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1. What is the characteristic of scientific method given by Karl Popper?
(A) Replicability
(B) Hypothesis
(C) Falsifiability
(D) Experimentation

2. Who gave the concept of “following a rule” with reference to objectivity in social science?
(A) Durkheim
(B) Weber
(C) Spencer
(D) Parsons

3. Which sociologist wrote the book ‘The Rules of Sociological Method’?
(A) M. Weber
(B) E. Durkheim
(C) A. Giddens
(D) T. Parsons

4. Which one is the correct statement according to Bronislaw Malinowski?
(A) Religion reflects society as a whole
(B) Religious ritual is the worship of society
(C) Religion promotes social solidarity by dealing with situations of emotional stress
(D) Religion promotes social solidarity through religious ritual

5. The data, which are collected from the individual respondents for the purpose of certain study is known as:
(A) Primary
(B) Secondary
(C) Tertiary
(D) Biased

6. Which scholar stated that the human mind was structured in the same way universally?
(A) Radcliffe-Brown
(B) Nadel
(C) Levi-Strauss
(D) Karl Marx

7. A social group with some degree of “We-feeling” is called:
(A) Primary group
(B) Secondary group
(C) Organized group
(D) Minority group

8. Which one of the following is not a theory of social change?
(A) Cyclical theory
(B) Linear theory
(C) Wave theory
(D) Cultural Interaction theory

9. Who has defined Sociology as a science which attempts to interpretive understanding of social action?
(A) Talcott Parsons
(B) Emile Durkheim
(C) Max Weber
(D) Pitrim Sorokin

10. One of the following belonged to Linear Theory of social change:
(A) Emile Durkheim
(B) P.A. Sorokin
(C) Toynbee
(D) Vilfredo Pareto

11. The focus of Sociology is on:
(A) Individualism
(B) Phenomenon
(C) Socialism
(D) Social Action

12. Which of the following theories is propounded by Sir Henry Maine?
(A) Theory of Monogamy
(B) Matriarchal Theory
(C) Patriarchal Theory
(D) Theory of Polygamy

13. Process of Sanskritisation is a factor for:
(A) Structural change
(B) Positional change
(C) Revolutionary change
(D) Total transformation

14. Social change brought out by social legislation is aimed at:
(A) Justice
(B) Authority
(C) Co-operation
(D) Idealism

15. Who among the following believes that sub-caste is the “real” unit of the caste system?
(A) Yogendra Singh
(B) M.N. Srinivas
(C) T.N. Madan
(D) J.H. Hutton

16. What is the basis of social stratification?
(A) Superior-Inferior
(B) Social harmony
(C) Social understanding
(D) Social problems

17. The pilot sample is usually a smallsubset of the:
(A) Target population
(B) Sampled population
(C) Stratified population
(D) Clustered population

18. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other is as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): All societies provide institutionalized means of reaching culturally defined goals.
Reason (R): In India, the accepted ways of achieving success are through education, talent and hardwork.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is false but (R) is true
(D) (A) is true but (R) is false

19. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other is as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): In modern society the emphasis is upon achievement.
Reason (R): The caste system provides different status to different categories of people.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is false but (R) is true
(D) (A) is true but (R) is false

20. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other is as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Social Norms are not formed for all situations.
Reason (R): Social Norms have relevance to occupation and status, too.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is false but (R) is true
(D) (A) is true but (R) is false

21. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other is as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Individual’s status varies from time to time since childhood.
Reason (R): The dead also have a status in every society.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true

22. A girl is asked to be modest from childhood. This is due to:
(A) Gender Roles
(B) Social Status
(C) Caste System
(D) Tradition

23. A boy is encouraged to play with a gun to be a soldier when he grows up. This is called:
(A) Anti-socialization
(B) Re-socialization
(C) Anticipatory socialization
(D) Socialization

24. Which measure of central tendency is important for using higher statistics?
(A) Mean
(B) Mode
(C) Median
(D) Harmonic mean

25. Which one of the following is not the characteristic of the state?
(A) The political apparatus
(B) Ethnicity
(C) Territory
(D) Law and the use of force

26. Who among the following claims that ‘a major role of educational system is the social function of elimination’?
(A) Pierre Bourdien
(B) Ivan Illich
(C) Michael Young
(D) Dennis Lawton

