50 questions and answers on Sociology for Orissa Administrative Services

1. Society emerges out of

(a) Community’s existence

(b) Men’s existence

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(d)Relationship

2. Society symbolises the network of

(a) Human relationships

(b) Social relationships

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(d) Inter-connections

3. ‘Society is the web of social relationships’ whose definition is this?

(a)Maclver

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(b) H. Maine

(d) Aristotle

4. There are two types of definition of society. These are

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(a) Structural and interactional

(b) Functional and structural

(d) Structural and evolutionary

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5. Society is

(a) Natural

(b) Deliberate

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(d) Functional

6. Sociologists have divided society into hierarchical stages on the basis of

(a) Technology, instruments, means of living

(b) Technology, use of fire, use of wheel

(d) Economy, means of living

7. The first stage of human society was that of

(a) Agriculture

(b) Pastoralist

(d) Cottage industries

8. Prehistorians, anthropologists and sociologists believe that hunting and foo gathering stage existed

(a) 2,000 years ago

(b) 2,600 years ago

(d) 5,000 years ago

9. The hunting and food gathering stage further divided into simple and develops stages on the basis of

(a) Use of tools and the animals hunted

(b) Use of stone and no use of stone

(d) Use of wheel and no use of wheel.

10. Who classified societies into ‘simple, compound, doubly compound, trebly compound’?

(a) Marx

(b) Comte

(d) Sorokin

11. Society is defined as a group of individuals

(a) Who share common culture?

(b) With common blood group

(d) Who share common territory?

12. What does society exclude?

(a) Reciprocity

(b) Differences

(d) Adherence to time

13. Which of the following is not a feature of society?

(a) Interdependence

(b) Cooperation and conflict

(d) A specific aim

14. Sumner called his model of society

(a) Developmental model

(b) Progressive model

(d) Conflict model

15. Which one of the following is not a necessary condition for a population to be defined as a society?

(a) Common culture

(b) Common religion

(d) Common territory

16. Man’s genetic code does not contain specific instructions to behave in a particular way. This view is expressed in the book

(a) Sociology: Themes and perspectives

(b) Sociology: A guide to Problems and literature

(d) Sociology: A Systematic Introduction

17. Culture has two essential qualities. They are

(a) Learned and shared

(b) Transmitted and shared

(d) Shared and communicated

18. Peer group is a group whose members share

(a) Similar play ground

(b) Similar circumstances

(d) Similar study circle and books

19. Peer groups are often of a

(a) Similar age

(b) Similar height

(d) Similar culture

20. The process by which an individual learns the culture of their society is known as

(a) Socialisation

(b) Internalization

(d) Modernization

21. Every culture contains a large number of guidelines which direct conduct in a particular situation. Such guidelines are known as

(a”) Norms

(b) Culture

(d) Mores

22. A norm is a

(a) Specific guide to action

(b) Culture of society

(d) Guideline for social interaction

23. Norms are enforced by

‘(a)’Positive sanction

(b) Negative sanction

(d) Positive and negative sanction

24. Norms are imposed through______ means of social control.

(a) Formal and legal

(b) Formal and informal

(d) Informal and legal

25. A value is a belief that something is

(a) Moral

(b) Very productive in society

(d) Cultural

26. All members of society occupy a number of social positions known as

(a) Role

(b) Prestige

(d) Status

27. A social group is a

(a) System of social interaction

(b) Gathering of people

(d) Association of people

28. A group involves some degree of_______ among its members for the attainment of common goals.

(a) Cooperation

(b) Conflict

(d) Association

29. Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom and other capabilities acquired by man as a member of society. It is said by

(a) Talcott Parsons

(b) W.F. Green

(d) Timashiff

30. Which among the following is not correct regarding social position?

(a) Social position may be occupied by more than one person.

(b)A social position is occupied by only one person

(d)Social position may not be occupied by individuals but by organisations.

31. A social position has two parts. They are

(a) Obligations and rights

(b)Rights and conflicts

(d)Rights and statuses

32. The prestige of social position may change in

(a) Status

(b) In time

(d) Society

33. Which among the following is correct? The term role-set has been coined to refer

(a) To the total complex of other social positions with which any particular social position is characteristically connected

(b) To the total number of occupants of the correlative social positions when a particular occupant of a particular position is taken as a point of reference,

(d)Both (a) and (b) are false

34. Is a person who is taken as the point of reference in a discussion?

(a) Individual (b) Id

35. Which of the following statements is true?

(a) Cooperation is based on emotional relationship, harmony and intimacy

(b)Accommodation is the situation of tolerating one another without interference.

(d)Both (a) and (b) are false

36. In which process is the individual united with the group?

(a) Integration

(b) Socialization

(d) Accommodation

37. When the individual stands up against the group the process is called

(a) Conflict

(b) Competition

(d) Un-socialisation

38. When the individual is ex-communicated or the membership of the group is prohibited for him/her the process is called

(a) Isolation

(b) Cooperation

(d) Discrimination

39. The process of learning that takes place in a group situation is called

(a) Socialisation

(b) Culturisation

(d) Acculturation

40. Whose definition is this: “Personality indicates the individual’s organised tendency of working, seeing, thinking and feeling?”

(a) W. F. Green

(b) New Comb

(d) R E. Park

41. The unification of individual’s Socio- Psychological behaviour is reflected in

(a) The way individual behaves

(b) His personality

(d) His culture

42. Personality is expressed through

(a) Habits, tendencies and thinking

(b) Habits and behaviour

(d) Tendencies and thinking

43. To prepare one for future roles is

(a) Futurisation

(b) Prediction

(d) Internalisation

44. The groups from which the individual extracts his behaviour and cultural norms are called

(a) Cultural groups

(b) Homogeneous groups

(d) Ought-to-be groups

45. Discrimination refers to______ against any individual or group

(a) Negative action

(b) Negative attitude

(d) Negative report

46. Which among the following is not correct about culture?

(a) Cultural traits can be acquired through socialisation and habits

(b)Culture is something collective

(d) Culture never passed on with the help of language

47. Trait is

(a) Social trend at present

(b) Social trend of the past

(d) The smallest unit of personality

48. Non-material culture may consist of

(a) Words people use, the ideas, customs and belief they hold and the habits they follow

(b) Non-manufactured items

(d) Culture which teaches a particular behaviour for particular situation

49. The material culture is always the outgrowth of the non-material culture. This statement is

(a) True

(b) False

(d) Can happen provided with stimuli

50. A cluster of related traits is called

(a) Culture norms

(b) Culture complex

(d) Cultural uniformity

Answers

1.(b)	2.(b)	3. (a)	4. (b)	5. (b)
6. (a)	7. (c)	8. (c)	9- (c)	10. (c)
11.(c)	12. (d)	13. (d)	14. (a)	15. (b)
16. (a)	17. (a)	18. (b)	19. (a)	20. (a)
21.(a)	22. (a)	23. (d)	24. (b)	25. (c)
26.(d)	27. (a)	28. (a)	29. (c)	30. (d)
31(a)	32.(b)	33. (c)	34. (c)	35. (c)
36. (a)	37. (c)	38. (a)	39. (a)	40. (b)
41(b)	42. (a)	43. (c)	44. (c)	45. (d)
46. (d)	47. (c)	48. (a)	49. (a)	50. (b)