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This section includes 423 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your 12th knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 51. |
Who defined “Culture as the cumulative creation of man”? |
| A. | radcliffe brown |
| B. | evans pritchard |
| C. | b. malinowski |
| D. | durkheim |
| Answer» D. durkheim | |
| 52. |
“Culture is that complex whole which include knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, customand other capabilities acquired by man as a member of society” said by? |
| A. | herbert spencer |
| B. | edward tylor |
| C. | h d laswell |
| D. | robert redfield |
| Answer» C. h d laswell | |
| 53. |
According to Chathurvarna system, Hindu society divided into ………………….. varnas |
| A. | two |
| B. | three |
| C. | four |
| D. | five |
| Answer» D. five | |
| 54. |
Who said, “Caste is a closed social group” |
| A. | s c roy |
| B. | g s ghurye |
| C. | m n srinivas |
| D. | dn majumdar and t n madan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 55. |
The Spanish word ‘Casta’ means................. ? |
| A. | breed or lineage |
| B. | grouping |
| C. | category |
| D. | classification |
| Answer» B. grouping | |
| 56. |
The term ‘Caste’ derived from ................. Language? |
| A. | french |
| B. | spanish |
| C. | roman |
| D. | greek |
| Answer» C. roman | |
| 57. |
What are the major types of stratification? |
| A. | caste |
| B. | social class |
| C. | estate |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 58. |
Caste based society is a ............. system of stratification |
| A. | open |
| B. | closed |
| C. | vertical |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. vertical | |
| 59. |
The Book ‘Social and cultural mobility’ authored by |
| A. | james frazer |
| B. | e b tylor |
| C. | pitirim sorokin |
| D. | max muller |
| Answer» D. max muller | |
| 60. |
Class is an example for .......................... stratification |
| A. | open |
| B. | ascribed |
| C. | endogamous |
| D. | closed |
| Answer» B. ascribed | |
| 61. |
Vertical social mobility is possible in ......................... stratification system |
| A. | closed |
| B. | horizontal |
| C. | ascribed |
| D. | open |
| Answer» E. | |
| 62. |
Who defined “The process by which individuals and groups are ranked in a more or lessenduring hierarchy of status is known as stratification?” |
| A. | g lenski |
| B. | ogburn and nimkoff |
| C. | talcott parson |
| D. | a giddens |
| Answer» C. talcott parson | |
| 63. |
‘Feeling of superiority and inferiority among the members of different strata’ is ancharacteristics of ........................ |
| A. | social mobility |
| B. | social control |
| C. | social stratification |
| D. | social homogeneity |
| Answer» D. social homogeneity | |
| 64. |
.................. refers to classification and placement of people with in society? |
| A. | social stratification |
| B. | social pattern |
| C. | social integration |
| D. | adaptation |
| Answer» B. social pattern | |
| 65. |
................... is an orderly and systematic arrangement of social interaction. |
| A. | social mobilisation |
| B. | social system |
| C. | social consensus |
| D. | sanction |
| Answer» C. social consensus | |
| 66. |
................. Expected behaviour one individual hold a certain status or position |
| A. | role |
| B. | custom |
| C. | rituals |
| D. | ideals |
| Answer» B. custom | |
| 67. |
Which status is an example for achieved status? |
| A. | age |
| B. | caste |
| C. | engineer |
| D. | religion |
| Answer» D. religion | |
| 68. |
The status acquired on the basis of effort or abilities? |
| A. | voluntary status |
| B. | achieved status |
| C. | ascribed status |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. ascribed status | |
| 69. |
Find out an example for ascribed status? |
| A. | lawyer |
| B. | college professor |
| C. | doctor |
| D. | age |
| Answer» E. | |
| 70. |
Status based on irrespective of efforts is called ...................... |
| A. | ascribed |
| B. | constructed |
| C. | achieved |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. constructed | |
| 71. |
According to Radcliff Brown, Social structure refers to an ...................... |
| A. | interaction |
| B. | standard of behaviour |
| C. | arrangement of person |
| D. | mutual relationships |
| Answer» D. mutual relationships | |
| 72. |
The process of socialization is a ................... process? |
| A. | tentative |
| B. | life long |
| C. | unsure |
| D. | halting |
| Answer» C. unsure | |
| 73. |
............... is a socially defined position or rank with in a group or society |
| A. | role |
| B. | status |
| C. | sanction |
| D. | conformity |
| Answer» C. sanction | |
| 74. |
Social structure is based on ..................... |
| A. | values |
| B. | custom |
| C. | more |
| D. | role and status |
| Answer» E. | |
| 75. |
Who defined “Social structure of an arrangement of person in institutionally controlled ordefined social relationship? |
| A. | radcliff brown |
| B. | g homans |
| C. | c h cooley |
| D. | herbert blumer |
| Answer» B. g homans | |
| 76. |
Who compared societies to a living organism? |
| A. | emile durkheim |
| B. | talcott parson |
| C. | herbert spencer |
| D. | malinowski |
| Answer» D. malinowski | |
