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This set of Social Stratification Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Social Stratification Set 2

Q1 | Who has classified classes into six types.
  • warner
  • weber
  • marx
  • parson
Q2 | An institution in the estate system where a sum of money or some property was given to aslave by his master is called.
  • peculium
  • offering
  • barter system
  • cartel sytem
Q3 | A group of industrialists who together monopolize or gain complete control over the marketis called.
  • peculium
  • offering
  • barter
  • cartel
Q4 | A process takes place when the changes that caste has and undergoing carries it beyond thetraditional ascriptive definition.
  • social mobility
  • strectural mobility
  • functional mobility
  • none of these
Q5 | _______held that the differential distribution of authority leads to class formation and classconflict.
  • marx
  • srinivas
  • dahrendorf
  • hiller
Q6 | ______observed that when a class system becomes closed to vertical mobility, it becomes acaste.
  • marx
  • srinivas
  • dahrendorf
  • hiller
Q7 | ________ was the first one to introduce the concept of alienation into sociological theory.
  • marx
  • srinivas
  • dahrendorf
  • hiller
Q8 | ___________ classified the society into three strata- guardians, auxiliaries and workers.
  • aristotle
  • srinivas
  • dahrendorf
  • hutton
Q9 | Who characterized caste as a closed status group.
  • max weber
  • srinivas
  • dahrendorf
  • hutton
Q10 | _______ held that society would rank highly and reward those who perform successfully interms of society's values
  • max weber
  • parson
  • dahrendorf
  • hutton
Q11 | According to________in estate system inequality is not primarily economic but judicial.
  • max weber
  • tawney
  • dahrendorf
  • hutton
Q12 | _______categorized India under the Asiatic Mode of Production.
  • max weber
  • tawney
  • dahrendorf
  • marx
Q13 | Who stated that the higher the class one belongs the lessen is the pretence because there isless to pretend to.This is chief reason why our manners are better than other persons.
  • pelham
  • tawney
  • dahrendorf
  • marx
Q14 | ________ stated property is theft.
  • proudhon
  • tawney
  • dahrendorf
  • marx
Q15 | Who advocated a form of guild socialism.
  • proudhon
  • tawney
  • dahrendorf
  • durkheim
Q16 | Utilitarianism is a theoretical outlook associated with the name of _______.
  • j benthem
  • tawney
  • dahrendorf
  • durkheim
Q17 | Who advocated the religious theory of the origin of caste.
  • senart
  • tawney
  • dahrendorf
  • durkheim
Q18 | Who gave the concept of occupational theory of caste.
  • nesfield
  • tawney
  • dahrendorf
  • durkheim