Rural Sociology - Questions with answers (Question Bank)

SOC/VI/X

2020 (CBCS) (6th Semester

SOCIOLOGY TENTH PAPER

PAPER- X RURAL SOCIOLOGY

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

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

(a) Family ( )

(b) Caste ( )

(c) Religion ( )

(d) All of these ()

2. Where did rural sociology originated in the world?

(a) United Kingdom ( )

(b) France ( )

(c) United States of America ()

(d) Russia ( )

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

(a) 1820 ()

(b) 1850 ( )

(c) 1862 ( )

(d) 1897 ( )

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

(a) Rural study commission ( )

(b) Rural sociological society of America ( )

(c) The Country life Commission ()

(d) The Bureau of Agricultural Economic ( )

5. When wasthe country life commission formed?

(a) 1820 ( )

(b) 1907 ()

(c) 1867 ( )

(d) 1917 ( )

6. When was the Journal entitled „Rural Sociology‟ published?

(a) 1939 ( )

(b) 1935 ()

(d) 1937 ( )

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

(a) Comprehensive study of rural social organisation its structure and functions ()

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(b) Study of social problems in rural society ( )

(c) Scientific study of rural family ( )

(d) Systematic study of rural and urban relations ( )

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

(a) Woodrow Wilson ( )

(b) William Mckinley ( )

(c) Growver Cleveland ( )

(d) Theodore Roosevelt ()

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

(a) Unemployment in rural areas ( )

(b) Poverty and economic crisis ()

(c) Discrimination of rural people ( )

(d) Lack of educational facilities in rural society ( )

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

(a) A.R Desai ( )

(b) Louis Dumont ( )

(c) Sir Henry Maines ()

(d) Ramakrishna Mukerjee ( )

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

(a) Dumont ( )

(b) Sir Henry Maines ( )

(c) John M. Gillettee ()

(d) A.R Desai ( )

12. The findings of Country Life Commission were referred to

(a) The American Sociological Society ()

(b) Royal Commission on Agriculture ( )

(c) Rural sociological society ( )

(d) American rural sociological society ( )

13. Rural sociology is

(a) the sociology of life in the rural environment ()

(b) the sociology of marriage system in Rural society ( )

(c) the study of changing family structure in Rural society ( )

(d) the study of economic aspects of rural life ( )

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

(a) after independence of India ()

(b) During the British rule ( )

(c) After introduction of land ceiling ( )

(d) During the pre-British Period ( )

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

(a) Empirical discipline ( )

(b) Problem-oriented ( )

(c) Non-ethical ( )

(d) All of the above ()

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

(a) Religion ( )

(b) marriage ( )

(c) family ( )

(d) Schools ()

17. Rural population according to 2011 census was

(a) 64.48% ( )

(b) 68.84 % ()

(c) 59.35% ( )

(d) 62.20% ( )

18. The village community is characterised by-

(a) progressive ideas ( )

(b) secondary relations ( )

(c) conservative ideas ()

(d) materialism ( )

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

(a) Sub-town ( )

(b) Metropolis ( )

(c) Village ()

(d) Cities ( )

20. Rural sociology emerged due to

(a) the need of intensive study of different aspects of rural social life ()

(b) the need of reconstruction of rural family ( )

(c) the necessity of reformation in rural behavior ( )

(d) the necessity of gainful employment in rural areas. ( )

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

(a) The nineteeth century ( )

(b) The eighteen century ( )

(c) The twentieth century ()

(d) The seventeenth century ( )

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

(a) Report of the Royal Commission ( )

(b) Report of the Country Life Commission ()

(c) Report of the British East India Company ( )

(d) Report of the Planning Commission ( )

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

(a) Economic perspective ()

(b) Political perspective ( )

(c) Social perspective ( )

(d) Psychological perspective ( )

24. Village studies during the British period were made for

(a) Helping village development ( )

(b) Consolidating the British Raj in India ()

(c) Consolidating Panchayati Raj ( )

(d) Eradicating rural poverty ( )

25. Village studies in India were mainly conducted by

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(a) Administrators ( )

(b) Economists ( )

(c) Sociologists and Anthropologists ( )

(d) All of the above ()

