Objective Sociology: 150 + Questions and Answers for All Competitive Exams

List of 150+ sociology objective type questions and answers. This will help you to learn about sociology objective type questions and answers which is more likely to be asked in UPSC, UGC-NET, IAS, Civil Services, eligibility tests and other competitive examinations!

1. Who can be labelled as a ‘historical sociologist’?

(a) Pareto

(b) Karl Marx

(d) Lewis Coscer

Ans. (c)

2. The division of Sociology into social statics and social dynamics was done by

(a) F. Angel

(b) Auguste Comte

(d) Saint Simon

Ans. (b)

3. Which among the following is the youngest social science?

(a) Sociology

(b) Political Science

(d) Statistics

Ans. (a)

4. Who among the following had observed that sociology is in its extreme infancy?

(a) Radcliffe Brown

(b) Emile Durkheim

(d) Robert Redfield

Ans. (a)

5. Radcliffe Brown considers sociology as a science of

(a) human relationship

(b) human society

(d) human interaction

Ans. (b)

6. Every culture contains a large number of guidelines which direct conduct in a particular situation. Such guidelines are known as-

(a) Norms

(b) Culture

(d) Mores

Ans. (a)

7. A norm is a

(a) Specific guide to action

(b) Culture of society

(d) Guideline for social interaction

Ans. (a)

8. Norms are enforced by

(a) Positive sanction

(b) Negative sanction

(d) Positive and negative sanction

Ans. (d)

9. Norms are imposed through_____ means of social control.

(a) formal and legal

(b) formal and informal

(d) informal and legal

Ans. (b)

10. A value is a belief that something is

(a) Moral

(b) Very productive in society

(d) Cultural

Ans. (c)

11. A social position has two parts. They are

(a) Obligations and rights

(b) Rights and conflicts

(d) Rights and statuses

Ans. (a)

12. The prestige of social position may change in

(a) status

(b) In time

(d) Society

Ans. (b)

13. Which among the following is correct?

The term role-set has been coined to refer-

(a) to the total complex of other social positions with which any particular social position is characteristically connected

(b) to the total number of occupants of the correlative social positions when a particular occupant of a particular position is taken as a point of reference,

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

Ans. (c)

14. _______ is a person who is taken as the point of reference in a discussion.

(a) Individual

(b) Id

(d) Superego

Ans. (c)

15. Which of the following statements is true?

(a) Cooperation is based on emotional relationship, harmony and intimacy

(b) Accommodation is the situation of tolerating one another without interference.

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

Ans. (c)

16. Polygamy is a term covering

(a) Levirate and sororate

(b) Endogamy and exogamy

(d) Cross cousin marriage and parallel cousin marriage

Ans. (c)

17. The Sharda Act of 1929

(a) permitted widow remarriage among Hindus

(b) Abolished child marriage

(d) permitted lower castes to marry in higher caste.

Ans. (b)

18. Who holds that “marriage is rooted in the family rather than family in marriage”?

(a) Murdock

(b) Marx

(d) Wester Marck

Ans. (d)

19. Significant studies of the marriage system of the various societies have been carried out by

(a) Radcliffe Brown

(b) Malinowski

(d) Frazer

Ans. (c)

20. Who has to pay ‘Dower’ to whom?

(a) Wife to husband

(b) Husband to wife

(d) Groom’s father to bride

Ans. (b)

21. Private property leads to

(a) The destruction of humane values

(b) Materialism

(d) It is not without its virtue

Ans. (d)

22. Market exchange is the exchange of goods at prices determined by

(a) The political diktats

(b) The social condition like war and peace

(d) Laissez faire

Ans. (c)

23. Barter is an exchange of

1. Service for service

2. Goods for goods

3. Service for goods

(a) 1, 2

(b) 1, 2, 3

(d) 1 only

Ans. (b)

24. Jajmani system is exchange of service for goods or of service for service?

(a) According to value of goods and services

(b) According to social customs

(d) According to law and constitution

Ans. (b)

25. Economy is invariably non-monetized economy.

(a) Postindustrial

(b) Industrial

(d) Agricultural

Ans. (c)

26. ‘In a metamorphical sense the village communities of India were of many years beyond the frontiers of dynasties which ruled the great cities’. Who made this statement?

