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(1) Which one of the following is not an example of social action ?
(1) Two persons exchanging blows after a collision of their bicycles
(2) Two cyclists expressing regrets to each other after their bicycles collide
(3) Two cyclists going their respective ways without taking note of each other.
(4) Two cyclists coming from opposite directions trying to give way to each other.
Answer: Two cyclists going their respective ways without taking note of each other.
(2) “An Outline of Social Psychology” is written by
(1) C.H. Cooley
(2) Sigmund Freud
(3) Muzafer Sherif
(4) G.H. Mead
Answer: Muzafer Sherif

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(3) The idea of ‘culture of poverty’ was introduced by whom ?
(1) Oscar Lewis
(2) Abel Smith
(3) Somuel Mencher
(4) Peter Townsend
Answer: Oscar Lewis
(4) The theory that views people as “Stage managers” managing impressions presented to the world is
(1) Role theory
(2) Dramaturgy
(3) Looking Glass Self
(4) Dialectual theory
Answer: Dramaturgy
(5) Which of the following does NOT characterize Herbert Blumer’s theory of symbolic interactionism ?
(1) The essence of society is found in actors and action.
(2) Society is made up of macro structures.
(3) Large-scale structures emerge from micro processes.
(4) Collective action gives rise to joint action.
Answer: Society is made up of macro structures.
(6) Definite procedures or rules which people are expected to observe are known as
(1) Norms
(2) Values
(3) Institutions
(4) Group behavior
Answer: Norms
(7) Religion, marriage, family, caste are example of
(1) social values
(2) social institutions
(3) social norms
(4) social segmental division of society
Answer: social institutions
(8) Who is most generally regarded as the founder of symbolic interactionism ?
(1) Herbert Blumer
(2) George Herbert Mead
(3) Max Weber
(4) Anthony Giddens
Answer: George Herbert Mead
(9) Which is not a form of social stratification ?
(1) Religion
(2) Class
(3) Caste
(4) Gender
Answer: Religion
(10) The maintenance provided by the husband to the divorced wife is called
(1) Dower
(2) Mehr
(3) Alimony
(4) Bride price
Answer: Mehr
(11) Which of the following is not true in the context of culture ?
(1) Culture is cultivated.
(2) Culture and Civilization are two faces of the same coin.
(3) Culture refers to non-material while civilization to material aspects.
(4) Culture is what we have while the civilization is what we are.
Answer: Culture is what we have while the civilization is what we are.
(12) Karl Marx did not mention class conflict between
(1) The Haves and Havenots
(2) The Rich and the Poor
(3) The Bourgeois and the Proletariat
(4) The capitalists and the working class
Answer: The Rich and the Poor
(13) Which one of the following is not an agency of socialization ?
(1) Family
(2) School
(3) Peer - Group
(4) Media
Answer: Media
(14) Which one of the following is not an element of community ?
(1) Territory
(2) We - feeling
(3) Cultural diversity
(4) Self sufficiency
Answer: Cultural diversity
(15) Who has propounded that “the primary groups are the nursery of human nature” ?
(1) Charles H. Cooley
(2) George Herbert Mead
(3) Ralf Dahrendorf
(4) Karl Marx
Answer: Charles H. Cooley

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