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This section includes 195 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Sociology (CBCS) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 151. |
Which ofthe following is not covered under PMGSY scheme? |
| A. | Existing roadsimprovement |
| B. | New roads connectivity |
| C. | All weather village roads connectivity |
| D. | City area roads |
| Answer» E. | |
| 152. |
The recitation of certain Mantras on the occasion of birth, marriage, etc is a characteristic feature of |
| A. | Hindu religion |
| B. | Muslim religion |
| C. | Buddhism |
| D. | Jainism |
| Answer» B. Muslim religion | |
| 153. |
Which of the following is the implementing agency under MGNREGA at the village level? |
| A. | Beneficiary |
| B. | Villagers |
| C. | Gram Panchayat |
| D. | Private Contractors |
| Answer» D. Private Contractors | |
| 154. |
Which ofthe followingworks cannot be taken under MGNREGA? |
| A. | Water conservation and water harvesting |
| B. | Afforestation and treeplantation |
| C. | Building works |
| D. | Land development and ruralconnectivity |
| Answer» D. Land development and ruralconnectivity | |
| 155. |
Which one of the following is not a characteristic of joint family system? |
| A. | All members live together under one roof |
| B. | Members are not related to each other |
| C. | Property belongs to the whole family |
| D. | All members share a common kitchen |
| Answer» C. Property belongs to the whole family | |
| 156. |
The purpose of a temple in the village is for |
| A. | cultural performance |
| B. | taking political decisions |
| C. | social assemblage |
| D. | economic activities |
| Answer» D. economic activities | |
| 157. |
The main duty of the family in rural society is |
| A. | Schooling |
| B. | Socialization |
| C. | Internalization |
| D. | Agriculture |
| Answer» C. Internalization | |
| 158. |
Which one of the following is not true of the marriage system in villages of India? |
| A. | old family status is given great importance |
| B. | child marriage is on the increase |
| C. | expenditure on marriage is on the decrease |
| D. | education of the couple is given due weightage |
| Answer» C. expenditure on marriage is on the decrease | |
| 159. |
In rural society, people believed in religion because they |
| A. | realized the importance of religion |
| B. | were afraid of supernatural power |
| C. | saw rationality in religious practices |
| D. | were forced by their village heads |
| Answer» C. saw rationality in religious practices | |
| 160. |
The focal centre for religious veneration in rural society is the |
| A. | sacred |
| B. | belief in god |
| C. | theology |
| D. | activity carried out by priests |
| Answer» C. theology | |
| 161. |
What are the two basic components of all religion? |
| A. | Ritual and magic |
| B. | Priest and ritual |
| C. | Belief and ritual |
| D. | Superstition and fear |
| Answer» D. Superstition and fear | |
| 162. |
A Harijan family trying to follow the lifestyle of a Brahman family in a multi-caste Indian village may be attributed to |
| A. | Acculturation |
| B. | Sanskritization |
| C. | Imitation |
| D. | Role-play |
| Answer» C. Imitation | |
| 163. |
In rural society the pattern of interaction of the members is |
| A. | wider |
| B. | narrower |
| C. | moderate |
| D. | limited |
| Answer» C. moderate | |
| 164. |
In the Hindu belief system, salvation means |
| A. | temporary relief from life and death cycle |
| B. | permanent relief from life and death cycle |
| C. | struggle for better life |
| D. | belief in supernatural powers |
| Answer» C. struggle for better life | |
| 165. |
The general assumption that the joint family is dying out is invalid was said by |
| A. | Mac Iver |
| B. | K.M. Kapadia |
| C. | A. R. Desai |
| D. | H.T. Mazumdar |
| Answer» C. A. R. Desai | |
| 166. |
The principle cause for the end of village isolation is |
| A. | the expansion of literacy |
| B. | development of transport and communication |
| C. | role of politics |
| D. | setting up of democratic institutions |
| Answer» C. role of politics | |
| 167. |
Which one is not the basis of unity in village? |
| A. | Common traits |
| B. | Similarity of experience |
| C. | Common customs and traditions |
| D. | Specialization |
| Answer» E. | |
| 168. |
Which of the following is not a characteristic of village community? |
| A. | Definite territory |
| B. | Community sentiment |
| C. | Dominance of nuclear family |
| D. | Homogeneity |
| Answer» D. Homogeneity | |
| 169. |
Who said that if the villages prosper, the country prospers; and if the villages ruin, who can save the country?. |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | M.N. Srinivas |
| C. | S.C. Dube |
| D. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Answer» B. M.N. Srinivas | |
| 170. |
The dominant factor that decides almost all aspects of rural life in India is |
| A. | conservatism |
| B. | casteism |
| C. | bonded labour |
| D. | class system |
| Answer» C. bonded labour | |
| 171. |
Modern village community has been very much influenced by |
| A. | religion |
| B. | political system |
| C. | urbanization |
| D. | economic system |
| Answer» D. economic system | |
| 172. |
Under Jajmani system, the person rendering his/her services to Jajman is called |
| A. | Servant |
