Practice Sociology Questions and Answers for IAS Exams

Compilation of most probable practice sociology questions and answers that might come in the upcoming IAS examination. This will also assist the students, teachers, eligibility tests, Civil Services, UGC-NET, UPSC & IAS aspirants for cracking their competitive exams!

1. Which among the following is not correct about culture?

(a) Cultural traits can be acquired through socialisation and habits

(b) Culture is something collective

(d) Culture never passed on with the help of language

Ans. (d)

2. Trait is

(a) social trend at present

(b) social trend of the past

(d) the smallest unit of personality

Ans. (c)

3. Non-material culture may consist of

(a) words people use, the ideas, customs and belief they hold and the habits they follow

(b) non-manufactured items

(d) culture which teaches a particular behaviour for particular situation

Ans. (a)

4. The material culture is always the outgrowth of the non-material culture. This statement is

(a) True

(b) False

(d) Can happen provided with stimuli

Ans. (a)

5. A cluster of related traits is called

(a) Culture norms

(b) Culture complex

(d) Cultural uniformity

Ans. (b)

6. Interaction between members or groups with different culture is known as

(a) Touch of culture

(b) Cultural diffusion

(d) Acculturation

Ans. (c)

7. In common sense the term ‘society’ is equivalent to

(a) boundaries

(b) organisation

(d) imbalance

Ans. (a)

8. Who said this – “Status is the rank-order position assigned by a group to a role or to a set of roles”?

(a) Lundberg

(b) Maclver

(d) Ogburn

Ans. (c)

9. Who holds that – “A status is a position in a social group or grouping in relation to other positions held by other individuals in the group or grouping”?

(a) Arnold Green

(b) Martindale

(d) K. Davis

Ans. (a)

10. Identify the incorrect statement.

(a) In simple society, we witness rapid role changes

(b) Roles in modern complex society are numerous and complex

(d) Role is a pattern of expected behaviour.

Ans. (c)

11. Those kins who are related to each other directly through descent are called

(a) Lineal kin

(b) Descent kin

(d) Primary kin

Ans. (a)

12. A Joking relationship when not mutual, assumes the role of

(a) social conflict

(b) social control

(d) respect for family tradition

Ans. (b)

13. Malinowski in his studies found Trobriand Islanders to be

(a) Patrilineal

(b) Bilineal

(d) There exist no system of lineage

Ans. (c)

14. Those kins who branch out from the main group like uncles and cousins are called

(a) Sub-kin

(b) Collateral kin

(d) Lateral kin

Ans. (b)

15. It is a general practice especially in Indian villages that, when a women has to make reference for her husband she generally says as for example Mohan’s father. This is an example of

(a) reference

(b) ego

(d) symbolising

Ans. (c)

16. The cities are not marked by

(a) Dense settlement

(b) Advance culture

(d) Occupational specialization

Ans. (a)

17. Who has conducted ‘middle town’ study?

(a) Rand H. Lynd

(b) Whyte

(d) C.W. Mills

Ans. (c)

18. The Urban slums are the marks of

(a) Industrial society

(b) Capitalist society

(d) Post-industrial society

Ans. (d)

19. The ‘city’ has been defined as relatively large, dense and permanent settlements of heterogenous individuals by

(a) Le Play

(b) A.W. Green

(d) Louis Wirth

Ans. (c)

20. “Urbanism is a way of life, whereas urbanisation is a process”. This distinction was made by

(a) Max Weber

(b) G. Simmel

(d) Robert Park

Ans. (c)

21. In early twentieth century the radical leadership brought politics to our people because

(a) They were radical

(b) They were popular ladder of the masses

(d) They drew upon the cultural heritage

Ans. (d)

22. Who among the following was the chief exponent of the patriarchal theory of the origin of the state?

(a) Hobbes

(b) Rousseau

(d) Sir. H. Maine

Ans. (d)

23. The Systematic Theory of Social Contract was first given by

(a) W. Pareto

(b) E. Durkheim

(d) Hobbes

Ans. (d)

24. Name the book of Thomas Hobbes where he has given the theory of social contract,

(a) ‘Politics’

(b) ‘Leviathan’

(d) ‘People’

Ans. (b)

25. The members of Zila Parishad are indirectly elected for a period of

(a) 2 years

(b) Five years

(d) One year

Ans. (a)

