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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) .
Chapters
| 1. |
Which of the following is not one of the features of urban community- |
| A. | Face to face relationships |
| B. | complex life |
| C. | Materialistic |
| D. | Glamour in life |
| Answer» A. Face to face relationships | |
| 2. |
Which among the following is not a cause of growth of cities – |
| A. | Trade & commerce |
| B. | Industrialism |
| C. | Development of transport |
| D. | Hygienic outlook of people |
| Answer» D. Hygienic outlook of people | |
| 3. |
Which among the following was an exclusive university town ? |
| A. | Taxila |
| B. | Pataliputra |
| C. | Nalanda |
| D. | kashi |
| Answer» C. Nalanda | |
| 4. |
Who developed the concept of urbanism as a way of life? |
| A. | Louis wirth |
| B. | Fisher |
| C. | Louis coser |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. Louis wirth | |
| 5. |
The world,s first cities appeared about _________. |
| A. | 3500 BC |
| B. | 300 BC |
| C. | 2000BC |
| D. | AD 100 |
| Answer» A. 3500 BC | |
| 6. |
Which of the following cities can be called megalopolis? |
| A. | Kochi |
| B. | Chennai |
| C. | Mumbai |
| D. | Ahmadabad |
| Answer» C. Mumbai | |
| 7. |
Who coined the term post-industrial society? |
| A. | D. Bell |
| B. | Durkheim |
| C. | Fisher |
| D. | Louis wirth |
| Answer» A. D. Bell | |
| 8. |
Durkheim’s concept of organic solidarity is found in |
| A. | Tribal society |
| B. | Agricultural society |
| C. | Traditional society ` |
| D. | Modern society |
| Answer» D. Modern society | |
| 9. |
Who has given the concept of urban fringe? |
| A. | M.N. Srinivas |
| B. | K.M. Kapadia |
| C. | S.C Dube |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. M.N. Srinivas | |
| 10. |
The spatial feature of urbanisation in India has been |
| A. | localised in nature |
| B. | balanced |
| C. | both a & b |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. localised in nature | |
| 11. |
Goa is a ______________. |
| A. | Religious city |
| B. | Resort city |
| C. | Commercial city |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» B. Resort city | |
| 12. |
Which is not a feature of urban life? |
| A. | loss of humanistic value |
| B. | Impersonal relationship |
| C. | informal ties |
| D. | Competition |
| Answer» C. informal ties | |
| 13. |
Which among the following is a symbolic city? |
| A. | Delhi |
| B. | Mumbai |
| C. | Chennai |
| D. | Ayodhya |
| Answer» D. Ayodhya | |
| 14. |
_________ refers to number of people in an urban area per sq km. |
| A. | citification |
| B. | Urban population |
| C. | urban density |
| D. | Urbanism |
| Answer» C. urban density | |
| 15. |
Who developed concentric- zone theory of city? |
| A. | Louis wirth |
| B. | E. Burgess |
| C. | M.N Srinivas |
| D. | M.S.A Rao |
| Answer» B. E. Burgess | |
| 16. |
Name the theory developed by D.Harris and Edward in analysing city. |
| A. | Ecological theory |
| B. | Zone theory |
| C. | Sector theory |
| D. | Multiple nuclei |
| Answer» D. Multiple nuclei | |
| 17. |
___________ refers to deviant acts committed with the help of information technology. |
| A. | computer crime |
| B. | White collar |
| C. | cyber crime |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. computer crime | |
| 18. |
Who introduced the concept of Gesellschalt ? |
| A. | George simmel |
| B. | Durkheim |
| C. | Tonnies |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Tonnies | |
| 19. |
Conurbation means ________________. |
| A. | cluster of cities & town |
| B. | Cities of cities |
| C. | group of slams |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. cluster of cities & town | |
| 20. |
_________ refers the refurbishing or replacement of old buildings & new use of previously developed land in urban areas. |
| A. | urban planning |
| B. | Urban recycling |
| C. | urbanism |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Urban recycling | |
| 21. |
. Which among the following statements is not correct? |
| A. | In past communities used to be self sufficient, politically, socially or economically. |
| B. | No community can be self sufficient these days |
| C. | Every community is self sufficient these days |
| D. | The term community denotes almost uniformly and permanently shared lives of people over a definite range |
| Answer» C. Every community is self sufficient these days | |
| 22. |
A scientific distinction between rural and urban community can be made on the basis of |
