Sociology aims as explaining man’s
(a) Group behaviour
(b) Interpersonal relationship
(c) Both a & b
(d) None the above
The Central theme in Sociology is
(a) Biological interaction
(b) Social interaction
(c) Chemical interaction
(d) Physical interaction
Sociology analyzes the concept of
(a) Civilization
(b) Juvenite delinguency
(c) Other ills
(d) All of the above
Sociology also Studies the possibility of directing changes in the ultimate interest of
(a) Family welfare
(b) Social welfare
(c) Human welfare
(d) All of the above
Sociology is the study of the individual only from
(a) Cultural angle
(b) Economic angle
(e) Political angle
(d) None of the above
Social life consists of
(a) Musics
(b) Participation in drams
(c) Games
(e) All of the above
Sociology analyzes the ‘process of interaction’ as
(a) Cooperation
(b) Conflict
(c) Competition
(d) All of the above
‘Social development’ is which includes the development of
(a) Co-operativenes
(b) Friendliness
(c) Social attitudes
(d) All of the above
The theory that study of sociology is human relationship is given by
(a) Merritt
(b) Eldridge
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of the above
Sociology is the study of
(a) Human relationship
(b) Psychological relationship
(c) Cultural relationship
(d) All of the above
Sociology studies ‘process of interaction’ as
(a) Assimilation
(b) Cooperation
(c) Accommodation
(d) All of the above
When one learns something and makes use of what he has learned is called
(a) Assimilation
(b) Co-operation
(c) Competition
(d) Conflict
The idea that people of high and low status were all equal in the eyes of God first comes with
(a) Huns
(b) Muslims
(c) Pourtugeese
(d) Englishman
Sociology examines
(a) Social Change
(b) Social control
(c) Both a & b
(d) All the above
In Ginsberg’s view Sociology is
(a) All that happens to society
(b) All that happens to human beings
(c) All that happens to animals
(d) All of the above
Incorporating learned behaviour into own personality and makes them his ‘style of life’ is
(a) Assimilation
(b) Co-operation
(c) Competition
(d) Conflict
The idea of equality was welcomed by the
(a) Lower caste in Hindu society
(b) Kshatriya
(c) Brahman
(d) Backwards
Sociology should reflect the –
(a) Community
(b) Culture
(c) Customs
(d) All of the above
Caste system weakened in the 20th century’s
(a) Last fifty decades
(b) First fifty decades
(c) In the middle decades
(d) None of the above
When a group of people learn something and change their behaviour and attitudes as a result then we can say that this group has_____learning
(a) Co-operated
(b) Assimilated
(c) Competited
(d) Conflicted
Sociology is the study of society of the web tissue of human interaction and inter-relation said by
(a) Ginsberg
(b) Moore
(c) Merritt
(d) Duncan
Social interaction includes
(a) Interaction with culture
(b) Interaction with society
(c) Interaction with family
(d) All of the above
The school socialized by imparting social interaction which is/are –
(a) Students vs staff
(b) Students vs student of different age
(c) Staff vs staff
(d) All of the above
From the sociological viewpoint the function of education are –
(a) Assimilation of tradition
(b) Development of new social patterns
(c) The creative and constructive role
(d) All of the above
The caste system showed signs of lossening up under the impact of
(a) Gandhiji
(b) Rajendra Prasad
(c) J.L. Nehru
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Sociology Studies the effect if changes on behaviour and personality development in
(a) Society
(b) Individual
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of the above
From the Sociological viewpoint education is regarded as a process in which there are two aspects
(a) The psychological
(b) The sociological
(c) Both a & b
(d) Biological & Sociological
Robbins definition for sociology deals with
(a) Whole world
(b) Whole man
(c) Whole society
(d) Whole organism
Games and Sports are
(a) Competitive
(b) Co-operative
(c) Assimitative
(d) None of the above
In view of all sociological principals, the curriculum should include the subject of
(a) Social studies
(b) Physical education
(c) Health
(d) All of the above
The group or individual have competition in
(a) Social
(b) Economic
(c) Political
(d) Competition in all areas
During periods of prosperity and trade expansion in Indian history there appears to have been considerable
(a) Social mobility
(b) Caste mobility
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of these
Education should bring a change not only in the amount of knowledge gained but in –
(a) To acquire habits
(b) To do
(c) Ability to think
(d) All of the above
How many types of social processes involved in education
(a) 2
(b) 4
(b) 3
(d) 5
Sociological thinking in education has its impact
(a) On objective
(b) Ends in education
(c) Both a & b
(d) None the above
In many socialist countries
(a) Co-operative housing
(b) There is co-operative farming
(c) Both a & b
(d) Either a or b
The phrase “Social aim in education” is the one which has been upheld in the –
(a) North America
(b) United Kingdom
(c) Democratic countries
(d) All of the above
Education should train the
(a) Individual first
(b) Society first
(c) Nation first
(d) Family first
The common uniform dress abolishes all individual identity in the same way as the aims in
(a) Education do
(b) Politics do
(c) Both a & b
(d) There is no relation between the subjects
The basic scheme of education emphasises the need of a predominantly
(a) Agrarian population
(b) Rural population
(c) Both a & b
(d) All social classes
Education for social services or education for citizenship and aims at the good of the community laying stress on teaching
(a) Science
(b) Citizenship
(c) Religious
(d) Moral values
Social institution is/are –
(a) The state
(b) The school
(c) The family
(c) All of the above
A socially efficient individual conforms
(a) Right way of conduct
(b) Moral standards of conduct
(c) Basic standards
(d) All of the above
The demands of society are given priority against the inclination of the
(a) Community
(b) Individual
(c) Parents
(d) State
Social aims in education is the one which has been upheld in the –
(a) South Africa
(b) United Kingdom
(c) North America
(d) South Asia
Today enlighted thinking is needed, which can be promoted through the
(a) In our schools
(b) Leaderships of teachers
(c) Both a & b
(d) All of the above
Several schools in different states are participating in the
(a) National Literacy Mission
(b) National unity
(c) National cultural change
(d) All of the above
If education is the result of social change it means that social change has created a demand for –
(a) Education
(b) Conscience
(c) Industrialisation
(d) Economic prosperity
Participating in the removal of illiteracy is a
(a) Social change
(b) Conscience change
(c) Cultural change
(d) None of the above
Participating in the removal of illiteraly is a
(a) Educational change
(b) Social change
(c) Cultural change
(d) All of the above
If the change has great demand for education then the nature of education should be connected with the type of
(a) Social status
(b) Social change
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of the above
Students at the secondary stage are acting as volunteer teachers to teach
(a) As part of their SUPW
(b) Illiterate people in the slums or
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of the above
The ways of influencing society and bringing about social change is possible by
(a) School open-house days
(b) Parent-teachers meetings
(c) Other ways of meeting adults in the neighbourhood of the school
(d) All of the above
The book ‘India’s Changing Villages’ is written by:
(a) T. B. Bottomore
(b) M. M. Srinivas
(c) S. C. Dube
(d) Jayaprakash Narayan
Which among the following may be taught as the most important part of culture ?
