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Indian Society-Introducing Indian Society Part 2

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1. Society is the web of social relationships whose definition is this?




2. There are two types of definition of society. These are-




3. Society is




4. Marriage is a/an




5. In the Industrialised western societies, the chief aim of marriage is not only procreation but




6. Marriage is considered to be necessary because




7. In his book People of India who said that probably there has existed in man a tendency to vary. This desire must have driven men to seek marital alliance with strangers, unfamiliar and unknown to him.




8. Risley have given this statement put in question No. 4 to support his views on _______, regarding marriage.




9. 16. Who among the following was on the opinion that? A gift is a social substitute for money among moneyless cultures.??




10. The importance of the social division of labour as a criterion of social development has been insisted by




11. Whose statement is this??Jajmani relationships is the means by which the rich and powerful exploit the poor and coerce the workers into sustaining the power of those who have the upper hand and the higher rank.?




12. Kula exchange is associated with




13. The basis of slave system is always?




14. Which of the following factors does not contribute to the growth of traditional societies?




15. Which of the following statements is correct?




16. A characteristic feature of a rural community is




17. Who among the following was the first to distinguish between the state and the government?




18. The state originates and continues to exist for the sake of the best life. Whose opinion is this?




19. Who among the following is associated with authority?




20. The three-tier system of Panchayati Raj was recommended by




21. Functional theory of stratification propounded by




22. Who among the following has emphasized upon the functional aspects of stratification?




23. The society has passed through the three stages of its development-theological, metaphysical and the positive. This view was held by




24. Whose definition is this? Tribe is an indigenous unit speaking a common language, claiming a common descent, living in a particular geographical area, backward in technology, pre-literate, loyally observing social and political customs based on kinship.




25. Practice of welcoming guests, by spitting on their body is practiced by




26. Demographers do not take into account




27. What is meant by sex-ratio?




28. The scheduled castes in India provide an example of a




29. Who gave the name Harijans to the untouchables?




30. According to whom the self develops in a social context and is nurtured by primary groups?




31. The value which cannot be determined graphically is:




32. The most frequent item of the series around which other items are densely populated is known as:




33. What is the theoretical framework that fo?cuses on the level of economic development as the determinant of birth and death rates, referred to as?




34. Which one of the following is the first stage of the evolution of an institution?




35. Identify the particular element that domi?nates in the material culture:




36. Which among the following is the indicator of open stratification system?




37. Who among the following authors initially used the term social physics for Sociology?




38. An author thought of society to be consist?ing in the consciousness of kind. Identify from among the following:




39. Which of the following best describes sociology as a subject?




40. C. Wright Mills once said that sociologists need to develop a sociological __________ to study how society affects individuals.




41. A sociologist defines society as a group of people who reside in a defined area, share a culture, and who:




42. Seeing patterns means that a sociologist needs to be able to:




43. Which of the following was a topic of study in early sociology?




44. Sociology has been derived from the Latin word Societus and logos, which means:




45. It was as the founder of Positive movement that- achieved recognition as a philosopher, and although modem sociologists do not consider his theories as anything other than a series of interesting speculations, they recognize that he was responsible for demonstrating the need for an objective systematic study of society.




46. Modem sociological thought and theory, as distinct from the purely contemplative or philosophical analysis of society, emerged in the:




47. Relationship central to sociology are those which involve:




48. One important advantage of socialisation is that it takes one:




49. Group Mind was written by:




50. Differences can be those of: