In Sociology, characteristics of dysfunction is that:
A. it is subjective
B. It is objective
C. It is neither subjective nor objective
D. It is partly subjective and partly objective
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Social organisation and social groups:
A. Are not different from each other
B. Quite different from each other
C. Are closely linked with each other
D. Always work in close cooperation with each other
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Colonialism led to movement of people from one part to another within:
A. Bombay
B. Presidency town
C. India
D. Southern India
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Who has mentioned five mechanisms of socialization, viz. reinforcement, extinction inhibition, substitution, imitation and identification?
A. Redcliffe Brown
B. Nadel
C. Parsons
D. Merton
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In a good social structure each group and institution is expected to perform:
A. Specific functions
B. Un-scheduled functions
C. No function of any consequence
D. Only few limited functions
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What percentage of people in West live in towns and cities:
A. About 50%
B. About 60%
C. Over 80%
D. Over 90%
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In a good social structure for goal attainment it is essential that resources must be mobilised in an effective manner
A. According to specific nature of the task
B. Without consideration for the task
C. According to unspecified task
D. Task and goal have no relevance
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Which of the following is the functional problem of social structure?
A. Pattern of maintenance
B. Adaptation
C. Integration
D. All of the above
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There are four types of social values for the classification of social structure, which one of the following is not covered under these values?
A. Described
B. Achieved
C. Ascribed
D. Particularistic
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. . . . . . . . Social values favour status determination on the basis of generalized rules independent of one's achievement.
A. Universalistic
B. Particularistic
C. Achieved
D. None of the above
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In our modern social organisation process is going on in which:
A. Small groups are only disintegrating
B. Small groups are only combining
C. Big groups are only disintegrating
D. Big groups are only combining
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Which of the following is true of pattern of maintenance in social structure?
A. The units of whole structure must learn the pattern
B. The units of structure may or may not know the pattern
C. The units of structure may know, but may not care for it
D. The units of structure should oppose the pattern
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Dysfunctions are those functions which:
A. Help in the accomplishment of task
B. Help in accelerating certain tasks
C. Hinder fulfilment of tasks
D. Have nothing to do with goals
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Choose the correct option:
Assertion (A): There are villages in which a sizeable number of people have sought employment in far-off cities.
Reason (R): They live these leaving behind the members of their families in their natal villages.
In Madhopur, a village in North Central India, 77 out of 298 households have migrants. These migrants work in two cities of Bombay and Calcutta.
A. Both 'A' and 'R' are correct and 'R' is the correct explanation of 'A'
B. Both 'A' and 'R' are correct but 'R' is not the correct explanation of 'A'
C. A' is correct but 'R' is incorrect
D. A' is incorrect but 'R' is correct
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The concepts of aristocracy and ethnic superiority are found in . . . . . . . . type of social structure.
A. Universalistic - Achievement
B. Particularistic - Achievement
C. Particularistic - Ascription
D. Universalistic - Ascription
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East India Company provided facilities for:
A. Workshop
B. Education in English
C. School going children
D. None of these
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Under . . . . . . . . system, material happiness is given primary importance where as under . . . . . . . . system spritual happiness is regarded more important
A. Marxist, Idealistic
B. Sensate, Ideational
C. Ideational, Idealistic
D. Sensate, Idealistic
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. . . . . . . . must motivate the actors adequately to the performances, necessary for the social system to develop or persist
A. Social structure
B. Social system
C. Gratificational system
D. Need disposition system
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In the twenty-first century India is witnessing fast pace of urbanisation with the ambitious scheme of:
A. Industrial towns
B. Infrastructure
C. Smart City
D. Unique township
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The components of social structure are human beings, the structure it self being an arrangement of persons in relationships institutionally defined and regulated.' Who has said this?
A. Durkheim
B. Nadel
C. Parsons
D. Redcliffe Brown
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