appscce 2011 sociology prelims.pdf

APPSCCE[Prelim]_2011_Sociology

1. Social structure is a

(a) System of laws

(b) Collection of people

(c) Permanent patterned relationship between

units

(d) Social organization

2. A norm is a

(a) Standard pattern of behavior

(b) Culture of society

(c) Religious moral

(d) Method of looking one’s position

3. A number of persons interacting on only one

occasion with a low level of intensity may be

called

(a) Social group

(b) Social organization

(c) Crowd

(d) Association

4. Strictly speaking the term ‘race’ can be used in

(a) Cultural context

(b) Biological context

(c) Sociological context

(d) Demographic context

5. A collectivity of persons of all ages and both

sexes who share a common culture and reside in

a relatively limited space or locality is called

(a) Community

(b) Association

(c) Group

(d) Aggregate

6. Group consists of persons whether formally

organized or not, towards whom we feel a sense

of indifference, avoidance, disgust, competition

or outright conflict is termed as

(a) In-group

(b) Out- group

(c) Quasi group

(d) Reference group

7. Who defined society as a web of social

relationships?

(a) August Comte

(b) MacIver and Page

(c) Evans-Pritchard

(d) None of the above

8. “Culture is a complex whole which includes

knowledge, beliefs, art, morals, laws, customs

and any other capabilities and habits acquired by

man as a member of society”

Who forwarded this definition?

(a) MacIver and Page

(b) H.M. Johnson

(c) Kingsley Davis

(d) E.B. Tylor

9. Who was the author of the book ‘Folkways’

(a) W.G. Sumner

(b) R.K. Merton

(c) H.M. Johnson

(d) Georg Simmel

10. The book ‘Social Thought from Lore to Science’

was authored by

(a) Morris Ginsberg

(b) Becker and Barnes

(c) P.A. Sorokin

(d) Max Weber

11. Weber identified social action into

(a) Two types

(b) Three types

(c) Four types

(d) Five types

12. ‘Sociology is a value free science’ was advocated

by

(a) Emile Durkheim

(b) Talcott Parsons

(c) Karl Marx

(d) Max Weber


13. A tribal chief enjoys

(a) Traditional authority

(b) Rational-legal authority

(c) Charismatic authority

(d) Democratic authority

14. Microsociology is the analysis of

(a) Large scale social system

(b) Small unit of social system

(c) Agrarian system

(d) Social cohesion

15. Present day industrial-urban society is

characterized by

(a) Repressive law

(b) Restitutive law

(c) Oligarchic law

(d) Customs and traditions

16. Acculturation is a process of

(a) Cultural change

(b) Cultural exchange

(c) Learning basic culture

(d) Cultural balance

17. The method by which different societies/cultures

are analyzed objectively without judging them

with reference to their culture is called

(a) Ethnocentrism

(b) Cultural reproduction

(c) Cultural relativism

(d) Cultural pluralism

18. The spread of elements of culture is called

(a) Innovation

(b) Diffusion

(c) Invention

(d) Cultural change

19. The example of ‘Quasi-group’ is

(a) Status group

(b) A family

(c) A trade union

(d) A political party

20. Who of the following has developed the concept

of ‘reference group’?

(a) G.C. Homans

(b) Kingsley Davis

(c) Hayman

(d) C.H. Cooley

21. Students union in a college is an example of:

(a) Primary group

(b) Political party

(c) Association

(d) Trade union

22. A family in which an individual is born is called

(a) Family of procreation

(b) Family of orientation

(c) Matrilineal family

(d) Nuclear family

23. People married to our consanguines are called as

our:

(a) Primary kin

(b) Consanguines

(c) Cognates

(d) Affines

24. Marriage between high caste man and low caste

woman is called

(a) Hypogamy

(b) Hypergamy

(c) Endogamy

(d) Polygamy


25. Development of one’s positive attitudes towards

own ethnic or racial group is usually termed as

(a) Groupism

(b) Cultural relativism

(c) Ethnocentrism

(d) Localism

26. A clan is a

(a) Bilineal descent group

(b) Unilineal descent group

(c) Colateral group


27. Which of the following is the example of a

matrilineal society:

