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Sociological Foundation of Education

Sociology aims as explaining man's

(a) Group behaviour

(b) Interpersonal relationship

(d) None the above

The Central theme in Sociology is

(a) Biological interaction

(b) Social interaction

(d) Physical interaction

Sociology analyzes the concept of

(a) Civilization

(b) Juvenite delinguency

(d) All of the above

Sociology also Studies the possibility of directing changes in the ultimate interest of

(a) Family welfare

(b) Social welfare

(d) All of the above

Sociology is the study of the individual only from

(a) Cultural angle

(b) Economic angle

(e) Political angle

(d) None of the above

Social life consists of

(a) Musics

(b) Participation in drams

(e) All of the above

Sociology analyzes the 'process of interaction' as

(a) Cooperation

(b) Conflict

(d) All of the above

'Social development' is which includes the development of

(a) Co-operativenes

(b) Friendliness

(d) All of the above

The theory that study of sociology is human relationship is given by

(a) Merritt

(b) Eldridge

(d) None of the above

Sociology is the study of

(a) Human relationship

(b) Psychological relationship

(d) All of the above

Sociology studies 'process of interaction' as

(a) Assimilation

(b) Cooperation

(d) All of the above

When one learns something and makes use of what he has learned is called

(a) Assimilation

(b) Co-operation

(d) Conflict

The idea that people of high and low status were all equal in the eyes of God first comes with

(a) Huns

(b) Muslims

(d) Englishman

Sociology examines

(a) Social Change

(b) Social control

(d) All the above

In Ginsberg's view Sociology is

(a) All that happens to society

(b) All that happens to human beings

(d) All of the above

Incorporating learned behaviour into own personality and makes them his 'style of life' is

(a) Assimilation

(b) Co-operation

(d) Conflict

The idea of equality was welcomed by the

(a) Lower caste in Hindu society

(b) Kshatriya

(d) Backwards

Sociology should reflect the -

(a) Community

(b) Culture

(d) All of the above

Caste system weakened in the 20th century's

(a) Last fifty decades

(b) First fifty decades

(d) None of the above

When a group of people learn something and change their behaviour and attitudes as a result then we can say that this group has_____learning

(a) Co-operated

(b) Assimilated

(d) Conflicted

Sociology is the study of society of the web tissue of human interaction and inter-relation said by

(a) Ginsberg

(b) Moore

(d) Duncan

Social interaction includes

(a) Interaction with culture

(b) Interaction with society

(d) All of the above

The school socialized by imparting social interaction which is/are -

(a) Students vs staff

(b) Students vs student of different age

(d) All of the above

From the sociological viewpoint the function of education are -

(a) Assimilation of tradition

(b) Development of new social patterns

(d) All of the above

The caste system showed signs of lossening up under the impact of

(a) Gandhiji

(b) Rajendra Prasad

(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Sociology Studies the effect if changes on behaviour and personality development in

(a) Society

(b) Individual

(d) None of the above

From the Sociological viewpoint education is regarded as a process in which there are two aspects

(a) The psychological

(b) The sociological

(d) Biological & Sociological

Robbins definition for sociology deals with

(a) Whole world

(b) Whole man

(d) Whole organism

Games and Sports are

(a) Competitive

(b) Co-operative

(d) None of the above

In view of all sociological principals, the curriculum should include the subject of

(a) Social studies

(b) Physical education

(d) All of the above

The group or individual have competition in

(a) Social

(b) Economic

(d) Competition in all areas

During periods of prosperity and trade expansion in Indian history there appears to have been considerable

(a) Social mobility

(b) Caste mobility

(d) None of these

Education should bring a change not only in the amount of knowledge gained but in -

(a) To acquire habits

(b) To do

(d) All of the above

How many types of social processes involved in education

(a) 2

(b) 4

(b) 3

(d) 5

Sociological thinking in education has its impact

(a) On objective

(b) Ends in education

(d) None the above

In many socialist countries

(a) Co-operative housing

(b) There is co-operative farming

(d) Either a or b

The phrase "Social aim in education" is the one which has been upheld in the -

(a) North America

(b) United Kingdom

(d) All of the above

Education should train the

(a) Individual first

(b) Society first

(d) Family first

The common uniform dress abolishes all individual identity in the same way as the aims in

(a) Education do

(b) Politics do

(d) There is no relation between the subjects

The basic scheme of education emphasises the need of a predominantly

(a) Agrarian population

(b) Rural population

(d) All social classes

Education for social services or education for citizenship and aims at the good of the community laying stress on teaching

(a) Science

(b) Citizenship

(d) Moral values

Social institution is/are -

(a) The state

(b) The school

A socially efficient individual conforms

(a) Right way of conduct

(b) Moral standards of conduct

(d) All of the above

The demands of society are given priority against the inclination of the

(a) Community

(b) Individual

(d) State

Social aims in education is the one which has been upheld in the -

(a) South Africa

(b) United Kingdom

(d) South Asia

Today enlighted thinking is needed, which can be promoted through the

(a) In our schools

(b) Leaderships of teachers

(d) All of the above

Several schools in different states are participating in the

(a) National Literacy Mission

(b) National unity

(d) All of the above

If education is the result of social change it means that social change has created a demand for -