| B. | Kameen |
| C. | Kisan |
| D. | Yajman |
| Answer» C. Kisan | |
| 173. |
Which among the following factors makes the people of a village a community ? |
| A. | Common religion |
| B. | Common culture |
| C. | Sense of we feeling |
| D. | Common blood ties |
| Answer» D. Common blood ties | |
| 174. |
The main occupation of rural society is |
| A. | Agriculture |
| B. | Fishing |
| C. | Carpentery |
| D. | Trading |
| Answer» B. Fishing | |
| 175. |
Which among the following factors influences the social organization of the villages? |
| A. | Caste system |
| B. | Migration |
| C. | Jajmani system |
| D. | Social mobility |
| Answer» B. Migration | |
| 176. |
India is a land of |
| A. | Cities |
| B. | Villages |
| C. | Towns |
| D. | Rurbans |
| Answer» C. Towns | |
| 177. |
Self-sufficiency is a major feature of |
| A. | Rural society |
| B. | Urban society |
| C. | Tribal society |
| D. | Hindu society |
| Answer» B. Urban society | |
| 178. |
A village has less than _______ population |
| A. | 10,000 |
| B. | 15,000 |
| C. | 5,000 |
| D. | 20,000 |
| Answer» D. 20,000 | |
| 179. |
The striking similarities between the village and the town in some aspects of community life is |
| A. | Interconnection of rural-urban |
| B. | similarity between rural and urban |
| C. | Rural-urban convergence |
| D. | Urban cultural diffusion. |
| Answer» D. Urban cultural diffusion. | |
| 180. |
Which of the following is the nature of rural community ? |
| A. | Formal social control |
| B. | Large scale social mobility |
| C. | unstable family |
| D. | informal social control |
| Answer» E. | |
| 181. |
Which one of the following scholars opined that the self-sufficiency of the Indian village is a myth? |
| A. | Charles T. Metcalfe |
| B. | Oscar Lewis |
| C. | Louis Dumont |
| D. | M.N.Srinivas |
| Answer» E. | |
| 182. |
Which of the following is not included to the scope of rural sociology? |
| A. | Rural problems |
| B. | Rural social life |
| C. | Rural mechanization |
| D. | Rural social structure |
| Answer» D. Rural social structure | |
| 183. |
The civil society agencies also facilitate the usage of local resources for local development and thus make the community _____ |
| A. | Self-reliant |
| B. | Self-content |
| C. | Dependant |
| D. | Independent |
| Answer» B. Self-content | |
| 184. |
"A village should be self -sufficient, should be morally and economically integrated within the Indian society" who said this words? |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Andre Beteille |
| C. | M.N Srinivas |
| D. | D.N Majumdar |
| Answer» B. Andre Beteille | |
| 185. |
The harmonious co-existence of both the state and the civil society safe guards the interest of both the government and the ____ |
| A. | Political institutions |
| B. | Village people |
| C. | Individual |
| D. | Citizens |
| Answer» E. | |
| 186. |
Who used the terms rural and urban for contrasting communities |
| A. | Louis Wright |
| B. | Ferdinand Tonnies |
| C. | Durkheim |
| D. | Parsons |
| Answer» B. Ferdinand Tonnies | |
| 187. |
Which of the following religion is associated with caste system? |
| A. | Christianity |
| B. | Hinduism |
| C. | Islam |
| D. | Buddhism |
| Answer» C. Islam | |
| 188. |
Civil society in India has always played a significant role in implementing government policies and programme by creating awareness and coming forward for ___ |
| A. | Social change |
| B. | Structural change |
| C. | Political change |
| D. | Cultural change |
| Answer» B. Structural change | |
| 189. |
A clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town is called |
| A. | Sub-town |
| B. | Metropolis |
| C. | Village |
| D. | Cities |
| Answer» D. Cities | |
| 190. |
Rural Sociology as a separate discipline of study started in |
| A. | The nineteeth century |
| B. | The eighteen century |
| C. | The twentieth century |
| D. | The seventeenth century |
| Answer» D. The seventeenth century | |
| 191. |
Rural sociology emerged due to |
| A. | the need of intensive study of different aspects of rural social life |
| B. | the need of reconstruction of rural family |
| C. | the necessity of reformation in rural behavior |
| D. | the necessity of gainful employment in rural areas. |
| Answer» B. the need of reconstruction of rural family | |
| 192. |
Which of the following is known as the charter for Rural Sociology |
| A. | Report of the Royal Commission |
| B. | Report of the Country Life Commission |
| C. | Report of the British East India Company |
| D. | Report of the Planning Commission |
| Answer» C. Report of the British East India Company | |
| 193. |
Studies on village communities before independence of India focused mainly on |
| A. | Economic perspective |
| B. | Political perspective |
| C. | Social perspective |
| D. | Psychological perspective |
| Answer» B. Political perspective | |
| 194. |
Village studies during the British period were made for |
| A. | Helping village development |
| B. | Consolidating the British Raj in India |
| C. | Consolidating Panchayati Raj |
| D. | Eradicating rural poverty |
| Answer» C. Consolidating Panchayati Raj | |
| 195. |
Village studies in India were mainly conducted by |
| A. | Administrators |
| B. | Economists |
| C. | Sociologists and Anthropologists |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |