Sociology Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) and Answers - Set 29

1 By including the concept ‘dominant caste’ in the concept of Sanskritization, Srinivas

1 undermines the ritual element of culture

2 overemphasises the secular elements

3 broadens the connotation of the term Sanskritic to include both the sacred and secular elements of culture

4 includes elements of western influence on traditional rural structure

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Answer:broadens the connotation of the term Sanskritic to include both the sacred and secular elements of culture

2 Who has argued that ‘even the change in Indian society has to be studied by studying its deep rooted traditions’ ?

1 A.K. Saran

2 D.P. Mukherjee

3 A.R. Desai

4 M.N. Srinivas

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Answer:D.P. Mukherjee

3 Which book celebrated its 50th year of publication and remained classic during these years in relation to its contribution to the study of Tradition and Modernity in India ?

1 Social Change in Modern India

2 Caste, Class and Power

3 Village India

4 Modernization of Indian Traditions

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Answer: Modernization of Indian Traditions

4 Which among the following are obstacles in the path way to Nation building in India ?

1 Hierarchical social order

2 Economic inequalities

3 Both (A) and (B)

4 Western educated leadership

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Answer:Both (A) and (B)

5 Among the following who made a critical appropriation of Husserl’s approach of phenomenology ?

1 Alfred Schultz

2 Luckmann

3 Peter Berger

4 None of the above

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Answer:Alfred Schultz

6 Population pyramid is basically meant for explaining

1 Spatial distribution of a given population

2 Demographic rates of a given population

3 Age-sex composition of a given population

4 Growth rates of a given population

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Answer: Age-sex composition of a given population

7 Who in the Book “The Social Reality of Religion” has suggested that Sociologists should adopt a methodologically atheist stance and not seek to discuss whether religion is anything more than a social creation ?

1 Peter Berger

2 Alfred Schultz

3 Luckmann

4 None of the above

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Answer:Peter Berger

8 Indian village has lost its self-sufficiency due to

1 Impact of Green Revolution

2 The breakdown of Jajmani System

3 The interaction with urban fringe

4 All the above

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Answer:All the above

9 When spouses are legally recognised as living in separate households, but are not free to remarry, it is called

1 Judicial separation

2 Divorce

3 Desertion

4 Marital-termination of spouses

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Answer:Judicial separation

10 Who revealed that in Rural Society, the main cause of factions are wealth, women and land (Jar, Joru and Jamin) ?

1 Oscar Lewis

2 Louis Dumon’t

3 Louis Wirth

4 A.R. Desai

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Answer:Oscar Lewis

11 Who has written the book “The Consequences of Modernity” ?

1 Jurgen Habermass

2 Anthony Giddens

3 Jacques Derrida

4 Michel Foucault

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Answer:Jacques Derrida

12 Which type of family among the following is emerging in India due to rise of Multinational Corporations and I.T. industry ?

1 Twin city family

2 Nuclear family

3 Joint family

4 Extended family

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Answer:Twin city family

13 Who initiated the theoretical and specialist approach within Sociology which sets out to uncover the methods and social competence to employ in constructing our sense of reality

1 E. Goffman

2 H. Garfinkel

3 A. Giddens

4 Luckmann

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