Practice

Question 101

Who gave the concept of ‘primary group’?

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Correct answer: (C) Cooley

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 102

Which of the following is not a feature of the scientific method?

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Correct answer: (C) Individuality

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Question 103

Sociology is a science because it uses

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

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 104

Which one of the following is an association?

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Correct answer: (A) A trade union

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 105

Sanskritization indicates which process of change in Indian society?

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Correct answer: (C) Cultural change

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Question 106

Which factor is changing the joint family?

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Correct answer: (C) Westernization

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 107

“Hindu marriage is a religious sacrament.” Who said this?

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Correct answer: (B) Kapadia

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Question 108

Who gave the name Harijan to untouchable castes?

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Correct answer: (B) Gandhi

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Question 109

Five debts are related to which religion?

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Correct answer: (C) Hindu

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Question 110

Muslim marriage is

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Correct answer: (B) a contract

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Question 111

How many forms of Muslim marriage are there?

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Correct answer: (B) 3

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Question 112

The main basic rural occupation is

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Correct answer: (B) agriculture

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Question 113

A survey is

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Correct answer: (C) a technique of data collection

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Question 114

The goal of social research is

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

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Question 115

Which of the following has no place in the scientific method?

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Correct answer: (C) Value judgement

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Question 116

Social research is not

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Correct answer: (C) unplanned

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Question 117

The minority groups in Indian society are

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

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Question 118

Which one of the following is not domestic violence?

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Correct answer: (A) Abusing son

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Question 119

Which one of the following is a characteristic of globalization?

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Correct answer: (C) World culture

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Question 120

Which type of political system guarantees freedom of speech and expression?

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Correct answer: (B) Democracy

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Question 121

The family which has a husband, wife and unmarried children as its members is classified as

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Correct answer: (A) nuclear family

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Question 122

Marriage of one man with one woman is called

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Correct answer: (B) monogamy

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Question 123

Which institution performs the function of reformation of attitudes?

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

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Question 124

The structural aspect of religion is

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

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Question 125

Religion is related to

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Correct answer: (A) supernatural power

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Question 126

The form of social interaction in which two or more persons strive to attain a common end is known as

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Correct answer: (A) competition

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Question 127

Which of the following is not a factor of social change?

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

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Question 128

The kinship usage that gives a special role to the father’s sister is called

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Correct answer: (B) amit ate

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Question 129

Which of the following is a tribal economic problem?

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

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Question 130

Which of the following social institutions encourages the spirit of competition?

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Correct answer: (B) Education

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Question 131

An animal, plant or natural object towards which tribals behave reverently is called

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Correct answer: (A) totem

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Question 132

The marriage of Draupadi with the Pandavas is an example of

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Correct answer: (B) adelphic polyandry

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Question 133

Which of the following is not a feature of joint families?

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Correct answer: (C) Emphasis on personal achievement

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 134

The conflict between a factory owner and factory workers is an example of

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Correct answer: (A) class conflict

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Question 135

Which characteristic is common to both the caste system and the class system?

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Correct answer: (A) System of social stratification

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Question 136

The word ‘Girijan’ was first used to refer to tribal people by whom?

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 137

Who developed the concept of ‘formal sociology’?

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Correct answer: (B) G. Simmel

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Question 138

Which one of the following is not a primary kin?

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Correct answer: (B) Uncle (father’s brother)

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 139

Who said, “Society is a network of social relationships”?

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Correct answer: (C) MacIver and Page

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Question 140

Who said, “Culture is the man-made part of environment”?

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Correct answer: (B) M. J. Herskovits

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 141

Who propounded the concept of cultural pattern?

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Correct answer: (A) Ruth Benedict

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 142

The basis of social stratification is

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Correct answer: (A) social inequality

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Question 143

Who said, “Science goes with the method and not with the subject matter”?

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Correct answer: (A) Stuart Chase

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 144

Which of the following is an example of a secondary group?

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Correct answer: (B) City

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Question 145

Which of the following is not an element in the formation of a society?

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Correct answer: (C) Material culture

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Question 146

Cultural trait means

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Correct answer: (A) smallest unit of culture

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Question 147

Which one of the following factors contributes to the depletion of environmental resources?

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Correct answer: (B) Excessive mining of minerals

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 148

Who considered modernity as an unfinished project?

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Correct answer: (B) Habermas

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Question 149

Systematic efforts to collect new information are called

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Correct answer: (B) research

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 150

Which was the first concept used to study the process of change in society?

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Correct answer: (B) Brahmanization

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

TRE2 — Language General Studies And Sociology