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This set of Sociology of Indian Society Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Sociology Of Indian Society Set 5

Q1 | Who authored the work “Remembered village”?School of Distance EducationSociology of Indian Society Page 20
  • g s ghurye
  • m n srinivas
  • mckim marriot
  • irawati karve
Q2 | Which book of M N Srinivas mentioned the concepts of sanskritisation andwesternization?
  • social change in modern india
  • social system in mysore village
  • social structure in ancient india
  • indian village
Q3 | Which is the predecessor of the concept sanskritisation as founded by M N Srinivas?
  • westernization
  • modernization
  • brahmanization
  • elite emulation
Q4 | Which is the approach applied by S C Dube in his study of villages?
  • structural
  • structural-functional
  • functional
  • indological
Q5 | Which is the prominent approach analyzed the concept on the basis of civilization?
  • dialectical approach
  • structural-functional approach
  • indological approach
  • cultural approach
Q6 | Who is the prominent historical Anthropologist combined the field and archival data in avery early period of Indian Anthropology?
  • n k bose
  • surajith chandra sinha
  • irawati karve
  • m n srinivas
Q7 | Who wrote the famous book Primitive Tribes-The First Step?
  • surajith sinha
  • e b tylor
  • s c dube
  • d n majumdar
Q8 | When did Surajith Chandra Sinha born?
  • 1923
  • 1920
  • 1926
  • 1852
Q9 | Who is the famous Anthropologist born in Durgapur Upazila
  • g s ghurye
  • l r vidyarthi
  • franz boas
  • surajith chandra sinha
Q10 | Who is the famous theorist studied about the Indian Tribe in Central India known asBhumij
  • n k bose
  • surajith sinha
  • s c dube
  • g s ghurye
Q11 | …………….is the model followed by civilizational approach
  • civilizational
  • functional
  • structural
  • evolutionary
Q12 | ………..is an approach analyzed society in a class angle
  • dialectical approach
  • indological approach
  • structural approach
  • structural-functional approach
Q13 | Who was known as Marxologist?
  • a r desai
  • d p mukherjee
  • i p desai
  • karl marx
Q14 | Who is the author of the work Modern Indian Culture: A Sociological Study
  • d p mukherjee
  • r k mukherjee
  • m n srinivas
  • a r desai
Q15 | Who presented modernization as a process can never be achieved by a mere imitation?
  • m n srinivas
  • yogendra singh
  • max weber
  • d p mukherjee
Q16 | What is the Sanskritic meaning of tradition?
  • continuation
  • parampara
  • jana
  • parambarya
Q17 | How D P Mukherjee classifies tradition?
  • high, middle and low
  • little and great tradition
  • primary, secondary and tertiary
  • indian and western
Q18 | Mukherjee intended by primary tradition?
  • ancient culture in india
  • medieval culture in west
  • modern culture in india
  • primitive and authentic to indian culture
Q19 | What is meant by secondary tradition?School of Distance EducationSociology of Indian Society Page 23
  • the culture emerged with muslim contact
  • the culture emerged with british contact
  • the culture evolved with western contact
  • the culture emerged in india
Q20 | What are the three principles influence the traditions?
  • smriti, dharma and artha
  • jana, varna and jati
  • sruti, smriti and anubhava
  • parambarya, believe and contact
Q21 | Who is an Indian sociologist who strongly criticizes the tight compartmentalization ofsocial sciences?
  • durjati prasad mukherjee
  • andre betteille
  • m n srinivas
  • robert k merton
Q22 | …………….is the major base used by A R Desai to analyze Indian social structure
  • social
  • economy
  • institution
  • class
Q23 | ………………work of Ghurye tried to make a reconstruction of a very orthodoxtraditional and age old characteristics of caste in India.
  • indian sadhus
  • the scheduled tribes of india
  • caste, class and occupation
  • caste and race in india
Q24 | When did caste system originated as part of race?
  • primitive period
  • aryan period
  • vedic period
  • post-vedic period
Q25 | ……….is the arrangement of hereditary group in a rank order
  • class
  • hierarchy
  • pyramid
  • status group