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Indian Society-Introducing Indian Society Part 6

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1. Weber believed humans could not be studied purely objectively because they were influenced by




2. Which of these theories is most likely to look at the social world on a micro level?




3. Sociology is characterized by a perspective that places in the foreground




4. Which statement is not acceptable to sociological perspective?




5. While studying human behaviour, the sociologist:




6. A sociologist is primarily interested in:




7. Most important goal of sociology is:




8. Animal society is based on__________ whereas human society is based on




9. Polyandry and transient marriage relations were more common in primitive times than monogamy or polygamy. This view is followed from




10. Matriarchal theory about the origin of society was supported by




11. The process of imitation may be perceptual or




12. Patriarchal theory about the origin of society believes that




13. Individual defies society because society frustrates individual?s attempt for the sake of




14. One of the important limitations on our social life in our modem times is




15. Which of the following is not essential characteristic of society?




16. Social institutions exist or continue on account of




17. Freud has compared _________ with the horse and with its rider




18. Institutional structure of a political institution is




19. Institutional structure of religion is




20. Which one of the following is not true of institutional structures?




21. Society can be properly studied if latent and manifest functions are




22. Who has tried to divide the functions of an institution as manifest and latent?




23. A group is an_________.




24. In group and out group is the classification of groups given by




25. A culture group that has relinquished some of it traditions and separate identity and partially accepted the values and ways of another culture, is called _____.




26. Which of the following is a quasi-group?




27. Find out the incorrect match




28. Parsons called the distribution of various roles among the actor in a social system as:




29. Any action involving the collective pursuit of collective goals is called-




30. The social action in which individuals strive against each other for the possession of some limited material or non- material good is called




31. The process in the actor situation individual in the case of a group is called




32. Which was of the view that functions refer to the objective consequences of patterned elements, e.g. roles, customs, norms and modes of behaviour?




33. ____________ refers to observance of social norms.




34. The motivational orientation which supplies energy to the actor, according to Parsons is




35. Social system, cultural, personality and biological system, according to Parsons are __________ of human action system.




36. According to Parsons, actor?s orientation to the situation is




37. According to Parsons, _________ is made up of the interaction of human individuals.




38. Belief system is a fact of life. Which among the following has contributed to its development?




39. Which one of the following is usually not adopted as method for convincing the people that religious belief system should be strong?




40. When religious belief systems come in conflict with each other, the result is:




41. Religious belief systems are usually based on




42. Social change and belief system




43. Religious belief system




44. In the religious belief system of the Hindus which of the following is not true?




45. In belief system the Hindus




46. Belief system is usually




47. Belief system in all the societies




48. Which of the following is not a sanction behind the norms?




49. To a considerable extent the norms that apply to a particular actor are ranked in some order of procedure. This built- in-arrangement is called:




50. Any conflict in norms that apply to the same actor, inevitable results in deviation. This is called