NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Sociology MCQs (Practice_Test 93 of 95)
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- When a whole way of life is in the process of change under the influence of another culture, we call it
- Acculturation
- Diffusion
- Assimilation
- Socialization
- Answer: c
- Match List I (Types of Social Action) with List II (Example) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Sociology MCQs (Practice_Test 93 of 95) List-I (Type of Social Action) List-II (Example) - Emotional
- Strategic
- Traditional
- Value oriented
- Clive conquered India with Indian soldiers
- Country is above everything else
- A fair is held on the bank of a river every year
- He gave his life to save a life he loved
- Rain drops are falling on the roof
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 3
- 1
- 5
- 2
- 4
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 5
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 2
- Answer: d
- Consider the following statements: Modernisation brings about domination of modern cultural influences and changes the traditions by
- abolishing tribalism.
- enforcing legal norms.
- raising incomes.
- strengthening the authority of the State.
- Which of these statements are correct?
- 1 and 3
- 2 and 4
- 1,2 and 3
- 2,3 and 4
- Answer: d
- A pattern of behaviour organized around specific rights and duties that are associated with a particular social position is called
- Role
- Status
- Prestige
- Power
- Answer: a
- Which one of the following terms is used for the argument that there is no superior international or universal morality; that the moral and ethical rules of all cultures deserve equal respect.
- Cultural parallelism
- Ethnocentrism
- Cultural relativism
- Cultural determinism
- Answer: c
- The habitual way of doing things by a group or society is called
- Norm
- Value
- Law
- Custom
- Answer: d
- Match List I (Authors) with List II (Concepts) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Sociology MCQs (Practice_Test 93 of 95) List-I (Authors) List-II (Concepts) - W F Ogburn
- T Parsons
- R K Merton
- W G Summer
- Role-set
- Ethnocentrism
- Folk ways
- Social system
- Cultural lag
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 5
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 5
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 3
- Answer: a
- A society which achieves social unity through a complex of highly specialized roles is based on
- Intimate social relationship
- Organic solidarity
- Mechanical solidarity
- Dependency
- Answer: b
- Match List I (Concepts) with List II (Characteristics) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Sociology MCQs (Practice_Test 93 of 95) List-I (Concepts) List-II (Characteristics) - Ethnocentrism
- Cultural lag
- Cultural universals
- Cultural traits
- Items of a culture eliefs, values and typical ways of doing things
- Division of labour, the incest taboo, marriage, the family, rite de passage and ideology
- The tendency to judge other cultures in terms of one՚s own customs and values
- A situation that develops when new patterns of behaviour conflict with traditional values
- The reaction people may have when encountering cultural traditions different from their own
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 2
- 4
- 5
- 1
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 1
- Answer: d
- Consider the following statements: The dangers of ethnocentrism are very grave in India. Efforts of bringing unity among people of India are defeated because ethnocentrism
- involves a double moral standard ′ one for in-group and another for out-group
- distorts ‘self’ and originality of every individual.
- makes individuals to look at the culture of out-groups with hatred and even contempt.
- Which of these statements are correct?
- 1,2 and 3
- 1 and 2
- 2 and 3
- 1 and 3
- Answer: d
- Any small group marked by continuous close interaction of a highly personal and emotionally supportive nature is called
- Reference group
- Primary group
- Interest group
- Secondary group
- Answer: b
- The behaviour that departs significantly from the values, norms and folkways of a society is called
- Determinism
- Discrimination
- Deviance
- Dysfunction
- Answer: c
- Social relationship involves
- Co-operation
- Conflict
- Co-operation and conflict
- Face to face contact
- Answer: c
- Erik Erikson has identified eight stages of man from birth to old age. What is the key feature of Erik Erikson՚s delineation of eight stages of man?
- Social development of self
- Development of psychological insight
- One՚s own understanding of self-development
- Other՚s understanding of one՚s development of self
- Answer: b
- Relative deprivation is the basis of
- Looking glass self-theory
- Psycho-analytical theory
- Reference group theory
- Cultural relativism
- Answer: c