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(1) The State moderates between different groups ensuring that all of them have some influence on public policy, is best manifested in
(1) Socialist democracy
(2) Republic democracy
(3) Pluralist democracy
(4) Traditional democracy
Answer: Pluralist democracy
(2) Which of the following is appropriate example of a social institution ?
(1) Market
(2) Trade Union
(3) Political Party
(4) N.G.O.
Answer: Market

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(3) According to Dahrendorf, Marx’s Theory of Class Conflict is
(1) to be rejected universally
(2) to be accepted universally
(3) to be accepted and modified generally
(4) to be rejected, accepted and modified contextually
Answer: to be rejected, accepted and modified contextually
(4) The process whereby the helpless, human infant gradually becomes a self-aware, knowledgeable person, skilled in the ways of the culture into which he or she was born is known as
(1) Re-socialization
(2) Social position
(3) Socialization
(4) Shared understanding
Answer: Socialization
(5) Stages of cognitive-development related socialization was proposed by
(1) H. Mead
(2) S. Freud
(3) C.H. Cooley
(4) J. Piaget
Answer: J. Piaget
(6) In a system of social stratification social rankings are based on certain attributes which may Which is the correct one ?
(1) either be inherited or socially constructed
(2) either be ascribed or acquired
(3) either be acquired or socially constructed
(4) either be ascribed, acquired or constructed
Answer: either be ascribed, acquired or constructed
(7) The social positions of Which one of the above is correct ?
(1) caste, gender and ethnic groups are biologically determined.
(2) caste biologically, but gender and ethnic groups are economically determined.
(3) gender is biologically, while the ethnic and caste groups are culturally determined.
(4) caste, gender and ethnic groups are culturally determined.
Answer: caste, gender and ethnic groups are culturally determined.
(8) According to Marx and Dehrendorf unequal class position of a social group is determined by which of the following forms and extent of one’s control over
(1) economic and cultural resources respectively.
(2) culturaland economic resources respectively.
(3) economicand political resources respectively.
(4) political and cultural resources respectively
Answer: economicand political resources respectively.
(9) Dultural diffusion means
(1) spread of cultural traits to other societies.
(2) merger of cultural traits.
(3) separation of two cultures.
(4) differences between the two cultures
Answer: merger of cultural traits.
(10) Transmission of traits from one culture to another is sociologically termed as
(1) Acculturation
(2) Diffusion
(3) Assimilation
(4) Enculturation
Answer: Diffusion
(11) Who among the following is a proponent of cyclical theory of evolution
(1) T. Parsons
(2) E. Durkheim
(3) O. Spengler
(4) H. Spencer
Answer: O. Spengler
(12) According to R.K. Merton, those observed consequences which lessen the adaptation or adjustment of the system are
(1) Functions
(2) Non-functions
(3) Dysfunctions
(4) Functional alternatives
Answer: Dysfunctions
(13) In which of the book has Mannheim propounded the idea of Sociology of Knowledge ?
(1) The End of Ideology
(2) The End of History
(3) Ideology and Utopia
(4) The German Ideology
Answer: Ideology and Utopia
(14) A statement of prediction that sets forth the basis for testing the relationship between variables in an attempt to link theory to reality is called
(1) Random sampling
(2) Questionnaire
(3) Hypothesis
(4) Assumption
Answer: Hypothesis
(15) Name the technique which is to be used before the actual field work starts
(1) Pilot Study
(2) Census study
(3) Case study
(4) Survey
Answer: Pilot Study

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