(a) Mores
(b) Norms
(c) Values
(d) Customs
The primary aim of Shantiniketan is to teach
(a) National culture
(b) International culture
(c) Both
(d) Neither
“Man takes his birth in a certain culture” the statements come in
(a) Acculturation
(b) Diffusion
(c) Idea
(d) None of the above
The concept of ‘life-long learning’ is an outcome of :
(a) Shortage of schools in the country
(b) People’s desire to learn more
(c) The dynamics of the expansion of knowledge
(d) Country’s need for a large number of educated people.
The main function of education of the child is:
(a) Transmission of cultural heritage
(b) Teaching of 3rs
(c) Teaching of 3Hs
(d) Teaching of means of livelihood
Culture may be defined as the :
(a) Sum total of collective behaviour
(b) Uncodified ideology of people
(c) Pattern of arrangements, material and behavioural, adopted by a society.
(d) Typical habit patterns of people.
A man is not educated unless he has :
(a) Culture
(b) Knowledge
(c) Money earning technique
(d) Information
Which is the least important aim of education in the context of Indian democracy:
(a) Development of leadership qualities.
(b) Development of democratic citizenship
(c) Teaching ‘democracy’ in the class
(d) Increasing the vocational efficiency of students
The difference between the pace of progress of material and nonmaterial culture in which case material culture is much more developed is known as:
(a) Cultural lag
(b) Social lag
(c) Technological lag
(d) Social and cultural lag
The Sarda Act of 1930:
(a) Prohibited divorce among Hindus.
(b) Permitted widow remarriage among Hindus
(c) Restricted the age of marriageable boys and girls among Hindus
(d) Permitted women to receive higher education
The book ‘Races and Cultures of India’ is written by:
(a) D.N. Majumdar
(b) M.N. Prabhu
(c) T.B. Bottomore
(d) K.M. Kapadia
In ancient India, formal instruction was provided by
(a) Family elders
(b) Kshatriyas
(e) Brahmins
(d) Religion
Physical education, military training and discipline are given great importance as aims in a
(a) Totalitarian system
(b) Democratic system
(c) Social system
(d) None of the above
Which is most favourable for education?
(a) Social stratification
(b) Caste
(c) Social class
(d) Social mobility
The book ‘Marriage and Family in India’ is written by:
(a) M.N. Srinivas
(b) M.S. Gore
(c) P.N. Prabhu
(d) K.M. Kapadia
Which status is achieved by high education?
(a) Status set
(b) Achieved
(c) Ascriibed
(d) Status sequence
Muta among Muslims represents:
(a) Bride price
(b) Temporary marriage
(c) Dowry
(d) Mehar
Which is not a characteristic of modernization:
(a) Religious faith
(b) Mobility
(c) Empathy
(d) Participation
The special Marriage Act was passed in the year:
(a) 1940
(b) 1912
(c) 1872
(d) 1953
In the traditional arsha type of marriage among Hindus
(a) The father gives his daughter to a person as kanyadana.
(b) The father gives his daughter in marriage after receiving money from the bridegroom.
(c) The father gives his daughter in marriage after receiving a cow and a bull from the bridegroom.
(d) The bride selects her partner in the assembly of noble men.
Characteristic of joint family is
(a) Hierarchy
(b) Open-door
(c) A productive unit
(d) Limited size
The most important function of education is
(a) Economic development
(b) Human resource development
(c) Political development
(d) Industrial development
Choose the main difference between custom and fashion:
(a) Fashion is popular among the people; custom is not.
(b) Fashion is changing and custom is not.
(c) Fashion is an agency of social change and custom is not.
(d) Fashion stands for individuality and distinction and custom stands for uniformity and identification.
Which is the most important social factor that has adversely affected the examination reforms in India:
(a) Inadequate classroom teaching.
(b) Ineffective university administration.
(c) Unethical behaviours of students and teachers
(d) Unwieldy nature of the examination.
Characteristic of secondary group is :
(a) Inclusive relationship
(b) Personal relationship
(c) Spontaneity of relations
(d) Emphasis on interest and competition
Who said, “Western education leads to the modernization of perspectives in traditional, non industrial societies”.
(a) Michael Armer and Robert Youtz
(b) Alex Inkeles
(c) Robert C. Williamson
(d) Yogendra Singh
Biology is the result of the fusion of the principles and learnings in
(a) Botany
(b) Zoology
(c) Anatomy
(d) All of the above
Sociology of education is concerned with :
(a) Interaction within educational system
(b) School as a social system
(c) Teacher taught relationship
(d) All these
Standard of living has maximum relationship with one of the following factors. Which is that?
(a) Environment
(b) Population
(c) People
(d) Culture
Dumb people are classed as a/an
(a) Statistical group
(b) Societal group
(c) Social group
(d) Associational group
Adoption of the modern comfort and symbols of civilization with the help of wealth, cars luxurious homes and fashion etc. are examples of
(a) Non-material changes
(b) Material changes
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of the above
Many religious ceremonies and customs, which have become obsolete and meaningless, are still carried on, because they are of
(a) Regional significance
(b) Emotional significance
(c) Cultural significance
(d) All of the above
Material culture change lies behind –
(a) Non-material change
(b) Social change
(c) Religious change
(d) Cultural change
If the old customs and traditions have emotional significance they will
(a) Change with the time
(b) Not change
(c) Alter a bit
(d) Have no value
A culture area is a :
(a) Segment of a particular society’s culture, é.g., Hopi technology
(b) Geographical area characterized by distinguishing cultural traits
(c) Segment of culture which cuts scores particular societies e.g., technology, generally
(d) Geographical area characterised by a high level of cultural development distinguishing cultural traits
When the social culture does not change at the same rate as the material culture then there is
(a) Good adjustment
(b) Maladjustment
(c) In between both two of the above
(d) None of the above
Even with the education, the poor in villages, cannot easily give up their old ways of thinking due to
(a) Low rate of non-material changes
(b) Low rate of material changes
(c) High rate of material changes
(d) High rate of non-material changes
Rapid rate of change is seen in
(a) Material changes
(b) Both types of changes
(c) Non-material changes
(d) All types of changes
Muslim law has restricted the number of wives a man can marry at a time to:
(a) Two
(b) Seven
(c) Four
(d) Three
Change in culture may be brought about by
(a) Acculturation
(b) Diffusion
(c) Ideas
(d) All of the above
The school environment is
(a) Progressive
(b) Seducive
(c) Compussive
(d) Aggressive
Which of the following is not an important consideration in the planning of the development of education in India.
