Social Work Practice (MCQ's)
In this post, we'll try to solve the MCQs related to social work education and practice, and strategies to tackle these questions effectively. We'll also provide a selection of sample MCQs to help you test your understanding and prepare for upcoming exams. Whether you're focusing on social policy, human rights, or clinical practice, this guide aims to support your journey in becoming a knowledgeable and skilled social worker. So, let's dive in and start mastering those MCQs!
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1. The mechanism which pushes the painful experiences into unconscious mind is
(A) Repression (B) Regression
(C) Projection (D) Aggression
Ans: (A) Repression
2. The employee Welfare Facilities available outside the organisation are called
(A) Intra-mural facilities
(B) Extra-mural facilities
(C) Extravagance
(D) None of the above
Ans: (B) Extra-mural facilities
3. The matriarchal family is also known as
(A) Father-centred
(B) Mother-centred
(C) Grandparents-centred
(D) Sibling-centred
Ans: (B) Mother-centred
4. Data derived from ordinal scale is called as
(A) Metric data
(B) Non-metric data
(C) Numerical data
(D) Paired data
Ans: (B) Non-metric data
5. One man marrying more than one woman is called as
(A) Polygyny
(B) Polyandry
(C) Monogamy
(D) Group Marriage
Ans: (A) Polygyny
6. The foundation for preparing the scholarly writing into a study is
(A) Sampling frame
(B) Literature review
(C) Research design
(D) Data analysis
Ans: (B) Literature review
7. Which one from below given options is termed as institutionalised inequality ?
(A) Social group
(B) Association
(C) Social stratification
(D) Social change
Ans: (C) Social stratification
8. Which are the techniques used in behaviour modification ?
1. Impulsive Therapy
2. Assertive Therapy
3. Aversion Therapy
4. Simple Extinction
Codes :
(A) 1 and 3
(B) 1, 2 & 4
(C) 2, 3 & 4
(D) 1, 2, 3 & 4
Ans: (C) 2, 3 & 4
9. ................highlights the inter- relationships between different people in the group.
(A) Sociogram
(B) Reciprocal model
(C) Differentiation
(D) Remedial model
Ans: (A) Sociogram
10. ................ theory is used to find mental abilities of individual.
(A) Factor analysis
(B) Group factor
(C) Perceptual factor
(D) Memory factor
Ans: (A) Factor analysis
11. Main objective of Gandhi’s concept of “Gram Swaraj” is
(A) Antyodaya
(B) Sarvodaya
(C) Bhagyodaya
(D) None of the above
Ans: (B) Sarvodaya
12. Which is not a principle of community organisation ?
(A) Principle of specific objectives
(B) Principle of Dissolution
(C) Principle of people’s participation
(D) Principle of planning
Ans: (B) Principle of Dissolution
13. Who defined community as the smallest territorial group that can embrace all aspects of social life ?
(A) Kingsley Devis
(B) Bogardus
(C) R.M. MacIver
(D) Ogburn and Nimkoff
Ans: (C) R.M. MacIver
14. Which of the following are important elements of social action ?
1. Activeness of the community
2. Democratic approach
3. Understanding behaviour
4. Community Resources
Codes :
(A) 1, 2 and 3 are correct.
(B) 1, 3 and 4 are correct.
(C) 1, 2 and 4 are correct.
(D) 2, 3 and 4 are correct.
Ans: (C) 1, 2 and 4 are correct.
