Sociology Of Indian Society Set 3
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This set of Sociology of Indian Society Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Sociology Of Indian Society Set 3
Q1 | ………….assumes that historically Indian society and culture are unique.
- indological approach
- regional approach
- sanskritized approach
- indian approach
Q2 | ………..is an approach which helps to understand the uniqueness or specificity of Indiansocial realities with the help of ancient texts
- civilizational approach
- cultural approach
- dialectical approach
- indological approach
Q3 | What is another name of Indological approach?
- textual perspective
- field view
- subaltern perspective
- colonial perspective
Q4 | ................ who look upon agriculture as a business proposition
- rich landlords
- rich farmers
- capitalists
- peasants
Q5 | Who cultivate their own land and hire labourers only for certain operations or at certainpoints of time.
- rich peasants
- landlords
- middle peasants
- intermediaries
Q6 | ............ has become an essential for modern democratic nation States to ensure a strongsense of identification whether the polity based on a commonsense of identity
- secularism
- communalism
- democratism
- seacularism
Q7 | Who made the classic study India as a secular state
- george holyoake
- herbert spencer
- roland barthes
- donald eugine smith
Q8 | ................. is an ideology which states that society is divided in to religious communitiesthose interest differ and one at times, even opposed to each other
- communalism
- secularism
- communism
- capitalism
Q9 | Who among the following wrote the book 'Indian Village'?
- s c dube
- r c dube
- m n srinivas
- mckim marriot
Q10 | The concept of 'Dominant Caste' first appeared in the book……………..
- caste in modern india
- social change in modern india
- remembered village
- india’s village
Q11 | Who wrote the book Homo hierarchicus
- herbert risely
- louis dumont
- ketkar
- john munro
Q12 | A.R. Desai Social change refers to change in………………….
- function of society
- structure of society
- society
- change in social institution
Q13 | Cultural traits are acquired through……………………
- society
- non-material culture
- material culture
- socialization
Q14 | Who among the following sociologists has considered purity and pollution as the primarycharacteristic of the caste system?
- g s ghurye
- m n srinivas
- louis dumont
- s c dube
Q15 | With whom among the following are the concepts Universalization and Parochializationassociated?
- mckim marriot
- yogendra singh
- robert redfield
- n k bose
Q16 | What is the meaning of Great tradition?
- elite culture
- higher culture
- great culture
- primitive culture
Q17 | What is the meaning of Little tradition?
- little culture
- elite culture
- folk culture
- material culture
Q18 | Which are the two types of pollution conceptualized by Louis Dumont?
- simple and complex
- permanent and temporary
- material and non-material
- caste and sub-caste
Q19 | Which is a situation produced the temporary pollution?
- child birth
- birth in specific caste
- pollution by approach of lower caste
- birth in lower caste
Q20 | Which is the central characteristic of caste system as mentioned by Dumont?
- traditional occupation
- pollution
- civil and religious disabilities
- mythical ancestor
Q21 | Under………………society is divided into several small social group called caste
- class system
- varna system
- caste system
- class system
Q22 | The caste can be graded and arranged into a hierarchy on the basis of their …………….
- social status
- occupation
- varna status
- social precedence
Q23 | The hierarchy present in caste system is reflected through …………..in societySchool of Distance EducationSociology of Indian Society Page 15
- division of labour
- birth order
- hierarchy
- occupation
Q24 | Civil and religious disabilities of caste system are reflected through ………………….
- rule
- culture
- society
- unequal distribution of disabilities and privileges
Q25 | What is a major civil and religious disability practiced related with caste system?
- keep distance from higher caste
- division of labour
- restriction on taking water from public well
- restriction on common dining