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This section includes 1405 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Logical and Verbal Reasoning knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
census survey is------ |
| A. | generation study |
| B. | problem study |
| C. | population study |
| D. | regional study |
| Answer» D. regional study | |
| 2. |
the principal technique of ethnographic research is : |
| A. | explorative method |
| B. | case study method |
| C. | participant observation method |
| D. | random sampling method |
| Answer» D. random sampling method | |
| 3. |
Which of the following methods is most useful for the immediate releasing of aproblem? |
| A. | historical method |
| B. | comparative method |
| C. | social survey method |
| D. | scaling method |
| Answer» D. scaling method | |
| 4. |
„accurate watching, noting of phenomena as they occur in nature with regard to causeand effect relationship‟ is known as : |
| A. | rating schedule |
| B. | nominal scale |
| C. | social survey |
| D. | observation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Which of the following is not an essential characteristic of social research? |
| A. | objectivity |
| B. | empirical base |
| C. | investigation |
| D. | scientific method |
| Answer» D. scientific method | |
| 6. |
Which is the most important limitation of questionnaire? |
| A. | it is expensive |
| B. | not amenable to illiterate people |
| C. | time consuming |
| D. | difficult to construct |
| Answer» C. time consuming | |
| 7. |
the initial step by which researcher check for general feasibility of study is known as : |
| A. | pre test |
| B. | experience check |
| C. | case study |
| D. | pilot study |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
the process of establishing a friendly relationship between the researcher and respondentis known as : |
| A. | infatuation |
| B. | involvement |
| C. | content analysis |
| D. | rapport |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
an in depth analysis of a single unit or group is called---------------- |
| A. | interview |
| B. | questionnaire |
| C. | observation |
| D. | caste study |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
------------ is a form of sampling in which the population is divided into a number ofstrata or subgroups and a sample is drawn from each division. |
| A. | quota sampling |
| B. | stratified random sampling |
| C. | cluster sampling |
| D. | probability sampling |
| Answer» C. cluster sampling | |
| 11. |
The sum total or the aggregate of all available units in a specified research study iscalled------------- |
| A. | design |
| B. | problem |
| C. | universe |
| D. | sample |
| Answer» D. sample | |
| 12. |
Sociology “attempts the interpretative understanding of social action” who said this? |
| A. | emile durkheim |
| B. | karl marx |
| C. | herbert spencer |
| D. | max weber |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
“Man is a social animal” are the famous words of |
| A. | aristotle |
| B. | cristo |
| C. | spencer |
| D. | plato |
| Answer» B. cristo | |
| 14. |
Which is the essential element of community? |
| A. | we feeling |
| B. | community discipline |
| C. | economic status |
| D. | legal status |
| Answer» B. community discipline | |
| 15. |
which article of the constitution emphasis special provisions for Scheduled Castes andTribes? |
| A. | article 36 |
| B. | article 330 |
| C. | article 332 |
| D. | all |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
The rule of residence generally followed in a society? |
| A. | patri-local |
| B. | matri-local |
| C. | bio-local |
| D. | avenculocal |
| Answer» B. matri-local | |
| 17. |
what is considered as essential to the origin of the family? |
| A. | sexual urge |
| B. | economic need |
| C. | need for procreation |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
which of the following had not weakened the caste system? |
| A. | industrialization |
| B. | means of transport |
| C. | constitution |
| D. | the policy of reservations |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
Fact is “an empirically verifiable observation” who said this? |
| A. | good and hatt |
| B. | mac iver |
| C. | merton |
| D. | g. e, swanson |
| Answer» B. mac iver | |
| 20. |
institutional structures are |
| A. | definite entities through which institutions operate |
| B. | rules of procedure recognized by society |
| C. | groups of people living on a common territory |
| D. | symbols of institutions |
| Answer» C. groups of people living on a common territory | |
| 21. |
the essential functions of the family are |
| A. | satisfaction of the sex need |
| B. | production and rearing of children |
| C. | socialization of children |
| D. | transmission of culture |
| Answer» B. production and rearing of children | |
| 22. |
A joint family system is criticized because it |
| A. | denies privacy to the newlywed couple |
| B. | prevents property from being divided |
| C. | becomes a home for idlers |
| D. | provides little time to women for leisure |
| Answer» B. prevents property from being divided | |
| 23. |
Which of the following are the merits of joint family system? |
| A. | it ensures economic progress |
| B. | it provides opportunity for leisure |
| C. | it secures economy of expenditure |
| D. | it helps in the development of personality |
