Question 1:
In Sociology, characteristics of dysfunction is that:
A.
it is subjective
B.
It is objective
C.
It is neither subjective nor objective
D.
It is partly subjective and partly objective
Answer: _________
Question 2:
Social organisation and social groups:
A.
Are not different from each other
B.
Quite different from each other
C.
Are closely linked with each other
D.
Always work in close cooperation with each other
Answer: _________
Question 3:
Colonialism led to movement of people from one part to another within:
A.
Bombay
B.
Presidency town
C.
India
D.
Southern India
Answer: _________
Question 4:
Who has mentioned five mechanisms of socialization, viz. reinforcement, extinction inhibition, substitution, imitation and identification?
A.
Redcliffe Brown
B.
Nadel
C.
Parsons
D.
Merton
Answer: _________
Question 5:
In a good social structure each group and institution is expected to perform:
A.
Specific functions
B.
Un-scheduled functions
C.
No function of any consequence
D.
Only few limited functions
Answer: _________
Question 6:
What percentage of people in West live in towns and cities:
A.
About 50%
B.
About 60%
C.
Over 80%
D.
Over 90%
Answer: _________
Question 7:
In a good social structure for goal attainment it is essential that resources must be mobilised in an effective manner
A.
According to specific nature of the task
B.
Without consideration for the task
C.
According to unspecified task
D.
Task and goal have no relevance
Answer: _________
Question 8:
Which of the following is the functional problem of social structure?
A.
Pattern of maintenance
B.
Adaptation
C.
Integration
D.
All of the above
Answer: _________
Question 9:
There are four types of social values for the classification of social structure, which one of the following is not covered under these values?
A.
Described
B.
Achieved
C.
Ascribed
D.
Particularistic
Answer: _________
Question 10:
. . . . . . . . Social values favour status determination on the basis of generalized rules independent of one's achievement.
A.
Universalistic
B.
Particularistic
C.
Achieved
D.
None of the above
Answer: _________
Question 11:
Who has described four types of social structure on the basis of four social values, viz. universalistic, particularistic, achieved and ascribed social value?
A.
Redcliffe Brown
B.
Morton
C.
Parsons
D.
Durkheim
Answer: _________
Question 12:
The British cleared trees and started:
A.
Farming
B.
Tea plantation
C.
Industrialisation
D.
None of these
Answer: _________
Question 13:
Symbol and language are . . . . . . . . of a social system
A.
Biological Pre-requisites
B.
Functional Pre-requisites
C.
Cultural Pre-requisites
D.
Idealistic Pre-requisites
Answer: _________
Question 14:
The . . . . . . . . is the root cause which weaves the web of social relationship and sets the social structure in motion.
A.
Action
B.
Goal
C.
Normative pattern
D.
Economic system
Answer: _________
Question 15:
. . . . . . . . system refers to the statuses and roles of the individual
A.
Ideational
B.
Positional
C.
Cultural
D.
Normative
Answer: _________
Question 16:
By 1900 over three-quarters of India's saw cotton were shipped through:
A.
Bombay
B.
Jaipur
C.
Kanpur
D.
Hyderabad
Answer: _________
Question 17:
British colonialism directly interfered to ensure greatest profit and benefits to British:
A.
Capitalism
B.
People
C.
Empire
D.
Crown
Answer: _________
Question 18:
Nation-states are closely associated with the rise of:
A.
Nationalists
B.
Nationality
C.
Military force
D.
Nationalism
Answer: _________
Question 19:
Who had arranged to lease three villages Kolikata, Gobindapur and Sutanuti by the river Hugli?
A.
Job Charnock
B.
John Hunt
C.
William Faulkner
D.
Hugh Tinke
Answer: _________
Question 20:
Most of the gardens were situated in:
A.
Arunachal Pradesh
B.
Sikkim
C.
Tamil Nadu
D.
Assam
Answer: _________
Question 21:
Pastoralists were prevented from entering many forests that had earlier provided valuable forage for their:
A.
Masters
B.
Cattle
C.
Children
D.
Distributers
Answer: _________
Question 22:
Colonialism introduced a wide area of changes in:
A.
Education arena
B.
Towns and cities
C.
Rural areas
D.
Every sphere
Answer: _________
Question 23:
The social structure of Nazi Germany was . . . . . . . .
A.
Universalistic - Achievement
B.
Particularistic - Ascription
C.
Particularistic - Achievement
D.
Universalistic - Ascription
Answer: _________
Question 24:
In a good social structure groups and sub-groups
A.
Try to adapt themselves
B.
Merge with each other
C.
Oppose each other
D.
Cooperate with each other in a limited sense
Answer: _________
Question 25:
For proper social organisation it is essential that:
A.
Society should have full control over its members
B.
Society should have only partial control over its members
C.
Society should forget excessive control over its members
D.
Social controls should be rigid and tight
Answer: _________
Question 26:
According to . . . . . . . . , social system has passed through three stages, viz, savagery, barbarian and civilized
A.
Tylor
B.
Morgan
C.
Durkheim
D.
Grabner
Answer: _________
Question 27:
An informal social structure is one of which
A.
Groups are subordinated to plans
B.
Groups and plan get equal place
C.
Groups have prior place over plans
D.
Groups and plans are nothing do with each other
Answer: _________
Question 28:
Which of the following statements is true?
A.
Social Structure is an abstract and intangible phenomenon
B.
Redcliffe Brown considers 'Social structure' as real as are individual organisms
C.
None of the above
D.
Both A and B are true
Answer: _________
Question 29:
Modern ideas made people realise that poverty was:
A.
