Sociology for Social Work Practice (MCQ's)
In the ever-evolving field of social work, a solid understanding of sociology is crucial. Sociology provides the foundation for comprehending the complexities of human behavior, social structures, and cultural dynamics. For social work students and professionals alike, mastering sociological concepts is essential for effective practice and advocacy. One of the best ways to assess and reinforce this knowledge is through multiple-choice questions (MCQs). In this blog post, we will explore a collection of 50 MCQs related to sociology, specifically tailored for those in the field of social work. Whether you're preparing for exams, looking to refresh your knowledge, or seeking to deepen your understanding, these questions will challenge and enhance your grasp of key sociological concepts and theories.
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1. Which of the following is right combination contributed to the displacement among the tribal communities in India ?
(i) Deforestation
(ii) Development projects
(iii) Debt trap
(iv) Land acquisition
(v) Land alienation
(vi) Drought
Choose the correct answer form the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) Development projects – Land alienation – Debt trap
(B) Deforestation – Debt trap – Drought
(C) Development projects – Land acquisition – Drought
(D) Development projects – Deforestation – Land acquisition
Ans: (D) Development projects – Deforestation – Land acquisition
2. According to Anthony Giddens, ‘structure’ is
(A) itself the form and shape of human life
(B) outside or external to human action
(C) itself exists in time and space
(D) constraining and enabling
Ans: (D) constraining and enabling
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3. Who described the phenomenon of globalization in today’s world as ‘globalization of nothing’ ?
(A) George Ritzer
(B) Jean Baudrillard
(C) Anthony Giddens
(D) Michel Foucault
Ans: (C) Anthony Giddens
4. ‘The Social Construction of Reality’ was authored by
(A) Peter Berger
(B) Brigette Berger and Peter Berger
(C) Peter Berger and T. Luckmannü
(D) Niklas Luhman
Ans: (C) Peter Berger and T. Luckmannü
5. Who stated “Ethnicity and Ethnic grouping are ‘primordial factors’ in the sense that they are given in the very condition of human existence” ?
(A) Fredrick Barth
(B) Clifford Geertz
(C) Max Weber
(D) Michael Garfield Smith
Ans: (B) Clifford Geertz
6. Who divided the Chicago city into five zones in order to explain the incidences of Juvenile delinquency ?
(A) C.R. Shaw and H.D. McKay
(B) A. Cohen
(C) E.H. Sutherland
(D) G. Tarde
Ans: (A) C.R. Shaw and H.D. McKay
7. Who is the author of the book ‘The Ultimate Resource’ ?
(A) Paul Ehrlich
(B) Julian Linken Simon
(C) Frank Notestein
(D) Kingsley Davis
Ans: (B) Julian Linken Simon
8. Which of the following approaches encompass the programmes drawn on poverty alleviation, welfare and equity ?
(A) Women in Development
(B) Women and Development
(C) Gender and Development
(D) Women, Environment and Development
Ans: (A) Women in Development
09. “Sampurnanand Ashram” is associated with which of the following ?
(A) Borstal School
(B) Open Jail
(C) Closed Jail
(D) Remand Home
Ans: (B) Open Jail
10. Who coined the concept of Vote Bank ?
(A) Rajani Kothari
(B) M.N. Srinivas
(C) Yogendra Yadav
(D) A.R. Desai
Ans: (B) M.N. Srinivas
11. Assertion (A) : Gender roles are culturally influenced rather than biologically determined.
Reason (R) : Cultural conception of gender divides the full range of human qualities into two opposing sphere of masculinity and feminity and their appropriate behaviour.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is false, but (R) is true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Ans: (B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
12. Rural development programmes resulted into which one of the following most undesirable social situation in the Indian rural society ?
(A) De-peasantisation and suicides.
(B) De-peasantisation.
(C) Richness of farmers.
(D) Suicide among peasants.
Ans: (A) De-peasantisation and suicides.
13. Higher child Dependency Ratio is consequence of
(A) Increasing life expectancy at birth.
(B) Higher proportion of child labour.
(C) High fertility rate.
(D) Migration of elderly people.
Ans: (C) High fertility rate.