(a) Education

(b) Conscience

(d) Economic prosperity

Participating in the removal of illiteracy is a

(a) Social change

(b) Conscience change

(d) None of the above

Participating in the removal of illiteraly is a

(a) Educational change

(b) Social change

(d) All of the above

If the change has great demand for education then the nature of education should be connected with the type of

(a) Social status

(b) Social change

(d) None of the above

Students at the secondary stage are acting as volunteer teachers to teach

(a) As part of their SUPW

(b) Illiterate people in the slums or

(d) None of the above

The ways of influencing society and bringing about social change is possible by

(a) School open-house days

(b) Parent-teachers meetings

(d) All of the above

The book 'India's Changing Villages' is written by:

(a) T. B. Bottomore

(b) M. M. Srinivas

(d) Jayaprakash Narayan

Which among the following may be taught as the most important part of culture ?

(a) Mores

(b) Norms

(d) Customs

The primary aim of Shantiniketan is to teach

(a) National culture

(b) International culture

(d) Neither

"Man takes his birth in a certain culture" the statements come in

(a) Acculturation

(b) Diffusion

(d) None of the above

The concept of 'life-long learning' is an outcome of :

(a) Shortage of schools in the country

(b) People's desire to learn more

(d) Country's need for a large number of educated people.

The main function of education of the child is:

(a) Transmission of cultural heritage

(b) Teaching of 3rs

(d) Teaching of means of livelihood

Culture may be defined as the :

(a) Sum total of collective behaviour

(b) Uncodified ideology of people

(d) Typical habit patterns of people.

A man is not educated unless he has :

(a) Culture

(b) Knowledge

(d) Information

Which is the least important aim of education in the context of Indian democracy:

(a) Development of leadership qualities.

(b) Development of democratic citizenship

(d) Increasing the vocational efficiency of students

The difference between the pace of progress of material and nonmaterial culture in which case material culture is much more developed is known as:

(a) Cultural lag

(b) Social lag

(d) Social and cultural lag

The Sarda Act of 1930:

(a) Prohibited divorce among Hindus.

(b) Permitted widow remarriage among Hindus

(d) Permitted women to receive higher education

The book 'Races and Cultures of India' is written by:

(a) D.N. Majumdar

(b) M.N. Prabhu

(d) K.M. Kapadia

In ancient India, formal instruction was provided by

(a) Family elders

(b) Kshatriyas

(e) Brahmins

(d) Religion

Physical education, military training and discipline are given great importance as aims in a

(a) Totalitarian system

(b) Democratic system

(d) None of the above

Which is most favourable for education?

(a) Social stratification

(b) Caste

(d) Social mobility

The book 'Marriage and Family in India' is written by:

(a) M.N. Srinivas

(b) M.S. Gore

(d) K.M. Kapadia

Which status is achieved by high education?

(a) Status set

(b) Achieved

(d) Status sequence

Muta among Muslims represents:

(a) Bride price

(b) Temporary marriage

(d) Mehar

Which is not a characteristic of modernization:

(a) Religious faith

(b) Mobility

(d) Participation

The special Marriage Act was passed in the year:

(a) 1940

(b) 1912

(d) 1953

In the traditional arsha type of marriage among Hindus

(a) The father gives his daughter to a person as kanyadana.

(b) The father gives his daughter in marriage after receiving money from the bridegroom.

(d) The bride selects her partner in the assembly of noble men.

Characteristic of joint family is

(a) Hierarchy

(b) Open-door

(d) Limited size

The most important function of education is

(a) Economic development

(b) Human resource development

(d) Industrial development

Choose the main difference between custom and fashion:

(a) Fashion is popular among the people; custom is not.

(b) Fashion is changing and custom is not.

(d) Fashion stands for individuality and distinction and custom stands for uniformity and identification.

Which is the most important social factor that has adversely affected the examination reforms in India:

(a) Inadequate classroom teaching.

(b) Ineffective university administration.

(d) Unwieldy nature of the examination.

Characteristic of secondary group is :

(a) Inclusive relationship

(b) Personal relationship

(d) Emphasis on interest and competition

Who said, "Western education leads to the modernization of perspectives in traditional, non industrial societies".

(a) Michael Armer and Robert Youtz

(b) Alex Inkeles

(d) Yogendra Singh

Biology is the result of the fusion of the principles and learnings in

(a) Botany

(b) Zoology

(d) All of the above

Sociology of education is concerned with :

(a) Interaction within educational system

(b) School as a social system

(d) All these

Standard of living has maximum relationship with one of the following factors. Which is that?

(a) Environment

(b) Population

(d) Culture

Dumb people are classed as a/an

(a) Statistical group

(b) Societal group

(d) Associational group

Adoption of the modern comfort and symbols of civilization with the help of wealth, cars luxurious homes and fashion etc. are examples of

(a) Non-material changes

(b) Material changes

(d) None of the above

Many religious ceremonies and customs, which have become obsolete and meaningless, are still carried on, because they are of

(a) Regional significance

(b) Emotional significance

(d) All of the above

Material culture change lies behind -

(a) Non-material change

(b) Social change

(d) Cultural change

If the old customs and traditions have emotional significance they will

(a) Change with the time

(b) Not change

(d) Have no value

A culture area is a :

(a) Segment of a particular society's culture, é.g., Hopi technology

(b) Geographical area characterized by distinguishing cultural traits

(d) Geographical area characterised by a high level of cultural development distinguishing cultural traits

When the social culture does not change at the same rate as the material culture then there is

(a) Good adjustment

(b) Maladjustment

(d) None of the above

Even with the education, the poor in villages, cannot easily give up their old ways of thinking due to

(a) Low rate of non-material changes

(b) Low rate of material changes

(d) High rate of non-material changes

Rapid rate of change is seen in

(a) Material changes

(b) Both types of changes

(d) All types of changes

Muslim law has restricted the number of wives a man can marry at a time to:

(a) Two

(b) Seven

(d) Three

Change in culture may be brought about by

(a) Acculturation

(b) Diffusion

(d) All of the above

The school environment is

(a) Progressive

(b) Seducive

(d) Aggressive

Which of the following is not an important consideration in the planning of the development of education in India.

(a) Relevance

(b) Quality

(d) Religion

Smoking cigaretes, tea-drinking, wearing estern dress are results of

(a) Acculturation of culture

(b) Diffusion of culture

(d) Religion of culture

Material changes often need certain adaptive

(a) Social changes

(b) Material changes

(d) None of the above

Ogburn suggests that social and cultural evolution or change needs

(a) Challenging environment

(b) Unfavourable environment

(d) None of the above

Social mobility according to Bogardus is:

(a) Not movement but change of movement

(b) Movement as also change of movement

(d) Change on the same status level.

Common Schools should be opened which are

(a) Education for all

(b) Tax-supported

(d) All of the above

'Cultural lag is the term used by Ogburn to describe how

(a) Culture changes

(b) Moral changes

(d) Of all the meaning

The term 'Cultural lag' has been used by

(a) Vableins

(b) Comte

(d) Weber

The difference in the material surroundings of the school and home is very great, and contrast between the ideas taught in school and those prevalent in his home surroundings cause a great conflict in students mind, in this case the lag is

(a) Too large

(b) Small

(d) None

Whose definition of social class rested entirely on "relationship to the means of production"?

(a) Marx

(b) Weber

(d) Comte

In absence of law which of the following help in maintaining social order in simple societies?

(a) Customary rules

(b) Mores

(d) All of these

The basic features of a community according to Maclver are:

(a) Geographic territory and uniformity of conduct.

(b) Like-men and difference

(d) Cooperation side by side with conflict.

Which of the following is not correct about schools:

(a) They are necessarily affected by the social and economic situations and changes in our civilization

(b) They are powerful instruments of social change

(d) They are social agencies of cultural transmission.

Biological function of family is :

(a) Nurturance of children

(b) Perpetuation of race

(d) Transmission of human experience

Of the following, which is a primary group?

(a) School

(b) Political party

(d) Factory

Community means a group of individuals who are:

(a) Living in the same territory

(b) Informally organized

(d) Having the similar caste.

Social stratification means:

(a) Traits that are socio-economic in nature

(b) Differentiation which carries social prestige.

(d) All of these.

Example of secondary group is :

(a) Playgroup

(b) Family

(d) Association of workers

Which of the following groups is under the greatest pressure of social change through education

(a) Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.

(b) Labour class of the industry

(d) Rural masses.

Aiming at national unity and social progress social change in India is threatened by:

(a) Student unrest in schools and colleges

(b) Joint family system

(d) Poor political leadership

What is not true about a community project?

(a) It is an attempt to bring about a social and economic transformation of village life "through the efforts of the people themselves".

(b) It aims at effecting the required changes in the social and economic fields.

(d) It is more official and less local, it is more formal than basic.

Which is not the aim of education for citizenship:

(a) To do everything for the good of the family as the family is the basic unit of the society.

(b) To understand the social, economic and political forces that shape the present and the future of the nation.

(d) To make decisions independently.

Which of the following factors has contributed most to the falling standards of Indian education:

(a) Less competent teachers:

(b) Too much political interference with education

(d) Government's apathy.

What cannot the helpful in the improvement of villages?

(a) Involvement of the panchayat in the village uplift.

(b) Rural reconstruction schemes.

(d) Politics in the panchayat, and speech making

Educators must have some understanding of the social forces because :

(a) Education is an activity which is carried on in an influenced by the social setting in which it takes place.

(b) Social forces shape the future of the society.

