CUET Sociology MCQs Unit II Social Institutions Continuity and Change

Question. 'Sanskritisation refers to:
a.The process by which members of a middle or lower caste attempt to raise their own social status by adopting the ritual, domestic and social practices of a higher castes
b.The process of giving up on one's own culture by adopting a new culture
c.The process of becoming more cultured'
d.The process of learning and acquiring sanskrit language

Answer : A

Question. Which of the following is NOT a correct statement about the term jati?
a.It has a segmental organisation
b.It is a local classification that varies from region to region
c.It is an all-India aggregative classification
d.Membership in a jati involves rules about food and food-sharing

Answer : C

Question. ________ passed a law that recognised SC's and ST's.
a.The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 2006
b.The Scheduled Castes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
c.The Government of India Act, 1935
d.The Untouchability Offences Act of 1955

Answer : D

Question. Indian market became liberal in which year?
a) 1992
b) 1993
c) 1991
d) 1990

Answer : C

Question. A market that is free from all kinds of regulations whether by a state or otherwise is known as
a) Autonomy
b) Socialism
c) Communalism
d) Laissez-faire

Answer : D

Question. What is jajmani system?
a) None of the above
b) Tax revenue system
c) Non market exchange system
d) Land distribution system

Answer : C

Question. Choose the incorrect statement about position of caste and caste-based issues in the nationalist movement.
a.Anti-untouchability programmes became a significant part of the Congress agenda.
b.Efforts to organise the "depressed classes and particularly the untouchable caste began during the nationalist movement.
c.The dominant view was to treat caste as a social evil and as a colonial ploy to divide India.
d.There was an initiative taken to organise "depressed classes from both ends of the caste spectrum.

Answer : B

Question. In which area has caste proved to be the strongest?
a.Cultural and domestic sphere
b.Politics
c.Urban sphere
d.Economic

Answer : A

Question. The Adivasis traded
a.Salt
b.All of these
c.Forest produce
d.Elephants

Answer : B

Question. Those who have blood relations are the part of which kinship?
a.none
b.Affinal
c.Both a & b
d.Consanguineal

Answer : D

Question. Who wrote the book "Caste in India"?
a.Ghurye
b.Risley
c.Majumdar
d.Hutton

Answer : D

Question. Which of the following is not a principle on winch the caste system is based?
a.Difference
b.Wholism
c.Competition
d.Separation

Answer : C

Question. How many features of caste system have been giveen by Dr. Ghurye?
a.Seven
b.Six
c.Five
d.Four

Answer : B

Question. Who marries in Monogamy?
a.Two females and three males
b.One male and one female
c.One female and two males
d.One male and two females

Answer : B

Question. The 1901 Census took place under the direction of:
a.Lord Bentic
b.Herbert Spencer
c.Lord William
d.Herbert Risley

Answer : D

Question. The tribal language spoken by Indian tribes include
a.Indo-Aryan
b.Tibeto-Burman
c.Austric
d.Dravidian

Answer : C

Question. _______ occurs when things that were earlier not traded in the market becomes commodities
a) Liberalization
b) Commodification
c) Privatization
d) Globalization

Answer : B

Question. The unseen force at work that converts what is good for individual into what is good for society, a term coined by Adam Smith is
a) The visible hand
b) The invisible hand
c) Work Force
d) Commodities

Answer : B

Question. Which of the following are not the changes brought by colonialism to the caste system?
a.Uniting castes to traditional occupations
b.Land revenue settlements serving the upper castes customary rights
c.Marking of schedules of castes for special treatment by the state
d.Numbering and recording of castes through Census

Answer : A

Question. When was Hindu Marriage Act passed?
a.1946
b.1935
c.1955
d.1965

Answer : C

Question. Which of the following is an example of the economic changes affecting caste?
a.Particular departments or shop floors were often dominated by specific castes.
b.Recruitment to industrial jobs continued to be organised along caste and kinship-based lines.
c.Emergence of caste-based political parties in the 1980s.
d.Modern industry created all kinds of new jobs for which there were no caste rules.

Answer : D

Question. Which of the following is true for caste?
a.It is endogamous
b.It is a choice
c.It is based on egalitarianism
d.It is not linked to occupations

Answer : A

Question. Which of the following theories was given by Karl Marx
a) Socialist theory
b) Laissez-faire
c) Capitalism
d) Communalism

Answer : C

Question. Marvaris are
a) Schedule caste
b) Schedule tribe
c) Tribal community
d) Business community

Answer : D

Question. The term ‘status symbol’ was coined by
a) Max webber
b) Karl marx
c) None of the above
d) David Ricardo

Answer : A

Question. To which field does Alfred Gell belong?
a) Botany
b) Sociology
c) Psychology
d) Anthropology

Answer : D

Question. Pre colonial Indian economy was
a) Mixed
b) Tourism based
c) Industry based
d) Agrarian

Answer : D

Question. what does Dhorai symbolize?
a) Hierarchy of intergroup social relations
b) A trademark
c) A GI tag
d) Copyright

Answer : A

Question. Which of the following is a working class caste in India?
a) Kshetriya
b) Vaishya
c) Brahman
d) Shudra

Answer : B

Question. Which of the following categories does the Indian economy belong to?
a) Mixed
b) Agrarian
c) Tourism based
d) Industry based

Answer : A

Question. what is Dhorai?
a) Market village
b) A tribal community
c) A caste
d) None of the above

Answer : A

Question. Max webber is
a) Sociologist
b) Anthropologist
c) Zoologist
d) Psychologist

Answer : A

Question. The use of market or market based processes rather than government regulations or policies to solve social, economic and political problems is known as
a) Globalization
b) Privatization
c) Monetization
d) Marketisation

Answer : D

Question. Who authored the book, ‘The wealth of nations’
a) David Ricardo
b) John Williams
c) Adam Smith
d) Jean-Jaques Rousseau

Answer : C

Question. Which of the following is a central feature of globalisation?
a) Integration of market
b) Both a and b
c) Extension of market
d) Neither a nor b

Answer : B

Question. Who founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in 1873?
a.Jyotirao Govindrao Phule
b.Ayyankali
c.E.V. Ramasami Naickar
d.Sri Narayana Guru

Answer : A

Question. Which of these is the function of caste?
a.Security of culture
b.Mental security
c.All of these
d.To determine occupation

Answer : D

Question. In which family the name of descent goes with the name of father?
a.Patrilineal
b.Matrilineal
c.Matriarchal
d.No one

Answer : A

Question. What is NASDAQ?
a) Market
b) Stock market
c) Electronic stock market
d) A subsidiary to Bombay Stock Exchange

Answer : C

Question. ______ is a process by which something which was not a commodity is made a commodity and becomes part of the market
a) Privatization
b) Monetization
c) Liberalisation
d) Commoditization

Answer : D