Social Problems in India | CUET PG Sociology – Solved PYQs

Q1. Which one of the following is incorrect regarding social problems? (2021)

A. It is deviation from the social ideal.
B. It is an undesirable and abnormal situation.
C. It is for common good and welfare.
D. It is remediable by collective efforts.

Q2. A situation characterized by the relative absence or weakening or confusion of norms and values in a society or a group is termed as (2021)

A. Social cohesion
B. Social integration
C. Social assimilation
D. Anomie

Q3. When a person commits suicide because he/she thinks primarily of his/her own self, is not integrated into a social group, and the desires that motivate him/her are not limited to the measure compatible with human destiny by the social authority of the group or by the authority of obligations imposed by a narrow and powerful milieu, it is called (2021)

A. Altruistic suicide
B. Egoistic suicide
C. Anomic suicide
D. Normal suicide

Q4. The prejudicial attitudes between in-groups and out-groups by which in-group members treat their attitudes, customs and behavior unquestionably and uncritically as superior to out-group social arrangements, the phenomenon is sociologically known as (2021)

A. Jealousy
B. Motivation
C. Ethnocentrism
D. Xenophobia

Q5. The Dowry Prohibition Act was enacted in the year (2021)

A. 1947
B. 1950
C. 1961
D. 1971

Q6. In which year was the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act enacted? (2021)

A. 2002
B. 2004
C. 2006
D. 2009

Q7. In which year was the Vohra Committee constituted to study corruption in India? (2021)

A. 1993
B. 1994
C. 1995
D. 1996