Soiety & Environment: Objective Questions

Sanskritization is a process of
X professional mobility
? economic mobility
? cultural mobility
Industrial Dispute Act was passed in
? 1927
? 1937
? 1947
? 1948
Nuclear family comprises of
? husband and wife
? husband, wife and children
? husband, wife and their unmarried children
? none of the above
In India, the central Government derives maximum revenue from which of the following sources?
? Income tax
? corporate tax
? Excise duty
? Customs duty
Who is the author of “ Asian Drama”?
? Karl Marx
? Max Weber
? Gunnar Myrdal
? Nirad C Choudhury
Tri-partite agreement is
? agreement between three trade unions
? agreement between two rival unions and management
? agreement between recognised trade union, management and general authorities
? none of these
The concept of ‘Ideal Type’ was propounded by
? Max Weber
? Herbert Spencer
? W. F. Ogburn
? T. Bottomore
The scientific study of the pattern of relations of plants, animals, and people to each other and to their surroundings is known as
? ecology
? anthropology
? geography
? topography
Caste is
? An economic category
? Social category
? religious category
? political category
Society is
? an agglomeration of indivisuals
? consisting of individual belonging to same religion
? an association of indivisuals based on patterned norms of interaction
Marriage within a specified group is known as
? Hypergamy
? Endogamy
? Exogamy
A study of relations between organism and their environment is known as
? Topography
? geography
? ecology
? econometrics
Indian Trade Union Act was first introduced in
? 1881
? 1926
? 1929
? 1957
In India, the first factories commission was appointed in
? 1857
? 1875
? 1896
? 1907
Cultural lag was introduced by
? Herbert Spencer
? Bottomore
? Lapiere
? F. Ogburn
One among them is not a sociologist. Who is he?
? Max Weber
? Talkott Persons
? Maxim Gorky
? Vilfredo pareto
Where the management collects the employees dues as a wage deduction and gives a lump sum amount to the union, it is called
? check off
? check out
? donation fee
? consideration
Who defined sociology as ‘ the science of social order and progress’?
? A stokin
? E. Durokheim
? Auguste
? Compte
In which year was the National Committee of Science and Technology formed?
? 1968
? 1971
? 1981
? 1983
Dielectical materialism was propounded by which of the following persons
? Descartes
? Toynbee
? Karl Marx
? Heigal
Which one of the following persons propounded the ‘challenge and response’ theory?
? Descartes
? Toynbee
? Karl Marx
? Heigal
What does achieved status signify?
? a status achieved through Social norms
? status acquired through parents
? status achieved through merit and competence
? all of these
Culture is defined as
? Acquired and shared behaviour which can be transmitted
? Acquired knowledge only
? Art of being talkative
? All of these
Which among following is studied in topography?
? Community
? People
? sanitation
? land
Which of the following factors affect population variation in a particular area?
? fertility
? morality
? migration
? all of these
What differentiate an agricultural society from an industrial society?
? The climate
? design of houses
? mode of occupation
? types of dresses
Who was a zamindar in pre British rural India?
? owner of the land
? one who collected taxes
? The village punch
? Headman of the village
Which one is an economic institution?
? property
? inheritance
? ornaments
? none of these
Culture
? includes social institutions
? largely determines human behaviour
? includes moral standards
? does all the above
The following is a social institution
? A party for a friend about to leave on a world tour
? A church building
? The president of India
? A business corporation
The following are social values
? A public library which costs
Rs.1000 000
? A widespread conviction that all human beings should have equal rights.
? All natural resources
The following would probably have been regarded by Prof. Ogburn as an example of cultural lag
? In the twentieth century airplanes have achieved speeds of more than 2000 miles/hour, but there has been no important increase in the speed of trains
? Men began working in factories about 1750, but for many years little attention was given to procedures for preventing industrial accidents
? In most athletic contests the achievements of women do not yet equal those of men.
Social problems may result in part from
? The development of a “social conscience”
? cultural lag
? change in social values
? all of these
Which of the following is least likely to be an obstacle to technological change
? workers fears of losing their jobs
? established habits of doing work
? automation
Rapid growth of world population since 1800 is best explained as the result of
? Advances in medicine, sanitation and technology
? A rising birth rate
? A rise in marriage rate
Eugenics is the science of
? population
? the social improvement of man
? the biological improvement of man
A form of marriage that is socially approved in some societies and that permits a man to have more than one wife is
? polyandry
? bigamy
? polygyny
In a free market economy, production, and consumption are adjusted chiefly by means of
? Trade unions
? Central planning
? Taxes and subsidies
? Free market forces
If a country can not in a given year export enough goods to obtain the money needed to pay for its imports, it must take care of balance by
? borrowing abroad
? shipping gold
? receiving gifts from abroad
? any of all the above
The following would tend to expand foreign investment
? Removal of trade restriction
? removal of exchange controls
? greater political stability in some foreign countries
? all the above
Norms which are not rigidly followed and which do not directly affect the welfare of a group are called
? laws
? folkways
? mores
? religion
Example of a community is a/an
? orphanage
? village
? prison
? caste
Which of the following years is/was declared as International Year of Youth by the U.N.O.
? 1983
? 1984
? 1985
? 1995
The original structure of the Indian constitution can not be changed
? true
? false
Which of the following 5 Year Plans was terminated one year before its completion?
? second
? third
? fourth
? fifth
Panchayati Raj was first introduced in the state of Rajasthan and
? Andhra Pradesh
? Bihar
? Gujarat
? Haryana
Involvement of Sushil Sharma in Naina Sahni murder case is an example of criminilisation of politics
? false
? true
Controversial film “BOMBAY” show
? Inter caste marriage
? Inter communal marriage
? Riots in Bombay
? Both b and c
Which of the following laws was passed during the second half of the nineteenth century under the social and religious reform movement
? sanction of inter caste and inter communal marriages
? formation of theosophical society
? formation of Uniform Civil Code
Which of the following pairs is/are incorrect?
