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2022 MPPSC Assistant Professor Sociology Exam

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Q.No	Question	Answer
Section A: Research Methods (Q1-24)
1	Which research method aims to study culture through active participation and close observation?	D) Ethnographic method
2	A method of analyzing data collected by someone other than the researcher is known as?	D) Content Analysis
3	Standard deviation method was given by Karl Pearson in?	D) 1894
4	Which statement is incorrect regarding 'Alienation'?	A) The cause of alienation is personal property
5	______ is not the essential feature in the factory system?	B) Guilds
6	Which is not a target group of POSHAN Abhiyaan?	C) Elderly women
7	The aim of Atal Bihari Bal Aarogya Mission is?	A) To prevent malnutrition among children (0-5 years)
8	What is the target year for achieving SD goals?	B) 2030
9	Which district of Madhya Pradesh is called the energy capital?	B) Singrauli
10	Who propounded the concept of folk society and peasant society?	B) Robert Redfield
11	Which is not a source of folk culture?	D) Investigation/research based literature
12	According to Simon Kuznets, which three domains of adjustment are required for higher technology?	B) Institutional, expressive (attitudinal) and ideological
13	Who said that "Humanism and Rationalism" are part of westernization?	B) Yogendra Singh
14	Who first coined the term 'Symbolic Interactionism'?	C) Blumer
15	Match the following theorists with their concepts: (a) Veblen (1) Industrialization leads to multidimensional change (b) Marx (2) Due to industrialization, society becomes complex (c) Durkheim (3) Automation is key in new era (d) Mumford (4) Change in production changes social relations	D) 1-4-2-3
16	Lahiri Bai is associated with?	A) Millets
17	Bhuria Committee is related to?	D) Scheduled Tribe Empowerment
18	Forest Rights Act was passed for Scheduled Tribes in?	B) 2006
19	Who is considered as the Messiah of Tribals?	B) Thakkar Bapa
20	Which theory studies the relation between population size and production of wealth?	D) Optimum population theory
21	The father of 'Deconstructionism' is?	A) Derrida
22	Which accurately reflects the characteristics of objectivity?	C) The researcher must be unbiased and verify evidence
23	Which one is incorrect pair?	D) Madan - Rural India
24	Which research aims at immediate application where researcher is also a change agent?	C) Action research
Section B: Indian Society (Q25-100)
25	Who propounded the concept of rural cosmopolitanism?	B) Robert Redfield
26	Which is recognized as the lifeline of the Panchayati Raj?	A) Gram Sabha
27	Who said "Moral restraint was the best means of easing poverty of lower classes"?	D) Geoffrey Gilbert
28	The decadal growth rate of population in 1931 was?	B) 11.0%
29	Difference in male-female literacy rates in 2011 Census?	B) 16.68%
30	Regarding Madhya Pradesh Public Service Guarantee Act, 2010: (i) MP was first state to enact this Act (ii) Reflects commitment to good governance	C) Both (i) and (ii) are correct
31	Who argued that "Human action is directed by norms provided by the social system"?	C) Parsons
32	Which perspective emphasizes presenting reality by keeping sociological theories at center?	C) Theoretical perspective
33	Slum Improvement Scheme was started first in?	B) 1956
34	Widely used computer program in social science research for quantitative data?	B) SPSS
35	When great tradition spreads downward to become part of little tradition?	B) Universalization
36	In traditional power system, which dimension is not correct?	B) Educational background
37	"Forces of production determine society's superstructure" - Who?	C) Marx
38	"Ultimate aim of trade unions is control over industry by labours" - Who?	B) G.D.H. Cole
39	Which Article instructs states to form Panchayats?	D) Article 40
40	74th Constitutional Amendment Act got President's assent on?	C) 20 April 1993
41	Social classes, status groups, crowds are examples of?	D) Quasi group
42	Belief in spirits is called?	A) Animism
43	Who said reference groups can be imaginary?	C) Merton
44	According to Sutherland, elements of crime in social views are?	B) 4