(a) Mundas

(b) Nicobarese

(c) Trobriand islanders

(d) Eskimos

28. The terms ‘sacred’ and ‘profane’ were coined by

(a) Mallinowski

(b) Emile Durkheim

(c) Radhakrishnan

(d) M.N. Srinivas

29. Inequality is the basic principle of

(a) Social class

(b) Social stratification

(c) Social integrity

(d) Social equilibrium

30. The word ‘caste’ is derived from

(a) The Latin word

(b) The Greek word

(c) The Portuguese word

(d) The Indian word

31. A dynamic or behavior aspects of status is called

(a) Culture

(b) Value

(c) Norms

(d) Role

32. The concept of relative deprivation was

formulated by:

(a) Parsons

(b) Stouffer

(c) Marx

(d) Merton

33. Habitual behavior of not keeping appointment

with other is an example of:

(a) Illegal action

(b) Deviant behavior

(c) Unethical practice


34. Practice of dowry by economically advanced

society is an example of

(a) Cultural learning

(b) Cultural pattern

(c) Cultural lag

(d) Cultural relativism

35. Norms which can be violated without severe

punishment are called

(a) More

(b) Folkways

(c) Etiquette

(d) Culture

36. An assigned position to an individual regardless

of his ability or performance is called

(a) Ascribed status

(b) Achieved status

(c) Status discrepancy

(d) Role set

37. The ‘Theory of natural Selection’ was

(a) Herbert Spencer

(b) Galileo

(c) Charles Darwin

(d) Newton


38. It is the functional importance in society which

determines social stratification. This was the core

concern of

(a) Karl Marx

(b) Max Weber

(c) Davis and Moore

(d) P. Sorokin

39. According to Luis Dumont, caste hierarchy is

determined by the principle of

(a) Purity and pollution

(b) Repulsion

(c) Individualism

(d) Socio-economic compression

40. The book ‘Indian Village’ was authored by

(a) M.N. Srinivas

(b) S.C. Dube

(c) Yogendra Singh

(d) Andre Beteille

41. While developing ‘Sociology’ as scientific

discipline, August Comte first termed it as-

(a) Social Engineering

(b) Social Morphology

(c) Social Physics

(d) Social Analogy

42. The Science Sociology should be the ‘Queen of

the Sciences’, who made this statement?

(a) August Comte

(b) Karl Marx

(c) L.T. HobHouse

(d) Talcot Parsons

43. The Nuer tribe was studied by:

(a) Durkheim

(b) Radcliffe - Brown

(c) Evans – Pritchard

(d) Malinowski

44. British Colonialism in India among others gave

rise to

(a) Tribal integration

(b) Emergence of middle class

(c) Village development scheme

(d) New political culture

45. Changes occurring in underdeveloped societies

as a result of Western technology could be

termed as

(a) Endogamous change

(b) Exogenous change

(c) Structural change

(d) Cultural change

46. Social reformer Jotiba Phule emphasized what

type of reformation attempt in India?

(a) To abolish Sati pratha

(b) To abolish Child Marriage

(c) To abolish Caste discrimination

(d) To initiate women’s education

47. Sanskritisation refers to

(a) A process of caste grouping

(b) A process of identity consciousness

(c) A low caste/tribe adopts high caste norms

(d) A process of dominance

48. According to M.N. Srinivas, westernization

involves

(a) Imitation of western forms of culture

(b) Accepting parliamentary system of

government

(c) Rejecting western culture

(d) Increasing inequality among castes

49. The book ‘Social Background of Indian

Nationalism’ was written by

(a) Rajani Kothari

(b) G.S. Ghurye

(c) A.R. Desai

(d) Mahatma Gandhi


50. The concept of ‘village republic’ was introduced

by

(a) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(d) Jotiba Phule

51. According to Weber, groups stratified according

to the principles of their ‘consumption pattern’ in

industrial society are referred to as:

(a) Social class

(b) Consumers

(c) Status groups

(d) Industrial workers

52. Liberalization of economy is meant

(a) Removal of government control relating

trade and finance

(b) Establishment of cottage industry

(c) Establishment of roads/communication

(d) Decrease of educational fees

53. Brahmo Samaj was founded by

(a) Vinoba Bhabe

(b) Jotiba Phule

(c) Ranade

(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

54. What is the minimum size of population to

declare a particular urban area as ‘town’

according to Indian Census?