(a) Relevance
(b) Quality
(c) Equity
(d) Religion
Smoking cigaretes, tea-drinking, wearing estern dress are results of
(a) Acculturation of culture
(b) Diffusion of culture
(c) Ideas of culture
(d) Religion of culture
Material changes often need certain adaptive
(a) Social changes
(b) Material changes
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of the above
Ogburn suggests that social and cultural evolution or change needs
(a) Challenging environment
(b) Unfavourable environment
(c) Favourable environment
(d) None of the above
Social mobility according to Bogardus is:
(a) Not movement but change of movement
(b) Movement as also change of movement
(c) Movement but not change of movement.
(d) Change on the same status level.
Common Schools should be opened which are
(a) Education for all
(b) Tax-supported
(c) Free
(d) All of the above
‘Cultural lag is the term used by Ogburn to describe how
(a) Culture changes
(b) Moral changes
(c) One phase of culture may change more rapidly than another phase
(d) Of all the meaning
The term ‘Cultural lag’ has been used by
(a) Vableins
(b) Comte
(c) Ogburn
(d) Weber
The difference in the material surroundings of the school and home is very great, and contrast between the ideas taught in school and those prevalent in his home surroundings cause a great conflict in students mind, in this case the lag is
(a) Too large
(b) Small
(c) Large
(d) None
Whose definition of social class rested entirely on “relationship to the means of production”?
(a) Marx
(b) Weber
(c) Warner
(d) Comte
In absence of law which of the following help in maintaining social order in simple societies?
(a) Customary rules
(b) Mores
(c) Folkways
(d) All of these
The basic features of a community according to Maclver are:
(a) Geographic territory and uniformity of conduct.
(b) Like-men and difference
(c) Geographic territory and sense of solidarity
(d) Cooperation side by side with conflict.
Which of the following is not correct about schools:
(a) They are necessarily affected by the social and economic situations and changes in our civilization
(b) They are powerful instruments of social change
(c) They are potential agents of conflicts and disintegration
(d) They are social agencies of cultural transmission.
Biological function of family is :
(a) Nurturance of children
(b) Perpetuation of race
(c) Division of labour
(d) Transmission of human experience
Of the following, which is a primary group?
(a) School
(b) Political party
(c) Family
(d) Factory
Community means a group of individuals who are:
(a) Living in the same territory
(b) Informally organized
(c) Living in two or more villages
(d) Having the similar caste.
Social stratification means:
(a) Traits that are socio-economic in nature
(b) Differentiation which carries social prestige.
(c) Groups of different sex, age and intelligence.
(d) All of these.
Example of secondary group is :
(a) Playgroup
(b) Family
(c) Neighbourhood
(d) Association of workers
Which of the following groups is under the greatest pressure of social change through education
(a) Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.
(b) Labour class of the industry
(c) Middle class people living in the cities.
(d) Rural masses.
Aiming at national unity and social progress social change in India is threatened by:
(a) Student unrest in schools and colleges
(b) Joint family system
(c) Caste
(d) Poor political leadership
What is not true about a community project?
(a) It is an attempt to bring about a social and economic transformation of village life “through the efforts of the people themselves”.
(b) It aims at effecting the required changes in the social and economic fields.
(c) It aims at the involvement of the village community with the village uplift.
(d) It is more official and less local, it is more formal than basic.
Which is not the aim of education for citizenship:
(a) To do everything for the good of the family as the family is the basic unit of the society.
(b) To understand the social, economic and political forces that shape the present and the future of the nation.
(c) To think clearly and effectively without and kind of prejudice.
(d) To make decisions independently.
Which of the following factors has contributed most to the falling standards of Indian education:
(a) Less competent teachers:
(b) Too much political interference with education
(c) Non-availability of sufficient funds.
(d) Government’s apathy.
What cannot the helpful in the improvement of villages?
(a) Involvement of the panchayat in the village uplift.
(b) Rural reconstruction schemes.
(c) Cultivating the spirit of self-help among the villagers.
(d) Politics in the panchayat, and speech making
Educators must have some understanding of the social forces because :
(a) Education is an activity which is carried on in an influenced by the social setting in which it takes place.
(b) Social forces shape the future of the society.
(c) Education is a psychological process. (d) The individual and the society are two sides of same coin.
A field of study which includes history, philosophy, sociology of education and comparative education is known as :
(a) Sociology of Education
(b) Educational Sociology
(c) Social Foundations of Education
(d) Social Science of Education
Value is accompanied with :
(a) Beliefs
(b) Convictions
(c) Sacrifices
(d) All the above
Athenian education emphasised on
(a) Soldier Value
(b) Cultural Value
(c) Religional Value
(d) All of the above
Knowledge about changes in the methods of production and exchange is the knowledge of the effect of
(a) Rapid industrialization
(b) Rapid urbanisation
(c) Rapid democracy
(d) Rapid growth of economy
Because of the increasing knowledge which an individual needs to acquire the important agency of education is
(a) Gurudwara
(b) Church
(c) School
(d) Family
Who considered “education to be the process of discerning the truth about things as they really are”
(a) John Calvin
(b) St. Thomas Aquinas
(c) Martin Luther
(d) Aristotle
The percentage of college going in the U.S.S.R. is
(a) 25% to 35%
(b) 8% to 10%
(c) 15% to 25%
(d) 50%
What is the result of the existence of different socio-economic strata in the society with various class interests?
(a) Setting up mutually incompatible tensions in the educational programme.
(b) Creating a lot of politics in the school
(c) Causing a lot of indiscipline in the classroom
(d) Generating a lack of responsibility in the teachers.
The most effective method of character formation is:
(a) Organizing specialists’ lectures on importance of values in life.
(b) Teaching virtues through religious books
(c) Teaching by high character teachers.
(d) Rewarding virtuous behaviours and presenting high character models in the schools.
Happiness and sorrow and other mental activities, according to Charvaka are the attributes of:
(a) Body
(b) Self
(c) Consciousness
(d) None of the above
The Basic scheme of education was designed as an instrument of
(a) Religious change
(b) Economic change
(c) Social change
(d) Cultural change
Application of principles of sociology to education is known as:
(a) Sociology of education
(b) Educational Sociology
(c) Social Foundations of Education
(d) None of the above
Schools are social institutions because they
(a) Preserve and instill in future generations the knowledge, ideas, and customs of our culture
(b) Suggest solutions to social problems
(c) Suggest ways and means of social progress.
