Sociology Quiz: Explore Key Thinkers, Concepts, and Social Issues
Match an item in List-I and List-II:
List-I (Books)
- Castes and Tribes of India
- Remembered Village
- Rajasthan Village
- Indian Village
List-II
- S.C. Dube
- M.N. Srinivas
- G.S. Ghurye
- B.R. Chauhan
Codes: (A) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv (B) a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i (C) a-iv, b-ii, c-iii, d-i (D) a-iii, b-i, c-iv, d-ii
Who discussed the ‘techniques of Neutralization’ among Juvenile delinquency in America?
- A.K. Cohen
- E.H. Sutherland
- D. Matza and G. Sykes
- W.B. Miller
Who observed that knowledge and power coexist and mutually support one another?
- J. Derrida
- A. Giddens
- J. Habermas
- M. Foucault
What does Anthony Giddens suggest by ‘reflexivity’?
- Reflexive theories are theories that refer to themselves
- Reflexive theory suggests that the world of ideas reflects the material conditions
- The way in which people constantly examine their own practices and in the light of that examination, alter them
- The way in which sociologists reflect the social conditions of a community
Assertion (A): Science and Technology policy in India need to be oriented in such a way, so that it can meet the challenges of globalisation. Reason (R): Privatisation of education, opening of job opportunities in M.N.C.’s and liberal trade and business policies are necessary for India’s all-round development.
Codes: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). (B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false. (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Which of the following are associated with the strategic gender concerns?
- Food security
- Consciousness raising
- Education
- Income generation programmes
- Political empowerment
Codes: (A) (i), (ii), (iv) (B) (ii), (iii), (v) (C) (iii), (iv), (v) (D) (v), (i), (iv)
Match the items in List-I with the items in List-II:
List-I
- Michel Foucault
- Jacques Derrida
- Anthony Giddens
- Harold Garfinkel
List-II
- Writing and Difference
- Discipline and Punish
- Studies in Ethnomethodology
- The Constitution of Society: The theory of Structuration
Codes: (A) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv (B) a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i (C) a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii (D) a-ii, b-i, c-iii, d-iv
Correctional Institutions help reforming the Juvenile delinquents, the process of reformation is otherwise called as -
- Anticipatory Socialization
- Adult Socialization
- Re-socialization
- Rehabilitation
Who suggested to study Rural-urban continuum first, in sociological research?
- A. Sorokin and Zimmerman
- Robert Redfield
- McKim Marriott
- G.S. Ghurye
Match List-I with List-II:
List-I
- Beyond globalization: shaping a sustainable global economy
- Rethinking globalisation: critical issues and policy choices
- Globalisation and India
- Globalisation challenges in India
List-II
- Henderson Hazel
- Martin Khor
- Purushottam Bhattacharya and Ajitava Chowdhary
- Alok Roy
Codes: (A) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4 (B) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1 (C) a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4 (D) a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3
Which of the following is not associated with the ‘Absolute Poverty’?
- Poverty line
- Deprivation index
- Basic necessities of life
- Material deprivation
Which of the following is the essential component of ‘social exclusion’?
- Denial of quality food
- Denial of employment
- Denial of social rights
- Denial of housing
Match List-I with List-II:
List-I
- Crime and Personality
- Human Deviance, Social problems and Social control
- Delinquency and Drift
- Juvenile Delinquency and urban areas
List-II
- H. Eysenck
- E.M. Lemert
- D. Matza
- C.R. Shaw and H.D. McKay
Codes: (A) a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4 (B) a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1 (C) a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4 (D) a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1
Assertion (A): Rural sociology is a well-developed and oldest field of sociology discipline in India. Reason (R): Many prominent Indian social anthropologists and sociologists studied Indian rural society from early 20th century.
Codes: (A) (A) is true, but (R) is false. (B) (A) is false, but (R) is true. (C) Both (A) and (R) are true. (D) Both (A) and (R) are false.
Choose the correct stages in the evolution of human society.
- Hunting and food gathering, hoeculture and domestication of animals, agricultural economy based on plough and domesticated animals, and modern industrial capitalistic production.
- Hunting and gathering, agricultural economy and domestication of animals, and modern industrial capitalism.
- Gathering, hunting, pastoral, agrarian, mechanised agricultural production.
- Food gathering, hunting, pastoral, horticulture, and agriculture.
The process of social change to which people attribute positive values is termed as:
- Globalization
- Urbanization
- Development
- Economic Growth
Who authored the book, “More Equality”?
- Herbert J. Gans
- J.C. Kincaid
- A.K. Sen
- A. Gozz