Preventable
B.
Unavoidable
C.
A regular phenomenon
D.
None of the above
Answer: _________
Question 30:
Redcliffe Brown classified social structure into:
A.
Social and economic
B.
Political and social
C.
General and social
D.
General and actual
Answer: _________
Question 31:
In our modern social organisation process is going on in which:
A.
Small groups are only disintegrating
B.
Small groups are only combining
C.
Big groups are only disintegrating
D.
Big groups are only combining
Answer: _________
Question 32:
Which of the following is true of pattern of maintenance in social structure?
A.
The units of whole structure must learn the pattern
B.
The units of structure may or may not know the pattern
C.
The units of structure may know, but may not care for it
D.
The units of structure should oppose the pattern
Answer: _________
Question 33:
Dysfunctions are those functions which:
A.
Help in the accomplishment of task
B.
Help in accelerating certain tasks
C.
Hinder fulfilment of tasks
D.
Have nothing to do with goals
Answer: _________
Question 34:
Choose the correct option: Assertion (A): There are villages in which a sizeable number of people have sought employment in far-off cities. Reason (R): They live these leaving behind the members of their families in their natal villages. In Madhopur, a village in North Central India, 77 out of 298 households have migrants. These migrants work in two cities of Bombay and Calcutta.
A.
Both 'A' and 'R' are correct and 'R' is the correct explanation of 'A'
B.
Both 'A' and 'R' are correct but 'R' is not the correct explanation of 'A'
C.
A' is correct but 'R' is incorrect
D.
A' is incorrect but 'R' is correct
Answer: _________
Question 35:
The concepts of aristocracy and ethnic superiority are found in . . . . . . . . type of social structure.
A.
Universalistic - Achievement
B.
Particularistic - Achievement
C.
Particularistic - Ascription
D.
Universalistic - Ascription
Answer: _________
Question 36:
East India Company provided facilities for:
A.
Workshop
B.
Education in English
C.
School going children
D.
None of these
Answer: _________
Question 37:
Under . . . . . . . . system, material happiness is given primary importance where as under . . . . . . . . system spritual happiness is regarded more important
A.
Marxist, Idealistic
B.
Sensate, Ideational
C.
Ideational, Idealistic
D.
Sensate, Idealistic
Answer: _________
Question 38:
. . . . . . . . must motivate the actors adequately to the performances, necessary for the social system to develop or persist
A.
Social structure
B.
Social system
C.
Gratificational system
D.
Need disposition system
Answer: _________
Question 39:
In the twenty-first century India is witnessing fast pace of urbanisation with the ambitious scheme of:
A.
Industrial towns
B.
Infrastructure
C.
Smart City
D.
Unique township
Answer: _________
Question 40:
The components of social structure are human beings, the structure it self being an arrangement of persons in relationships institutionally defined and regulated.' Who has said this?
A.
Durkheim
B.
Nadel
C.
Parsons
D.
Redcliffe Brown
Answer: _________
Question 41:
Who of the following is not associated with the ideas expounded by social system:
A.
Max Weber
B.
Durkheim
C.
Robert F. Bales
D.
Rousseau
Answer: _________
Question 42:
Manifest function are those which are:
A.
Intended
B.
Un-intended
C.
Un-organised
D.
None of the above
Answer: _________
Question 43:
Just as manufacturing boomed in Britain silk manufactures from . . . . . . . . declined in the face of Manchester competition.
A.
Iceland
B.
Ireland
C.
China
D.
India
Answer: _________
Question 44:
Norms when institutionalised are:
A.
Always followed on every occasion
B.
Cannot be followed on every occasion
C.
Partially followed every occasion
D.
All the above statements are true
Answer: _________
Question 45:
Lack of division of labour is characteristic of social system based on . . . . . . . .
A.
Achieved Values
B.
Mechanical Solidarity
C.
Organic Solidarity
D.
Caste System
Answer: _________
Question 46:
Find out the incorrect match
A.
Spencer ⇔ organic view of society
B.
Durkheim ⇔ organic solidarity and mechanical solidarity
C.
Redcliffe Brown ⇔ allocation of roles
D.
Sorokin ⇔ sensate, ideational and idealistic
Answer: _________
Question 47:
. . . . . . . . refers to the functional aspect of social structure
A.
Role
B.
Status
C.
Social system
D.
Social organization
Answer: _________
Question 48:
In the case of . . . . . . . . , it is not the body but 'ego' or self which acts
A.
Actor
B.
Action
C.
Social structure
D.
Social system
Answer: _________
Question 49:
Adaptation and goal attainments are:
A.
Related to each other
B.
Opposed to each other
C.
Partly related to each other
D.
In no way related to each other
Answer: _________
Question 50:
A large majority of the employed population work in factories, offices and shops rather than:
A.
Agriculture
B.
Labour work
C.
Animal husbandry
D.
Household activities
Answer: _________
Answer Key
1:
B
2:
B
3:
C
4:
C
5:
A
6:
D
7:
A
8:
D
9:
B
10:
A
11:
C
12:
B
13:
C
14:
A
15:
B
16:
A
17:
A
18:
D
19:
A
20:
D
21:
B
22:
D
23:
D
24:
A
25:
A
26:
B
27:
C
28:
D
29:
A
30:
D
31:
D
32:
A
33:
C
34:
A
35:
D
36:
B
37:
B
38:
B
39:
C
40:
D
41:
D
42:
A
43:
D
44:
B
45:
B
46:
C
47:
C
48:
A
49:
A
50:
A