Sociology Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) and Answers - Set 9

1 All countries pass through various stages of demographic transition. Which one of the following is not such a stage ?

1 Population explosion

2 Stationary state

3 Population stabilization

4 Optimum stage

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Answer: Optimum stage

2 India recognized the population problem and adopted an official national programme in family planning in

1 1950

2 1952

3 1955

4 1975

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Answer:1952

3 In which of the following decade has there been an absolute decline of population size in India ?

1 1971-1981

2 2001-2011

3 1931-1941

4 1901-1911

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Answer:1901-1911

4 Which of the following are the factors associated with Infant mortality ? (i) Low Birth Weight (ii) Lack of Institutional Deliveries (iii) Nutritional status of Expectant Mother (iv) Use of contraceptives

1 (i), (iii), (iv)

2 (i), (ii), (iv)

3 (ii), (iii), (iv)

4 (i), (ii), (iii)

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Answer: (i), (ii), (iii)

5 According to A.R. Desai, the second phase of the development of nationalism (from1885 to 1905) is characterized by

1 the development of industry

2 the influence of socialism

3 the participation of peasants

4 the home rule

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Answer:the participation of peasants

6 What is structure according to A. Giddens ?

1 Patterns and standards of behaviour of actors.

2 Rules and resources that actors use in interaction contexts.

3 Values and ideals that regulate the conducts of human beings

4 Groups and collectivists that are formed in the course of social interaction

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Answer: Rules and resources that actors use in interaction contexts.

7 Which of the following statements correctly describes the ethnomethodology’s view-point ?

1 “For full causal explanation it is necessary to determine what has given rise to the motives of social action.”

2 “Social life appears orderly to members of society only because members actively engage in making sense of social life.”

3 “Diversity is the order of the day. We have entered an era in which anything goes. ”

4 “The effects of a social institution may be illustrated in terms of the analogy between society and an organism.”

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Answer:“Social life appears orderly to members of society only because members actively engage in making sense of social life.”

8 Which two of the following primary frames have been used by E. Goffman ? (i) Natural frame (ii) Cultural frame (iii) Social frame (iv) Real frame Select the correct answer from the codes given below : Codes :

1 (i) & (iv)

2 (i) & (ii)

3 (i) & (iii)

4 (ii) & (iii)

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Answer:(i) & (iii)

9 By the colonization of life world J. Habermas meant

1 subjugation of the developing nations by the developednations.

2 Subjugation of society and culture by Economy and Polity systems.

3 subjugation of culture of a society by globalization.

4 subjugation of cultural view by the global capitalist class.

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Answer:Subjugation of society and culture by Economy and Polity systems.

10 Which of the following sets include the structural levels as mentioned by L. Althussar ? (i) Economic (ii) Political (iii) Cultural (iv) Ideological Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

1 (i), (ii) & (iii)

2 (i), (ii) & (iv)

3 (ii), (iii) & (iv)

4 (i), (iii) & (iv)

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