CUET Sociology MCQs Unit III Social Inequality and Exclusion

Question. These social resources can be divided into three forms of capital - economic capital in the form of material assets and income; cultural capital such as educational qualifications and status; and in the form of networks of contacts and social associations.
a) Social capital
b) None of these
c) Political capital
d) Financial capital

Answer : A

Question. ___are believed to be people of forest.
a) Jana
b) Disabled
c) Women
d) Untouchables

Answer : A

Question. Which of the following is true regarding discrimination?
a) Discrimination is an action.
b) None of the above
c) In order for a person to discriminate, he or she must hold prejudicial attitudes.
d) Discrimination is not a form of racism.

Answer : A

Question. Which of the following is NOT a feature central to the public perception of disability'?
a) None of the above
b) Disability is biologically given
c) Disability is linked with the disabled individual's self-perception
d) The very idea of disability suggests that they are in need of help

Answer : A

Question. Which of the following statements is true about untouchability?
a) Untouchability is found only in certain parts of India)
b) Both the statements (a) and (b) are correct.
c) The three dimensions of untouchability are exclusion, humiliation-subordination and exploitation
d) Untouchability may also involve forced inclusion in a subordinated role.

Answer : B

Question. Which of the following is not true about the tribal population in India?
a) They are marked by poverty, powerlessness and social stigma
b) Their ecological isolation is absolute
c) They have been alienated from their resources
d) Many tribal groups have been waging struggles against outsiders

Answer : C

Question. Which of the following is the form of capital of social resources?
a) Social capital
b) All of these
c) Economic capital
d) Cultural capital

Answer : B

Question. Stereotypes fix whole groups into single,_____ categories : they refuse to recognise the _____ across individuals and across contexts or across time.
a) Heterogenous, similarities
b) Broad, similarities
c) Homogenous, variation
d) Diverse, similarities

Answer : C

Question. Which class is backward according to Constitution?
a) Religious minority classes
b) Those who don't have money
c) Untouchable groups
d) Those who are backward Socially and educationally

Answer : D

Question. In addition to political justice, the Indian Constitution also seeks to ensure two other kinds of justice. These are:
a) Both a and b
b) None of the above
c) Social justice
d) Economic justice

Answer : A

Question. Adivasis and their struggles are different from the Dalit struggle because:
a) They did not face social exclusion like the dalits
b) Adivasis were concentrated in contiguous areas and could demand statehood
c) Their social and economic conditions were better than the Dalits
d) They were not discriminated against like the Dalits

Answer : B

Question. The coexistence of diverse groups is called
a) Society
b) Diversity
c) Inequalities
d) Pluralism

Answer : D

Question. Which commission was made by government, related to backward classes?
a) Mukherjee commission
b) Mandal commission
c) Nanavati commission
d) Verma commission

Answer : B

Question. The sociological perspective on race
a) Considers race a social construct, not an absolute
b) Both (a) and (b)
c) Neither (a) nor (b)
d) Begins with the assumption that races are based on easily classified differences

Answer : A

Question. What should be done to uplift the Harijans?
a) Disabilities should be eradicated
b) Lower occupations should be stopped
c) Caste system should be abolished
d) All of these

Answer : D

Question. When was Untouchability Offence Act passed?
a) 1955
b) 1957
c) 1956
d) 1958

Answer : A

Question. Like the category of the tribe, the OBCs are defined_____ by what_____
a) None of the above
b) Negatively, they are not
c) Empirically, is observed
d) Positively, they are

Answer : B

Question. Who argued that the invisibility of the disabled can be compared to the protagonist of the book 'Invisible Man’?
a) Tarabai Shinde
b) Daya Pawar
c) Anita Ghai
d) Ralph Ellison

Answer : C