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Urban Sociology | Set 3
1. Which of the following is not one of the features of urban community-
A. Face to face relationships
B. complex life
C. Materialistic
D. Glamour in life
Correct : A. Face to face relationships
2. Which among the following is not a cause of growth of cities –
A. Trade & commerce
B. Industrialism
C. Development of transport
D. Hygienic outlook of people
Correct : D. Hygienic outlook of people
3. Which among the following was an exclusive university town ?
A. Taxila
B. Pataliputra
C. Nalanda
D. kashi
Correct : C. Nalanda
4. Who developed the concept of urbanism as a way of life?
A. Louis wirth
B. Fisher
C. Louis coser
D. none of these
Correct : A. Louis wirth
5. The world,s first cities appeared about _________.
A. 3500 BC
B. 300 BC
C. 2000BC
D. AD 100
Correct : A. 3500 BC
6. Which of the following cities can be called megalopolis?
A. Kochi
B. Chennai
C. Mumbai
D. Ahmadabad
Correct : C. Mumbai
7. Who coined the term post-industrial society?
A. D. Bell
B. Durkheim
C. Fisher
D. Louis wirth
Correct : A. D. Bell
8. Durkheim’s concept of organic solidarity is found in
A. Tribal society
B. Agricultural society
C. Traditional society `
D. Modern society
Correct : D. Modern society
9. Who has given the concept of urban fringe?
A. M.N. Srinivas
B. K.M. Kapadia
C. S.C Dube
D. none of these
Correct : A. M.N. Srinivas
10. The spatial feature of urbanisation in India has been
A. localised in nature
B. balanced
C. both a & b
D. none of the above
Correct : A. localised in nature
11. Goa is a ______________.
A. Religious city
B. Resort city
C. Commercial city
D. All the above
Correct : B. Resort city
12. Which is not a feature of urban life?
A. loss of humanistic value
B. Impersonal relationship
C. informal ties
D. Competition
Correct : C. informal ties
13. Which among the following is a symbolic city?
A. Delhi
B. Mumbai
C. Chennai
D. Ayodhya
Correct : D. Ayodhya
14. _________ refers to number of people in an urban area per sq km.
A. citification
B. Urban population
C. urban density
D. Urbanism
Correct : C. urban density
15. Who developed concentric- zone theory of city?
A. Louis wirth
B. E. Burgess
C. M.N Srinivas
D. M.S.A Rao
Correct : B. E. Burgess
16. Name the theory developed by D.Harris and Edward in analysing city.
A. Ecological theory
B. Zone theory
C. Sector theory
D. Multiple nuclei
Correct : D. Multiple nuclei
17. ___________ refers to deviant acts committed with the help of information technology.
A. computer crime
B. White collar
C. cyber crime
D. none of these
Correct : A. computer crime
18. Who introduced the concept of Gesellschalt ?
A. George simmel
B. Durkheim
C. Tonnies
D. none of these
Correct : C. Tonnies
19. Conurbation means ________________.
A. cluster of cities & town
B. Cities of cities
C. group of slams
D. None of these
Correct : A. cluster of cities & town
20. _________ refers the refurbishing or replacement of old buildings & new use of previously developed land in urban areas.
A. urban planning
B. Urban recycling
C. urbanism
D. None of these
Correct : B. Urban recycling
21. . Which among the following statements is not correct?
A. In past communities used to be self sufficient, politically, socially or economically.
B. No community can be self sufficient these days
C. Every community is self sufficient these days
D. The term community denotes almost uniformly and permanently shared lives of people over a definite range
Correct : C. Every community is self sufficient these days
22. A scientific distinction between rural and urban community can be made on the basis of
A. density of population
B. area covered
C. occupation followed by people.
D. None of the above
Correct : A. density of population
23. Mark out the incorrect statement. In ancient period cities were ;
A. Industrial centres
B. Commercial centres
C. Religious centres
D. Political centres
Correct : A. Industrial centres
24. Social distance in a city is due to:
A. The size of city
B. the distance between residences
C. The social heterogeneity
D. The traffic problem in city
Correct : C. The social heterogeneity
25. Mark out among the following common to all cities
A. Majority of people are engaged in government services
B. Majority of occupants are engaged in non- agriculture activities.
C. Majority of people are engaged in trade and commerce
D. All the above
Correct : B. Majority of occupants are engaged in non- agriculture activities.
26. The ------of the urban community is source of social groupings both vertical and horizontal
A. Economic differentiation
B. age grading
C. Social differentiation
D. Caste
Correct : A. Economic differentiation
27. With whom is ‘the compositional theory, on urbanisation associated
A. Burgess
B. Gane
C. Park
D. None of the above
Correct : B. Gane
28. Mark out the correct statement in relation urban society
A. Urban life produces greater emotional tension than village life
B. Urban life produces greater insecurity than rural life
C. Urban life is faster than village life
D. All of the above
Correct : D. All of the above
29. Around ---- B.C. cities of Mohenjodaro and Harappa came into being in the valley of Indus river
A. BC 250
B. BC 2500
C. BC 1000
D. BC 3500
Correct : B. BC 2500
30. The movement of people from central cities to smaller communities in the surrounding area is known as...
A. Reverse migration
B. Under urbanisation
C. Suburbanisation
D. Over- urbanisation
Correct : C. Suburbanisation
31. Which among the following meaning is closest to the term ‘ over urbanisation;
A. Urbanisation at the cost of village development
B. urbanisation without the essential infrastructure.
C. rapid urbanisation
D. emergence of megalopolis.
Correct : B. urbanisation without the essential infrastructure.
32. Industrialisation weakens
A. role of religion in social life
B. father’s authority in the family
C. caste system
D. all of the above
Correct : D. all of the above
33. ............... refers to the practice of treating reason as the basis of belief and knowledge
A. secularism
B. Social deviance
C. moral density
D. Rationality
Correct : C. moral density
34. Unlike village community, urban society lacks in
A. secondary social control
B. Social tolerance
C. self suffiency
D. All of the above
Correct : C. self suffiency
35. Mark the earliest Indian civilisation
A. Rg- vedic phase
B. Banwali
C. Indus valley
D. None of the above
Correct : C. Indus valley
36. Which is the biggest populated city in India as per the 2011 census?
A. Kolkata
B. Delhi
C. Kochi
D. Mumbai
Correct : D. Mumbai
37. Who is the author of the article the city published in 1915?
A. RE Park
B. Louis wirth
C. Qunin
D. None of these
Correct : A. RE Park
38. the year in which Burgress and Park developed the their theory of urban ecology?
A. 1925
B. 1935
C. 1915
D. none of these
Correct : A. 1925
39. ........ is a self contained unit where members share a sense of belonging and a common territorial base
A. Society
B. Community
C. association
D. None of these
Correct : B. Community
40. .......... is the term used to refer the relationship between human beings and their physical environment
A. human physiology
B. Human ecology
C. human environment
D. None of these
Correct : A. human physiology