14. ‘Incarceration’ means
(A) Freedom (B) Punishment (C) Furlough (D) Probation
Ans: (B) Punishment
15. A sociological analysis of gender entails that one must examine :
(A) Gender Division
(B) Gender Dis-examination
(C) Gender Performance
(D) All of the above
Ans: (D) All of the above
16. Transformation of Human Societies from agrarian to industrial and to postindustrial has widely been shaped by :
(A) Technological innovations
(B) Application of knowledge for productivity
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Training for work
Ans: (C) Both (A) and (B)
17. Who has given the concept of ‘Born Criminal’ ?
(A) Sutherland
(B) Lombroso
(C) Tarde
(D) Gillin
Ans: (B) Lombroso
18. International Division of Labour’ (NIDL) to describe the substantial relocation of operations to Third World countries ?
(A) F. Frobel
(B) E. Durkheim
(C) Auguste Comte
(D) Adam Smith
Ans: (A) F. Frobel
19. Through which process the worker’s benefits are derived in an Industry ?
(A) Arbitration
(B) Conciliation
(C) Collective Bargaining
(D) Adjudication
Ans: (C) Collective Bargaining
20. Who mentioned Alienation as the consequence of division of labour ?
(A) Sorokin
(B) Durkheim
(C) Gillin
(D) Marx
Ans: (D) Marx
21. Knowledge based development does not depend on :
(A) Knowledge Accumulation
(B) Knowledge Dissemination
(C) Knowledge for Assumption
(D) Knowledge for Production
Ans: (C) Knowledge for Assumption
22. Which is not an attribute of rural society ?
(A) Joint family
(B) Agrarian economy
(C) Pre-dominance of natural environment
(D) Rural differentiation
Ans: (D) Rural differentiation
23. By which constitutional amendment the words “Secularism, Socialism and Integrity” have been included in its preamble ?
(A) Fourth Amendment 1955
(B) Seventh Amendment 1956
(C) Fourteenth Amendment 1962
(D) Forty-second Amendment 1976
Ans: (C) Fourteenth Amendment 1962
24. ‘Live-in relationship’ is a recent phenomenon visible and accepted in which society ?
(A) Tribal
(B) Rural
(C) Urban
(D) Cosmopolitan
Ans: (C) Urban
25. Major focus of Environment Conference Rio-92 was on ;
(A) Human Development
(B) Sustainable Development
(C) Poverty Reduction
(D) Population Control
Ans: (B) Sustainable Development
26. Who has authored the book on “Social Mobility in Industrial Society” ?
(A) S.M. Lipset and R. Bendix
(B) R.K. Merton
(C) P.L. Berger
(D) R. Bendix
Ans: (A) S.M. Lipset and R. Bendix
27. Who has written the book “Class and Class Conflict in Industrial Society” ?
(A) Karl Marx
(B) R. Dahrendorf
(C) Max Weber
(D) R.K. Merton
Ans: (B) R. Dahrendorf
28. Which is not an Indicator of Globalization ?
(A) Free movement of labour & manpower
(B) Free flow of foreign capital for investment
(C) Free flow of defence technology
(D) Free flow of foreign capital technology
Ans: (C) Free flow of defence technology
29. Select one of the following set of processes leading to stable population structure.
(A) Constant birth and death rate
(B) Increasing birth rate and constant death rate
(C) Decreasing birth rate and increasing death rate
(D) Constant birth rate and decreasing death rate
Ans: (A) Constant birth and death rate
30. Which of the following refers to gender equity ?
(A) Economic empowerment
(B) Egalitarian relationship
(C) Women’s freedom and liberty
(D) Equal access to power, and other resources
Ans: (D) Equal access to power, and other resources
31. Those attitudes or behaviour that confirm to the norms of one’s own sex are known as
(A) Gender Identity
(B) Gender Appropriate
(C) Gender System
(D) Gender Sensitisation
Ans: (B) Gender Appropriate
32. In a mature form, the modern ‘Demographic Transition’ model
theory is associated with
(A) Kingsley Davis
(B) Frank Notestein
(C) Thomas Malthus
(D) W.W. Roskow
Ans: (B) Frank Notestein
33. Higher fertility is associated with
(1) Lower age at marriage
(2) Lower level of household income
(3) Higher illiteracy rate
(4) Higher proportion of urban population
Codes :
(A) 1, 2, 4
(B) 2, 3, 4
(C) 1, 2, 3
(D) 1, 3, 4
Ans: (C) 1, 2, 3
35. 73rd Constitutional Amendment is responsible for incorporation of the following provisions in the Gram Panchayats. Choose the most correct combination according to code.
