Who developed the concepts of ‘atomistic family’ and ‘domestic family’?
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Correct answer: (B) C. C. Zimmerman
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Question 52
In which year was the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act enacted?
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Correct answer: (C) 2007
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Question 53
The concept of ‘voluntary association’ refers to
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 54
In 1992, on what date did the United Nations start ‘World Disability Day’ to encourage people with disabilities?
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Correct answer: (A) 3 December
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Question 55
Who said, “Personality is the subjective aspect of culture and, in a sense, every culture has its own characteristic personality”?
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Correct answer: (A) C. A. Brown
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Question 56
According to Edward T. Hall, what is the term for the unspoken, implicit rules and norms that guide social interactions within a culture?
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Correct answer: (C) Deep culture
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Question 57
Who gave these four differences between civilization and culture? (i) Civilization has a precise standard of measurement but culture does not. (ii) Civilization is always advancing but culture is not. (iii) Civilization is passed on without effort but culture is not. (iv) Civilization is borrowed without change or loss, but culture is not.
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Correct answer: (B) MacIver and Page
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Question 58
Who said, “The total society is the agency for socialization and each person with whom one comes into contact is in some fashion an agent of socialization”?
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Correct answer: (A) J. H. Fichter
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Question 59
The concept of ‘cultural hegemony’ refers to
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Correct answer: (A) The dominance of one culture over others, where the dominant culture’s beliefs and values become the norm
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Question 60
Who classified social control into two forms—(i) direct control and (ii) indirect control?
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Correct answer: (A) Karl Mannheim
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Question 61
Who gave the concept of ‘technological lag’?
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Correct answer: (B) MacIver and Page
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Question 62
What does the term ‘social change’ commonly describe in sociology?
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Correct answer: (B) Transformation of social institutions and structures in a society
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Question 63
Who developed the concept of ‘folk-urban continuum’?
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Correct answer: (B) Robert Redfield
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Question 64
Who said, in explaining urbanization, “Urbanization is a balloon into which each social scientist blows his own meaning”?
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Correct answer: (A) T. G. McGee
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Question 65
The concept of ‘formal social control’ refers to
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Correct answer: (C) Application of laws and regulations by formal institutions of social control
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Question 66
When was the Human Rights Protection Act passed in India?
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Correct answer: (C) 1993
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Question 67
Who said, “Love in India, both as regards theory and practice, possesses an importance which is impossible for us (Westerners) even to conceive”?
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Correct answer: (A) Richard Schmidt
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Question 68
What is culture shock?
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Correct answer: (A) Disorientation and discomfort experienced when encountering a new culture
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Question 69
Who authored the book Integration of Indian States?
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Correct answer: (B) V. P. Menon
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Question 70
Who said, “Hindu marriage is a sacrament. It is considered sacred because it is said to be complete only on the performance of the sacred rites accompanied by the sacred formulas”?
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Correct answer: (B) K. M. Kapadia
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Question 71
Which sociologist introduced the concepts of ‘primary’ and ‘secondary’ assimilation?
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Correct answer: (B) Milton Gordon
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Question 72
Who said of kinship that “it is the rod on which one leans throughout life”?
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Correct answer: (A) Raymond Firth
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Question 73
Who mentioned three main characteristics of caste: (i) hereditary membership, (ii) endogamy and (iii) norms governing social interactions?
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Correct answer: (B) Opler Morris
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Question 74
What term describes the process of revitalizing and transforming underutilized or deteriorated urban areas into vibrant, functional spaces?
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Correct answer: (B) Urban renewal
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Question 75
Who said, “The characteristic of caste system is ‘commutative inequality’ but the characteristic of class system is ‘dispersed inequality’”?
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Correct answer: (B) Ram Ahuja
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Question 76
Who mentioned seven criteria of class: (i) wealth, property or income, (ii) family or kinship, (iii) location of residence, (iv) duration of residence, (v) occupation, (vi) education and (vii) religion?
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Correct answer: (C) Robert Bierstedt
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Question 77
What is the concept of ‘social metabolism’ in social ecology?
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Correct answer: (B) Analysis of resource flows and energy exchanges in human societies
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Question 78
Which Act provides the legal framework for controlling drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking in India?
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Correct answer: (A) Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
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Question 79
By which constitutional amendment were women given thirty-three percent reservation in Panchayati Raj institutions?
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Correct answer: (C) 73rd Amendment
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Question 80
In which Indian State is the famous Hornbill Festival celebrated annually?
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Correct answer: (A) Nagaland
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Question 81
When was the Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Yojana started to provide self-employment to unemployed youth and women?
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Correct answer: (C) 1993
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Question 82
When did the Government start the Integrated Child Development Scheme?
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Correct answer: (B) 1975
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Question 83
Which tribal community in India practices ‘Ghotul’, where young boys and girls live together in a dormitory?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 84
Who wrote the book Sex, Gender and Society?
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Correct answer: (A) Ann Oakley
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Question 85
Who defined, “Religion is a mode of action as well as a system of belief and a sociological phenomenon as well as a personal experience”?
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Correct answer: (B) B. Malinowski
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Question 86
In the kinship terminology known as ‘Dravidian Kinship’, what term refers to a father’s sister?
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Correct answer: (A) Athai
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Question 87
Who stated that killing national enemies in a ‘Dharma Yuddha’ is also a part of ‘Dharma’?
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Correct answer: (C) Aurobindo
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Question 88
Who described six dimensions of communalism: (i) assimilationist, (ii) welfarist, (iii) retreatist, (iv) retaliatory, (v) separatist and (vi) secessionist?
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Correct answer: (A) T. K. Oommen
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Question 89
Which famous sociologist wrote Caste in Modern India, exploring persistence and changes in the caste system in contemporary India?
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Correct answer: (A) M. N. Srinivas
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Question 90
Who developed a theory of religion on the basis of a ‘religio-sacred perspective’?
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Correct answer: (C) E. Durkheim
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Question 91
Who called the kinship system the ‘initial structure’ or ‘kinship molecule’ of the whole human society?
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Correct answer: (C) Lévi-Strauss
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Question 92
Which social reformer and writer authored Gulamgiri, criticizing the caste system and advocating for the rights of Dalits in India?
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Correct answer: (A) Mahatma Phule
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Question 93
Who developed the exchange theory on the basis of empirical study of Australian tribes?
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Correct answer: (B) James Frazer
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Question 94
Who used the term ‘Backward Hindu’ for Scheduled Tribes?
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Correct answer: (A) G. S. Ghurye
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Question 95
Which sociologist introduced ‘Sanskritization’ to describe the process by which lower castes emulate higher-caste practices and rituals to improve their social status?
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Correct answer: (B) M. N. Srinivas
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Question 96
When was the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes established?
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Correct answer: (B) 2004
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Question 97
Who contributed the term ‘alliance theory’?
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Correct answer: (C) Lévi-Strauss
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Question 98
Who introduced the concept of ‘subalternity’ to analyze the social and political position of marginalized groups in India?
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Correct answer: (C) Ranajit Guha
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Question 99
When is World Day Against Child Labour celebrated?
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Correct answer: (A) 12 June
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Question 100
When did the Prevention of Corruption Act come into force?