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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
................... is the type of marriage in which one man marries only one women. |
| A. | polygyny |
| B. | endogamy |
| C. | monogamy |
| D. | hypogamy |
| Answer» D. hypogamy | |
| 2. |
One individual marries more than one individual of opposite sex is called ....................? |
| A. | polygamy |
| B. | monogamy |
| C. | polyandry |
| D. | exogamy |
| Answer» B. monogamy | |
| 3. |
“Marriage is a contract for the production and maintenance of children” who said? |
| A. | morris ginsberg |
| B. | b. malinowski |
| C. | c h cooley |
| D. | robert redfield |
| Answer» C. c h cooley | |
| 4. |
..................... is the social institution which is helped to control or regulate sexual life of man |
| A. | kinship |
| B. | economic institution |
| C. | marriage |
| D. | political institution |
| Answer» D. political institution | |
| 5. |
Blood relationships are constitutes or establish family is known as.....................? |
| A. | consanguineous |
| B. | extended family |
| C. | affinal family |
| D. | living together |
| Answer» B. extended family | |
| 6. |
.................... is the family constituted or established through marriage relationship? |
| A. | consanguineous |
| B. | affinal family |
| C. | living together |
| D. | extended family |
| Answer» C. living together | |
| 7. |
The lineage or descent traced through the mother is known as .................? |
| A. | matrilineal family |
| B. | matrilocal family |
| C. | neolocal |
| D. | patriarchal family |
| Answer» B. matrilocal family | |
| 8. |
The lineage or descent traces through the father is known as ....................? |
| A. | patriarchal family |
| B. | matrilocal family |
| C. | patrilineal family |
| D. | neolocal family |
| Answer» D. neolocal family | |
| 9. |
Which type of family characterised that, after the marriage husband goes to live in the homeof wife? |
| A. | patriarchal family |
| B. | matrilocal family |
| C. | patrilineal family |
| D. | matriarchal family |
| Answer» C. patrilineal family | |
| 10. |
In this type of family, the wife live in the husband home is known as ...................? |
| A. | matrilocal family |
| B. | matrilineal family |
| C. | patrilocal family |
| D. | neolocal family |
| Answer» D. neolocal family | |
| 11. |
.................... as the mother or female centred or dominated family? |
| A. | matriarchal family |
| B. | patriarchal family |
| C. | neolocal family |
| D. | nuclear family |
| Answer» B. patriarchal family | |
| 12. |
The family, in which male is the head and ruling power is known as |
| A. | matriarchal family |
| B. | patriarchal family |
| C. | patrilineal family |
| D. | matrilocal |
| Answer» C. patrilineal family | |
| 13. |
.................... family consist of husband, wife, their children and either the parents of husbandand wife |
| A. | matriarchal family |
| B. | nuclear family |
| C. | extended family |
| D. | patrilocal family |
| Answer» D. patrilocal family | |
| 14. |
Which type of family consist of husband, wife and unmarried children? |
| A. | nuclear family |
| B. | extended family |
| C. | joint family |
| D. | neolocal family |
| Answer» B. extended family | |
| 15. |
The important characteristic of joint family are .........................? |
| A. | common residence |
| B. | joint property |
| C. | common kitchen |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Who defined “Family is a more or less durable association of husband and wife with or without children, or of a man or women alone with children” |
| A. | ogburn and nimkoff |
| B. | george peter murdock |
| C. | clare |
| D. | horton and hunt |
| Answer» B. george peter murdock | |
| 17. |
It is a type of family that group of kins of two or more generation living together under the same roof. |
| A. | nuclear family |
| B. | joint family |
| C. | extended family |
| D. | patriarchal family |
| Answer» C. extended family | |
| 18. |
Which sociologist classified family function as an ‘Essential and Non essential function’? |
| A. | talcott parson |
| B. | elliot smith |
| C. | mac iver |
| D. | l h morgan |
| Answer» D. l h morgan | |
| 19. |
………………. is the basic or primary unit of society |
| A. | education |
| B. | family |
| C. | law |
| D. | political party |
| Answer» C. law | |
| 20. |
The meaning of the word ‘Famulus’ |
| A. | association |
| B. | servant |
| C. | emotionality |
| D. | co habiting |
| Answer» C. emotionality | |
| 21. |
Who defined “Sociology as the study of social dynamic and Social static” |
| A. | max weber |
| B. | karl marx |
| C. | herbert spencer |
| D. | auguste comte |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
The term Family derived from ……………… language? |
| A. | greek |
| B. | french |
| C. | roman |
| D. | latin |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
“In its basic sense social change means changing in social structure” said by |
| A. | gunnar myrdal |
| B. | h m johnson |
| C. | gillin and gillin |
| D. | a w green |
| Answer» C. gillin and gillin | |
| 24. |
The institution established consciously and planned are called .........................? |
| A. | enacted |
| B. | ingroup |
