Deck 8: Indian Sociologists and Sociology

Question 1

M.N. Srinivas famous field study was conducted among the different castes of

A)Cochin
B)Chittoor
C)Coorgs
D)Cowdalli

Answer 1

Coorgs

Question 2

Who gave the concept, "dominant caste"?

A)A.R. Desai
B)M.N. Srinivas
C)G.S. Ghurye
D)Louis Dumont

Answer 2

M.N. Srinivas

Question 3

M.N. Srinivas replaced the term "Brahminsation" with

A)Modernisation
B)Westernisation
C)Secularisation
D)Sanskritisation

Answer 3

Sanskritisation

Question 4

Sanskritisation is

A)Religious conversion to another religion
B)Adopting other culture and language
C)Cultural mobility in the direction of upper dominant caste
D)Social change towards modernity

Question 5

Social Change in Modern India was written by

A)D.P. Mukherji
B)Iravati Karve
C)G.S. Ghurye
D)M.N. Srinivas

Question 6

M.N. Srinivas viewed caste as a

A)Segmentary system
B)Functional system
C)Social system
D)Economic system

Question 7

Religion and Society among the Coorgs of South India was written by M.N, Srinivas in

A)1939
B)1940
C)1948
D)1952

Question 8

M.N. Srinivas died in

A)1979
B)1989
C)1999
D)2009

Question 9

Marxist Sociology applies

A)Functional perspective
B)Marxist perspective
C)Indological perspective
D)None of the above

Question 10

A.R. Desai was born on

A)April 16th 1915
B)April 17th 1915
C)April 16th 1916
D)April 17th 1916

Question 11

A.R. Desai was a follower of

A)Joseph Stalin
B)Karl Marx
C)G.S. Ghurye
D)Leon Trotsky

Question 12

Social Background of Indian Nationalism was written by

A)D.D. Kosambi
B)G. Aloysius
C)A.R. Desai
D)M.N. Srinivas

Question 13

Who among the pioneer Indian sociologist is associated with the study of peasant movement

A)G.S. Ghurye
B)M.N. Srinivas
C)A.R. Desai
D)None of the above

Question 14

Who among the following is not pioneer Indian sociologists?

A)T.K. Oomen
B)A.R.Desai
C)G.S. Ghurye
D)M.N. Srinivas

Question 15

A.R. Desai died on

A)12th November, 1991
B)12th November, 1992
C)12th November, 1993
D)12th November, 1994

Question 16

In terms of universities offering social sciences and allied discipline, Sociology comes to which number?

A)First
B)Third
C)Fifth
D)Sixth

Question 17

In 1924 G. S. Ghurye became the head of the department of sociology in

A)Poona University
B)Bombay University
C)Calcutta University
D)Lucknow University

Question 18

Sociology of Science and Technology is introduced as new area of study in sociology in the

A)1960s
B)1970s
C)1980s
D)1990s

Question 19

Sociology in India moved towards the study of Globalisation in the

A)1960s
B)1970s
C)1980s
D)1990s

Question 20

Sociology discipline was introduced in Lucknow University in

A)1921
B)1914
C)1918
D)1922

Question 21

State and Society in India was written by

A)G.S Ghurye
B)A.R. Desai
C)P. Mukerji

Question 22

Which of the following is not Caste characteristic as viewed by M.N. Srinivas

A)endogamy
B)exogamy
C)common occupation
D)pollution

Question 23

Adopting attributes that are indicatives of higher status is known as

A)Secularisation
B)Westernisation
C)Sanskritisation
D)Modernisation

Question 24

The Burning Cauldron of the North East India was authored by

A)Virginius Xaxa
B)Andre Beteille
C)M.N. Srinivas
D)G.S. Ghurye

Question 25

Sociological Bulletin is the official organ journal of

A)British Sociological Association
B)American Sociological Association
C)European Sociological Association
D)Indian Sociological Society