NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Sociology MCQs (Practice_Test 59 of 95)
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- Assertion (A) : Deviant behaviour, according to Merton, is the function of social structure.
- Reason (R) : Social factors are attributed more in the causation of social deviance than individual or biological factors.
- 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) : People do not join a cult but rather follow particular theories or prescribed ways of behaviour.
- Reason (R) : Members are usually allowed to maintain other religious connections.
- 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) : Magic will gradually disappear with the development of science.
- Reason (R) : Magic involves empirical ends.
- 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) : Social stratification is one of forms of social differentiation.
- Reason (R) : Social differentiation is the mode of differentiating individuals in a given society on the basis of some social criterion.
- 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 discriminations are now-a days not observed in public life.
- Reason (R) : The touchable castes have stopped maintaining caste distinctions.
- 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 socio-political hegemony of rural India has passed in the hands of more militant and numerically superior but ritually lower castes.
- Reason (R) : The enforcement of land reform has made change of caste hegemony in rural India possible.
- 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) : Deviance is positively associated with anomie.
- Reason (R) : Industrial urban communities encourage egoism.
- 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) : 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.
- 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) : Indian agricultural communities are very highly stratified.
- Reason (R) : There is relationship between the system of stratification and the division of work.
- 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) : Post-industrial society is characterized by service economy and intellectual technology.
- Reason (R) : The basic emphasis in postindustrial society is on maximization of production.
- 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
- Two tribes living in a geographical area may result in the mutual exchange of cultural traits and a minimization of differences. The process is called
- adult socialization
- cooperation
- accommodation
- assimilation
- What is the correct sequence of dialectics in society according to Hegel?
- Synthesis
- Thesis
- Antithesis
- Codes:
- 2,3, 1
- 1,2, 3
- 1,3, 2
- 3,2, 1
- Who among the following maintains that better group solidarity results with removal of misunderstandings, through conflicts?
- Sumner
- Dahrendorf
- Weber
- Simmel
- Which of the following were identified by Malthus as ‘positive checks’ on the growth of population?
- Misery
- Epidemics
- Chastity
- Violence
- Codes:
- 1,2 and 3
- 2,3 and 4
- 1,2 and 4
- 1,2, 3 and 4
- Consider the following:
- Low birth rates and low death rates
- High birth rates and high death rates
- High birth rates and low death rates
- What is the sequential arrangement of the above in changes in population denoted by the theory of Demographic transition?
- Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- 1,2, 3
- 2,3, 1
- 2,1, 3
- 1,3, 2
- Select the correct answer from the codes given below: