50 most probably questions and answers on Sociology for OAS aspirants

101. Who among the following is the smallest backward tribal community of west Bengal?

(a) Totos

(b) Kotos

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(d) Sema

102. The santhals, who live in the area between, Bhagalpur and Rajmahal is known as ?

(a) Koh-i-koh

(b) Khunt kati

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(d) Barkatul

103. Which among the following states have registered a maximum increase of population of tribals?

(a) Manipur

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(b) Nagaland

(d) Bihar

104. Which state registered minimum increase of tribal?

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(a) Kerala

(b) Karnataka

(d) Meghalaya

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105. Which among the following tribes witnessed decrease in their number?

(a) Santhal

(b) Onge

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(d) Bhil

106. Shifting cultivation is also known as

1. Jhum

2. Podu

3. Rakai

4. Begar

(a) 1, 3 and 4

(b) 1 only

(d) 1 and 2

107. Zeimbeks are a

(a) Coastal tribe of Asia Minor

(b) Coastal tribe of Afghanistan

(d) Coastal tribe of Fiji

108. Kikuyu tribes were found in

(a) Fiji

(b) East Africa

(d) Jamaica

109. Tembe tribes are found on the bank of

(a) Amazon

(b) Nile

(d) Mississippi

110. ‘Bizhu’ term is used for

(a) Festival of Chakmas

(b) Festival of Santhal

(d) Festival of Garo

111. Katkari tribals are found in

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Karnataka

(d) Lakshadweep

112. On the North West coast of the U.S.A and the west coast of Canada, tribes such as Nootka, built

(a) Oblong houses

(b) Spherical houses

(d) Cubical houses

113. The Apache of Arizona and New Mexico lived in houses made of

(a) Brush wood and scrub

(b) Grass

(d) Long and pointed woods

114. Pluralism begins from the observation that industrial society is increasingly differentiated into a variety of

(a) Social groups and sectional interests

(b) Political groups

(d) Business and professional group

115. The ‘Dugum Dani’ lives in the highlands of

(a) New Guinea

(b) Trobriand

(d) Nauru

116. The tribals of the_____ have a high level of politicisation, literacy and high standard of living compared to the tribes in other parts of India.

(a) Central India

(b) Southern India

(d) North western India

117. Dugum Dani is not pious and they do not pray. Their rituals are not to honour or worship but to

(a) Placate and appease

(b) Tease

(d) Symbolize

118. The ‘mogat’ of Dugum Dani are of the dead. They cause illness and death and control the wind and the rain.

(a) Spirit

(b) Shadow

(d) Power

119. The tribal people in Orissa like Oraon and konds speak Dravidian languages and their kinship system-can are equated with that of the speaking people.

(a) Dravidian

(b) Prakriti

(d) Sanskrit

120. The Munda, the Bondo, and some of the Saora speak

(a) Dravidian languages

(b) Mundari languages

(d) Mix of Bihari, Oriya languages

121. Naotia tribes are inhabitant of?

(a) Tripura

(b) Sikkim

(d) Andaman

122. Recent sociological studies of property in industrial society have been largely concerned with two aspects. Which are these two?

1. The distribution of property and its social effects

2. Mode of production

3. Relation of production

4. The ownership and control of industrial enterprises in modern capitalism.

(a) 1 and 3

(b) 1 and 4

(d) 3 and 4

123. ‘Maori’ tribes were found in

(a) Australia

(b) New Zealand

(d) Canada

124. Which among the following is most isolated tribe of India?

(a) Sentinelese

(b) Kadar

(d) Sherdukpens

125. Khuntkatti Land system, which is joint holdings by khunts or tribal lineage were found in

(a) Khasa

(b) Munda

(d) Gond

126. ‘Cargo cults’, which is a belief that a ship was coming with arms is believed by

1. Moplahs of Kerala

2. Medanesian tribes in pacific

3. Zuni tribes of Arizona

4. Trobriand Islanders

(a) 2, 3 and 4

(b) 2 and 3

(d) 1, 4 and 2

127. ‘Haria’ – a rice beer is consumed by

(a) Tribals of Ranchi side

(b) Tribals of Bhopal side

(d) Tribals of Kerala side

128. ‘Pothang’ stands for

(a) Tribals being made to carry the baggage’s of officials without payment

(b) Carrying away women on their back

(d) Appeasing tribal god

129. Which among the following book is written by M.N. Srinivas?

1. India’s Village

2. Rethinking village

3. Remembered village

4. Village India

(a) 1 and 4

(b) 1, 2 and 4

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

130. Politically, Indian tribes are under the control of

(a) President

(b) State government

(d) Social welfare minister of central government.

131. Who among the following has studied tribe of Madagascar?

(a) Levi-Strauss

(b) Abraham Kardiner

(d) Raymond Firth

132. Which among the following were specialised in carpentry, tool making and pottery?

(a) Kota

(b) Bhutia

(d) Meena

133. Who among the following has advocated ‘Irrigation System”?

(a) Richard centres

(b) P. Sorokin

(d) Kaudinear

134. Mundas name their slash burn cultivation as

(a) Jara

(b) Podu

(c)Jhum

(d)Couvade

135. The book “Clash of Civilization” is written by

(a) Huntington

(b) Richard centres

(d) Arnold Toyenbee

136. Who among the following has distinguished between tribal and open societies?

(a) K. R. Popper

(b) L. Wirth

(d) Oscar Lewis

137. Who among the following has interpreted Marx Asiatic type of society, as one which had an agricultural economy with small units of production, and at the same time a centralized state and bureaucracy, whose power rested upon its regulation of water suppliers?

(a) Bottomore

(b) Harlambos

(d) H.M. Jhonson

138. ‘Goth’ tribes were found in

(a) Bulgaria and Romania

(b) Albania and Romania

(d) France and Italy

139. Danes and Anglo Saxons were found in

(a) Argentina

(b) Brazil

(d) Mexico

140. Al-Janabi Tribes are found in

(a) Central Iraq

(b) Coastal Iran

(d) Coastal Iraq

141. ‘Franks’ were inhabitants of

(a) Northern Alps

(b) Rocky mountains

(d) Mount Fiji

142. Vandls and Moors were found in

(a) Indonesia

(b) Ethiopia

(d) North America

143. “in tribal life the principal links for the whole society are based on kinship.” Whose opinion is this?

(a) mandelbaum

(b) Lucy Mair

(d) radcliffe Brown

144. The Mundas, Santhals and Hos are identified as sidtinct tribes on the basis of their _______ besides other attributs.

(a) colour

(b) dance

(d) house pattern

145. The characteristics of peasant societies was outlined by

(a) M.N. Srinivas

(b) PC. Joshi

(d) Henry Maine

146. Who opined that the term, “Tribal Society” should be restricted to ‘segmentary system”?

(a) Sahlins

(b) V. Elwin

(d) T.N. Madan

147. The characteristics of peasant societies outlined by Theodore Shanin are

1. The peasant family farm is the basic unit of a multi-dimensional social organisation.

2. Land husbandry is the main means of livelihood, directly providing the major part of the consumption needs.

3. Specific traditional culture is related to the way of life of small communities

4. The peasants have the underdog position- domination of peasants by others.

(a) 1 only

(b) 1, 2 only

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

148. Who among the following was on the opinion that language, religion and the degree of isolation as the main basis of classification of tribes?

(a) G.S. Ghurye

(b) A. Beteille

(d) M.N. Roy

149. Who has observed that tribes were transforming into castes since 1873?

(a) Herbert Risley

(b) Hutton

(d). G.S. Ghurye

150. Anthropologists have divided tribes of India into_________ geographical regions.

(a) Seven

(b) Three

(d) Four

Answers

101.(a) 102. (c) 103. (b) 104. (b) 105. (b)

106. (d) 107. (a) 108. (b) 109. (a) 110. (a)

111.(a) 112. (a) 113. (a) 114. (a) 115. (a)

116. (c) 117. (a) 118. (a) 119. (a) 120. (b)

121.(a) 122. (b) 123. (b) 124.(a) 125. (b)

126. (c) 127. (a) 128. (a) 129. (c) 130. (b)

131.(b) 132. (a) 133. (a) 134. (a) 135. (a)

136. (a) 137. (a) 138. (c) 139. (c) 140. (a)

141.(a) 142. (c) 143. (a) 144. (c) 145. (c)

146. (a) 147. (d) 148. (b) 149. (a) 150. (b)