45	White collar crime is committed by respectable persons in course of occupation - Whose interpretation?	B) Sutherland
46	Who wrote "India's Changing Villages"?	C) T.N. Madan
47	Formula of zero defect and zero effect relates to?	D) Sustainable development
48	Who first used term post-modernity?	C) Leslie Fiedler and Ihav Hastan
49	First country to adopt official national population policy supporting family planning?	B) India
50	According to SRS Report 2020, perinatal mortality rate for urban area is?	A) 18
51	Who said "Sociology is study of man and his human environment in relation to each other"?	D) Henry Fairchild
52	"Gender is matter of culture, refers to social classification as masculine/feminine" - Who?	A) Oakley
53	Who studied joint family among Coorgs of South India?	B) M.N. Srinivas
54	Three inter-related aspects in conceptualization of social development?	A) Modernity, Capitalism, Post-modernity
55	First industrial policy of independent India was outlined in?	B) 1948
56	"Technology erased difference between elite and mass culture" - Who?	A) Marshall McLuhan
57	Propounder of 'culture of poverty' theory with characteristics like high mortality, low education?	B) Oscar Lewis
58	Who propounded 'functional alternatives'?	B) Merton
59	Which constitutional head has special rights for tribes in Articles 324 and 244?	D) The Governor
60	Ralf Dahrendorf considers 'stratum' as?	B) Descriptive category
61	A village, city, tribe and nation are examples of?	C) Community
62	Ghurye: "Any attempt to define ______ is bound to fail due to complexity"?	D) Caste
63	"Caste system composed of hereditary groups connected in three ways" - Who?	A) G.S. Ghurye
64	Who studied village 'Devara'?	A) M.N. Srinivas
65	Not related to post-modernism?	D) Ideational, idealistic culture
66	Sustainable development emphasizes harmony between?	B) Environment and development
67	Demographic dividend components?	D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
68	India's demographic phases?	B) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
69	Case study involves which method?	A) Qualitative
70	"Economic development depends on resources and human behavior" - Who?	B) W.A. Lewis
71	Social practice where upper-caste boy marries lower-caste girl?	A) Hypergamy
72	Discussed functional effects of magic/religion in primitive society?	A) Malinowski
73	"Social phenomena are things and should be treated as things" - Who?	A) Durkheim
74	"Power favors groups meeting economic expectations in villages" - Who?	B) M.N. Srinivas
75	Used Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft for rural/urban communities?	B) Ferdinand Tönnies
76	Not characteristic of collective bargaining?	B) Static process
77	Malthus was appointed to East India Company College known as?	C) Training center for officers
78	Besides Weber, associated with 'interpretative understanding'?	A) Dilthey
79	According to Pareto, remaining part after separating logical actions is?	B) Non-logical actions
80	Book where S.C. Dube wrote about Indian population's racial admixture?	A) Indian Village
81	Socially established ways of doing things are called?	A) Institution
82	"Actor's role was written on separate roll of paper" - Who?	D) Max Weber
83	According to Marx, 'poverty' results from?	C) Exploitation
84	Author of "Gods & Men"?	B) G.S. Ghurye
85	Methods for resolving industrial disputes?	D) All of above
86	Who considered Jajmani system as 'good economy' functionally?	C) W.H. Wiser
87	Introduced concept of population education?	D) S.R. Wayland
88	Pearl pregnancy index relates to?	A) Fertility
89	Divided religion into sacred and profane?	C) Durkheim
90	Book introducing 'Structuration' theory?	B) The Constitution of Society
91	"Mind is social and society is mental" - Who?	A) G.H. Mead
92	Not a stage of socialization?	D) Positive stage
93	Match: Tylor(4), Morgan(3), Spencer(1), Maine(2)	C) 4-3-1-2
94	Not among Mukherjee's 'S-3' dimensions for sustainable development?	C) Style
95	1992 Rio Conference declaration called?	A) Agenda 21
96	Simplest form of tribal organization?	A) Moisty
97	Book stating "Division of labor is milestone in social thought"?	A) The Structure of Social Action (Parsons)