A field of study which includes history, philosophy, sociology of education and comparative education is known as :

(a) Sociology of Education

(b) Educational Sociology

(d) Social Science of Education

Value is accompanied with :

(a) Beliefs

(b) Convictions

(d) All the above

Athenian education emphasised on

(a) Soldier Value

(b) Cultural Value

(d) All of the above

Knowledge about changes in the methods of production and exchange is the knowledge of the effect of

(a) Rapid industrialization

(b) Rapid urbanisation

(d) Rapid growth of economy

Because of the increasing knowledge which an individual needs to acquire the important agency of education is

(a) Gurudwara

(b) Church

(d) Family

Who considered "education to be the process of discerning the truth about things as they really are"

(a) John Calvin

(b) St. Thomas Aquinas

(d) Aristotle

The percentage of college going in the U.S.S.R. is

(a) 25% to 35%

(b) 8% to 10%

(d) 50%

What is the result of the existence of different socio-economic strata in the society with various class interests?

(a) Setting up mutually incompatible tensions in the educational programme.

(b) Creating a lot of politics in the school

(d) Generating a lack of responsibility in the teachers.

The most effective method of character formation is:

(a) Organizing specialists' lectures on importance of values in life.

(b) Teaching virtues through religious books

(d) Rewarding virtuous behaviours and presenting high character models in the schools.

Happiness and sorrow and other mental activities, according to Charvaka are the attributes of:

(a) Body

(b) Self

(d) None of the above

The Basic scheme of education was designed as an instrument of

(a) Religious change

(b) Economic change

(d) Cultural change

Application of principles of sociology to education is known as:

(a) Sociology of education

(b) Educational Sociology

(d) None of the above

Schools are social institutions because they

(a) Preserve and instill in future generations the knowledge, ideas, and customs of our culture

(b) Suggest solutions to social problems

(d) Are established by the society.

Family, school, club, gymnasium, sports and games etc. constitute social groups known as:

(a) Temporary groups

(b) Permanent groups

(d) Dynamic groups

Greatest contribution of organizing co curricular and community activities like camps, common meals, social services, etc., is towards:

(a) Strengthening of school-community relationship.

(b) Students' acquisition of knowledge

(d) International understanding

Which among the following is the most powerful constraint upon universalization of primary education in India

(a) Regional politics.

(b) Shortage of teachers

(d) Politics in general

The least important linkage that needs to be brought about through education for future India is

(a) Linkage between science and spirituality

(b) A closer sense of belonging and fuller involvement with the making of the larger Indian society on the part of the youth.

(d) Linkage between the urban elite and the rural masses.

The salient feature of Indian economy is

(a) Industrial economy

(b) Rural economy

(d) Mixed economy

That "material culture change lies behind social change" said by

(a) Ogburn

(b) Comte

(d) Weber

Distribution of cultural traits from one culture to another is

(a) Ideas

(b) Diffusion

(d) All of the above

Private bodies often ignore their function of promoting social change consciously through their

(a) Educational programmes

(b) Sports activities

(d) None of the above

The teachers of private bodies too, do not always realize their function of promoting

(a) Social change

(b) Cultural change

(d) All of the above

Philosophy of experimentalism that gave the

(a) The core theory of curriculum

(b) The basic theory of curriculum

Philosophy of experimentalism given by

(a) Kannad

(b) Fichte

(d) John Calvin

Language Arts includes

(a) Writing

(b) Spelling memory

(d) All of the above

A correlated curriculum is assumed that (a) Two subject exist in school side by side

(b) Two or more subject exist

(d) Two or more syllabus existed

Fused or integrated means

(a) Correlated

(b) Fused

(d) None of the above

How to make a living is fusion of

(a) Sciences

(b) Economics

(d) All of the above

The integrated or fused curriculum plan is also called the

(a) Narrow fields curriculum

(b) Broad fields curriculum

(d) None of the above

The difference rate of change is called

(a) Moral value

(b) Regional lag

(d) Material change

An intelligent and educated temple priest has an importance in the village community. To what do you attribute his role and status.

(a) Being an educated man, he is friend, philosopher and guide.

(b) Besides performing his priestly function, he is astrologer, and conductor of the community prayer.

(d) All of the above

The need for a national system of education in India is emphasized because :

(a) India is one nation and one people

(b) India is a developing country

(d) India was to have a strong central government

Slow rate of change exhibited by

(a) Material changes

(b) Any type of changes

(d) None of the above

Change is necessary to eliminate unsatisfactory conditions and situations which are produced by the conflict between ends that are beneficial or which tend to exploit. The idea given by

(a) Max Weber

(b) Vablens theory

(d) None of these

In nonmaterial changes the low-speed of change is due to

(a) Involvement of society

(b) Involvement of emotiona

(d) Involvement of materials

The role of education in India seems to be much more important to bring about

(a) Social and national integration

(b) A change in the religious beliefs of the people

(d) A change in the attitudes of the people towards education.

Each generation of human beings acquires culture in a similar way from the

(a) Society in part

(b) Previous generation

(d) Country

Social responsibility, building of character, inculcation of discipline and a dignity of labour will be achieved through

(a) Social service for all

(b) National service for all

(d) None of the above

"Education is the most powerful factor in making men modern". This was said by:

(a) Alex Inkeles

(b) Robert C. Williamson

(d) Margaret L. Cormack

Language, customs, caste and other barriers have created many obstacles to

(a) National feelings of oneness

(b) Social oneness

(d) None of the above

Indian education in future should fight as the first priority against

(a) Dangers of communal and caste fragmentation

(b) Ignorance.

