Sociology

Model MCQs for TDP (General/Honours) 5th Semester Exam.

SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN INDIA

SOE - 505 

201. What is not a one of the major cause of income inequality in India?

[A] Unequal distribution of land

[B] Lack of fertile land

[C] Gap between rich and poor

[D] Increase in population

Answer is [B]

202. In which of the following countries didpoverty actually rise from 1981-2001?

[A] Sub-Saharan Africa

[B] India

[C] China

[D] Russia

Answer is [A]

203. The calorie requirement is higher in the rural areas because

[A] They do not enjoy as much as people in the urban areas

[B] Food items are expensive

[C] They are engaged in mental work

[D] People are engaged in physical labour

Answer is [D]

204. Which of the following is an indicator of poverty in India?

[A] Income level

[B] Illiteracy level

[C] Employment level

[D] All of the above

Answer is [A]

205. Which one of the following Economic groups is vulnerable to poverty?

[A] Scheduled Caste

[B] Scheduled Tribes

[C] Rural Agricultural Household

[D] All the above

Answer is [D]

206. Which of the following is true regarding percentage of seasonal and chronic hunger in India?

[A] It has increased

[B] It has decreased

[C] It is remained same

[D] It has marginally changed

Answer is [B]

207. Which one of these is not a cause of poverty in India?

[A] Low level of economic development

[B] Migration of people from rural to urban India

[C] Income inequalities

[D] Unequal distribution of land

Answer is [B]

208. Which of the following is not a valid reason for the poverty alleviation programme in India?

[A] Lack of proper implementation

[B] Lack of right targeting

[C] Corruption at the highest level

[D] Overlapping of schemes

Answer is [B]

209. What is the average calorie requirement in India in urban areas (per person per day)?

[A] 2000 cal / person / day

[B] 2100 cal / person / day

[C] 2300 cal / person / day

[D] 2400 cal / person / day

Answer is [B]

210. Which communities are categorized as economically vulnerable groups in India?

[A] Agricultural labour household

[B] Schedule caste

[C] Schedule tribes

[D] All of the above

Answer is [A]

211. In which year was NREGA enacted?

[A] 2005

[B] 2000

[C] 1999

[D] 1993

Answer is [A]

212. Which of the following is not a major reason for the lack of effectiveness of targeted anti-poverty programmes?

[A] Lack of proper implementation

[B] Lack of right targeting

[C] Overlapping of schemes

[D] All the above

Answer is [D]

213. Calorie requirement in rural areas is more than in the urban areas because

[A] Rural people eat more

[B] Rural people have high bodies

[C] Rural people do more hard physical work

[D] Rural people have to take more rest

Answer is [C]

214. The Concept of ‘entitlements’ was introduced by

[A] Pranab Mukharjee

[B] Amartya Sen

[C] Manmohan Singh

[D] Sonia Gandhi

Answer is [B]

215. The most vulnerable social groups for poverty are

[A] Scheduled Tribes

[B] Urban Casual Labourers

[C] Rural Agricultural Labourers

[D] Scheduled Castes

Answer is [A]

216. Which of the following states of India has the highest poverty ratio?

[A] Bihar

[B] Orissa

[C] Punjab

[D] Assam

Answer is [B]

217. Which of the following is not considered as a social indicator of poverty?

[A] Less number of means of transport

[B] Illiteracy level

[C] Lack of access to health care

[D] Lack of job opportunities

Answer is [A]

218. Who are considered as the poorest of the poor?

[A] Scheduled castes

[B] Scheduled tribes

[C] Disaster struck people

[D] Women female, infants and old people

Answer is [D]

219. What is the cost sharing ratio of the Swaran Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna, which was launched in 1999?

[A] Centre 75% : States 25%

[B] Centre 50% : States 10%

[C] Centre 60% : States 40%

[D] Centre 90% : States 10%

Answer is [A]

220. Sex ratio means ________

[A] Difference between birth rate and death rate

[B] Number of females per thousand males

[C] Number of females per hundred males

[D] The study of population growth

Answer is [B]

221. Who was the exponent of optimum population theory?

[A] Malthus

[B] Edwin Cannan

[C] Adam smith

[D] Amarthyasen

Answer is [B]

222. Which day is officially recognized as ‘United Nations World Elder Abuse Awareness Day’?

[A] 11 June

[B] 13 June

[C] 15 June

[D] 17 June

Answer is [C]

223. Elder Abuse includes

[A] Physical abuse

[B] Sexual abuse

[C] Psychological abuse

[D] All of the above

Answer is [D]

224. The National Policy on Older Persons was enacted in which year

[A] 1998

[B] 1999

[C] 2000

[D] 2001

Answer is [B]

225. Problems faced by the Aged

[A] Failing health

[B] Economic insecurity

[C] Isolation

[D] All of the above

Answer is [D]

226. Ageing definition fall into which category

[A] Chronology

[B] Change in social life

[C] Change in capabilities

[D] All of the above

Answer is [D]

227. What is the effective measures of Poverty Alleviation?

[A] Distribution of income

[B] Containing inflation

[C] Encouraging private investment

[D] All of the above

Answer is [D]

228. The problems faced by the poor in India

[A] Social discrimination

[B] Housing

[C] Subculture of poverty

[D] All of the above

Answer is [D]

229. What is the cause of poverty?

[A] Individual

[B] Culture or sub-culture

[C] Social Structure

[D] All of the above

Answer is [D]

230. The dimension of poverty is

[A] Lack of livelihood strategies

[B] Inaccessibility to resources

[C] Feeling of insecurity and frustration

[D] All of the above

Answer is [D]

231. What are the salient demographic features of India’s population?

[A] Growth rate of population

[B] Uneven distribution of population

[C] Age composition

[D] All of the above

Answer is [D]

232. Old age is defined by

[A] Physical strength deteriorates

[B] Mental ability diminishes

[C] Eye sight suffers

[D] All of the above

Answer is [D]

233. What are the schemes introduced by the Government of India to remove unemployment?

[A] IRDP

[B] NREP

[C] JRY

[D] All of the above

Answer is [D]

234. Which is not a remedial measure for unemployment

[A] Political Reforms

[B] Education Reforms

[C] Five-Year Plans

[D] Population Control

Answer is [A]

235. What are the evil effects of Unemployment?

[A] Unemployment and personal disorganisation

[B] Unemployment and family disorganisation

[C] Unemployment and social disorganisation

[D] All of the above

Answer is [D]

236. Which are the personal factors of unemployment?

[A] Age factors

[B] Vocational unfitness

[C] Illness and/or physical disabilities

[D] All of the above

Answer is [D]

237. Which is not a type of Unemployment?

[A] Seasonal unemployment

[B] Political Unemployment

[C] Agricultural unemployment

[D] Cyclical unemployment

Answer is [B]

238. What is the full form of IRDP?

[A] Integrated Rural Development Programme

[B] Integrated Rural Developmental Programme

[C] Induced Rural Development Programme

[D] None of the above

Answer is [A]

239. Which are the economic problems of poverty?

[A] Increasing Unemployment

[B] Capital Deficiency

[C] Inadequate economic development

[D] All of the above

Answer is [D]

240. Poverty and ____ are twin problem found in India

[A] Unemployment

[B] Child Labour

[C] Crime

[D] Casteism

Answer is [A]

241. Poverty is a

[A] Economic problem

[B] Political problem

[C] Social problem

[D] Religious problem

Answer is [C]

242. Which is the effect of over-population?

[A] Population and poverty

[B] Low per capita income

[C] Shortage of food

[D] All of the above

Answer is [D]

243. Which is the cause of rapid growth of population in India?

[A] Peaceful conditions

[B] Excess birth over death

[C] Progress in medical facilities

[D] All of the above

Answer is [D]

244. When was the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act enacted?

[A] 2005

[B] 2006

[C] 2007

[D] 2008

Answer is [C]

245. Which of the following does not very much influence the density of population?

[A] Rainfall

[B] Humidity

[C] Soil fertility

[D] Erosion

Answer is [B]

246. Density of population is very much related to

[A] Climate

[B] Political system

[C] Environmental study

[D] Economic condition

Answer is [A]

247. Which of the following is not source of social problem?

[A] Social change

[B] Poverty

[C] Personal development

[D] Personal disorganization

Answer is [C]

248. World Literacy Day is celebrated on

[A] 7th September

[B] 8th September

[C] 2nd September

[D] 15th July

Answer is [B]

249. The low level of Literacy rate hinders the ______ development of a country

[A] Industrial

[B] Agricultural

[C] Economic

[D] None of the above

Answer is [C]

250. National Education Policy was introduced in

[A] 1966

[B] 1967

[C] 1968

[D] 1969

Answer is [C]

251. Through RLEGP one member in every landless family is guaranteed employment at least for ____ in a year

[A] 50 days

[B] 75 days

[C] 100 days

[D] 101 days

Answer is [C]

