Deck 1: Sociology and Socialization: Exploring Human Interaction, Exclusion, and Caste Systems

Question 1

The word sociology is derived from the Latin word--------------?

A)study
B)loga
C)science
D)socious

Answer 1

socious

Question 2

"sociology is the study of human interaction and interrelations their conditions and consequences" who said this?

A)emile durkheim
B)morris ginsberg
C)ogburn and nimkoff
D)harry m johnson

Answer 2

morris ginsberg

Question 3

What does society exclude?

A)differences
B)interdependence
C)reciprocity
D)time boundness

Answer 3

time boundness

Question 4

The caste system is a

A)political institution
B)religious institution
C)economic institution
D)social institution

Question 5

Which one of the following was not the „Varna? of the Aryan society?

A)brahmanas
B)shudras
C)vaishyas
D)sabhas

Question 6

Socialization is not a process involving?

A)social learning
B)learns to conforms to the norms of society
C)training to adopt to society
D)becoming a biological organism

Question 7

The term sociology is coined in the year

A)1798
B)1829.
C)1839
D)1818

Question 8

Institution is comparatively ___________.

A)permanent
B)temporary
C)artificial
D)transitory

Question 9

Sociology has been said to be the product of ____________ revolution.

A)chinese
B)russian
C)french
D)american

Question 10

Caste status is an example of ____________ status.

A)ascribed
B)achieved
C)general
D)social

Question 11

Which is the most important agency of socialization?

A)family
B)school
C)bank
D)religion

Question 12

Consider the following statements: Social stratification is a

A)hierarchical division of society
B)based on cultural background of the people
C)a contractual system of division of society into groups
D)biological category of people

Question 13

the most distinguishing characteristic of a caste system (where class is based on birth) is that _______

A)people can move vertically, but not horizontally
B)people can only move intergenerational
C)social status is inherited and cannot be changed
D)social status can be changed by education and hard work

Question 14

--------------- refers to the different layers of people who possess varying amounts of scarce resources

A)the proletariat
B)class consciousness
C)social stratification
D)horizontal mobility

Question 15

Arrange the following stages of socialization?

A)anticipatory
B)child
C)infant
D)adult

Question 16

Socialization is a process of converting a biological organism into ?

A)modern man
B)primitive man
C)social man
D)human being

Question 17

The basic criteria of social class is?

A)status
B)occupation
C)residence
D)birth

Question 18

Which of the following are the merits of joint family system?

A)it ensures economic progress
B)it provides opportunity for leisure
C)it secures economy of expenditure
D)it helps in the development of personality

Question 19

A joint family system is criticized because it

A)denies privacy to the newlywed couple
B)prevents property from being divided
C)becomes a home for idlers
D)provides little time to women for leisure

Question 20

the essential functions of the family are

A)Satisfaction of the sex need
B)Production and rearing of children
C)A Common Habitation
D)All of the above

Question 21

institutional structures are

A)definite entities through which institutions operate
B)rules of procedure recognized by society
C)groups of people living on a common territory
D)symbols of institutions

Question 22

Fact is "an empirically verifiable observation" who said this?

A)good and hatt
B)mac iver
C)merton
D)g. e, swanson

Question 23

which of the following had not weakened the caste system?

A)industrialization
B)means of transport
C)constitution
D)the policy of reservations

Question 24

which article of the constitution emphasis special provisions for Scheduled Castes and Tribes?

A)article 36
B)article 330
C)article 332
D)all of the above

Question 25

what is considered as essential to the origin of the family?

A)sexual urge
B)economic need
C)need for procreation
D)all of the above