(d) Inequality of opportunities in education

It should be compulsory for students in all the levels of education, primary, secondary school and university to participate in

(a) National service

(b) Social services

(d) Religious services

The existing of private and public, government and other schools side by side strengthened

(a) Barrier between upper & middle class

(b) Barrier between rich and poor

(d) Caste system

Uniformity in appearance (through uniform dress) and a co-operative ideology are encouraged in

(a) Democratic system

(b) Totalitarian system

(d) None f the above

On whose help are the educational institution depend maximum :

(a) Society

(b) Family

(d) Community

After Buddha the next challenge to caste systems came with the

(a) Hun invasion

(b) Muslim invasion

(d) Portugeese invasion

Sociology is a study of 'plural behaviour' described by

(a) Moore and Cole

(b) Darwin and Lamark

(d) None of the above

Sociology analyses the concept of

(a) Civilization & Culture

(b) Civilization and Nature

(d) Both a and c

The informal agencies is/are

(a) The temple

(b) Gurudwara

(d) Arya Samaj

In ancient times castes had elaborated restriction on

(a) Diet

(b) Social mixing

(d) None of the above

Man is a member of some group or other by

(a) Birth

(b) Choice

(d) All the above

Harijans or untouchables are at the

(a) Top

(b) Bottom

(b) Middle

(d) None of these

The social ties in caste system give feelings of

(a) Belongingness

(b) Security

(d) None of these

Sociology does not study the individual only from the political or economic angle but as a

(a) Whole Man

(b) Whole World

(d) Whole Relationship

Who wrote the book "Modernzing Effects of University Education"?

(a) S.L. Sharma

(b) S.N. Eisenstadt

(d) A.R. Desai

Which of the following simple societies possess distinct political institutions?

(a) The Ba Naynkole

(b) The Ba mangwato

(d) All of these

Custom is an in an important

(a) Social control

(b) Social institution

(d) Way of thinking of Marxists

Which is the pattern of modernization through education?

(a) Capitalist

(b) Non-capitalist

(d) Neither

Who should govern the aim of education?

(a) Culture

(b) Caste

(d) Politics

Example of a community is a/an

(a) Prison

(b) Village

(d) Caste

Political aim of education is

(a) Democracy

(b) Cosmopolitanism

(d) Secularism

The essential attributes of a state are:

(a) Sovereignty

(b) Government

(e) All of these

Socialization process in human beings takes place:

(a) During childhood

(b) At different intervals

(d) During young age

Sociology of education is based on the faith in

(a) Democracy

(b) Anarchism

(d) Dictatorship

The example of a community is

(a) A family

(b) A classroom

(d) A group

As the needs of society are dynamic the curriculum will

(a) Be dynamic

(b) Progressive

(d) None

Current concept of sociology is given be

(a) Merritt and Eldridge

(b) Duncan

(d) All of the above

At present Jobs are more easily available Harijans in all

(a) Professions

(b) Employment categories

(d) None of these

Society become more complex and culture developed various specialized expression it became necessary to have a

(a) Formal agency

(b) Efficient agency

(d) Informal agency

Harijans has a tendency among them to drop out before finishing their schooling due to

(a) To be an earning member of the family

(b) Poverty

(d) None of these

In old ages all education was imparted by

(a) Informal agencies

(b) Formal agencies

(d) Both a and c

Sociology focuses on total relationship of

(a) Man

(b) Countries

(d) Society

The teacher can adopt methods to realise of the objectives with the help

(a) Suitable technology

(b) Suitable material for instruction

(d) None of the above

Social relationship includes

(a) Other institution

(b) Cultural

(d) All of the above

Democratic ways of thinking in world came during

(a) The last hundred years or so

(b) The last 300 years or so

(d) The last 400 years or so

Education should make each individual socially efficient, and this social efficiency must be achieved by the positive use of

(a) Individual powers

(b) Individual capacities

(d) Negative constraints

The basic scheme of education was framed with the objective of making people realize that education was not merely for the

(a) Purpose of individual

(b) Intellectual perfection

(d) All of the above

A socially efficient individual is able to earn his

(a) Livelihood

(b) Prestiges

(d) All of the above

Democratic ways of thinking have resulted

(a) school for all

(b) School for royal class

(d) School for priest

The social aim in education is directed towards the attainment of

(a) Social sufficiency

(b) Social efficiency

(d) Not related to social stigmas

The Basic scheme of education emphasises

(a) Social efficiency

(b) Ability to make a significant contribution (c) Both a and b

(d) None of the above

Social institutions exists only for bettering the life of

(a) The state

(b) The society

(d) None of the above

The subject not available to study in ancient schools was

(a) Religion

(b) Mathematics

(d) Philosophy

Which of the following principle might be taken as contribution to sociological foundations of education for curriculum construction?

