R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | Sociology Sociology of Indian Society

Who said that the four Varna division is not a vertical, but a horizontal one with all castes placed on equal footing?

1. M. N. Srinivas.
2. M.K. Gandh
3. B.R. Ambedkar
4. G.S. Ghurye

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who is of the opinion that, nothing can emancipate the outcastes except the destruction of the caste system?

1. H. Risley
2. A.R. Desai
3. M.K. Gandhi
4. B.R. Ambedkar

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who wrote the Book ?Homo Hirearchicus??

1. Louis Dumont
2. Henry Maine
3. Nicholas Dirks
4. J.H. Hutton

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who differentiated two approaches to the study if Indian society as the Book View and the Field View?

1. M. Panini
2. M.N. Srinivas
3. Louis Dumont
4. A.R. Desai

✅ Correct Answer: 2

A.R. Desai Social change refers to change in

1. Structure of society
2. Size of society
3. Density of society
4. Life style in Society

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Cultural traits are acquired through

1. Learning
2. Imitation
3. Socialization
4. Contact

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Satya Shodhak Samaj was founded by

1. Tilak
2. Ranade
3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
4. Jyotiba Phule

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who among the following sociologists has considered purity and pollution as the primary characteristic of the caste system?

1. L. Dumont
2. G.S. Ghurye
3. M.N. Srinivas
4. A.M. Hocart

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which one of the following is NOT a feature of modernization process?

1. Increasing commercial activities
2. Social control on kinship basis
3. Increasing division of labour
4. Increasing social complexity

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Modernity as concept in Sociology is understood as

1. A Fashion
2. A way of life
3. A subculture
4. A perspective

✅ Correct Answer: 2

With whom among the following are the concepts universalization and parochrialisation associated?

1. Robert R. Marret
2. McKim Marriott
3. R. Redfield
4. Meyer Fortes

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who among the following originally used the term ?Relative Deprivation??

1. Samuel A. Stouffer
2. R.K. Merton
3. W.G. Sumner
4. A. Henderson

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following tribes initiated the Jharkhand Movement?

1. Bhils
2. Bodos
3. Santals
4. Nagas

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which is the peasant movement of India mobilized by Gandhi?

1. Champaran Movement
2. Baradoli Movement
3. Kheda Movement
4. Mappilla Movement

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which one of the following impacts of globalization on relative deprivation is true

1. Relative deprivation disappeared
2. Relative deprivation increased
3. Relative deprivation decreased
4. There is no impact on relative deprivation

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The theories which assume that all societies follow the same path, evolving from simple to complex through uniform sequences are known as:

1. Unilinear theories
2. Evolutionary theories
3. Uniform theories
4. Sequential theories

✅ Correct Answer: 1

A large numbers of people, who, through deliberate and sustained efforts, organize themselves to promote the interest of a particular section or a common cause of society represent

1. A social movement
2. A social revolution
3. A social transformation
4. A social process

✅ Correct Answer: 1

An increase in the earth?s temperature due to the greenhouse effect is known as:

1. Global degradation
2. Global decay
3. Global distress
4. Global warming

✅ Correct Answer: 4

A world system in which we use our physical environment and natural resources to meet the just needs of humanity and leave an enriched environment to the next generation is called

1. Responsible environment
2. Sound environment
3. Sustainable environment
4. Enlightened environment

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which one of the following is NOT one of the stages of a social movement identified by Sociologists?

1. Initial unrest and agitation
2. Disorganization
3. Resource mobilization
4. Institutionalization

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The birth and growth of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s can be an example of

1. Deprivation Theory
2. Structural strain theory
3. Resource mobilization theory
4. New age theory

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who facilitated the Appko Movement in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka?

1. Manjunath Hegde
2. Sishir Hegde
3. Pandurang Hegde
4. Santosh Hegde

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Distinct from government and business, civil society can be understood as:

1. The third sector of society
2. The watch dog of Society
3. The curator of society
4. The guardian of society

✅ Correct Answer: 1

An aggregate of non-governmental organizations and institutions that manifest and act for furthering the interests and will of citizens is known as:

1. Mass media
2. Civil society
3. Interest group
4. Pressure group

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Civil society organizations work for

1. Economic growth
2. Segmental growth
3. Inclusive growth
4. Exclusive growth

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The agency that is expected to play the three roles of a watchdog, scorekeeper and gatekeeper in contemporary society is

1. Media
2. Opposition parties
3. Police
4. Intelligence agencies

✅ Correct Answer: 1

There are two types of newspapers, Broadsheets and

1. Tabloids
2. Pamphlets
3. Magazines
4. Dailies

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Arrange the following media in descending order as source of news in India

1. Television-Radio-Social Media-Newspaper
2. Television-Social Media-Newspaper-Radio
3. Social Media-Television-Newspaper-Radio
4. Newspaper-Social Media-Television-Radio

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The form of media which probes deeply into a topic of interest, such as serious crimes, political corruption or corporate wrongdoing is known as

1. Crime media
2. Probe media
3. Investigative media
4. Responsible media

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Suppression, regulation and prohibition of visual and audio matter in media that people consider as offensive and obscene is termed as

1. Social censorship
2. Cultural censorship
3. Ethical censorship
4. Moral censorship

✅ Correct Answer: 4