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Class 11 Sociology MCQs Multiple Choice Questions sets 1

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1. Sociology focuses on




2. Society is looked upon as




3. Social control brings _____ to society.




4. Slums in urban areas denote




5. A system of economic enterprise based on the economic exchange is known as




6. One of the features of modern societies is




7. History is the study of




8. Who wrote the book “Sociological Imagination”?




9. Industrial Revolution was characterised by ________




10. Sociology is the study of




11. Macro-sociology is the study of:




12. Questions on common sense knowledge lead to the




13. Social problems can be understood in the realm of




14. Human life is based on the




15. _____ a mode of reward or punishment that reinforce socially expected forms of behaviour.




16. The system in which society was divided into Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras was known as




17. Which one of the following refers to the place or time of one’s birth?




18. A Peer group is a kind of




19. The behaviours, obligations, and privileges attached to social status is known as




20. Panchamas in the caste system were considered as




21. The perspective which stresses that deviance promotes social unity and social change is




22. Social classes, status groups, age and gender groups, and crowds are the examples of




23. The basis of a caste system is




24. Migrants are often considered as




25. Social position in a society is known as




26. The economic system in which highly complex division of labour is present is the feature of




27. ‘The undisputed political rule of a state over a given territorial region’ is known as




28. Functionalism believes that social institutions arise in response to the




29. The family in which person is married is known as




30. In simple or pre-modern societies most of the people were engaged in




31. Identify the structure of the family where men exercise authority and dominance




32. Religion is considered as




33. The reason for the sudden decline in sex ratio can be attributed to




34. The form of power considered legitimate is




35. The concept of ‘sacred’ is related with




36. Institution of Politics is concerned with the




37. The focal point of industrial developments was




38. The socially acknowledged and approved sexual union between two individuals is known as:




39. The process through which one becomes a member of society is known as




40. The process through which one becomes a member of society is known as




41. Which rule derives its authority from the state?




42. A way of life in which all members of society participates defined as




43. The most important agent of socialization in early childhood is




44. The rights and responsibilities associated with the person’s social position is known as




45. A process of interaction which enables us to develop the skills we need to participate in human society is known as




46. The process whereby the helpless infant gradually becomes a self-aware, knowledgeable person, skilled in the ways of the culture into which he/she is born is known as




47. The tendency to evaluate other cultures according to ones own cultural values is known as:




48. The process of socialization which takes place in school and other institutions is known as




49. Normative aspects of culture include




50. Culture comprises inherited artifacts, goods, technical processes, ideas, habits, and values. Identify the sociologist who stated this




51. A way of thinking, feeling, and believing is known as




52. Colonization is an example of




53. A guided conversation between the researcher and respondent is known as:




54. ‘A comprehensive survey covering every single member of a population’ is known as




55. A comprehensive survey covering every single member of the population is known as:




56. The term ‘random’ suggests the selection




57. ‘Genealogy’ of the community was prepared during fieldwork. The word ‘genealogy’ denotes:




58. The issue which can be studied through participant observation is




59. The feature which is not common between questionnaire and interview is




60. In their principle of sample selection, the respondents are selected purely by chance:




61. In predicting the election results, the appropriate method of research would be




62. The book “The Golden Bough” was written by which famous anthropologist?




63. The introduction of equipment like recorders frequently makes the respondent




64. Stratified Random Sample’ is more




65. Life Chances, Social Statuses, and political influences are enjoyed by __________




66. Unit of social structure is




67. The notion that human beings have to cooperate to meet their basic needs, and to produce and reproduce themselves and their world was supported by




68. Admission procedures, codes of conduct, daily assemblies, annual functions, and school anthems are the examples of




69. The choices an individual makes/has in life, in terms of the school she goes to, or if she goes to school at all, the clothes she gets to wear, the foods she consumes, etc all of which is determined by _______




70. The universal features of all societies are




71. The central concepts to understanding the dialectical relationship between the society and individual are _______




72. ‘The clash of interests’ is known as




73. With co-operation, conflict and competition are also the parts of




74. “Social structure constrains our activities to constructed frameworks and patterns of organization and directs our behaviour”. Name the thinker.




75. The term ‘social structure’ means that society




76. Expansion of trade, division of labour, specialization, and rising productivity are the features of




77. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was introduced in the Year _____




78. Youth rebellion is an example of _____ Culture.




79. The natural disaster that hit Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands, and parts of Tamil Nadu in December 2004 was ______




80. Which term refers to an explicitly codified norm or rule?