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1. When the researcher asks the respondent face to face question, this
method is called Interview Schedule.
2. Power that people consider legitimate is known as Authority.
3. Social Structure of a society is the network of Compliance to Norms.
4. WID approach believes in Incorporating women in development activities.
5. Geronotology is the study of Aged and Aging.
6. The most pervasive of the social processes are Competition.
7. Abstract Sentiments are Provide a focus for allegiance.
8. The creative potential of personality is accounted for by Drive
psychology.
9. The country with better record for gathering population statistics then
any other is Japan. Solved MCQs of Sociology
10. The exception to the typical application of endogamy is Kinship.
11. Stratified samples fall under Probability sampling design.
12. Egoistic, the special type of suicide presented by Emile Durkheim spring
from Excessive individualism.
13. A close connection between religion and economic forces was presented
by Max Weber.
14. A large kinship group whose members inhabit one geographic area and
believe they are descendent from a common area is known as Tribe.
15. A social condition in which values are conflicting, weak or absent
is Anomie.
16. In theoretical field social research aims at identifying delinquent
behaviour.
17. Survey Means Organizing social data.
18. Independent variables are Experimental Groups.
19. Qualitative Data Means Expressed in words. Solved MCQs of Sociology
20. A Likert scale emphasizes Uni-dimensinality.
21. Ferdinand Tonnies used the term ————–. To refer to societies
dominated by impersonal relationships, individual accomplishment and
self-interests. Gesellschaft
22. When the researcher asks the respondent face to face questions, this
method is called Interview Schedule.
23.  ———– Is the process by which people learn all patterns of so Solved
MCQs of Sociologycial life. Socialization
24. According to ——- all societies across the world are
stratified. Sociologists

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25. Biological characteristics distinguishing male from female is called Sex.
26. A family consisting of step relations is called Extended family.
27. Power that people consider legitimate is known as Authority
28. Mugging, rape and burglary are examples of ——- crimes. General crimes
29. A norm is always enforced by sanctions. True Solved MCQs of Sociology
30. Society is the largest and most complex group that sociologists
study. True
31. Endogamy is the marriage among certain relatives. True
32. Social structure of a society is the network of Compliance to norms.
33. Polygamy means Several Marriages.
34. Demography means the study of Human Population.
35.  ———— is striving for equal treatment of women and men and for
abolishing inequality. Feminism
36. Is Pakistan a signatory of CEDAW? Yes
37. Human Rights pertain to caring for the rights of? a) Women b) Men c)
Minorities d) All of these
38. Symbolic behavior of a person means Meaningful behavior.
39. Human and animal societies share all but one of the following
characteristics? Shared beliefs and collective destiny Solved MCQs of
Sociology
40. The essential function of punishment in society is Affirmation of moral
standards.
41. The most pervasive of the social processes are Cooperation.
42. One of the following is alien to the concept of culture? Changelessness
43. A human being deprived of all communication with other humans from
birth would lack all but one of the followings? Self
44. Abstract sentiments are Compellers of action.
45. A person is conciously motivated primarily by his Real traits.
46. Role confusion in modern society is engendered by all but one of the
following? increase in number of achievable positions
47. The creative potential of personality is accounted for by Trait
psychology.
48. Once formed the self is Interactive.
49. In modern society, cultural change is most likely to be the by product
of Diffusion. Solved MCQs of Sociology
50. The country with better record for gathering population statistics than
any other is Japan.
51. The population of the world is expected to double in the next 35 years.
52. Economic growth will keep pace with population growth only if there
is Available acreage. Solved MCQs of Sociology

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53. The price paid for increased mobility includes a decrease in Loyalty to
superior.
54. The trend toward urbanization is most advanced in America.
55. In a highly intra-competitive situation, individual can guarantee the
trust of peers by Genuine goodwill.
56. The item alien to the concept of mass is Responsibility.
57. The exception to the typical application of endogamy is? a.Tribe
b.Kinship c.Race d.None of these
58. Etnocentricism means No other society is like your’s and your society or
group is superior to others.
59. Social facts have thier independent existence and must be studied
likewise. Who remarked above when discussing scientific method? Emile
Durkhiem Solved MCQs of Sociology
60. An exploratory research design the major focus is on Hypothesetesting.
61. Diffusion of innovations among cultures means? (a) Traveling of traits
and patterns in space/territory (b) Transmission of trait complexes in time
(c) Both(a) and (b) (d) None of these
62. Social institutions are Consultellation of folkways and moresaround some
important functions of society
63. A counter culture Has to be against the existing cultural ethos/values.
64. Family Laws Ordinance was passed for the first time in 1961.
65. Demographic Transition exhibits High birth rate and low death rate in its
first phase.
66. As a conquence of rural urban migration Ruralization of urban areas and
ribbon growth seem to be the result.
67. In a patriarchal family the major decision are taken by The male head of
the family who weilds all powers.
68. Sociobiologists believe that? (a) biology being the major constraints
does not allow any change in human nature hence socialization does not
change much of human individual
nature. (b) Individaul is the product of social group within which he is
socialized (c)The-nature controversy has ended in favour of nurture and
the bio-sociologists have failed to promote thier thesis. (d) None of these
69. A double-barrelle question has the potential of having? (a) Two
acceptable responses/answers (b)Two answers but incompatible with each
other (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
70. Those who cannot compete have no right for higher learning and must
be refused accordingly who believed in the above thesis? Spencer
71. Whose theorizing social change is depicted/comes closer to Iqbal’s verse
“Aa tujh ko bataon main taqdeer umam kia hai…. Shamsher w sanna
awwal taoos w rabab aakhir”? Ibn-i-Khaldun Solved MCQs of Sociology

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72. The lowest density of population per square kilometer is found
in Baluchistan.
73. Alteration is the state of affairs in which the worker is least emotionally
related to the product that he develops, the co-workers and the work
emviorment.
74. The rate of return for a mailed questionaire is usually very low.
75. According to Emile Durkhiem the Mechanical Solidarity is based
on blood relations and neighbourhood.
76. Cultural Shock is caused by? (a) Playing is different role and getting role
strain (b) finding values, norms and customs against ones cultural
socialization usually opposite to what one has been socilizad in and they
turn out to be dysfunctional (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
77. Standard deviation in statistics is the measure that indicates in essence
the? (a) Central tendency (b) Spread of the sample means/values (c) Both
(a) and (b) (d) None of these
78. Who said “Man is a social animal”? Aristotle
79. Who called sociology “Social Physics”? Auguste Comte
80. Bourgeois type of society was introduced by? Karl Marx
81. When cultural traits spread from one society to another,the process is
called Diffusion.
82. An ascribed status is one that is endowed at birth.
83. Ethnocentrism means superiority of ones own culture.
84. A system in which one husband is married to many women is
called polygyny.