26. Who among the following have applied the Historical-dialectical approach to the study of class stratification?

(a) Andre Beteille

(b) M.N. Srinivas

(d) R.K. Mukerjee

Ans. (c)

27. The term ‘Gender Stratification’ refers to stratification between

(a) Mother and father

(b) Sexes

(d) Ethnic group

Ans. (b)

28. One don’t find any class distinctions in the savage tribes and the women had to do

(a) much easier house-hold tasks

(b) harder and more menial works

(d) None of these

Ans. (c)

29. Sociological concept which is most closely related to social inequality is

(a) social classification

(b) social differentiation

(d) social stratification

Ans. (d)

30. The word ‘Caste’ has been derived from which language?

(a) Portuguese

(b) Spanish

(d) Chinese

Ans. (a)

31. Who among of the following has emphasized the demographic factor as a factor for social change?

(a) Malthus

(b) H. Spencer

(d) D. Ricardo

Ans. (d)

32. Who among the following does not belong to cyclical theory of social change?

(a) Toynbee

(b) Spengler

(d) P. Sorokin

Ans. (c)

33. Internally generated social changes are usually

1. Continuous

2. Abrupt

3. Violent

4. Insignificant

(a) 1 only

(b) 1 and 4

(d) 4 only

Ans. (a)

34. Spencer has linked his theory of social change with

(a) Technology

(b) Philosophy

(d) Structure

Ans. (c)

35. To evolve social development programmes, the knowledge of _____ is not necessary.

(a) Social history

(b) Caste composition

(d) Cultural patterns

Ans. (b)

36. Who has made distinction between ‘militant’ and ‘industrial’ societies?

(a) F. Tonnies

(b) Malinowski

(d) L.T. Hobhouse

Ans. (c)

37. What has the industrialisation done to women?

(a) Their position has lowered due to petty jobs in factors

(b) They have become subject to exploitation at the hands of factory owners

(d) Women become jealous of man’s success at factories

Ans. (c)

38. The way to achieve industrial harmony is

(a) by the exercise of state power

(b) by periodically raising the wages of workers

(d) through mutual understanding between the management and the workers

Ans. (d)

39. Emile Durkheim feels that solidarity in industrial society is based on

(a) Mechanical solidarity

(b) Organic solidarity

(d) Production and wages

Ans. (b)

40. Who among the following is author of the book “Class and Class Conflict in Industrial society”?

(a) Raymond Aron

(b) Daniel Bell

(d) Karl Marx

Ans. (c)

41. Who was of the view that demographic density is a major determinant of social evolution?

(a) Emile Durkheim

(b) Herbert Spencer

(d) Morgan

Ans. (a)

42. In which state of India men is outnumbered by women according to 1991 census?

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Meghalaya

(d) Goa

Ans. (c)

43. Among the following causes of mortality which do you attribute to society?

(a) Capital punishment

(b) Medical treatment

(d) Magical treatment

Ans. (c)

44. Who among the following has developed the theory of ‘step migration’?

(a) Revenstein

(b) R. Redfield

(d) H. Spencer

Ans. (a)

45. Who among the following voiced against Malthus and held that the core reason of overpopulation was not to be found in biological power of reproduction but in prevailing capitalist mode of production?

(a) Karl Marx

(b) Herbert Spencer

(d) M. Weber

Ans. (a)

46. Tick mark the incorrect statement.

(a) Early marriages expose women to lengthen child bearing period

(b) In the context of child bearing the teenaged mothers have more health risk for themselves and children

(d) Late marriage leads to more fertility among women

Ans. (d)

47. The Equal Remuneration Act, 1973 stipulates for the equal remuneration for man and women doing the same kind of work.

(a) In the organised sector

(b) In the unorganised sector

(d) In private sector

Ans. (a)

48. Whose study showed that women were discriminated against at the time of promotions and tended to be crowded into lower status clerical and primary school jobs?

(a) Papola

(b) Leela Dubey

(d) Pauline Kolenda

Ans. (a)

49. Who has concluded that though in three families women were the principal earners, employment did not improve the women’s self-estimation or status in the social hierarchy?

(a) Leela Dubey

(b) Katheline Gough

(d) Pauline Kolenda

Ans. (c)

50. Whose study shows that when unemployed weavers from Tamil Nadu migrated to Delhi the women folk found jobs only as domestic servants, while men became mechanics, cooks or drivers?

