| Answer» B. chandannagar | |
| 144. |
Which is the work of Hardiman applied the subaltern perspective? |
| A. | histories for the subordinate |
| B. | the coming of devi |
| C. | peasant resistance in india |
| D. | subaltern studies |
| Answer» A. histories for the subordinate | |
| 145. |
How Ambedkar called Dalits? |
| A. | antya |
| B. | scheduled caste |
| C. | untouchables |
| D. | aadhya |
| Answer» C. untouchables | |
| 146. |
Why Ambedkar called Dalits as Antya? |
| A. | they are arranged in lower part of hierarchy |
| B. | they coming from last |
| C. | they live at the end of village |
| D. | they live in outskirts of village |
| Answer» A. they are arranged in lower part of hierarchy | |
| 147. |
……………refers to the inability of an individual to secure basic needs even in social surroundings of general prosperity |
| A. | relative poverty |
| B. | case poverty |
| C. | absolute poverty |
| D. | poverty |
| Answer» B. case poverty | |
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