Urban Sociology Unit 2 Set 1 MCQs

Q1 | Who edited the classic book, “Urban Sociology of India”?

MSA Rao
MN Panini
Yogendra Singh
M.N.Srinivas

Answer: MSA Rao

Q2 | Urbanization is a process that is

Continuous
Non-continuous
Dormant
Stagnant

Answer: Continuous

Q3 | The rate of Urbanization in India differs in time, space and

Regions
Matter
Density
Size

Answer: Regions

Q4 | According to P. Sainath, which of the following is the key role in Urban growth in India?-

Migration
Cheap Labor
Infrastructure
Industry

Answer: Migration

Q5 | Which among the following indicate that Urban growth in India is mainly due to?-

Increase of population
Labor Migration
Government Policies
Increase in factories

Answer: Increase of population

Q6 | Migration’s main cause is due to

Push and pull factor
Better livelihood
Educational facility
Banking facility

Answer: Push and pull factor

Q7 | Who wrote the essay, “Urbanization and Social Transformations”?

Ramkrishna Mukherjee
G.S Ghurye
K.N Unnithan
A.R.Desai

Answer: Ramkrishna Mukherjee

Q8 | Expansion of urban areas result in alterations of

Satellite towns
Villages
Everyday life
Rural areas

Answer: Satellite towns

Q9 | Who is the author of “Six Decades of Urbanization in India”?

Ashish Bose
N.K Bose
T.N Madan
G.S.Ghurye

Answer: Ashish Bose

Q10 | Who among the following defined city as a large space, dense and heterogeneity of groups?

R.E. Park
Louis R Wirth
Kingsley Davis
George Simmel

Answer: R.E. Park

Q11 | The most common feature of every city is

Heterogeneity of People
Labour force
Density of spaces
Existence of slums

Answer: Labour force

Q12 | Who is the author of the text “The City”?

Max Weber
George Simmel
Talcott Parsons
Karl Marx

Answer: Max Weber

Q13 | Which is the oldest city in India, from the choices below?

Banaras
Kolkata
Mahabalipuram
Bengaluru

Answer: Banaras

Q14 | Which is the oldest city of the world, from the choices below?

Jerusalem
Bangkok
Kathmandu
Kuala Lampur

Answer: Jerusalem

Q15 | Social mobility occurs on a larger scale at -

City
Semi-urban areas
Towns
Villages

Answer: City

Q16 | Who is the author of the book “Pre-industrial City”?-

Gideon Sjoberg
Ferdinand Tonnies
F Le Corbuiser
Max Weber

Answer: Gideon Sjoberg

Q17 | Level of Technology is low at

Industrial City
Pre-Industrial City
Global City
Village society

Answer: Industrial City

Q18 | Who classified Consumer city and Producer city?

R.E. Park
Max Weber
Francis Bacon
Adam Smith

Answer: Max Weber

Q19 | According to Max Weber, Plebian cities are the outcome of

Plagues
Revolutions
Monarchy
Aristocracy

Answer: Revolutions

Q20 | Who among the following is associated with Ecological Approach on urban growth?

George Simmel
Ernest W Burgess
Louis R. Wirth
Robert E.Park

Answer: Ernest W Burgess

Q21 | Urban studies at University of Chicago came up during

1915 - 1940
1840- 1880
Post World War I
Post World War II

Answer: 1840- 1880

Q22 | Who among the following is associated with Cultural Approach of urban studies?

E.W Burgess
Robert E. Park
Louis R. Wirth
George Simmel

Answer: E.W Burgess

Q23 | Louis R Wirth’s “Urbanism as a way of life” was first published as a researched paper during

1928
1925
1938
1948

Answer: 1938

Q24 | Which among the following is true for Ecological Approach in urban studies?

Symmetry between humans and society.
Any environment and given human conditions can be fixed.
Communities interact, estimate and depend on their environment
Communities are interdependent

Answer: Communities interact, estimate and depend on their environment

Q25 | Which urban studies approach clarify that societies grows not in random but in relation to theadvantageous features of the environment?

Cultural Approach
Ecological Approach
Industrial Approach
Concentric Zone Model

Answer: Industrial Approach