NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Sociology MCQs (Practice_Test 14 of 95)

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    • Assertion (A) : Sex-ratio increased in some European countries immediately after the First and Second World Wars.
    • Reason (R) : Metabiological forces redress the losses of men in war.
      1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
      2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
      3. A is true but R is false
      4. A is false but R is true
    • Assertion (A) : The median age of the population of India dropped immediately after the improvement in health infrastructure.
    • Reason (R) : Mortality affects agestructure to much lesser extent than fertility.
      1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
      2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
      3. A is true but R is false
      4. A is false but R is true
    • Assertion (A) : Opposite to the view that the village and the city are parallel systems, is the concept of rural-urban continuum.
    • Reason (R) : Robert Redfield has made important contribution towards developing the concept of rural-urban continuum.
      1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
      2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
      3. A is true but R is false
      4. A is false but R is true
    • Assertion (A) : Many tribal communities are said to have merged with Hindu communities around them.
    • Reason (R) : In the process of assimilation, it is the relative power of the groups that is the deciding factor.
      1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
      2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
      3. A is true but R is false
      4. A is false but R is true
    • Assertion (A) : Colonial policies such as on water tax, land-revenue and agricultural prices could bring together poor middle and well-to-do tenants, alongwith lesser landlords against zamindars and neasant potentates.
    • Reason (R) : It is not the peasant mind or mentality but the circumstances of peasant life that account for the emergence of peasant movement.
      1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
      2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
      3. A is true but R is false
      4. A is false but R is true
    • Assertion (A) : Social movement is a group venture to inaugurate changes in thought, behaviour and social relationships.
    • Reason (R) : The first organised peasant movement in Champaran in 1917 by MK Gandhi aimed at establishing a new order of life.
      1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
      2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
      3. A is true but R is false
      4. A is false but R is true
    • Assertion (A) : Men may devise, develop and adopt new techniques and those new techniques may in turn, pose new problems of technological, ideological or organisational adaptation.
    • Reason (R) : A technique, however, is never the activating force in social change.
      1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
      2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
      3. A is true but R is false
      4. A is false but R is true
    • Assertion (A) : In 20th century, there has been an increasing rate of change in almost all the dimensions of social life.
    • Reason (R) : The technological innovations and industrial advancement upto the post-modem era have immensely accelerated the process of social change.
      1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
      2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
      3. A is true but R is false
      4. A is false but R is true
    • Assertion (A) : The Indian society has undergone drastic changes due to the influx of Islam and Christianity during history.
    • Reason (R) : Social changes mainly occur from the adjustment of the systems to both exogenous and endogenous factor of change.
      1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
      2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
      3. A is true but R is false
      4. A is false but R is true
    • Assertion (A) : Law is an agency of social control.
    • Reason (R) : It is through law that state brings about social change.
      1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
      2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
      3. A is true but R is false
      4. A is false but R is true
    • Assertion (A) : According to Marx, urbanistion became the foundation of the division of labour and class formation.
    • Reason (R) : While on the order side it implies the necessity of administration, police, taxation etc.
      1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
      2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
      3. A is true but R is false
      4. A is false but R is true
    • Assertion (A) : Integration is the process of creating a single unit by joining the different parts.
    • Reason (R) : Social solidarity is conducive to integration.
      1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
      2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
      3. A is true but R is false
      4. A is false but R is true
    • Assertion (A) : Membership in caste association is not purely ascriptive.
    • Reason (R) : Birth in the caste is necessary but not a sufficient condition for membership in caste association.
      1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
      2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
      3. A is true but R is false
      4. A is false but R is true
    • Assertion (A) : In contrast with the caste system which is based on the principle of purity-pollution the Estate System is based on the law.
    • Reason (R) : Unlike in the caste system, hierarchy is not a characterising feature of the Estate System.
      1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
      2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
      3. A is true but R is false
      4. A is false but R is true
    • Assertion (A) : Industrialism was perceived as almost magic formula for the economic and social uplift of traditional societies.
    • Reason (R) : Traditional societies all over the world, accepted industrialization without any hesitation.
      1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
      2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
      3. A is true but R is false
      4. A is false but R is true