(a) S.C. Dubey

(b) M.N. Srinivas

(d) G.S. Ghurye

Ans. (d)

27. Who among the following started decentralisation of rural areas?

(a) Lord Ripon

(b) Lord Wellesley

(d) Lord Curzon

Ans. (a)

28. In the settlement pattern of villages in India which of the factor is the most important?

(a) Kinship

(b) Caste

(d) Occupation

Ans. (a)

29. To identify the social with the political is to be guilty of grossest of all confusions which completely bars any understanding of either state or society.

(a) Bryan Wilson

(b) David Almonds

(d) Karl Marx

Ans. (c)

30. Who describes power as the determination of the behaviour of others in accordance with one’s own ends’?

(a) T. Parsons

(b) W. Moore

(d) K. Davis

Ans. (d)

31. In simple society political institutions were based on the principle of

(a) Supremacy of the ruler

(b) Rule of law

(d) Hierarchy of power holding

Ans. (a)

32. For Marx, a Class is defined by the position of a person in the process of

(a) consumption

(b) production

(d) technological development

Ans. (b)

33. Which among the following statements regarding Marx is true?

(a) Income provides an indication of class of production

(b) Occupation provides an indication of class of production

(d) Ownership of land provides an indication of class of production.

Ans. (c)

34. Who was of this opinion?

For understanding why Sanskritisation has gone such a short way in so long line in the festival of Kishan Garhi, the concept of primary or endogenous process of civilisation offers useful guidance. By definition, an endogenous civilisation is one whose great tradition originates by the universalization process.

(a) Milton Senger

(b) Oscar Lewis

(d) S.C. Dubey

Ans. (c)

35. Industrial revolution is

(a) A process by which drastic change has occurred in the European societies.

(b) An unique phenomenon.

(c) A process illustrates a pattern of change that has taken place in the past and is likely to be repeated in future in other societies.

(d) A unique occurrence

Ans. (c)

36. As pointed by Lowie who among the following, held property on feudal basis?

(a) Zulu of South Africa

(b) Hopi of North America

(d) Gonds of central India

Ans. (c)

37. With the emergence of the agricultural society

(a) belief in totemism grew

(b) belief in magic grew

(d) temples becomes a place of Gods

Ans. (d)

38. Which among the following covers the study of population and social structure including social groups and institutions according to Ginsberg?

(a) Social institutions

(b) Social morphology

(d) Social processes

Ans. (b)

39. Which among the following is not an important factor for India’s rapidly growing population?

(a) Low death rate

(b) Immigration

(d) Emigration

Ans. (b)

40. Who among the following is empowered by the Indian constitution to specify a tribe as a scheduled tribe?

(a) President of India

(b) Chief Minister of the state

(d) District magistrate

Ans. (a)

41. ‘Untouchabiiity in Rural Gujarat’ is written by

(a) A.M. Shah

(b) I.P. Desai

(d) G.S. Ghurye

Ans. (b)

42. Durkheim classified society into

(a) Mechanical and organic

(b) Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft

(d) Open and closed

Ans. (a)

43. Identify the author who has concerned himself with a study of religion and social change.

(a) Karl Marx

(b) Max Weber

(d) Radcliffe Brown

Ans. (b)

44. In a week the prices of a bag of rice were. 350, 280, 340, 290, 320, 310, 300. The range is:

(a) 60

(b) 70

(d) 100

Ans. (b)

45. The mean of 9 items is 16. One more value is added, the mean is now 17. The value of the 10th item is:

(a) 24

(b) 27

(d) 25

Ans. (c)

46. Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the decreasing order of Total Fertility Rate of the given regions?

(A) East Asia / Pacific countries – CIS / Baltic countries – South Asia – Latin America

(B) South Asia – Latin America – East Asia/ Pacific countries – CIS / Baltic countries

(D) East Asia / Pacific countries – Latin America – South Asia – CIS / Baltic countries

Ans. (B)

47. The prevalence of village exogamy in North India arises from which of the following highly interrelated factors?

1. Caste endogamy

2. Local fictive kinship

3. Territorial stabilization of kin groups

4. Gotra

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(A) 1 and 3 only

(B) 1, 2 and 4 only

(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Ans. (C)

48. Which one of the following is ascribed status?

(A) Priest

(B) Soldier

(D) Son

Ans. (D)

49. Identify the term among the following which is not used by Max Weber as a sociological concept:

(A) Value Relevance

(B) Value Addition

(D) Value Orientation

Ans. (D)

50. Meanings of the objects – concrete or abstract – according to the symbolic interactionist theory of Blumer are:

(A) Innate in the objects.