85. Levirate means Marriage of a man with the widow of his deceased
brother. Solved MCQs of Sociology
86. Joint family may be preferred because it has a)greater financial security
b)Division of labour c)workable as a cooperative d)all of these
87. Which of the following is not a major feature of capitalism? Equitable
distribution of income
88. Movement from rural to urban area is called Urbanization
89. Religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred
things. This definition has been given by Durkheim.
90. Rapid growth of urbanization is due to advancement in technology.
91. Who developed the “organic theory of society”? Herbert Spencer
92. What does culture usually reflect in Modern society? National culture
93. Customs are powerful in regulating the conduct of people in a)Simple
societies b)Urban societies c)Industralized societies d)All of these
94. Which one of these is not an essential element of community? Individual
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95. Norms in society indicate Standarized generalization about normal
expected mode of behaviour.
96. Which one of the following is not a healthy social process?
a)Competition b)Co-operation c)Integration d)None of these
97. Any method of data collection that directly removes the researcher from
research site is Unobtrusive measure.
98. Commonly used measure of variability whose size indicates the
dispersion of a
distribution is Standard deviation.
99. In sample selection a threat that occurs when individuals have been
assigned to the experimental group on the basis of their extreme score on
dependent variable is referred as Experimental mortality. Solved MCQs of
Sociology
100. An overall scheme of scientific activities in which scientists engage in
order to produce knowledge is a Research design.
101. When there is an inherent causal link between dependent and
independent variables, the relationship is Spurious.
102. Questions that are relevant to some respondents, may be irrelevant to
others are known as Contingency questions.
103. Stratified sample falls under (a) Probability sampling design (b)Non
probability sampling (c) Multi-stage sample design (d) None of these
104. Egoistic, the special type of stucide presented by Emile Durkheim,
springing from Excessive individualism.
105. To Simmel, a mean of maintaining or increasing integration within
groups is Co-operation
106. Sociology is introduced as an academic discipline by Auguste Comte.
107. Society as a complex organization of parts that functions to fulfill the
requirement and promote the needs of the whole, is a concept of Structural
Functionalism.
108. The concepts of “Protestant” and “Bourgeoise” were presented by Karl
Marx.
109. In “The Division of Labor in Society”, Emile Durkheim presented the
idea of Mechanical & organic solidarity.
110. A large kinship group whose members inhibit one geographical area and
believe the: are descendent from a common anceStor is known as clan.
111. The process by which cultural traits spread from one group or society to
another is called cultural diffusion.
112. The phenomena when educated and highly skilled people emigrate to a
new country, their home country loses, is referred as Brain Drain.
113. A social condition in which values are conflicting, weak or absent is
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114. The psychological stress caused when a person faces rapid cultural
change is called Cultural shock.
115. Who has written the book “Das Kapital”? Karl Marx
116. Who mainly presented the idea of Social Conflict? Karl Marx
117. Who advocated the philosophical approach called idealism for
understanding society? Max Weber
118. Who is really the founder of Sociology? (a) Amam Ghazali (b) Ibh-i-
Khaldun (c) Parsons (d) Wright Mills (e) None of these
119. In the division of labour in the society which one of two types of
solidarity identified by Durkheim? Mechanical and Organic
Solidarity Solved MCQs of Sociology
120. Who mainly advocated that “the economic structure of the society is the
real foundation of the society”? Robert Merton
121. Which one is first step of knowledge? Intuitive
122. Age is a Ordinal variable.
123. Polyandry means A form of marriage that joins one female with more
than one male.
124. Which one is a basic institution for socialization of children? Family
125. Population change is mainly based on Fertility, Mortality and migration.
126. The infant mortality level in Pakistan is around 160.
127. Demography is a scientific study of human population with respect
to Size, structure and composition of population.
128. Dispersion and Variation can be examined through
calculating Correlation Co-efficient.
129. How many people in Pakistan are living below poverty line? Around 32
percent
130. Norms and values are components of Society
131. The term society in sociology is used to refer to The system of social
relationship.
132. Herbert Spencer classified the society into Four classes.
133. Language is important to society because It raised man from a savage to
a noble being.
134. Socialization is a process involving Training to adapt id society.
135. According to Hegel assimilation is a result and not a process.
136. An association is characterized by Folk ways
137. ‘The research process occurs With a very high degree of familiarization
and rigour.
138. Operational definitions Are sets of procedures that describe measurement
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139. If we develop a system that describe a city’s traffic flow by setting up a
simulated road network, traffic signals and vehicles, we have constructed
an Axiomatic theory. Solved MCQs of Sociology
140. In principle, the age of a person is a continuous variable.
141. If a change in X produces a change in Y then Y is a cause of X.
142. What is the lowest Level of measurement in which numbers or symbols
are used to classify objects Nominal.
143. Population of Pakistan is around 200 million.
144. Population of Pakistan has been increasing at the rate of 2.1 percent.
145. Average life of a Pakistani woman is Longer than man.
146. Status may be (a) ascribed (b) achieved (c) Both ascribed and
achieved (d) None of these
147. An achieved status is derived from abilities and skills.
148. Role conflict -in society emerges out of the fact that There is lack of
balance in the system of the role performed.
149. In 1998 census what was literacy rate of Pakistan? 45%
150. When material culture advances faster than the non material culture,it
is called? Cultural lag
151. Population welfare program was implemented in? 1981
152. Population density means? Population per square mile
153. Population density of Balochistan Province? 18 person
154. Lynching is an example of? Collective behaviour
155. The “herd mentality” was the idea of? Charles Mackay
156. Richard Berk coined the term? Minimax strategy
157. The development of new norms to cope with a new situation
is? Emergent norms
158. A temporary pattern of behaviour that catches people’s attention is
a? Fad
159. Social movements that seek to change people totally are Redemptive
social movements. Solved MCQs of Sociology
160. Max Weber identified as the core reason for the development of
capitalism? Religion
161. Three processes of cultural innovation were identified by William
Ogburn.
162. The adaption of natural items for human use is Primitive technology.
163. According to Karl Solved MCQs of SociologyMarx, the change over to
the factory system produced Alienation.
164. Cyclical theories were developed by Arnold Toynbee.
165. Failure to fuction normally and even fleeing is the result of Panic.
166. Sociologists refer to unfounded information spread among people
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167. Social change is a process of struggle between social classes over control
of the forces of production. This view is found in the theories of Karl Marx.
168. Collective behaviour requires a background of Social unrest.
169. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of a primary
group? Relations are means to an end
170. Who, of the following, is the author of the book “Economy and
Society”? Max Weber
171. Which one of the following is not an element of rural
community? Cultural diversity
172. Choose the correct sequence of following in order of increasing
complexity? Hunting, Pastoral, Agrarian, Industrial and Post-industrial
societies
173. Sociology is characterised by a perspective that places ________ in the
foreground. Social interaction
174. When two people interact with each other, they form A dyadic group.
175. Which one of the following Max Muller believed to be the earliest form
of religion? Naturism
176. Ridicule is a Social sanction.
177. The term ‘Reference group’ was first introduced by Hyman.
178. The pivotal methodology of functionalist is Field work.
179. To Mead the ‘generalised others’ and ‘significant others’ are the creators
of Me.
