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Post NameHSST SOCIOLOGY JUNIOR
DepartmentHIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION
Question Paper Code018/2018/OL
Category Code340/2017
Date of Test22 March 2018
Medium of QuestionENGLISH
Exam TypeOnline Examination
Total Questions100
1
The first LMS Missionary in Travancore
Answer
B. W. T. Ringletaube
2
Who founded 'Samatwa Samajam' ?
Answer
B. Vaikunta Swamikal
3
The editor of 'Mitavadi' magazine.
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A. C. Krishnan
4
The poem 'Ente Gurunathan' about Mahatma Gandhi was written by __________
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C. Vallathol
5
The tali or Mangalya Sutra related issue during Civil Disobedience Movement in Kerala was associated with whom among the following ?
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A. Mrs. L. S. Prabhu
6
First artificial satellite in the world
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C. Sputnick I
7
Chief Election Commissioner of India.
Answer
Question Cancelled
8
Longest bridge in India
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D. Bhoopan Hazarika bridge
9
Who wrote the book "Fragrance of Peace" ?
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C. Irom Sharmila
10
Who got Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016 ?
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D. Bob Dylan
11
As per Social Constructivism, whoever may scaffold the learning of the child ?
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D. All the above
12
Portfolio assessment means, assessment based on the
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C. Products of learning
13
Among the following who is not associated with Critical Pedagogy
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B. John Dewey
14
In Whole Language Approach
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A. We move from whole to parts
15
As per modern concept of learning, it should be
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B. Learner centered
16
The type of research which focuses on describing the culture of a group of people is called
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C. Ethnography
17
A supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation is called
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C. Hypothesis
18
In research, data collection is immediately followed by
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A. Analysis of data
19
A research can be considered empirical because of
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A. Its basis on observation and experimentation
20
The main advantage of Seminar over Assignment is
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Question Cancelled
21
Definite locality is the basic characteristics of ______________
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B. Communuity
22
Who defined society as web of social relationship ?
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C. Mac Iver
23
Who classified society as folk society and urban society ?
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D. Red Field
24
__________________ is an organized group of people pursuing some common interest.
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A. Association
25
Who coined the term Ethnocentrism ?
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C. W. G. Sumner
26
The concept of "cultural reproduction" is discussed by
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C. P. Bourdieu
27
Any group accepted as model or guide for our judgements and actions is called
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D. Reference group
28
The concept of "Role set" has given by
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A. Merton
29
Behaviour desired by a majority of people is called
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A. Norms
30
White color crime refers to the deviant activities committed by
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B. Business and services class
31
"Religion is the sign of the oppressed creature the sentiment of a heartless world and the soul of soulless condition". Who made the statement ?
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C. K. Marx
32
Who of the following is the author of the book "Economy and Society" ?
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A. Max Weber
33
The concept of imperatively coordinated associations was contributed by
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B. Ralph Dahrendrof
34
The book "street corner society" was authored by
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C. Willian F. Whyte
35
Match the List I with List II : List I List II a. G. H. Mead 1. Verstehen b. V. Pareto 2. Alienation c. Max Weber 3. Role taking d. Karl Marx 4. Circulation of Elites
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D. 3, 4, 1, 2
36
Who among the following in not regarded as a post-modernist thinker ?
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A. J. Alexander
37
Match the followings : List - I List - II (Concepts) (Authors) a. Cultural lag i. K. marx b. False consciousness ii. Ogburn c. Law of similarity and contact iii. J. Farzer d. Institutionalization of class conflict iv. R. Dahrendrof
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A. ii, i, iii, iv
38
Who among the following describes society as "Sui-generis" ?
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C. E. Durkheim
39
Who among the following is associated with the idea of "Risk society" ?
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B. Ulrich Beck
40
Who among the following theorists sees contemporary society as a death culture, with death being the "paradigm of all social exclusion and discrimination" ?
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A. J. Baudrillard
41
Who regards American society as a "great sale room" filled with hypocrisy, deceit and insincerity ?
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C. T. Parson
42
What do the critical theorists state ?
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C. Economic determinism was not wrong, but should be concerned with other aspects of social life
43
Who was contended, among the Neo-Marxists, that mature Marx did not believe in any human nature ?
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D. Althusser
44
Who has observed a link between the structures of the mind and the structures of the society ?
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C. Levi-Strauss
45
From among the following who believed in social Darwinism ?
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B. Evolutionists
46
Urbanisation is a process, urbanism is a way of life, and urbanity is a _______________
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C. State of mind
47
Who Considered Modernity as "an unfinished project" ?
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D. Habermas
48
What does Macdonaldization Mean ?