(a) 20,000-49,999

(b) 10,000-19,999

(c) 5001-9999

(d) 5000

55. Whose name from the list below was popularly

associated with the theory of ‘Urbanism as a Way

of Life’?

(a) Robert Park

(b) E.W. Burgess

(c) Louis Wirth

(d) R.D. Mackenzie

56. Concentric Zone hypothesis was forwarded by-

(a) Robert Park

(b) Devid Ullman

(c) E.W. Burgess

(d) Walter Firey

57. ‘Folk-urban Ideal Type’ as a model for social

change was originally hypothesized by

(a) Robert Redfield

(b) Oscar Lewis

(c) Mackim Marriot

(d) R.D. Mackenzie

58. Who wrote the book ‘Little Community and

Peasant Society and Culture’?

(a) S.C. Dube

(b) D.N. Majumdar

(c) A.R. Desai

(d) Robert Redfield

59. According to which article, Parliament of India

can include or exclude any group from the list of

scheduled caste (S.C)?

(a) Article 341(2)

(b) Article 342(2)

(c) Article 343(2)

(d) Article 344(2)

60. The term ‘Stratification’ has been borrowed from

the discipline of

(a) Archaeology

(b) Geology

(c) Astronomy

(d) Psychology

61. The term ‘connurbation’ is associated with the

writings of

(a) Robert Park

(b) Patrick Giddes

(c) M.S.A. Rao

(d) Robert Redfield


62. Which of the aspect is not taking into account in

the science of demography?

(a) Birth and death rate

(b) Height and weight of population

(c) Density of population

(d) Age and sex composition

63. Rampur village was studied by

(a) F.G. Bailey

(b) Oscar Lewis

(c) M.N. Srinivas

(d) D.N. Majumdar

64. Who authored the book ‘Arunachal Panorama’?

(a) Verrier Elwin

(b) J.N. Choudhury

(c) Talom Rukbo

(d) Oshong Ering

65. ‘Andaman Islanders’ a community case study was

the work of

(a) Malinowski

(b) Verrier Elwin

(c) Raymond Firth

(d) Radcliffe Brown

66. ‘Demography’ the term was first coined by

(a) Robert Malthus

(b) Achile Guillard

(c) Edward Tylor

(d) Aristotle

67. A division of Sociology called ‘Formal Sociology’

was introduced by

(a) Morris Ginsberg

(b) Georg Simmel

(c) Robert Merton

(d) August Comte

68. E.S. Bogardus introduced the concept

(a) Sociometry

(b) Role-Set

(c) Social Distance

(d) Sociography

69. Chipko movement raised the issue relating to

(a) Abolition of Zamindary system

(b) Ecological sustainability

(c) Dowry system

(d) Caste panchayat

70. The former President of India V.V. Giri’s name

was famous for

(a) Peasant’s struggle

(b) Dalit movement

(c) Backward class movement

(d) Trade union movement

71. A range of policy decisions that Indian state book

to open Indian economy to world market. This

process is often referred to as

(a) Modernization

(b) Universalisation

(c) Westernization

(d) Liberalization

72. Emile Durkheim explained the factors of social

change as a cause of

(a) Population growth

(b) Change of social status

(c) Change in the bond of morality

(d) Technology

73. Ideational and Sensate culture as cycles of

historical change in society was advocated by

(a) Arnold Toynbee

(b) P.A. Sorokin

(c) Talcot Parsons

(d) Vilfredo Pareto


74. Borrowing of technology to bring about change in

Arunachal Pradesh may be regarded as

(a) Indigenous factor

(b) Exogenous factor

(c) Cultural factor

(d) Political factor

75. In describing social change who coined the terms

‘Challenge and Response’?

(a) Arnold Toynbee

(b) Oswald Spengler

(c) Robert Malthus

(d) P.A. Sorokin

76. Telengana Movement was originated in

(a) Orissa

(b) West Bengal

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Bihar

77. The relationship between religious values and

economic activities was brought out clearly by

(a) Adam Smith

(b) Simmel

(c) Weber

(d) Durkheim

78. Anonymity, Heterogeneity and superficiality are

some important characteristics of urban life.