180. The collection of roles that goes with a given status is termed as Role set.
181. Who has written the book “urbanisation and family change”? M. S. Gore
182. Who studied the structural and functional unity of joint family in
‘Mahua’? I. P. Desai
183. Who said that the social stratification in India is based on ‘purity and
pollution’? Louis Dumont
184. Who has given functional theory of social stratification? K. Davis
185. Marxian theory of change, ‘that change comes through revolution’
indicates Change of the whole structure.
186. The basic difference between classical and modern sociological
perspectives is visible in the Silent shift from macro to micro theoretical
perspective.
187. Who was Comte’s Mentor? Saint Simon
188. From among the following who believed in Social
Darwinism? Evolutionists Solved MCQs of Sociology
189. Parsons’ analysis of social system is based on the principle
of Homeostasis.
190. Who started his book “The Structure of Social Action” with the
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191. Phenomenology is a radical alternative to Positivism.
192. The book “Street Corner Society” was authored by William F. Whyte.
193. The figure that most frequentlyoccurs in a given set of data is known
as Mode.
194. Range is a measure of Dispersion.
195. Who has given the formula for calculating rank correlation? Spearman
196. An idea about a given state of affairs put forward in exact terms to
provide basis for empirical testing is known as Hypothesis.
197. Attribute is related to Qualitative variable.
198. What is the correct sequence of understanding research
methodology? Nature of phenomena, nature of social science, method of
data collection, methods of data analysis
199. In case of doing a research which is the correct sequence? Formulation
of problem, hypothesis, data collection, analysis of data
200. After data collection which is the correct sequence of the following
steps? Editing filled in tool, coding, tabulation
201. Coefficient of correlation (r) indicates the extend of relationship
between Two quantitative variables.
202. Sociological perspective is primarily related to an attempt to Understand
the social order.
203. Which among the following is an example of a community? Village
204. Emile Durkhiem defines society as Moral community.
205. Which one among the following is an instance of social action according
to Max Weber? Two cyclists exchanging blows after they collide.
206. Which among the following is not, in Marxian terminology component
of mode of production? Instruments of production
207. The Weberian model of social stratification has been used in the study of
caste by Andre Beteille.
208. Which one among the following concepts is, according to Merton,
capable of theoretically dealing with change? Dysfunction
209. Sanskritization implies Change in caste structure.
210. A teacher in carrying out his duties has to respond to the expectations of
his colleagues, students and guardians of the students. These people
constitute for the teachers. Role-set
211. Which one of the following is not an institution? Pick-pocketing
212. The prohibition of sagotra marriage among the Hindus is an example of
marriage? Clan exogamy
213. Which one of the following is known as the process by which cultural
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214. The movement of a person from the position of clerk in Calcutta
headquarters of L.I.C. to that position in Delhi headquarters of L.I.C. is an
example of? Horizontal mobility
215. When an Indian couple prepares its daughters so that she is accepted in
her husband’s family after her marriage, it is a case of Anticipatory
socialization.
216. According to Durkheim, religion consists in the distinction between The
sacred and the profane.
217. Resocialization is clearly evident when a Person works as a member of a
revolutionary party.
218. Sociology in India was introduced at the institutional level after it was
well-established in Europe and U.S.A. Which one among the following is
the year of introduction of sociology at the formal / institutional
level? 1919
219. Which one of the following is an example of ascribed status? Brahmin
220. Tertiary sector is also known as Services sector.
221. Rise of new technologies in the sphere of information and
communication leading to greater globalization is a future of Post-
Industrial Society.
222. Which of the following thinkers used a system of binary opposition in
structural approach to social phenomena? Levi-Strauss
223. Which of the following is correct according to Mead? Body becomes a self
only when a mind has developed
224. Which of the following does not represent the Dahrendorf’s theory of
conflict? Economic and social inequalities are the sole sources of conflict
225. Which of the following statements represents the functional theory of
Emile Durkhiem? A whole is not identical to the sum of its parts
226. Functionalism constitutes an important element in the social theories
of A.R. Radcliffe-Brown and R.K. Merton.
227. Choose the correct sequence of Parsons’ schema of social action and
social system? Biological organism, Personality system, Social system and
Cultural system
228. Which one of the following, thinkers observed that conflict is likely to
occur in social relations because violent coercion can always be used by
people in an interaction setting? Collins
229. Who, among the following, has emphasized the positive functions of the
conflict in society? Lewis A. Coser
230. According to Durkheim, the nature of Modern law is Restitutive.
231. Which of the following is not regarded as the characteristic feature of
scientific method? Common sense observation
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233. Which of the following is associated with Descriptive Design? Analysis of
Demographic Trends
234. In which of the following types of research, hypothesis is a
prerequisite? Experimental study
235. Which type of sampling method is ideally suited, where there is no
knowledge about population? Snowball sampling method
236. When a particular technique applied repeatedly to the same object
producing the same result each time, it is said to have Reliability.
237. “Sociology is a Science which attempts an interpretative understanding
of social action.” Who defined Sociology in this manner? Max Weber
238. “Culture is man’s guide, it liberates as well as enslaves him as all guides
do.” Which of the following school represents this view? Culture-
personality School
239. The term ‘Sociological Imagination’ was coined by whom? C.W. Mills
240. Every man in society occupies a number of statuses. Different statuses
associated with a single person are known as Status set.
241. Which of the following is not a primary group? Scouts
242. The variable sum concept of power is based on the assumption
that value consensus is essential for society.
243. The State moderates between different groups ensuring that all of them
have some influence on public policy, is best manifested in Pluralist
democracy.
244. Which of the following is an appropriate example of a social
institution? Market
245. According to Dahrendorf, Marx’s Theory of Class Conflict is to be
rejected, accepted and modified contextually.
246. The process whereby the helpless human infant gradually becomes a
self-aware, knowledgeable person, skilled in the ways of the culture into
which he or she was born is known as Socialization.
247. Stages of cognitive-development related socialization was proposed by J.
Piaget.
248. In a system of social stratification social rankings are based on certain
attributes which may either be ascribed, acquired or constructed.
249. The social positions of caste, gender and ethnic groups are culturally
determined.
250. According to Marx and Dehrendorf unequal class position of a social
group is determined by which of the following forms and extent of one’s
control over economic and political resources respectively.
251. Who among the following sociologists analysed social classes in terms of
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252. Transmission of traits from one culture to another is sociologically
termed as Diffusion.
253. Who among the following is a proponent of cyclical theory of
evolution? O. Spengler
254. According to R.K. Merton, those observed consequences which lessen
the adaptation or adjustment of the system are Dysfunctions.
