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General Studies - 2005
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BRAIN TREE Level-3, 3-6-432, Himayatnagar, braintreeindia@rediffmail.com SOCIOLOGY
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION – 2005SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY
TEST BOOKLET – D
Questions start with 1. Which of the following group(s) of factors was / were used by Kroeber to classify kinship terminology ? 1. Descent, Gender, Polarity, Bifurcation and Lineage. 2. Kindred, Class, Affinity, Gender and Polarity 3. Generation, Gender, Affinity, Bifurcation and Polarity. Select the correct answer using the code given below : a) 1 only b) 3 only c) 2 and 3 d) 1 and 3 Ans : b 02. A special role similar to that of a maternal uncle, for one's father's sister is designated as a) Amitate b) Couvade c) Avunculate d) Teknonymy
Ans : a 03. Consider : 1. Extended family consists of two mates of opposite sex and their offspring. 2. Conjugal family consists of two mates of opposite sex and their offspring. Ans : b 04. When two or more sibs exist in a community, they may be called a) Moieties b) Phrateries c) Exogamous clans d) Endogamous clans Ans : c 05. Match List-I with List-II A. Joking relationships 1. L.H. Morgan B. Taboo 2. F.J. Pedlar Ans : d 06. Consider : 1. Family regulates sexual behaviour through incest taboo. 2. Family provides ethnic identity. Ans : b 07. What is the smallest unit of Tharawad called ? a) Tavazhi b) Nambudiri c) Cheri d) Koli Ans : a 08. Match List-I ( Book ) List-II ( Author ) A. Family, Kinship and Marriage in India 1. Irawati Karve B. Kinship Organisation in India 2. Patricia Uberoi Ans : b 09. Among the Muslims, a wife can obtain release……is essential. What is this type of divorce called ? a) Mehar b) Tafweez c) Khula d) Talaq Ans : c 10. What is a Hindu marriage in which the daughter is gifted to a priest called ? a) Brahma marriage b) Daiva marriage c) Scared marriage d) Arsha marriage Ans : b 11. In traditional Hindu society…… mate selection were undersirable ? a) Asura, Rakshasa and Paisacha b) Brahma, Asura, Arsha and Gandharva Ans : a 12. What is according to Hindu tradtional law, marriage by abduction, called ? a) Gandharva b) Paisacha c) Arsha d) Rakshasa Ans : d 13. What is a cross-cousin marriage as practiced by Gonds of Madhya Pradesh called ? a) Shahadlautwa b) Gheelautwa c) Paanilautwa d) Dudhlautawa Ans : d 14. Which one of the following situations does sororal polygyny refer to ? a) Several sisters marry the same man. b) A woman's marriage with her husband's brother after the husband's death. Ans : a 15. Which one of the following statements correctly describes Wergild ? a) An ordeal performed by the culprit to prove himself not guilty b) A kind of bride price arranged by a groom among the tribals. Ans : c 16. Who divided the science of Sociology into two major parts - Social statics and Social dynamics ? a) Max Weber b) Karl Marx c) Saint Simon d) Auguste Comte Ans : d 17. In which one of the following…..designates only one type of relative ? a) Classificatory kinship terminology b) Kinship terminology Ans : d 18. What is the most important feature of the social system…….. Islands which Margaret Mead called “Gentes” ? a) Patrilineal clan b) Matrilineal clan Ans : - 19. Match List-I ( Concept ) List-II ( Propounded By ) A. Third world 1. Lucian Levy – Bruhl Ans : c 20. Which one of the following statements is correct ? Industrial society refers to a) Durkheim's concept of mechanical solidarity Ans : b 21. Match List-I ( Concept ) List-II ( Thinker ) A. Post Capitalist Society 1. Kahn and Wiener Ans : a 22. Consider the following statements : The significant characteristics of industrial society are 1. Profit orientation 2. Bureaucratic organisation Ans : b 23. Assertion & Reason : It is not merely equality under law that determines the status of women in Society. Ans : a 24. Assertion & Reason : Forces of urbanisation induce family disorganisation.
