CSS Sociology MCQS Past Papers
- Which one of the following is NOT true of capitalism?
A. Capital predominates in economy
B. There is thirst for gains
C. There is desire for profits
D. There is intense desire to look after the welfare of the workers
Ans. D.
- The inhabitants of the villages, which are closer to the towns, are more forward looking than those living in the interior. Why?
A. Towns provide markets for the village products
B. The unemployed in the village can find work in the city and this contributes to the village economy
C. The town people serve to the villages the ‘reference group’ purpose
D. All of the above
Ans. D.
- Which among the following conditions primarily contribute to the development of village community?
A. Good climate
B. Application of science
C. A proper application of intelligence and labour
D. The police of the government
Ans. A.
74.__________ refers to the capacity of a man, a woman or a couple to participate in reproduction
A. Fecundity
B. Fertility
C. Sex drive
D. Productivity
Ans. a
- Who has said, ‘fertility increases in response to the progress of society’?
A. Herbert Spencer
B. Saddler
C. Marx
D. Ricardo
Ans. a
- Which one of the following combinations is true regarding modernization in India?
A. Diffusion and acculturation
B. Evaluation and acculturation
C. Evaluation and diffusion
D. Evaluation and regeneration.
Ans.C.
- The Servants of India Society was initiated in –
A. 1910
B. 1905
C. 1915
D. 1907
Ans.B.
- A mechanistic view of society would see social change as stemming from –
A. Exogenous sources
B. Endogenous sources
C. Structural sources
D. Immediate sources
Ans.A.
- Some social change occurs without being noticed by most members of a society is known as –
A. Manifest change
B. Latent change
C. Relative change
D. Absolute change
Ans.B.
- Who has given the ‘cyclical theory of population growth’?
A. Spencer
B. Ginni
C. Dumont
D. Doubleday
Ans. b
- __________is the fertility which involves a deliberate use of birth control
A. Natural fertility
C. Controlled fertility
C. Fecundity
D. Superficial fertility
Ans. b
- Malthus has_________ of birth control
A. disapproved
B. approved
C. talked nastily
D. None of the above
Ans. a
- ‘Fertility varies inversely with the density of population’ whose view is this?
A. Malthus
B. Durkheim
C. Saddler
D. Castro
Ans. c
- Which one of the following is NOT a practice for killing an individual by the society?
A. capital punishment
B. shooting of the people by dacoits
C. self-killing by soldiers rather than falling into the hands of the enemy
D. sacrifice to become immortal
Ans. b
- Nationalism and population:
A. have nothing to do with each other
B. are closely linked with each other
C. are opposed to each other’
D. None of the above is true
Ans. b
- Which one of the following is NOT covered under the category of conscious controls?
A. use of contraceptives
B. legal permission for abortion
C. infanticide
D. taboos against fornication
Ans. d