255. In which of the book has Mannheim propounded the idea of Sociology of
Knowledge? Ideology and Utopia
256. A statement of prediction that sets forth the basis for testing the
relationship between variables in an attempt to link theory to reality is
called Hypothesis.
257. Name the technique which is to be used before the actual field work
starts Pilot Study.
258.  Identify the correct logical order as explained by Karl Marx? Class-in-
itself, class-for-itself, class conflict, social transformation
259. In the context of Randall Collin’s analysis, identify the correct
one? Moves from micro-level to Meso -level and to micro-level social
processes
260. What is triangulation? A combination of qualitative and quantitative
methods
261. Who among the following used the method of concomitant variation? E.
Durkheim
262. Reliability of data implies The same methods of investigation on the same
materials produce the same results.
263. Radical Sociology sought to support which of the following sociological
thought systems? Marxian
264. The in-depth investigation of a phenomena, or a process, or an event
that focuses on its historicity and contemporary interlinks with wider
society is termed as Case study.
265. Which of the following is not an ethical consideration in social
research? Acquiring data through deception
266. Which one of the following is not a measure of correlation? Product-
movement coefficient
267. Kamla teaches in a college, organizes a kitty party, takes care of her
daughter and presides over a meeting of women’s organization. Which of
the following concepts is used to describe her role? Multiple roles
268. The concept of ‘Wert-rational’ is associated with whom? M. Weber
269. Who among the following analysts of social change used the term
‘rentiers and speculators’? V. Pareto
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271. George Simmel’s classification of group as ‘Monad’, ‘Dyad’, and ‘Triad’ is
based on Size of the group.
272. An area of social living which is marked by some degree of social
coherence and similarity is called Community.
273. Which of the following instances may not be considered as reference
group behaviour? Modernization
274. Which of the following is a set of informal groups? Clique, faction,
caucus
275. Who argued that the school prepares children to move towards
universalistic standards and achieved status of adult society? T. Parsons
276. Who defined religion in terms of a distinction between the sacred and
the profone? E. Durkheim
277. The capacity of any person, group or institution to issue commands is
called Authority.
278. Who argues that ‘classes should be defined as imperatively coordinated
associations’? R. Dahrendorf
279. The concept of ‘I’ and ‘Me’ with reference to development of ‘self’ was
used by G.H. Mead.
280. A status group, according to Max Weber, is characterised by Life-style.
281. Who among the following is regarded as the technological determinist of
social change? T. Veblen
282. The theoretical perspective that asserts that there are discernible stages
which the society goes through more than once or even repeatedly is
termed as Cyclical Evolutionary Theory.
283. Who among the following describes society as ‘sui-generis’? E.
Durkheim
284. Who among the following does not adopt the functional approach to the
understanding of social phenomena? J. Habermas
285. The view that authority relations are the main cause of social conflict
was held by whom? R. Dahrendorf
286. Who among the following has classified status in terms of salient status,
dominant status and controlling status? R.K. Merton
287. What is common to magic, religion and science? Orientation towards the
unknown
288. Who among the following is a proponent of dialectical approach to the
study of Indian society? D.P. Mukherjee
289. Which type of research aims to describe a social situation, social event,
social system, social structure etc.? Descriptive research
290. A university has 7530 students and a researcher draws 10 percent
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291. Which technique of qualitative data collection is followed by researcher
to understand people and their behaviour through direct, focused and
non-verbal interaction in their natural setting? Observation
292. According to Karl Marx, which of the following are elements of the
forces of production? Science and technology
293. Who among the following used the concept of ‘interaction ritual’ in his
theory? R. Collins
294. Who among the following argues that the withdrawal of legitimacy from
an existing system of inequality is a critical precondition for conflict? L.
Coser
295. Themetic and text analyses are used in Content analysis.
296. The study of recorded human statement based on newspaper,
magazines, songs, poems, speeches etc. are known as Content analysis.
297. Which one of the following is not a type of reliability according to Kirk
and Miller? Dialectical: Observation between two conflicting situation.
298. Which one of the following is not a measure of central
tendency? Standard deviation
299. “Men make history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do
not make it under circumstances chosen by them, but under circumstances
directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past.” With whom is
this statement related? Karl Marx
300. “Thinking is simply an internalized or implicit conversation of the
individual with himself by means ofsignificant gestures.” Who said
so? G.H. Mead
301. Which of the following is not a feature of association? Pursuing ideal
norms
302. Which of the following statements on the nature of social role is not
correct? It has no association with status.
303. According to Coser which of the following type of conflict may not be
functional for the system? Conflict over core value
304. Which of the following scales has real zero origin? Ratio
305. Who had applied the reference group theory to analyses mobility within
the caste system? M.N. Srinivas
306. The concept of structural visibility was contributed by whom? R.K.
Merton
307. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly
matched? Individualistic – R.K. Merton functionalism
308. Triangulation is a method of assessing validity of one’s research
by Mixing of different methods and theoretical analysis of same subject of
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309. The book “Street Corner Society” based on the following technique of
research: Participant observation.
310. Who among the following attempted micro-integrative conflict
theory? Collins
311. Who argues that labour force of unskilled workmen is as important and
as indispensable to the factory as labour force of engineers? Mebin M.
Tumin
312. For whom history is ‘a graveyard of aristocracies’? V. Pareto
313. According to whose terminology, person’s ‘class situation’ is basically his
‘market situation’? Max Weber
314. An instrument or procedure, when repeatedly used under similar
conditions, gives the same result, it refers to Reliability.
315. Tarawad’ is a matrilineal joint family found in the State of Kerala.
316. Which of the following concepts can be related to the statement
‘subjective detachment of performer from the role being performed’? Role
distance
317. Sociology is the science of interpretative understanding of social action.
318. A researcher wants to test the effectiveness of the intervention model
developed for behavioural change among the HIV victims. Which of the
following research designs will be more appropriate? Experimental
Research Design
319. Which of the following is not one of the four basic stages of what Mead
calls “the act”? Significant symbols
320. When a Hindu male marries a woman from his lower caste, it is
called Hypogamy.
321. Which one of the following is not associated with ‘test of
significance’? Product moment correlation
322. Ferdinand Toennies mentioned Kuerville or artificial will as the basis
of Gesellschaft.
323. Talcott Parsons mentions the needs of a social system in a particular
sequence. Which one of the following correctly mentions that
sequence? Adaptation, Goal Maintenance, Integration, Latency
324. Which of the following is most effective in addressing social inequality
caused by caste system yielding tangible results? Positive discrimination
325. ‘Values’ refer to Social preferences.
326. Who said that ‘only one role is associated with one status’? Ralph Linton
327. R.K. Merton offered the example of the Hopi Americans engaging in
ceremonial dances to encourage rain in order to illustrate Latent function.
