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Rural Sociology | Set 1

1. Identify the important social institutions in rural India among the following.

Correct : A. Family

2. Where did rural sociology originated in the world?

Correct : C. United States of America

3. When did Rural Sociology originated as a systematic science?

Correct : A. 1820

4. Which of the following is responsible for the emergence of rural sociology?

Correct : C. The Country life Commission

5. When was the country life commission formed?

Correct : B. 1907

6. When was the Journal entitled ‘Rural Sociology’ published?

Correct : B. 1935

7. Which of the following is the prime objective of Rural sociology?

Correct : A. Comprehensive study of rural social organisation its structure and functions

8. Who appointed the Country Life Commission (CLC) ?

Correct : D. Theodore Roosevelt

9. Which of the following is responsible for the emergence of rural sociology?

Correct : B. Poverty and economic crisis

10. The beginning of the study of rural society in India was initiated by

Correct : C. Sir Henry Maines

11. Who wrote the first College text book in Rural sociology?

Correct : C. John M. Gillettee

12. The findings of Country Life Commission were referred to

Correct : A. The American Sociological Society

13. Rural sociology is

Correct : A. the sociology of life in the rural environment

14. Rural Sociology in India as a systematic branch of study developed

Correct : A. after independence of India

15. Which of the following is the nature of Rural Sociology

Correct : D. All of the above

16. Which of the following is not included in rural institutions

Correct : D. Schools

17. Rural population according to 2011 census was

Correct : B. 68.84 %

18. The village community is characterised by-

Correct : C. conservative ideas

19. A clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town is called

Correct : C. Village

20. Rural sociology emerged due to

Correct : A. the need of intensive study of different aspects of rural social life

21. Rural Sociology as a separate discipline of study started in

Correct : C. The twentieth century

22. Which of the following is known as “the charter for Rural Sociology”

Correct : B. Report of the Country Life Commission

23. Studies on village communities before independence of India focused mainly on

Correct : A. Economic perspective

24. Village studies during the British period were made for

Correct : B. Consolidating the British Raj in India

25. Village studies in India were mainly conducted by

Correct : D. All of the above

26. Who considers village as a concept, a way of life

Correct : A. D.N. Majumdar

27. National Rural Development Institute is situated in

Correct : B. Hyderabad

28. Which of the following is the nature of rural community ?

Correct : D. informal social control

29. The village Rampura in the south east of Mysore in Karnataka was studied by

Correct : C. M.N Srinivas

30. The importance of conducting village studies in India is

Correct : B. to help in planning rural reconstruction

31. Which one of the following is the problem related to village studies in India.?

Correct : A. Scholars studied village community in biotic frame of reference

32. "A village should be self -sufficient, should be morally and economically integrated within the Indian society" who said this words?

Correct : A. Mahatma Gandhi

33. The nature and types of recreational activities of village depend on

Correct : A. economic and social progress

34. Which of the following is not the scope of rural sociology

Correct : D. None of the above

35. The pioneering work of A.R Desai in the field of rural sociology was entitled

Correct : B. Rural sociology in India

36. Which of the following is not included to the scope of rural sociology?

Correct : C. Rural mechanization

37. The striking similarities between the village and the town in some aspects of community life is

Correct : C. Rural-urban convergence

38. Who said that if the villages prosper, the country prospers; and if the villages ruin, who can save the country?.

Correct : A. Mahatma Gandhi

39. The main duty of the family in rural society is

Correct : B. Socialization

40. Which one is not the basis of unity in village?

Correct : D. Specialization

41. Density of population in rural areas is

Correct : A. Low

42. Who used the terms ‘rural’ and ‘urban’ for contrasting communities

Correct : A. Louis Wright

43. Family which consists of members among whom there exists what is known as blood relationship is termed as

Correct : C. Consanguineous family

44. “The general assumption that the joint family is dying out is invalid” was said by

Correct : B. K.M. Kapadia

45. The type of kinship established between husband and wife is called

Correct : A. Affinal kinship

46. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of joint family system?