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

(a) D.N. Majumdar ()

(b) M.N. Srinivas ( )

(c) S.C. Dube ( )

(d) Mckim Marriott ( )

27. National Rural Development Institute is situated in

(a) Delhi ( )

(b) Hyderabad ()

(c) Chennai ( )

(d) Bengaluru ( )

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

(a) Formal social control ( )

(b) Large scale social mobility ( )

(c) unstable family ( )

(d) informal social control ()

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

(a) S.C Dube ( )

(b) D.N Majumdar ( )

(c) M.N Srinivas ()

(d) Oscar Lewis ( )

30. The importance of conducting village studies in India is

(a) to acquire new method of shifting cultivation ( )

(b) to help in planning rural reconstruction ()

(c) to guide the administrator for selection of beneficiaries ( )

(d) to motivate the cultivators ( )

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

(a) Scholars studied village community in biotic frame of reference ()

(b) Scholars studied village with prejudice ( )

(c) Villagers are not cooperative ( )

(d) lack of facilities ( )

32. "A village should be self -sufficient, should be morally and economically integrated within the Indian

society" who said this words?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi ()

(b) Andre Beteille ( )

(c) M.N Srinivas ( )

(d) D.N Majumdar ( )

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

(a) economic and social progress ()

(b) political and culture ( )

(c) education and religion ( )

(d) Communication and technology ( )

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

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(a) The study of rural social change ( )

(b) the study of rural reconstruction ( )

(c) the study of rural planning ( )

(d) None of the above ()

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

(a) Study of Rural sociology in India ( )

(b) Rural sociology in India ()

(c) Rural profile in India ( )

(d) India's changing Village ( )

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

(a) Rural problems ( )

(b) Rural social life ( )

(c) Rural mechanization ()

(d) Rural social structure ( )

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

(a) Interconnection of rural-urban ( )

(b) similarity between rural and urban ( )

(c) Rural-urban convergence ()

(d) Urban cultural diffusion. ( )

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

country?.

(a) Mahatma Gandhi ()

(b) M.N. Srinivas ( )

(c) S.C. Dube ( )

(d) Jawaharlal Nehru ( )

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

(a) Schooling ( )

(b) Socialization ()

(c) Internalization ( )

(d) Agriculture ( )

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

(a) Common traits ( )

(b) Similarity of experience ( )

(c) Common customs and traditions ( )

(d) Specialization ()

41. Density of population in rural areas is

(a) Low ()

(b) High ( )

(c) Moderate ( )

(d) Extremely high ( )

42. Who used the terms „rural‟ and „urban‟ for contrasting communities

(a) Louis Wright ()

(b) Ferdinand Tonnies ( )

(c) Durkheim ( )

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(d) Parsons ( )

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

termed as

(a) Polygamous family ( )

(b) Conjugal family ( )

(c) Consanguineous family ( )

(d) Polyandrous family ( )

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

(a) Mac Iver ( )

(b) K.M. Kapadia ( )

(c) A. R. Desai ( )

(d) H.T. Mazumdar ( )

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

(a) Affinal kinship ()

(b) Consanguineous kinship ( )

(c) Fictional kinship ( )

(d) Permanent kinship ( )

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

(a) All members live together under one roof ( )

(b) Members are not related to each other ()

(c) Property belongs to the whole family ( )

(d) All members share a common kitchen ( )

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

(a) The eldest person in the family ( )

(b) The eldest person in the village ()

(c) The wisest person in the family ( )

(d) The youngest person in the village ( )

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

(a) Descent ( )

(b) Authority ()

(c) Residence ( )

(d) Age ( )

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

(a) old family status is given great importance ( )

(b) child marriage is on the increase ()

(c) expenditure on marriage is on the decrease ( )

(d) education of the couple is given due weightage ( )

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

(a) Co-residentiality ( )

(b) Joint ownership of property ( )

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(c) Private ownership of property ()

(d) Common worship ( )

51. In rural society, a family is like

(a) a society ( )

(b) an association ( )

(c) a community ( )

(d) a contractual relationship ( )

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

(a) Endogamy ()

(b) Hypogamy ( )

(c) Exogamy ( )