I: Consumer Price Index inflation
II: Export Concessions fiscal policy
III: Imposition of taxes economic planning
IV: Income standard of living
V: Deficit budgeting Inflation
? I and IV
? II and III
? III & IV
Marriage outside a specified group is called
? hypergamy
? endogamy
? exogamy
Lord Macaulay was associated with
? reforms in army
? abolition of sati pratha
? introduction of English as medium of instruction
Sarkaria commission was set up to
? study centre state relations
? uplift rural community
? uplift scheduled caste/tribes
Cyclical theory of society viewed
? societies having a life cycle like a human life
? society as a chain of events
? society as product of competition
? society as a mass unit
Godwin and Condorect believed that societies were made
? on principle of rationality and equality
? on principle of physical power
? on principle of population control
? on principle of welfare
Social class is a type of social ranking
? true
? false
A model is an informal expression of the essential elements of a system
? True
? False
Social change and social evolution occur at the same time rates
? true
? false
Theory of Natural Selection means
? survival of all species
? survival of human beings
? survival of the weakest species
? survival of the strongest and the fittest
Ecology studies
? the relationship between living beings and their environment
? the growth of plants
? impact of technology
? none of the above
Highest rainfall recorded in which on the following ?
? Mawsynram
? Cherrapunji
? Walalele in Hawaii
? None
Air pollution is mainly caused by the combustion of fossils
? true
? false
Exogamy means marriage within a specified group
? true
? false
The Indian type of family is consaguous
? true
? false
The Indian type of family is conjugal
? true
? false
Hypergamy is marriage within the caste
? true
? false
Who said and where out of the following four names, “help and not fight, assimilation and not destruction, harmony and peace and not dissension”.
? Mahatma Gandhi
? Tolstoy
? Swami Vivekananda
? Rabindranath Tagore
Population control is necessary in which of the following two countries
? Canada
? Japan
? The Netherlands
? Russian Republics
? Indian Sub continent
Who is the author of “Small is Beautiful” ?
? Max Weber
? Auguste Comte
? E.F. Schumacher
? Khuswant Singh
“Development” means
? improvement in production
? improvement in technology
? improvement in quality of life
? improvement in capital investment
The concept of “Division of Labour” was propounded by
? Talcott Parsons
? Karl Marx
? Emile Durkheim
? W.F. Ogburn
Durkheim is known as “ Father of Sociology”.
? True
? False
F.W. Taylor started the Hawthorne experiments to propound the Theory of Human Relations Approach.
? True
? False
The first Factories Act of India came into existence in the year 1879.
? True
? False
Yuga Theory of Indian mythology fits into cyclical theory of social change.
? True
? False
Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE
? Assimilation is a temporary form of accommodation
? Assimilation is a slow process
? Assimilation is unconscious
? Assimilation is a process of learning
When does a country experience deficit in balance of Payment ?
? When exports exceed imports
? When imports exceed exports
? When imports equal exports
? none of these
Industrial Policy Resolution was passed in
? 1946
? 1956
? 1966
? 1976
Severe earthquakes are caused by which one of the four causes:
? Volcanic explosions
? Exploitation of natural resources
? Change in the course of rivers
? denudation of earth’s surface
Socialisation refers to
? Set of beliefs
? Set of customs
? Learned skill
? Process of learning the traditional practices
Culture is defined as
? Acquired and shared behaviour which can be transmitted
? Acquired knowledge only
? Art of being talkative
? All of these
Primary groups have been intensively studied by S.F.Nadell.
? true
? false
Mores can give birth to social legislations.
? true
? false
Competition is an associative kind of social process.
? true
? false
Ascribed status is changeable.
? true
? false
Mores are the uncodified laws of community.
? true
? false
Language is not a social institution.
? true
? false
Elements in culture spread from one society to another through the process of cultural diffusion
? true
? false
Our Indian society is changing but whether or not we regard it as progressing depends on our social values.
? true
? false
In democracies, legislation can bring about major social changes even though it has little popular support.
? true
? false
If we wish to achieve the good society, we should never resist social change.
? true
? false
Many social problems exist because, though people “ accept” certain social values, they do not like some of the situations that would arise if they always acted in agreement with the values.
? true
? false
Many primitive societies have no technology.
? true
? false
A patent run for 17 years and can not be renewed.
? true
? false
The use of computers has greatly reduced the demand for office workers.
? true
? false
Automation decreases the demand for unskilled workers, but it increases the demand for skilled workers.
? true
? false
Today a vast amount of scientific and technical research is carried on by private industry.
? true
? false
In every large and complex society some type of social stratification is found
? true
? false
People who perform similar types of work and who have similar interests and similar incomes tend to associate together and thus to form social classes.
? true
? false
Standard of higher education in India is on decline.
? true
? false
Doctors and engineers are usually well paid, the chiefly because the supply of their services is small in relation to demand
? true
? false
A consumer has only one positive way of raising his standard of living, and that is to earn more money.
? true
? false
In a free enterprise economy, advertising is an important form of competition.
? true
? false
Of all institution of social control, Government is the most inclusive and most powerful.
? true
? false
Only democratic Governments engage in such welfare activities as the provision of health services, recreation facilities and social security systems.
? true
? false
In a totalitarian state, once a political elite has achieved power it tends to hold it indefinitely and to be self perpetuating.
? true
? false
Thermal power plant use
? coal
? oil
? uranium
? all of these
The Institution of Engineers (India) can be called
? a society
? an association
? a trust
? none of these