NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Sociology MCQs (Practice_Test 62 of 95)
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- Which one of the following is not used for identifying social strata?
- Occupation
- Income
- Intelligence
- Education
- Which one of the following correctly defines the concept of social stratification?
- Structured inequalities between groups in society in terms of their access to material of symbolic rewards
- Cultural inequalities between various ethnic groups
- Inequalities between individuals in terms of their intelligence
- Consciousness of relative deprivation
- Which one of the following statements best describes social mobility in the caste system?
- Mobility in the caste system is not possible
- By amassing wealth and acquiring prestige, it is possible for an individual to change his caste
- It is possible for caste groups to move vertically in the caste hierarchy
- Women will always be the oppressed group
- The view that caste is an extended kingroup was advocated by:
- Irawati Karve
- G S Ghuriya
- H. Risley
- J H Hutton
- Which of the following statements on ‘dominant caste’ are correct?
- The concept of ‘dominant caste’ was first introduced by M N Srinivas in study of a village in Mysore
- Ownership of land, numerical strength and political clout help a caste to establish its dominance in a community
- Dominant caste always enjoys a high ritual status in a particular region
- Dominant caste may serve as a ‘reference group’ for other subordinate castes of a particular region
- Codes:
- 1 and 2
- 1,2 and 3
- 1,2 and 4
- 3 and 4
- Which of following are attributes of a caste?
- Endogamy
- Exogamy
- Ritual status
- Culture
- Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- 1,2 and 3
- 1,3 and 4
- 2,3 and 4
- 1,2 and 4
- According to Max Weber:
- historically, all known societies have been divided on class lines
- historically, only the western societies have been divided on class lines
- historically, only the capitalist societies are divided on class lines
- historically, only the agrarian societies are divided on class lines
- The estate system is a feature of:
- post-industrial European society
- feudal Europe
- Indian society
- Ancient Egyptian society
- Dispersed rural settlements are commonly found in:
- Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Tamil Nadu
- A rural community without any village centre has been described by Edwards as:
- Line village
- Open-country community
- Down-country community
- Closed community
- Which of the following are characteristic features of an urban community?
- Large size
- Preponderance of voluntary association
- Anonymity
- Concentration of wealth
- Preponderance of occupation secondary and tertiary occupation
- 1,2 and 4
- 1,2, 3 and 5
- 2,3 and 4
- 3,4 and 5
- The concept of ‘pre-industrial society’ was proposed by:
- Saint Simon
- Kingsley Davis
- Sjoberg
- Robert Park
- A place where of the population is engaged in agriculture and in secondary and tertiary occupations can be best called a:
- city
- town
- rural town
- rural market
- In India, the bigger cities have higher rate of population growth than the smaller urban centres. This is primarily because of:
- natural rate of growth
- better medical facilities
- rural-urban migration
- social mobility of city dwellers
- Cities in the primary phase of urbanization display:
- heterogenetic transformation
- generative transformation
- parasitic transformation
- orthogenetic transformation