Mock Sociology Questions and Answers for MA Entrance Exams

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Mock Sociology Questions and Answers for MA Entrance Exams

1. Sometimes an office brings the status. Among the following, to which office higher status is attached?

(a) Deputy Commissioner who made a fortune during his tenure at a particular place by unlawful means.

(b) Pan-bidi seller who pays income tax much higher than his other neighbouring shopkeepers

(d) A teacher of known scholarship

Ans. (b)

2. Caste system was status oriented. Which of the following statements you think is correct?

(a) It ascribed a status for Brahmins

(b) Brahmins were given special privileges

(d) The people were made to believe in social hierarchy

Ans. (b)

3. A first born child may be given a special treatment by his parents. How do you describe it?

(a) Child enjoys the prestige

(b) Status is ascribed to him

(d) The manner of introducing him to society

Ans. (d)

4. Caste system was role oriented. Which of the following statements you thing is correct?

(a) It gave humble role to Shudra

(b) Society was divided into the role-groups

(d) Role of an individual depended on his merit

Ans. (b)

5. Social values are important because these:

(a) give legitimacy to social behaviour

(b) promote group harmonies

(d) do not touch social arrangements

Ans. (a)

6. Which one of the following is not correct about norms?

(a) these are formed for all situations

(b) these are not formed for all situations

(d) group norms have relevance to purpose

Ans. (b)

7. Social values indicate-

(a) group standards

(b) institutional standards

(d) cultural standards

Ans. (c)

8. Which one of the following is not the characteristic of norms?

(a) their scope varies from group to group

(b) norms operative in one system can be operative in another system as well

(d) some of these cannot be applied under all situations

Ans. (c)

9. What are cultural standards that indicate the general good deemed desirable for organized social life?

(a) Norms

(b) Goal pattern

(d) Beliefs

Ans. (a)

10. Norms of one society-

(a) do not differ from those of another

(b) can differ radically from those of another society

(d) have no relevance with the other society

Ans. (b)

11. Which one of the following is not true of deviant behaviour?

(a) It increases when society becomes more complex

(b) It is never socially useful

(d) It is related to personal attitudes

Ans. (d)

12. Deviant behaviour is linked with certain situations; which one of the following is not true?

(a) Circumstances

(b) Attitudes

(d) Individual norms

Ans. (a)

13. Deviant behaviour is one in which:

(a) There is failure to conform to norms of the society

(b) there is failure to accept newly set norms of the society

(d) None of the above

Ans. (d)

14. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of deviant behaviour?

(a) It disturbs social equilibrium

(b) It contravenes social norms

(d) It is a departure from newly developed set of behaviour

Ans. (d)

15. Overt force, as sanction is used:

(a) By legitimate authority in the name of an individual

(b) As moral force in the name of whole society

(d) By legitimate authority in the name of whole society

Ans. (a)

16. Whose work is ‘mind, self and society’?

(a) Elton Mayor

(b) Pareto

(d) Margaret Mead

Ans. (c)

17. Socialization refers to-

(a) the process of growth from infancy to childhood

(b) the process of personality development in the family only

(d) the formality of enrollment as a member of a society

Ans. (c)

18. Which of the following is the sufficient condition for the development of self?

(a) social interaction

(b) satisfaction of biological and emotional needs of the child

(d) all of the above

Ans. (a)

19. Socialization process in human beings takes place-

(a) during childhood

(b) during young age

(d) at different intervals

Ans. (c)

20. Which of the following is not an agency of socialization?

(a) family

(b) church

(d) state

Ans. (c)

21. Identify reference group from the following:

(a) membership group

(b) a group from which one draws one’s norms and values

(d) a group often referred to in conversation

Ans. (b)

22. Which one of the following is not an important hindrance on the path of social integration?

(a) Conditions existing at the time of entry in society

(b) Number of persons involved

(d) Approach to current political problems

Ans. (d)

23. Which one of the following is not the basic condition for promoting assimilation?

(a) Appreciation of each other’s cultural heritage

(b) Coming together on a platform

(d) Equal economic standards

Ans. (c)

