What is the approximate increase in urban population percentage as compared to the total population of India, from Census year 1901 to the Census year 2001?

The prevalence of village exogamy in North India arises from which of the following highly interrelated factors?

1. Caste endogamy
2. Local fictive kinship
3. Territorial stabilization of kin groups
4. Gotra Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India recognizes the State's role in providing help to aged population along with other needy categories ?

In a traditional political system, positions of authority may be supported by

1. administration of justice
2. contract
3. collective hunts
4. religious ceremonies Which of the statements given above are correct?

To control population growth through National Family Planning Programme in India, changes to an approach had taken place in different 5-year plan periods, under the name of following approaches:1. Clinical approach

1. Target orientation
2. Awareness creation
3. Extension education What is the correct sequence of these approaches?

Which one of the following is the correct sequence, in the decreasing order of total fertility rate of the given regions?

What does' the constant sum concept of power' mean ?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the list ||| |---|---| | List-I (Cause) | List-II (Consequence) | | A. Population explosion | 1. Economic burden to nation | | B. Rural-urban migration | 2. Low life expectancy | | C. Greater proportion of dependant population | 3. Low per capita income | | D. High mortality rate | 4. Housing and sanitation problem |

The individual and social commitment of an autonomous personality which is inner-directed, subjectively controlled and which steers itself with reflexive principles, is an example of which of the following?

Which one of the following structures mostly performs the functions of political socialization in a democracy?

Which of the following elements are critical to the success of a modern liberal democratic political system?

1. Civil culture
2. Functioning judicial system
3. Periodic elections
4. Stable government

Which one of the following concepts is appropriate for the understanding of a trade union?

Which of the following are a part and parcel of political modernization according to liberal theory?

1. Citizens communicate their desires to their leaders.
2. Government is responsive to the wishes of the citizens.
3. Justice is retributive.
4. Regular holding of elections.

Gujarat Kshtriya Saba is an example of which one of the following?

In which of the following states/union territories, no community has been declared as a scheduled tribe?

What type of unit is a family in an industrial society?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the list ||| |---|---| | List-I (Book) | List-II (Author) | | A. Cultural Sociology | 1. G. H. Mead | | B. Mind, Self and Society | 2. Kingsley | | C. Hand Book of Social Psychology | 3. Kimball and Young | | D. Human Society | 4. Gillin and Gillin |

In which of the following states, Article 164 of the Constitution of India provides a Minister in charge of tribal welfare?

1. Bihar
2. Rajasthan
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Orissa

Nuer, a pastoral society in Southern Sudan was studied by which one of the following sociologists?

Which one of the following is provided in Article 16(4) of the Constitution of India?

In simple societies people used elementary tools. Which of the following activities gradually replaced their hunting life with new forms of economic organization?

Consider the following statements about industrial society

1. A new system of production, distribution and exchange.
2. Extreme division of labour, specialization and segmented roles.
3. Trend from contract to status.
4. Impetus towards individualism and impersonality. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Assertion (A) : Politicians calculate along caste lines and candidates are chosen on this basis. Reason (R) : Votes are always cast along this logic.

Assertion (A) : According to Durkheim, suicide rate is higher in highly industrialized societies. Reason (R) : There is no abnormal type of division of labour and anomie in such societies.

Assertion (A) : Constitutional safeguards have not uplifted Scheduled Tribes to desired level. Reason (R) : Tribal communities are so loyal and attached to their traditional ways of life that they have ignored welfare schemes.

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists : ||| |---|---| | List-I (Article) | List-II (Provision) | | A. Article 15 | 1. Abolition of untouchability | | B. Article 330 | 2. Promotion of education and economic interest of SC/ST and other weaker sections | | C. Article 46 | 3. Prohibition of discrimination on the basis of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth | | D. Article 17 | 4. Reservation of seats for SC and ST in the Lok Sabha |

Assertion (A) : The nuclear family is an important source of affection, love and social interaction. Reason (R) : The anonymity of modern life intensifies the need for a place where personal emotional needs are met.

Assertion (A) : In spite of the economic development in rural India and 'Green Revolution' programmes, the people from the agrarian areas are increasingly migrating to the towns and cities for better education and jobs. Reason (R) : The 'Green Revolution' in India has provided better lifestyle and improved economic status to villagers which in turn increases their literacy rate and educational standards.

