Social Institutions — Part 1 MCQs with Explanations

Sorokin is the correct answer to “Who among the following has considered that history fluctuates between two kinds of culture-sensate and ideational during the phase of social change”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Insanity, leprosy and adultery is the correct answer to “Hindu Marriage Act of 1955, permits divorce on the grounds of”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Unstructured and highly formalised is the correct answer to “Networks can exist in which of the following set of environments”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Proletariat is a free wage labourer while slave is not is the correct answer to “Which one of the following is correct with regard to the difference between a proletariat and a slave”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Inter-generational Mobility is the correct answer to “In a family, the grandfather was a potter in a village and father taught in a school of a town and now son is an engineer in a multi-national company in a metro city. This illustrates”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Historical method is the correct answer to “A common method used for the study of social institution is:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

The assimilation by one group of the culture of another that modifies the culture and so changes group identity is the correct answer to “What does the process of acculturation refer to”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

An automatic process is the correct answer to “It is believed that conformity with the customs is:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Anthony P. Cohen is the correct answer to “Who gave the concept of 'Community of Meaning'”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Avunculocal residence is the correct answer to “In which one of the following residence married couples go to live with a brother of the groom's mother”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Sex is the correct answer to “Which one of the followingis a base of 'Ascribed Status'”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Only 2 is the correct answer to “Consider the following statements 1. Social change is universal. 2. Social change is individual in nature. 3. Social change results from interaction of a number of factors. 4. Social change is not uniform. Which one of the above statements is/are not correct”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Max Weber is the correct answer to “The term 'status group' was coined by”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Urban community is the correct answer to “Anonymity is a feature of . . . . . . . . community.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

4 and 1 is the correct answer to “Which of the following statements associated with status and role are correct? 1. Status is ascribed to a person as the person achieves it. 2. Role is a guide to status expected from a person. 3. Role is the behaviour appropriate to a society. 4. Status is a recognised social position with in a society. Select the correct answer:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

M. M. Tumin is the correct answer to “Who among the following is a critic of 'Kingsley Davis' Theory of Social Stratification”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Form of government is the correct answer to “Institutional structure of a political institution is:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

All of these is the correct answer to “Which among are the feature of culture”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

A set of related folkways and mores integrated around a principle is the correct answer to “Which one of the following characteristics correctly explains the term 'institution' sociologically”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Language is the correct answer to “Which one of the following is not the characteristic of a community”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

England to the present day is the correct answer to “In their book 'Symmetrical Family' Young and Willmott attempt to trace the development of the family from pre-industrial.”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

The enduring, orderly and patterned relationships between elements of a society is the correct answer to “Which one of the following correctly defines the concept of social structure”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Ulrich Beck is the correct answer to “Who among the following distinguishes modern society from earlier societies as risk society”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2 is the correct answer to “Match the following in the term of Features and Term: List I (Features) List II (Term) a. All descendants in one line of a particular person through a determinate number of generations 1. Lineage b. All descendants through males of a single ancestor 2. Paternity confidence c. All descendants through females of a single ancestor 3. Patri-lineage d. A man's confidence in the patemity of his own children 4. Matri-lineage”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

All of these is the correct answer to “Which among the following is a feature of community”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

They are traditional in outlook is the correct answer to “According to Marx the peasantry cannot be revolutionary class because”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Development is the correct answer to “The process of social change to which people attribute positive values is termed as”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

All of these is the correct answer to “Which institution is central to Indian society”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Family is the correct answer to “Which of the following is an institution:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Role set is the correct answer to “A medical student playing the role of student i.e. the correlative status of his teacher also is an example of”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2 is the correct answer to “Match the following in the term of Concepts and Thinkers List I (Concepts) List II (Thinkers) a. Family and Social Network 1. Young and Willmott b. Family and Kinship in East London 2. Talcott Parsons c. World Revolution and Family Patterns 3. Elizabeth Bott d. Family, Socialisation and Interaction process 4. William J. Goode”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

1860s is the correct answer to “The regular ten-yearly exercise of causes had begun in the:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Alimony is the correct answer to “The maintenance provided by the husband to the divorced wife is called”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Hinderance to the mobility of labour is the correct answer to “The dysfunction of caste from economic point of view is:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Long-term, large-scale change is the correct answer to “Social evolution is an example of”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Bogardus is the correct answer to “A social institution is a structure of society that is organised to meet the needs of people chiefly through well established procedure is given by”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Horizontal mobility is the correct answer to “A change in social position that does not alter a person's status is”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Deregulation of labour protection leading to massive growth of contract labour and sub contracting is the correct answer to “Which of the following has been a result of globalisation on Indian Economy”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1 is the correct answer to “Match the following in the term of Term and Relationship: List I (Term) List II (Relationship) a. Genitor 1. Relationship by marriage b. Genitrix 2. Biological father c. Compadrazgo 3. Biological mother d. Affinity 4. Ritual”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.

Both 1 and 2 is the correct answer to “Which one of the following statements is correct? 1. In simple societies kinship and territorial homogeneity made the exercising of political function possible. 2. Unique feature of society is the spirit of cultural accommodation. Select the correct answer”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Social Institutions.