328. Symbolic interactionism tends to focus on Small-scale social change.
329. What does Macdonaldization mean? Spread of the new means of
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330. A.R. Radcliffe – Brown conducted fieldwork among the Andaman
Islanders.
331. Who first propagated the idea that societies could be analysed as
systems with self-equilibriating properties? Vilfredo Pareto
332. In 1848 Marx wrote in The Communist Manifesto that a spectre was
haunting Europe. What was this spectre? Communism
333. Which of the following does not explain Coser’s Theory of Social
Conflict? Conflict leads to destruction
334. Who amongst the following sociologists has not considered conflict as a
vital element of society? Talcott Parsons
335. The concept of ‘imperatively coordinated associations’ was contributed
by Ralph Dahrendorf.
336. “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a
heartless world and the soul of soulless condition.” Who made the
statement? K. Marx
337. A.R. Radcliffe-Brown contributed to Structural Functionalism.
338. From which one of the following the ‘sum of the differences from a
measure would always be zero’? Mean
339. Which of the following theories has a “Micro”
orientation? Interactionism
340. Who stated that ‘Politics is about power, politics occurs when there are
differentials in power’? R.E. Dowse and J.A. Hughes
341. Who is the author of the book ‘Rules of Sociological method’? Emile
Durkheim
342. Which one of the following is correct about Ethno
methodology? Certainly not Macro Sociology
343. Who has considered that ‘most often action is routine and relatively
unreflexive’? Alfred Schultz
344. Who has argued that ethno methods are ‘reflexively
accountable’? Garfinkel
345. Who was concerned with the composition of ‘self’ at the ‘micro’ level of
social action and interaction? Goffman
346. Who has stated that neofunctionalism devotes roughly equal attention
to ‘action and order’? J. Alexander
347. Who has defined neofunctionalism as “a self-critical strand of functional
theory”? Alexander and Colomy
348. Who has criticized the economic determinism to be implicit in parts of
Marx’s original work? Habermas
349. What do the critical theorists state? Economic determinism was not
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350. Who has contended, among the neo- Marxists, that mature Marx did not
believe in any human nature? Althusser
351. Who has observed a link between the structures of the mind and the
structures of society? Levi-Strauss
352. Among the post structuralists who has focussed on the ‘linkage between
knowledge and power’? Foucault
353. Who is said to have deconstructed language and social
institutions? Derrida
354. Who has envisioned an alternative stage (an alternative society) in
which “speech will cease to govern the stage”? Derrida
355. According to post modernists which ideas of modernity are considered
gone by or dead? Reason, rationality and progress
356. Who considers modernity as ‘an unfinished project’? Habermas
357. Who had initiated the work on the total communities of India namely
“People of India Project”? K.S. Singh
358. Who has stated that the entire course of Indian History shows tribal
elements being fused into a general society? D.D. Kosambi
359. Who is of the opinion that the notion of fundamental opposition
between the pure and the impure is the hallmark of the caste
system? Louis Dumont
360. Which perspective is based on the assumption that Indian society is
unique and the Indian social institutions can be better studied through the
texts? Indological
361. Which type of poverty refers to a lack of basic resources needed to
maintain health and bodily functioning? Absolute poverty
362. Prof. S.C. Dube’s study on village compost pit and its failure is due
to Inequality of caste and gender.
363. Who in developing the theory of deviance utilized explanatory factors
that are typical of functional analysis, namely, cultural goals and
institutionalized norms? Merton
364. Who has propounded the “Theory of Differential Association”? E.H.
Sutherland
365. Death resulting out of failure in love affair is an example of Fatalistic
suicide.
366. ‘Community Policing System’ aims at prevention and control of Crime
through Police and Public
367. Drug de-addiction centres provide which of the following
facility/facilities? (A) Counselling (B) Medical assistance (C) Yogic
exercise (D) All the above
368. Judicial separation for a conflicting couple is granted for a maximum
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369. Which type of intoxicant is taken by the use of Cigarette, Bidi, Tobacco,
Cigar etc.? Nicotine
370. Probation and Parole are which form of punishment? Extra-mural
treatment
371. Borstal Schools are meant for the reformation of Juvenile delinquents.
372. Who among the following has argued for bureaucracy contributing to
nation building in India? R. Bendix
373. ‘Secularism curbs divisiveness that springs from religious differences
and also clears way for rapid development and nation building processes’.
Which one of the following is not an element of secularism as per the
statement given above? Primordial loyalties as a part of social engineering
in a society
374. Who has stated that in India, direction of change is represented in a
linear evolutionary form from ‘traditionalization’ towards
‘modernization’? Yogendra Singh
375. Which Committee recommended three tier systems for Panchayati
Raj? Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
376. Urban oriented development programmes generated urban centred
employment which resulted into Rural to Urban Migration.
377. Peasants movements failed in India because of Partial land reforms have
been done.
378. What does cause alienation according to Karl Marx? (A) The division of
labour (B) The institution of private property (C) ‘Cash nexus’ of
commercial relationships (D) All of the above
379. During 1956, which were the countries visited by the study group
comprising representatives from the Government, trade unions and the
employers from India to study the experiences of workers’ participation in
management? U.K., Sweden, France, Belgium, West Germany, Yugoslavia
380. Which model of workers’ participation in Management is working in
India? Joint consultation
381. What is incorrect about SEWA? It is restricted to Ahmedabad only
382. Which is not an indicator of social development? Increase in per capita
income
383. “Structural adjustment programmes” introduced in 1980 were forced
upon the Third World Countries with a view to (A) Recover debt (B) Check
nepotism (C) Weed out corruption (D) All the above
384. India followed a mixed model of economic development since its
independence from the foreign rule but was compelled to adopt LPG
Policy. In which year the LPG Policy was adopted in India as a model of
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385. Who is of the view that social unrest is rooted in the capitalist path of
development? A.R. Desai
386. “World System Theory” of development explains the relationships
between the ‘developed’ and ‘developing’ countries. Who among the
following gave ‘World System Theory’ of development? Wallersteins
387. Who is the Author of the Book: “Essay on the principle of
population”? T. Malthus
388. The concept of social capillarity in studying population was used by D.
Dumount.
389. The determinants of fertility were explained in detail by Kingsley Davis
and Judiath Black.
390. Mark out the correct sequence of perspectives on gender and
development in India: Welfare, Development, Empowerment.
