CBSE Class 11 Sociology and Society MCQs

Question :  Which one of the following is so important for the society that its violation calls for severe punishment?
(a) Customs
(b) Ideologies
(c) Mores
(d) Folkways

Answer :  B

Question :  Society is looked upon as
(a) caste and class
(b) social stratification
(c) simple society
(d) system of parts

Answer :  D

Question : Who gave the ‘looking glass self theory’ of socialization?
(a) Emile Durkheim
(b) Charles Cooley
(c) R. K. Merton
(d) Sigmund Freud

Answer :   B

Question : Auguste Comte was a ………………sociologist
(a) French 
(b) American
(c) British
(d) German

Answer :  A

Question :  A system of economic enterprise based on the economic exchange is known as
(a) capitalism
(b) industrialization
(c) modernization
(d) westernization

Answer :  A

Question : What is the meaning of the term socious in the word sociology?
(a) Companion 
(b) collection
(c) Herd
(d) consensus

Answer :  A

Question : The term logos derived from which language?
(a) American 
(b) Roman
(c) Greek
(d) Latin

Answer :  C

Question : Society is looked upon as
(a) caste and class.
(b) social stratification.
(c) simple society.
(d) system of parts.

Answer :  D

Question :  _______ denotes the functional significance of the actor for the social system.
(a) Status
(b) Action
(c) Mores
(d) Role

Answer :  D

Question :  Which one of the following kinship terms indicates that father’s sisters is given greater importance than the mother?
(a) Amitate
(b) Avunculate
(c) Couvade
(d) Teknonymy

Answer :  A

Question : When did Comte was born?
(a)1722
(b) 1760
(c) 1798
(d) 1792

Answer :  C

Question : Where was Comte born?
(a) Epinal
(b) Renish
(c) Trier
(d) Montpellier

Answer :  D

Question : The basis of ‘common sense’ knowledge is _____
(a) rational thinking
(b) general understanding
(c) objective
(d) has a body of facts

Answer :  A

Question : Social problems can be understood in the realm of
(a) Chemistry
(b) Physics
(c) Sociology
(d) Psychology

Answer :  C

Question :  Which of the social philosophers called sociology ”Social Physics?
(a) August
(b) Wolfed Pareto
(c) Mac lver
(d) Herbert Spencer

Answer :  A

Question :  Industrial Revolution was characterised by ________
(a) migration to cities
(b) the emergence of clock time
(c) bad sanitation and general squalor
(d) All the above

Answer :  D 

Question : Macro-sociology is the study of:
(a) small groups
(b) large groups
(c) minorities
(d) tribal groups

Answer :  B

Question : Questions on common sense knowledge lead to the
(a) sociological knowledge.
(b) social differentiation.
(c) common sense knowledge.
(d) sociological imagination.

Answer :  A

Question :  In which year central land reform committee was established.
(a) 1969
(b) 1970
(c) 1971
(d) 1972

Answer :  B

Question : Social control brings _____ to society.
(a) social order
(b) deviance
(c) disobedience
(d) violence

Answer :  A

Question :  The Course of Positive Philosophy published between
(a) 1730 and 1742
(b) 1630 and 1642
(c) 1830 and 1842

Answer :  C

Question : Who coined the term sociology
(a) Herbert Spencer
(b) Emile Durkheim
(c) Auguste Comte
(d) Karl Marx

Answer :  B

Question :  The formula ‘Place, Work and People’ was postulated for the study of family by–
(a) Frederic Le Play
(b) C.H. Cooley
(c) E. Demolins
(d) Henri de Tourville

Answer :  A

Question : When did the term sociology coined
(a) 1839
(b) 1732
(c) 1835
(d) 1650

Answer :  A
 

Question : The term socious derived from which language?
(a) German
(b) Latin
(c) Greek
(d) Roman

Answer :  B

Question : Which are the words composing the term sociology
(a) Society and community 
(b) Society and Science
(c) Socious and Logos
(d) Socious and science

Answer :  C

Question : Who is called the founding father of sociology?
(a) August Comte 
(b) Emile Durkheim
(c) Marie Augustus
(d) Spencer

Answer :  A

Question : Which is the peasant movement of India mobilized by Gandhi?
a) Champaran Movement
b) Baradoli Movement
c) Kheda Movement
d) Mappilla Movement
Answer: a

Question : Who said that the four Varna division is not a vertical, but a horizontal one with all castes placed on equal footing?
a) M. N. Srinivas
b) M.K. Gandhi
c) B.R. Ambedkar
d) G.S. Ghurye
Answer: b

Question : Distinct from government and business, civil society can be understood as:
a) The “third sector” of society
b) The “watch dog” of society
c) The “curator” of society
d) The “guardian” of society
Answer: a

Question : A large number of people, who, through deliberate and sustained efforts, organize themselves to promote the interest of a particular section or a common cause of society represent:
a) A social movement
b) A social revolution
c) A social transformation
d) A social process
Answer: a

