NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Sociology MCQs (Practice_Test 92 of 95)
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- Which one of the following defines sequential migration?
- A body of migrants having common area of origin and common area of destination
- Children and wives migrate to follow their parents and husbands
- Migration of population from subsistence sectors to capitalist sectors of economy
- Migration of population after severe political disturbances or natural calamities
- Answer: c
- Which one of the following is the main cause of the fact that a sizeable section of the population remains below poverty line in India?
- Socio-political disturbances exert pressure on overall social-economic development
- Population grows at a faster rate than the rate of capital formation
- Country՚s economy is basically dependent on agriculture
- The ratio of workers to total population is considerably low
- Answer: b
- The long-term objective of the Indian National Population Policy is to stabilize population by the year
- 2010
- 2055
- 2035
- 2045
- Answer: d
- Match List I (Theories) with List II (Thinkers) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Sociology MCQs (Practice_Test 92 of 95) List-I (Theories) List-II (Thinkers) - Historical materialism
- Circulation of elite
- Survival of the fittest
- Definite, coherent and heterogenous
- Pareto
- Marx
- Spencer
- Darwin
- Malthus
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 2
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 5
- 3
- Answer: b
- The principle that it is functionally necessary for power to come eventually into the hands of a small group of people is known as
- Iron law of oligarchy
- Circulation of elites
- Fascism
- Democracy
- Answer: a
- Consider the following statements: Centralisation of authority goes hand in hand with
- acephalous society.
- division of labour in society.
- rationalisation of social life.
- rule-based system.
- Which of these statements are correct?
- 1 and 4
- 1 and 2
- 1,2 and 3
- 2,3 and 4
- Answer: d
- A tribal chief enjoys
- Rational-legal authority
- Charismatic authority
- Traditional authority
- Magical authority
- Answer: c
- Man, for the first time ecame tool maker during the
- Palaeolithic age
- Mesolithic age
- Chalcolithic age
- Neolithic age
- Answer: a
- Which one of the following is an integration of matter and concomitant dissipation of motion, during which matter passes from a definite coherent homogeneity to an indefinite incoherent heterogeneity?
- Development
- Evolution
- Growth
- Progress
- Answer: b
- Auguste Comte maintained that human knowledge passed through three major stages, which are: Positive, metaphysical, theological. Identify the correct order of their emergence using the codes given below:
- Theological, Metaphysical, Positive
- Metaphysical, Theological, Positive
- Theological, Positive, Metaphysical
- Positive, Theological, Metaphysical
- Answer: a
- Consider the following statements about culture:
- Each culture is holistic.
- Culture complex is the smallest unit of culture.
- Culture is shared by the members of a given group.
- Physical and biological features of people are determined by culture.
- Which of these statements are correct?
- 1,2 and 3
- 2,3 and 4
- 1 and 3
- 2 and 4
- Answer: c
- Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Sociology MCQs (Practice_Test 92 of 95) List-I List-II - Edward B Tyler
- Bronislaw Malinowski
- Leslie White
- David O Arnold
- Magic, Science and Religion
- The Science of Culture: A study of Man and Civilization
- The Sociology of Subcultures
- Primitive Culture
- The Human Mind
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 3
- 5
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 2
- 1
- 5
- 3
- Answer: a
- According to Linton, which of the following classes of traits are found in a culture?
- Specialities, alternatives and configurations
- Universals, specialists and alternatives
- Configurations, universals and patterns
- Alternatives, patterns and configurations
- Answer: b
- When the members of a group have a belief that they are in some way superior to all who are members of other groups, it is a case of
- Ethnicity
- Ethnocentrism
- Ethnic group
- Ego-centrism
- Answer: b
- A peaceful co-existence of distinct ethnic groups in a society is called
- Integration
- Assimilation
- Amalgamation
- Cultural pluralism
- Answer: d