List of top Sociology Questions on Gender, Religion, and Caste Issues

A nation is a peculiar sort of community that is easy to describe but hard to define. Why? 

A falling dependency ratio can be a source of economic growth and prosperity. State how. 

“I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in the circus sideshows, it is as though I have been surrounded by mirrors of hard distorting glass. When they approach me they see only my surroundings i.e., themselves or figments of their imagination. Indeed everything and anything except me.” (Ellison, 1952 : 3) Mention some of the common features central to the public perception of ‘disability' all over the world.

Studies have shown how diverse family forms are found in different societies. With regard to rules of residence, write two forms of family. 

The state invested in the development of rural infrastructure, such as irrigation facilities, roads and electricity and on the provision of agricultural inputs. For regular agricultural growth, uninterrupted power supply to rural India is one of the necessities.
Based on the given passage, answer the following question :
(b) A recently launched scheme is an effort of the Indian Government in this direction. Name the scheme. What is the positive outcome of these schemes? 

Assertion (A): Prejudices refer to pre-conceived opinions or attitudes held by members of one group towards another.
Reason (R): An opinion is formed in advance of any familiarity with the subject, before considering any available evidence.
State action alone cannot ensure social change. What else does it need to be supplemented with to ensure social change ?
Due to COVID-19 pandemic hundreds and thousands of workers worked from home. Which of the following can allow work from home ?
I. IT sector
II. Bidi Industry
III. Maruti factory
IV. All Government firms
Assertion (A): What marked capitalism from the very beginning was its dynamism, its potential to grow, expand, innovate, and use technology and labour in the best possible way.
Reason (R): Capitalism is an economic system organised to accumulate profits within a market system.
Gender discrimination occurs when
A. Women & men are located separately whilst participating in a broadly similar set of activities. 
B. Deliberate legal / traditional policies of segregation adopted. 
C. Women primarily excluded from paid work. 
D. Women attained higher education 
E. Women achieve political empowerment 
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Match List I with List II
 
 List I (Book) List II (Author)
AReligion & Society Among the Coorgs of South IndiaILouis Dumont
BVillage India: Studies in the Little Community IIBR Ambedkar
CAnnihilation of CasteIIIM.N. Srinivas
DHomo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and its implicationsIVMekin Marriot 

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Match List I with List II
 List I (Constitutional Provision) List II ((Issue)
AArticle 17IBackward Cla
BArticle 340IIEquality 
CArticle 19III Untouchability
DArticle 14IVFreedom of speech

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It is a system of manipulation by which an effect is sought through the action of unseen powers and regardless of physical causality. It may be sympathetic and contagious.
Which of the following features characterizes class?
(A) Common economic condition 
(B) Common status 
(C) Common occupational prestige 
(D) Common Life Style 
(E) Common Religion 
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Which of the following characteristics are correct about modernization?
(A) Rational Thinking 
(B) Secular Ideas 
(C) Scientific Temper 
(D) Faith in Old Tradition 
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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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The criteria that characterize a dominant caste are
A. Numerical strength 
B. Sanskritization 
C. A high ritual status in the local area 
D. Political power and authority 
E. Cultural association 
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Most important features of the caste system are:
(A) Authority 
(B) Social and Religious Hierarchy 
(C) Heredity Occupation 
(D) Taboos 
(E) Mobility 
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The baby lamb known as Dolly was born in UK on 5th July 1996. Her claim to fame was that she was cloned. Once the issue of animal cloning has been proved possible, it is but a few steps to the issue of Human cloning. Although at present most government oppose such development, there have already been maverick scientist who claim to have cloned people. Dolly died in 2003, but the issue she raised continue. They are:
(A) Environmental 
(B) Ethical 
(C) Religious 
(D) Political 
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In the context of earliest form of religion, the German theory of Naturism is often associated with :