Social Group — Part 1 MCQs with Explanations

According to Miller , groups can be classified into two types: sanctioned and unsanctioned . Sanctioned groups are those that are recognized and approved by society or institutions. They operate within the framework of social norms and rules. Unsanctioned groups are those that exist outside of formal recognition and may not conform to societal expectations or institutional rules. This classification helps to understand the role of groups in maintaining or challenging social order.

Over-lapping group is the correct answer to “A group whose members can join as many groups as they like is called:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

It helps in the appreciation of view point of the others is the correct answer to “Which of the following is not the advantage of a primary group”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Freudian Theory is the correct answer to “Which theory has laid focus on the fact that in a crowd people try to behave in a fashion that social code of conduct is violated”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Labour union is the correct answer to “Which one of the following is a social group”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Tradeunion is the correct answer to “Which of the following in an example of secondary group”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

People present do not stimulate each other is the correct answer to “Pickup one of the following which is not applicable to a crowd”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Status group is the correct answer to “Which of the following is a quasi-group”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

McDougall Theory is the correct answer to “Which theory believes that group mind is not the collection of individual mind”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

H. M. Johnson is the correct answer to “Who among the following defines sociology as a science that deals with social groups; their internal formal or modes of organization, the processes that tend to maintain or change these forms of organization and relations between groups”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Hayman is the correct answer to “Of the following whose name is associated with reference group”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

There is always polarisation of attention is the correct answer to “Pick out one of the following which is characteristic of a crowd”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Involuntary group is the correct answer to “When a person has no other alternative but to become member of a particular group, group is known as:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Members of a circus company engaged in performance is the correct answer to “Which among the following constitutes a group”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Convincing the members is the correct answer to “Which one of the following is the best method of arriving at a decision in a primary group”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

An associational group is the correct answer to “Member of a small trade union is:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Reference group is the correct answer to “Striving for admission is a . . . . . . . . behaviour”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Congregate group is the correct answer to “A group in which a person is not born but in which he voluntarily moves in is known as:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Limited self interest is the correct answer to “In a primary group it is desirable that members of the group should have:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Disjunctive group is the correct answer to “A group which does not allow a person to join similar other group at one and the same time is called:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Communications is the correct answer to “In a secondary group relationship among the members is maintained through:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Ogburn and Nimkoff is the correct answer to “Who of the following has said about secondary groups that, "The groups which provide experience lacking in intimacy are called secondary groups"”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

K. Davis is the correct answer to “"Community is the smallest territorial group that can embrace all aspects of social life". Whom do you attribute this statement to”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Primary group is the correct answer to “. . . . . . . . is characterised by intimate face-to-face relation”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

An end in itself is the correct answer to “Ideally, a primary relationship is regarded by the parties as-”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Loses his sense of suggestibility is the correct answer to “According to Group Mind Theory about crowd, a person after joining a crowd”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Cooperative Society is the correct answer to “Which among the following is secondary group”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Statistical groups is the correct answer to “The groups, formed by sociologists and statisticians instead of the members themselves are called-”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

All the above is the correct answer to “To achieve consensus, Primary group follows methods of . . . . . . . .”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Dynamic is the correct answer to “A social group is . . . . . . . .”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

All is the correct answer to “Which among the following are reference groups”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Criminals is the correct answer to “Which one of the following cannot be placed under the category of group”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Desire to perpetuate is the correct answer to “Which one of the following is not the characteristic of group life”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Summer is the correct answer to “Who of the following has said that, "Ethnocentrism is that view of things in which one's own group is the centre of every thing and all others are scaled and rated with reference to it"”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Cooley is the correct answer to “. . . . . . . . has distinguished group on the basis of contact.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1 is the correct answer to “Match both the groups: Group-1 Group-2 a. Reference group 1. Childrens play groups b. Gesseschaft 2. Significant others c. Mead 3. Hayman d. Peer group 4. Association”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Vertical group is the correct answer to “A group in which there are small divisions is called:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Cooley is the correct answer to “The classification of group into primary and secondary group has been done by . . . . . . . .”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

No public criticism is the correct answer to “Which one of the following is not one of the characteristics of group life”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.

Involuntary and voluntary is the correct answer to “According to Dwight Sanderson groups can be classified as:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Group.