SOCIOLOGY RAS 2007 Prel

SOCIOLOGY

1
In the study of the social strucutre ... we are concerned with actual existing relation." Who made this statement for the study of social strucutre ?
Radcliffe Brown

2
Who of the following differentiated between culture and civilization ?
Alfred Weber

3
American elite system analysed in a book called "The Power Elite" is written by
C. Wright Mills

4
The theory of 'oligarchy' in Politics was given by
Robert Michels

5
Who has formulated the Cyclical Theory of Social Change ?
V. Pareto

6
The civilisations have emerged from
Valleys

7
Sufi Sect developed from which religion ?
Islam

8
The basis of social stratification is
social inequality

9
The small children play the role of a doctor, this is
Playing at a role

10
According to E. Westermark, family strucutre in the beginning was
Patriarchal

11
In the process of analysing the problems of urbanisation in India who studied the rikshawalas to Lucknow ?
Harold Gould

12
Democracy can be safeguard by
Vigilant Citizenry

13
The process by which individuals are transformed from biological to social being is called
Socialisation

14
Which of the following is not a type of Hindu Marriage, according to Manu ?
Child Marriage

15
According to Karl Marx, the main cause of social change is
Class struggle

16
Who, for the first time, used the word 'Adivasi' for addressing the Tribal people in India ?
Thakkar Bapa

17
Of the following which cannot be put in the category of group ?
Marriage Party

18
Which of the following age-group is related to Vanaprastha Ashrama, according to Hindu system ?
50 years to 75 years

19
The physical or material aspect of culture is called
Civilization

20
On which of the following the economic life of the contemporary rural society is dependent ?
Interest of different groups

21
Of the following who used the term Ethnic Group in place of race ?
A. Huxley

22
Who has given the concept of 'Cultural lag' ?
W. Ogburn

23
Where did the Industrial Revolution first take place ?
Great Britain

24
Of the following who predicted the movement of society from simple to complex ?
H. Spencer

25
Whose statement is : "Sociology is the study of social facts" ?
E. Durkheim

26
Sociology is that, which attempts interpretative understanding of social action." - Who said this ?
Max Weber

27
Which of the following is the closest exaple of a community ?
India

28
Point out the primary group
Family

29
According to which Article of the Indian Constitution, the Commission for the Backward Classes has been set up ?
Article 340

30
Under which Article of the Indian Constitution, the Schedulced Castes and Scheduled Tribes have been provided reservation in the State Assemblies ?
Article 332

31
Which Article of the Indian Constitution abolishes legally Untouchability in Indian Society ?
Article 17

32
Who of the following said, "Religion is the unified system of beliefs an practices related of sacred things" ?
E. Durkheim