(d) Are established by the society.
Family, school, club, gymnasium, sports and games etc. constitute social groups known as:
(a) Temporary groups
(b) Permanent groups
(c) State groups
(d) Dynamic groups
Greatest contribution of organizing co curricular and community activities like camps, common meals, social services, etc., is towards:
(a) Strengthening of school-community relationship.
(b) Students’ acquisition of knowledge
(c) Social development of the student
(d) International understanding
Which among the following is the most powerful constraint upon universalization of primary education in India
(a) Regional politics.
(b) Shortage of teachers
(c) Cost of universalization
(d) Politics in general
The least important linkage that needs to be brought about through education for future India is
(a) Linkage between science and spirituality
(b) A closer sense of belonging and fuller involvement with the making of the larger Indian society on the part of the youth.
(c) Linkage between industry and agriculture.
(d) Linkage between the urban elite and the rural masses.
The salient feature of Indian economy is
(a) Industrial economy
(b) Rural economy
(c) Taxation economy
(d) Mixed economy
That “material culture change lies behind social change” said by
(a) Ogburn
(b) Comte
(c) Vablein’s
(d) Weber
Distribution of cultural traits from one culture to another is
(a) Ideas
(b) Diffusion
(c) Acculturation
(d) All of the above
Private bodies often ignore their function of promoting social change consciously through their
(a) Educational programmes
(b) Sports activities
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of the above
The teachers of private bodies too, do not always realize their function of promoting
(a) Social change
(b) Cultural change
(c) Functional change
(d) All of the above
Philosophy of experimentalism that gave the
(a) The core theory of curriculum
(b) The basic theory of curriculum
(c) Both a & b
(c) None of these
Philosophy of experimentalism given by
(a) Kannad
(b) Fichte
(c) John Dewey
(d) John Calvin
Language Arts includes
(a) Writing
(b) Spelling memory
(c) Speed
(d) All of the above
A correlated curriculum is assumed that (a) Two subject exist in school side by side
(b) Two or more subject exist
(c) A fixed syllabus existed
(d) Two or more syllabus existed
Fused or integrated means
(a) Correlated
(b) Fused
(c) Blended together
(d) None of the above
How to make a living is fusion of
(a) Sciences
(b) Economics
(c) Mathematics
(d) All of the above
The integrated or fused curriculum plan is also called the
(a) Narrow fields curriculum
(b) Broad fields curriculum
(c) Fixed fields curriculum
(d) None of the above
The difference rate of change is called
(a) Moral value
(b) Regional lag
(c) Cultural lag
(d) Material change
An intelligent and educated temple priest has an importance in the village community. To what do you attribute his role and status.
(a) Being an educated man, he is friend, philosopher and guide.
(b) Besides performing his priestly function, he is astrologer, and conductor of the community prayer.
(c) He is the judge of good and bad.
(d) All of the above
The need for a national system of education in India is emphasized because :
(a) India is one nation and one people
(b) India is a developing country
(c) Local regional, linguistic and state loyalties tend to make the people forget India
(d) India was to have a strong central government
Slow rate of change exhibited by
(a) Material changes
(b) Any type of changes
(c) Non-material changes
(d) None of the above
Change is necessary to eliminate unsatisfactory conditions and situations which are produced by the conflict between ends that are beneficial or which tend to exploit. The idea given by
(a) Max Weber
(b) Vablens theory
(c) Auguste Comte
(d) None of these
In nonmaterial changes the low-speed of change is due to
(a) Involvement of society
(b) Involvement of emotiona
(c) Involvement of religion
(d) Involvement of materials
The role of education in India seems to be much more important to bring about
(a) Social and national integration
(b) A change in the religious beliefs of the people
(c) A change in the life-style of the people
(d) A change in the attitudes of the people towards education.
Each generation of human beings acquires culture in a similar way from the
(a) Society in part
(b) Previous generation
(c) Latest generation
(d) Country
Social responsibility, building of character, inculcation of discipline and a dignity of labour will be achieved through
(a) Social service for all
(b) National service for all
(c) Both a & b.
(d) None of the above
“Education is the most powerful factor in making men modern”. This was said by:
(a) Alex Inkeles
(b) Robert C. Williamson
(c) M.S. Gore
(d) Margaret L. Cormack
Language, customs, caste and other barriers have created many obstacles to
(a) National feelings of oneness
(b) Social oneness
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of the above
Indian education in future should fight as the first priority against
(a) Dangers of communal and caste fragmentation
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Degeneration of educational standards.
(d) Inequality of opportunities in education
It should be compulsory for students in all the levels of education, primary, secondary school and university to participate in
(a) National service
(b) Social services
(c) Both a & b
(d) Religious services
The existing of private and public, government and other schools side by side strengthened
(a) Barrier between upper & middle class
(b) Barrier between rich and poor
(c) Both a and b
(d) Caste system
Uniformity in appearance (through uniform dress) and a co-operative ideology are encouraged in
(a) Democratic system
(b) Totalitarian system
(c) Social system
(d) None f the above
On whose help are the educational institution depend maximum :
(a) Society
(b) Family
(c) State
(d) Community
After Buddha the next challenge to caste systems came with the
(a) Hun invasion
(b) Muslim invasion
(c) English invasion
(d) Portugeese invasion
Sociology is a study of ‘plural behaviour’ described by
(a) Moore and Cole
(b) Darwin and Lamark
(c) H. Spencer and Darwin
(d) None of the above
Sociology analyses the concept of
(a) Civilization & Culture
(b) Civilization and Nature
(c) Civilization and Poverty
(d) Both a and c
The informal agencies is/are
(a) The temple
(b) Gurudwara
(c) The family
(d) Arya Samaj
In ancient times castes had elaborated restriction on
(a) Diet
(b) Social mixing
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of the above
Man is a member of some group or other by
(a) Birth
(b) Choice
(c) Any means
(d) All the above
Harijans or untouchables are at the
(a) Top
(b) Bottom
(b) Middle
(d) None of these
The social ties in caste system give feelings of
(a) Belongingness
(b) Security
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of these
Sociology does not study the individual only from the political or economic angle but as a
(a) Whole Man
(b) Whole World
(c) Whole Society
(d) Whole Relationship
Who wrote the book “Modernzing Effects of University Education”?
(a) S.L. Sharma
(b) S.N. Eisenstadt
(c) Yogendra Singh
(d) A.R. Desai
Which of the following simple societies possess distinct political institutions?