(B) Present in the culture.

(D) Constructed by actors prior to the completion of the action.

Ans. (C)

51. Who has given the concept of atomistic family?

(A) Murdock

(B) Zimmerman

(D) Warner

Ans. (B)

52. Which of the following is not a dysfunction of religion?

(A) Religion inhibits protests and impedes social changes

(B) Religion may foster dependence and irresponsibility

(D) Religion explains individual suffering and helps to integrate personality

Ans. (D)

53. Who coined the phrase symbolic interactionism?

(a) Herbert Blumer

(b) Max Weber

(d) W.I. Thomas

Ans. (a)

54. A symbolic interactionist may compare social interactions to:

(a) behaviors

(b) conflicts

(d) theatrical roles

Ans. (a)

55. Which research technique would most likely be used by a symbolic interactionist?

(a) Surveys

(b) Participant observation

(d) None of the above

Ans. (d)

56. Kenneth and Mamie Clark used sociological research to show that segregation was:

(a) beneficial

(b) harmful

(d) of no importance

Ans. (b)

57. Studying Sociology helps people analyze data because they learn:

(a) interview techniques

(b) to apply statistics

(d) all of the above

Ans. (d)

58. ‘Man is a social animal’ is the famous analysis of human nature. It was said by:

(a) Auguste Comte

(b) Socrates

(d) Aristotle

Ans. (d)

59. Which one is known to be the youngest of the social sciences?

(a) Economics

(b) Sociology

(d) Psychology

Ans. (b)

60. The first western philosopher who undertook a systematic study of the society and can be said to be the sociologist in the history, was:

(a) Plato

(b) Socrates

(d) Comte

Ans. (d)

61. The study of the different definitions of sociology reveals that it is:

(a) The science of society

(b) A study of the forms of social relationship

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

62. Which one is the characteristic of sociology?

(a) It is empirical

(b) It is objective

(d) It is conjectural

Ans. (a)

63. Patriarchal and matriarchal theories about the origin of society believe that society emerged as a result of:

(a) Social contract

(b) Expansion of family

(d) Use of brute force

Ans. (b)

64. Socialization brings man into relation with others whereas _______ makes him autonomous or self-determining.

(a) Personification

(b) Identification

(d) Integration

Ans. (c)

65. Society is a system of:

(a) Usages and procedures

(b) Rigid rules

(d) Few groupings and divisions

Ans. (a)

66. Which of the following elements does not play a basic role in the socialization process of the individual?

(a) The physical and psychological heritage of the individual

(b) The environment

(d) Army

Ans. (d)

67. Which of the following is not correct about Maclver’s view of society?

(a) Society exists among those who resemble one another

(b) In society the people should be near enough to each other

(d) People in society should or should not appreciate facts of life.

Ans. (b)

68. According to the theory of divine origin about society it is believed that:

(a) Society is handiwork of God

(b) Society is outcome of force

(d) Society grew slowly and steadily

Ans. (a)

69. Society helps to:

(a) Regularise social tensions

(b) Increase social tensions

(d) Undermine social tensions

Ans. (a)

70. By adopting towards himself the attitude that others take towards him, man comes to treat himself as an object as well as subject. This view can be related to______________.

(a) Freud

(b) Mead

(d) Maclver

Ans. (b)

71. Which one of the following is not the main cause responsible for bringing in the community?

(a) Desire to introduce new ideas

(b) Changing needs of the society

(d) Political differences

Ans. (d)

72. Which of the statements is true?

(a) The theories of Cooley and Mead presume a basic harmony between the self and the society, but Freud does not agree to this

(b) ‘Id’ is the organ of untamed passions whereas ‘superego’ acts with reason

(d) None of the above is true

Ans. (b)

73. Which one of the following is not true of an institution?

(a) It reforms foundational functions

(b) It is not concerned with foundational functions

(d) It grows automatically

Ans. (a)

74. Which one of the following is true of an association but not of an institution?

(a) It represents human aspect

(b) It is abstract

(d) It does not represent human aspect

Ans. (a)

75. Pick up one of the following which is not an essential element of community?

(a) Community sentiments

(b) Locality

(d) Common way of life

Ans. (c)

