A comprehensive survey covering every single member of the population is known as:
1. Survey
2.Participant observation
3.Census
4.Case study
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A guided conversation between the researcher and respondent is known as:
1.Fieldwork
2.Interview
3.Questionnaire
4.Survey
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A Peer group is a kind of
1.Primary group
2.Secondary group
3.Association
4. Peer, group
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A process of interaction which enables us to develop the skills we need to participate in human society is known as
1.social behaviour
2.social interaction
3.socialization
4.culture
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A system of economic enterprise based on the economic exchange is known as
1.capitalism
2.industrialization
3.modernization
4.westernization
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A way of life in which all members of society participates defined as
1.plurality
2.inequality
3.culture
4.socialization
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A way of thinking, feeling, and believing is known as
1.sociological imagination
2.social interaction
3.social sanction
4.culture
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Admission procedures, codes of conduct, daily assemblies, annual functions, and school anthems are the examples of
1.family structure
2.political structure
3.school structure
4.religious structure
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‘A comprehensive survey covering every single member of a population’ is known as
1.sample survey
2.census
3. random sampling
4.genealogy
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‘Genealogy’ of the community was prepared during fieldwork. The word ‘genealogy’ denotes:
1.making a family tree
2.list of inherited diseases
3.tribal community
4.urban community
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‘The clash of interests’ is known as
1.conflict
2.competition
3.co-operation
4.class struggle
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‘The undisputed political rule of a state over a given territorial region’ is known as
1.sovereignty
2.democracy
3.monarchy
4.bureaucracy
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“Social structure constrains our activities to constructed frameworks and patterns of organization and directs our behaviourâ€. Name the thinker.
1.Max Weber
2.Durkheim
3.Bottomore
4.K. Marx
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Colonization is an example of
1.external changes
2.acculturation
3.industrialization
4.westernization
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Culture comprises inherited artifacts, goods, technical processes, ideas, habits, and values. Identify the sociologist who stated this
1.Clifford Geertz
2.Malinowski
3.Edward Tylor
4. Walter Ong
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Expansion of trade, division of labour, specialization, and rising productivity are the features of
1.post-industrialization
2.democracy
3.capitalism
4.religious rituals
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Functionalism believes that social institutions arise in response to the
1. conflict among people
2.discrimination
3.needs of society
4.inequality in society
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History is the study of
1.contemporary society
2.abstract and generalized reality
3.our past
4. gender relations
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Human life is based on the
1.Material benefits
2.Spiritual thoughts
3.Conflict among members
4.Interaction and communication among members
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Identify the structure of the family where men exercise authority and dominance
1.Patriarchy
2.Matriarchy
3.Polygamy
4.Patrilineal
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In predicting the election results, the appropriate method of research would be
1.non-participant observation
2. participant observation
3.survey
4. case study
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In simple or pre-modern societies most of the people were engaged in
1. industrial production
2.agricultural production
3.business
4.minor work
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In their principle of sample selection, the respondents are selected purely by chance:
1.Randomization
2.Stratification
3.Probability
4.Compartmentalization
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Industrial Revolution was characterised by ________
1. migration to cities
2.the emergence of clock time
3. bad sanitation and general squalor
4.All of the above
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Institution of Politics is concerned with the
1.domination
2.parliament
3.distribution of power
4.elections
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Life Chances, Social Statuses, and political influences are enjoyed by __________
1.Primary Groups
2.Tertiary Groups
3.Privilege Groups
4.Interest Groups
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Macro-sociology is the study of:
1. small groups
2. large groups
3.minorities
4. tribal groups
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Migrants are often considered as
1.Out-Group
2.In-Group
3.Peer Group
4.Reference Group
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Normative aspects of culture include
1. folkways, mores, and customs
2.learning and understanding
3.technologies and machines
4.identity
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One of the features of modern societies is
1.specialisation of work
2. face to face interaction of members
3.urbanisation and factory production
4.agricultural production
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Panchamas in the caste system were considered as
1.Untouchables
2.Vaishyas
3.Shudras
4.Kshatriyas
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Questions on common sense knowledge lead to the
1.sociological knowledge
2.social differentiation
3.common sense knowledge
4.sociological imagination
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Religion is considered as
1.profane
2.a belief
3.sacred
4.custom
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Slums in urban areas denote
1.division of labour
2.overpopulation and migration
3.education and development
4.illiteracy
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Social classes, status groups, age and gender groups, and crowds are the examples of
1.Reference groups
2.Peer, groups
3.In groups
4.Quasigroups
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Social control brings _____ to society.
1.social order
2.deviance
3.disobedience
4.violence
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Social position in a society is known as
1.Class
2.Caste
3.Role
4.Status
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Social problems can be understood in the realm of
1.Chemistry
2.Physics
3.Sociology
4.Psychology
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Society is looked upon as
1.caste and class
2.social stratification
3.simple society
4.system of parts
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Sociology focuses on
1.interactions between individuals
2.animal behaviour
3.environment
4.peace and conflict
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Sociology is the study of
1.human social behavior
2.plants and animals
3.man and environment
4.earth
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Stratified Random Sample’ is more
1. stratified
2.representative
3.purposive
4.None of the above
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The basis of a caste system is
1.Ascribed status
2.Achieved status
3.Power
4.Wealth
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The behaviours, obligations, and privileges attached to social status is known as
1.Status set
2.Role set
3.Social role
4.Status symbol
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The book “The Golden Bough†was written by which famous anthropologist?