33
Which of the following books is written by Herbert Spencer ?
Principles of Sociology

34
The Hindu Marriage Act was passed in the year
1955

35
Who among the following had been elected the President of the International Sociological Association ?
T.K. Oommen

36
Who of the following has elaborated the concept of 'Reference Group' ?
R.K. Merton

37
Who wrote the book 'The Hindus of Himalayas' ?
G.D. Berreman

38
Which of the following is not one of the elements of 'Joint Family' ?
Only husband, wife and minor children

39
Family of Orientation' is that in which an individual
is born

40
Who said, 'Role is dynami aspect of status' ?
Ralph Linton

41
When an individual is trapped in two or more than two paradoxical roles, it is called
Role conflict

42
Of the following which one is the formal institution of social control ?
State

43
Who said, 'Society is Sui generis' ?
E. Durkheim

44
Which of the following Universitis were first and second to start teaching Sociology respectively ?
Lucknow & Bombay

45
Who of the following lived among the tribals while doig research on them and married a tribal woman ?
Verier Elvin

46
Of the following which is not a matrilineal society ?
Naga

47
Which is not an element of caste ?
Exogamy

48
Of the following identify the achieved status
Teacher

49
Give the correct answer : in Jajmano System
Occupation is non-traditional

50
Name of the book written by Yogendra Singh dealing with social change is
Social change in Modern India

51
Sororate is a marriage
of the widower with the deceased wife's sister

52
In the process of personality development who gave the concept of looking Glass-Self ?
C.H. Cooley

53
Who has done a study of Jatavas of Agra ?
O.M. Lynch

54
In Muslim-Marriage the announced amount to be paid by the groom to the bride at the time of marriage is called
Mehar

55
Of the following which is the example of differentiation and not of stratification ?
Gender

56
Who did sociological study among Coorgs of South India ?
M.N. Srinivas

57
Modernisation means
Bringing secular values instead to religious values

58
Which is not a step in the Hindu marriage ?
Vivah hom

59
Urbanisation has resulted in
breaking of joint family

60
Which of the following States in India has the highest percentage of Scheduled Caste population ?
Punjab

61
Who of the following has tried to understand the role of caste in Indian Politics ?
Rajni Kothari

62
The statement that, "Indian Civilisation is superior to Western Civilisation" is an example of
Ethnocentricism

63
Tribe is closest to
a community

64
Which of the following statements is true ?
Science is the higher stage of magic

65
Of the following which Articles of the Indian Constitution guarantee Protection of Minorities Rights ?
Articles 29, 30

66
When a lower caste boy marries an upper caste girl, it is
Pratilom marriage

67
Which of the following constitutes social structure ?
Status and role

68
Which of the following is not matched correctly ?
Human group-Max Weber

69
Of the following which statement is associated with the objective of social control ?
Establishing solidarity in the society

70
When competition is unable to follow its rule, it is converted into
conflict

71
Who has written the book 'Homo-Hierarchius' ?
Louis Dumont

72
Gender, age and caste are examples of
ascribed status

73
Process of Sanskritisation is related to
Reference group

74
Who used the concept of 'Culture of Poverty' for the first time ?
Oscar Lewis

75
Who of the following gave the concept of urbanism ?
Louis Wirth

76
Compare the List-I and List-II and find the correct answer : List-I (Sociologists) (A) M.N. Srinivas .... List-II (Studied Village) 1. Dewara
A 4, B 1, C 2, D 3

77
The book 'Rural Sociology in India' is edited by
A. R. Desai

78
Who of the following has differentiated Indian Villages into 'joint' and 'severalty' ?
S.C. Dube

79
In 1832 who said, "The village communities are little republics' ?
Sir Charles Metcalfe

80
The economic system of Todas and Kotas was studied by
D.G. Mandelbaum

81
Who analysed the problem of caste system of a village in the hills of Orissa ?
F.G. Bailey

82
According to whom "Society is not confined only to man" ?
R.M. McIver an C.H. Page

83
According to whom the concept of 'nuclear family' is still not an Indian concept ?
I.P. Desai

84
Of the following who defined community 'as the name of settlement, village, city, tribe or nation' ?
R. M. McIver

85
According to B.S. Guha, Indian population can be divided into how many racial groups ?
?

86
Who edited the book 'India's Villages' in the year 1955 ?
M.N. Srinivas

87
The book 'The Population of India and Pakistan' was written by
K. Davis

88
Which of the following is not a Tribe ?
Hela

89
For Durkheim, the most important dimension of society was
Unity of society

90
Which Article of Indian Constitution prohibits children below 14 years of age to work in the factory of take up any other hazardous job ?
Article 24

91
Identify the Indian Sociologist who has analysed elements of caste found outside India ?
?

92
Who of the following found no difference between modernisation and westernisation ?
Y.B. Damle

93
Identify the book written by Max Weber
The City

94
Which two Sociologists have studied various social processes after being influenced by George Simmel ?
R. E. Park and E.W. Burgess

95
The learned behaviour of human being is called
Culture

96
Sati is a good example of
Altruistic suicide

97
Which of the following statements is wrong ?
Culture is a personal fact

98
Compare the List-I with List-II and find the correct answer : .... List-I (A) B. S. Cohn .... List-II 1. Adilabad
?

99
Family and marriage are supplementary concepts : Marriage is an institution, Family is that association in which institution in included", who said this ?
E. Westermark

100
Which of the following statements is correct ?
Herbert Spencer was the first Sociologist to use the term 'Social Structure'

(these are only probable answers)