(a) The Ba Naynkole
(b) The Ba mangwato
(c) The Zulu
(d) All of these
Custom is an in an important
(a) Social control
(b) Social institution
(c) Way of political behaviour
(d) Way of thinking of Marxists
Which is the pattern of modernization through education?
(a) Capitalist
(b) Non-capitalist
(c) Both
(d) Neither
Who should govern the aim of education?
(a) Culture
(b) Caste
(c) Religion
(d) Politics
Example of a community is a/an
(a) Prison
(b) Village
(c) Orphanage
(d) Caste
Political aim of education is
(a) Democracy
(b) Cosmopolitanism
(c) Constitutionalism
(d) Secularism
The essential attributes of a state are:
(a) Sovereignty
(b) Government
(c) Population
(e) All of these
Socialization process in human beings takes place:
(a) During childhood
(b) At different intervals
(c) For the whole life
(d) During young age
Sociology of education is based on the faith in
(a) Democracy
(b) Anarchism
(c) Autocracy
(d) Dictatorship
The example of a community is
(a) A family
(b) A classroom
(c) A town
(d) A group
As the needs of society are dynamic the curriculum will
(a) Be dynamic
(b) Progressive
(c) Both a & b
(d) None
Current concept of sociology is given be
(a) Merritt and Eldridge
(b) Duncan
(c) Moore and Cole
(d) All of the above
At present Jobs are more easily available Harijans in all
(a) Professions
(b) Employment categories
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of these
Society become more complex and culture developed various specialized expression it became necessary to have a
(a) Formal agency
(b) Efficient agency
(c) New agency
(d) Informal agency
Harijans has a tendency among them to drop out before finishing their schooling due to
(a) To be an earning member of the family
(b) Poverty
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of these
In old ages all education was imparted by
(a) Informal agencies
(b) Formal agencies
(c) The home, the church and the temple
(d) Both a and c
Sociology focuses on total relationship of
(a) Man
(b) Countries
(c) Animal & Man
(d) Society
The teacher can adopt methods to realise of the objectives with the help
(a) Suitable technology
(b) Suitable material for instruction
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of the above
Social relationship includes
(a) Other institution
(b) Cultural
(c) Religion
(d) All of the above
Democratic ways of thinking in world came during
(a) The last hundred years or so
(b) The last 300 years or so
(c) The last 200 years or so
(d) The last 400 years or so
Education should make each individual socially efficient, and this social efficiency must be achieved by the positive use of
(a) Individual powers
(b) Individual capacities
(c) Both of the above
(d) Negative constraints
The basic scheme of education was framed with the objective of making people realize that education was not merely for the
(a) Purpose of individual
(b) Intellectual perfection
(c) Knowledge and culture
(d) All of the above
A socially efficient individual is able to earn his
(a) Livelihood
(b) Prestiges
(c) Face value
(d) All of the above
Democratic ways of thinking have resulted
(a) school for all
(b) School for royal class
(c) School for leaders
(d) School for priest
The social aim in education is directed towards the attainment of
(a) Social sufficiency
(b) Social efficiency
(c) Both a and b
(d) Not related to social stigmas
The Basic scheme of education emphasises
(a) Social efficiency
(b) Ability to make a significant contribution (c) Both a and b
(d) None of the above
Social institutions exists only for bettering the life of
(a) The state
(b) The society
(c) The individual
(d) None of the above
The subject not available to study in ancient schools was
(a) Religion
(b) Mathematics
(c) Geography
(d) Philosophy
Which of the following principle might be taken as contribution to sociological foundations of education for curriculum construction?
(a) Emotional development
(b) Growth and mental development
(c) Child’s interest
(d) Life-centeredness
Which of the following arrangements would you think would be correct for running a guidance programme in a school time table?
(a) Treating it as extra curricular activity
(b)Making provision for it in the school time table itself.
(c) Running the programme as per instructions to be received from higher officers.
(d) Entrusting the guidance programme to any one teacher in the school.
The form of government is said to be of the people, by the people and for the people in
(a) Democracy
(b) Autocracy
(c) Both of the above
(d) All form of government
Independent thinking is replaced by thinking along the lines approved by the authorities in
(a) Totalitarian system
(b) Spiritual system
(c) Democratic system
(d) All of the above
In sparta due to its internal and external insecurity education aimed at the development of
(a) Physical strength
(b) Courage
(c) Obedience
(d) All of the above
Value can be properly defined as :
(a) Object of effort
(b) Something important
(c) Aim of life
(d) All the above
The educational sociologist favours the use of
(a) ‘subject matter’ and ‘curriculum’ as interchangeable terms
(b) pressure groups to bring about changes in subject matter
(c) studies of groups behaviour patterns to determine the goals of education
(d) tabulation of opinions of experts to build the curriculum.
The sociology of education may conclude
(a) Focuses upon the social forces
(b) Social relations by which the individual gains experience
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of the above
Among the wealthiest and most powerful economic section of society is/are
(a) Shudra
(b) Brahmans
(c) Vaishya
(d) None of these
Conflict is simply a
(a) Highly competitiveness
(b) Highly emotional battle
(c) Can’t defined
(d) None of the above
Culture refers to
(a) Tradition
(b) Habit
(c) Attitudes
(d) All of the above
Education should enable a person to make his life
(a) More meaningful
(b) Better
(c) Satisfying
(d) Significant to all concerned
The attempt to obtain similar or identical aims by two or more persons, or social system or institutions is
(a) Co-operation
(b) Conflict
(c) Competition
(d) Assimilation
Which of the following is not included in the implied conception of the school as a social agency?
(a) The curriculum should be directed at pre determined social goals.