(a) Emotional development

(b) Growth and mental development

(d) Life-centeredness

Which of the following arrangements would you think would be correct for running a guidance programme in a school time table?

(a) Treating it as extra curricular activity

(b)Making provision for it in the school time table itself.

(d) Entrusting the guidance programme to any one teacher in the school.

The form of government is said to be of the people, by the people and for the people in

(a) Democracy

(b) Autocracy

(d) All form of government

Independent thinking is replaced by thinking along the lines approved by the authorities in

(a) Totalitarian system

(b) Spiritual system

(d) All of the above

In sparta due to its internal and external insecurity education aimed at the development of

(a) Physical strength

(b) Courage

(d) All of the above

Value can be properly defined as :

(a) Object of effort

(b) Something important

(d) All the above

The educational sociologist favours the use of

(a) 'subject matter' and 'curriculum' as interchangeable terms

(b) pressure groups to bring about changes in subject matter

(d) tabulation of opinions of experts to build the curriculum.

The sociology of education may conclude

(a) Focuses upon the social forces

(b) Social relations by which the individual gains experience

(d) None of the above

Among the wealthiest and most powerful economic section of society is/are

(a) Shudra

(b) Brahmans

(d) None of these

Conflict is simply a

(a) Highly competitiveness

(b) Highly emotional battle

(d) None of the above

Culture refers to

(a) Tradition

(b) Habit

(d) All of the above

Education should enable a person to make his life

(a) More meaningful

(b) Better

(d) Significant to all concerned

The attempt to obtain similar or identical aims by two or more persons, or social system or institutions is

(a) Co-operation

(b) Conflict

(d) Assimilation

Which of the following is not included in the implied conception of the school as a social agency?

(a) The curriculum should be directed at pre determined social goals.

(b) The curriculum should be organized in terms of social values

(d) None of the above

In 'Co-operation' people

(a) Work together

(b) Work separately

(d) All of the above

We would have been a mere horde of animals if

(a) No social inheritence

(b) Education did not perform

(d) All of the above

Provision of healthy competition and rivalry which is necessary is/are

(a) Inter-class games

(b) Debate

(d) All of the above

The most emotional charged of all social processes is

(a) Competition

(b) Co-operation

(d) None

In Co-operation

(a) There is a sharing of thought

(b) Synthesis of thought

(d) All of the above

In 'Competition' individual or group work

(a) Together

(b) Separately

(d) None of these

To develop the personality of the child we should build up

(a) Self confidence

(b) Security

(d) All of the above

The principal of sociology is given in the year

(a) 1876

(b) 1866

(d) 1896

Students get more work done in

(a) Competitive work situation

(b) Co-operative work situation

(d) Same at all situation

For effective learning, the situation should be

(a) Motivated

(b) Rewarding

(d) None of the above

The chief basis of the social pattern in India is

(a) Status

(b) Caste

(d) Job

Social development will help in

(a) Social adjustment

(b) Knowledge

(d) None of the above

The divorce is considered shameful in

(a) Higher castes

(b) Lower castes

(d) All of the above

The caste system has a varying pattern of

(a) Custom

(b) Tradition

(d) None of the above

Culture may refer to institutionalised ways of dealing with the various problems like

(a) Bringing up of children

(b) Traditions

(d) Attitudes

In ancient times castes were thought to convey in varying degree

(a) Population

(b) Fight

(d) Conflict

'Culture refers to the total way of life of a people' the words given by

(a) Martin and Stendlar

(b) Ruth Benedict

(d) Radcliffe

In the words of Martin and Stendlar 'Culture' means

(a) Morals

(b) Arts

(d) All of the above

In extreme cases the caste council may outcaste a

(a) Member

(b) Other caste

(d) None of the above

The school as a formal agency of education impart the minimum general

(a) Culture

(b) Religion

(d) None of the above

Most educational sociologists take what attitude towards education as solution to the problem of intergroup relations

(a) Education has nothing to do with intergroup behaviour

(b) An increase in the level of education is the answer to the problem.

(d) Person is with a college education are not more tolerant than those without it.

The family fulfils the sex and parental role in

(a) Lower caste

(b) Higher caste

(d) None of the above

The highest government posts and the greatest representation in the parliament and cabinet was of

(a) Shudras

(b) Brahmins

(d) Vaishyas

Tradition and custom are reflected in the

(a) Family

(b) Society

(d) None of the above

In ancient times the higher the caste the more severe are the

(a) Restrictions

(b) Untouchability

(d) Punishment

The most polluting castes are the

(a) Leader

(b) Untouchable

(d) Fighter

Knowledge and interpretation of the religious writings has been sole privilege of

