Solved Sociology Questions for IAS Papers
Q. 1. Which one of the following is an example of anticipatory socialization?
(a) Parents socializing their unmarried daughters for appropriate adjustments with their husbands’ families in the life after marriage
(b) A house-wife teaching her maid about proper ways of doing things in the household
(c) Training of soldiers to fight enemies
(d) A manager undergoing a training programme for improving his communication skills
Ans. (a)
Q. 2. Social distance scale as a technique for measuring attitudes was developed by:
(a) L. Thurstone
(b) L. Guttmann
(c) A.L. Lundberg
(d) E. Bogardus
Ans. (d)
Q. 3. A process whereby the norms and rules in various social settings grow and crystallize is called:
(a) Socialization
(b) Interaction
(c) Sanskritization
(d) Institutionalization
Ans. (a)
Q. 4. Weber’s typology of action include:
(a) Action and reaction
(b) Rational action in relation to goal, rational action in relation to value, emotional action and traditional action
(c) Traditional action, charismatic action arid rational action
(d) class-based action and status-based action
Ans. (b)
Q. 5. The term kinship refers to a set of relationships between:
(a) Consanguineal relatives
(b) Affinal relatives
(c) Relatives of three generations
(d) Consanguineal and Affinal relatives
Ans. (d)
Q. 6. If a married couple lives with a brother of the groom’s mother, then the couple follows which one of the following residency rules?
(a) Uxorilocal
(b) Neolocal residence
(c) Avunculocal residence
(d) Virilocal
Ans. (c)
Q. 7. Match List I with List- II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Concepts) List-II (Explanation)
A. Affinal kin 1. Male ancestor
B. Descent 2. Relatives of three generations
C. Agnates 3. Wife
D. Lineage 4. Mother
5. Ambilateral
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 3 5 1 2
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 3 1 4 2
(d) 2 5 1 3
Ans. (a)
Q. 8. Match List- I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Term) List-II (Concept)
A. Avoidance 1. Marriage
B. Joint family 2. Kinship group
C. Gotra 3. Exogamy
D. Sororate 4. Kinship usage
5. Cult
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 3 5 1 4
(b) 4 2 3 1
(c) 3 2 1 4
(d) 4 5 3 1
Ans. (a)
Q. 9.
Which of the following relationship are revealed through the above chart?
(a) Polygyny and cross cousin marriage
(b) Polyandry and Sororate
(c) Matrilineal joint family
(d) Polyandry and cross cousin marriage
Ans. (d)
Q. 10. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(a) Primary consanguineal : Blood relatives
(b) Secondary kin : Wife
(c) Extended family : Secondary group
(d) Polyandry : Plurality of wives
Ans. (a)
Q. 11. A marriage always occurring outside a certain group of relations, is called:
(a) Hypergamy
(b) Endogamy
(c) Exogamy
(d) Hypogamy
Ans. (c)
Q. 12. According to Hindu traditional belief, marriage is a:
(a) Contract
(b) Sacrament
(c) Bond
(d) Formality
Ans. (b)
Q. 13. Consider the following characteristics:
1. Husband may be a casual visitor.
2. Wives come to live in the houses of their husbands.
3. Children have ordinarily no right over property of the mother’s family.
4. Father is the supreme head of the family.
Which of these characteristics are those of a Patriarchal family?
(a) 2, 3 and 4
(b) 1, 3 and 4
(c) 2 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 4
Ans. (a)
Q. 14. Which one of the following is the characteristic feature of classification of family into matrilineal and patrilineal family?
(a) Residence of spouse
(b) Sexual division of labour
(c) Descendants of the same ancestor
(d) Differential power of male and female
Ans. (b)
Q. 15. Consider the following stages of evolutions:
1. Monogamy
2. Polygyny
3. Polyandry
4. Promiscuity
According to unilineal evolutions, the universally correct sequence of these evolutions is:
(a) 3, 4, 1, 2
(b) 4, 3, 1, 2
(c) 4, 3, 2, 1
(d) 3, 4, 2, 1
Ans. (c)
Q. 16. The existence of structural inequalities between groups in a given society in terms of their differential access to material of symbolic rewards is called:
(a) differentiation
(b) stratification
(c) multiculturalism
(d) heterogeneity
Ans. (b)
Q. 17. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Concept) List-II (Explanations)
A. Class 1. Politically sanctioned
B. Status group 2. Physical characteristics
C. Estate 3. Life chance
D. Race relations 4. Life style
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 4 3 1 2
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 3 4 2 1
(d) 3 4 1 2
Ans. (d)
Q. 18. In the event of a decline in the rate of socio-economic change, social mobility likewise tends to decline in:
(a) Caste stratification
(b) Estate stratification
(c) Class stratification
(d) Ethnic stratification
Ans. (c)
Q. 19. Upward or downward social mobility in a stratification system within the course of an individual’s career is called:
(a) zero-sum mobility
(b) horizontal mobility
(c) inter-generational mobility
(d) intra-generation mobility
Ans. (d)
Q. 20. According to Karl Marx, class membership depends upon:
(a) power
(b) prestige
(c) mode of productivity
(d) productivity relations
Ans. (d)
Q. 21. Consider the following statements:
1. Marx distinguished between class-in-itself and class-for-itself.
2. Marx distinguished between class and status group.
3. Marx distinguished between bourgeoisie and proletariat.
4. Marx distinguished between productivity relations and mode or productivity.
Which of these correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (b)
Q. 22. According to Max Weber maximum members of the same:
(a) class have common life style
(b) class have common life chances
(c) class belong to the same status group
(d) status group belong to the same class
Ans. (b)
Q. 23. Who among the following viewed feudal society as an intermediate stage both chronologically and logically between the slave and modern capitalism?
(a) Lenin
(b) Stalin
(c) Durkheim
(d) Marx and Engels
Ans. (b)
Q. 24. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Books) List-II (Authors)
A. History of Trade Unionism 1. V. V. Giri
B. Labour problems in Indian Industry 2. S. M. Lipset
C. The New Men of Power 3. C. W. Mills
D. Union Democracy 4. S. D. Punekar
5. Sydney and Beatrice Webb
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 3 1 2 5
(b) 5 4 2 3
(c) 3 4 2 5
(d) 5 1 3 2
Ans. (b)
Q. 25 Which of the following types of authority have been identified by Max Weber?
(a) Rational, emotional and traditional
(b) Rational, charismatic and traditional
(c) Traditional, modem and post-modern
(d) Traditional, modern and post-modem
Ans. (b)
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