(i) Reservation of women
(ii) Reservation for dalits
(iii) Involvement of Gram sabha in decision-making
(iv) People participation
(A) (i) and (iv)
(B) (ii) and (iii)
(C) (iv), (iii) and (i)
(D) (i), (ii) and (iii)
Ans: (D) (i), (ii) and (iii)
36. Who has authored the book “Social Deviance in India” ?
(A) Sushil Chandra
(B) M.Z. Khan
(C) S.P. Srivastava
(D) R. Ahuja
Ans: (A) Sushil Chandra
37. Which one of the following is not a focus in population education in India ?
(A) Create awareness relating to urbanization and environment problems.
(B) Develop awareness on population dynamics.
(C) Make a major instrument to control population.
(D) Create knowledge of population policy.
Ans: C) Make a major instrument to control population.
38. Who argued that Merton failed to account for ‘non-utilitarian crime’ such as vandalism and joy-riding which do not produce monetary reward ?
(A) W.B. Miller
(B) Albert K. Cohen
(C) R.A. Cloward
(D) L.E. Ohlin
Ans: (B) Albert K. Cohen
39. Which of the following communicable diseases is yet to be completely eradicated in India ?
(A) Tuberculosis
(B) Cholera
(C) Small Pox
(D) None of the above
Ans: (A) Tuberculosis
40. By ‘Hindu Method of Tribal absorption’ N.K. Bose means
(A) Forcible absorption of the tribals into the Hindu social organization
(B) Imitation of the Hindu way of life by the tribals because of superior cultural system
(C) Acceptance of the caste-system by the tribals because economic security and cultural liberalism in it
(D) Exploitation of the tribals by the colonial power
Ans: (B) Imitation of the Hindu way of life by the tribals because of superior cultural system
41. D.P. Mukherjee observes that in order to be an Indian Sociologist one
must be Indian first in the sense that
(A) one must be born in India
(B) one must be an uncritical admirer of Indian society and culture
(C) one must be a Sanskritist
(D) one must be acquainted with the Indian tradition and culture
Ans: (D) one must be acquainted with the Indian tradition and culture
42. Which of the following institutions reinforce the cultural dominance of patriarchy encouraging violence against women by reducing women to bodies and objectifying ?
(A) Family
(B) Media
(C) Educational Institution
(D) Religion
Ans: (B) Media
43. Who discussed about the ‘techniques of Neutralization’ among the
Juvenile delinquency in America ?
(A) A.K. Cohen
(B) E.H. Sutherland
(C) D. Matza and G. Sykes
(D) W.B. Miller
Ans: (C) D. Matza and G. Sykes
44. Who observed that knowledge and power coexist and mutually support one another ?
(A) J. Derrida
(B) A. Giddens
(C) J. Habermas
(D) M. Foucault
Ans: (D) M. Foucault
45. What does Anthony Giddens suggests by ‘reflexivity’ ?
(A) Reflexive theories are theories that refer to themselves
(B) Reflexive theory suggest that the world of ideas reflects the material conditions
(C) The way in which people constantly examine their own practices and in the light of that examination, alter them
(D) The way in which sociologists reflect the social conditions of a community
Ans: (C) The way in which people constantly examine their own practices and in the light of that examination, alter them
46. Which of the following are associated with the strategic gender concerns ? Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
(i) Food security
(ii) Consciousness raising
(iii) Education
(iv) Income generation programmes
(v) Political empowerment
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii), (iv)
(B) (ii), (iii), (v)
(C) (iii), (iv), (v)
(D) (v), (i), (iv)
Ans: (B) (ii), (iii), (v)
47. Which of the following is the essential component of ‘social exclusion’ ?
(A) Denial of quality food
(B) Denial of employment
(C) Denial of social rights
(D) Denial of housing
Ans: (C) Denial of social rights
48. The process of social change to which people attribute positive values is termed as :
(A) Globalization
(B) Urbanization
(C) Development
(D) Economic Growth
Ans: (C) Development
49. Who authored the Book, “More Equality” ?
(A) Herbert J. Gans
(B) J.C. Kincaid
(C) A.K. Sen
(D) A. Gorz
Ans: (A) Herbert J. Gans
50. The mechanism which pushes the painful experiences into unconscious mind is
(A) Repression
(B) Regression
(C) Projection
(D) Aggression
Ans: (A) Repression
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