Correct : B. Members are not related to each other

47. In a traditional village the head of the village used to be one who was

Correct : B. The eldest person in the village

48. A family can be divided into matriarchal and patriarchal on the basis of

Correct : B. Authority

49. Which one of the following is not true of the marriage system in villages of India?

Correct : B. child marriage is on the increase

50. Which of the following is not a characteristic of joint family?

Correct : C. Private ownership of property

51. In rural society, a family is like

Correct : C. a community

52. A rule of marriage in which life partners are to be selected within the group

Correct : A. Endogamy

53. Changes in the joint family lead to

Correct : C. a rise in the status of women

54. The attitude towards sacred things is called

Correct : B. Belief

55. The recitation of certain ‘Mantras’ on the occasion of birth, marriage, etc is a characteristic feature of

Correct : A. Hindu religion

56. The purpose of a temple in the village is for

Correct : C. social assemblage

57. In rural society, people believed in religion because they

Correct : B. were afraid of supernatural power

58. What are the two basic components of all religion?

Correct : C. Belief and ritual

59. A Harijan family trying to follow the lifestyle of a Brahman family in a multi-caste Indian village may be attributed to

Correct : B. Sanskritization

60. In the Hindu belief system, salvation means

Correct : B. permanent relief from life and death cycle

61. The focal centre for religious veneration in rural society is the

Correct : B. belief in god

62. One of the important characteristics of village community in India is its

Correct : B. homogeneity

63. The principle cause for the end of village isolation is

Correct : B. development of transport and communication

64. Which of the following is not a characteristic of village community?

Correct : C. Dominance of nuclear family

65. In rural society the pattern of interaction of the members is

Correct : B. narrower

66. The dominant factor that decides almost all aspects of rural life in India is

Correct : B. casteism

67. Under Jajmani system, the person rendering his/her services to Jajman is called

Correct : B. Kameen

68. Modern village community has been very much influenced by

Correct : C. urbanization

69. Which among the following factors makes the people of a village a ‘community’?

Correct : C. Sense of “we” feeling

70. Self-sufficiency is a major feature of

Correct : A. Rural society

71. Which among the following factors influences the social organization of the villages?

Correct : A. Caste system

72. Which one of the following scholars opined that the self-sufficiency of the Indian village is a myth?

Correct : D. M.N.Srinivas

73. The main occupation of rural society is

Correct : A. Agriculture

74. India is a land of

Correct : B. Villages

75. A village has less than _______ population

Correct : C. 5,000

76. Which of the following is the basic unit of rural social structure?

Correct : A. Family

77. What is a prerequisite for the rural people to understand the significance of their rights provided by the Constitution?

Correct : B. Modern education

78. The first education commission of post independent period in India was

Correct : A. Radhakrishnan Commission

79. Family in Rural society is

Correct : D. Both of the above

80. The main purpose of Navodaya Vidyalaya is to give education to

Correct : A. Rural talented students

81. Which one of the following factors brought changes in the caste system?

Correct : D. All of the above

82. Who defined caste class nexus as a set of relationships which becomes the basis of structural and cultural change.

Correct : A. G.S. Ghurye

83. Class structures present in rural India are based on

Correct : A. Landownership

84. Ashok Rudra mentioned the existence of class in rural society into two categories. They are

Correct : B. Class of landlords and class of agricultural labourers

85. Who said that caste is not just a ritual entity, but has an ideological meaning?

Correct : C. Louis Dumont

86. The main difference between caste and class is that

Correct : C. The status given to an individual is ascribed in the case of caste, whereas in class it is achieved

87. Which of the following are the dominant form of social stratification in rural India

Correct : B. Caste and class

88. Which of the following statement is true?

Correct : A. Class based distinctions within the caste are found in rural area

89. The three level system of stratification according to Harold A. Gould are

Correct : D. Forward classes, Backward classes and Harijans

90. A category of people who share a common position in a hierarchy are commonly known as a ___

Correct : A. Caste system

91. The caste system is based on

Correct : A. Religion

92. Which of the mentioned divisions are unique to India?

Correct : B. Caste division

93. Which of the following belongs to a middle class in India?

Correct : D. All of the above

94. Which of the following is responsible for the emergence of new class in rural India?

Correct : C. both of the above

95. Economic system of the village is based on

Correct : A. Functional specialization

96. Social mobility is the most important feature of

Correct : B. Urban society

97. Social stratification implies

Correct : B. Social inequality

98. Jajmani relationship refers to a system of interdependence among

Correct : C. Families

99. Who said that “it is the caste system that rightly determines the place of its members in the religious life of the people”.

Correct : A. A.R. Desai

100. Which of the following religion is associated with caste system?

Correct : B. Hinduism