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Question 101

Manifest functions are those that are:

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Correct answer: (C) Intended and recognized

1 marks · 2024 · Set E

Question 102

Who headed the Second Backward Classes Commission?

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Correct answer: (A) B. P. Mandal

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Question 103

The hierarchical ordering of castes is based on the distinction between:

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Correct answer: (A) Purity and pollution

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Question 104

Latent functions are those that are:

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

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Question 105

Culture is a complex whole which includes:

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

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Question 106

E. V. Ramasami Naickar is known as a leader of the lower-caste movement in which part of India?

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Correct answer: (A) South India

1 marks · 2024 · Set E

Question 107

Which bases of stratification did Weber introduce?

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Correct answer: (A) Class, status, and power

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Question 108

Who propounded the functional theory of stratification?

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Correct answer: (B) Davis and Moore

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Question 109

Who applied reference-group theory to analyse mobility within the caste system?

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Correct answer: (A) M. S. A. Rao

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Question 110

Which of the following are features of the joint family in India?

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

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Question 111

Who wrote the book ‘The Death of the Family’?

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Correct answer: (A) David Cooper

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Question 112

On what basis can diverse family forms be classified?

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

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Question 113

In which family is primary emphasis placed on the husband-wife relationship?

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Correct answer: (A) Conjugal family

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Question 114

Unlike patriarchy, matriarchy has been a:

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Correct answer: (A) Theoretical rather than an empirical concept

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Question 115

Which of the following is an example of a matrilineal society?

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Correct answer: (A) Khasi

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Question 116

Who discussed traditional authority and rational-legal authority?

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Correct answer: (C) Max Weber

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Question 117

Bureaucracy is an example of which type of authority?

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Correct answer: (A) Legal

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Question 118

Modern society is governed by:

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Correct answer: (A) Rule of law

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Question 119

Effective control and domination of a market or industry by a few powerful firms is known as:

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Correct answer: (A) Oligopoly

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Question 120

Who analysed ‘patrimonialism’ in the book ‘Economy and Society’?

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Correct answer: (C) Max Weber

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Question 121

Who studied Kula exchange?

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Correct answer: (C) Bronislaw Malinowski

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Question 122

Market exchange is based on which of the following?

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Correct answer: (A) Contractual relation

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Question 123

Who wrote ‘The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies’?

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Correct answer: (B) Marcel Mauss

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Question 124

Which of the following is a non-economic determinant of economic behaviour?

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

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Question 125

Who among the following emphasized the importance of the jajmani system?

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Correct answer: (C) W. H. Wiser

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Question 126

The jajmani system in traditional Indian society was based on which of the following?

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Correct answer: (B) Barter economy

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Question 127

Who wrote the book ‘The Wealth of Nations’?

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Correct answer: (A) Adam Smith

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Question 128

What is the process by which something that was not a commodity is made into one and becomes part of the market economy?

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Correct answer: (A) Commoditization

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Question 129

A body that successfully claims a monopoly of legitimate force in a particular territory is known as:

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Correct answer: (A) State

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Question 130

Which did Max Muller believe to be the earliest form of religion?

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Correct answer: (A) Naturism

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Question 131

Who defined religion in terms of a distinction between the sacred and the profane?

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Correct answer: (C) E. Durkheim

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Question 132

Which perspective holds that change occurs gradually and adjustively, not suddenly and violently?

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Correct answer: (A) Structural-functional perspective

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Question 133

What is the process of decline in the influence of religion termed?

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Correct answer: (A) Secularization

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Question 134

In most Green Revolution areas, who were able to benefit from the new technology?

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Correct answer: (B) Large farmers

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Question 135

What are the features of a social movement?

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

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Question 136

Which of the following is a kind of social movement?

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

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Question 137

The women’s movement is an example of which kind of social movement?

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Correct answer: (B) Reformist

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Question 138

The Chipko Movement is an example of which of the following?

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Correct answer: (C) Ecological movement

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Question 139

In which region did the new farmers’ movements begin in the 1970s?

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

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Question 140

Which of the following is a permanent trait used for classifying tribes in India?

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

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Question 141

Which criteria are used to classify tribes on the basis of acquired traits?

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

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Question 142

When tribal groups define themselves as tribals to distinguish themselves from newly encountered others, what is this called?

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Correct answer: (A) Tribalism

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Question 143

According to Virginius Xaxa, contemporary assertions of tribal identity are primarily attributed to which of the following?

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Correct answer: (A) Emergence of a middle class within tribal society

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Question 144

In which of the following works did Malthus outline his theory of population growth?

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Correct answer: (A) An Essay on the Principle of Population

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Question 145

According to Malthus, what are ‘preventive checks’ on population growth?

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

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Question 146

According to Malthus, what are positive checks on population growth?

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

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Question 147

The theory of demographic transition is linked to which of the following?

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

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Question 148

India was the ______ country to explicitly announce a population policy in 1952.

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Correct answer: (A) First

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Question 149

During which year did the Family Planning Programme suffer a setback?

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Correct answer: (A) 1975–1976

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Question 150

In which year did computation of age-specific sex ratios begin in India?

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Correct answer: (A) 1961

1 marks · 2024 · Set E

TRE3 — Language General Studies And Sociology