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(1) “World System Theory” of development explains the relationships between the ‘developed’ and ‘developing’ countries. Who among the following gave ‘World System Theory’ of development ?
(1) Gunnar Myrdal
(2) Wallersteins
(3) M.K. Gandhi
(4) A. Sen
Answer: Wallersteins
(2) Who is the Author of the Book : “Essay on the principle of population” ?
(1) G. Marshall
(2) M.K. Premi
(3) T. Malthus
(4) Peter R. Cox
Answer: T. Malthus

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(3) The concept of social capillarity in studying population was used by
(1) Thomas Malthus
(2) Herbert Spencer
(3) David Herdiman
(4) D. Dumount
Answer: D. Dumount
(4) Which of the following is/are related to Demographic processes ? I. Fertility II. Mortality III. Migration IV. Morbidity Answer the correct combination :
(1) I and IV are correct.
(2) IV and II are correct.
(3) II and III are correct.
(4) III and IV are correct.
Answer: IV and II are correct.
(5) Mark out the correct sequence of perspectives on gender and development in India :
(1) Welfare, Empowerment, Development.
(2) Empowerment, Development,Welfare.
(3) Development, Welfare, Empowerment.
(4) Welfare, Development, Empowerment.
Answer: Welfare, Development, Empowerment.
(6) Which is the main basis for the growth of eco-feminism ?
(1) Deforestation in industrial society
(2) Women’s lives and their relation with the nature
(3) Pollution and environmental degradation
(4) Global warming
Answer: Women’s lives and their relation with the nature.
(7) “Sociology is a Science which attempts an interpretative understanding of social action.” Who defined Sociology in this manner ?
(1) T. Parsons
(2) MacIver and Page
(3) E. Durkheim
(4) Max Weber
Answer: Max Weber
(8) “Culture is man’s guide, it liberates as well as enslaves him as all guides do.” Which of the following school represents this view ?
(1) Evolutionary School
(2) Marxian School
(3) Diffusionistic School
(4) Culture-personality School
Answer: Culture-personality School
(9) The term ‘Sociological Imagination’ was coined by whom ?
(1) P. Berger
(2) C.W. Mills
(3) A. Giddens
(4) J.S. Mill
Answer: C.W. Mills
(10) Arrange the following books in chronological order by using the code given below : i. Das Kapital ii. Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism iii. Patterns of Culture iv. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life Codes :
(1) i ii iii iv
(2) ii i iii iv
(3) iv iii i ii
(4) iii iv i ii
Answer: ii i iii iv
(11) Every man in society occupies a number of statuses. Different statuses associated with a single person are known as
(1) Status inconsistency
(2) Status sequences
(3) Status set
(4) Status succession
Answer: Status set
(12) Which of the following are the physical conditions of a primary group ? i. Physical proximity ii. Attraction iii. Smallness iv. Endurance
(1) i, ii, iii & iv
(2) i, ii & iii
(3) i, ii & iv
(4) i, iii & iv
Answer: i, iii & iv
(13) Which of the following is not a primary group ?
(1) Scouts
(2) A peer group
(3) A class of students
(4) Family
Answer: Scouts
(14) Which of the following are fundamental features of a social group ? i. Organisation ii. We-feeling iii. Self-sufficiency iv. Explicit cultural goals
(1) i and ii
(2) ii and iii
(3) iii and iv
(4) i and iii
Answer: i and ii
(15) The variable sum concept of power is based on the assumption that
(1) value consensus is essential for society.
(2) value dissension is essential for society.
(3) value neutrality is essential for society.
(4) values are essential for society.
Answer: value consensus is essential for society.

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