PRACTICE QUESTIONS UGC NET (SOCIOLOGY)
Social Stratification
UGC NET SOCIOLOGY
Basic Concepts and Institutions (UNIT 3)
1. The term social stratification refers to
(a) the division of population into different categories
(b) division of population in terms of class
(c) division of population with a feeling of superiority and inferiority
(d) a kind of social differentiation and ranking
2. Which one of the following is common to classes, estates and castes?
(a) Hierarchically arranged income groups
(b) Hierarchically arranged strata
(c) Hierarchically arranged hereditary groups
(d) Horizontal strata typical of certain societies
3. The classification of society into three strata-the guardians, the auxiliaries and the workers was made by
(a) Aristotle
(b) Plato
(c) Veblen
(d) Machiavelli
4. In a village which follows the Jajmani system the barber and the washerman belong to
(a) the artisan caste groups
(b) the service caste groups
(c) the group of ex-untouchables
(d) the middle caste groups
5. The functional theory of social stratification is expounded in the writing of
(a) Davis and Blake
(b) Davis and Moore
(c) Parsons and Bales
(d) Marx and Weber
6. In which of the following systems of stratifications, flexibility of mobility exists?
(a) Estate system
(b) Caste system
(c) Class system
(d) None of these
7. Social stratification means
(a) classification of society into caste
(b) classification based on economic conditions
(c) classification based on power
(d) existence group and inner group, the product of economic, social and all other forces
8. Dual organisation as a functional stratification is prevalent among
(a) castes
(b) class
(c) ethclass
(d) tribes
9. ‘Social stratification’ implies
(a) social justice
(b) social inequality
(c) social injustice
(d) social equality
10. Which one of the following is not used for identifying social strata?
(a) Occupation
(b) Income
(c) Intelligence
(d) Edcuation
11. Which of the following correctly defined the concept of social stratification?
(a) Structured inequalities between groups in society in terms of their access to material or symbolic rewarda
(b) Cultural inequalities between various ethnic groups
(c) Inequalities between individuals in terms of their intelligence
(d) Consciousness of relative deprivation
12. The social stratification is functional necessity was emphasised by
(a) Gerhard Lenski
(b) RK Merton
(c) Kingsley Davis
(d) Lewis Coser
13. Which of the following is/are the features of social stratification?
(a) Division of societies
(b) Differentiation within societies
(c) Hierarchial organisation
(d) Inequality among individuals
14. Davis and Moore have stimulated a lively and continuing debate in the area of social stratification under the title of
(a) a functional analysis of stratification
(b) some principles of stratification; a critical analysis
(c) some principles of stratification
(d) dialectical analysis of stratification
15. When did Bourgeoisie system of the social classes emerged?
(a) During 18th and 19th century
(b) 20th and 30th century
(c) During 5th and 6th century
(d) During 10th and 11th century
16. Which one of the following correctly defines the concept of social structure?
(a) Socially assigned meaning to a particular set of behavioural pattern
(b) The enduring, orderly and patterned relationships between elements of a society
(c) A group of individuals, sharing common social background, aspirations and occupations
(d) A set of behavioural patterns shared by different cultures
17. Which one of the following theory/model states that the system of rewards leads to a system of stratification?
(a) Conflict theory
(b) Functional theory
(c) Weberian model
(d) Roles-status model
18. Which of the following is not an aspect of social structure?
(a) Language
(b) Norms
(c) Roles and statuses
(d) Institutions
19. The theory of social stratification offered by K Davis and W Moore is known as
(a) multi-dimensional
(b) conflict theory
(c) functional theory
(d) structuralist theory
20. The term gender stratification refers to stratification between
(a) sexes
(b) generation
(c) income group
(d) racial group
| 1 (d) | 2 (b) | 3 (a) | 4 (b) | 5 (b) | 6 (c) | 7 (d) | 8 (a) | 9 (b) | 10 (c) |
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| 11 (a) | 12 (c) | 13 (c) | 14 (c) | 15 (a) | 16 (b) | 17 (b) | 18 (a) | 19 (c) | 20 (a) |
| 21 (a) | 22 (d) | 23 (b) | 24 (b) | 25 (d) | 26 (b) | 27 (d) | 28 (b) | 29 (c) | 30 (b) |
| 31 (c) | 32 (a) | 33 (a) | 34 (a) | 35 (d) | 36 (b) | 37 (b) | 38 (b) | 39 (b) | 40 (b) |
| 41 (c) | 42 (c) | 43 (a) | 44 (b) | 45 (a) | 46 (b) | 47 (a) | 48 (d) | 49 (a) | 50 (d) |
| 51 (c) | 52 (c) | 53 (a) | 54 (b) | 55 (a) | 56 (b) | 57 (a) | 58 (a) | 59 (d) | 60 (b) |
| 61 (d) | 62 (b) | 63 (a) | 64 (c) | 65 (c) | 66 (b) | 67 (b) | 68 (d) | 69 (a) | 70 (b) |
| 71 (d) | 72 (b) | 73 (b) | 74 (d) | 75 (d) | 76 (d) | 77 (a) | 78 (d) | 79 (c) | 80 (d) |
| 81 (b) | 82 (a) | 83 (d) | 84 (a) | 85 (c) | 86 (a) | 87 (a) | 88 (b) | 89 (d) | 90 (a) |
| 91 (d) | 92 (d) | 93 (b) | 94 (c) | 95 (b) | 96 (b) | 97 (a) | 98 (d) | 99 (b) | 100 (d) |
| 101 (a) | 102 (a) | 103 (b) | 104 (d) | 105 (c) | 106 (a) | 107 (c) | 108 (a) | 109 (b) | 110 (b) |
| 111 (d) | 112 (a) | 113 (a) | 114 (a) | 115 (a) | 116 (d) | 117 (c) | 118 (b) | 119 (b) | 120 (b) |
| 121 (c) | 122 (d) | 123 (d) | 124 (c) | 125 (a) | 126 (c) | 127 (d) | 128 (c) | 129 (b) | 130 (a) |
| 131 (b) | 132 (c) | 133 (a) | 134 (a) | 135 (b) | 136 (d) | 137 (c) | 138 (a) | 139 (b) | 140 (c) |
| 141 (c) | 142 (c) | 143 (a) | 144 (b) | 145 (d) | 146 (b) | 147 (d) | 148 (a) | 149 (d) | 150 (b) |
| 151 (d) | 152 (a) | 153 (b) | 154 (a) | 155 (a) | 156 (b) | 157 (a) | 158 (a) | 159 (a) | 160 (a) |
| 161 (c) | 162 (a) | 163 (c) | 164 (a) | 165 (a) | 166 (a) | — | — | — | — |