76. Which one of the following is not strictly a function of social institution?

(a) Setting up social norms

(b) Regulating social activity of individual

(d) Imposing morality and ethics

(e) Developing social etiquettes

Ans. (d)

77. Manifest functions of an institution are those which are:

(a) Unstable

(b) Unorganised

(d) Unanticipated

(e) None of the above is true

Ans. (c)

78. “Social institutions are the very heart of a culture and culture of a community is undoubtedly its pride” was said by:

(a) Maclver

(b) Ginsberg

(d) K. Davis

Ans. (a)

79. Which of the following is true of a community but not of institution?

(a) It does not indicate procedures

(b) It indicates procedures

(d) It grows with the passage of time

(e) None of the above is true

Ans. (a)

80. Which one of the following is true of institution but not of community?

(a) It has spontaneous origin

(b) It has concern with society as a whole

(d) It deals with social life of the people

Ans. (c)

81. Which one of the following is true of an association but not of an institution?

(a) In it there is much of rationalism and less of dogmatism

(b) In it there is less of rational and more of dogmatism

(d) It comes into existence to meet secondary needs of the people

Ans. (b)

82. Which of the following is true of an institution but not of an association?

(a) It is optional for members to accept its rules

(b) It is compulsory for the members to accept its rules

(d) It has evolutionary character

Ans. (b)

83. Ethnocentrism is a characteristic of:

(a) large group

(b) secondary group

(d) in group

Ans. (d)

84. When a group of people decides to replace the old means and goals of society by new means and goals it is known as:

(a) innovation

(b) ritualism

(d) rebellion

Ans. (d)

85. It is an endogamous groups based on the principle of purity and pollution. This group is called:

(a) tribe

(b) band

(d) estate

Ans. (b)

86. “Community is the smallest territorial group that can embrace all aspects of social life”. Whom do you attribute this statement to?

(a) Ogbum and Nimkoff

(b) K. Davis

(d) P. Sorokin

Ans. (b)

87. In a good social structure each group and institution is expected to perform-

(a) Specific functions

(b) Un-scheduled functions

(d) Only few limited functions

Ans. (a)

88. Which is the root cause of the social relationships and help the social structure to move?

(a) custom

(b) normative pattern

(d) action

Ans. (d)

89. The actions expected of the occupant QT a position are called-

(a) role perceptions

(b) role enactments

(d) role expectations

Ans. (d)

90. According to Weber, Charismatic authority is-

(a) the most influential

(b) the most temporary

(d) the most virtuous

Ans. (b)

91. Which sociologist views that the components of social structure are human beings, the structure itself being an arrangement of persons in relationships, institutionally defined and regulated?

(a) Radcliffe Brown

(b) Kroeber

(d) Durkheim

Ans. (a)

92. “The structure of social action” was written by:

(a) Weber

(b) Merton

(d) Radcliffe Brown

Ans. (c)

93. ______ consists of structures and processes by which human beings form meaningful intentions and implement them in concrete situations.

(a) Action

(b) Need disposition

(d) Adaptation

Ans. (a)

94. Parsons takes________ as the building block of the social system.

(a) integration

(b) action

(d) value-orientation

Ans. (b)

95. Parsons ‘Social System’ is an___________.

(a) analytical conceptual framework

(b) empirical referent

(d) inadequate system

Ans. (a)

96. Who has written the book, ‘Social System’?

(a) Merton

(b) Parsons

(d) Weber

Ans. (b)

97. Parsons recognizes_________ as the fundamental integrative mechanism of social system.

(a) action

(b) institutionalization

(d) need-disposition

Ans. (b)

98. In the Hindu belief system, salvation means:

(a) temporary from life and death circle

(b) permanent relief from life and death circle

(d) struggle for becoming human beings again

Ans. (c)

99. In the Hindu belief system transmigration of soul means:

(a) after death soul also dies

(b) after death soul remains in the same body

(d) after death it gets destroyed

Ans. (d)

100. Belief system in a society:

(a) never creates conflicts

(b) always creates conflicts

(d) partly creates as well as partly settles conflicts

Ans. (c)

101. Belief system of the individual:

(a) must be the same as that of the society

(b) must be opposite of the society

(d) none of the above is true

Ans. (d)

102. Which of the following is true of the Christian belief system?

(a) it believes in worship the open

(b) it believes in the unity of God

(d) it believes in Karma theory

Ans. (c)

