CSS Sociology MCQS Past Papers
- While signifying the importance of social capillarity theory, who of the following has said, “on the whole this statement of relation between individuation and genesis seems a decided improvement over Spencer’s”?
A. Frank Fetter
B. Ginni
C. L. Brento
D. Lewis and Thompson
Ans. d
- Which one of the following is NOT true of an Indian village?
A. The people are conservative
B. The people are politically conscious
C. The villagers believe in simplicity
D. The villagers are God fearing
Ans. B.
- The ___________ of the urban community is the source of social groupings both vertical and horizontal.
A. economic differentiation
B. social differentiation
C. caste
D. social prestige
Ans. A.
- ___________ has been defined as an area within which the people and the different constituent communities are conspicuously more interdependent than those within other areas.
A. Region
B. Neighbourhood
C. Community
D. City
Ans. A.
- ________ is more rampant in a city life.
A. Social mobility
B. Migration
C. Religious grouping
D. Jajmani system
Ans. A.
- With whom is the ‘compositional theory’ on Urbanisation associated?
D. Homer Hyot
B. Galpin
C. Burgess
D. Gane
Ans. D.
- In India, in the past, which one was NOT the feature of the villages?
A. the people did not live a complex life
B. they had not been influenced by city life
C. they believed in simplicity
D. they were too much dazzled by the glamours of city life
Ans. D.
- Mark out the incorrect statement-
A. Urbanites are socially poor in midst of plenty
B. Urban contacts are segmental
C. Urbanities come into primary contact with each other
D. Many urbanites live in social vacuum
Ans. C.
- An intelligent and educated temple priest has an importance in the village community. To what do you attribute his role and status?
A. Being an educated man, he is friend, philosopher and guide
B. Besides performing his priestly functions, he is astrologer, and conductor of the community prayer
C. He is the judge of good and bad
D. All of the above
Ans. D.
- In a simple society which one of the following is the characteristic of economy?
A. There is urbanised economy
B. There is non-urbanised economy
C. There is no identification of producer with the produce
D. There is division of labour
Ans. B.
- Which of the following is NOT true about the aim of lower hunter’s economy?
A. Hunting reptiles
B. Collecting fruits
C. Preparing sweets
D. Living in caves
Ans. C.
- Of a society with simple economy which of the following is NOT true?
A. Materialistic outlook develops
B. Religious outlook dominates
C. There is not too much of over production
D. There is no tendency towards monopoly
Ans. A.
- Which one of the following is NOT the characteristic of economy of a complex society?
A. In it labour demands share in management
B. In it trade union system is powerful
C. In it technical expertise plays big role
D. In it labour identifies himself with the product he produces.
Ans. D.
- Which of the following does not hold good in the case of state capitalism?
A. All aspects of life are made subservient to economics
B. State owns all the capital
C. Possession of wealth in the hands of individual is encouraged
D. It distrusts the individual
Ans. C.
- Which one of the following is NOT true of the functions of the guilds?
A. These performed religious and political functions
B. These had nothing to do with religious and political functions
C. These had considerable power in medieval courts
D. These were often instrumental in making laws
Ans. B.
- Which one of the following was NOT the characteristic of merchant guilds?
A. These promoted economic interest of the merchants
B. These tried to keep monopoly of the trade
C. These brought pressures on the rulers
D. These ensured that activities of the guilds were confined to the village
Ans. D.
- Which one of the following was NOT the characteristic of new industrialism?
A. Personal relationship was not possible even in small group
B. Joint stock company system came into operation
C. Divorce between the owners of stock and the officials was taken for granted
D. There was division between capital and management
Ans. A.