252. Which of the following programme was launched in the year of 2000?

[A] National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

[B] Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana

[C] Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

[D] Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana

Answer is [D]

253. Priest (Purohit) secured for himself a position of prestige because of

[A] His knowledge

[B] His magical power

[C] As representative of God

[D] As the chief of the tribe

Answer is [A]

254. Rape, Abduction, murder is an example of

[A] Criminal violence

[B] Domestic violence

[C] Social violence

[D] All of the above

Answer is [A]

255. Crime against means

[A] Criminal violence

[B] Domestic violence

[C] Social violence

[D] All of the above

Answer is [D]

256. Robert Merton’s ideas on crime and deviance make use of the concept of anomie. What does anomie mean in Merton’s work?

[A] Normlessness

[B] Meaninglessness

[C] Social strain

[D] Social adaptation

Answer is [C]

257. Which of the following statements about crime and deviance is false?

[A] The concept of ‘deviance’ is much broader than ‘crime’

[B] Deviance and crime very often overlap

[C] The concept of deviance can be applied to individuals and groups

[D] Deviance is normally sanctioned by law

Answer is [D]

258. When a crime is committed by a person of respectability and high social status are known as?

[A] Blue collar crime

[B] White collar crime

[C] Red collar crime

[D] All of the above

Answer is [B]

259. Which is an institution to rehabilitate juvenile delinquents?

[A] Juvenile Courts

[B] Remnad Homes

[C] Foster Homes

[D] All of the above

Answer is [D]

260. Which is the social cause of juvenile delinquency?

[A] Broken Homes

[B] Poverty

[C] Beggary

[D] All of the above

Answer is [D]

261. Delinquency is a juvenile misconduct that might be dealt with under the law

[A] Friedlander

[B] Cyril Burt

[C] Ogburn

[D] Mamoria

Answer is [A]

262. Delinquency is a kind of

[A] Abnormality

[B] Normality

[C] Illness

[D] All of the above

Answer is [A]

263. Which of the following Act has declared online pornography a punishable offence?

[A] The Indian Information Technology Act, 2000

[B] The Media Technology Act, 2001

[C] The Cyber Technology Act, 2000

[D] The Indecent Representation of Women Act, 2001

Answer is [A]

264. Who wrote the book ‘Delinquent Boys’?

[A] Walter B Miller

[B] Dloward

[C] Lloyd E Ohlin

[D] Albert Cohen

Answer is [D]

265. According to Juvenile Justice Act, 1986, age of crime for boys is

[A] 18 years

[B] 20 years

[C] 16 years

[D] None of the above

Answer is [C]

266. According to Juvenile Justice Act, 1986, age of crime for girls is

[A] 16 years

[B] 18 years

[C] 20 years

[D] 21 years

Answer is [B]

267. 15. Act that merely break ‘cultural’ laws or norms is

[A] crime

[B] delinquency

[C] Both [A] and [B]

[D] None of the above

Answer is [B]

268. Which factors are responsible for Juvenile crime and delinquency?

[A] Situational factors

[B] Individual factors

[C] Both [A] and [B]

[D] None of the above

Answer is [C]

269. What are the various therapies given to Juvenile delinquency?

[A] Active therapy

[B] Reality therapy

[C] Behaviour therapy

[D] All of the above

Answer is [D]

270. Which therapy is normally applied for youngsters where deviant behavior is a result of unfavorable life conditions?

[A] Behaviour therapy

[B] Environment therapy

[C] Reality therapy

[D] Active therapy

Answer is [B]

271. In which therapy, learning process is transformed and attempt to change behavior takes place through positive or negative enforcement?

[A] Environment therapy

[B] Reality therapy

[C] Psycho therapy

[D] Behaviour therapy

Answer is [D]

272. White Collar crime was introduced in which year?

[A] 1949

[B] 1948

[C] 1950

[D] 1951

Answer is [C]

273. Demand for money or other consideration under threat to do bodily harm to injure properly, to accuse of crime, to expose secret comes under which crime?

[A] Bank fraud

[B] Bribery

[C] Black Mail

[D] Forgery

Answer is [C]

274. When goods, money, services, information or anything else of value is offered with intent to influence the actions, opinions of taker is

[A] Computer fraud

[B] Bribery

[C] Counter feting

[D] None of the above

Answer is [B]

275. Who introduced the term ‘white collar’ crime?

[A] Diane Richardson

[B] Hazel May

[C] Edwin Sutherland

[D] None of the above

Answer is [C]

276. When a person who has been entrusted with money or property appropriates it for his/her own use and benefit comes under which crime?