103. Belief system is concerned with:

(a) only religion

(b) only politics

(d) all aspects of social life

Ans. (c)

104. Which of the following punishments cannot be awarded to the violators of a norm?

(a) withdrawal of friendly and co-operative interaction by others

(b) loss of honour and prestige

(d) expulsion from the society

Ans. (c)

105. Conflict in the norms happens when:

(a) the members of a group clash with each other for the exact interpretation of a norm

(b) the individuals of the different groups of different norms interact with each other

(d) there is class struggle in the society only

Ans. (a)

106. Individuals generally deviate from norms due to many reasons. One of the following mentioned factors does not cause the deviation form norms. Point out such a factor:

(a) some norms are so difficult that common member cannot understand them

(b) some norms are weakly enforced

(d) some norms are clear in explanation and interpretation

Ans. (a)

107. Mark the correct statements out of the following-

(a) a member of a group may deviate from the norms because he is aware that the norms are loosely enforced

(b) a member may deviate from the norms because he thinks that by doing so he will be given a place of distinction

(d) none of them

Ans. (a)

108. If a person is deviant in certain activities-

(a) He will be deviant in all other activities

(b) He will not be deviant in all other activities

(d) He will become a saint

Ans. (b)

109. Who of the following was a social deviant?

(a) Socrates

(b) Christ

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

110. Mark the correct statement out of the following-

(a) When the society changes norms also change

(b) When norms change society is bound to Change

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

111. Mark the correct statement out of the following-

(a) Deviation is absolute

(b) Deviation is relative

(d) Deviation is relative and not absolute

Ans. (d)

112. Which of the following type of activities are the products of deviant behaviour?

(a) Activities of cheating and malingering

(b) Unfair activities

(d) Activities not leading to betrayal of any kind

Ans. (d)

113. “When there is a sudden change, the normative structure of the regulating norms of society is slackened, hence man does not know what is wrong and what is right, his impulses are excessive, to satisfy them he seeks anomie,” is a definition given by-

(a) Durkheim

(b) Hellace

(d) Weber

Ans. (a)

114. If cultural conflicts arise-

(a) The cases of deviance may also increase

(b) The cases of deviance may also decrease

(d) The individual’s tendency to conformity with norms increases

Ans. (a)

115. Mark the correct statement out of the following-

(a) If the process of socialization fails the individual becomes more deviant

(b) If the process of socialization fails the individuals become less deviant

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

116. White collar crime is committed by those whom the rest of society views as-

(a) Delinquents

(b) Respectable people

(d) Drunkards

Ans. (b)

117. Like Shakespeare, sociologist ___________ views society as a theatre stage.

(a) Emile Durkheim

(b) Talcott Parsons

(d) Erving

Ans. (d)

118. Which among the following is a true statement?

(a) The Id and superego fight in the battle field of ego

(b) Ego is governed by the reality principle

(d) The superego of Freud resembles to that of Mead’s Me

(e) All the above

Ans. (e)

119. Which is true of ‘Me’ of G.H. Mead?

(a) It is the part within the individual which is socialised

(b) It is the passive and conforming part of the individual

(d) All the above

Ans. (d)

120. Which is true of T of G.H. Mead?

(a) It is the active and creative part of an individual

(b) It brings social change or progress

(d) All the above

Ans. (d)

121. Which among the following is conventional part of individual’s self whose responses fall under the expectations of others?

(a) I

(b) Me

(d) We

Ans. (b)

122. Which is true of Freudian?

(a) It is raw, unorganised & irrational

(b) It is blind and seeks immediate release of tension

(d) All the above

Ans. (b)

123. Which among the following factors were as an agent of socialisation process?

(a) Family

(b) School

(d) Religious institutions

(e) All the above

Ans. (c)

124. Who among the following defines irritation as self-conscious assumption of author’s acts or roles?

(a) Margaret Mead

(b) G.H. Mead

(d) S. Freud

Ans. (c)

125. To such socialisation, which among the following factors is a must?

(a) Process of imitation

(b) Process of suggestion

(d) Language comprehension

(e) All the above.

Ans. (a)

126. Who among the following defines socialisation as the process of working together, & developing group responsibility, of being grounded by the welfare needs of others?

