hpsc.gov.in HCS Preliminary Examination Sociology Question Paper : Haryana Public Service Commission

Name of the Organization : Haryana Public Service Commission
Name of the Exam : HCS Preliminary Examination
Subject : Sociology
Document Type : Previous Question Paper
Year : 2014

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HCS Preliminary Examination Sociology Question Paper :

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Marks: 100
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l. The term ‘Reference Group’ was first introduced by
(A) Hyman
(C) Srinivas
(B) N.W.Thomas
(D) Cooley

2. The collection of roles that goes with a given status is termed as
(A) Multiple roles
(B) Role Set
(C) Conflict of roles
(D) Summation of roles

3. Who stated that “society is web of social relationship” ?
(A) Weber
(B) Maclver
(C) Durkheim
(D) Marx

4. A formally organised group having limited objectives that are specifically spelled out is known as
(A) Community
(B) Organisation
(C) Society
(D) Association

5. The concept of ‘Sanskritisation’ is closely related to the concept of
(A) Primary group
(B) Relative group
(D) Pressure group
(C) Reference group

6. Community and society can be different on the basis of which of the following element ?
(A) Group of persons
(B) Likeness of interest
(C) Definite locality
(D) Sentiment of oneness

7. Which of the following is termed as an abstract connect ?
(A) Society
(B) Community
(C) Association
(D) Institution

8. Who gave the first complete definition of culture in his book “Primitive Culture”?
(A) David Bidwy
(B) G P Nerdock
(C) Edward B Tylor
(D) Maclver and Page

9. Which of the following is not an example of non-material element ?
(A) Clothes
(B) Norms
(C) Folkways
(D) Belief

10. Rural society is an example of
(A) Association
(C) Region
(C) Community
(D) Nation

11. Sex, age and caste, all are examples of
(A) Ascribed status
(B) Cultural status
(C) Achieved status
(D) Biological status

12. Who coined the term Primary Group ?
(A) Durkheim
(B) Cooley
(C) Ginsberg
(D) Comte

13. Main objective of ‘Nikah’ among Muslims rs :
(A) Procreation and legislation of children
(B) Religious sanctification of marriage
(C) Finding groom for daughter/sister
(D) To purify the bride and groom

14. Hindus consider marriage as obligatory, because
(A)It is important for harmonious relations between sexes
(B) Sexual gratification outside marriage is sin
(C) son is necessary for the discharge of obligation to the ancestors
(D) precondition for entering into Grihastha Ashrama

15. Maniage to more than one wife is called :
(A) Polygyny
(B) Matrilinearity
(C)Polyandry
(D) Matrifocality

16. The first significant contribution to the study of kinship was made by :
(A) Tylor
(B) Morgan
(C) Malinowski
(D) Radcliffe Brown

17. Socialisation is entirely based on
(A) Political interaction
(C) Social interaction
(B) Economic interaction
(D) Universal interaction

18. which stage of life is the most important stage of socialization?
(A) Adoleicent
(B) Adulthood
(C) Child Hood
(D) old age

19. What are the major dimensions of stratification ?
(A) Class,power and status
(B) Power and wealth
(C) Caste and Class
D) Land and prestige

20. When a girl of higher caste marries a boy of the lower caste, the system is known as :
(A) Pratiloma
(B) Anuloma
(C) Sororate
(D) Levirate