(a) Leela Kasturi

(b) Leela Gulati

(d) Pauline Kolenda

Ans. (a)

51. ‘Avunculate’ denotes

(a) an anthropological ferminology

(b) a term denoting the special relationship that persists in some societies between a man and his mother’s brother

(d) none of these

Ans. (c)

52. Who was the person, who deliberated upon the above views?

He introduced the distinction between the law of public delicts and the law of private delict which allowed for a sociological discussion of the different types of sanctions aroused by offences of each type, even when the actual offence may in one society be socially regarded as of a different category from that in another. Murder for instance is a public delict in modern western societies but among some people it is private delict.

(a) R. Brown

(b) B. Malinowski

(d) Anthony Giddens

Ans. (a)

53. ‘The scientific study of human populations, primarily with respect to their size, their structure and their development’ is

(a) sociography

(b) demography

(d) none

Ans. (b)

54. Who for the first time used the concept of social structure in sociology?

(a) Marx

(b) Weber

(d) Durkheim

Ans. (c)

55. Nadel’s definition of social structure makes use of

(a) Social role

(b) Social organisation

(d) Social relationships

Ans. (a)

56. Which of the following are positional averages?

(a) geometric mean

(b) median

(d) harmonic mean

Ans. (b)

57. A researcher wants to study the future of the Congress I in India. For the study which tool is most appropriate for him?

(a) Questionnaire

(b) Interview

(d) Rating scale

Ans. (a)

58. Weber’s Verstehen is a method which aims at:

(A) Explaining actions of individuals.

(B) Identification of causes of action.

(D) Developing causal understanding of relationships through actions.

Ans. (D)

59. Who for the first time did use the concept of social structure to explicate society?

(A) Karl Marx

(B) Max Weber

(D) Herbert Spencer

Ans. (B)

60. Which of the following concepts are applied to analyses the process of civilization change?

(A) Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft

(B) Zweckrational and Wertrational

(D) Sensate and Ideational Culture

Ans. (B)

61. Social movement can be defined as:

1. An action on the part of members of certain organisations

2. A radical social change to be sought for by the organised efforts of the people with set objectives

3. A collective action to resist or promote changes with certain goals

4. An evolutionary process of change from simple to complex settings

5. A diffusionist process of change

(A) 2 and 3

(B) 2, 4 and 5

(D) 1, 2 and 4

Ans. (C)

62. Of the following who introduced the term industrial sociology?

(a) Auguste Comte

(b) Karl Marx

(d) Emile Durkheim

Ans. (c)

63. Herbert Spencers’ model of society was essentially:

(a) Consensus

(b) Organismic

(d) Conflict

Ans. (b)

64. Individuality in sociological sense means:

(a) Physical detachment of two units

(b) Physical attachment of two units

(d) Depicting strength of character

Ans. (d)

65. ______ posits the view that society is the family writ large.

(a) Matriarchal theory

(b) Force theory

(d) Patriarchal theory

Ans. (d)

66. One of the following mentioned characteristics is not a characteristic of institution. Point out such a sentence:

(a) Through institutions the individuals’ activities are controlled

(b) Collective activities of men form the basis of the institution

(d) No institution has a symbol, either material or non- material

Ans. (d)

67. Which of the following statements is correct regarding the institutions?

(a) Institutions are always based on certain established forms of rules, conventions and usages

(b) Institutions are the artificial products of the society

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

68. Who stressed on the institutionalization of patterns of value orientation in the social system?

(a) Parsons

(b) Merton

(d) Malinowski

Ans. (a)

69. What are the specific expressions of values?

(a) Norms

(b) Roles

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

70. _________ provides the means whereby values and goals are translated into action.

(a) Norms

(b) Roles

(d) Goal-attainment

Ans. (c)

71. Who held that value consensus from the fundamental integrating principle in society?

(a) Parsons

(b) Merton

(d) Durkheim

Ans. (a)

72. According to Parsons, when an organized action system emphasizes gratification, pain and to maximize pleasure then the pattern is called-

(a) Affective

(b) Expressive

(d) Gratifying

Ans. (a)

73. Mark the correct statement-

(a) norms provide cohesion to the social structure

(b) norms provide disintegrating capacity, to society due to excess of cohesion

(d) none of the above

Ans. (a)

