List of top Sociology Questions

Which of the following sequence of research step is correct?
A. Data analysis 
B. Problem statement 
C. Report writing 
D. Data collection 
E. Literature review 
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Who among the following sees modern societies as concerned with the consumption of signs ?
Some of the key features affecting the religion in contemporary times across the world are:
(A) A limited, partial secularization is continuing the twentieth century trend towards a secular age. 
(B) There is a declining interest in the mainstream traditional world religious and attempt to revive and attract wider group of followers. 
(C) The growth of fundamentalism alongside the clash of civilisations' which results in more and more religiously linked conflicts, culture, war and even genocide. 
(D) The development of a wide range of new religious movements. 
(E) The development of a new institutional (may be post modern) form of religion such as cyber temple and mega churches. 
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Who among the following employed the idea of 'Structural Strain' in the context of typology of deviance ?
Who among the following makes the distinction between Gemeinschaft and Gesselschaft ?
Most sociological research takes a snapshot of the people at one particular moment in time. But we also need to grasp the ways in which liver develop their own life stages within wider historical and social change. The study of the significant changes within individual lives and in the society over a period of time is called
Who among the following is associated with Phenomenology ?
According to Charles Tilly which of the following are features of a social movement?
(A) They develop public campaigns, getting organized to make collective claims on targetted audiences. 
(B) They threaten to bring down the government. 
(C) They combine whole repertoire of political actions, ranging from public meetings, processions and rallies through to demonstrations petitions and the creation of special purpose association. 
(D) They display and present themselves to the public as good causes and worthy people. 
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Match the sociologists in List I with their associated concepts in List II:
List I
(Sociologists)		List II
(Concepts)
(A)Pierre Bourdieu(I)Risk Society
(B)Michael Foucault(II)Time-Space Compression
(C)Anthony Giddens(III)Surveillance
(D)Ulrich Beck(IV)Cultural Capital
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Give below are two statement: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: Assimilation is a natural and slow process. 
Reason R: Rigidity and conservatism are the pre-requisites of assimilation. 
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Social Anthropology is the other name for Comparative Sociology. 
Statement II: The above statement is associated with Emile Durkheim. 
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below
The characteristics of city life are :
A. Simplicity of life 
B. Extended/joint family system 
C. Anonymity 
D. Social distance 
E. Crowding 
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A powerfully negative social label that radically change a persons self concept and social identity is called
Name the author of the book "What is Sociology" ?
Give below are two statement: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: Caste is endogamous. 
Reason R: Caste forbids its members to marry persons from outside. 
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below
Given below are two statements :
Statement I: The peasants of Rampura village were identified by Srinivas to be the dominant caste. 
Statement II: The peasants ranked higher than the Brahmins in the ritual hierarchy. 
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below
The concept which indicates about the character and likely behaviour of members of particular social groups, that usually carries a pejorative meaning ?
Taboo is not an English word, it has been derived from the Polynesia "Tabu" meaning :
The famous 'Black Report' published in 1980 in UK is related to
A society dependent on communication and information technologies for administration and control processes and which result in the close monitoring of everyday life?
Characteristics of Post Industrial society:
A. The dominant occupation of people is agriculture 
B. Change from goods producing to a service economy 
C. Predominance of secondary relationship 
D. It is organised around culture 
E. MNC's become the centre point in the post industrial society 
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Which of the following processes of social change talks about the process whereby religious thinking, practice and institutions loose significance in public and political life?
"The Quality of the services rendered by the smith, potter, washerman and the barber depends on whether the customer pays annually in grains or not, on the quantity of the grain paid, and on the customer's general social position."
Which of the following explain the above mentioned statement ?
Give below are two statement: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: Communities are more stable than the associations. 
Reason R: Community requires no specific efforts for the members to bring it into existence. 
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Unlike caste, class system claims to be more open and based on individual achievement. 
Statement II: Social mobility makes the class distinctions more rigid. 
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below