(d) Monogamy ( )

53. Changes in the joint family lead to

(a) greater attachment to traditional occupations ( )

(b) an increase in the size of family ( )

(c) a rise in the status of women ()

(d) an increase in unemployment ( )

54. The attitude towards sacred things is called

(a) Ritual ( )

(b) Belief ()

(c) Superstition ( )

(d) Fear ( )

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

(a) Hindu religion ()

(b) Muslim religion ( )

(c) Buddhism ( )

(d) Jainism ( )

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

(a) cultural performance ( )

(b) taking political decisions ( )

(c) social assemblage ()

(d) economic activities ( )

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

(a) realized the importance of religion ( )

(b) were afraid of supernatural power ()

(c) saw rationality in religious practices ( )

(d) were forced by their village heads ( )

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

(a) Ritual and magic ( )

(b) Priest and ritual ( )

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(c) Belief and ritual ( )

(d) Superstition and fear ( )

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

attributed to

(a) Acculturation ( )

(b) Sanskritization ()

(c) Imitation ( )

(d) Role-play ( )

60. In the Hindu belief system, salvation means

(a) temporary relief from life and death cycle ( )

(b) permanent relief from life and death cycle ()

(c) struggle for better life ( )

(d) belief in supernatural powers ( )

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

(a) sacred ( )

(b) belief in god ()

(c) theology ( )

(d) activity carried out by priests ( )

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

(a) heterogeneity ( )

(b) homogeneity ()

(c) multiplicity of economic opportunities ( )

(d) class extremes ( )

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

(a) the expansion of literacy ( )

(b) development of transport and communication ()

(c) role of politics ( )

(d) setting up of democratic institutions ( )

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

(a) Definite territory ( )

(b) Community sentiment ( )

(c) Dominance of nuclear family ()

(d) Homogeneity ( )

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

(a) wider ()

(b) narrower ()

(c) moderate ( )

(d) limited ( )

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

(a) conservatism ( )

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(b) casteism ()

(c) bonded labour ( )

(d) class system ( )

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

(a) Servant ( )

(b) Kameen ()

(c) Kisan ( )

(d) Yajman ( )

68. Modern village community has been very much influenced by

(a) religion ( )

(b) political system ( )

(c) urbanization ()

(d) economic system ( )

69. Which among the following factors makes the people of a village a „community‟?

(a) Common religion ( )

(b) Common culture ( )

(c) Sense of “we” feeling ()

(d) Common blood ties ( )

70. Self-sufficiency is a major feature of

(a) Rural society ()

(b) Urban society ( )

(c) Tribal society ( )

(d) Hindu society ( )

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

(a) Caste system ()

(b) Migration ( )

(c) Jajmani system ( )

(d) Social mobility ( )

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

(a) Charles T. Metcalfe ( )

(b) Oscar Lewis ( )

(c) Louis Dumont ( )

(d) M.N.Srinivas ()

73. The main occupation of rural society is

(a) Agriculture ()

(b) Fishing ( )

(c) Carpentery ( )

(d) Trading ( )

74. India is a land of

(a) Cities ( )

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(b) Villages ()

(c) Towns ( )

(d) Rurbans ( )

75. A village has less than _______ population

(a) 10,000 ( )

(b) 15,000 ( )

(c) 5,000 ()

(d) 20,000 ( )

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

(a) Family ()

(b) Caste system ( )

(c) Marriage ( )

(d) Community ( )

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

Constitution?

(a) Technology ( )

(b) Modern education ()

(c) Abolition of intermediaries ( )

(d) Urbanization ( )

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

(a) Radhakrishnan Commission ()

(b) Mudaliar Commission ( )

(c) Kothari Commission ( )

(d) Hunter Commission ( )

79. Family in Rural society is

(a) A consumption unit ( )

(b) A production unit ( )

(c) None of the above ( )

(d) Both of the above ()

80. The main purpose of NavodayaVidyalaya is to give education to

(a) Rural talented students ()

(b) Girl students only ( )

(c) Urban students ( )

(d) Upper caste students ( )

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

(a) Industrialization ( )

(b) Education ( )

(c) Modernization ( )

(d) All of the above ()

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