List of top Sociology Questions

Which of the following are the indicators of globalization of agriculture?
(A) Contract farming
(B) Increased dependence of farmers on fertilizers and pesticides
(C) Promotion of indigenous knowledge for agriculture
(D) Entry of multinationals into the agricultural sector
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Which of the following festivals are related to agriculture?
(A) Bihu
(B) Baisakhi
(C) Holi
(D) Pongal
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Match List-I with List-II

Who amongst the following Sociologists remarked that tribal institutions in themselves need not necessarily be democratic in their structure and functioning ?

How did the Supreme Court enhance Fundamental Rights, particularly relating to the Right to Life under Article 21?

Which of the following are true about Gram Sabha in Panchayati Raj?
(A) The Gram Sabha collects central taxes from the village.
(B) The Gram Sabha consists of the entire body of citizens in a village.
(C) The Gram Sabha is the general body that elects the local government.
(D) The Gram Sabha participates in village-level development activities.
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On account of which of the following identity markers, do people often face discrimination and exclusion?
(A) Gender
(B) Ethnicity
(C)
Disability
(D) Caste
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Which of the following statements about Communalism are correct?
(A) Communal means something related to a community.
(B) Communalism is about religion, not politics.
(C) A devout believer may or may not be communal.
(D) Communalism results in constructing identity of large and diverse groups as singular and homogeneous.
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Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India provides for the Right of Minorities to establish and administer educational institutions of their own and that the State shall not discriminate in granting aid to such educational institutions?

Which of the following is not an example of community identity?

What was the opinion of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar about local self-government during the drafting of the Constitution?

Which of the following statements are true about stereotypes?
(A) Stereotypes are often applied to ethnic and racial groups.
(B) Stereotypes fix whole groups into a single entity.
(C) Stereotypes refuse to recognize the variation across individuals.
(D) Stereotypes are partly colonial constructs.
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In every society, some individuals have a greater share of valued resources – money, property, education, prestige etc., than others. These social resources can be divided into different forms of capital. Identify them from the following.
(A) Economic capital.
(B) Cultural capital
(C) Social capital
(D) Educational capital
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In which year did the first Backward Classes Commission headed by Kaka Kalelkar submit its report?

Which of the following arguments are correct about tribes in India?
(A) Adivasis were always the oppressed group, as they are now.
(B) Tribes were absorbed in Hindu society through Sanskritisation.
(C) Tribes occupied a special trade niche, trading forest produce, salt and elephants.
(D) Adivasis often exercised dominance over the plains people through their capacity to raid them.
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Among the middle class youth of India, the iPhone has become extremely popular as it reflects their social standing. Which concept can be best associated with this example?

Which of the following are examples of geographically distant territories belonging to the same nation?
(A) Austria, Germany
(B) Alaska and the United States of America
(C) Pakistan before 1971
(D) Falkland Islands and the United Kingdom
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Which of the following are post-liberalisation developments in India?
[(A)] Ikea store in Hyderabad
[(B)] ICICI-Lombard selling insurance
[(C)] HYV seeds
[(D)] MTV
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Identify the characteristics of the New Farmer’s movement that began in the 1970s in Punjab and Tamil Nadu.
(A) Movements were regionally organised.
(B) Movements were organised by communist leaders.
(C) Movements involved farmers rather than peasants.
(D) Basic ideology of the movement was strongly anti-state and anti-urban.
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What was the central demand of Bardoli Satyagraha?

Which of the following statement about caste system is NOT correct?

Correct the sequence on the emergence of new markets in the pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial era:
(A) Rise of Marwaris as the best-known business community.
(B) New groups entered into trade and business in alliance with merchant communities.
(C) India was the major supplier of the manufactured goods to the world market.
(D) Expansion of the market economy in India under changing economic circumstances.
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Among these examples, which one is NOT an example of stereotypes?

When religious identity overrides everything else, it leads to:

Which of the following Acts override the Official Secrets Act, 1923?