SEMESTER 1 EXAMINATION
SOCIOLOGY
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Maximum Marks: 70
Time allowed: One and a half hours
(Candidates are allowed additional 10 minutes for only reading the paper.)
ALL QUESTIONS ARE COMPULSORY
Each question / subpart of a question carries one mark.
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Select and write the correct option for each of the following questions.
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Question 1
____ is the universally accepted basic bond that binds people together.
(a) Society
(b) Religion
(c) Kinship
(d) Institution
Answer: (c) Kinship
Question 2
____ are the established processes that govern the relations between individuals and groups.
(a) Associations
(b) Communities
(c) Folkways
(d) Social Institutions
Answer: (d) Social Institutions
Question 3
When kinship relatives are connected through blood ties, they are called ______.
(a) Affinal kin
(b) Primary kin
(c) Consanguineous kin
(d) Tertiary kin
Answer: (c) Consanguineous kin
Question 4
The sister-in-law of one's brother is one's:
(a) Primary kin
(b) Secondary kin
(c) Tertiary kin
(d) Consanguine kin
Answer: (c) Tertiary kin
Question 5
The origin of a person based on his genealogical bond is called ________.
(a) Descent
(b) Clan
(c) Gotra
(d) Totem
Answer: (a) Descent
Question 6
When sons continue to stay in their father's house and bring their wives to live with the family, then the rule of residence followed is _________.
(a) Patrilocal
(b) Avunculocal
(c) Matrilocal
(d) Neolocal
Answer: (a) Patrilocal
Question 7
Among the Todas, naming the child is the privilege of the father's sister. This privilege is known as ________.
(a) Avunculate
(b) Amitate
(c) Technonymy
(d) Couvade
Answer: (b) Amitate
Question 8
Among the Ho tribe mother's brother, father's sister's husband and the father are termed as "Hoyar". This kinship term is called ________.
(a) Descriptive
(b) Classificatory
(c) Matrilineal
(d) Patrilineal
Answer: (b) Classificatory
Question 9
The practice of being actual or potential mate to one's wife's sister is called _________.
(a) Levirate
(b) Sororate
(c) Endogamy
(d) Exogamy
Answer: (b) Sororate
Question 10
The form of marriage where one man is permitted to marry several women is called ________.
(a) Polyandry
(b) Polygyny
(c) Hypogamy
(d) Hypergamy
Answer: (b) Polygyny
Question 11
________ is a rule of marriage which takes place between ego and his / her father's brother's son / daughter.
(a) Hypergamy
(b) Cross-cousin
(c) Parallel cousin
(d) Monogamy
Answer: (c) Parallel cousin
Question 12
The practice of marrying within one's own social group is known as _______.
(a) Hypergamy
(b) Endogamy
(c) Polygamy
(d) Exogamy
Answer: (b) Endogamy
Question 13
A family which includes two adult spouses and their unmarried minor children is _______ family.
(a) Conjugal
(b) Consanguine
(c) Patrilocal
(d) Matilocal
Answer: (a) Conjugal
Question 14
The rule of marriage which prohibits marriage between individuals of common blood ancestry is known as ______ exogamy.
(a) Village
(b) Gotra
(c) Clan
(d) Sapinda
Answer: (d) Sapinda
Question 15
With reference to Hypergamy, choose the odd one out.
(a) A Brahmin man can marry a Vaishya woman
(b) A Vaishya man can marry a Vaishya woman
(c) A Sudra man can marry a Brahmin woman
(d) A Sudra woman can marry a Kshatriya man
Answer: (c) A Sudra man can marry a Brahmin woman
Question 16
Naturism is a belief in the worship of _________.
(a) The Forces of nature
(b) Inanimate objects
(c) The Soul
(d) Totem
Answer: (a) The Forces of nature
Question 17
________ forbids or prohibits certain behavioural patterns.
(a) Animism
(b) Sacred
(c) Naturism
(d) Taboo
Answer: (d) Taboo
Question 18
One of the functions of religion is to _________.