| 77. |
Folkways and More are .............. forms of social control |
| A. | informal |
| B. | organised |
| C. | formal |
| D. | direct |
| Answer» B. organised | |
| 78. |
Who said that “Education as the socialization of the younger generation” |
| A. | d cooper |
| B. | r h turner |
| C. | g h mead |
| D. | durkheim |
| Answer» E. | |
| 79. |
The formal means of social control characterised by uniformity, unhealed by politicalauthority and penal sanction? |
| A. | law |
| B. | family |
| C. | education |
| D. | peer group |
| Answer» B. family | |
| 80. |
Which is not included in the formal means of social control? |
| A. | student association |
| B. | trade union |
| C. | office |
| D. | folkways |
| Answer» E. | |
| 81. |
Find out an informal means of social control? |
| A. | political party |
| B. | religion |
| C. | trade union |
| D. | factory |
| Answer» C. trade union | |
| 82. |
Social controlling methods which are deliberately formed and interactions are impersonal in nature? |
| A. | informal social control |
| B. | formal social control |
| C. | unorganised social control |
| D. | unconscious social control |
| Answer» C. unorganised social control | |
| 83. |
Find out which is not a goal or purpose of social control? |
| A. | conformity |
| B. | solidarity |
| C. | continuity of group |
| D. | differentiation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 84. |
The term ................. Concerned with the maintenance of order and stability in society |
| A. | social control |
| B. | social movement |
| C. | social conflict |
| D. | social structure |
| Answer» B. social movement | |
| 85. |
The book “Social control: a survey of the foundations of order” published in ................? |
| A. | 1910 |
| B. | 1908 |
| C. | 1905 |
| D. | 1901 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 86. |
“Social control refers to the system of devices whereby society brings its members intoconformity with the accepted standards of behaviour” who said? |
| A. | levi strauss |
| B. | e a ross |
| C. | g h mead |
| D. | dahrendorf |
| Answer» C. g h mead | |
| 87. |
The concept ‘social control’ introduced in ................ books |
| A. | social control |
| B. | fundamentals of sociology |
| C. | the idea of social science |
| D. | economy and society |
| Answer» B. fundamentals of sociology | |
| 88. |
Who introduced the concepts “Social control”? |
| A. | g mosca |
| B. | e a ross |
| C. | h h hyman |
| D. | g p murdock |
| Answer» C. h h hyman | |
| 89. |
‘The boys and girls try to become free from parental control’ is an feature of ..............stage? |
| A. | adolescence stage |
| B. | oedipal stage |
| C. | anal stage |
| D. | oral stage |
| Answer» B. oedipal stage | |
| 90. |
The feeling of jealousy towards the mother and love towards the father is an ..................complex? |
| A. | oedipus complex |
| B. | super ego |
| C. | electra complex |
| D. | id |
| Answer» D. id | |
| 91. |
............. means that feeling of jealousy towards father and love towards mother? |
| A. | electra complex |
| B. | oedipus complex |
| C. | id |
| D. | ego |
| Answer» C. id | |
| 92. |
Who develop the concepts that “Oedipus complex and Electra complex” |
| A. | b berelson |
| B. | smelser |
| C. | robert a dahl |
| D. | freud |
| Answer» E. | |
| 93. |
Which stage is characterised that child taught to do some task such as toileting, keepclothing etc. |
| A. | anal stage |
| B. | oral stage |
| C. | oedipal stage |
| D. | adolescence |
| Answer» B. oral stage | |
| 94. |
Which stage is characterised that, by means of crying the child establishes or involved incommunication with mother? |
| A. | oedipal stage |
| B. | anal stage |
| C. | oral stage |
| D. | adolescence |
| Answer» D. adolescence | |
| 95. |
................... is a process “in which someone is consciously socialized for future occupations, positions and social relationships” |
| A. | adult socialization |
| B. | re socialization |
| C. | gender socialization |
| D. | anticipatory socialisation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 96. |
In contemporary society,............................ play a greater role in the process of socialization |
| A. | folkways |
| B. | mass media |
| C. | traditional beliefs |
| D. | individual conflicts |
| Answer» C. traditional beliefs | |
| 97. |
.................. refers to “process of leaving certain social behaviour patterns and role in orderto adopt new one as part of one’s evolution in life” |
| A. | re socialization |
| B. | anticipatory socialization |
| C. | adult socialization |
| D. | de socialization |
| Answer» B. anticipatory socialization | |
| 98. |
Which is the formal agency in the process of child socialization? |
| A. | family |
| B. | peer group |
| C. | school |
| D. | neighbourhood |
| Answer» D. neighbourhood | |
| 99. |
Family and Neighbourhood play group is an example for ................. Socialization |
| A. | adult socialization |
| B. | re socialization |
| C. | micro level socialization |
| D. | macro level socialization |
| Answer» D. macro level socialization | |
| 100. |
Peer group is an agent of ..................... Socialization |
| A. | primary socialization |
| B. | re socialization |
| C. | adult socialization |
| D. | gender socialization |
| Answer» B. re socialization | |