Who among the following has considered that history fluctuates between two kinds of culture-sensate and ideational during the phase of social change?
A. Comte
B. Spencer
C. Hobhouse
D. Sorokin
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Hindu Marriage Act of 1955, permits divorce on the grounds of
A. Insanity, leprosy and adultery
B. Economic incompetence and non-religiousness
C. Insanity and illiteracy
D. Gambling, alcoholism, insanity
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Networks can exist in which of the following set of environments?
A. Unstructured
B. Structured
C. Highly formalised
D. Unstructured and highly formalised
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Which one of the following is correct with regard to the difference between a proletariat and a slave?
A. Proletariat is a free wage labourer while slave is not
B. Proletariat is urban while slave is rural
C. Proletariat owns some land while slave does not
D. There is no difference between the two
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In a family, the grandfather was a potter in a village and father taught in a school of a town and now son is an engineer in a multi-national company in a metro city. This illustrates
A. Cultural Mobility
B. Horizontal Mobility
C. Intra-generational Mobility
D. Inter-generational Mobility
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A common method used for the study of social institution is:
A. Evolutionary method
B. Analytical method
C. Historical method
D. Case study method
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What does the process of acculturation refer to?
A. The assimilation of one social institution by another that modifies the social structure and so changes the social organisation
B. The assimilation by one group of the culture of another that modifies the culture and so changes group identity
C. The assimilation of one nation state by another that modifies the national boundaries
D. The assimilation of various nuclear families into one joint family
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It is believed that conformity with the customs is:
A. An automatic process
B. An indifferently imposed process
C. An artificial process in the sense that people follow customs to showoff
D. With some conceivable amount of deviation
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Who gave the concept of 'Community of Meaning'?
A. Wilbert Moore
B. Frampton
C. Zimmerman
D. Anthony P. Cohen
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In which one of the following residence married couples go to live with a brother of the groom's mother?
A. Patrilocal residence
B. Uxorilocal residence
C. Avunculocal residence
D. Neo-local residence
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Which one of the followingis a base of 'Ascribed Status'?
A. Educational qualification
B. Sex
C. Occupation
D. Position
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Consider the following statements
1. Social change is universal.
2. Social change is individual in nature.
3. Social change results from interaction of a number of factors.
4. Social change is not uniform.
Which one of the above statements is/are not correct?
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Only 4
D. 1 and 2
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The term 'status group' was coined by
A. Robert Merton
B. Max Weber
C. Talcott Parsons
D. Ralph Linton
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Anonymity is a feature of . . . . . . . . community.
A. Urban community
B. Rural community
C. International community
D. Nation community
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Which of the following statements associated with status and role are correct?
1. Status is ascribed to a person as the person achieves it.
2. Role is a guide to status expected from a person.
3. Role is the behaviour appropriate to a society.
4. Status is a recognised social position with in a society.
Select the correct answer:
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 3 and 4
D. 4 and 1
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Who among the following is a critic of 'Kingsley Davis' Theory of Social Stratification?
A. Louis Dumont
B. M. M. Tumin
C. Robert Merton
D. Talcott Parsons
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Institutional structure of a political institution is:
A. Form of government
B. Participation behaviour of voters
C. Extent of judicial impartiality
D. Relationship of executive with judiciary
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Which among are the feature of culture?
A. Communicative
B. Social
C. Dynamic
D. All of these
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Which one of the following characteristics correctly explains the term 'institution' sociologically?
A. A place where many people work
B. An office complex where many important works are carried out
C. An organisation which is engaged in some important function
D. A set of related folkways and mores integrated around a principle
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Which one of the following is not the characteristic of a community?
A. Territory
B. A set of social relationships
C. We feeling
D. Language
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