(a) Retard progress
(b) Give peace of mind
(c) cause waste
(d) Wreck unity
Answer: (a) Retard progress
Question 19
______ is faith in the supernatural and a related irrational fear of the unknown.
(a) Superstition
(b) Taboo
(c) Ritual
(d) Jhum
Answer: (a) Superstition
Question 20
The functional theories of religion were developed by:
(a) Freud, Watson and Radcliffe Brown
(b) Talcot Parsons, Durkheim and Tylor
(c) Malinowski, Muzafer Sherif and Durkheim
(d) Malinowski, Radfliffe Brown and Durkheim
Answer: (d) Malinowski, Radfliffe Brown and Durkheim
Question 21
A religious code is the _________.
(a) concept of good and evil
(b) norms of society
(c) rules prescribed by a particular religion
(d) superstitions and beliefs
Answer: (c) rules prescribed by a particular religion
Question 22
The practical aspect of Religion is:
(a) Beliefs
(b) Superstitions
(c) God
(d) Rituals
Answer: (d) Rituals
Question 23
According to ______, the main function of religion is to create social cohesion and stability.
(a) Malinowski
(b) Radcliffe Brown
(c) Tylor
(d) R.H. Lowie
Answer: (b) Radcliffe Brown
Question 24
The body of rules or principles concerned with good and evil as manifested by the conscience is known as:
(a) Communalism
(b) Moral code
(c) Secularism
(d) Belief
Answer: (b) Moral code
Question 25
______ is a system of local self-government in rural India.
(a) Panchayati Raj
(b) Jajmani System
(c) Barter System
(d) Rural Employment
Answer: (a) Panchayati Raj
Question 26
Bal Panchayat aims at:
(a) Eradicating poverty
(b) Social equality
(c) Sensitising children politically
(d) Implementing child labour laws
Answer: (c) Sensitising children politically
Question 27
Pastoralism is:
(a) Making items from forest products
(b) An economic activity based on animal rearing
(c) Shifting from one patch of land to the other for cultivation
(d) Collecting forest produce for consumption
Answer: (b) An economic activity based on animal rearing
Question 28
The system of organising the means of production and distribution is called:
(a) Political organisation
(b) Economic orgnaisation
(c) NGO
(d) Market
Answer: (b) Economic orgnaisation
Question 29
Which of the following is a result of human effort that has utility and value?
(a) Economic goods
(b) Free goods
(c) Air
(d) River water
Answer: (a) Economic goods
Question 30
Jajmani system is based on ________.
(a) class and exchange of services
(b) inter-caste relation and exchange of service
(c) caste and marriage/
(d) caste and mobility
Answer: (b) inter-caste relation and exchange of service
Question 31
The objective of MGNREGA is to provide every rural household a minimum of ______ days of paid work each year.
(a) 120
(b) 180
(c) 150
(d) 100
Answer: (d) 100
Question 32
Which of the following are the prominent groups that constitute the Jajmani system in rural India?
(a) Service caste and dominant caste
(b) Schedule caste
(c) Jajmani and Kamin
(d) Dominant caste and Jajman
Answer: (c) Jajmani and Kamin
Question 33
Which of the following is NOT a feature of the family as stated by MacIver?
(a) Emotional basis
(b) Universality
(c) Persistence and change
(d) Secondary position in society
Answer: (d) Secondary position in society
Question 34
The usage in which the maternal uncle enjoys a pre-eminent place in the life of a child is called __________.
(a) Teknonymy
(b) Avunculate
(c) Amitate
(d) Couvade
Answer: (b) Avunculate
Question 35
The system of tracing the lineage from the father's family in every generation is:
(a) Patrilineal descent
(b) Matrilineal descent
(c) Monogamous family
(d) Polygynous family
Answer: (a) Patrilineal descent
Question 36
Rekha has married Ritesh and is living with his parents and married brothers. This is an example of a ________ family.
(a) Joint
(b) Nuclear
(c) Matrilineal
(d) Complex
Answer: (a) Joint
Question 37
What is a Political Organisation?
(a) An orgnaisation involved in political processes and includes political parties
(b) An organisation involved in bringing nations together
(c) An organisation involved in imparting political education
(d) An organisation involved in rural economic development
Answer: (a) An orgnaisation involved in political processes and includes political parties
Question 38
Who are Sharecroppers?
