School of Distance Education UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT

School of Distance Education

III SEMESTER (2019 Admission onwards)

BA

CORE PAPER (SGY3 B04)

SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND INEQUALITY

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MODULE I & II)

1. …………..means the things are not the same in its appearance or characteristics A. Differentiation B. Variation C. Dissimilarity D. Discrimination 2. ……………means the state of distributing the valued resources, rewards and positions in A. Unequal B. Peculiar C. Inequality D. Unequality 3. ……………is the ordering of social unity as higher or lower, superior or inferior A. Ranking B. Pyramid C. Discrimination D. Hierarchy 4. What is the dividing of people in a society on the basis of differentiation, inequality and hierarchy A. Social classification B. C. Social differentiation D. Hierarchy

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School of Distance Education 5. Who are the prominent sociologists mainly analyzed the functionalist perspective of social stratification? A. Kingsley Davis &Wilbert E Moore B. Ghurye& Thomas Moore C. & D. Parson & Coser 6. ……….means the way of perceiving something A. Perspective B. Looking C. Analyzing D. Gazing 7. In which part of the Indian Constitution, special provisions have been made for National Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Anglo Indians A. Part XV B. Part XIV C. Part XIII D. Part XVI 8. Who has the right to decide that who will be included in the list of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes? A. Governor B. Vice-President C. President D. Chief Minister 9. Which article envisages the establishment of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes? A. Article 330A B. Article 332 C. Article 335 D. Article 338 10. Which of the following is the constitutional body? A. National commission for Scheduled Castes B. National Child Rights Protection Commission C. National Backward Classes Commission

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School of Distance Education D. National Minorities Commission 11. What is the highlight of the theory of Kingsley Davis and Wilbert E Moore about the theory of stratification A. Equal value to all work B. Valuing all works C. Unequal value of different work D. Valuing the work on the basis of nature 12. Which determines the importance of a job A. The degree of training required for a job B. The degree of skill required for a job C. The education qualification necessary for a job D. The degree of education qualification necessary for job 13. Which is the paper of Davis and Moore referred the functional perspective of stratification? A. Principle of inequality B. Principle of division C. Principle of classification D. Principle of Stratification 14. Which is the insistence of Davis and Moore about the arising of social stratification? A. B. Social divisioning C. Similarity D. classification 15. Max Weber was a……………….sociologist A. American B. British C. England D. German 16. What is Weber’s conceptualization about the base of stratification? A. Power, mobility & Community B. Power, , class & Party C. Power, Political party, group & Class D. Status group, community & Class

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School of Distance Education 17. Which are the three dimensions of social stratification as referred by Weber? A. Class, caste & estate B. Occupation. Hierarchy & income level C. Power, Prestige & Property D. Class, ethnicity & gender 18. In opinion of Weber stratification is an organized manifestation of ……… in society A. Power B. Inequality C. Prestige D. Caste 19. …………..is a collection of individual who occupy comparable economic positions A. Caste B. Class C. Estate D. Group 20. ……is made up of individuals who are awarded a similar amount of social honour A. Class B. Economic group C. Status group D. Party 21. …………..is a kind of organization which is set up specifically to compete for power and which organizes primarily in pursuit of power. A. Class B. Country C. Parliament D. Party 22. ……………contribute to the formation of strata in society A. Inequality, division & classification B. Economic, social & political factors C. Class, power structure & authority D. Psychological factors, inequality & development 23. Class symbolizes…………… A. Social factors B. Political factors

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School of Distance Education C. Psychological factors D. Economic factors 24. Status symbolizes ……………. A. Mobility B. Class stratification C. Social factors D. Political factors 25. Party symbolizes………… A. Political factors B. Authority C. Administration D. Status 26. Karl Marx is a………………..thinker A. German B. British C. England D. Russian 27. Kingsley Davis is a………………..sociologist A. Indian B. American C. Russian D. British 28. Wilbert E Moore was a…………sociologist A. Hungarian B. Italian C. American D. Indian E. French 29. Where Kingsley Davis was born? A. Trier B. Erfurt C. Tuxedo D. Montpellier

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School of Distance Education 30. When was Kingsley Davis born? A. 1857 B. 1905 C. 1858 D. 1908 31. What is the basic idea behind the stratification theory of society put forwarded by Davis and Moore? A. Functional necessity B. Inequality C. The degree of skill necessary for a position D. Structural-functional necessity 32. ………is the way a society is organized to produce goods and services A. Forces of production B. Production process C. On the basis of machines D. Modes of production 33. Which are the two elements constitute the modes of production A. Base structure & super structure B. External structure & Internal structure C. Class & Class conflict D. Machines & labour 34. How Karl Marx conceptualizes the stratification theory of society? A. On the basis of economic system B. On the basis of forces of production C. On the basis of different modes of production D. On the basis of economic organization 35. What are the different modes of production? A. Ancient, Asiatic, Primitive & socialist B. Primitive, Ancient, Feudal& Capitalist C. Communal, Capitalist & socialist D. Primitive, capitalist & Modern 36. Which are the stratification found in primitive communism A. Two classes B. Multi classes

