Sociology MCQs 2001
Master essential anthropological and sociological terms with this set of solved MCQs from the CSS Sociology 2001 paper. This collection is rich in definitions that are crucial for a strong vocabulary in the social sciences. Key topics include feral man, affinal kin, culture complex, and double descent. You will also be tested on marriage rules like endogamy and levirate, religious concepts like monotheism and totem, and sociological theories from thinkers like Vilfredo Pareto (residues) and C. Wright Mills. This is an excellent resource for building the conceptual fluency needed to excel.
By social status we refer to _____________.
A. This is the position occupied by a person in a social system relative to others.
B. A person’s position is given to him by birth
C. A person gets the position by marriage only
D. None of these
Feral man means:
A. A socialized individual
B. Individual supposedly reared apart from human society and hence imperfectly socialized.
C. An individual rears in a cultural society
D. None of these
Social evolution means ____________.
A. The process of gradual change taking place in all societies from simple to complex
B. Decay in social system
C. None of these
D. Both A and B
Affinal Kin means:
A. Individuals who are related through blood
B. Individuals who are legally related through marriage
C. Descendants of a common ancestor in the male line
D. None of these
Hypergamy refers to ___________.
A. Position holds in lower classes
B. Marriage upward from a lower social class to caste into a higher one
C. A society dominated by wealthy people
D. None of these
Culture Complex means _________.
A. A cluster of related culture traits
B. Artifacts used by primitive people
C. Originally an approach to culture
D. None of these
Leveret means __________.
A. The marriage of a woman to her deceased husband’s brother
B. Cousin’s marriage
C. None of these
D. Both A and B
Double descent refers to ___________.
A. Maternal descent system
B. Father’s lineage
C. The existence of a paternal and a maternal descent system within the same culture
D. None of these
Totem refers to __________.
A. High regards between the members of the Community
B. An object, often an animal or plant, held in special regard by an individual or social group
C. Children are looked after with great care
D. None of these
By endogamy we mean _________.
A. The rule that requires the mates chosen within some specified group
B. Mates may be chosen within the same group
C. Mates be chosen within the same family
D. None of these