Sociology-2005

91. A pressure group is generally referred to
a/an:
a. Ethnic group
b. Informal group
c. Special interest group
d. Caste group
92. Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer by using the codes below
the lists:
List-I
(Books)
A. Caste in Modern India
B. Caste, Class and power
C. Homo Hierarchicus
D. Caste in Indian Politics
List-I
(Authors)
1. A. Beteille
2. L. Dumont
3. R. Kothari
4. M. N. Srinivas
5. John Dewey
Codes:
a. A4, B1, C2, D3
b. A3, B1, C2, D4
c. A4, B2, C5, D3
d. A3, B2, C5, D4
93. A federation of social service agencies for
tribal welfare working in different parts of
the country, called Bhartiaya Adimjati
Sevak Sangh, was formed in 1948 under
the presidentship of:
a. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
b. Jawaharlal Nehru
c. Jayprakash Narayan
d. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
94. Andre Beteille has pointed out that castle
restrictions regarding marriage in India
after independence:
a. have increased
b. have decreased
c. are confined to high caste Hindus
d. are limited to low caste Hindus
95. The main provision of the Sixth Schedule
of the Constitution of India deals with:
a. reservation in the government jobs
b. preservation of tribal lands
c. autonomy in administration in the
tribal areas of North-east India
d. reservation in educational institutions
96. According to Durkheim, which one of the
following is the principle source of
cohesion and solidarity in modem society?
a. Repressive laws
b. Division of labour
c. Greater intensity of class conflict
d. Expansion of education
97. Which one of the following is the correct
sequence in Comte’s theory of change?
a. Theological—Positive--Metaphysical
b. Theological—Metaphysical—Positive
c. Metaphysical—Theological--Positive
d. Positive—Metaphysical—Theological
98. The evolutionary theory of social change
is based on notion of gradual
transformation of society in which of the
following:
1. Vertical direction
2. Unilinear direction
3. Multilinear direction
4. Curvilinear direction
Select the correct answer using the codes
given below:
a. 1 and 2
b. 3 and 4
c. 1 and 4
d. 2 and 3
99. Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer by using the codes given
below the lists
List-I
(Concept)
A. Adaptive Culture
B. Sensate Culture
C. Survival of the Fittest
D. Classless Society
List-II
(Thinker)
1. P. A. Sorokin
2. W. F. Ogburn
3. Karl Marx
4. Charles Darwin
5. T. R. Malthus
Codes:
a. A4, B3, C5, D1
b. A2, B1, C4, D3
c. A4, B1, C5, D3
d. A2, B3, C4, D1
100. Which of the following promote adoption
of improved agricultural practices for
diversification of the cropping pattern?
1. Communication facilities
2. Economic incentives
3. Poverty
4. Traditionalism
Select the correct answer using the codes
given below:
a. 1 and 4
b. 1 and 2
c. 1, 2 and 3
d. 2, 3 and 4
101. Which of the following characteristics are
associated with social movement?
1. Collective enterprise
2. To establish new social order
3. Definite goals
4. Formal action
Select the correct answer using the codes
given below:
a. 1 and 4
b. 1 and 2
c. l, 2 and 3
d. 2, 3 and 4
102. The history of the women’s movement is
usually dated to:
a. the social reform movements of the
nineteenth century
b. the liberal feminist movements of the
twentieth century
c. the radical feminist movements of the
twenty-first century
d. the democratic political movements of
the post-colonial era
103. The functional theory of social change is
based on the basic ideology related to
which of the following?
1. Consensus
2. Integration
3. Dynamics
4. Dialectics
5. Conflict
Select the correct answer using the codes
given below:
a. 1 and 4
b. 1, 2 and 3
c. 2, 4 and 5
d. 2, 3 and 4
104. Which one of the following statements is
correct?
a. All societies are groups and all groups
are societies
b. All societies are groups but no group is
a society
c. A society is not a group but some
groups are societies
d. A society is a group but most groups
are to societies
105. Sumner’s model of society is known as
a. development model
b. conflict model
c. progressive model
d. consensus model

106. When the members of each group, judge
all other groups by the standards of their
own group, it is termed as:
a. ethnicity
b. ethnocentrism
c. ethnic group
d. ethnography
107. Aspirations for improvement in castestatus
are common but it is not achieved
unless a caste acquires:
a. ritual purity
b. group acceptance
c. power and privilege
d. official connections
108. Select the correct sequence of the given
four stages through which a social
movement progresses:
a. Popular excitement—Formalisation—
Institutionalization—Social unrest
b. Formalization—Social unrest—
Popular excitement—
Institutionalization
c. lnstitutionalization—Formalisation—
Popular excitment—Social unrest
d. Social unrest—Popular excitement—
Formalisation— Institutionalization
109. Consider the following statements:
Social change basically originates from:
1. discovery
2. religion
3. inventions
4. cultural traits
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
a. 1 and 2
b. 3 and 4
c. 1 and 3
d. 2 and 4
110. A development of evolution in a direction
which satisfies rational criterion of value is
also known as:
a. development
b. evolution
c. progress
d. revolution
111. By virtue of the Constitution (Sixty Fifth
Amendment) Act 1990, the “special
officer” post under Article 338 of the
Constitution has been substituted by
a. National Board for Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes
b. National Commission for Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes
c. National Council for Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes
d. National Committee for Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes
112. Assertion (A) It is desirable to distinguish
between the normative pattern and the
social systems to which it applies.
Reason (R) : Particular social system may
not conform to the normative pattern in all
respects.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false But R is true
113. Assertion (A): The socialized individual
never goes against the values of the
society.
Reason (R): Socialization makes the
individual learn to conform to the norms of
the society.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false But R is true
114. Assertion (A): In a rank society’, members
have equal access to economic resources
but unequal access to prestige.
Reason (R) : The value of wealth is the
prestige gained by giving it away rather
than the prestige gained by having it.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false But R is true
115. Assertion (A) : Caste is nothing more than
the systematization of occupaticinal
differentiation.
Reason (R) : The hereditary association of
a caste with an occupation is striking.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false But R is true
116. Assertion (A) : Cultural conditions
determine the economic behaviour in a
society.
Reason (R): Economic behaviour is
resultant of the political needs of a society.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false But R is true
117. Assertion (A) : A capitalist system
econourages market economy.
Reason (R) Capitalist system is a global
choice.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false But R is true
118. Assertion (A) : Urbanization refers to
relocation of population in society.
Reason (R): Urban people are more mobile
than their rural counterparts.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false But R is true
119. Assertion (A) : At the time of the framing
of the Constitution of India, reservation of
jobs for the Scheduled Castes was
intended for a specified period.
Reason (R) : Constitutional provisions in
respect of reservation of jobs for the
Scheduled Castes have ensured economic
upliftment within the period specified.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false But R is true
120. Assertion (A): The capitalist class
according to Karl Marx, exploits the
labour class in the capitalist society and
this paves the way for class polarization.
Reason (R) : The proletarian classes in the
capitalist society suffer from the alienation
of labour.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false But R is true