(b) The curriculum should be organized in terms of social values
(c) The curriculum should be focussed on the child, not the adult
(d) None of the above
In ‘Co-operation’ people
(a) Work together
(b) Work separately
(c) Do not work at all
(d) All of the above
We would have been a mere horde of animals if
(a) No social inheritence
(b) Education did not perform
(c) Cultural influences
(d) All of the above
Provision of healthy competition and rivalry which is necessary is/are
(a) Inter-class games
(b) Debate
(c) Dramatics
(d) All of the above
The most emotional charged of all social processes is
(a) Competition
(b) Co-operation
(c) Conflict
(d) None
In Co-operation
(a) There is a sharing of thought
(b) Synthesis of thought
(c) Energy
(d) All of the above
In ‘Competition’ individual or group work
(a) Together
(b) Separately
(c) Do not work
(d) None of these
To develop the personality of the child we should build up
(a) Self confidence
(b) Security
(c) Adequacy
(d) All of the above
The principal of sociology is given in the year
(a) 1876
(b) 1866
(c) 1856
(d) 1896
Students get more work done in
(a) Competitive work situation
(b) Co-operative work situation
(c) Assimilative work situation
(d) Same at all situation
For effective learning, the situation should be
(a) Motivated
(b) Rewarding
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of the above
The chief basis of the social pattern in India is
(a) Status
(b) Caste
(c) Religion
(d) Job
Social development will help in
(a) Social adjustment
(b) Knowledge
(c) Social science
(d) None of the above
The divorce is considered shameful in
(a) Higher castes
(b) Lower castes
(c) In all castes
(d) All of the above
The caste system has a varying pattern of
(a) Custom
(b) Tradition
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of the above
Culture may refer to institutionalised ways of dealing with the various problems like
(a) Bringing up of children
(b) Traditions
(c) Social learning
(d) Attitudes
In ancient times castes were thought to convey in varying degree
(a) Population
(b) Fight
(c) Pollution
(d) Conflict
‘Culture refers to the total way of life of a people’ the words given by
(a) Martin and Stendlar
(b) Ruth Benedict
(c) Krober
(d) Radcliffe
In the words of Martin and Stendlar ‘Culture’ means
(a) Morals
(b) Arts
(c) Beliefs
(d) All of the above
In extreme cases the caste council may outcaste a
(a) Member
(b) Other caste
(c) The whole society
(d) None of the above
The school as a formal agency of education impart the minimum general
(a) Culture
(b) Religion
(c) Philosophy
(d) None of the above
Most educational sociologists take what attitude towards education as solution to the problem of intergroup relations
(a) Education has nothing to do with intergroup behaviour
(b) An increase in the level of education is the answer to the problem.
(c) Schools may modify intergroup relations through planned experiences
(d) Person is with a college education are not more tolerant than those without it.
The family fulfils the sex and parental role in
(a) Lower caste
(b) Higher caste
(c) All culture
(d) None of the above
The highest government posts and the greatest representation in the parliament and cabinet was of
(a) Shudras
(b) Brahmins
(c) Kshatriya
(d) Vaishyas
Tradition and custom are reflected in the
(a) Family
(b) Society
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of the above
In ancient times the higher the caste the more severe are the
(a) Restrictions
(b) Untouchability
(c) Can’t say anything
(d) Punishment
The most polluting castes are the
(a) Leader
(b) Untouchable
(c) Touchable
(d) Fighter
Knowledge and interpretation of the religious writings has been sole privilege of
(a) Vaishyas
(b) Kshatriya
(c) Brahmins
(d) Shudra
Each caste has its detailed rules as to who may
(a) Survive
(b) Rule
(c) Fight
(d) Cook the food
Brahmins job was
(a) Tutors
(b) Acted as minister
(c) Advising of king
(d) All of the above
Varna refers to the original fourfold division into
(a) Group
(b) Religion
(c) Caste
(d) None of these
Teachers and religions thinker of medieval India was
(a) Ramananda
(b) Kabir
(c) Ramanuja
(d) All of the above
The first to benefit by education English during the British was
(a) Brahmans
(b) Vaishyas
(c) Both a and b
(d) Kshatriyas
Wealth and landowner Brahmans which much of it gifted by
(a) Kshatriya
(b) King
(c) Lower castes
(d) All of the above
Socialisation is a process by which the individual is adapted to his
(a) Co-operating sense
(b) Social environment
(c) Social Conformity
(d) All of the above
Hereditary trade, crafts or skills are carried on according to the caste system in certain cases in
(a) Urban areas
(b) Industrial areas
(c) Rural areas
(d) All over India
Industrialization and urbanization have tended to produce
(a) New status
(b) New classes
(c) Caste system
(d) None of the above
When there is a large scale of social system then bureaucratic discipline becomes necessary. The statement given by
(a) Max weber
(b) Sapir
(c) Linton
(d) Krober
Position of Brahmins has been challenged (a) Every knows then
(b) It is a social crime
(c) Always
(d) Never so far
The school socialized the child by providing social control through
(a) Social values
(b) Regulation
(c) Rules
(d) All of the above
The skills and knowledge acquired in the classroom are actually utilized by the individual in his adjustment to
(a) Social situations
(b) Social science
(c) Social culture
(d) Social behaviour
Education is process of
(a) Direct learning
(b) Indirect learning
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of the above
The effectiveness of learning for social competency depends on the suitability of
(a) Objective
(b) Procedures
(c) Motives
(d) Both a & b.
Theoratically each caste has its own
(a) Marriage group
(b) Hereditary occupation
(c) Status
(d) All of the above
The divorce is not so difficult or uncommon among the
(a) Lower caste
(b) Higher caste
(c) In all caste
(d) None of the above
Socialization requires
(a) Teachers
(b) Rewards
(c) Punishment
(d) All of the above
The teaching technique must seek to utilization the social forces operative in social life in order to develop capacity for
(a) Social problems
(b) Social adjustment
(c) Social behaviour
(d) Social attitude
‘Socialisation is a process by which the individual is adapted to his social environment” the statement given by
(a) Drever
(b) Spencer
(c) Moore
(d) Deccan
Brahmins have seldom been
(a) Kings
(b) Teachers
(c) Priests
(d) All of the above
Caste membership is determined by
(a) Fight
(b) Competition
(c) Birth
(d) Conflict
‘Society has developed a number of specialized institution to carry out these functions of education’ described as
(a) Collage and Schools
(b) Agencies of socialisation
(c) Individual group interaction
(d) Both a & c
Old concept of Sociology is given by
(a) Lamark
(b) Auguste Comte
(c) H. Spencer
(d) Both a & b
‘Socialisation is a prossess as a result of which children take on themselves the various social roles’ according to
(a) Cook
(b) Radcliffe
(c) Linton
(d) Krober
Caste is an important factor in how people deal with
(a) Religion
(b) Each other
(c) Groups
(d) Enemies
Informal agencies is/are
(a) The family
(b) The play group
(c) The community
(d) All of the above
One of the important industries in a competitive economy is/are
(a) Advertising
(b) Movies
(c) Sports
(d) Game
The number of aspect ‘assimilation’ has
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
The conservative function of education is/ are
(a) Social heritage
(b) Cultural heritage
(c) Constructive role
(d) Both a & b only
The hold of caste system strongest in
(a) Towns
(b) Rural areas
(c) Urban areas
(d) Metropolitan cities
In the new social pattern, education has to play
(a) Cultural role
(b) Constructive role
(c) Creative role
(d) Both a & b
