When incompatibility arises between two or more roles an individual is expected to perform in a griven situation, the situation is called . . . . . . . .
A. Incompatibility of roles
B. Counterfeit role
C. Role-conflict
D. Antagonised role
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Who has distinguished between achieved status and ascribed status?
A. Ralph Linton
B. Simmel
C. Le Bon
D. MacIver
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Role indicates what
A. Individual owes to the society
B. Society owes to the individual
C. Are the privileges of individuals in his society
D. What individuals owes to the society and what individual expects from it
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. . . . . . . . is a state of relative isolation of the occupants of a role.
A. Role-insulation
B. Role-discontinuity
C. Ambiguous role
D. Role-isolation
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The people who enjoy high status in society wish
A. The others to come up to them
B. The others to go down
C. To maintain the status quo
D. To bring revolutionary changes
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Which one of the following is not a cause of role conflict?
A. Inadequate wage
B. Improper recognition of work
C. Indifferent attitude of the employer
D. Less production in the factory
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Age is considered an important cause of role-differentiation because:
A. Of physical strength of the person concerned
B. Of supposed capability for handling serious jobs
C. Of increased social relationship
D. Of high social status
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Social roles are responsible for
A. Smooth working of society
B. Disorganising of society
C. Dringing social stratification
D. Claiming more rights
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Which one of the following can be placed under the category of ascribed status?
A. An engineer
B. Book writer
C. Caste person
D. Social reformer
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Who of the following has said that, "Since each person has but so much time, energy and ability and since his activities must achieve results and satisfy needs, his system of statuses must be integrated"?
A. MacIver
B. K. Young
C. Kerton
D. Kingsley Davis
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