1. ‘Adivasi’ is the collective term for …………………………in India
Correct : B. Scheduled Tribes
2. Being a victim of rape, she spend her 42 years in coma, making her the face of euthanasia
debate in India, she was
Correct : D. Arunashanbaugh
3. Tribes make up of ………………………….. percentage of India’s population
Correct : A. 8.6
4. The practice of marriage within the boundaries of kin group, clan,lineage ,village and social
class is known as
Correct : B. Endogamy
5. Which is the year for "The Declaration of the Rights of Child"?
Correct : D. 1959
6. Name the Director of the banned Documentary ‘India’s Daughter’
Correct : B. LesleeUdwin
7. ‘Chenchu’ tribe is mainly present in the state of……………………………
Correct : A. Andhra Pradesh
8. Under the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, a child is one who has not
completed his
Correct : D. 14 years
9. Paniyan tribe is mainly present in the state of……………………………..
Correct : B. Kerala
10. This European country is the first one to give legal sanction to the gay marriage
Correct : D. Norway
11. When a Hindu male marries a woman from his lower caste, it is called
Correct : A. Hypogamy
12. Which among the following are systems of stratification?
Correct : D. All of the above
13. Sampurnanand Ashram” is associated with which of the following ?
Correct : B. Open Jail
14. The institution of marrying within a particular group is known
Correct : A. Endogamy
15. Which of the following is most effective in addressing social inequality caused by caste
system yielding tangible results?
Correct : A. Positive discrimination
16. Who is the author of the book ‘The Caste System and its Implications’?
Correct : C. Louis Dumont
17. According to Dumont, the underlying principle of caste is the contrast between
Correct : A. Pure and impure
18. A sociological analysis of gender entails that one must examine :
Correct : D. All of the above
19. Castes are organized in a ____________ fashion
Correct : B. Vertical
20. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a heartless world and the soul of soulless condition.” Who made the statement?
Correct : C. K. Marx
21. The word ‘caste’ is etymologically linked to ‘casta’ which is a ________ word.
Correct : B. Spanish
22. ‘Who among the following tribes is matrilineal in India?
Correct : A. Khasi
23. Who introduced the term ‘marginal man’?
Correct : B. Robert Park
24. Who of the following believed that there should be cultural autonomy of tribes?
Correct : C. Surajit Sinha
25. Marginalization can be studied in
Correct : C. Both developed and the developing countries
26. Those attitudes or behaviour that confirm to the norms of one’s own sex are known as
Correct : B. Gender Appropriate
27. Social exclusion indicates
Correct : D. All of the above
28. Which feminist theory argues that patriarchy is the major and universal cause of women’s
oppression and that the power invested in men is the root problem?
Correct : C. Radical feminism
29. Who introduced the term ‘social closure’?
Correct : B. Max Weber
30. By ‘Hindu Method of Tribal absorption’ N.K. Bose means:
Correct : C. Acceptance of the caste-system by the tribals because economic security and cultural liberalism in it
31. Who authored the work ‘Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity’?
Correct : D. Erving Goffman
32. Which Indian state has the largest number of slum dwellers as per census 2011?
Correct : C. Maharashtra
33. A stigma is a mark of …………….
Correct : A. Social disgrace
34. Which of the following institutions reinforce the cultural dominance of patriarchy encouraging violence against women by reducing women to bodies and objectifying ?
Correct : B. Media
35. The rights of refugees on settlement in a country is recognized through
Correct : A. The Geneva Convention
36. According to National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), which Indian State has the highest
rate of drug related suicides?
Correct : C. Kerala
37. The term refugee derives from the Latin refugere which means
Correct : D. To flee
38. Caste status is an example of ____________ status.
Correct : A. Ascribed
39. A refugee has a well-founded fear of persecution in their home country on account of
Correct : D. All of the above
40. Which one of the following is an example of achieved status?
Correct : C. Class
41. Which of the following is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people?
Correct : B. UNHCR
42. Who held the view that Indian tribals were backward Hindus?
Correct : A. G.S. Ghurye
43. The UNHCR was established in the aftermath of the
Correct : B. The Second World War
44. What proportion of India’s urban population live in slums?
Correct : A. Around one-fifth
45. Those who seek refugee status outside of their own state of origin must makean application to the country where they arrive and are referred to as
Correct : A. Asylum seekers
46. The Domestic Violence Act was passed in which of the following years?
Correct : D. 2005
47. ____________ is someone who resides in a country without proper documentation.
Correct : C. Undocumented person
48. Who among the following is associated with ‘Human Development Index (HDI) for
measuring the level of development among various countries?
Correct : B. Mahabub-ul-Haque
49. 55% of the total tribal population of India lives in
Correct : B. Central India
50. Who is the author of the book “Tribal Movements in India”?
Correct : C. K.S. Singh
51. Which of the following writers puts forward the idea of tribal-caste continuum?
Correct : C. F.G Bailey
52. Who among the following is not a Scheduled Tribe of India?
Correct : C. Gurjars
53. Undocumented people mostly work in
Correct : B. Informal economy
54. The Juvenile delinquents in India belong to the age group of
Correct : B. Below 14 years
55. In India people experience social stigma on account of
Correct : D. All of the above
56. Which one of the following statements correctly identify ‘subaltern perspective’?
Correct : C. Approach history from below, focused more on what happens among masses at the base level of society
57. Clans are
Correct : B. Exogamous
58. Which one of the following is not a reason for declining female sex ratio in India?
Correct : C. Migration of female work force from rural to urban areas
59. Gender difference’ denotes an analytical framework in which
Correct : D. social and ideological differences between sexes are explained
60. Which one of the following statements is true to describe ‘Domestic Violence’?
Correct : C. ‘Domestic violence’ include physical, sexual, mental and verbal abuse of a person in household setting.