NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Sociology MCQs (Practice_Test 55 of 95)
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- For Malinowaski every cultural item is functional for:
- individuals only
- groups only
- institutions and individuals
- individuals and groups
- Which of the following are the characteristics of values?
- A generalized principle
- Strong commitment for group members
- Prescribed range of behaviour
- A standard for judging goals
- Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- 1,2 and 3
- 1,2 and 4
- 1,3 and 4
- 2,3 and 4
- In an experimental group dynamic situation, new social norms arise:
- when the experimenter gives an instruction
- when individuals are faced with ambiguous situations
- when instrumental roles are performed
- when expressive roles are performed
- Which one of the following does not belong to the belief system?
- Magic
- Totemism
- Social structure
- Values
- Which one of the following was suggested by Durkheim to sociologists to ensure objectivity?
- Avoid study of values
- Use quantitative data
- Use precise measurement
- Treat social facts as thing
- In a rapidly changing society, there is weakening of social control and an increase in deviant behaviour. This can be best described as a state of:
- anarchy
- alienation
- anomie
- deviance
- Match List I and List II and select the correct answer by using the codes below the lists:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Sociology MCQs (Practice_Test 55 of 95) List-I List-II - Looking glass self
- Dramaturgical circumspection
- Collective consciousness
- Id, ego and superego
- E Goffman
- Charles Cooley
- Sigmund Freud
- Emile Durkheim
- Margaret Mead
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 4
- 5
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 5
- When an imigrant group loses its previous cultural identity and adopts that of the host group, it is called:
- assimilation
- integration
- acculturation
- culturation
- Which one of the following is not an illustration of integration?
- The merging of Princely States into Indian Union after Independence in 1947
- Introduction of three languages formula in education
- Providing reservations to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe communities
- Enacting various legislations for various religious groups
- According to Talcott Parsons, where expectations are not understood, and not fulfilled where they are understood, the result is:
- anomie
- conflict
- deviance
- anarchy
- Which of the following are correct regarding competition?
- The objects pursued are limited in supply
- The activity is goal directed
- It is a continuous process until the goal is achieved or lost
- Defeat of one՚s opponent is the major concern
- Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- 1,2, 4
- 1,2, 3
- 1,3, 4
- 2,3, 4
- The term ‘Demographic Transition’ was coined by:
- T Malthus
- Warren S Thompson
- D Hobman
- M Morgan
- Usually the developing countries are characterized by:
- low birth rate and low death rate
- high birth rate and low death rate
- high birth rate and high death rate
- low birth rate arid high death rate
- Which one of the following characteristics correctly explains the term ‘institution’
- A place where many people do work
- A set of related folkways and mores integrated around a principal function
- An office complex where very important work is carried out
- An organization which is engaged in some important social function
- Which of the following are institutions?
- State
- Tribe
- Property
- Government
- Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- 1 and 2
- 2 and 3
- 3 and 4
- 2 and 4