NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Sociology MCQs (Practice_Test 82 of 95)
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- According to Malthus, in the control overpopulation famines represent an example of:
- preventive checks
- negative checks
- positive checks
- morbid checks
- Which one of the following States has the lowest density of population as per 1991 Census?
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Sikkim
- Mizoram
- Manipur
- Mahmood Mamdani regards high fertility patterns amongst the poor as:
- normal
- abnormal
- rational
- irrational
- The first synchronic all India Census was organized in the year:
- 1871
- 1872
- 1901
- 1951
- Consider the following States:
- Kerala
- Uttar Pradesh
- Madhya Pradesh
- Punjab
- The correct sequence of these states in descending order in terms of sex-ratios (females per thousand males as per 1991 Census) of their population is:
- 3,1, 2,4
- 3,1, 4,2
- 1,3, 2,4
- 1,3, 4,2
- ‘Look after the population and the population will look after itself.’ This slogan emerged in World Population Conference held at:
- Belgrade
- Alma Ala
- Bucharest
- Cairo
- The correct sequence in descending order of the total population of Scheduled Tribes in the States marked on the map is:
- 4,2, 1,3
- 4,2, 3,1
- 2,4, 1,3
- 2,4, 3,1
- The distribution of human settlements in terms of rural and urban constitutes:
- a dichotomy
- a continuum
- a dialetical system
- urban development
- Which one of the following types of societies does Alvin Toffler discuss in the Third Wave?
- Industrial society
- Post-Industrial society
- Information society
- Cultural modernism
- According to Parsons, the social structure of modern industrial society has been described as presenting universalities achievement oriented norms in the assignment of:
- economic roles
- familial roles
- institutional roles
- social roles
- Spencer viewed all evolution in terms of two types of society the:
- agrarian and industrial
- military and industrial
- pastoral and industrial
- tribal and industrial
- Which one of the following terms is used for the spread of population and industry beyond the borders of urban centres?
- Urban sprawl
- Urbanization
- Urban centre
- Suburbanization
- Who among the following has attempted a broad classification of ‘generative’ and ‘parasitic’ cities?
- BF Floselitz
- Henri Pirenne
- Milton Singer
- Philip M Hauser
- Who among the following has criticized the concentric zone hypothesis on the basis of its failure to take into account the ‘Sentiments and Symbolism’ attached to certain areas?
- Walter Firey
- Homer Hoyt
- Chauney Harris
- Edward Ulman
- Which one of the following institution claims of physical force monopoly of the legitimate use within a given territory?
- Tribal Panchayat
- Caste Panchayat
- Village Panchayat
- State