The method of teaching must place primary emphasis on –
(a) Social behaviour
(b) Social religion
(c) Social culture
(d) Social science
The meaning of initiative and independence is
(a) Ability to communicate with society
(b) Ability to conflict for society
(c) Ability to cope with problems independently
(d) Ability to adjust with society
Formal schooling, at first was confined chiefly to those areas having highest culture accumulation that is/are
(a) Mathematics
(b) Philosophy
(c) Religion
(d) All of the above
One of the most needed requirements of socialization, learning and education is
(a) Discipline
(b) Co-operation
(c) Competition
(d) Conflict
In all social systems, a person has to discipline himself to respect others
(a) Right
(b) Desires
(c) Wishes
(d) All of the above
With the development of written language and the number system school were established in
(a) America
(b) Australia
(c) China
(d) Africa
Learning is basically
(a) Group process
(b) Individual process
(c) Social process
(d) Co-operational process
The last part of the above statement of Duncan points out that interactions are influenced by
(a) Cultural factors
(b) Psychological factors
(c) Biological factors
(d) All of the above
Agriculture is open to
(a) Shudras
(b) Kshatriya
(c) Brahmins
(d) All castes
Peons, domestic workers, sweepers etc., belong to
(a) Lower middle classes
(b) Lower classes
(c) Lower employed classes
(d) None of these
Social change is a
(a) Discontinuous process
(b) Continuous process
(c) Conscious process
(d) All of the above
Brahmins position has been based largely on their monopoly of correct
(a) Learning
(b) Religious practices
(c) Education
(d) All of the above
Caste continues to play a unique role in
(a) India
(b) England
(c) America
(d) China
Only an economic revolution can change the plight of
(a) Lower classes people
(b) Upper middle class people
(c) Upper classes people
(d) None of the above
Brahmins are divided into separate sub castes differing greatly from one another in their
(a) Occupation
(b) Colour
(c) Custom
(d) Nature
The unemployed lower classes are
(a) Landless farmers
(b) Wandering gypsies
(c) Blackomiths
(d) All of the above
Brahmins are divided into separate subcastes differing greatly from one another in their
(a) Social standing
(b) Food habits
(c) Customs
(d) All of the above
Ordinary people paid for the services of the Brahmans in
(a) Grain
(b) Milk
(c) Clothes
(d) All of the above
Anti Brahman sentiment has erupted occasionally in
(a) Madras
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Calcutta
(d) Both b & c
Students who join strikes and opposition movements in schools and colleges belong to
(a) Lower upper classes
(b) Lower middle classes
(c) Lower classes
(d) Upper middle classes
A man without a caste is alone and cannot join
(a) Any company
(b) Any religion
(c) Any other group
(d) Any school
Social change implies changes in the
(a) Functional units of society
(b) Structure units of society
(c) Both of the above
(d) Narrow sense
The caste who remains one of the most extraordinary features of Indian social history are
(a) Shudras
(b) Brahmins
(c) Kshatriyas
(d) Vaishyas
Caste system is still the framework of society among the
(a) Illiterate masses
(b) Poor
(c) The poor and the illiterate masses
(d) Religious group
The family in India was the source of
(a) Morale education
(b) Physical education
(c) Basic education
(d) All of the above
With the development, religion become
(a) Family matter
(b) Individual matter
(c) Social matter
(d) All can be possible
Caste system is deep rooted in the
(a) In the villages
(b) Lower strata of society
(c) In rural areas
(d) All of the above
Woman’s status in the family also varies according to
(a) Caste
(b) Education
(c) Economic status
(d) Can’t say anything
The strength of caste councils varies greatly from
(a) Caste to caste
(b) Religion to religion
(c) Area to area
(d) None of the above
Some thinkers identify social changes with
(a) Cultural changes
(b) Family changes
(c) The law of marriages
(d) Nothing can say about it
Rapid changes in the Indian family during the last five decades or so is due to
(a) Social upheavals
(b) Economic upheavals
(c) Technological upheavals
(d) All of the above
The formal agencies is/are
(a) The family
(b) The community
(c) Libraries
(d) The play group
Education should bring a change in
(a) Attitudes
(b) Interests
(c) Skills
(d) All of the above
‘Jati refers to the numerous subcastes of each
(a) Varna
(b) Region
(c) Religion
(d) Society
The older members of the family considered it their duty to acquint the younger members with the family’s
(a) Basic behaviour
(b) Cultural code
(c) Moral code
(d) All of the above
The family has a virtual monopoly of the child’s time and opportunity for serving his needs because
(a) Affection between members
(b) Dissatisfaction between some
(c) Both can be possible
(d) None of the above
The family unit is permanent in
(a) Lower caste
(b) Higher caste
(c) In all caste of India
(d) None of the above
In India society has been organized according to a definite structure for
(a) Last three centuries
(b) Many centuries together
(c) Only recently
(d) Can’t say anything about it
In classic Hindu thought, the king’s duty was to rule justly in accordance with the principal laid down in the sanskrit scriptures as intrepreted by
(a) Shudras
(b) Brahmins
(c) Kshastriya
(d) Vaishyas
Our lives appear so different from those of our
(a) Fathers
(b) Fore Fathers
(c) There is no difference at all
(d) Can not say
The class of people which have generally a great desire for education in
(a) Lower de classes
(b) Upper classes
(c) Lower middle classes
(d) None of the above
The Children become delinquents and join gangs which are anti social belongs to
(a) Lower middle class
(b) Lower classes
(c) Lower unemployed classes
(d) None of the above
The child of a hardworking clerk or teacher tries his best to work his way up to becoming a doctor or an engineer and in many cases this has actually happened in
(a)Lower middle classes
(b) Middle classes
(c) Upper classes
(d) Lower classes
After almost 20 or 25 years of extreme hardship, the father may be able to build and own a small house of his own in
(a) Upper middle classes
(b) Lower middle classes
(c) Upper class
(d) Lower class
The changes seen around us have also been contributed by
(a) Wars
(b) Economic growth
(c) Population explosion
(d) All of the above
There are a few chances for the child of the lower middle class to rise into the category of the upper middle class, after succeeding in his struggles to get
(a) As good education
(b) Professional training
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of the above
The children of teachers strive particularly hard and often do very well at school and college, and later succeed in getting good Jobs’ they are belonging to
(a) Upper classes
(b) Lower middle classes
(c) Lower classes
(d) Middle classes
Family is an important agency for developing
(a) Moral attitude
(b) Social attitude
(c) Both a & b
(d) Professional attitude
In the caste system at the top of the caste ladder are the
(a) Kshatriya
(b) Vaishya
(c) Brahmins
(d) Shudras
The attempt of two or more persons or groups to attain identical aims through elimination of competitor is
(a) Conflict
(b) Competition
(c) Co-operation
(d) None of these
Social and technological upheavals making the function of family somewhat
(a) Constant
(b) Different
(c) Not having any effect
(d) None of these
At times conflict does not involve well defined
(a) People
(b) Cause
(c) Aims
(d) Both a & b
Economic changes have brought about
(a) Mobility
(b) Case system
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of these
‘All the children of all the people’ should be educated in school is a very
(a) Originated in 1600 B.C.