24. Which one of the following is not the basic condition responsible for promoting assimilation?

(a) Toleration

(b) Political ideology

(d) Cultural similarity

Ans. (b)

25. “Acculturation is a process whereby societies of different cultures are modified through fairly close and long continued contacts but without complete blending of two cultures.” This was said by-

(a) Gillin and Gillin

(b) Sheriff and Sheriff

(d) Dowson and Gettys

Ans. (a)

26. Acculturation of culture starts when meetings are of-

(a) Continuous but of short duration

(b) Continuous and of long duration

(d) Occasional but of long duration

Ans. (b)

27. _____ means cohabitation with one or more women who are distinct from wife or wives.

(a) Concubinage

(b) Non-fraternal polyandry

(d) Sororal polygyny

Ans. (a)

28. Vivaha the Hindu word for marriage means_______________.

(a) Panigrahan

(b) Kanyadan

(d) Saptapadi

Ans. (c)

29. The performance of_____ is an essential condition of Hindu marriage.

(a) dowry ceremony

(b) saptapadi

(d) none of the above

Ans. (b)

30. In Muslim form of marriage, divorce can be obtained ___________.

(a) by signing a document

(b) by merely repeating ‘talaq’ three times in the presence of at least two witnesses

(d) in the court

Ans. (b)

31. When the father gifts his daughter to a man, after duly honouring him and exhorts the couple to perform their dharma together, it is called ____________ marriage.

(a) prajapatya

(b) gandharva

(d) daiva

Ans. (a)

32. Which one of the following theories about the origin of the family believed that in the past offering of wife or daughter to a guest was considered as a mark of hospitality?

(a) Matriarchal

(b) Patriarchal

(d) Sex communism

Ans. (d)

33. “The Mother” was written by:

(a) L.H. Morgan

(b) Briffault

(d) Gillin and Gillin

Ans. (b)

34. A family in which an individual is born is known as-

(a) procreation family

(b) monogamous family

(d) extended family

Ans. (c)

35. Which one of the following theories believed that origin of family is based on the philosophy of possession of women by men?

(a) Multi-factor theory

(b) Patriarchal theory

(d) Theory of sex communism

Ans. (c)

36. The type of the family in which father is the source of authority is known as:

(a) patrilocal

(b) patriarchal

(d) patronymic

Ans. (b)

37. Which of the following acted as a cause of the decay of the patriarchal family?

(a) Economic factor

(b) Effect of scientific discoveries

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

38. Which of the following is NOT a feature of modern family?

(a) Change in man-women relationship

(b) Diluted control of the marriage contract

(d) Bigger family structure

Ans. (d)

39. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of modern family?

(a) Less religious control

(b) Separation of non-essential functions

(d) Anti-filiocentric family

Ans. (d)

40. In a type of family where children’s wishes dominate and direct the family policy is called-

(a) filocentric family

(b) complicated family

(d) weak family

Ans. (a)

41. Which of the following is a factor leading to divorce?

(a) Decline and decay of social values

(b) Falling social protection

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

42. “A joint family is a group of people who generally live under one roof, who eat food cooked at one hearth, who hold properly in common and who participate in common worship and are related to each other as some particular type of kindred.” is a definition given by-

(a) Davis

(b) Jolly

(d) Karve

Ans. (d)

43. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the joint family?

(a) Large size of the family

(b) Joint property

(d) Co-operative organisation

Ans. (c)

44. Which of the following mentioned factors can be held as the merit of the joint family?

(a) Rapid economic progress

(b) Division of labour

(d) Opportunity for leisure

Ans. (b)

45. Which of the factors mentioned below can be held as the merit of joint family?

(a) Social Insurance

(b) Ideal of Socialism

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

46. Which one of the following statements is correct?

(a) There is no trace of the origin of the family

(b) Divine inspiration has led to the origin of the family

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

47. If all the clans of a tribe are constituted into just two phratries, then the emergent type of social structure is called dual organisation and each phratry is called_____________.

(a) moiety

(b) lineage

(d) none of the above

Ans. (a)

48. ___________ is a bilateral consanguineal kin group.

(a) Family

(b) Kindred

(d) Lineage

Ans. (b)

49. In __________, ego inherits some but not all of his father’s consanguineal relatives, and also the corresponding consanguineal relatives of his mother.

(a) patrilineal descent

(b) unilateral descent

(d) bilateral descent

Ans. (d)

50. If a common ancestor is the binder among a people, they are called _________.

(a) agnates

(b) cognates

(d) phratries

Ans. (b)

51. In which of the following tribes, clan does not exist?

(a) Kadar

(b) Nuer

(d) Santhal

Ans. (a)

52. The social classes are large groups of people who differ from each other by their relation to the means of social production. Whose view is this?

(a) Marx

(b) Ralph Dahrendorf

(d) Lenin

Ans. (a)

53. Marx differentiated various classes in ______________.

(a) objective terms

(b) subjective terms

(d) absolute terms

Ans. (a)

54. From Marxian perspective, political power derives from-

(a) economic power

(b) social prestige

(d) religious sanction

Ans. (a)

55. The person who gives service to the Jajman is called-

(a) Parjan

(b) Kamin

(d) Purohit

Ans. (a)

56. According to Marx, a class which has come into being but which is not yet conscious of its fundamental interests is a _____________.

(a) class in itself

(b) class for itself

(d) none of the above

Ans. (a)

57. Which one of the following is NOT true about the efforts being made by the government about tribal people?

(a) New educational institutions are being opened for them

(b) Tribal areas are being linked with the cities

(d) Tribal culture is being disfigured

Ans. (d)

58. In India since independence the policy of the government of India about tribal people has been:

(a) to preserve their culture

(b) to underestimate their culture

(d) none of the above

Ans. (a)

59. The percentage of reservation of seats for tribal population in India is:

(a) 7 1/2 %

(b) 10%

(d) 15%

Ans. (a)

60. Which one of the following is NOT true about tribes in India about reservation of seats? These are reserved-

(a) in all elected bodies

(b) in the Lok Sabha

(d) in the Rajya Sabha

Ans. (d)

61. In an agrarian society the people worshipped in:

(a) the temple

(b) nature’s gods

(d) nature in the open

Ans. (b)

62. Which of the following was a good effect of capitalism on the social life of the people?

(a) High standard of living

(b) Rapid economic progress

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

63. Which of the following is an evil effect of capitalism?

(a) Greed for wealth

(b) Protection of traditional human values

(d) No show of artificiality

Ans. (a)

64. Which of the following statements are correct in the case of capitalism?

(a) Capitalism led to the ruin of human values

(b) Materialism was nourished by capitalism

(d) All of the above

Ans. (b)

65. Which of the following is the Latin word from which the word property has been derived?

(a) Propriatas

(b) Proprietoes

(d) Prosperity

Ans. (a)

66. “Property consists of goods and services that society gives an individual or group of individuals the exclusive right to possess, use and dispose of.” This definition is given by-

(a) Ginsberg

(b) Anderson and Parker

(d) Maclver

Ans. (d)

67. In the deserts, villages exist at long distances. Mark out the reasons among the following for such a situation-

(a) People do not like to live in the desert

(b) The absence of communication and transport does not encourage the development of villages

(d) In the sand nothing grows

Ans. (d)

68. To whom do you attribute these words?

The main characteristic of the city is its complexity. “The city is a very complicated system of religious, cultural, political, economic, and recreational activities, with highly stratified organizations, its population are differentiated by origin, status, education and behaviour pattern”.

(a) Maclver

(b) Arnold Green

(d) Bergel

Ans. (d)

69. Which one of the following is true about accommodation but not of assimilation?

(a) The process can be sudden

(b) It must pass through stages

(d) It is not deliberate

Ans. (a)

70. Which one of the following is true about assimilation but not of accommodation?

(a) More or less permanent arrangement

(b) It is a temporary arrangement

(d) It is a conscious process

Ans. (d)

71. Which one of the following is not an important hindrance in the process of assimilation?

(a) Feeling of superiority by one community

(b) Inferiority complex of one community

(d) Desire to achieve high-living standard

Ans. (d)

72. In Hindu form of marriage, when a father gifts his daughter to a learned man of good character, it is called _____________ marriage.

(a) brahma

(b) paisacha

(d) arsha

Ans. (a)

73. The marriage of one man with several sisters is called _____________.

(a) Polygamy

(b) Polyandry

(d) Adelphic polygyny

Ans. (b)

74. In _____, one woman has many husbands with all of them she co-habits in turn and it is not necessary that these husbands are brothers.

(a) Adelphic polyandry

(b) non-fatemal polyandry

(d) polygyny

Ans. (b)

75. Seduction of a girl who is asleep is called ______________ marriage.

(a) paisacha

(b) brahma

(d) rakshasa

Ans. (a)

76. The system of marriage in which a man can have more than one wife is known as:

(a) polygamy

(b) polygyny

(d) indogamy

Ans. (a)

77. Whose name out of the following is NOT associated with the theory of polygamy?

(a) Darwin

(b) Zukerman

(d) E. A. Ross

Ans. (d)

78. Type of the family in which descent starts with the mother is known as:

(a) conjugal

(b) procreation

(d) matronymic

Ans. (d)

79. Which one of the following is NOT an important cause of weakness of modern family?

(a) There is considerable technological advancement

(b) There is rapid industrialisation

(d) The society has under-estimated the need of regulation of marriage

Ans. (d)

80. A family in which individual gets married is known as:

(a) orientation family

(b) procreation family

(d) none of these

Ans. (d)

81. Which one of the following theories believed that the family started with patriarch?

(a) Polygamy

(b) Patriarchal

(d) Multi-factor

Ans. (b)

82. Whose name is associated with the theory of primitive promiscuism?

(a) L. H. Morgan

(b) J.G. Frazer

(d) Bliss

Ans. (d)

83. The systems under which marriage between blood relations was not forbidden is known as:

(a) consanguine

(b) matrilocal

(d) conjugal

Ans. (a)

84. Joint family system is weakening because:

(a) government is now favouring it

(b) the people have started disliking it

(d) the land does not need manpower

Ans. (d)

85. In the traditional family the head of the family-

(a) was most democratic

(b) was more or less autocrat

(d) was obeyed as and when liked by the members of the family

Ans. (b)

86. Which one of the following was NOT a solid factor in giving birth to family life?

(a) Individuals needed family for procreation

(b) Sexual urge

(d) To develop common language

Ans. (d)

87. In determining consanguineous kinship, it is not the___________ that is important but________.

(a) social recognition, biological fact

(b) blood ties, marriage ties

(d) reproduction, sexual gratification

Ans. (c)

88. Among which tribe, the bow and arrow presentation ceremony is followed to determine fatherhood of the child?

(a) Toda

(b) Kadar

(d) Nuers

Ans. (a)

89. Who of the following has said about the rule of descent that “By law or well established customs, the rule of descent automatically defines some rights of inheritance”?

(a) Maclver and Page

(b) Ogbum and Nimkoff

(d) A. Dumont

Ans. (c)

90. The descendants of a common female ancestress are called ____________.

(a) cognates

(b) agnates

(d) collateral kin

Ans. (c)

91. Father is a term in kinship-

(a) classificatory

(b) descriptive

(d) much-used

Ans. (b)

92. Who first used the term ‘Rites de passage”?

(a) Marx

(b) Weber

(d) Cooley

Ans. (c)

93. Under____________, each group within a village is expected to give certain standardised services to the other castes.

(a) commensality

(b) Jajmani system

(d) mutuality

Ans. (b)

94. According to Weber _____________ within each of the main classes would forestall any move in the direction of internal unity and coherence.

