Social Work & Sociology Quiz
1. Which is the nodal body for adoption of children in India?
- (A) NIPCCD
- (B) CARA
- (C) CSWB
- (D) NCPCR
Answer: (B) CARA
Explanation: Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) is the nodal body for adoption in India.
2. The purging of repressed emotions to get relief is called
- (A) Sublimation
- (B) Ambivalence
- (C) Catharsis
- (D) Fixation
Answer: (C) Catharsis
Explanation: Catharsis refers to the release of repressed emotions for relief.
3. The roadmap that guides the behaviour of the members of a society is
- (A) Groups
- (B) Culture
- (C) Peers
- (D) Religion
Answer: (B) Culture
Explanation: Culture provides the norms and values guiding societal behavior.
4. Language of proximity is also known as
- (A) Verbal Communication
- (B) Non-verbal Communication
- (C) Oral Communication
- (D) Written Communication
Answer: (B) Non-verbal Communication
Explanation: Language of proximity involves non-verbal cues like body language.
5. Which is not included in community sentiment?
- (A) Sense of dependence
- (B) We-feeling
- (C) Instability
- (D) Role feeling
Answer: (C) Instability
Explanation: Community sentiment includes stability, not instability.
6. The funding agency formed for fundraising and distributing the funds is called
- (A) Community Welfare Council
- (B) Community Chest
- (C) Neighbourhood Council
- (D) Community Centre
Answer: (B) Community Chest
Explanation: Community Chest is a fundraising and fund-distribution agency.
7. 'Social Distance Scale', was developed by
- (A) Likert
- (B) Thorndike
- (C) Bogardus
- (D) None of the above
Answer: (C) Bogardus
Explanation: Emory Bogardus developed the Social Distance Scale.
8. The process of transforming social policy into social service is
- (A) Social Welfare Administration
- (B) Social Aid
- (C) Social Media
- (D) Social Justice
Answer: (A) Social Welfare Administration
Explanation: This process involves implementing policies as services.
9. The theory that is based on rewards and punishment is
- (A) Trial and Error theory of learning
- (B) Operant conditioning
- (C) Social Learning theory
- (D) Classical conditioning
Answer: (B) Operant conditioning
Explanation: Operant conditioning, developed by B.F. Skinner, uses rewards and punishments.
10. Who is known as the father of 'intelligence test'?
- (A) Bennett
- (B) Gesell
- (C) Villand
- (D) Wechsler
Answer: (D) Wechsler
Explanation: David Wechsler is known for developing intelligence tests like the Wechsler Scales.
11. The theory which believes in exemplary punishment to discourage the offender from repeating his crime and sets an example for others to keep away from crime is called
- (A) Deterrent theory
- (B) Preventive theory
- (C) Reformative theory
- (D) Retributive theory
Answer: (A) Deterrent theory
Explanation: Deterrent theory aims to deter crime through exemplary punishment.
12. Which of the following constitutional provisions prohibits employment of children below the age of 14 years in factories, mines or any other hazardous occupation
- (A) Article 14
- (B) Article 21
- (C) Article 24
- (D) Article 45
Answer: (C) Article 24
Explanation: Article 24 of the Indian Constitution prohibits child labor in hazardous occupations.
13. The Human Rights Council meets at
- (A) New York
- (B) Vienna
- (C) Geneva
- (D) Paris
Answer: (C) Geneva
Explanation: The UN Human Rights Council is based in Geneva.
14. The method that brings about adjustment in personal and social relationships is called
- (A) Social casework
- (B) Social adjustment
- (C) Social group work
- (D) Defence mechanism
Answer: (A) Social casework
Explanation: Social casework helps individuals adjust to personal and social issues.
15. According to whom groups must solve two general problems - i.e. instrumental and socio-emotional, to maintain themselves
- (A) Grace Coyle
- (B) Charles Levy
- (C) Clara A. Kaiser
- (D) Robert Bales
Answer: (D) Robert Bales
Explanation: Robert Bales identified instrumental and socio-emotional group tasks.