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Which one of the following is an example of a society of intermediate complexity, in which family arrangements of other types are common?

Assertion (A) : Demagogues, backed by political and economic interests, sway assertive crowds. Reason (R) : The assertive personality type is promoted by socialization at home and education in schools.

Which one of the following can be termed as an aggregate?

Assertion (A) : Gesellschaft refers to a society based on contractual relationships. Reason (R) : Gesellschaft societies are based on secondary groups.

Which one of the following activities cannot be termed as custom?

Consider the following statements:

1. Sir Henry James Sumner did not subscribe to the view that legal basis of primitive societies lay in ties of blood and kinship.
2. Kinship classification system developed by Lewis Henry ultimately led to Fredrich Engel's work on the origins of the family and the state. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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What does 'Gerontocracy' refer to?

Consider the following statements:

1. Bogardus social distance scale is usually applied to the study of ethnic relations, social classes and social values.
2. Occupational prestige scale is not an example of social distance scale. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

According to Polanyi, what is the central principle of Trobriand economy?

Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India states that the claims of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes shall be taken into consideration consistently with the maintenance of efficiency of administration and in making appointments to services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union or of a State?

The phenomenon of alienation, in capitalist society is due to

In which one of the following types of societies, the status of women is relatively better?

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Which one of the following is the correct statement ? The analysis of the notions of pollution and purity have been included in the caste-ranking theory of

Which of the following statements define cultural relativism?

1. No two cultures can co-exist.
2. Culture cannot grow in a vaccum.
3. One culture is to be studied in relation to the other.
4. Culture is to be studied in relation to its location.

Consider the following statements: SNDP Movement in Kerala focused on

1. the right of admission to schools
2. reservation in government jobs
3. scheduling of deprived castes
4. entry into temple roads Which of the statements given above are correct?

Which of the following are correct? The consequences of social stratification, according to Tumin, are clearly seen in people's

1. life chances
2. life styles
3. institutional patterns of conduct
4. values, attitudes and ideologies
5. development trends

According to M. N. Srinivas, which of the following are the criterias for determination of a 'dominant caste' ?

1. Control of land and economic resources
2. Numerical strength
3. Relatively high ritual status in the caste hierarchy
4. Clean occupations
5. Political authority
6. Educational status of its members

Consider the following tribal development measures:

1. U. N. Dhebar Commission on Scheduled Area and Scheduled Tribes
2. The Task Force on Development of Tribal Areas (Prof. Vidyarathi Committee)
3. P. Shilu Ao Commission on Tribal Development Programmes
4. Verrier Elvin Committee on Multipurpose Tribal Development Blocks What is the correct chronological sequence of the above measures?

Inter-personal relations in most societies are regulated by

1. folkways and mores
2. religious institutions
3. legal institutions

In which of the following tribes does the youngest daughter inherit the property?

When a whole way of life is in the process of change under the influence of another culture, what is it called?

The sexual behaviour of human beings are shaped largely by

Sanskritization is the process of

1. orthogenetic change
2. heterogenetic change
3. change in cultural structure
4. change in social structure. Which of the statements given above are correct?

The persons descended from the common ancestor, whether through males or females are known as?

An agreement among two or more business organizations to limit competition among themselves in certain specified ways, such as limiting production, fixing prices, etc. is called

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Which among the following correctly describes the changed position of women in a modern Indian family?

A market form in which there are few sellers is known as

What is the descent system in which membership of the group is traced by both mother and father, without any restriction on the male or female line?

From which one of the following tribes, joking relationship between grandparents and grandchildren has been reported?

Which of the following rule/rules of residence is/are followed in societies with matrilineal descent?

1. Neolocal
2. Matrilocal
3. Avunculocal

According to Talcott Parsons, which of the following are the functional pre-requisites of social system?

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Which of the following characteristics prevail when members of a particular group consider another group as reference group?

1. Striving for admission
2. Mutual awareness
3. Conferral superiority
4. Individual initiative
5. Emulation
6. Simple comparison

According to C.H.Cooley, which of the following features are related to primary group?