27. Casteism we mean:
(A) Bias in favour of one’s own caste
(B) Bias in favour of own caste and against other castes
(C) Bias against every caste
(D) Bias in favour of few castes

28. Which of the following Ghurye considers more proper on solution of the problem of tribals?
(A) Revivalism
(B) Isolation
(C) Assimilation
(D) Accommodation

29. According to M.N. Srinivas important critera to be a dominant caste include:
I. Land ownership
II. Strength of number
III. Education
IV. High place in local hierarchy
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) I, II and IV
(B) I, III and IV
(C) II, III and IV
(D) I, II and III

30. Who among the following played a key role in the professionalization of Sociology in India?
(A) Srinivas M.N.
(B) Ghurye G.S.
(C) Desai A.R.
(D) Mukherjee R.K.

31. The unfavourable alteration of environment due to human activities is termed as:
(A) Ecological Disturbance
(B) Catastrophe
(C) Ecological Degradation
(D) Pollution

32. 20% of the population in the developed nations consumes 86% of the world’s goods. This is the ideal example of …………………….. .
(A) Global poverty
(B) Global disparities
(C) Endemic poverty
(D) Dimension of poverty

33. Top five states reporting slums …………………….. .
(A) Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, M.P. Odisha, West Bengal
(B) Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Kerala, Assam
(C) Odisha, West Bengal, M.P., Bihar, Jharkhand
(D) Chandigarh, Gujrat, Jharkhand, Assam, Kerala

34. Most common cause of blindness in India is ………………. .
(A) Anaemia
(B) Vitamin A deficiency
(C) Glaucoma
(D) Cataract

35. Various ethnic groups, caste groups and religious groups live peacefully. What is this called?
(A) Peacefulness
(B) Secularism
(C) Humanitarianism
(D) Pluralism

36. India is not an example of ……………………. .
(A) Cultural pluralism
(B) Religious pluralism
(C) Dominance of one group/culture
(D) Linguistic pluralism

37. The Preamble of our constitution states that India is a …………………. .
(A) Sovereign and secular
(B) Sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic
(C) Secular and democratic
(D) Secular, sovereign and democratic republic

38. The problem in Indian sociopolitical life is ………………… .
(A) Secularization is complete
(B) Secularism is irrelevant for India
(C) There is secularism but not enough secularization
(D) Government does not support secularization

39. The Kheda Satyagraha was started in:
(A) March 1919
(B) March 1918
(C) April 1919
(D) May 1920

40. Miller studied Jajmani system in:
(A) 1947
(B) 1952
(C) 1954
(D) 1956

41. Which among the following pairs isnot correctly matched?
(A) Giddens — Structuration
(B) Derrida — Deconstruction
(C) Habermas — Neo-Marxism
(D) Alexander — Structuralism

42. Who is the author of ‘Neocolonialism in West Africa’?
(A) Samir Amin
(B) Gunnar Myrdal
(C) Eric R. Wolf
(D) Andre G. Frank

43. Which of the following is not a factor affecting population growth?
(A) Ethnicity
(B) Fertility
(C) Mortality
(D) Morbidity

44. Who was of the opinion that along with industrialisation, agricultural development is essential for creation of employment and productivity?
(A) Mohandas Gandhi
(B) Adam Smith
(C) Gunnar Myrdal
(D) Andre G. Frank

45. In which year ‘Family Planning’ was renamed as ‘Family Welfare’?
(A) 1975
(B) 2011
(C) 2001
(D) 1977

46. Which one of the following is not a form of Alienation?
(A) From product
(B) From production process
(C) From self
(D) From manager

47. The illumination experiment was carried out in …………………… .
(A) New York
(B) California
(C) Chicago
(D) Washington

48. Under which heading the efforts were made to rerive the structural functional theory?
(A) Structuralism
(B) Post-structuralism
(C) Structuration
(D) Neo-functionalism

49. 73rd Amendment was enacted in:
(A) 1988
(B) 1989
(C) 1991
(D) 1992

50. The Telangana Movement was started against the …………………. .
(A) Nijam of Hyderabad
(B) Zamindars
(C) Moneylenders
(D) Intermediaries