52. Match List I (Concept) with List II (ThinkeJ) and select the correct answer
using the code given below the Lists:
List I List II
A. Post Capitalist Society 1. Kahn and Wiener
B. Post Modern Era 2. Ralf Dahrendorf
C. Post Bourgeois Order 3. Amitai Etzioni
D. Post Economic Society 4. George Lichtheim
A B C D A B C D
(a) 2 3 4 1 (b) 4 1 2 3
(c) 2 I 4 3 (d) 4 3 2 1
53. Consider the following statements:
The significant characteristics of industrial society are
I. profit orientation. 2. bureaucratic organization.
3. reliance on animate energy. 4. class segregation.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) I, 2 and 3 (b) I, 2 and 4
(c) 1,3 and 4 (d) 2, 3 and 4
Directions: The following 8 (Eight) items cons st of two statements, one
labelled as the 'Assertion (A)' and the other as 'Reason (R)'. You are to
examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items
using the codes given below:
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are individually tu e bu R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
54. Assertion (A) : It is not merely equality under law that determines the status of
women in Society.
Reason (R) : Tradi ions and customs are involved in everyday social
i teractions.
55. Assertion (A) : Forces of urbanisation induce family disorganisation.
Reason (R) : Urban values are hostile to abiding relationships. .
56. Assertion (A) : The behaviour between maternal uncle and niece, and between
mother-in-law and son-in-law falls under the. same pattern.
Reason (R) : Both behaviours are classified as joking-relationship.
57. Assertion (A) : Ascribed social status acquired from one's family of orientaion
does not automatically persist throughout one's life.
Reason (R) : "Social training acquired in the family of orientation fosters a
continuity of status when a family of procreation is
established.
58. Assertion (A) : The role of maternal uncle in a matrilineal family is crucial to
the extent of safeguarding his sister and her daughters.
Reason (R) : He is not a custodian of his sister's wealth and property.

59. Assertion (A) : Ascetic Protestantism contained the seeds of its own
destruction.
Reason (R) : Once its teachings were incorporated into a rational capitalist
system, religious direction and validation were rapidly eroded.
60. Assertion (A) : In a democracy participation is the most important indicator of
political stratification.
Reason (R) : Access to opportunities to participate and the actual use of
these opportunities is not the basis. of stratification in a
society.
61. Assertion (A) : According to P. A. Sorokin, changeoccurs from within the
society aided by the external factors.
Reason (R) : Change is a latent process.
62. Match List I (Concept) with List II (Scholar) and select the correct answer
using the code given below the Lists:
List I List II
A. Rational goal-oriented 1. Ferdinand Tonnies action
B. Gesellschaft 2. Friedrich Engels
C. Theroy of Collective Behaviour 3. Max Weber
D. Historical materialism 4. N. J. Smelser
A B C D A B C D
(a) 4 1 3 2 (b 3 2 4 1
(c) 4 2 3 I (d) 3 1 4 2
63. Will is primarily responsible for the mergence of
(a) Reference group (b) Gesellschaft
(c) Gemeinschaft (d) Seconda}y group
64. Consider the following types f so iety:
1. Bourgeois society 2. Primitive Communism
3. Feudal society 4. Ancient society
Which one of the following is the correct chronological sequence of these
societies as conceived by Karl Marx?
(a) 3 - I - 2 - 4 (b) 2 - 4 - 3 - 1
(c) 3 - 4 - 2 - I (d) 2 - I - 3 - 4
65. Whic one of the following is asserted by the organic theory of society?
( ) he society is like a living / biological organism
(b) he society is unlike a human organism (c) he units of society are fixed
(d) Each unit of a society performs definite universal function
66. Which one of the following facts, according to Lewis H. Morgan,
distinguishes civilization from the preceding stages in. the evolution of
human society?
(a) echnological inventions
(b) Scientific inventions
(c) Smelting of iron ores
(d) Invention of alphabets, phonetics and writing