(b) Old development
(c) Recent development
(d) 500 B.C.
Education, industrialization and technology have changed
(a) Caste system
(b) Family system
(c) Social system
(d) All of the above
In conflict there is
(a) Elimination of competitor
(b) Elimination of group
(c) Elimination of goal
(d) Elimination of other species
Caste is a
(a) Social class
(b) Social order
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of these
The carpenter, the mason, the tanner, the priest were hereditary occupations based on
(a) Caste
(b) Work
(c) Place
(d) Society
The emergence of a new class system whose basis could be
(a) Caste
(b) May not be caste
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of these
The families who travel for sight-seeing together belongs to
(a) Upper class
(b) Middle class
(c) Upper middle class
(d) Lower class
Approximately ten to fifteen percent of the Indian population may be found in
(a) Upper class category
(b) Upper middle class category
(c) Lower middle class
(d) None of the above
Whole of society and its functions were based in Ancient India on
(a) Profession
(b) Rigid caste system
(c) Rigid religion
(d) Trade
In ancient times the subject taught was
(a) Physics
(b) Chemistry
(c) Mathematics
(d) Biology
The owners of the largest business interests and magnets belongs to
(a) Lower class
(b) Upper class
(c) Backward class
(d) Harijans
Snobbery also features in their attitudes and relationships with people outside their classes in
(a) Backward class
(b) Upper class
(c) Schedule tribes
(d) None of these
Hard work and persistence in education are emphasised in
(a) Upper class
(b) Upper middle class
(c) Lower middle class
(d) All of the above
In modern India social order is based on
(a) Profession
(b) Trade
(c) Wealth
(d) All of the above
The school socializes the child by imparting socially desirable
(a) Experience
(b) Skills
(c) Knowledge
(d) All of the above
The percentage of lower classes in India is about
(a) 40%
(b) 50%
(c) 60%
(d) 70%
The childrens of lower middle classes are frustrated and become rebellious and join factions in schools and colleges are due to
(a) Uncertain future
(b) Unemployment
(c) Stain of poverty
(d) All of the above
The lower middle class have
(a) Work to gain extra income
(b) To work extra part time work in the evenings
(c) Both of the above
(d) Salary is sufficient at all
Lower classes live in
(a) Huts
(b) Slums
(c) Both types
(d) None of these
Discipline is must to maintain
(a) Individual study
(b) Rule and regulation
(c) Social setup
(d) All of the above
Some believe that jati arose out of the organi zation of society into hereditary guild and
(a) Teachers
(b) Professional groups
(c) Occupational groups
(d) Shudra
The class where parents set goal, before their children and try to steer them into a proper career through their studies. The characteristics of
(a) Lower class
(b) Upper middle class
(c) Upper class
(d) Lower middle class
The role of the Indian family and the functions it has been performing, had been undergoing rapid changes during the 20th century
(a) First five decades
(b) Recently
(c) Last five decades
(d) Middle five decades
In competition the emphasis is on the
(a) Goal
(b) Assimilator
(c) Co-operator
(d) Competitor
The ancient education is available to
(a) Childrens of priest
(b) Children of noble families
(c) Both a & b
(d) All caste & people
Attempting to borrow the idea of equality and to synthesize it with Hinduism, teachers and religions thinkers of medieaval India attacked the caste system vigorously were
(a) Ramanand
(b) Guru Nanak
(c) Kabir
(d) All of the above
Socialisation is easier if teacher can give himself
(a) Fully
(b) Regularly
(c) Partially
(d) Has no effect of teacher’s presence or absence in society
The lower classes are of
(a) Four types
(b) Two types
(c) Three types
(d) Only one type
When the skills of a particular caste were in short supply in relation to their demand then chances of _______ were greater
(a) Social betterment
(b) Economic betterment
(c) Religional betterment
(d) None of the above
The subject not available to study in ancient schools was
(a) Religion
(b) Mathematics
(c) Geography
(d) Philosophy
Social equality cannot be a easy task due to
(a) Emotions
(b) Traditions
(c) Attitudes
(d) All of the above
Top ranking university officials and executive’s may be included in
(a) Upper class
(b) Higher class
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of the above
School teachers, shopkeepers, nurses, clerks belongs to
(a) Upper middle classes
(b) Upper class
(c) Lower middle classes
(d) Lower classes
The children remain illiterate in
(a) Employed lower classes family
(b) Unemployed lower classes family
(c) In both types
(d) None of the above
Brahmans were the majority in the nationalistic movement until
(a) 1915
(c) 1925
(b) 1920
(d) 1930
The source of income in lower middle classes are
(a) Salary
(b) Business
(c) Other revenue
(d) None of these
The lower class category dresses neatly when they go to work are
(a) Lower classes
(b) Employed lower classes
(c) Unemployed lower classes
(d) All of the above
The salary which is hardly sufficient to pay the house rent and pay the cost of food belongs to
(a) Lower class
(b) Upper middle class
(c) Upper class
(d) Lower middle class
An anti-brahman Justice party was formed in the year
(a) 1915
(b) 1920
(c) 1925
(d) 1930
Government subordinates salesmen and other belong to
(a) Upper middle classes
(b) Lower middle classes
(c) Upper classes
(d) Lower classes
Directors of business, film and industries belongs to
(a) Lower classes
(b) Middle upper class
(c) Upper class
(d) None of the above
The Upper classes represent the aristocracy of wealthy families of
(a) Jagirdars
(b) Large landowners
(c) Former rulers
(d) All of the above
The advancement of society is based differention in their functions of
(a) Individual
(b) Society
(c) Organism
(d) None of the above
The Upper middle classes are represented by
(a) Bankers
(b) Business men
(c) Top Government officials
(d) All of the above
Four or five percent of people in India belong to
(a) Backward class
(b) Upper class
(c) Lower class
(d) Harijans
The Children go to the most expensive and exclusive schools and colleges, they engage tutors to teach academic, skill, physical and artistic activities belongs to
(a) Upper classes
(b) Lower class
(c) Schedule tribes
(d) All of the above
Their wealth is acquired primarily through their salaries in
(a) Upper class
(b) Lower class
(c) Upper middle class
(d) None of the above
The parents have sufficient wealth, power and influence to steer them into a career closely connected with their family’s interest in children of
(a) Lower class
(b) Middle class
(c) Upper class
(d) None of the above
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