These were the contentions in the writings of

(a) E.E. Bergel

(b) Roy Turner

(c) Louis Wirth

(d) Robert Park

79. The concept of ‘Culture of Poverty’ was

forwarded by

(a) Milton Singer

(b) MSA Rao

(c) Ashish Bose

(d) Oscar Lewis

80. ‘Achievement motivation’ as a theory of

modernization was discussed by

(a) Deniel Lerner

(b) McClelland

(c) R.N. Bellah

(d) Alex Inkeles

81. The book ‘The Wealth of Nations’ was written by

(a) Arnold Toynbee

(b) Adam Smith

(c) W.W. Rostow

(d) Simon Kuznet

82. Describing social change in village life Mackim

Marriot used a typology known as

(a) Traditionalism vs modernism

(b) Universalisation vs parochialisation

(c) Static vs dynamic

(d) Nationalization vs globalization

83. Elite theory of social change was proposed by

(a) V. Pareto

(b) Mosca

(c) C.W. Mills

(d) Talcot Parsons

84. Who wrote the book ‘Caste in Indian Politics’?

(a) Rajani Kothari

(b) Gail Omvedt

(c) Ramchandra Guha

(d) S.A. Dange

85. The first trade union was established in Madras

by-

(a) V.V. Giri

(b) S.A. Dange

(c) George Fernandez

(d) B.P. Wadia


86. The concept of ‘Dominant Caste’ was first

systematically developed by

(a) N.K. Bose

(b) Andre Beteilie

(c) M.N. Srinivas

(d) S.C. Dube

87. Guild system as a form of occupation was

associated with

(a) Ancient nomadic society

(b) Peasant society

(c) Feudal society

(d) Capitalist society

88. ‘Slums and Urbanization’ a book written by-

(a) David Popenoe

(b) Patrick Giddes

(c) Desai and Pillai

(d) I.P. Desai

89. “Property, power and prestige are three separate

but interacting bases for creating hierarchy in

society”. Who advocated this?

(a) Max Weber

(b) Karl Marx

(c) C.W. Mills

(d) R. Bendix

90. “Freeman and slave, patrician and plebian, lord

and serf, guildmaster and …………….” Fill up the

blanks of the sentence from the phrases given

below

(a) hunters

(b) zamindars

(c) peasants

(d) journeyman

91. ‘Value free sociology’ was proposed by

(a) Arnold Green

(b) Georg Simmel

(c) Max Weber

(d) Ferdinand Tonnies

92. “Society is a reality sui-generis” who made this

statement?

(a) August Comte

(b) Emile Durkheim

(c) Plato

(d) Alexis De Tocqueville

93. Who is the author of the book ‘Organisation

Man’?

(a) Elton Mayo

(b) William W. Whyte

(c) V.V. Giri

(d) N.R. Seth

94. The concept ‘Pre-Industrial city’ was primarily

associated with the name of

(a) Gideon Sjoberg

(b) Ralph Dahrendorf

(c) Anthony Giddens

(d) Sorokin

95. Whose name is associated with the concept of

‘post industrial society’?

(a) Schneider

(b) Anthony Giddens

(c) Deniel Bell

(d) Bill Gates

96. Industrialisation is primarily a

(a) Way of life

(b) A process

(c) A style of life

(d) A value system

97. Who edited the book ‘India’s Village’?

(a) M.N. Srinivas

(b) D.N. Majumdar

(c) Mackim Marriot

(d) S.C. Dube


98. Three classes of people in society- ‘very rich, very

poor, mean or moderate’ who made such

classifications?

(a) Voltaire

(b) Rousseau

(c) John Bodin

(d) Aristotle

99. Tado Hage is an L.D.A. He is pursuing a course on

business management with a hope to become a

marketing manager. This process is called-

(a) Educational change

(b) Educational difference

(c) Educational achievement

(d) Educational and occupational mobility

100. Which caste formed the backbone of Dr.

Ambedkar’s Movement?