(a) Vaishyas

(b) Kshatriya

(d) Shudra

Each caste has its detailed rules as to who may

(a) Survive

(b) Rule

(d) Cook the food

Brahmins job was

(a) Tutors

(b) Acted as minister

(d) All of the above

Varna refers to the original fourfold division into

(a) Group

(b) Religion

(d) None of these

Teachers and religions thinker of medieval India was

(a) Ramananda

(b) Kabir

(d) All of the above

The first to benefit by education English during the British was

(a) Brahmans

(b) Vaishyas

(d) Kshatriyas

Wealth and landowner Brahmans which much of it gifted by

(a) Kshatriya

(b) King

(d) All of the above

Socialisation is a process by which the individual is adapted to his

(a) Co-operating sense

(b) Social environment

(d) All of the above

Hereditary trade, crafts or skills are carried on according to the caste system in certain cases in

(a) Urban areas

(b) Industrial areas

(d) All over India

Industrialization and urbanization have tended to produce

(a) New status

(b) New classes

(d) None of the above

When there is a large scale of social system then bureaucratic discipline becomes necessary. The statement given by

(a) Max weber

(b) Sapir

(d) Krober

Position of Brahmins has been challenged (a) Every knows then

(b) It is a social crime

(d) Never so far

The school socialized the child by providing social control through

(a) Social values

(b) Regulation

(d) All of the above

The skills and knowledge acquired in the classroom are actually utilized by the individual in his adjustment to

(a) Social situations

(b) Social science

(d) Social behaviour

Education is process of

(a) Direct learning

(b) Indirect learning

(d) None of the above

The effectiveness of learning for social competency depends on the suitability of

(a) Objective

(b) Procedures

(d) Both a & b.

Theoratically each caste has its own

(a) Marriage group

(b) Hereditary occupation

(d) All of the above

The divorce is not so difficult or uncommon among the

(a) Lower caste

(b) Higher caste

(d) None of the above

Socialization requires

(a) Teachers

(b) Rewards

(d) All of the above

The teaching technique must seek to utilization the social forces operative in social life in order to develop capacity for

(a) Social problems

(b) Social adjustment

(d) Social attitude

'Socialisation is a process by which the individual is adapted to his social environment" the statement given by

(a) Drever

(b) Spencer

(d) Deccan

Brahmins have seldom been

(a) Kings

(b) Teachers

(d) All of the above

Caste membership is determined by

(a) Fight

(b) Competition

(d) Conflict

'Society has developed a number of specialized institution to carry out these functions of education' described as

(a) Collage and Schools

(b) Agencies of socialisation

(d) Both a & c

Old concept of Sociology is given by

(a) Lamark

(b) Auguste Comte

(d) Both a & b

'Socialisation is a prossess as a result of which children take on themselves the various social roles' according to

(a) Cook

(b) Radcliffe

(d) Krober

Caste is an important factor in how people deal with

(a) Religion

(b) Each other

(d) Enemies

Informal agencies is/are

(a) The family

(b) The play group

(d) All of the above

One of the important industries in a competitive economy is/are

(a) Advertising

(b) Movies

(d) Game

The number of aspect 'assimilation' has

(a) 1

(b) 2

(d) 4

The conservative function of education is/ are

(a) Social heritage

(b) Cultural heritage

(d) Both a & b only

The hold of caste system strongest in

(a) Towns

(b) Rural areas

(d) Metropolitan cities

In the new social pattern, education has to play

(a) Cultural role

(b) Constructive role

(d) Both a & b

The method of teaching must place primary emphasis on -

(a) Social behaviour

(b) Social religion

(d) Social science

The meaning of initiative and independence is

(a) Ability to communicate with society

(b) Ability to conflict for society

(d) Ability to adjust with society

Formal schooling, at first was confined chiefly to those areas having highest culture accumulation that is/are

(a) Mathematics

(b) Philosophy

(d) All of the above

One of the most needed requirements of socialization, learning and education is

(a) Discipline

(b) Co-operation

(d) Conflict

In all social systems, a person has to discipline himself to respect others

(a) Right

(b) Desires

(d) All of the above

With the development of written language and the number system school were established in

(a) America

(b) Australia

(d) Africa

Learning is basically

(a) Group process

(b) Individual process

(d) Co-operational process

The last part of the above statement of Duncan points out that interactions are influenced by

(a) Cultural factors

(b) Psychological factors

(d) All of the above

Agriculture is open to

(a) Shudras

(b) Kshatriya

(d) All castes

Peons, domestic workers, sweepers etc., belong to

(a) Lower middle classes

(b) Lower classes

(d) None of these

Social change is a

(a) Discontinuous process

(b) Continuous process

(d) All of the above

Brahmins position has been based largely on their monopoly of correct

(a) Learning

(b) Religious practices

(d) All of the above

Caste continues to play a unique role in

(a) India

(b) England

(d) China

Only an economic revolution can change the plight of

(a) Lower classes people

(b) Upper middle class people

(d) None of the above

Brahmins are divided into separate sub castes differing greatly from one another in their

(a) Occupation

(b) Colour

(d) Nature

The unemployed lower classes are

(a) Landless farmers

(b) Wandering gypsies

(d) All of the above

Brahmins are divided into separate subcastes differing greatly from one another in their

(a) Social standing

(b) Food habits

(d) All of the above

Ordinary people paid for the services of the Brahmans in

(a) Grain

(b) Milk

(d) All of the above

Anti Brahman sentiment has erupted occasionally in

(a) Madras

(b) Maharashtra

(d) Both b & c

Students who join strikes and opposition movements in schools and colleges belong to