Ans : a 25. Assertion & Reason : The behaviour between maternal uncle and niece, and the between mother-in-law and son-in-law falls under the same pattern. Ans : c 26. Assertion & Reason : Ascribed social status acquired from one's family of orientation does not automatically persist throughout ones life. Ans : c 27. Assertion & Reason : The role of maternal uncle in a matrilineal family is crucial to the extent of safeguarding his sister and her daughters. Ans : c 28. Assertion & Reason : Ascetic Protestantism contained the seeds of its own destruction. Ans : a 29. Assertion & Reason : In a democracy participation is the most important indicator of political stratification. Ans : c 30. Assertion & Reason : According to P.A. Sorokin, change occurs from within the society aided by the external factors. Ans : c 31. Match : Author Contribution A. Max Weber 1. Division of Labour Ans : d 32. Among the following implements,…… nomadic to agricultural society ? a) Flint stone b) Catapult c) Hand axe d) Hoe Ans : d 33. Match : A. Urbanisation 1. Oscar Lewis B. Fold urban continuum 2. L. Wirth Ans : b 34. Lewis Mumford used….. container to characterise the city of a) Neolithic period b) Paleolithic period c) Mesolithic period d) Feudal period Ans : d 35. The scientific stage of society ….. Who among the following used the term industrial society in this context ? a) Augste Comte b) Emile Durkheim c) Karl Marx d) Max Weber Ans : a 36. People in the cybernetic age are categorised into `Alpha' and `Beta'. ….. `Alpha category' ? a) Illiterate tribal b) Cultivator Ans : d 37. Who expressed the view that demographic density…. Societal evolution ? a) Talcott Parsons b) Emile Durkheim Ans : b 38. What does population pyramid deal with ? a) Age and marriage structure b) Age and sex structure Ans : b 39. Who introduced the term `stateless society ‘? a) Paul Bohannan b) E.E. Evans-Poritchard Ans : b 40. Which one of the following principles …..P.A. Sorokin's cultural theory of change ? a) The principle of cyclical change b) The principle of immanent change Ans : b 41. Match : Article Provision A. Article 15 1. Abolition of untouchability B. Article 330 2. Promotion of education and economic interests of SC/ST and other weaker sections. Ans : d 42. When was the Kaka Kalelkar Commission constituted by the then President of India ? a) 1952 b) 1953 c) 1954 d) 1951 Ans : b 43. Which of the concepts…… of cyclical change ? a) Social statics and social dynamics b) Morphostatics and morphogenesis Ans : d 44. Who among the …… determinist of social change ? a) E. Durkeheim b) W.F. Ogburn Ans : d 45. Who among the following ….. between three different types of mentalities ? a) V. Pareto b) P.A. Sorokin c) T. Veblen d) K. Marx Ans : b 46. According to Hindu view of life there are four ages. …… sequence ? a) Satyayuga – Dwapara – Treta – Kaliyuga b) Kaliyuga – Dwapara – Satyayuga – Treta Ans : c 47. Who among the following ……..spring, summer, autumn and winter ? a) A.J. Toynbee b) Oswald Spengler c) F.S. Chapin d) A.L. Kroeber Ans : a 48. Who regards deviance as functional for society ? a) A. Cohen b) E. Durkheim Ans : b 49. What does law in a society mean ? 1. To transform informal social norms into formal ones. 2. To elevate vague obligations and privileges into rights and duties. Ans : c 50. Consider the following factors….. by Sigmund Freud. 1. `Super-ego' develops in an individual when….. ideas of right and wrong. 2. The rational part of the individual's `id' take the form of ego. Ans : b 51. What is the process, …… dominant culture, called ? a) Adaptation b) Accommodation c) Assimilation Ans : c 52. What is the most important and basic factor ……… to the functionalism ? a) Value consensus b) Maintenance of relative stability Ans : a 53. Which one of the following is not….. Element of Social Structure ? a) Deviation b) Observance c) Sanction d) Group action Ans : a 54. What are social norms ? a) Rules whose observance is expected in a society b) Laws whose violation invariably leads to punishment. Ans : a 55. which one of the following theories is considered as a cause of social protests? a) Absolute deprivation b) Political mobilisation of the oppressed. Ans : c 56. Who among the ….. the social distance scale ? a) L. Guttman b) Poaulin Young Ans : d 57. Who among the …… the term Relative Deprivation ? a) Samuel A. Stouffer b) R.K. Merton Ans : a 58. What is the marriage of a widow…… brother termed as ? a) Widow marriage b) Sororate Ans : d 59. In which one of the following……. MN. Srinivas ….process of social and cultural change ? a) Sanskritisation b) Secularisation Ans : a 60. Which of the following social groups……..husbands as a form of marriage? a) Bhils b) Santhals c) Nairs d) Nagas Ans : c 61. What is a marriage between social strata, …… upper stratum, designated as ? a) Hypogamy b) Hypergamy
Ans : a 62. Who among the following developed notions……. Stratification and the conflict inherent in societal inequalities ? a) Ralph Dahrendrof b) Talcot Parsons Ans : a 63. Who among the following…….. social system, based on an analysis of the way …… to forces for change ? a) N.J. Smelser b) Talcott Parsons Ans : b 64. Which one of the following was a peasant movement ? a) Khilafat Movement b) Women liberation movement c) &nb |
