Sociology Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) and Answers - Set 31

(1) Which of the following statements is not the indicative of the reflection of social structure in the industrial organisations ?

(1) Predominance of social elites in the managerial groups.

(2) Predominance of women in the Board of Directors.

(3) Predominance of socially disadvantaged people as sanitary workers.

(4) Predominance of women as receptionists

Answer: Predominance of women in the Board of Directors.

(2) Who among the following sociologists has studied Indian National Movement by using Marxian perspective ?

(1) Ram Krishna Mukherjee

(2) A.R. Desai

(3) Bipin Chandra

(4) D.N. Dhanagare

Answer: A.R. Desai

(3) Who opined that ‘A scientific-empirical study of Indian Society is not possible’ ?

(1) Ram Krishna Mukherjee

(2) D.P. Mukherjee

(3) A.K. Serom

(4) S.C. Dube

Answer: A.K. Serom

(4) Who described Globalization as an intensification of worldwide social relations, through which far away places are linked together in such a way that events in one place are effected by process taking place many miles away and vice-versa ?

(1) D. Nayyar

(2) Anthony Giddens

(3) Y. Singh

(4) Amartya Sen

Answer: Anthony Giddens

(5) Jacques Derrida has mainly focussed upon

(1) deconstruction of language of people

(2) deconstruction of logocentrism

(3) deconstruction of structure that constrains people

(4) deconstruction of enslaved theatre

Answer: deconstruction of logocentrism

(6) Who among the following has defined patriarchy as a “set of social relations between men, which have a material base and which though hierarchical, establish or create interdependence and solidarity among men that enable them to dominate women” ?

(1) Esther Boserup

(2) Sandra Harding

(3) Heidi Hartmann

(4) Nancy Hartsock

Answer: Heidi Hartmann

(7) Fashionable especially in the 1970s, in whose works will you find a structuralist version of Marxism ?

(1) Louis Althuser

(2) J. Derrida

(3) J. Habermas

(4) A. Giddens

Answer: Louis Althuser

(8) Who has given the concept of “Born Criminal” ?

(1) C. Lombroso

(2) E.H. Sutherland

(3) E. Durkheim

(4) G. Torde

Answer: C. Lombroso

(9) Which type of Agrarian relations existed during the feudal mode of production in agriculture

(1) Jajmani relations

(2) King-Servant relations

(3) Marter-Servant relations

(4) Patron-Client relations

Answer: Patron-Client relations

(10) Which one of the following factors contributes to regional disparities in India ?

(1) Population growth

(2) Sex ratio

(3) Proper economic programmes

(4) Economic development

Answer: Economic development

(11) Which of the following combinations contribute to the weakening of trade unions in India

(1) Globalisation and organisational network

(2) Increased industrial democracy and declining class consciousness

(3) Increased participatory management and collective bargaining

(4) Increased welfare provisions and labour legislation

Answer: Increased industrial democracy and declining class consciousness

(12) The concept of ‘positivism’ was coined by which one of the following

(1) Karl Marx

(2) C.H. Cooley

(3) Auguste Comte

(4) Emile Durkheim

Answer: Auguste Comte

(13) Methods of Sociology include

(1) Ideal Method

(2) Comparative Method

(3) Statistical Method

(4) All the above

Answer: All the above

(14) An example of community is :

(1) A Trade Union

(2) Varna

(3) A political party

(4) Tribal group

Answer: Tribal group

(15) Which one is an example of Social Institution ?

(1) Caste

(2) Family

(3) Marriage

(4) All the above

Answer: All the above

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