PPSC PMS Sociology MCQS Past Papers
- Among the following mark out the item that does not involve conflict.
A. The consumer resistance brought the prices of the commodities down
B. Trade Union asking the workers to strike for a specified time
C. A and B having failed to settle amongst themselves the ownership issue of a house, referred the matter to the Court of Law
D. Effort by students to secure admission to Medical College
Ans. D.
- Among the _____ one is often obliged to marry one’s father’s widows, other than one’s own mother.
A. Rengami Naga
B. Kuki tribe
C. Sema Naga
D. Toda tribe
Ans. C.
- In a Muslim marriage, a wife can obtain release from her marriage by giving consideration to the husband whose consent is essential. This is called-
A. dower
B. mubarat
C. khula
D. talaq
Ans. C.
- Joint family system is on the decline; which is NOT the main cause for its disintegration?
A. There is change from agricultural to industrial economy
B. There is increased western influence
C. There is increased pressure on land
D. There is increased agricultural production
Ans. D.
- Which one of the following is NOT an important advantage of joint family system?
A. It provides social security
B. It encourages savings
C. It makes leisure possible
D. It helps in the development of good virtues
Ans. B.
- Modernisation has affected rural kinship most because:
A. the people have become materialist
B. means of communication have developed
C. there has been migration from the villages to the cities
D. the people have lost faith in worship of God
Ans. C.
- Kinship by nature is:
A. always specific
B. always unspecific
C. never specific
D. in some case specific, while others not
Ans. D.
- If a teacher leaves one school to work in another, this is called-
A. downward mobility
B. horizontal mobility
C. vertical mobility
D. None of the above
Ans. B.
- The status order, according to Weber, operates-
A. to encourage social mobility, up or down
B. to discourage social mobility, up or down
C. to encourage upward social mobility but discourage downward social mobility
D. to encourage group mobility, up or down
Ans. B.
- Which one of the following does not fall under the classification of tribes given by the Indian Conference of Social Work?
A. those concerned with forests
B. those concerned with a business
C. those concerned with agriculture
D. those living in urban and semi-urban areas
Ans. B.
