NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Sociology MCQs (Practice_Test 40 of 95)
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- When the members of each group, judge all other groups by the standards of their own group, it is termed as:
- ethnicity
- ethnocentrism
- ethnic group
- ethnography
- Aspirations for improvement in castestatus are common but it is not achieved unless a caste acquires:
- ritual purity
- group acceptance
- power and privilege
- official connections
- Select the correct sequence of the given four stages through which a social movement progresses:
- Popular excitement-Formalisation-Institutionalization-Social unrest
- Formalization-Social unrest-Popular excitement-Institutionalization
- lnstitutionalization-Formalisation-Popular excitment-Social unrest
- Social unrest-Popular excitement-Formalisation-Institutionalization
- Consider the following statements: Social change basically originates from:
- discovery
- religion
- inventions
- cultural traits
- Which of the statements given above are correct?
- 1 and 2
- 3 and 4
- 1 and 3
- 2 and 4
- A development of evolution in a direction which satisfies rational criterion of value is also known as:
- development
- evolution
- progress
- revolution
- By virtue of the Constitution (Sixty Fifth Amendment) Act 1990, the ‘special officer’ post under Article 338 of the Constitution has been substituted by
- National Board for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
- National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
- National Council for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
- National Committee for Scheduled
- Castes and Scheduled Tribes
- Assertion (A) It is desirable to distinguish between the normative pattern and the social systems to which it applies. Reason (R) : Particular social system may not conform to the normative pattern in all respects.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false But R is true
- Assertion (A) : The socialized individual never goes against the values of the society.
- Reason (R) : Socialization makes the individual learn to conform to the norms of the society.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false But R is true
- Assertion (A) : In a rank society, members have equal access to economic resources but unequal access to prestige.
- Reason (R) : The value of wealth is the prestige gained by giving it away rather than the prestige gained by having it.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false But R is true
- Assertion (A) : Caste is nothing more than the systematization of occupaticinal differentiation.
- Reason (R) : The hereditary association of a caste with an occupation is striking.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false But R is true
- Assertion (A) : Cultural conditions determine the economic behaviour in a society.
- Reason (R) : Economic behaviour is resultant of the political needs of a society.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false But R is true
- Assertion (A) : A capitalist system econourages market economy.
- Reason (R) : Capitalist system is a global choice.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false But R is true
- Assertion (A) : Urbanization refers to relocation of population in society.
- Reason (R) : Urban people are more mobile than their rural counterparts.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false But R is true
- Assertion (A) : At the time of the framing of the Constitution of India, reservation of jobs for the Scheduled Castes was intended for a specified period.
- Reason (R) : Constitutional provisions in respect of reservation of jobs for the Scheduled Castes have ensured economic upliftment within the period specified.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false But R is true
- Assertion (A) : The capitalist class according to Karl Marx, exploits the labour class in the capitalist society and this paves the way for class polarization.
- Reason (R) : The proletarian classes in the capitalist society suffer from the alienation of labour.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false But R is true