| A. | density of population |
| B. | area covered |
| C. | occupation followed by people. |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. density of population | |
| 23. |
Mark out the incorrect statement. In ancient period cities were ; |
| A. | Industrial centres |
| B. | Commercial centres |
| C. | Religious centres |
| D. | Political centres |
| Answer» A. Industrial centres | |
| 24. |
Social distance in a city is due to: |
| A. | The size of city |
| B. | the distance between residences |
| C. | The social heterogeneity |
| D. | The traffic problem in city |
| Answer» C. The social heterogeneity | |
| 25. |
Mark out among the following common to all cities |
| A. | Majority of people are engaged in government services |
| B. | Majority of occupants are engaged in non- agriculture activities. |
| C. | Majority of people are engaged in trade and commerce |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» B. Majority of occupants are engaged in non- agriculture activities. | |
| 26. |
The ------of the urban community is source of social groupings both vertical and horizontal |
| A. | Economic differentiation |
| B. | age grading |
| C. | Social differentiation |
| D. | Caste |
| Answer» A. Economic differentiation | |
| 27. |
With whom is ‘the compositional theory, on urbanisation associated |
| A. | Burgess |
| B. | Gane |
| C. | Park |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Gane | |
| 28. |
Mark out the correct statement in relation urban society |
| A. | Urban life produces greater emotional tension than village life |
| B. | Urban life produces greater insecurity than rural life |
| C. | Urban life is faster than village life |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 29. |
Around ---- B.C. cities of Mohenjodaro and Harappa came into being in the valley of Indus river |
| A. | BC 250 |
| B. | BC 2500 |
| C. | BC 1000 |
| D. | BC 3500 |
| Answer» B. BC 2500 | |
| 30. |
The movement of people from central cities to smaller communities in the surrounding area is known as... |
| A. | Reverse migration |
| B. | Under urbanisation |
| C. | Suburbanisation |
| D. | Over- urbanisation |
| Answer» C. Suburbanisation | |
| 31. |
Which among the following meaning is closest to the term ‘ over urbanisation; |
| A. | Urbanisation at the cost of village development |
| B. | urbanisation without the essential infrastructure. |
| C. | rapid urbanisation |
| D. | emergence of megalopolis. |
| Answer» B. urbanisation without the essential infrastructure. | |
| 32. |
Industrialisation weakens |
| A. | role of religion in social life |
| B. | father’s authority in the family |
| C. | caste system |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 33. |
............... refers to the practice of treating reason as the basis of belief and knowledge |
| A. | secularism |
| B. | Social deviance |
| C. | moral density |
| D. | Rationality |
| Answer» C. moral density | |
| 34. |
Unlike village community, urban society lacks in |
| A. | secondary social control |
| B. | Social tolerance |
| C. | self suffiency |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. self suffiency | |
| 35. |
Mark the earliest Indian civilisation |
| A. | Rg- vedic phase |
| B. | Banwali |
| C. | Indus valley |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Indus valley | |
| 36. |
Which is the biggest populated city in India as per the 2011 census? |
| A. | Kolkata |
| B. | Delhi |
| C. | Kochi |
| D. | Mumbai |
| Answer» D. Mumbai | |
| 37. |
Who is the author of the article the city published in 1915? |
| A. | RE Park |
| B. | Louis wirth |
| C. | Qunin |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. RE Park | |
| 38. |
the year in which Burgress and Park developed the their theory of urban ecology? |
| A. | 1925 |
| B. | 1935 |
| C. | 1915 |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. 1925 | |
| 39. |
........ is a self contained unit where members share a sense of belonging and a common territorial base |
| A. | Society |
| B. | Community |
| C. | association |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Community | |
| 40. |
.......... is the term used to refer the relationship between human beings and their physical environment |
| A. | human physiology |
| B. | Human ecology |
| C. | human environment |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. human physiology | |
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