74. Which of the following is the correct statement?

(a) norms provide a kind of automation to the functioning of society

(b) norms check the automatic responses within the society

(d) none of the above

Ans. (a)

75. Existence of a society without norms:

(a) is impossible

(b) is possible only when they are is monolithic structure

(d) is possible only when the people interact with each other

Ans. (a)

76. Point out the correct statement:

(a) moral values are always attached to norms

(b) it is necessary to attach more values to norms because, they are already complete

(d) none of the above

Ans. (d)

77. Which among the following is a part of the Buddhist belief system?

(a) Noble Eightfold Path

(b) Monastic mysticism

(d) All

Ans. (a)

78. People who kill others, usually one at a time, over a long period of time are called-

(a) Mass murderers

(b) Respectable deviants

(d) Serial murderers

Ans. (d)

79. Which of the following theorists would most likely be in agreement with the adage “laws make criminals”?

(a) W.I. Thomas

(b) D.B. Cooper

(d) Edwin Sutherland

Ans. (c)

80. The “born loser” Merton’s theory, who remains honest despite a lack of success is called the-

(a) Ritualist

(b) Rebel

(d) Retreatist

Ans. (a)

81. In the process of socialization, which among the following is the battleground on the basis of Sigmund Freud’s explanation?

(a) I

(b) Id

(d) Superego

Ans. (c)

82. Anticipatory socialization is a preparation for-

(a) Present role

(b) Future role

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

83. When the groups show solidarity, it is called-

(a) Integration

(b) Fusion

(d) Erosion

Ans. (a)

84. The process that the dominant group-determines the norms and cultures to be adopted by the dominated group is known as-

(a) Interjection

(b) Acquisition

(d) Assimilation

Ans. (a)

85. The system under which one is required to marry within one’s own group only is known as-

(a) indogamy

(b) polygamy

(d) hypergamy

Ans. (a)

86. A type of marriage in which male members can have sexual relationship with any female member without social restrictions is known as:

(a) indogamy

(b) hypergamy

(d) polygamy

Ans. (c)

87. Marriage to father’s sister’s daughter is known as-

(a) paternal cross-cousin marriage

(b) endogamy

(d) none of the above

Ans. (a)

88. The system under which brothers of a family are required to marry the sisters of the same family is known as:

(a) promiscuity

(b) group marriage

(d) indogamy

Ans. (b)

89._____ is a form of marriage in which a man has more than one wife at a time.

(a) Polygamy

(b) Polygyny

(d) Group-marriage

Ans. (b)

90. The joint family is a characteristic peculiar to____________.

(a) Muslims

(b) Christians

(d) Hindus

Ans. (d)

91. Who has given the concept of ‘atomistic family’?

(a) Murdock

(b) Warner

(d) Zimmerman

Ans. (d)

92. Which family consisted of a group which was founded upon the intermarriage, in a group of siblings, own and collateral, i.e. of brothers and sisters and cousins?

(a) conjugal

(b) consanguine

(d) polyandrous

Ans. (b)

93. What is NOT the indicative of kinship change pattern in our modern society?

(a) inter-caste marriage system

(b) changing affinity

(d) means of transportation and communication

Ans. (c)

94. Kinship:

(a) is always related to sex

(b) is occasionally related to sex

(d) may or may not be related to sex

Ans. (a)

95. Uncle is a________ term in kinship.

(a) classificatory

(b) related

(d) deceptive

Ans. (a)

96. The reverse of avoidance is_________.

(a) joking relationship

(b) amitate

(d) teknonymy

Ans. (a)

97. In primary kinship relationship is:

(a) direct and close

(b) indirect

(d) hereditary

Ans. (a)

98. When was the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act passed?

(a) 1983

(b) 2004

(d) 2013

Ans. (c)

99. Which of the following are Gender Inequality Index Measures?

(a) reproductive health measured by maternal mortality ratio and adolescent birth rates.

(b) empowerment, measured by proportion of parliamentary seats occupied by females and proportion of adult females and males aged 25 years and older with at least some secondary education.

(c) economic status expressed as labour market participation and measured by labour force participation rate of female and male populations aged 15 years and older.

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

100. A special award has been constituted which is given for Best Reporting on Women in Panchayati Raj. What is the name of that award?