(a) Landless labourers working on the land owned by others and share a part of their produce with the land owner
(b) Small landowners working on others' land and sharing crop with landlord
(c) Rich landlords sharing their crops with landless labourers
(d) Tenants sharing their land with landless labourers
Answer: (a) Landless labourers working on the land owned by others and share a part of their produce with the land owner
Question 39
With reference to the rules of marriage, choose the odd one out.
(a) Monogamy
(b) Exogamy
(c) Cross-cousin Marriage
(d) Hypergamy
Answer: (a) Monogamy
Question 40
With reference to the concept of religion, choose the odd one out.
(a) Beliefs
(b) Taboo
(c) Koman
(d) Superstition
Answer: (c) Koman
Question 41
With reference to the features of Weekly markets, choose the odd one out.
(a) Held on a fixed day every week
(b) Shops are permanent
(c) Sale of traditional goods
(d) Social interaction and match making
Answer: (b) Shops are permanent
Question 42
With reference to Exogamy as a rule of marriage, choose the odd one out.
(a) Clan
(b) Village
(c) Matrilineal
(d) Paravara
Answer: c) Matrilineal
Question 43
With reference to the key terms used for Shifting-axe cultivation by tribals in India, choose the odd one out.
(a) Ho
(b) Bewar
(c) Dahi
(d) Podu
Answer: (a) Ho
Question 44
What is Clan?
(a) A group with all male members
(b) A group sharing common property
(c) A group claiming descent from a common mythical ancestor
(d) A group residing in the same geographical area
Answer: (c) A group claiming descent from a common mythical ancestor
Question 45
Which of the following is NOT a type of family?
(a) Political
(b) Patriarchal
(c) Nuclear
(d) Joint
Answer: (a) Political
Question 46
Which of the following is an example of a free good?
(a) Food
(b) Air
(c) Cloth
(d) Wealth
Answer: (b) Air
Question 47
Which among the following is NOT one's secondary degree kin?
(a) Son's father-in-law
(b) Sister's husband
(c) Brother's wife
(d) Wife's brother
Answer: (a) Son's father-in-law
Question 48
A belief system in which humans have a collective emblem that could be animate or inanimate is known as:
(a) Naturism
(b) Totemism
(c) Fetishism
(d) Animism
Answer: (b) Totemism
Question 49
Which of the following is a feature of Social institution?
(a) It is found only in advanced societies
(b) It is universal in nature
(c) It does not satisfy man's needs
(d) It is not a part of human society
Answer: (b) It is universal in nature
Question 50
73rd Constitution Amendment Act makes provision for reservations of seats for women in the _________.
(a) MGNREGA
(b) Weekly Haat
(c) Joint Family
(d) Panchayati Raj System
Answer: (d) Panchayati Raj System
Question 51
The factors responsible for causing changes in the Joint family system are:
(a) Sanskritisation and Brahmanisation
(b) Traditionalism and religion
(c) Illiteracy among women and early marriages
(d) Education and impact of various legislations
Answer: (d) Education and impact of various legislations
Question 52
What is the family unit created after marriage called?
(a) Family of Origin
(b) Family of Procreation
(c) Consanguineal family
(d) Joint family
Answer: (b) Family of Procreation
Question 53
What is a Gotra?
(a) A group that traces descent from a common totemic mythical ancestor
(b) A group that traces descent from a common mythological ancestor, a rishi
(c) A group that belongs to the same village
(d) A group that has descended from a common ancestress
Answer: (b) A group that traces descent from a common mythological ancestor, a rishi
Question 54
A form of marriage with more than one partner at a given point of time is known as _________.
(a) Polygamy
(b) Exogamy
(c) Monogamy
(d) Hypergamy
Answer: (a) Polygamy
Question 55
The method of ensuring social order and stability by enforcing acceptable patterns of behaviour is:
(a) Political control
(b) Social control
(c) Animism
(d) Amitate
Answer: (b) Social control
Question 56
Which of the following theorists considered religion as a device to ensure mental and psychological stability in an individual's life?