[A] Embezzlement

[B] Forgery

[C] Extortion

[D] None of the above

Answer is [A]

277. When a person illegally obtains property from another by actual or threatened force, fear or valiance or under cover of official right comes under ___ fraud

[A] Forgery

[B] Currency schemes

[C] Extortion

[D] None of the above

Answer is [C]

278. Which of the following is not a traditional crime?

[A] Theft

[B] Robbery

[C] Corporate

[D] Rape

Answer is [C]

279. The crime emerged due to revolution is information technology, telecommunicates

[A] InfoTech crime

[B] White collar crime

[C] Cyber crime

[D] Corporate crime

Answer is [C]

280. The unlawful, unintentional killing of one person by another is called_________

[A] Murder

[B] Aggravated assault

[C] Termination

[D] Manslaughter

Answer is [D]

281. The crime of killing a woman or girl is known as?

[A] Foeticide

[B] Femicide

[C] Infanticide

[D] Genocide

Answer is [B]

282. According to critical sociology, which of the following people is most likely to commit a crime of accommodation?

[A] A student struggling to get better grades

[B] An addict who sees a stack of CDs in an unlocked car

[C] A professor who is tempted to publish someone else’s work as his own

[D] A mechanic who dislikes a customer

Answer is [A]

283. Which of the following is an example of corporate crime?

[A] Embezzlement

[B] Larceny

[C] Assault

[D] Burglary

Answer is [A]

284. Spousal abuse is an example of a _______

[A] Street crime

[B] Corporate crime

[C] Violent crime

[D] Nonviolent crime

Answer is [C]

285. The crime of killing someone is known as?

[A] Homicide

[B] Killing

[C] Murder

[D] Regicide

Answer is [A]

286. The violence or criminal actions that cause someone’s death are known as?

[A] Elimination

[B] Foul play

[C] Killing

[D] Murder

Answer is [B]

287. Embezzlement is an example of __________ crime

[A] Corporate

[B] White collar

[C] Violent

[D] Organized

Answer is [B]

288. Concept of white collar crime was given by

[A] Toynbee

[B] Becker

[C] Sutherland

[D] Merton

Answer is [C]

289. Who put forward the word secularism?

[A] Ram Ahuja

[B] George Jacob Holyoake

[C] Abdul Ahamed

[D] Bipin Chandra

Answer is [B]

290. Who described communalism as the Indian version of facism?

[A] Gandhi

[B] Nehru

[C] Ambedkar

[D] Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Answer is [B]

291. Juvenile Justice Act of 1986, the maximum age for boys was ___ years and for girls ___ years

[A] 18 & 16

[B] 18 & 21

[C] 16 & 18

[D] 18 & 18

Answer is [C]

292. Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act of _____ years

[A] 1999

[B] 2000

[C] 2001

[D] 2002

Answer is [B]

293. Who has said all criminals are not 'born criminals'?

[A] Ferri

[B] Garofalo

[C] Lombroso

[D] None of the above

Answer is [C]

294. The problem of Hindu-Muslim disunity and conflict has been with Indian society ever since the conquest of Indian by Muslim rulers. This consequence of this evil Indian society remains as _______

[A] Casteism

[B] Communalism

[C] Fundamentalism

[D] None of the above

Answer is [B]

295. Parliament can scrap a crime from the statute book and makes it lawful. Which on the following below scrap by the Parliament?

[A] POTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002)

[B] TADA (Terrorism and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987)

[C] Both [A] and [B]

[D] None of the above

Answer is [C]

296. If abortion is legal in India than under which legally comes under?

[A] Medical Abortion of Pregnancy Act, 1972

[B] Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971

[C] Medicine Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1970

[D] None of the above

Answer is [B]

297. According to Sociologist Edwin Sutherland how many types/s of crimes on the basis of their atrocity and seriousness can be studied?

[A] Felony

[B] Misdemeanor

[C] Both [A] and [B]

[D] None of the above

Answer is [C]

298. Hacking belongs to which type of crime?

[A] Crimes against individual

[B] Sedition

[C] Crimes against property

[D] Cyber crime

Answer is [D]

299. According to Lombroso criminals are not born criminals but they are __________?

[A] Criminaloids

[B] Very innocent

[C] Situational criminals

[D] Hackers

Answer is [A]

300. Which Indian state has recently launched ‘Cyber Safe Women’ initiative?

[A] Telangana

[B] Uttar Pradesh

[C] Maharashtra

[D] West Bengal

Answer is [C]