(a) Durga Bai Deshmuk Award

(b) Indira Award

(d) Mother Teresa Award

Ans. (c)

101. One among the following is a woman cricketer who received the Padmasri Award.

Choose the correct answer:

(a) Anjum Chopra

(b) AnjumShiya

(d) Priti Bhalla

Ans. (a)

102. What are the variables which the Global Gender Gap Index examines?

(i) Economic participation and opportunity

(ii) Educational Attainment

(iii) Health and Survival

(iv) Political empowerment

Codes:

(a) i and ii only

(b) i, ii and iii only

(d) i and iii only

Ans. (c)

103. Which of the following statements is true?

(a) Class is more open than caste

(b) The caste system is believed to have been divinely ordained whereas classes are not founded on religious dogmas

(d) Both (a) and (b) are true

Ans. (d)

104. While discussing stratification who of the following has/ have referred to effective role allocation and performance?

(a) Parsons

(b) Tumin

(d) Davis and Moore

Ans. (d)

105. Function and function alone is responsible for the origin of caste structure is India’s. Who said this?

(a) Majumdar

(b) Ghurye

(d) Risley

Ans. (c)

106. Who has pointed out three sets of characteristics used as a basis of ranking, viz., possessions, qualities and performances?

(a) Max Weber

(b) Functionalists

(d) R. K. Merton

Ans. (c)

107. The concept of ____________ is fundamental to the caste system and every type of caste relation is governed by it.

(a) rites

(b) pollution

(d) prestige

Ans. (b)

108. The _________ are famous for their toys and icons made of clay.

(a) Onges

(b) Bhils

(d) Muria gonds

Ans. (d)

109. In an industrial society, family has changed from a __________ unit to a __________ unit.

(a) consumption, production

(b) production, consumption

(d) production, profit-oriented

Ans. (b)

110. ___________ saw ‘bureaucracy’ as an organization with a hierarchy of paid, full time officials who formed a chain of command.

(a) Marx

(b) Weber

(d) Maclver

Ans. (b)

111. The _________ tribes are well known traditionally as iron smelters.

(a) Korwas

(b) Birhor

(d) Kond

Ans. (a)

112. A/An __________ society is generally associated with the cultivation of plants and domestication of animals.

(a) tribal

(b) feudal

(d) industrial

Ans. (c)

113. __________ refers to the manner in which goods are divided among members of the society.

(a) Distribution

(b) Separation

(d) Exchange

Ans. (a)

114. ___________ requires only two parties whereas ___________ requires a social centre.

(a) Redistribution, reciprocity

(b) Reciprocity, redistribution

(d) Mwali, Soulva

Ans. (b)

115. _________ has pointed out that various kinds of exchange included in reciprocity can be arranged on a continuum according to the degree of balance involved.

(a) Karl Polyani

(b) Marshall Sahlins

(d) Wright Mills

Ans. (b)

116. Specialization based on specially acquired specific technical abilities is ___________ in all pre-urban societies.

(a) present

(b) absent

(d) none of the above

Ans. (b)

117. _________ is sometimes viewed as simply a process of balancing values.

(a) Reciprocity

(b) Redistribution

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

118. Which among the following formed the nucleus of ancient political cities?

(a) The encourage of the kings and their staff

(b) Craftsmen who furnished weapons

(d) People living in surrounding areas

Ans. (a)

119. For long villages have remained isolated and their economy self-sufficient. Mark out the reasons from among the following for such a situation-

(a) Villages are insular

(b) They remain contented with their lot

(d) It was due to disinterestedness of the powers that were and due to the lack of local leadership

Ans. (c)

120. Among the following mark out the purpose for which temple is NOT used:

(a) It is a place of social assemblage. Marriage and such other activities are conducted there

(b) It is a place for cultural performance

(d) All political decisions are taken here

Ans. (d)

121. Much that is said about the religious belief of the people in villages is no less true about the non-villagers? Mark out the correct answer.

(a) Because the villagers are illiterate

(b) Because they are insular

(d) Because the villagers are not sophisticated

Ans. (d)

122. The joint family system in the villages continues to exist. Mark out among the following the reason that does not explain its survival-

(a) Villagers are tradition bound

(b) They have deep faith in the family bonds

(d) It survives since the village community is not civilized enough to discard it

Ans. (d)

123.____________ is defined as the ratio of the number of infant death occurring before one year of age per 1000 live births

(a) Infant mortality rate

(b) Mortality rate

(d) None of the above

Ans. a

124. Notestein characterised three types of population according to their stage of demographic evolution. They are.

(a) incipient decline, transitional growth and high growth potential

(b) transitional growth, high stationary stage, declining stage

(d) none of the above

Ans. a

125. A travelling salesman would be counted at his location for the night regardless of whether that was his permanent residence. Which type of census would it be?