(a) Durkheim
(b) Malinowski
(c) Radcliffe Brown
(d) Tylor
(b) Malinowski
Question 57
The method of connecting with the supernatural powers to secure peace is known as:
(a) Religion
(b) Immortality
(c) Economic organisation
(d) Values
Answer: (a) Religion
Question 58
________ gives guidelines for interaction among kin members to ensure stability and adherence to taboos.
(a) Degree of kinship
(b) Kinship usages
(c) MGNREGA
(d) Kinship types
Answer: (b) Kinship usages
Question 59
The Todas are a tribe who live in the Nilgiri mountains of Tamil Nadu. Their economy is based on the buffalo. They exchange the dairy products with the neighbouring tribes. While some of them engage in collecting fruits, roots and berries, others weave baskets for livelihood from leaves that are found locally. in recent times, employment programmes started by the government have been engaging Todas to guarantee them work for some days in a year.
(i) With reference to the above passage, match the following by selecting the correct option
The correct match for numbers I, II, III, IV is:
(a) 4 1 2 3
(b) 3 4 1 2
(c) 3 1 4 2
(d) 2 4 1 3
Answer: (b) 3 4 1 2
(ii) The structure of Agrarian Economy includes _________.
(a) Dominant caste and sharecropper
(b) Owner, tenant and sharecropper
(c) Jajman and Kamin
(d) Owner and Jajman
Answer: (b) Owner, tenant and sharecropper
(iii) A tribe that works in the tea plantations of Assam is:
(a) Khasi
(b) Paliyans
(c) Gond
(d) Chenchu
Answer: (c) Gond
(iv) Free goods are _______.
(a) purchased in the market
(b) given by kin members
(c) owned by the community
(d) gifts of nature
Answer: (d) gifts of nature
Question 60
Jinesh lives with his wife, children and parents in his ancestral village. Jinesh follows the occupation of his father. His father controls and manages the family property. The authority lies with his father as he takes all the major decisions on the behalf of the family. Jinesh's children have inherited the surname of their grandfather.
(i) With reference to the above passage, match the following by selecting the correct options.
The correct match for the numbers I, II, III, IV is:
(a) 3 4 2 1
(b) 3 1 4 2
(c) 3 2 1 4
(d) 3 2 4 1
Answer: (d) 3 2 4 1
(ii) What is a Family of Origin?
(a) A family one sets up after marriage
(b) A family based on blood ties
(c) A joint family
(d) A family where one is born
Answer: (d) A family where one is born
(iii) Consanguineous family is:
(a) Based on affinal kinship
(b) Based on a common mythological ancestor
(c) Based on blood relations
(d) Based on size
Answer: (c) Based on blood relations
(iv) Which of the following is a feature of the small family norm?
(a) Preference for the male child
(b) Lack of opportunities for personality development
(c) Provision of better education, food and clothing for children
(d) Abscence of individualism
Answer: (c) Provision of better education, food and clothing for children
Question 61
Religion has always been an important aspect of human life. The set of beliefs outlined by the principles of religion form the religious code. Members of a community adhere to this code because of the fear of supernatural. It often leads to repetitive irrational behaviour which forbids certain practices. On the other hand, the fear of one's conscience forces one to obey the moral code prescribed by the society. Hence, religion can be understood as a source of social control which regulates human behaviour.
(i) With reference to the above passage, match the following by selecting the correct option.
The correct match for the numbers I, II, III, IV is:
(a) 1 3 4 2
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 4 1 2 3
(d) 1 3 2 4
Answer: (b) 4 3 2 1
(ii) Which of the following is a dysfunction of religion?
(a) To act as a pacifying agent
(b) To encourage unity
(c) To promote fanaticism
(d) To give mental peace
Answer: (c) To promote fanaticism
(iii) Select the odd one out with respect to the theories of Religion.
(a) Animism
(b) Dogmatism
(c) Totemism
(d) Naturism
Answer: (b) Dogmatism
(iv) Select the odd one out with respect to the features of Totemism.
(a) Defining symbol of a clan
(b) Tribal social organisation
(c) Belief in soul
(d) Collective emblem of a tribe
Answer: (c) Belief in soul
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