PMS Sociology MCQS Past Papers
- Behaviour of an individual in a particular role providing a pattern or model upon which another individual bases his behaviour in performing the same role is called
A. Role model
B. Role pattern
C. Role actor
D. Model
Ans. A.
- Which among the following is not true regarding, ‘reflexive role taking’?
A. Taking the role of another by viewing oneself from the point of view of the other
B. Reflexive role taking allows a person to become object in himself as other’s see him
C. The concept of reflexive role taking is like precedence of one role over another.
D. The concept of reflexive role taking is similar to the Cooley’s concept of the looking-glass self.
Ans. C.
- Reflexive role-taking is defined by
A. C.H. Cooley
B. G.H. Mead
C. M. Mead
D. R. Linton
Ans. B.
- Name the sociologist who had made distinction between achieved status and ascribed status.
A. R.K. Merton
B. K. Davis
C. C.H. Cooley
D. R. Linton
Ans. D.
- Who has given the concept of status-set?
A. T. Parsons
B. K. Davis
C. R.K. Merton
D. Parson
Ans. C.
- Who among the following has examined the effect of modern division of labour on work and leisure?
A. T. Veblen
B. Huntington
C. G. Friedmann
D. R. Centres
Ans. C.
- Who holds the view that?
Vedas says that family property is not property of the family. But was the property of the head of house, usually the father, and that the other members of the family only had moral claims upon it which the father could ignore.
A. Macdonell and Keith
B. Max Muller
C. Sachchidanand
D. S.C. Dubey
Ans. A.
- Rural and urban centres have co-existed in India, except for a brief interlude during the
A. Indus valley
B. Medieval period
C. Rig-vedic period
D. Gupta period
Ans. C.
- Rural and urban centres share some common facets of life. They show
A. Antagonism
B. Contradiction
C. Cooperation
D. Interdependence
Ans. D.
- It can be said that in India and perhaps also in……… , the political role of the priestly class has shaped political thought and religion.
A. Byzatium
B. Byzatium, the Inca Empire and Ancient Egypt
C. China and Mesopotamia
D. China and Japan
Ans. B.
- The term ‘Legitimacy’ stands for
A. Attachment
B. Coercion
C. Lawfulness
D. Absolute power
Ans. C.
- As compared to Marx’s analysis, Weber’s analysis of social stratification is
A. Simple
B. Exhaustive
C. More complex and diversified
D. Ambiguous
Ans. C.
- Whose opinion is this?
‘Stratification is an inevitable part of all human societies. If value consensus is an essential component of all societies, then it follows that some form of stratification will result from the ranking of individuals in terms of common value.’
A. K. Marx
B. K. Davis
C. M. Tumin
D. T. Parsons
Ans. D.
- The Indian approach to planning is
A. Democratic
B. Totalitarian
C. Communistic
D. Dictatorial
Ans. A.
- Which of the following statements are false?
- Caste activities have greatly decreased in all villages since development planning has been undertaken.
- Industrialisation and expansion of development administration has stimulated the growth of the middle class
- With development planning India has been able to solve its basic problems of unemployment, population growth and poverty
- India’s development planning has given special focus to integrate women into the development process.
A. 1 and 3
B. 1 and 4
C. 2 and 3
D. 2 and 4
Ans. A.
- Which tribal group practices two religions (old tribal cult and Mahayana Buddhism)?
A. Bhotia
B. Gaddi
C. Sherdukpens
D. Kolam
Ans. C.
- Which among the following tribal group is supposed to be the most primitive on Indian mainland?
A. Khasi
B. Jorwas
C. Kadar
D. Mundas
Ans. C.
- The theory of diet principle in social demography was given by
A. Burnham
B. Double day
C. D. Ricardo
D. K. Mannheim
Ans. B.
- Optimum Population Theory was given by
A. Edwin Canon
B. J.S. Mills
C. Adam Smith
D. H. Spencer
Ans. A.
- Who defined family in this way?
‘The family is a group of persons united by the ties of marriage, blood, or adoption; constituting a single household, interacting and intercommunicating with each other in their respective social role of husband and wife, mother and father, brother and sister; creating a common culture’.
