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This set of Rural Sociology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Rural Sociology Set 6

Q1 | The villages are now link with the approach road and this has brought the village close toregional , state and
  • urban markets
  • rural markets
  • national markets
  • international markets
Q2 | In the village traditional occupations have now observed mobility , the village people has takento all kinds of occupations irrespective of their
  • community
  • village
  • class
  • caste
Q3 | An important mechanism for linking the village to the capitalist mainstream of the country is
  • Technology
  • Market
  • Industry
  • Caste system
Q4 | The empowerment of the women and formation of Panchayati Raj is also a structural change inthe ___
  • Rural society
  • Traditional society
  • Urban society
  • Agrarian society
Q5 | The abolition of the jagirdari system affected not only the landowners and the tenants, but awhole lot of
  • Artisans
  • Rural people
  • Urban dwellers
  • Harijans
Q6 | It is due to various inventions made by man, human race has evolved out of the primitive stage to___
  • Ancient society
  • Transitional society
  • Agrarian society
  • Modern society
Q7 | Rural social change has been among the most important subject of study in the third worldcountries since ___
  • 1960
  • 1950
  • 1940
  • 1920
Q8 | Throughout the periods of history the village economy has been ___
  • Market economy
  • Barter economy
  • Subsistence economy
  • Exchange economy
Q9 | The system of intermediaries in the form of jamindar and jagirdar was abolished in the middle of___
  • 1930
  • 1940
  • 1950
  • None of the above
Q10 | There is a misconception in recent argument that caste is changing into ___
  • Class system
  • Power system
  • Estate system
  • Ecommerce system
Q11 | By nature, man tends to preserve tradition, customs and old ways of life. These cultural barriersaffect___
  • Social change
  • Occupational change
  • Political change
  • Economic change
Q12 | Human beings find out new ways and modes of adjustments with their natural and socialenvironment by means of ___
  • Collective efforts
  • Inventions
  • Renovations
  • Revolutions
Q13 | If the frequency of inventions is slow, then the pace of social change will also become ____
  • Faster
  • Abnormal
  • Normal
  • Slower
Q14 | According to National Sample Survey report, a majority of our village do not have basicinfrastructure facilities like ___
  • Electricity
  • University
  • Gymnasium
  • Schools
Q15 | In India, the caste system preached sticking to one’s traditions and refusing to accept new ideasacts as a barrier to ____
  • Cultural change
  • Traditional change
  • Political change
  • Social change
Q16 | Which caste people enjoyed every possible liberty, people from lower caste were treatedmiserably by the ____
  • Lower caste
  • Bureaucrats
  • Higher castes
  • Elite class
Q17 | When illiteracy promotes hierarchy, education insists on the idea of ____
  • Equality
  • Inequality
  • Rationality
  • Liberalism
Q18 | Many sociologists feel that values are the result of change and therefore should not always beconsidered as _____
  • Primary factors in social change
  • Secondary factors in social change
  • Tertiary factors in social change
  • Cultural factors in social change
Q19 | The vicious cycle of poverty is one of the major degrading factors for the life of ____
  • Urban people
  • Middle class
  • Whole population
  • Rural people
Q20 | NGO’s have more benefits of working in rural areas compared to governmental organisationsbecause NGOs are more _____
  • Rigid
  • Flexible
  • Authoritative
  • Adaptable
Q21 | Many NGOs are playing vital role in the rural development of India in collaboration with _____
  • Private sector
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Government
  • Business
Q22 | The civil society, assisted by the government may also undertake development programmes at___
  • Village level
  • State level
  • Community level
  • District level
Q23 | The civil society agencies also facilitate the usage of local resources for local development andthus make the community _____
  • Self-reliant
  • Self-content
  • Dependant
  • Independent
Q24 | The harmonious co-existence of both the state and the civil society safe guards the interest ofboth the government and the ____
  • Political institutions
  • Village people
  • Individual
  • Citizens
Q25 | Civil society in India has always played a significant role in implementing government policiesand programme by creating awareness and coming forward for ___
  • Social change
  • Structural change
  • Political change
  • Cultural change