1. James Frazer
2.Malinowski
3. William Foot Whyte
4. Emile Durkheim
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The central concepts to understanding the dialectical relationship between the society and individual are _______
1.Structure
2.Stratification
3.Social processes
4.All of the above
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The choices an individual makes/has in life, in terms of the school she goes to, or if she goes to school at all, the clothes she gets to wear, the foods she consumes, etc all of which is determined by _______
1.Status
2.Role
3.Prestige
4.All of these
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The concept of ‘sacred’ is related with
1.everyday life
2.profane
3.supernatural
4.power
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The economic system in which highly complex division of labour is present is the feature of
1. modern societies
2.simple societies
3.globalization
4.rural economy
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The family in which person is married is known as
1.family of procreation
2. family of orientation
3.nuclear family
4. joint family
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The feature which is not common between questionnaire and interview is
1.flexibility of questions
2.use in a large universe
3.use in survey method
4.asking questions
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The focal point of industrial developments was
1. cities
2.rural areas
3.factories
4.market
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The form of power considered legitimate is
1.Authority
2.Political Party
3. Welfare State
4.Sovereignty
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The introduction of equipment like recorders frequently makes the respondent
1.happy
2.comfortable
3.uneasy
4.disappointed
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The issue which can be studied through participant observation is
1.market policy
2.infant mortality
3.divorce rate
4.the day to day life of the community
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The most important agent of socialization in early childhood is
1.The mass media
2.A peer group
3.The family
4.A preschool
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The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was introduced in the Year _____
1.2002
2.2003
3.2004
4.2005
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The natural disaster that hit Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands, and parts of Tamil Nadu in December 2004 was ______
1.reversible
2.irreversible
3.counter culture
4.revolution
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The notion that human beings have to cooperate to meet their basic needs, and to produce and reproduce themselves and their world was supported by
1.Emile Durkheim
2.Charles Darwin
3.Tom Bottomore
4.Durkheim and Karl Marx
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The perspective which stresses that deviance promotes social unity and social change is
1. Conflict
2.Functionalist
3.Interactionism
4.Post-modernist
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The process of socialization which takes place in school and other institutions is known as
1.secondary socialization
2. primary socialization
3.education
4. personality development
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The process through which one becomes a member of society is known as
1. modernization
2.industrialization
3.socialization
4.liberalization
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The process through which one becomes a member of society is known as
1. modernization
2.industrialization
3.socialization
4.liberalization
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The process whereby the helpless infant gradually becomes a self-aware, knowledgeable person, skilled in the ways of the culture into which he/she is born is known as
1.social group
2.socialization
3.culture
4.institutions
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The reason for the sudden decline in sex ratio can be attributed to
1.Female foeticide
2. Life expectancy rate
3.Son preference
4.Maternal mortality rate
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The rights and responsibilities associated with the person’s social position is known as
1.social status
2.social roles
3.caste
4.class
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The socially acknowledged and approved sexual union between two individuals is known as:
1.Family
2.Marriage
3.Kinship
4.Procreation
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The system in which society was divided into Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras was known as
1.Varna System
2.Class System
3.Status
4.Caste System
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The tendency to evaluate other cultures according to ones own cultural values is known as:
1. Cosmopolitanism
2.Ethnocentrism
3.Accommodation
4.Acculturation
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The term ‘random’ suggests the selection
1.without any system or design
2. proper structure
3.with large population
4. with small selection
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The term ‘social structure’ means that society
1.is stratified
2. has concrete structure
3. is captured
4.is structured
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The universal features of all societies are
1.growth, development, and progress
2.co-operation, conflict, and competition
3.urbanisation and industrialisation
4. tradition and modernity
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Unit of social structure is
1.institution
2.association
3.social groups
4.All of these
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Which one of the following refers to the place or time of one’s birth?
1.Identity
2.Natal
3.Values
4.Aggregates
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Which rule derives its authority from the state?
1.Mores
2.Norms
3.Laws
4.Folkways
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Which term refers to an explicitly codified norm or rule?
1.Tariffs
2.Law
3.Authority
4.Evolution
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Who wrote the book “Sociological Imagination�
1. C.W. Mills
2.August Comte
3.Max Weber
4.Karl Marx
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With co-operation, conflict and competition are also the parts of
1. modern societies
2. tribal societies
3.rural societies
4.Indian societies
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Youth rebellion is an example of _____ Culture.
1.adaptive
2.societal
3.counter
4.revolutionary
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_____ a mode of reward or punishment that reinforce socially expected forms of behaviour.
1. Identity
2.Conflict
3.Sanctions
4.Khasi
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