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This set of Sociological Analysis Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Sociological Analysis Set 1

Q1 | The word sociology is derived from the Latin word--------------?
  • study
  • loga
  • science
  • socious
Q2 | “sociology is the study of human interaction and interrelations their conditions andconsequences” who said this?
  • emile durkheim
  • morris ginsberg
  • ogburn and nimkoff
  • harry m johnson
Q3 | What does society exclude?
  • differences
  • interdependence
  • reciprocity
  • time boundness
Q4 | The caste system is a
  • political institution
  • religious institution
  • economic institution
  • social institution
Q5 | Which one of the following was not the „Varna‟ of the Aryan society?
  • brahmanas
  • shudras
  • vaishyas
  • sabhas
Q6 | Socialization is not a process involving?
  • social learning
  • learns to conforms to the norms of society
  • training to adopt to society
  • becoming a biological organism
Q7 | The term sociology is coined in the year
  • 1798
  • 1829.
  • 1839
  • 1818
Q8 | Institution is comparatively ___________.
  • permanent
  • temporary
  • artificial
  • transitory
Q9 | Sociology has been said to be the product of ____________ revolution.
  • chinese
  • russian
  • french
  • american
Q10 | Caste status is an example of ____________ status.
  • ascribed
  • achieved
  • general
  • social
Q11 | Which is the most important agency of socialization?
  • family
  • school
  • bank
  • religion
Q12 | Consider the following statements: Social stratification is a
  • hierarchical division of society
  • based on cultural background of the people
  • a contractual system of division of society into groups
  • biological category of people
Q13 | the most distinguishing characteristic of a caste system (where class is based on birth) is that_______
  • people can move vertically, but not horizontally
  • people can only move intergenerational
  • social status is inherited and cannot be changed
  • social status can be changed by education and hard work
Q14 | --------------- refers to the different layers of people who possess varying amounts ofscarce resources
  • the proletariat
  • class consciousness
  • social stratification
  • horizontal mobility
Q15 | Arrange the following stages of socialization?
  • anticipatory
  • child
  • infant
  • adult
Q16 | Socialization is a process of converting a biological organism into ?
  • modern man
  • primitive man
  • social man
  • human being
Q17 | The basic criteria of social class is?
  • status
  • occupation
  • residence
  • birth
Q18 | Which of the following are the merits of joint family system?
  • it ensures economic progress
  • it provides opportunity for leisure
  • it secures economy of expenditure
  • it helps in the development of personality
Q19 | A joint family system is criticized because it
  • denies privacy to the newlywed couple
  • prevents property from being divided
  • becomes a home for idlers
  • provides little time to women for leisure
Q20 | the essential functions of the family are
  • satisfaction of the sex need
  • production and rearing of children
  • socialization of children
  • transmission of culture
Q21 | institutional structures are
  • definite entities through which institutions operate
  • rules of procedure recognized by society
  • groups of people living on a common territory
  • symbols of institutions
Q22 | Fact is “an empirically verifiable observation” who said this?
  • good and hatt
  • mac iver
  • merton
  • g. e, swanson
Q23 | which of the following had not weakened the caste system?
  • industrialization
  • means of transport
  • constitution
  • the policy of reservations
Q24 | which article of the constitution emphasis special provisions for Scheduled Castes andTribes?
  • article 36
  • article 330
  • article 332
  • all
Q25 | what is considered as essential to the origin of the family?
  • sexual urge
  • economic need
  • need for procreation
  • all of the above