(a) De facto

(b) De jure

(d) Informal

Ans. a

126. Active population is:

(a) between 15-66 years

(b) between 18-65 years

(d) none of these

Ans. a

127. According to Malthus, celibacy and delayed marriages are__________

(a) positive checks

(b) preventive checks

(d) contraceptives

Ans. b

128. According to_______ ‘power’ is the capacity to mobilize the resources of the society for the attainment of goals for which a general public commitment has been made by

(a) Marx

(b) Weber

(d) Wright Mills

Ans. c

129. President Kennedy is remembered as a__________ leader, but as a President his authority was based primarily on his legal position as President

(a)charismatic

(b) traditional

(d) rational

Ans. a

130. In Gandhian Society:

(a) evil doer will receive the maximum punishment

(b) stress will be on ending the evil

(d) there will be compulsory prohibition

Ans. b

131. All leaderships require a certain amount of voluntary submission on the part of the followers, whom is this view attributed to’?

(a) Marx

(b) Weber

(d) Wright Mills

Ans. b

132. For Aristotle State was an agency for

(a) strengthening political ideology

(b) giving good life

(d) promoting religion

Ans. a

133. Which of the following is one of the constitutional safeguards regarding scheduled castes and scheduled tribes?

(a) Seats will be reserved for them in employment exchanges

(b) There will be reservation of cultivable land for them

(d) None of the above is true

Ans. c

134. Which one of the following is true about the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes?

(a) that they should get entry into the temples without any difficulty

(b) that their entry to the temples shall be restricted and regulated by certain codes

(d) that only few selected castes will be thrown open to them

Ans. a

135. Which Article of the constitution of India deals with reservation of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in the Legislative Assemblies?

(a) Art. 334

(b) Art. 335

(d) Art. 337

Ans. a

136. Of the following who was the staunchest champion of the cause of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes?

(a) Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

(b) Gobind Ballabh Pant

(d) Dr. Zakir Hussain SOCIOLOGY

Ans. c

137. Which one of the following is NOT true about untouchability in the constitution?

(a) It stands abolished

(b) Enforcement of disability arising out of untouchability is an offence

(d) None of the above

Ans. c

138. The concept which Mackim Marriot put forward as the opposite of his concept of universalization for explaining social change in Indian village is –

(a) Localization

(b) Traditionalization

(d) Marginalization

Ans.(c)

139. “Social change is now taking place faster than our capacity to adjust to it”. Who said this?

(a) Alvin Gouldner

(b) Alvin TofHer

(d) Daniel Bell

Ans.(b)

140. Who of the following supported the cyclical theory of social change?

(a) P. Sorokin

(b) R. Firth

(d) Parsons

Ans.(a)

141. In which of the following lies the strength of the belief system?

(a) Rituals

(b) Rites

(d) Confession to the system

Ans. (a)

142. The basis for Emile Durkheim’s theory of deviance was-

(a) Ritualism

(b) Anomie

(d) Retreatism

Ans. (b)

143. _____ is an individual phenomenon.

(a) Habit

(b) Fashion

(d) Convention

Ans. (a)

144. ________ are regulators of behaviour.

(a) Folkways

(b) Mores

(d) Fashions

Ans. (b)

145. Socialization is a process involving-

(a) Training to adapt to the society

(b) Instilling the social norms

(d) Setting up of social norms

Ans. (a)

146. ‘Social control’ more or less, has become the activity of the specialized agencies in-

(a) New townships

(b) Cities

(d) None of these

Ans. (b)

147. Socialization principles help in maintaining-

(a) Sociogram

(b) Social behaviour

(d) Social norms

Ans. (d)

148. According to Mead the ‘Generalised other’ and ‘significant other’ are the creators of-

(a) I

(b) Me

(d) Super ego

Ans. (b)

149. ‘Generalized others’ in the process of socialization is-

(a) Community people

(b) Peer group

(d) Children

Ans. (a)

150. Single ‘savage self, as introduced by Mead is-

(a) I

(b) Super ego

(d) None of these

Ans. (a)