67. Who among the following introduced the distinction of cultures into
ideational and sensate categories?
(a) P. A. Sorokin (b) Sigmund Freud
(c) A. L. Kroeber (d) O. Spengler
68. Consider the following statements:
I. Crude death rate is very strongly affected by the age composition of the
population.
2. The life expectancy at birth is a good measure of mortality conditions in a
country because it adjusts for age composition by using prevailing birth rates
at each age to estimate the average number of years a person may expect to
live.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both I and 2 (c) Neither I nor 2
69. What is the spread of cultural traits from one society to anoth r commonly
called?
(a) Acculturation (b) Diffusion
(c) Enculturation (d). Discrimination
70. What happens: "When changes in material culture precede changes in
adaptive culture, adjustments cannot start before hange requiring them has
taken place. But old customs persist and bring about quite harmful
consequences"?
(a) Cultural deprivation (b) Cultural lag
(c) Cultural diffusion (d) Cultural determinism
71. What does cultural relativism mean?
(a) here are no universal cultural norms that we follow
(b) One's view of social in titutions is coloured by one's cultural perspective
(c) Functions and mean ngs f cultural traits are according to their social settings
(d) he belief that one's own ulture is superior to others
72. What is a situation in which people regard their own cultural values to be
universally va id and superior to all other cultures, called?
(a) Cultural absorption (b) Accommodation
(c) Ethnocentrism (d) Cultural ambivalence
73. Consider he following statements: According to the functionalist
perspec ive of Talcott Parsons, all societies must solve the functional
problems of
1. pattern maintenance. 2. goal attainment.
3. adaptation. 4. integration.
Which of the statement's given is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) I and 2
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

74. A family falls in the category of primary group. What are the other terms
sociologists use to indicate family as a primary group?
(a) Genetic, involuntary, in-group, blood relations
(b) Genetic, voluntary, in-group, associations
(c) Genetic, involuntary, out-group, institution
(d) Involuntary, institutional, blood relations, associations
75. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) C. H. Cooley : Primary group
(b) alcott Parsons : Positivism
(c) R. K. Merton : Reference groups
(d) W G. Summer : In-group, out-group
76. To which of the following patterns of social change, can the process of
Sankritisation in India be compared?
(a) Anomie (b) Horizontal mobility
(c) Evolutionary process (d) Reference-group model
77. Which one of the following statements in respect of status is not correct ?
(a) Status is the rank-order position
(b) Status is a position in the general institutional sy tem
(c) Status is the worth of a person as estimated by a g oup
(d) Status is a cultural attribute of. an individual
78. Consider the following statements:
1. Auguste Comte proposed a theory of evolutionary social change dividing it
into three stages of thought: the religious stage, the metaphysical stage and
the scientific stage.
2. According to Herbert Spencer evolutionary theory, human societies evolve
from "barbarian" to "c vilized". Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
79. Who among he fo owing has/have used the concept of "unitary coded
substance" that explains the process of pollution among Hindus?
(a) Paulin Kol nda .
(b) McKim Marriott and R. B. lnden
(c) M. N Srinivas
(d) N. Madan
80 Which of the following is not a criterion of caste?
(a) Hereditary occupation (b) Endogamy
(c) Exogamy (d) Hierarchy

81. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given
below the Lists:
List I
A. Opposition of purity and
pollution
B. Dominant caste
C. Tribe-caste-peasant continuum
D. Attributional and interactional
analysis of caste
List II
1. Surajit Sinha
2. L. Dumont .
3. McKim Marriott
4. M. N. Srinivas
82. Match List I (Interpretation of Caste) with List II (Scholar) and select the
correct answer using the code given below the Lists:
List I List II
A. Caste is a closed system 1. Louis Dumont
B. Closed organic stratification 2. Gunnar Myrdal
C. Caste is an extreme form of 3. Fredrick Bailey
absolutely rigid class
D. Caste is an expression of 4. Max Weber
hierarchy rather than stratification
A B C D A B C D
(a) 1 2. 3 4 (b 4 . 3 2 1
(c) I 3 2 4 (d) 4 2. 3 I
83. According to Karl Marx, where does the apitalist class derive profit from?
(a) Absolute control over property
(b) he surplus values created by the workers
(c) Greater investment of capi al to production
(d) Increase of means of production
84. Who looks into socia stratification as 'the unequal division of material
rewards and social pre tige'?
(a) Max Weber
(b) Kingsley Da is and Wilbert Moore
(c) Karl Marx
(d) Melvin Tumin
85. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given
below the Lists:
List I
. Social position of men into groups based on their consumption pattern
B. Besides capitalists and workers, there are also other classes and strata in
capitalist society
C. Status attainment through achievement motivation
D. Exploitation through appropriation of surplus value