15. The National policy on child labour was declared in the year
(A) 1986 (B) 1992
(C) 1995 (D) 1987
Ans: (A) 1986
16. Under the Ministry of Labour, MES scheme stands for
(A) Mass Employment Skills
(B) Modular Employable Skills
(C) Modern Employment Skills
(D) Main Employable Skills
Ans: (B) Modular Employable Skills
17. Interactional (here and now) aspects of the client-therapist relationship in case work was emphasized by
(A) Sigmund Freud
(B) Otto Rank
(C) Florance Hollis
(D) Edwin J. Thomas
Ans: (C) Florance Hollis
18. ‘Power’ is gained whereas ‘authority’ is
(A) acquired
(B) possessed
(C) imposed
(D) Vested
Ans: (D) Vested
19. The acronymn UDHR stands for
(A) Universal Declaration on Human Resources
(B) Universal Development of Human Resources
(C) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(D) United Nations Development Fund for Health and Rehabilitation
Ans: (C) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
20. Which among the following is not a feature of bureaucracy ?
(A) Chain of command
(B) Span of control
(C) Personality
(D) Specialization
Ans: (C) Personality
21. ............. in London encouraged self- help during 1869 ?
(A) Poor law
(B) Social Care Council
(C) Community Chest
(D) Charity Organisation Society
Ans: (D) Charity Organisation Society
22. The purging of emotions is called as
(A) Mutual aid
(B) Catharsis
(C) Group cohesion
(D) Mastery
Ans: (B) Catharsis
23. The protection of Human Rights Act was passed in India in the year
(A) 1992 (B) 1991
(C) 1993 (D) 1994
Ans: (C) 1993
24. Asymmetrical distribution indicates
(A) Range
(B) Standard deviation
(C) Skewness
(D) Kurtosis
Ans: (C) Skewness
25. Alfred Adler propagated
(A) Instinctive theory
(B) Social Urge Theory
(C) Self Actualization Theory
(D) Hierarchical Theory
Ans: (B) Social Urge Theory
26. Profession selection is an example of
(A) Approach-approach Conflict
(B) Avoidance-avoidance Conflict
(C) Approach-avoidance Conflict
(D) Multiple-approach Conflict
Ans: (D) Multiple-approach Conflict
27. The discipline concerned with the statistical analysis and description of population composition is called
(A) Population dynamics
(B) Census
(C) Population studies
(D) Demography
Ans: (D) Demography
28. The prohibition of all forms of child labour is explained in
(A) Article 14 (B) Article 18
(C) Article 24 (D) Article 32
Ans: (C) Article 24
29. The first Comprehensive Personality Theory given by Freud is
(A) Psycho Analytical Theory
(B) Psycho Social Theory
(C) Social Learning Theory
(D) Self Concept Theory
Ans: A) Psycho Analytical Theory
30. The organised effort to solve social problems with the influence of social legislation is called as
(A) Social welfare
(B) Social Action
(C) Social change
(D) Social stratification
Ans: (B) Social Action
31. The Developmental Policies which attempt to improve quality of life by centralising planning of goods and services needed by people are called as
(A) Collectivist
(B) Analytical
(C) Elitist
(D) Populist
Ans: (A) Collectivist
32. Social Development is
(A) a plea for larger allocation for social and welfare services
(B) an integrated view of Development
(C) an effort to provide ad-hoc growth targets in each of the separate sector of planning
(D) planning exclusively concerned with social services
Ans: (B) an integrated view of Development
33. Emotional insulation
(A) is covering himself from physical threats
(B) involves the justification for inappropriate behaviour
(C) is a manoeuvre aimed at withholding an emotional investment in a desired but unlikely outcome
(D) involves the use of abstractions as a way of avoiding feelings and distancing one’s self from emotional pain
Ans: (C) is a manoeuvre aimed at withholding an emotional investment in a desired but unlikely outcome
34. The attempt made by the social worker to measure the group experience in fulfilling the objectives is called as
(A) Planning
(B) Intervention
(C) Evaluation
(D) Termination
Ans: (C) Evaluation
35. The foundation for the documentation of a programme is
(A) Assessment (B) Accountability
(C) Monitoring (D) Evaluation
Ans: (B) Accountability
36. The “Key Village” Scheme focuses on
(A) Livestock (B) Agriculture
(C) Irrigation (D) All the above
Ans: (A) Livestock
37. Social casework is primarily used by professional social workers to help individual and families to deal with
(A) Interpersonal problems
(B) Inter-group conflicts
(C) Family condition
(D) Inter-community problems
Ans: (A) Interpersonal problems
38. Repression refers to
(A) a mental process in which extremely threatening and painful thoughts are excluded from the consciousness
(B) a mental state in which person feels self satisfaction
(C) a mental state in which person hits himself
(D) a mental process in which a person blames himself
Ans: (A) a mental process in which extremely threatening and painful thoughts are excluded from the consciousness