| C. | unorganised |
| D. | cressicive |
| Answer» B. ingroup | |
| 25. |
Who defined “Institutions may be described as recognised and established usages governing the relations between individual and groups” |
| A. | j g frazer |
| B. | g p murdock |
| C. | patrick geddes |
| D. | ginsberg |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
The institutions evolved or developed unconsciously are called ....................? |
| A. | enacted |
| B. | reference |
| C. | cressicive |
| D. | organised |
| Answer» D. organised | |
| 27. |
Who made distinction between ‘Cressicive and Enacted’ institution? |
| A. | sumner |
| B. | pareto |
| C. | spencer |
| D. | charles metcalf |
| Answer» B. pareto | |
| 28. |
Who defined “Reference groups as those group to which individual relates himself as a part or to which he relates himself psychologically”? |
| A. | muzafer sherif |
| B. | pitirim sorokin |
| C. | talcott parson |
| D. | wesetermark |
| Answer» B. pitirim sorokin | |
| 29. |
................... Is an primary institutions |
| A. | constitution |
| B. | family |
| C. | law |
| D. | education |
| Answer» C. law | |
| 30. |
‘An outline of social psychology’ authored by ................? |
| A. | w f ogburn |
| B. | wilbert moore |
| C. | muzafir sherif |
| D. | kimball young |
| Answer» D. kimball young | |
| 31. |
The concept ‘Reference group’ introduced by ........................? |
| A. | muzafir sherif |
| B. | c h cooley |
| C. | robert k merton |
| D. | radcliffe brown |
| Answer» B. c h cooley | |
| 32. |
Who propound the concept of ‘Positive and Negative group’? |
| A. | sumner |
| B. | new comb |
| C. | robertson |
| D. | r k merton |
| Answer» C. robertson | |
| 33. |
The individual acquire the membership of other group is known as .....................? |
| A. | organised group |
| B. | large group |
| C. | vertical group |
| D. | non membership group |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
Find out an example for Membership group? |
| A. | family |
| B. | political parties |
| C. | school |
| D. | club |
| Answer» B. political parties | |
| 35. |
Who propound the concept of ‘Membership and Non membership’? |
| A. | malinowski |
| B. | robert h lowie |
| C. | muzafer sherif |
| D. | robert k merton |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
Who said “Organization is an effective group device for getting something done” |
| A. | ogburn and nimkoff |
| B. | robin fox |
| C. | mac iver |
| D. | ian robertson |
| Answer» B. robin fox | |
| 37. |
In which book, Sumner differentiate Groups into ‘In groups and Out groups’? |
| A. | social static |
| B. | social consciousness |
| C. | folkways |
| D. | human nature and social order |
| Answer» D. human nature and social order | |
| 38. |
.................... is an example for Out group |
| A. | family |
| B. | sports team |
| C. | caste group |
| D. | friendship group |
| Answer» C. caste group | |
| 39. |
Author of ‘Folkways’? |
| A. | e b tylor |
| B. | w g sumner |
| C. | malinowski |
| D. | a beteille |
| Answer» C. malinowski | |
| 40. |
Who defines “A social group is a system of social interaction”? |
| A. | oscar lewis |
| B. | maxmuller |
| C. | robert e park |
| D. | harry m johnson |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
Find out the example for ‘primary group’? |
| A. | trade union |
| B. | political parties |
| C. | factory |
| D. | family |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
Who divide social group into ‘Vertical and Horizontal Group’? |
| A. | p a sorokin |
| B. | evans pritchard |
| C. | radcliffe brown |
| D. | r k merton |
| Answer» B. evans pritchard | |
| 43. |
In which book, C H Cooley introduced the concept ‘Primary group’? |
| A. | human society |
| B. | social organization; a study of the larger mind |
| C. | social process |
| D. | the roots of social knowledge |
| Answer» C. social process | |
| 44. |
The book, ‘Social organisation; a study of the larger mind’ authored by............? |
| A. | robert redfield |
| B. | cohen |
| C. | c h cooley |
| D. | milton singer |
| Answer» D. milton singer | |
| 45. |
Who authored ‘Class and class conflict in industrial society’? |
| A. | mckim marriot |
| B. | ralph dahrendorf |
| C. | howard becker |
| D. | ernst troeltsch |
| Answer» C. howard becker | |
| 46. |
Who authored the book ‘Society in America’ in 1837? |
| A. | charles h cooley |
| B. | n mc clelland |
| C. | patrick geddes |
| D. | harriet martineau |
| Answer» B. n mc clelland | |
| 47. |
The book ‘Society, culture and personality’ authored by ....................? |
| A. | jeffrey alexander |
| B. | d sanderson |
| C. | pitirim sorokin |
| D. | george mead |
| Answer» D. george mead | |
| 48. |
Who introduce the concept ‘primary group’”? |
| A. | c h cooley |
| B. | w g sumner |
| C. | g h mead |
| D. | robert k merton |
| Answer» B. w g sumner | |
| 49. |
Who said “Man is a social animal”? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | socrates |
| D. | saint simon |
| Answer» C. socrates | |
| 50. |
Which is the characteristic of industrial society? |
| A. | hunting and gathering |
| B. | personal relationship |
| C. | less division of labour |
| D. | impersonal relationships |
| Answer» C. less division of labour | |