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C. Spread of the new means of consumption across the world
49
Durkheim's study of suicide helps as to understand a. Society's hold over the individual. b. Individual's hold on the society. c. Suicide rates of various societies. d. Degree of social integration of a society.
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C. a and d
50
Who has given the concept of "Total Institution" ?
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D. Goffman
51
Who has distinguished between ascribed and achieved status ?
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C. Ralph Linton
52
A role is "a set of socially expected and approved patterns", who defined ?
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B. Ogburn and Nimkoff
53
The leader of Guruvayur Sathyagraha was
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B. K. Kelappan
54
In his evolutionary frame work Marx arranged societies in the order of 1. Primitive communism 2. Fudelism 3. Capitalism 4. Socialism The correct order is :
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D. 1, 2, 3, 4
55
"Reasoning from general to perticular" is called
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B. Deductive
56
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) is established in
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C. 1969
57
In research a tentative solution of the problem is may call
Answer
D. Hypothesis
58
"Emperically varifiable observations" is called
Answer
D. Facts
59
To test a hypothesis suggesting a causal relationship between variables, for this purpose researcher use.
Answer
D. Experiment
60
A scale defines the relative position of objects or persons with respect to a characteristics with no implication of the distances between position is called
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B. Ordinal scale
61
In content analysis, 'content' stand for
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C. Manifest from of communication
62
Concepts represent various degree of
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C. Abstractions
63
A Blue print of research work is called
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B. Research design
64
Which of the following is not a characteristics of city life ?
Answer
A. Homoginity
65
Which of the following articles in Indian Constitution employers the president to appoint a commission to investigate the condition of Back ward classes ?
Answer
B. Article 340
66
The marriage of a women to a man from a lower caste is called
Answer
C. Hypogamy
67
Marriage among Muslim community is a
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A. Contract
68
A custom by which on the death of a women, her husband marries her sister is called
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B. Sororate
69
A Namboodiri joint family is called
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C. Illam
70
A family in which the husband lives at his wife's parent's house
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D. Matrilocal
71
Match the following and chose the correct code : a. G. S. Ghurye 1. Social change in modern India b. M. N. Srinivas 2. Subaltern approach c. A. R. Desai 3. Indian sadhus d. B. R. Ambedkar 4. Marxian approach
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D. 3, 1, 4, 2
72
Who wrote the book 'Kinship Organisation in India' ?
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C. Iravati Karve
73
The first state which implemented the Panchayathi Raj System in India
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B. Rajasthan
74
The system under which maternal uncle gets prominent place in kinship is known as
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C. Avunclate
75
Vaikom Sathyagraha was commenced on
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A. 30th March 1924
76
International Monetary Fund was formed in the year
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B. 1945
77
The process whereby the members of upper castes are coming closer to the members of lower castes is denoted by the concept of
Answer
C. Desanskritization
78
Competition of economy by fewer and fewer corporation in a complex modern society is known as
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A. Oligopoly
79
Who gave the 'Axiate Hypothesis' while discussing the process of urbanisation ?
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C. Galpin
80
Mandal Commission was set up by the Janata party government in
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B. 1979
81
Article 47 of Indian Constitution deals with
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B. Level of nutrition and standard of living
82
Which of the following explains the process of Westernization in India ?
Answer
C. Reference group
83
Which among the following is not a 'sangam' work ?
Answer
D. Keralolpathi
84
The famous 'Mamankam' festival was conducted at
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B. Thirunavaya
85
Which among the following is not an Anti-Caste Movement in Kerala ?
Answer
D. Chengara Agitation
86
Which among the following is not a Tribal Movement in Kerala ?
Answer
D. Channar Agitation
87
SNDP was formed in
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A. 1903 May, 15
88
The first Ministry of Kerala was sworn in
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B. 5th April 1957
89
Mahatma Ayyankali was born in
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C. 1863
90
Kerala Pulaya Maha Sabha was formed by
Answer
D. P. K. Chattan Master
91
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of India in
Answer
A. Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association and Another V. Union of India (2015)
92
Right to Privacy is a constitutional right under Article ______________ of Indian Constitution.
Answer
C. Article 21
93
Which among the following is not a fundamental duty ?
Answer
C. To render legal aid
94
Right to Education is a
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A. Fundamental Right
95
______________ is not a basic feature of our Constitution.
Answer
D. None of these
96
Nutritional Support to Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers is a Statutory Right under
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B. The National Food Security Act, 2013
97
The National Green Tribunal Act was adopted in the year
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C. 2010
98
The new name of central ministry dealing with environmental affairs is
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A. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
99
Sexual harassment to women in work place according to Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 does not include
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D. None of these
100
NOTTO stands for
Answer
A. National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization

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