391. Which is the main basis for the growth of eco-feminism? Women’s lives
and their relation with the nature
392. According to Ethnomethodologists, which type of reasoning is used by
the people? Practical Reasoning
393. ‘Conversational analysis’ is a part of which of the following
methodologies? Ethnomethodology
394. When was ‘Ethnomethodology’ used for the first time? 1940’s
395. “The ‘self’ in modern society becomes a sacred object in the same way
that the collective symbols of primitive societies.” Who has propounded
this view? Mead
396. Who has written the work, “The Social Construction of Reality”? Both
Berger and Luckmann
397. ‘Neo-functionalism operates with descriptive model of society that sees
society as composed of elements which form a pattern.’ Who has stated
this view? J. Alexander
398. Who has written the book ‘Theoretical Logic in Sociology’? J.C.
Alexander
399. Which problems neofunctionalism needed to surmount? (A) Anti
individualism and idealism (B) Antagonism to change and antiempirical
bias (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of the above
400. How does critical school of theorists rectify the imbalance of economic
determinism and other aspects of social life? By focusing on economic and
cultural realm
401. According to neo-Marxists, which of the ideas about human nature have
often been used to argue against any social change? (A) Our natural greed
and our natural gender differences (B) Our natural tendency to
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402. Who considers ‘structure as a model’ of social world and ‘not a reality’
among the structuralists? Levi-Strauss
403. Who considers “language as disorderly and unstable’ in his concept of
“Deconstruction”? Derrida
404. In the context of past structuralism who has argued that ‘what takes
place on the stage “represents” what takes place in “real life”? Derrida
405. Who said to have articulated integration of ‘agency and structure’ in
structuration theory? Anthony Giddens
406. Who has named ‘juggernaut’ to describe an advance stage of
modernity? Anthony Giddens
407. Which one of the following is not an indicator of cultural diversity in
India? Class
408. Who has indicated diversities of Indian culture and contributed a book
“Diversities”? D.P. Mukherjee
409. Who has edited the voluminous work ‘People of India’? K.S. Singh
410. Who has opined that….Indian civilization has a specific ideology whose
components are in a binary opposition to that of the West: modern against
traditional, holism against individualism, hierarchy against equality,
purity against pollution, status against power etc? Louis Dumont
411. Who is of the view that caste and untouchability do not let Hindus act as
a community? B.R. Ambedkar
412. Which theoretical perspective is based on the view that liberty is neither
received as a gift; it has to be fought for. Self-elevation is not achieved by
the blessings of others but by self-struggle? Subaltern
413. Provisions for divorce among Hindus are provided under Hindu
Marriage Act of which year? 1955
414. The concept of ‘Symmetrical Family’ has been propounded by Young
and Willmott.
415. The Dowry Prohibition (Amendment) Act was passed in which of the
following years? 1984
416. Which type of poverty involves assessing the gaps between the living
conditions of some groups and those enjoyed by the majority of a
population? Relative poverty
417. According to whose argument “some conflict is functional because it
serves as a safety valve, without which social hostility would eventually
erupt violently”? Coser
418. “Imprisonment promotes the process of prisonisation.” Which theory is
against this view? Reformative Theory of Punishment
419. The term ‘White-Collar Crime’ was first introduced by E. Sutherland.
420. Nepotism, favouritism and misuse of power are all examples
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421. Sampurnanand Ashram is the first ‘Open Prison’, established in which
State? Uttar Pradesh
422. Prison Vocational Training Programmes were introduced for
inmates’ Reformation and Rehabilitation.
423. According to whom “Societies characterized by too much or too little
regulation or integration will have high suicide rates”? Durkheim
424. Who has argued that ‘punishment is a social reaction to crime; it serves
not simply the functions of retribution for the criminal and general
deterrence of crime but also maintaining the objection to criminal
activity’? Durkheim
425. Which is the correct sequence of tribal rebellions which took place
during the early days of the British rule in 18th and 19th centuries? Kol
Rebellion, Santhal Rebellion, Kacha Nagas Rebellion, Birsa Movement
among Mundas
426. ‘Even change in Indian society can be understood by studying its
traditions.” Who has argued this? D.P. Mukherjee
427. Which of the following processes assumes that no special esoteric
supernatural forces operate within the world, and that life can be lived in
accordance with human rationality? Desacralization
428. Who, among the following, are associated with Indianisation of
Sociology? G.S. Ghurye, A.K. Saran, D.P. Mukherjee
429. Who has argued that ‘an empirical sociology of Indian society is not
possible’? A.K. Saran
430. Who among the early sociologists of India introduced a down-to-earth
empiricism in Indian Sociology and Social Anthropology? G.S. Ghurye
431. Privatization of Education is a consequence of which one of the
following? Globalization
432. Who has used the term ‘Faction’ in the study of rural society at
first? Raymond Firth
433. Indian Rural Development Programmes widened the gap between rich
and poor which resulted into negative consequences depeasantisation and
suicides of farmers.
434. Jajmani system can best be explained by Mutual trust and co–operation
of the people.
435. ‘Rurbanism’ is a term that is related to the study of  Life-styles of rural-
urban people.
436. What is trade union? Organized interest group
437. Mark the correct sequence of the processes of social
stratification: Differentiation, ranking, evaluation, rewarding.
438. Human Development Index (HDI) used by Prof. Mahbabul Haque in
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 include the following set of indicators. Mark the right answer. Health,
Education and Income
439. Warren S. Thompson is known for his: Demographic Transition Model.
440. Population pyramid is graphic representation of which aspect of
population? Age-sex distribution at a given time
441. What was the chapter about women which appeared in the Sixth Five
Year Plan? Women and Development
442. Who among the following is not regarded as a post-modernist
thinker? J. Alexander Solved MCQs of Sociology
443. Who among the following used the word ‘Anomie’? E. Durkheim & R.K.
Merton
444. E. Sutherland founded the theory of White collar crime.
445. All countries pass through various stages of demographic transition.
Which one of the following is not such a stage? Optimum stage
446. India recognized the population problem and adopted an official
national programme in family planning in 1952.
447. In which of the following decade has there been an absolute decline of
population size in India? 1901-1911
448. According to A.R. Desai, the second phase of the development of
nationalism (from 1885 to 1905) is characterized by the development of
industry.
449. What is structure according to A. Giddens? Rules and resources that
actors use in interaction contexts.
450. Which of the following statements correctly describes the ethno
methodology’s view-point? “Social life appears orderly to members of
society only because members actively engage in making sense of social life.”
451. By the colonization of life world J. Habermas meant subjugation of
society and culture by Economy and Polity systems.
452. Which of the following sets of specific concepts is used by A.
Schutz? Typification, life world, stock knowledge, recipe
453. Which one of the following statements correctly identify ‘subaltern
perspective’? Approach history from below, focused more on what happens
among masses at the base level of society
454. The interpretative approaches’ that, try to understand social action from
the point of view of the social actors are Phenomenology and
Ethnomethodology.
455. Who among the following sociologists used dramaturgy to explain the
presentation of self in eryday life? E. Goffman
456. According to A. Schutz, the phenomenologist ‘suspends’ the belief in the
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457. Which one of the following is not correct about A. Schutz’s
understanding of a social situation? Sharing of meaning that contributes to
social disharmony forms the basis of his anti-‘reciprocity of perspective’.
