List of top Sociology Questions

Which of the following items were exported from Madras to Britain in the colonial era?
(A) Coffee
(B) Indigo
(C) Jute
(D) Sugar
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During the Census of 2011, an attempt was made to collect information on how many types of disabilities?

Which of the following books explained that rational self-interest in a free- market economy leads to economic well-being?

Who established the Textile Labour Association (TLA)?

Match the following religious groups (List-I) with their population percentage (List-II).

List-I	List-II
(A) Sikhs	(I) 2.3%
(B) Buddhists	(II) 1.9%
(C) Christians	(III) 0.8%
(D) Jains	(IV) 0.4%

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Which of the following characterises the concept of ’Social Stratification’?
(A) It is supported by belief or ideology.
(B) It is only found in caste-based societies.
(C) It persists over generations.
(D) People with more privileges support the system of stratification.
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Which of the following are the basic responsibilities of the media?
(A) Impartial reportage
(B) Protecting the interest of the masses
(C) Sensitive towards national interest
(D) Identifying sensational news items
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Who among the following recounts in her autobiography about a Dalit woman becoming a Sanskrit language teacher?

Who coined the term ’Status Symbol’?

Regionalism in India is rooted in which of the following factors?
(A) Diversity of languages
(B) Diversity of cultures
(C) Diversity of castes
(D) Diversity of religions
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Which among these are the consequences of the Green Revolution?
(A) Led to regional inequalities
(B) Increasing mechanisation in agriculture led to displacement of service caste groups
(C) Increase in violence among landed vs landless workers
(D) It was primarily the medium and large farmers who were able to benefit from the new technology
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Which of the following happens when the death rates are brought down through advanced methods of disease control, public health, and better nutrition?

What is the primary role of Gram Sabha in Panchayati Raj?

Which theory of population growth has three stages?

Which initiative has the Government of India launched to transform India into a ‘digitally empowered society’ and a ‘knowledge economy’?

Sociology as a discipline can teach an individual how to look at oneself ‘from the outside’. With which concept can this statement be associated?

Arrange the following statements in a correct sequence to exemplify the success
(A) By associating with appropriate causes in rural areas, like the anti-arrack movement, this Telugu newspaper was able to reach the countryside.
(B) Eenaadu was being published from 10 towns in Andhra Pradesh and its circulation accounted for 70 percent of the entire Telugu daily circulation.
(C) The newspaper launched ‘district dailies’.
(D) There were tabloid inserts or features carrying sensational news from particular districts, as well as classified advertisements from villages and small towns of the area.
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In the Constitution of India, the category of ’OBCs’ has been described as:

Which of the following is a basic characteristic of traditional trading networks?

As per data collected in 2011, arrange the following Indian states in terms of child sex-ratio from lowest to highest:
(A) Punjab
(B) Haryana
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Sikkim
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Match the following books (List-I) with their authors (List-II):

List-I (Book)	List-II (Author)
(A) Suicide	(I) Bishop Joseph Butler
(B) Vedic Authorities for Widow Marriage	(II) Thomas Robert Malthus
(C) An Essay on the Principle of Population	(III) Emile Durkheim
(D) Analogy of Religion	(IV) M.G. Ranade

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Match the following concepts (List-I) with their appropriate definitions (List-II):

List-I (Concept)	List-II (Definition)
(A) Age structure	(I) Larger proportion of workers relative to non-workers
(B) Demographic dividend	(II) Persons in different age groups relative to the total population
(C) Population momentum	(III) Where a large cohort of women of reproductive age will fuel population growth over the next generation, even if each woman has fewer children than previous generations did
(D) Dependency ratio	(IV) Measure of comparing the proportion of non-working age group to working age group

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Match the following terms (List-I) with their description (List-II) :

Match the following concepts (List-I) with their appropriate description (List-II) :