Deck 4: Urban Studies and Family Structures

Question 1

Who subscribed to the "Darwinian Web of Life" in understanding urban studies?

A)George Simmel
B)Robert E. Park
C)E.W Burgess
D)J.A.Quinn

Answer 1

Robert E. Park

Question 2

Concentric Zone theory in urban studies was introduced by

A)RE Park & EW Burgess
B)Louis R Wirth
C)Georg Simmel
D)Kingsley Davis

Answer 2

Louis R Wirth

Question 3

Who is the author of "Metropolis and Mental Life"?

A)Herbert Spencer
B)George Simmel
C)Oswald Spengler
D)Emile Durkheim

Answer 3

George Simmel

Question 4

Who mentioned "relations in urban are always changing and fleeting, but in rural areas, it is always absolute and communitarian"?

A)Max Weber
B)V. Pareto
C)Louis R. Wirth
D)MSA Rao

Question 5

The pace of life is faster in cities because of the existence of-

A)Co-operation
B)Interdependence
C)Strong bonds
D)Competition

Question 6

Urbanisation is generally related with -

A)Integration
B)Decomposition
C)Demoralisation
D)Industrialisation

Question 7

Family in India is generally of Joint family and -

A)Multi-lingual family
B)Nuclear family
C)Neo-Nuclear family
D)Extended family

Question 8

It is generally assumed that the process of urbanisation leads to -

A)Stagnation
B)Growth of family
C)Decline in family
D)Genocide

Question 9

The institutions of family, kinship and caste are closely -

A)Differentiated
B)Interrelated
C)Inculcated
D)Indoctrinated

Question 10

The Khasi society is -

A)Patrilineal in nature
B)Matrilineal in nature
C)Decentralised in nature
D)Heterogenous in nature.

Question 11

In matrilineal society, the head of the family is the -

A)Eldest female
B)The uncle
C)The Youngest female
D)The eldest female

Question 12

The sociologist who dispel the breakdown of joint family in India is

A)M.N Srinivas
B)A.M Shah
C)G.S Ghurye
D)Yogendra Singh

Question 13

The family system which emerge in association with modern industrial societies is -

A)Nuclear family
B)Joint family
C)Traditional family
D)Linguistic family

Question 14

Rural society is associated with -

A)Joint family
B)Urban family
C)Nuclear family
D)Transitional family

Question 15

Ram Krishna Mukherjee is associated with the study of -

A)West Bengal
B)Gujarat
C)Madhya Pradesh
D)Assam

Question 16

A.H Shah made a study of family system and changes in -

A)Gujarat
B)Delhi
C)West Bengal
D)Kerala

Question 17

S. Vatuk in his study of kinship system laid emphasis to -

A)North Indian kinship
B)South Indian kinship
C)East Indian Kinship
D)West Indian kinship

Question 18

Urban culture is the culture found in -

A)Rural area
B)Urban area
C)Village area
D)Suburban area

Question 19

Urban areas are the symbol of cultural -

A)Heterogeneity
B)Homogeneity
C)Conflict
D)Cohesion

Question 20

The Joint family system is being replaced by -

A)Traditional family
B)Nuclear family
C)Extended family
D)Transitional family

Question 21

Nuclear families are more popular in -

A)Urban areas
B)Rural areas
C)Sub-urban area
D)Slums

Question 22

In urban areas, the major occupations are -

A)Professional in nature
B)Traditional in nature
C)Limited in nature
D)Extensive in nature

Question 23

Social distance is the result of -

A)Anonymity and heterogeneity
B)Segregation and intervention
C)Conflict and affection
D)Demonstration

Question 24

The urbanites attach supreme importance to their -

A)Material possessions
B)Ideologies and beliefs
C)Inconsistent admirations
D)Welfare and happiness

Question 25

George Simmel held that social structure of urban communities is based on -

A)Ideologies
B)Mindset
C)Interest groups
D)Possessions