1. Adjustment
2. Fair play
3. Equality
4. Free expression
5. Jealousy
6. Willingness to sacrifice

The view that every culture needs to be judged on its own terms is converse of

Which of the following are not examples of culture?

1. Plough
2. Nilgiri Hills
3. Taj Mahal
4. Pali Language
5. Rains

Which one of the following is the process by which cultural traits spread from one culturally distinct group to another?

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According to Robert Redfield, what are the four characteristics of the 'Little Community'?

Studies that do not take into account the dimension of time, comes into which one of the following categories?

Consider the Weberian classification of types of action:1. Traditional action

1. Zweckrational action
2. Wertrational action
3. Affective action What is the correct sequence of the above classification, of types of action?

What is the correct chronological sequence of the following in Social Change Theory, propounded by Veblen?

1. Technological Evolutionism
2. Instinct of workmanship
3. Change inhabit and thought

According to L. H. Morgan, which technological invention took the human society from barbarism to civilization?

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In his monumental work “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism”, Weber suggests that the basic values of Protestantism have influenced capitalism.

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The practice of marriage alliance that creates a desire to give away a girl through marriage to a superior family is known as?

1. Naxalbari Movement
2. Kheda Movement
3. Champaran Movement
4. Tebhaga Movement Which is the correct chronological sequence of the above peasant movements?

Who developed the term 'role-set' and why?

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What does 'sexism' refer to?

The term 'role-conflict' refers to which one of the following situations?

Who among the following used the concept of relative deprivation?

Which one of the following correctly defines the concept of social norms?

People who have something in common but may not be interacting with one another or gathering in one place are referred as?

According to Emile Durkheim, 'respective law' is one of the features of a society characterized by

According to Emile Durkheim, deviance has a positive function also because

What does the process of acculturation refer to?

Which one of the following correctly defines the concept of social structure?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 does not apply to members of any scheduled tribes, unless the Central Government by notification in the official gazette directs.2. Under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), the right of maintenance extends not only to the wife and dependent children but also to indigent parents and divorced wives.

The tendency to use the norms and values of one's own culture as standards against which the practices of others are judged is called

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While social status implies a collection of rights and duties, what does social role represent?

The term cultural relativity means a belief in viewing

Who among the following is the founder of Satyashodhak Samaj?

Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

In which one of the following communities both polygamy and polyandry are encouraged?

What does structural assimilation refer to?

Which one of the following is the correct statement ? According to Max Weber, status groups are the dominant form of social differentiation in

In which state of India Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) is successfully working, to uplift the status of women workers in the unorganized sector?

What does internalized social control refer to?

Change in traditional joint family in India is marked by changes in

1. property holding and residence
2. genealogical structure
3. the conjugal bond
4. numerical size

1. The Special Marriage Act
2. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act
3. The Indian Succession Act
4. The Child Marriage Restraint Act What is the correct chronological sequence of the above Acts?

Which one of the following is the correct statement ? The term 'role-distance' as developed by Erving Goffman implies people's ability to

According to Iravati Karve, which of the following states constitute the Central Zone of kinship Organization?

Social distance in a city is due to

Which one of the following sociologists considers caste as an extended kin group?

Which of the following statements related to labour laws are correct?

1. Traditionally labour laws had a protective function consisting of established political rights to association.
2. Labour laws protect workers in their workplace.
3. Labour laws provide workers a basic minimum level of living conditions.
4. Labour laws provide workers right to strike.

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Which of the following statements about industrialization are correct?

1. It is a structural shift.
2. It denotes movement of people.
3. It emphasizes the economic activity.

Which one of the following is not clearly indicated by kinship?

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Which of the following is the correct decreasing order of the percentage of urban population in the given states (according to Census 2001)?

The theoretical framework that focuses on the level of economic development as the determinant of birth and death rates is referred as

Which of the following determine India's fertility rate?

1. Religious importance of the male child
2. Social security value of children
3. Economic value of children
4. Intrinsic value of children

Which of the following statements is/are correct?1. Marriage is a sacrament in Hindu society.

1. Marriage is a contract in Muslim society.
2. Prohibition of 'Sapinda' marriage is a rule of caste endogamy.