98	Open-ended questions are?	C) No preset answer choices
99	Not a non-probability sampling method?	B) Random sampling
100	Who wrote "The Hindu Jajmani System"?	B) William H. Wiser
Section C: Tribal Studies (Q101-122)
101	Government role in India's population policy?	D) All of above
102	'Saila' is main dance of which tribe?	C) Gond
103	'Rathias' is sub-tribe of which tribe?	A) Gond
104	"Small community predominant in human history" - Who?	A) Robert Redfield
105	"Social structure = complex of principal groups/institutions" - Who?	A) Ginsberg
106	Yogendra Singh: "Ethnic group implies homogeneity on dimensions of territory, ____, culture and ____"?	B) Language, custom
107	Who noted dowry payments by rich families in early 20th century?	D) M.N. Srinivas
108	Who wrote "The Untouchables: Who Were They and Why They Became Untouchables"?	D) Ambedkar
109	Anti-corruption Act came into force in?	B) 1952
110	Louis Dumont: Primary feature of village community was?	A) Caste and kinship
111	"Things exist because we give them meaning" - Who?	D) Mead
112	"Education = action by older generations on those not ready for social life" - Who?	B) Durkheim
113	Identified 6 main ethnic groups in Indian population?	D) B.S. Guha
114	"Every structural unit is functional role performing unit" - Who?	D) Radcliffe-Brown
115	Research technique based on graphical/numerical data representation?	B) Quantitative
116	Who refuted modernity myths in "Mistaken Modernity"?	C) Dipankar Gupta
117	Village selected by McKim Marriot to study modern development impact?	A) Rampur
118	"Rural communities are small republics with everything they need" - Who?	C) Charles Metcalfe
119	Sustainable growth target for responsible migration?	B) Target 10.7
120	Example of migration pull factor?	C) Job opportunities
121	Organization that established World Fertility Survey?	A) International Statistical Institute
122	Potential industry impacts on society?	C) Both job creation and pollution
Section D: Sociological Theories (Q123-150)
123	Trade Union Act passed in?	D) 1926
124	Author of "Neofunctionalism and Beyond"?	A) Jeffrey Alexander
125	Main basis of Habermas' Neo-Marxist theory?	C) Expressivity and language
126	Dumont: "A ______ is relation between encompasser and encompassed"?	C) Hierarchical relation
127	"Stratification is ranking by value system" - Who?	D) Parsons
128	"Talent ensures social ascendance regardless of stratum" - Who?	C) Blau & Duncan
129	"Bureaucracy = expertise + impartiality + absence of humanity" - Who?	D) Weber
130	Not characteristic of modernized personality according to Lerner?	D) Conformity
131	"Status = social estimation of honor" - Who?	A) Weber
132	Types of correlation?	D) Positive, negative, zero
133	In social research, 'informed consent' means?	C) Participants choose to join after receiving information
134	Social Distance Scale designed by?	B) Bogardus
135	Not a core function of NITI Aayog?	D) Election data collection
136	Priority given to schemes reducing regional disparities through?	D) All planning levels
137	Sorokin and Zimmerman's rural-urban difference standards?	C) Eight
138	Main purpose of collective bargaining?	C) Both wage negotiation and dispute resolution
139	Direct consequence of industrialization on Indian family?	D) All of above
140	"Impossible to speak of singular social structure" - Who?	B) S.F. Nadel
141	Not main objective of quality circles in industry?	B) Developing new products
142	Not primary objective of Joint Management Councils?	C) Reducing operational costs
143	Developed "thick description" concept?	A) Clifford Geertz
144	Hindu Marriage Act amended for divorce in?	C) 1976
145	"Kingdoms shaped cultural regions" - Who?	B) R.K. Mukherjee
146	Book containing thoughts on modernity: "Social Change in Modern India"?	C) M.N. Srinivas
147	Not institutional dimension of modernity?	D) Judiciary
148	Analyzed Marx using linguistics?	C) Althusser
149	Author of "The Theory of Social Structure"?	C) S.F. Nadel
150	Effective drug prevention measures among: (i) Educational (ii) Persuasive (iii) Facilitative (iv) Punitive	D) (ii) and (iv)

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