List II
1. Kingsley Davis & Wilbert Moore
2. Max Weber
3. Karl Marx
4. Wesoloski
A B C D A B C D
(a) 2 4 1 3 (b) 3 1 4 2
(c) 2 I 4 3 (d) 3 4 I 2
86. Wbich one of the following statements is correct?
In "marumakkatthayam" practice inheritance is through
(a) he father (b) he mother
(c) he paternal uncle (d) he maternal uncle
87. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Patrilolity : Patrilineal
(b) Avunculocality : Matrilineal
(c) Matrilocality : Sororal Polyg ny
(d) Bilocality : Double descen
88. Match List I (Theory Regarding Origin of Religion) with List II (Propounder)
and select the correct answer using the code gi en below the Lists:
List I
A. Animism
B. Naturism
C. Functional
List II
1. Malinowski
2. Max Muller
3. Tylor
4. Marett
A B C A B C
(a) 2 I 3 (b) 3 2 1
(c) 2 4 3 (d) 3 1 4
89. Consider the following tatements:
Under matrilocal residence
1. wife has to live in husband's father's house.
2. mother has t live son-in-law's house.
3. husband has to live in wife's mother's house.
4. fathe has to live in daughter-in-law's house.
Wh ch of the above statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 (b) 2 only
(c) 3 only (d) 2 and 3

90. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given
below the Lists:
List I List II
A. Cognate 1. Family function
B. Modern family 2. Maternal uncle
C. Socialisation 3. Common ancestor
D. Avunculate 4. Narrow range kinship
5. Classificatory Kin
A B C D A B C D
(a) 2 4 1 3 (b) 3 1 4 2
(c) 2 I 4 3 (d) 3 4 1 2
91. Which of the following is an example of matrilineal kin group?
(a) lrula (b) Kadar
(c) Khasi (d) Toda
92. Match List I (Concept) with List II (Residence Rule) and select the correct
answer using the code given below the Lists:
List I
A. Neolocal B. Bilocal
C. Matrilocal D. Patrilocal
List II
1. Married couple lives in wife's mother's hous hold
2. Married couple is allowed to live with ither Husband's or Wife's family of
origin
3. Married couple lives anywh re on heir own outside their respective families
4. Married couple lives in husband's father's household
A B C D A B C D
(a) 1 4 3 2 (b) 3 2 1 4
(c) I 2 3 4 (d) 3 4 I 2
93. What is the te m given to the relationship which is go verned by formal rules
to restrict inter ction between designated categories of relatives?
(a) Avoidance relationships
(b) Joking relationships
( ) Conflicting relationships
(d) Intimate relationships
94. Who divided the science of Sociology into two major parts - Sooial statics
nd Social dynamics?
(a) Max Weber (b) Karl Marx
(c) Saint Simon (d) Auguste Comte
95. Which one of the following statements correctly describes Wergild?
(a) An ordeal performed by the culprit to prove himself not guilty
(b) A kind of bride price arranged by a groom among the tribals

(c) A fine by which homicide and other heinous crimes against the person were
expiated among the Teutonic people
(d) A kind of sacrificial and sacramental meals among the tribes
96. A particular social status involves not a single associated ro1e, but an array
of associated roles. What was this termed' as by R. K. Merton?
(a) Status set (b) Multiple statuses
(c) Multiple roles (d) Role set
97. What did the 'Satyashodhak Samaj' established in 1873 aim at ?
(a) To bring all castes together
(b) To create a non-idol-worshipping, reason-based faith anchored to truth
(c) To fight against British rule
(d) To fight for women's rights
98. Consider the following statements :
1. The functionalist theory of social stratification has not focused on explaining
social stratification as-a system of rewards resulting in differences in social
prestige.
2. Generally, functionalist theories of social stratification have been assumed, as
far as public policy is concerned, because they mirror nd support the status
quo.
Which of the statements given above is/are corre t?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Nei er 1 nor 2
99. Which of the following concepts are applied to analyse the process of
civilizational change?
(a) Gemeinschaft and Gesellsch t
(b) Zweckrationalitat and Wer ratio alitat
(c) Mechanical and organic solidarity
(d) Sensate and ideational culture
100. Who was the Maharaja under whose patronage the Daljt movement
flourished in Maharashtra?
(a) he Maharaja of Kolhapur (b) he Maharaja of Raigarh
(c) he Maharaja of Nagpur (d) he Maharaja of Amaravati
101. Whic one of the following statements is correct? Feminism in the western
societies
(a) is a militant moverpent of women's rights supporters
(b) s a homogeneous ideology built like Marxism, theoretically, over the years
( ) has emerged as a generic term encompassing various ideological positions
vis-a-vis society's treatment of women
(d) is a metaphysical notion that nobody wishes to question or challenge
102. In which of the following States did the Naxalite movement emerge in 1960s?
(a) Bihar (b) West Bengal
(c) Orissa (d) Madhya Pradesh