458. Which one of the following is not a type of capitalism according to
Habermas? Informational Capitalism Solved MCQs of Sociology
459. Which one of the following is not a reason for declining female sex ratio
in India? Migration of female work force from rural to urban areas
460. ‘Gender difference’ denotes an analytical framework in which social and
ideological differences between sexes are explained.
461. Which of the following is correct about L. Althussar’s theory of
structuralism? Economy may be the dominant system, but the political and
ideological structures have certain autonomy
462. The human development perspective of development recognizes
economic growth as a means to ensure educational, health, employment of
largest segments of population.
463. Which brand of Feminists accept the view that ‘State is a system of
structures and institutions created by man in order to recreate male
domination and female subordination’? Liberal Feminists
464. Which one of the following is not a part of Gandhian path of
development? Cooperative conflict
465. What proportion of India’s population live in urban areas according to
2011 Census? Around one third
466. Which sector of India’s economy contribute the most in its GDP? Service
467. Who among the following agencies asserted that ‘If development is not
engendered, it is endangered’? UNDP
468. In recent decades India’s contribution to the total CO  emission of the
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469. ‘India has missed the Industrial Revolution, but can’t afford to miss the
knowledge Revolution.’ – suggested by Knowledge Commission of India.
470. Who among the following scholars has not discussed the social aspects
of automation? T. Bottomore
471. Which one of the following features is not a feature of industrial
strike? The stoppage of work by a worker
472. Who is the author of the book “The Consequences of Modernity”? A.
Giddens
473. Who among the following did not belong to what is known as the
Frankfurt School of Sociology? J. Alexander
474. “Productivity could be immensely increased by breaking down industrial
tasks into a series of simple operations that could be precisely timed and
optimally coordinated.” This statement is related with Marxism.
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476. Who among the following introduced the term ‘Post Industrial
Society’? Daniel Bell Solved MCQs of Sociology
477. Which one of the following conditions has not been discussed by Karl
Marx in his analysis of class as conflict groups? Super imposition of
industrial and political conflict
478. Which one of the following statements is true to describe ‘Domestic
Violence’? ‘Domestic violence’ includes physical, sexual, mental and verbal
abuse of a person in household setting.
479. “The Clash of Civilizations’ proposes that people’s cultural and religious
identities will be the primary source of conflict in the post cold-war world.”
Who proposed this view? Samuel P. Huntington
480. Which one of the following has not been included by D. Thorner in his
classification? Jamindar
481. The ‘Muria’ tribes in India is found mostly in the State of Chhattisgarh
482. Which one of the following is not predominantly associated with tribal
economy in India? Household industry and industrial wage work
483. The Tebhaga and Telangana movements took place in the State of West
Bengal and Andhra Pradesh respectively.
484. Which one of the following is not a demand of farmers movements in
India? Distribution of land
485. Who among the following tribes is matrilineal in India? Khasi
486. According to R.W. Connel the term ‘Gender order’ refers to the patterns
of power relations between masculinities and feminities.
487. “Economic growth should proceed only in so far as natural resources are
recycled rather than depleted, biodiversity is maintained and clean air,
and water and land are protected.” This statement is related with the
concept of Sustainable development.
488. Who among the following explained for the first time in sociological
literature Jajmani system as patterned interaction among the caste
groups? William Wiser
489. Naxalbari Peasant Movement was launched in the year 1967.
490. Green Revolution is related to Agricultural growth.
491. Arrange in the logical order in which P. Berger has
explained. Habitualization, institutionalization, legitimation, externalization
492. To A Giddenssocral theorizing involves Double hermeneutic.
493. Who among the following distinguishes three components of the life
world – culture, society and personality? J. Habermas
494. Giddens’ concept of regionalization implies that The reproduction of
relations not only across time but also space.
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496. Which of the following statements is incorrect with regard to D.P.
Mukherjee? Modernity can be understood independent of tradition.
497. In which of the following sequences are ‘Demographic Transitions’
traditionally associated? High fertility, high mortality to low mortality and
low fertility, the later lagging behind
498. Which of the following concept does not figure in Malthusian Theory of
Population? ‘Stable population’
499. Who among the following is associated with the idea of ‘Risk
Society’? Ulrich Beck
500. Who among the following did not favour hierarchization of
knowledge? M. Foucault Solved MCQs of Sociology
501. Who among the following theorists sees contemporary society as a death
culture, with death being the ‘paradigm of all social exclusion and
discrimination”? J. Baudrillard
502. Which one of the following was not specified as an objective of social
development by the World Development Summit (1995)? Economic
protectionism
503. Inter subjective consciousness in everyday life is the core area of focus of
the Phenomenologist.
504. Which one of the following is not correct about P. Berger and T.
Luckman understands of knowledge? They are deeply concerned about the
validity of knowledge
505. Which of the following is considered to be the ‘Tripartite Pillars of
Schutz Theory of Phenomenological Sociology’? Life-world, inter
subjectivity and natural attitude
506. Who among the following is considered to the founder of
phenomenological sociology? A. Schutz
507. The ethnomethodology as an approach to study society is concerned
with The fundamental bases of social order.
508. ‘Women’s Rights are human rights’ as an international policy for
women’s empowerment was accepted in an International Conference of
Women held in Beijing.
509. Which one of the following is not correct with regard to the Liberal
Feminists view on the State? Men have captured the State.
510. The proportion of the aged (60+) population to the total population of
India shows a trend of Increase.
511. What proportion of India’s urban population lives in slums? Around
one-fifth
512. What proportion of India’s population does not get safe drinking water
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513. Who held the view that Indian tribes were backward Hindus? G.S.
Ghurye
514. Who among the following has used the dialectical approach to the study
of Indian Society? D.P. Mukherjee
515. The value of an individual’s labour power which is ‘left over’ when an
employer has repaid the cost involved in hiring a worker is called in
Marxian term Surplus value.
516. The ‘collective bargaining’ usually centre around Share in profit, job
security and good working conditions.
517. “Integrate the working class into capitalist societies, making them less
likely to become a radical or revolutionary force.” This statement is related
to Trade Unions
518. The average number of live-born children produced by women of
childbearing age in a particular society, called Fertility Rate.
519. “The economic perspective that believes that free market forces,
achieved by minimizing Government restrictions on business, provides the
only route to economic growth.” This statement explains the concept
of Neo-liberalization.
520. Which of the following does not cause ‘global warming’? Nano-
technology
521. The Domestic Violence Act was passed in which of the following
years? 2005
522. Who among the following is associated with ‘Human Development
Index (HDI) for measuring the level of development among various
countries? Mahabub-ul-Haque
523. The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) suggests Cross
border trade in education.
524. Who is the author of the book “Tribal Movements in India”? K.S. Singh
525. Who among the following is not a Scheduled Tribe of India? Gurjars
526. Which one of the following is not correct with regard to peasant? The
peasants in India are predominantly represented by the middle strata of
caste hierarchy.