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School of Distance Education C. One class D. Classless society 37. Which is the prominent stratification system commonly found in ancient society? A. Serf & Feudal Lords B. Workers & labourers C. King & People D. Master& Slave 38. Is the stratification found in feudalist system? A. Yes B. No 39. Which are the predominant classes commonly found in feudalist economic system A. Capitalist & Workers B. Lord & serf C. King & People D. Feudal Lord & King 40. Which are the strata predominantly found in capitalist society? A. Bourgeoisie & Lumban Proletariats B. Bourgeoisie& Proletariats C. Workers & Masters D. Capitalist & common 41. Karl Marx opined that………….is the byproduct of class inequality A. Classless society B. Class struggle C. Stratification D. Class conflict 42. …………..is the forerunner of caste system A. Jati system B. Caste divisioning C. Entry of D. Varna system 43. When was born? A. 1911 B. 1910 C. 1858

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School of Distance Education D. 1775 44. Who wrote the book Homo Hierarchicus: The caste system and its Implications’? A. G S Ghurye B. Irawati Karve C. M N Srinivas D. Louis Dumont 45. When did the book of ‘Homo Hierarchicus: The caste system and its Implications’? A. 1911 B. 1987 C. 1970 D. 1950 46. Who introduced the concept of purity and impurity related with caste system? A. M N Srinivas B. Louis Dumont C. G S Ghurye D. Ambedkar 47. Who opined that ‘caste is a special form of inequality’? A. Louis Dumont B. G S Ghurye C. David Hardiman D. Herbert Risely 48. Who is the father of Indian sociology? A. G S Ghurye B. M N Srinivas C. August Comte D. S C Dube 49. Who authored the book Caste and Race in ? A. G S Ghurye B. Irawati Karve C. S C Dube D. D P Mukherjee 50. Ghurye opined that the membership in caste is based on……… A. Residence B. Birth

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School of Distance Education C. Occupation D. Colour of Skin 51. Which work of Ghurye analyzes the caste system in India? A. Homo Hierarchicus: The caste system and its Implications B. Untouchable C. Caste and class in India D. Caste and Race in India 52. ………….is the step by step classification of a phenomena A. Ranking B. Stratification C. Hierarchy D. Differentiation 53. Who wrote the book ‘Annihilation of caste’? A. G S Ghurye B. Jyothiba Phule C. Periyar D. B R Ambedkar 54. Who formed the organization Sathyasodhak Samaj? A. Jyothiba Phule B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy C. E V Ramasami D. Colonel Olcott & H P Blavedsky 55. Who wrote the book Brahmanache Kasab? A. E V Ramasami B. Ambedkar C. Jyothiba Phule D. Kesav Chandra Vidhya Sagar 56. Which work of Phule analyzed the historical of the slavery of lower caste? A. Gulamgiri B. Brahnanache Kasab C. Annihilation of Caste D. Caste and Race in India

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School of Distance Education 57. ……….was a Dravidian social reformer A. Phule B. Periyar C. Ambedkar D. Ram Mohan Roy 58. Who propounded the Self-Respect Movement? A. Phule B. Sree Narayana Guru C. Periyar D. Ambedkar 59. Who called Scheduled Caste as Harijans? A. Simon Commission B. Mahatma Gandhi C. Ambedkar D. British People 60. The term Scheduled Caste was coined by…………. A. Colonial administration B. British administrators C. Constitution D. Simon Commission 61. What is the Scheduled Caste population as per 2011 census? A. 16.6% B. 10.2% C. 11.8% D. 18.2% 62. Which is the measure taken by Government to protect downtrodden to discriminate from other communities? A. Reservation Policy B. Financial help C. Protective discrimination D. Isolation 62. Which Article related with the abolition of untouchability? A. Article 16

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School of Distance Education B. Article 11 C. Article 17 D. Article 18 63. …………..is mobilizing caste for political purpose A. Politicization of Caste B. Casteicisation of politics C. Political caste D. Exploitation 64. The singular form of strata A. One strata B. Stratas C. Statue D. Stratum

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ANSWER KEYS

Question Answer 21 D 43 A Number Key 22 B 44 D 1 A 23 D 45 C 2 C 24 C 46 B 3 D 25 A 47 A 4 B 26 A 48 A 5 A 27 B 49 A 6 A 28 C 50 B 7 B 29 C 51 D 8 C 30 D 52 C 9 D 31 A 53 D 10. A 32 D 54 A 11 C 33 A 55 C 12 B 34 C 56 A 13 D 35 B 57 B 14 A 36 D 58 C 15 D 37 D 59 B 16 B 38 A 60 D 17 C 39 B 61 A 18 A 40 B 62 C 19 B 41 C 63 A 20 C 42 D 64 D

Prepared by: Smt. Ranjini. P T, Assistant Professor, School of Distance Education, University of Calicut Calicut University, Malappuram, 673635

Sri. Biju. K Assistant Professor School of Distance Education, University of Calicut Calicut University, Malappuram, 673635

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