103. Who among the following has referred to integrative orientation and
alienating orientation as two types of social movements?
(a) Rajni Kothari (b) Andre Beteille
(c) Kathleen Gough (d) Yogendra Singh
104. Which of the following is not an essential feature of social movement?
(a) Collective mobilization
(b) Revolution
(c) Ideology
(d) Orientation towards change
105. Which one of the following tribes initiated the Jharkhand movement?
(a) Bhil (b) Bodo
(c) Santhal (d) Birhor
106. Which one of the following was a peasant movement?
(a) Khilafat Movement
(b) Women Liberation Movement
(c) elengana Movement
(d) Jharkhand movement
107. Who among the following has proposed a model to explain the
differentiation of social system, based on an analysis o the way in which a
particular system responds to forces for change
(a) N. J. Smelser (b) alco t Parsons
(c) Daniel Bell (d) Ulrich Beck
108. Which of the following group(s)of factors was/were used by Kroeber to
classify kinship terminology?
1. Descen, Gender, Polarity Bifurcation and Lineage
2. Kinderd, Class, Affinity, Gender and Polarity
3. Generation, Gender Afin ty Bifurcation and Polarity
Select the correct answe sing the code given below:
(a) I only (b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 (d) I and 3
109. A specia role, similar to that of a maternal uncle, for one's father's sister is
designated as
(a) Amitate (b) Couvade
(c Avu culate (d) eknonymy
110 Consider the following statements:
Extended family consists of two mates of opposite sex and their offspring.
2. Conjugal family consists of two mates of opposite sex and their offspring.
3. Consanguineous family consists of hvo mates of opposite sex and their
offspring.
Which of the statements given above is correct?
(a) I only (b) 2 only
(c) 3 only (d) None.

111. When two or more ~ibs exist in a community, they may be called
(a) Moieties (b) Phrateries
(c) Exogamous clans (d) Endogamous clans
112. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given
below the Lists:
List I List II
A. Joking relationships I. L. H. Morgan
B. Taboo 2. F. J. Pedlar
C. Classificatory terminology 3. 3. E. Durkheim
D. Totemism 4. Sir James Frazer
A B C D A B C D
(a) I 4 2 3 (b) 2 3 I 4
(c) 1 3 2 4 (d) 2 4 I 3
113. Consider the following statements about family:
1. Family regulates sexual behaviour through incest taboo.
2. Family provides ethnics identity.
3. Family serves as an occupational guild.
4. Family provides predictable social contexts within which its children are to
be socialised.
Which of the above statements are correct?
(a) I, 2 and 3 (b) 1, 2 and 4
(c) I and 3 (d) 2 and 4
114. What is the smallest unit of Tharawad called?
(a) avazhi (b) Nambudiri
(c) Cheri (d) Koli
115. Match List I (Book) with List II (Author') and select the correct answer
using the code given b low he Lists:
List 1 List II
A. Family, Kinship and Marriage I. Irawati Karve in India
B. Kinship Org nisation in India 2. T. N. Madan.
C. Family and Kinship: A study 3. Patricia Uberoi
of Pandits of,Rural Kashmir
D. Marriage and Family in India 4. K. M. Kapadia
A B C D A B C D
(a) 4 2 I 3 (b) 3 I 2 4
(c) 4 1 2 3 (d) 3 2 I 4
16. Among the Muslims, a wife can obtain release from her marriage by giving
consideration to husband whose consent is essential. What is this type of
divorce called?
(a) Mehar (b) Tafweez
(c) Khula (d) alaq
117. What is a Hindu marriage in which the daughter is gifted to a priest, called?

(a) Brahma marriage (b) Daiva marriage
(c) Sacred marriage (d) Arsha marriage
118. In traditional Hindu society which of the following forms of mate selection
were undesirable?
(a) Asura, Rakshasa and Paisacha
(b) Brahma, Asura, Arsha and Gandharva
(c) Rakshasa, Daiva, Prajapatya and Paisacha
(d) Brahma, Arsha and Rakshasa
119. What is according to Hindu traditional law, marriage by abduction, called?
(a) Gandharva (b) Paisacha
(c) Arsha (d) Rakshasa
120. What is a cross-cousin marriage as practiced by Gonds of Madhya Pradesh
called?
(a) Shahadlautwa (b) Gheelautwa
(c) Paanilautwa (d) Dudhlautawa
ANSWERS
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