527. Which one of the social movements in rural India can be termed as an
example of ‘old’ social movements? Peasant movements
528. Who defined peasants as ’small agricultural producers, who, with the
help of simple equipment and the labour of their families, produce mostly
for their own consumption, direct or indirect, and for the fulfillment of
obligations to holders of political and economic power’? T. Shanin Solved
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529. Which one of the following is not a push factor of rural to urban
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530. Ethnicity is defined with reference to Inherited socio-cultural attributes.
531. Which one of the following is not a feature of informal sector? Absence
of gender segregation
532. Bonded labour is a Product of rural poverty, illiteracy and hegemony of
upper castes over the lower castes.
533. The Juvenile delinquents in India belong to the age group of Below 18
years.
534. The average size of landholding of Scheduled Tribes is Higher than the
Scheduled Castes.
535. The social development strategy aims to ensure that Each section of
society is recognized as resource who needs to be benefited from economic
development to ensure that their educational, employment, health, other
basic necessities of lives are fulfilled and opportunities be provided for the
realization of their full potential.
536. In the wake of globalization Indian economy has opened up to economic
neoliberalism.
537. Gary Slapper and Steve Tombs have studied Corporate Crime.
538. Who argued that “By studying traditions of Indian society change can be
understood”? D.P. Mukherjee
539. Choose the correct sequence of societal evolution in order of increasing
complexity. Hunting-gathering, Agriculture and Industrial Societies
540. Who is the author of the book ‘Peasant Society and Culture’? Robert
Redfield
541. “By ‘cultural dope’ I refer to the man-in-the-sociologist’s-society who
produces the stable features of society in compliance with pre-established
and legitimate alternatives of action that the culture provides.” Who made
the above statement? H. Garfinkel
542. Which of the following development perspectives encompasses the
notion of sustainable development as its central objective? Women
Environment and Development (WED)
543. Eco-feminism grew in India as the result of Participation in Chipko
Movement.
544. Which sequence of perspectives on Gender and Development is followed
in India? Welfare, Development, Empowerment
545. India’s path of development is based on Private and State enterprise.
546. Who authored the book, “Annihilation of Caste”? B.R. Ambedkar
547. Who has examined the phenomenon of Islamization in the context of
unity in diversity in India? Yogendra Singh
548. The Minimum Wages Act was enacted in the year 1948.

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549. Who regards American Society as a ‘great saleroom’ filled with
hypocrisy, deceit and insincerity? C. Wright Mills Solved MCQs of
Sociology
550. The concept of Rajputization was coined by Surajit Sinha.
551. Which of the following is not the indicator of Human
Development? Widow remarriage
552. Who has discussed the Modes of Adaptation in American Society for the
development of deviant behaviour? R.K. Merton
553. Who authored the book “Culture Change in India; Identity &
Globalization”? Yogendra Singh
554. In which of the following Indian sociological studies was structural
functional approach adopted? Society and Religion among the Coorgs of
South India
555. Which of the following is not included in the Gender Inequality
Index? Capacity to determine one’s own life chances
556. Who has made the statement ‘Caste is closed class and class is open
caste’? D. Hardiman
557. ‘Doing Gender’ requires working with Women and men together.
558. Who described modernization as the transition from ‘Gemeinshaft’ to
‘Gesellshaft’, which signifies the progressive loss of community amid
growing individualism? F. Toennies
559. Neo-functionalism was developed by Alexander C. Jeffrey and P.
Colomy.
560. Who amongst the following is not connected with phenomenological
sociology? Ralph Dahrendorf
561. Which one of the following is, according to Giddens, not true? ‘Agents’
and ‘Structures’ suggest dualism.
562. 73rd Constitution of Amendment is responsible for Empowerment of
rural women.
563. According to whom “Crime is an integral part of all healthy societies”? E.
Durkheim
564. Marxist Feminists explain patriarchy in terms of Double oppression of
capitalism and male domination.
565. The theory of scientific management was first spelt out in detail by
whom? F.W. Taylor
566. Who coined the concept of ‘Culture of Poverty’? Oscar Lewis
567. “Action and Its Environments” was written by A.C. Jeffrey.
568. Juergen Habermas was concerned mainly with Communication
569. In “the case of kinship… the observable phenomena result from the
action of laws which are general but implicit.” Who made the
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570. Avuncular relationship means the relationship between uncle or aunt
and nephew or niece. Solved MCQs of Sociology
571. Structuralism analyses the basic structures underlying human thinking
and human social groups. The foregoing idea is most clearly suggested in
the writings of Claude Levi-Strauss.
572. In whose words, punishment ‘Serves to heal the wounds done to the
collective sentiments’? E. Durkheim
573. Positive checks are those which increase mortality, preventive checks
are those which lower fertility”. This statement can be attributed
to Thomas Malthus
574. Who defines ‘White Collar Crime’ as “Crimes committed by persons of
high social status and respectability in the course of their
occupations”? E.H. Sutherland
575. To explain deviance the ‘legitimate opportunity structure’ and the
‘illegitimate opportunity structure’ have been referred to by R.A. Cloward
and L.E. Ohlin
576. Provision of houses/land to the displaced persons on account of
industrialization falls under the purview of Corporate Social Responsibility
(C.S.R.)
577. During which decade, Census of India recorded absolute decline of
population size? 1911-1921
578. Which one of the following process defines Demographic
Transition’? Fertility and Mortality
579. Who is the author of the book titled “Women’s Role in Economic
Development’? Esther Boserup
580. Who is most closely connected with Phenomenological
Sociology? Alfred Schutz
581. Under high birth rate than the death rate for several generations, the
shape of the ‘population pyramid’ will reflect Wider base than the top.
582. Which of the feminist ideologies seek to promote gender free
society? Radical Feminism
583. In the National Population Policy of India 2000, which one is not a
‘sociodemographic goal for 2010’? To compulsorily make 20 years as age of
marriage for girls.
584. Who remarked regarding India’s Development as “Soft State” during
1960’s? Gunnar Myrdal Solved MCQs of Sociology
585. Who made the distinction of two opposing spheres of ‘Female world of
emotion and cooperation and male world of rationality and
competition’? Talcott Parsons Solved MCQs of Sociology
586. Contribution of social division of labour has been discussed in depth
by Emile Durkheim. Solved MCQs of Sociology

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587. ‘Brain Drain’ is a concept associated with which one of the
following? Large scale immigration of technically qualified persons from less
developed to developed countries. Solved MCQs of Sociology
588. The term proximate determinants of fertility were coined by John
Bongaarts. Solved MCQs of Sociology
589. Who is the author of the book entitled “Alienation and Freedom”? R.
Blauner Solved MCQs of Sociology
590. Which of the following States and Union Territories have the lowest
overall sex-ratio as per the Census Report of 2011? Daman and Diu

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