Question : An increase in the earth’s temperature due to the greenhouse effect is known as:
a) Global degradation
b) Global decay
c) Global distress
d) Global warming
Answer: d

Question : Who differentiated two approaches to the study of Indian society as the Book View and the Field View?
a) M. Panini
b) M.N. Srinivas
c) Louis Dumont
d) A.R. Desai
Answer: b

Question : The form of media which probes deeply into a topic of interest, such as serious crimes, political corruption or corporate wrongdoing is known as:
a) Crime media
b) Probe media
c) Investigative media
d) Responsible media
Answer: c

Question : With whom among the following are the concepts universalization and parochialisation associated?
a) Robert R. Marret
b) McKim Marriott
c) R. Redfield
d) Meyer Fortes
Answer: b

Question : Satya Shodhak Samaj was founded by:
a) Tilak
b) Ranade
c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
d) Jyotiba Phule
Answer: d

Question : Suppression, regulation and prohibition of visual and audio matter in media that people consider as offensive and obscene is termed as:
a) Social censorship
b) Cultural censorship
c) Ethical censorship
d) Moral censorship
Answer: d

Question : Which one of the following impacts of globalization on relative deprivation is true?
a) Relative deprivation disappeared
b) Relative deprivation increased
c) Relative deprivation decreased
d) There is no impact on relative deprivation
Answer: b

Question : Who facilitated the Appko Movement in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka?
a) Manjunath Hegde
b) Sishir Hegde
c) Pandurang Hegde
d) Santosh Hegde
Answer: c

Question : Cultural traits are acquired through—
a) Learning
b) Imitation
c) Socialization
d) Contact
Answer: c

Question : The theories which assume that all societies follow the same path, evolving from simple to complex through uniform sequences are known as:
a) Unilinear theories
b) Evolutionary theories
c) Uniform theories
d) Sequential theories
Answer: a

Question : Which one of the following is NOT a feature of modernization process?
a) Increasing commercial activities
b) Social control on kinship basis
c) Increasing division of labour
d) Increasing social complexity
Answer: b

Question : The agency that is expected to play the three roles of a watchdog, scorekeeper and gatekeeper in contemporary society is:
a) Media
b) Opposition parties
c) Police
d) Intelligence agencies
Answer: a

Question : There are two types of newspapers, Broadsheets and:
a) Tabloids
b) Pamphlets
c) Magazines
d) Dailies
Answer: a

Question : An aggregate of non-governmental organizations and institutions that manifest and act for furthering the interests and will of citizens is known as:
a) Mass media
b) Civil society
c) Interest group
d) Pressure group
Answer: b

Question : Who among the following sociologists has considered purity and pollution as the primary characteristic of the caste system?
a) L. Dumont
b) G.S. Ghurye
c) M.N. Srinivas
d) A.M. Hocart
Answer: a

Question : A.R. Desai Social change refers to change in—
a) Structure of society
b) Size of society
c) Density of society
d) Lifestyle in society
Answer: a

Question : Which of the following tribes initiated the Jharkhand Movement?
a) Bhils
b) Bodos
c) Santals
d) Nagas
Answer: c

Question : Who among the following originally used the term ‘Relative Deprivation’?
a) Samuel A. Stouffer
b) R.K. Merton
c) W.G. Sumner
d) A. Henderson
Answer: a

Question : Civil society organizations work for
a) Economic growth
b) Segmental growth
c) Inclusive growth
d) Exclusive growth
Answer: c

Question : The birth and growth of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s can be an example of:
a) Deprivation Theory
b) Structural strain theory
c) Resource mobilization theory
d) New age theory
Answer: b

Question : Who is of the opinion that nothing can emancipate the outcastes except the destruction of the caste system?
a) H. Risley
b) A.R. Desai
c) M.K. Gandhi
d) B.R. Ambedkar
Answer: d

Question : Arrange the following media in descending order as source of news in India.
a) Television–Radio–Social Media–Newspaper
b) Television–Social Media–Newspaper–Radio
c) Social Media–Television–Newspaper–Radio
d) Newspaper–Social Media–Television–Radio
Answer: b

Question : A world system in which we use our physical environment and natural resources to meet the just needs of humanity and leave an enriched environment to the next generation is called:
a) Responsible environment
b) Sound environment
c) Sustainable environment
d) Enlightened environment
Answer: c

Question : Who wrote the book Homo Hierarchicus?
a) Louis Dumont
b) Henry Maine
c) Nicholas Dirks
d) J.H. Hutton
Answer: a

Question : Which one of the following is NOT one of the stages of a social movement identified by sociologists?
a) Initial unrest and agitation
b) Disorganization
c) Resource mobilization
d) Institutionalization
Answer: b

Question : Modernity as a concept in Sociology is understood as:
a) A fashion
b) A way of life
c) A subculture
d) A perspective
Answer: b