(a) Maclver

(b) Bogardus

(d) G.H. Mead

Ans. (b)

127. Which is true of socialization?

(a) It is an unconscious process.

(b) It is a slow and gradual process.

(d) It makes an individual organism a social being

(e) All the above

Ans. (c)

128. If in social set up, people are working against each other unrestrained by any mutually accepted norms, they are said to have-

(a) Conflict

(b) Competition

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

129. What brings the newly married couple to intimate and happy understanding?

(a) Psychological understanding of the new relationship

(b) An understanding of mutual rights and duties

(d) The understanding that by submitting to one both may be happy

Ans. (a)

130. Assimilation is essentially-

(a) Political process

(b) Historical process

(d) Psychological process

Ans. (c)

131. “Whenever and wherever commodities which people want are available in a limited supply there is competition.” These words belong to-

(a) Sutherland, Woodward and Maxwell

(b) Maclver and Page

(d) Mack and Young

Ans. (a)

132. Competition generally occurs-

(a) Because there is a feeling of antagonism among the members

(b) Because the members do not want that anyone form any other group

(d) Because it is in the spirit of the human society

Ans. (c)

133. Marriage by purchase is called____ marriage.

(a) arsha

(b) asura

(d) paisacha

Ans. (b)

134. _____ in any society consists of a set of prohibitions which outlaw heterosexual relationships between various categories of kinsmen.

(a) Avoidance

(b) Incest taboo

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

135. ______ is a conjugal family in which single relatives, such as unmarried or widowed brother, sister or the cousin of the husband or wife, live with the family.

(a) Compound family

(b) Conjugal family

(d) Extended family

Ans. (c)

136. ______ is the type of family resulting from the practice of polygyny or polyandry, in which two or more nuclear families are united through a common husband or wife.

(a) Atomistic family

(b) Compound family

(d) Extended family

Ans. (b)

137. Joking relationship in society is found between-

(a) father and son-in-law

(b) daughter and father-in-law

(d) devar and bhabhi

Ans. (d)

138. In the world there are societies in which:

(a) only classificatory system is found

(b) only descriptive system is found

(d) both are found

Ans. (d)

139. Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?

(a) Indira Gandhi – Bharat Ratna

(b) Mother Teresa – Nobel Laureate

(d) Ela Bhat – Pulitzer Prize

Ans. (d)

140. Different strategies have been used in the women’s movement to-

(a) Spread awareness

(b) Seek justice

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

141. ___________ refers to the division of a population into strata one on top of another, on the basis of the possession of certain characteristics which the society regards as desirable or less desirable.

(a) Social inequality

(b) Social stratification

(d) Hierarchy

Ans. (b)

142. Gopal’s father who was a big business man lost all his money in gambling. Which of the following connects best the above statement to the concept of class?

(a) A man is responsible for the class to which he belongs

(b) Gambling is a bad habit and is accountable for downward mobility

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

143. In an agrarian society the __________ are those who live by tilling other people’s land on a crop sharing basis.

(a) Supervisory farmers

(b) Share croppers

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

144. Which of the following statements about youth dormitory is NOT true?

(a) Youth dormitories are the survival of the communal houses

(b) Youth dormitory serves as a useful seminary training young men in their social and other duties

(d) Priest of the tribe acts as the head of the youth dormitory

Ans. (d)

145. While the basis of ___________ is the exchange of gifts, any gift carries with it an obligation of return, either expressed or implied.

(a) redistribution

(b) reciprocity

(d) none of the above

Ans. (b)

146. The intra-tribal economic relations are mostly based on-

(a) shell money

(b) jajmani system

(d) stone money

Ans. (c)

147. There is a negative relationship between urbanization and-

(b) modernization

(a) industrialization

(d) agricultural population density

Ans. (d)

148. Slums are often as ___________ as suburbs.

(a) homogeneous

(b) culturally barren

(d) peculiar

Ans. (a)

149. ___________ is the number of migrants related to the population that may have migrated during a given migration interval.

(a) Migration rate

(b) Emigration rate

(d) None of the above

Ans. a

150. ____________ is the number of children under five years of age divided by the number of women between 15-44 years of age, multiplied by 1000

(a) crude birth rate

(b) general fertility rate

(d) none of the above

Ans. c

151. Which among the following is oldest?

(a) Evolutionary model of social change

(b) Dialectical model of social change

(d) Cyclical view of social change

Ans. (d)