Sociology Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) and Answers for Competitive Exams | Sociology Quiz Set 45
Questions
1
Most authoritative and widely accepted classification of six major racial elements in the population of India is given by :
Answer:B.S. Guha
2
Among the following who says that Indian nationalism is the outcome of the new material conditions and social forces that had emerged in Indian society by British conquest ?
Answer:A.R. Desai
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3
Who says, about Indian society that ‘polity is, in the dominant tradition, relatively autonomous with regard to absolute value’ ?
Answer:L. Dumont
4
Who, amongst the following, has given six conditions for upwards and downward movements of South Asian societies ?
Answer:G. Myrdal
5
Who has arrived at the conclusion that in rural society, the social inequalities have transformed from ‘cumulative inequalities to dispersed inequalities’ ?
Answer:Andre Beteille
6
To which one of the following would you attribute the cause of inter-generational conflict ?
Answer:Change of values with change of time
7
Gender is socially constructed, while sex is biologically given’ is a statement that could be attributed to
Answer:Second wave of feminism
8
How many slum dwellers are there in India as per Census 2011 ?
Answer:65.49 million
9
Which type of development has displaced maximum number of persons in India ?
Answer:Industrial Development
10
Which state had the highest growth rate in gross domestic product during 11th Five Year Plan ?
Answer:Bihar
11
Which state, among the following, has the least population ?
Answer:Himachal Pradesh
13
Who, among the following, held that deviance might be functional and positive ?
Answer:Both (1) and (2)
14
The ‘Chicago School’ studied the problem of deviance from a/an :
Answer:Ecological point of view