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MCQ-50 No Key
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3. An unskilled worker becomes semiskilled and skilled. What type of mobility is this?
(A) Intra generational occupational mobility (B) Inter generational occupational mobility
(A) The Decline of the West – Spengler (B) A Study of History – Toynbee
(C) The Holy Family – Max Weber (D) The Remebered Village – M. N. Srinivas
8. Those beliefs and forms of behaviour that are expected of any normal member of a society are called–
(A) Cultural universals (B) Cultural absolutes
9. Sorokin classified relationships into three types. Which of the following is not included in his list?
10. The network of patterned human behaviour that is the product of interaction and that at the same
time, guides interaction is called–
12. The total organisation of social life within a limited area may be termed as–
13. Who said, "Statuses are occupied, but roles are played"?
15. Which group of the following thinkers is related to linear theory of social change?
(A) Comte, Pareto, Marx (B) Pareto, Spengler, Marx
16. As per Hindu Dharrnsastra marriage between a Brahmin woman and a man from 'Vaishya Varna' is
called–
17. Who among the following has divided races into seven categories?
23. Who is of the view that Potential for personal development is crushed in advanced industrial
societies?
24. "Culture is a configuration of behaviour and the results of behaviour, whose component elements are
shared and transmitted by the member of a particular Society. " Identify the thinker–
25. The success of planned change in a democratic society is possible only through–
26. Nadel's conception of social phenomena is based on three criteria. Which one of the following is not
included in his list?
(A) Repetitiveness of the social phenomena (B) Durability of the social phenomena
30. Who among the following wrote the book 'Indian Village' ?
31. 'Society is a relation among personal ideas. ' Identify the thinker–
32. Who has defined that "A community is an area of social living marked by some degree of social
coherence"?
33. According to Dahrendorf the principal source of conflict in modern industrial societies is–
34. Who among the following propounded the concept of 'internal and external conflict'?
(C) The social system of A Mysore Village (D) Caste Dominance and Factionalism :
37. Which one of the following writers has used the concept of caste in the study of Western Societies?
38. Who has written the book "Nature of Sociological Theory: An Action Approach"?
43. A four year old boy has stabbed his cousin brother. The act of the boy will be called–
(A) Crime (B) Juvenile delinquency
44. Who is of the view that "Deviance cannot be dismissed simply as a behaviour which disrupts stability
in society, but may itself be, in controlled qualities an important condition for preserving stability" ?
46. A doctor kills his compounder. His act may be termed as–
47. Who treats conformity and deviance as two ends of the same scale?
48. Suicide by an individual who has detached himself from group life is called–
49. Who said, "occupation and occupation alone is responsible for the origin of the caste system"?