| Answer» D. it helps in the development of personality | |
| 24. |
The basic criteria of social class is? |
| A. | status |
| B. | occupation |
| C. | residence |
| D. | birth |
| Answer» C. residence | |
| 25. |
Arrange the following stages of socialization? |
| A. | anticipatory |
| B. | child |
| C. | infant |
| D. | adult |
| Answer» D. adult | |
| 26. |
Socialization is a process of converting a biological organism into ? |
| A. | modern man |
| B. | primitive man |
| C. | social man |
| D. | human being |
| Answer» D. human being | |
| 27. |
--------------- refers to the different layers of people who possess varying amounts ofscarce resources |
| A. | the proletariat |
| B. | class consciousness |
| C. | social stratification |
| D. | horizontal mobility |
| Answer» D. horizontal mobility | |
| 28. |
the most distinguishing characteristic of a caste system (where class is based on birth) is that_______ |
| A. | people can move vertically, but not horizontally |
| B. | people can only move intergenerational |
| C. | social status is inherited and cannot be changed |
| D. | social status can be changed by education and hard work |
| Answer» D. social status can be changed by education and hard work | |
| 29. |
Consider the following statements: Social stratification is a |
| A. | hierarchical division of society |
| B. | based on cultural background of the people |
| C. | a contractual system of division of society into groups |
| D. | biological category of people |
| Answer» B. based on cultural background of the people | |
| 30. |
Sociology has been said to be the product of ____________ revolution. |
| A. | chinese |
| B. | russian |
| C. | french |
| D. | american |
| Answer» D. american | |
| 31. |
Which is the most important agency of socialization? |
| A. | family |
| B. | school |
| C. | bank |
| D. | religion |
| Answer» B. school | |
| 32. |
The term sociology is coined in the year |
| A. | 1798 |
| B. | 1829. |
| C. | 1839 |
| D. | 1818 |
| Answer» D. 1818 | |
| 33. |
Caste status is an example of ____________ status. |
| A. | ascribed |
| B. | achieved |
| C. | general |
| D. | social |
| Answer» B. achieved | |
| 34. |
Socialization is not a process involving? |
| A. | social learning |
| B. | learns to conforms to the norms of society |
| C. | training to adopt to society |
| D. | becoming a biological organism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
Which one of the following was not the „Varna‟ of the Aryan society? |
| A. | brahmanas |
| B. | shudras |
| C. | vaishyas |
| D. | sabhas |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
The caste system is a |
| A. | political institution |
| B. | religious institution |
| C. | economic institution |
| D. | social institution |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
“sociology is the study of human interaction and interrelations their conditions andconsequences” who said this? |
| A. | emile durkheim |
| B. | morris ginsberg |
| C. | ogburn and nimkoff |
| D. | harry m johnson |
| Answer» C. ogburn and nimkoff | |
| 38. |
What does society exclude? |
| A. | differences |
| B. | interdependence |
| C. | reciprocity |
| D. | time boundness |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
The word sociology is derived from the Latin word--------------? |
| A. | study |
| B. | loga |
| C. | science |
| D. | socious |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
The quartile that represent median. |
| A. | Q1 |
| B. | Q2 |
| C. | Q3 |
| D. | Q4 |
| Answer» C. Q3 | |
| 41. |
The computation of ...............does not require proper ordering of values inascending or descending order. |
| A. | Median |
| B. | Mode |
| C. | Mean |
| D. | Range |
| Answer» D. Range | |
| 42. |
Data in fractions fall under the category |
| A. | Continuous |
| B. | Discrete |
| C. | Both a and b |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Discrete | |
| 43. |
The representation of numerical data by using pictures in proportion to numbers. |
| A. | Pie diagram |
| B. | Pictogram |
| C. | Line graph |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Line graph | |
| 44. |
The method of organising data showing the number of times a score occur in givendistribution is.......... |
| A. | Rank order |
| B. | Statistical table |
| C. | Frequency distribution |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 45. |
The midpoint of the class 70-74 is .............. |
| A. | 71.5 |
| B. | 72 |
| C. | 72.5 |
| D. | 71 |
| Answer» C. 72.5 | |
| 46. |
Data regarding psychological traits will be in .............form. |
| A. | Continuous |
| B. | Discrete |
| C. | Both a and b |
| D. | Either a or b |
| Answer» B. Discrete | |
| 47. |
The measure that has the maximum frequency is............ |
| A. | Mean deviation |
| B. | Mean |
| C. | Median |
| D. | Mode |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
............... is also called as semi- inter quartile range. |
| A. | Mean deviation |
| B. | Standard deviation |
| C. | Quartile Deviation |
| D. | Range |
| Answer» D. Range | |
| 49. |
The mean of a distribution is 36 and median is 42. Compute mode. |
| A. | 39 |
| B. | 198 |
| C. | 24 |
| D. | 54 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
Which among the following is an index of variation? |
| A. | Mean |
| B. | Median |
| C. | SD |
| D. | Mode |
| Answer» D. Mode | |