39. Which factor is responsible for social disorganization ?
(A) Social process
(B) Cultural-lag
(C) Conflicting values
(D) All the above
Ans: (D) All the above
40. The forces that result from the interactions of group members are often referred to as
(A) Group Conflict
(B) Group Dynamics
(C) Interpersonal intervention
(D) Leadership conflict
Ans: (B) Group Dynamics
41. Which one of the following is not a therapeutic group ?
(A) Peer mentor group for drug de- addiction
(B) Hobby group in a school for children
(C) Guided recreational group for juvenile offenders
(D) Treatment group of children having behavioural disorders.
Ans: (B) Hobby group in a school for children
42. The Article of Indian Constitution that defined – ‘Scheduled Tribes’, is
(A) Article 366 (B) Article 365
(C) Article 364 (D) Article 363
Ans: (A) Article 366
43. Which of the following is an Ascribed Status ?
(A) Teacher (B) Doctor
(C) Female (D) Lawyer
Ans: (C) Female
44. Recognition of one’s emotions and their effect is called as
(A) Emotional Awareness
(B) Emotional stability
(C) Emotional Affection
(D) Emotional Motivation
Ans: (A) Emotional Awareness
45. The main objective of communication is
(A) Information
(B) Personality development
(C) Management
(D) Leadership
Ans: (A) Information
46. Village social mapping is a popular method of
(A) Participatory research
(B) Participatory action research
(C) Participatory Rural Appraisal
(D) All the above
Ans: (D) All the above
47. The observation of one’s own mental and emotional process is called as
(A) Self observation
(B) Introspection
(C) Retrospection
(D) Physical sensation
Ans: (B) Introspection
48. Ideas of consciousness that is not able to measure is
(A) Behaviourism
(B) Functionalism
(C) Structuralism
(D) None of the above
Ans: (D) None of the above
49. Tolerance refers to
(A) a condition where the drug user needs more and more of the drug to experience the same effect
(B) a condition where the spouse of the addict continuously tolerate the drug use
(C) a condition when society approaves the use of drug due to compultion of life saving of the user
(D) A condition when a community allows the drug user to continue using drug with approved norms
Ans: (A) a condition where the drug user needs more and more of the drug to experience the same effect
50. Communication involves the flow of message in the sequence of
I. Sender
II. Encoding
III. Receiver
IV. Decoding
Codes :
(A) I II IV III
(B) II I IV III
(C) IV I II III
(D) II I III IV
Ans: (A) I II IV III
51. CRC stands for
(A) Criminal Records of the Child
(B) Convention on the Rights of the Child
(C) Commission for the Rights of the Child
(D) Centre for the Rights of the Child
Ans: (B) Convention on the Rights of the Child
52. Give correct sequence of the States according to their year of adopting Panchayati Raj
I. Rajsthan and Andhra Pradesh
II. Assam, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
III. Maharashtra
IV. Gujarat
Codes :
(A) I IV III II
(B) II IV III I
(C) IV II I III
(D) I II III IV
Ans: (D) I II III IV
53. Arrange the following milestones contributing to the development of case work as a method in a correct sequence they appeared :
I. London Charity Organisation
II. Ego Psychology
III. Social Diagnosis
IV. Freudian Psychology
Codes :
(A) I III IV II
(B) II IV I III
(C) IV III II I
(D) III I IV II
Ans: (A) I III IV II
54. The difficulty in writing is termed as
(A) Dyslexia
(B) Discalculia
(C) Disgraphia
(D) None of the above
Ans: (C) Disgraphia