(a) pressure groups

(b) power blocs

(d) parties

Ans. (c)

95. Which of the following terms has been identified as a dimension of accorded status by most sociologists?

(a) Status

(b) Social class

(d) Caste

Ans. (b)

96. Who said this? ‘The differential distribution of authority leads to class formation and class conflict’.

(a) Karl Papper

(b) Ralph Dahrendorf

(d) Wright Mills

Ans. (b)

97. Which one of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of tribal religion?

(a) Worship of nature

(b) Immortality of soul

(d) Respect for the totem

Ans. (c)

98. Among the Khasias of Assam common type of family is:

(a) nuclear

(b) conjugal

(d) matriarchal

Ans. (d)

99. Which one of the following is NOT one of the features of tribal economy?

(a) Agriculture is their main occupation

(b) Technological advancement has not been used

(d) It is more collective than individualistic

Ans. (c)

100. Totem is a mystical tribal ___________.

(a) plant

(b) bird

(d) animal

Ans. (d)

101. In tribal society conjugal family is one which consists of:

(a) husband, wife and children

(b) husband, wife, children and their near relatives

(d) only female members

Ans. (b)

102. Which of the following is NOT an essential characteristic of capitalism?

(a) No restriction on the use of resources

(b) Lack of state control over population

(d) Production for the public welfare and not for maximizing the profit

Ans. (d)

103. Invention of money-

(a) Provided a fillip to the development of trade and commerce

(b) Strengthened the barter system

(d) Helped the ‘black marketeers.’

Ans. (a)

104. Money provided greater freedom to-

(a) Employers only

(b) Workers only

(d) The market mechanism

Ans. (c)

105. Adam Smith explained four principles of capitalism. Which of the following is NOT such a principle?

(a) Doctrine of self-interest

(b) Laissez-faire policy

(d) Concept of regularisation

Ans. (d)

106. Which of the following is NOT a feature of capitalism?

(a) Private property

(b) Large scale production

(d) Absence of competition

Ans. (b)

107. All rivers are not contributory to the development of civilization and culture. Mark out among the following, the type of rivers which are contributory to the development of civilization and culture.

(a) The rivers flowing in speed from the very high altitudes

(b) The rivers that flow over the long plains smoothly

(d) The rivers with large quagmire

Ans. (b)

108. Mark out the correct statement:

(a) Urban people are tolerant regarding beliefs, taste and opinion

(b) Urban people due to a sense of insecurity are more fatalistic

(d) Urban community is marked by primary contact

Ans. (a)

109. Who of the following will cherish isolation?

(a) A business manage

(b) An office goer

(d) An engineer

Ans. (c)

110. Physical isolation these days is becoming meaningless. Which one of the following is not an important cause?

(a) Developed means of transportation

(b) Network of communication

(d) Mass media

Ans. (c)

111. Social value of isolation is-

(a) Positive

(b) Negative

(d) Neither positive nor negative

Ans. (b)

112. Which one of the following is not covered under the category of organic isolation?

(a) Limping

(b) Privacy

(d) Deafness

Ans. (a)

113. Which tribe calls the cross-cousin marriage as dudhlautawa’, return of milk?

(a) Kadar

(b) Gond of Madhya Pradesh

(d) Santhal

Ans. (b)

114. According to Levi Strauss, the rule of marrying one’s mother’s brother’s daughter may only be expected in ______________ families.

(a) matripotestal

(b) extended

(d) polyandrous

Ans. (a)

115. In Muslim marriage, if wife and husband separate by mutual consent it is called-

(a) mubarat

(b) khula

(d) dower

Ans. (a)

116. When a prospective son-in-law makes the gift of a bull and cow to the girl’s father before receiving her as a gift it is called __________ marriage.

(a) brahma

(b) paisacha

(d) rakshasa

Ans. (c)

117. The type of family in which after marriage husband moves to the residence to wife is known as-

(a) matrilocal residence

(b) patrilocal residence

(d) matrilineal family

Ans. (a)

118. Which one of the following is NOT the essential function of the family?

(a) It gives its members love and sympathy

(b) It tries to socialise its members

(d) It tries to promote religious feelings

Ans. (d)

119. Which of the following is NOT a salient feature of the family?

(a) It is universal

(b) It is found in all societies

(d) It is a small sized organisation

Ans. (c)