Sociology Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) and Answers - Set 30

Questions

1 Which one of the following is not a reason for declining female sex ratio in India ?

1 Gender role stereotyping and traditional role expectations.

2 Practice of dowry and prevalence of girl child discrimination.

3 Migration of female work force from rural to urban areas.

4 Sex selective abortion

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Answer:Migration of female work force from rural to urban areas.

2 The slogan “Save Planet Earth” came from

1 Rio-earth Summit

2 Copenhagen Summit

3 Jakarta Summit

4 Tehran Summit

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Answer:Rio-earth Summit

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3 In Anthony Gidden’s theory of structuration primacy is granted to _____

1 Structure

2 Agency

3 Both structure and agency

4 Neither of the two (structure, agency)

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Answer: Neither of the two (structure, agency)

4 To Karl Marx, alienation of worker is due to his alienation from

1 the product and productive activity

2 the family

3 human potential

4 the society

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Answer:the product and productive activity

5 Who considered modernity as an unfinished project ?

1 J. Derrida

2 A. Giddens

3 L. Althuser

4 J. Habermas

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Answer:J. Habermas

6 Who wrote “Natural and Political Observations on the Bills of Mortality”

1 Guillard A.

2 Thompson, Warren

3 John Graunt

4 Notestein Frank

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Answer: John Graunt

7 Rapid industrialisation has increased the rate of white-collar crimes among

1 Businessmen

2 Agricultural labour

3 Office clerks

4 School teachers

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Answer:Businessmen

8 The programme that aims to bring over all development in the community in India is called as

1 Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojna

2 Antyodaya Yojna

3 Indira Gandhi Awas Yojna

4 Community Development Programme

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Answer:Community Development Programme

9 Which of the following is not responsible for the increased life span in India ?

1 Advancement in medical science and technology

2 Control of epidemics

3 Improvement in the health care services

4 Declining birth rate

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Answer:Declining birth rate

10 Which among the following were dominant features on which New Panchayati Raj was introduced ?

1 Participation of women

2 Participation of SC’s and ST’s

3 Both (A) and (B)

4 Participation of youth

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Answer:Both (A) and (B)

11 Who stated that “Sociology in India stands at the confluence of Indology and Sociology, as the right kind of “mix” prerequisite to the understanding of Indian society” ?

1 F.G. Bailey

2 Louis Dumont

3 Y. Singh

4 M.N. Roy

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Answer:Louis Dumont

12 Jacques Derrida has reduced language to which one of the following ?

1 To ‘writing’ which constrains its subjects.

2 To ‘writing’ which does not constrain its subjects.

3 Both (A) and (B)

4 None of the above

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Answer:To ‘writing’ which does not constrain its subjects.

13 Who found an epistemological break between Marx’s early philosophical work and his later scientific theories and knowledge ?

1 Alfred Schultz

2 J. Alexander

3 L. Althuser

4 T. Berten

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Answer:L. Althuser

14 Who wrote the book “Studies in Ethnomethodology” ?

1 E. Goffman

2 Peter Berger

3 H. Garfinkel

4 None of the above

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Answer:H. Garfinkel

15 Borstal School and Remand Homes are meant for the correction of

1 Adult offenders

2 Habitual offenders

3 Juvenile delinquents

4 Hardened offenders

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Answer:Juvenile delinquents

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