(a) Mahars

(b) Nadars

(c) Rajputs

(d) Nayars

101. Rourkela city is known for

(a) Mining industry

(b) Iron and steel industry

(c) Coal industry

(d) Fertilizers industry

102. A subjective assessment of social status was

forwarded by-

(a) Ralf Dahrendorf

(b) Max Weber

(c) Melvin Tumin

(d) Mayer and Buckley

103. Kingsley Davis and W.E. Moore developed

(a) Concentric Zone theory

(b) Conflict theory

(c) Functional theory of stratification

(d) Theory of anomie

104. The groups of people consisting of the clergy, the

nobility and the commoners during the middle

age in Europe were referred to as-

(a) Aboriginal tribes

(b) Slavery

(c) Estate

(d) Zamindars

105. The terms ‘harmonic’ and ‘disharmonic’ model of

social stratification was used by

(a) Yogendra Singh

(b) S.C. Dube

(c) Andre Beteille

(d) K.L. Sharma

106. The book ‘Social and Cultural Mobility’ was

written by

(a) V. Pareto

(b) P.A. Sorokin

(c) R. Bendix

(d) Kingsley Davis

107. Who among the following sociologists wrote

about India’s caste system?

(a) Max Weber

(b) Louis Wirth

(c) A.B. Hollingshed

(d) Talcot Parsons

108. The concept ‘Manifest and Latent’ functions was

developed by-

(a) Malinowski

(b) Radcliffe Brown

(c) M.J. Levy

(d) R.K. Merton

109. Who wrote the book ‘Mind, Self and Society’?

(a) Marx

(b) Mead

(c) Weber

(d) Durkheim


110. Who wrote the book ‘Political Man’?

(a) Aristotle

(b) S.M. Lipset

(c) Gerald Lenski

(d) Rajani Kothari

111. Quit India movement started in the year-

(a) 1941

(b) 1942

(c) 1943

(d) 1944

112. The term ‘democracy’ is derived from

(a) Greek word

(b) Latin word

(c) Portuguese word

(d) French word

113. When was the Human Rights Commission

established?

(a) 1944

(b) 1945

(c) 1946

(d) 1947

114. Which one of the following is not a characteristic

feature of the bureaucratic organization?

(a) Rational legal authority

(b) Democratization

(c) Hierarchy

(d) Role-segmentation

115. Who placed emphasis on population volume and

density as causes of social differentiation:

(a) Marx

(b) Malthus

(c) Durkheim

(d) Spencer

116. The MacMohan line demarcates the border

between

(a) India and China

(b) British India and Outer Tibet

(c) India and Pakistan

(d) India and Bhutan

117. Arunachal Pradesh as a full fledged state was

established in the year

(a) 1986 - 20 February

(b) 1987 - 20 February

(c) 1988 - 20 February

(d) 1989 - 20 February

118. A way of life and culture represented by folk or

unlettered peasants constitute

(a) Little tradition

(b) Great tradition

(c) Multiple tradition

(d) Sanskrit tradition

119. A system of tax collection in Colonial Indiain

which the government settled the revenue

directly with the cultivators is called –

(a) Zamindary System

(b) Raiyatwari System

(c) Panchayat System

(d) Middle man

120. The 73rd and 74th amendment of the Constitution

of India 1992 deals with

(a) Right to Information Act

(b) Panchayati Raj

(c) Education for All

(d) Land Reforms

121. In India, the genuine period of globalization was

mainly started in the

(a) post 1970

(b) post 1980

(c) post 1990

(d) post 2000


122. Demographically speaking the number of live

birth per 1000 population is called

(a) Birth rate

(b) Death rate

(c) Rate of Natural increase

(d) Life expectancy

123. In terms of land area which state of northeast

India is the largest?

(a) Assam

(b) Arunachal Pradesh

(c) Meghalaya

(d) Manipur

124. ‘Pabitara Wild Life Sanctuary’ is located in

(a) Arunachal Pradesh

(b) Assam

(c) Meghalaya

(d) Manipur

125. Arunachal Pradesh is popularly known as the

“Land of the Dawn lit mountains”. This meaning

is rooted in which language?

(a) Assamese

(b) Hindi

(c) Parsi

(d) Sanskrit

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