(a) Lower upper classes

(b) Lower middle classes

(d) Upper middle classes

A man without a caste is alone and cannot join

(a) Any company

(b) Any religion

(d) Any school

Social change implies changes in the

(a) Functional units of society

(b) Structure units of society

(d) Narrow sense

The caste who remains one of the most extraordinary features of Indian social history are

(a) Shudras

(b) Brahmins

(d) Vaishyas

Caste system is still the framework of society among the

(a) Illiterate masses

(b) Poor

(d) Religious group

The family in India was the source of

(a) Morale education

(b) Physical education

(d) All of the above

With the development, religion become

(a) Family matter

(b) Individual matter

(d) All can be possible

Caste system is deep rooted in the

(a) In the villages

(b) Lower strata of society

(d) All of the above

Woman's status in the family also varies according to

(a) Caste

(b) Education

(d) Can't say anything

The strength of caste councils varies greatly from

(a) Caste to caste

(b) Religion to religion

(d) None of the above

Some thinkers identify social changes with

(a) Cultural changes

(b) Family changes

(d) Nothing can say about it

Rapid changes in the Indian family during the last five decades or so is due to

(a) Social upheavals

(b) Economic upheavals

(d) All of the above

The formal agencies is/are

(a) The family

(b) The community

(d) The play group

Education should bring a change in

(a) Attitudes

(b) Interests

(d) All of the above

'Jati refers to the numerous subcastes of each

(a) Varna

(b) Region

(d) Society

The older members of the family considered it their duty to acquint the younger members with the family's

(a) Basic behaviour

(b) Cultural code

(d) All of the above

The family has a virtual monopoly of the child's time and opportunity for serving his needs because

(a) Affection between members

(b) Dissatisfaction between some

(d) None of the above

The family unit is permanent in

(a) Lower caste

(b) Higher caste

(d) None of the above

In India society has been organized according to a definite structure for

(a) Last three centuries

(b) Many centuries together

(d) Can't say anything about it

In classic Hindu thought, the king's duty was to rule justly in accordance with the principal laid down in the sanskrit scriptures as intrepreted by

(a) Shudras

(b) Brahmins

(d) Vaishyas

Our lives appear so different from those of our

(a) Fathers

(b) Fore Fathers

(d) Can not say

The class of people which have generally a great desire for education in

(a) Lower de classes

(b) Upper classes

(d) None of the above

The Children become delinquents and join gangs which are anti social belongs to

(a) Lower middle class

(b) Lower classes

(d) None of the above

The child of a hardworking clerk or teacher tries his best to work his way up to becoming a doctor or an engineer and in many cases this has actually happened in

(a)Lower middle classes

(b) Middle classes

(d) Lower classes

After almost 20 or 25 years of extreme hardship, the father may be able to build and own a small house of his own in

(a) Upper middle classes

(b) Lower middle classes

(d) Lower class

The changes seen around us have also been contributed by

(a) Wars

(b) Economic growth

(d) All of the above

There are a few chances for the child of the lower middle class to rise into the category of the upper middle class, after succeeding in his struggles to get

(a) As good education

(b) Professional training

(d) None of the above

The children of teachers strive particularly hard and often do very well at school and college, and later succeed in getting good Jobs' they are belonging to

(a) Upper classes

(b) Lower middle classes

(d) Middle classes

Family is an important agency for developing

(a) Moral attitude

(b) Social attitude

(d) Professional attitude

In the caste system at the top of the caste ladder are the

(a) Kshatriya

(b) Vaishya

(d) Shudras

The attempt of two or more persons or groups to attain identical aims through elimination of competitor is

(a) Conflict

(b) Competition

(d) None of these

Social and technological upheavals making the function of family somewhat

(a) Constant

(b) Different

(d) None of these

At times conflict does not involve well defined

(a) People

(b) Cause

(d) Both a & b

Economic changes have brought about

(a) Mobility

(b) Case system

(d) None of these

'All the children of all the people' should be educated in school is a very

(a) Originated in 1600 B.C.

(b) Old development

(d) 500 B.C.

Education, industrialization and technology have changed

(a) Caste system

(b) Family system

(d) All of the above

In conflict there is

(a) Elimination of competitor

(b) Elimination of group

(d) Elimination of other species

Caste is a

(a) Social class

(b) Social order

(d) None of these

The carpenter, the mason, the tanner, the priest were hereditary occupations based on

(a) Caste

(b) Work

(d) Society

The emergence of a new class system whose basis could be

(a) Caste

(b) May not be caste

(d) None of these

The families who travel for sight-seeing together belongs to

(a) Upper class

(b) Middle class

(d) Lower class

Approximately ten to fifteen percent of the Indian population may be found in

(a) Upper class category

(b) Upper middle class category

(d) None of the above

Whole of society and its functions were based in Ancient India on

(a) Profession

(b) Rigid caste system

(d) Trade

In ancient times the subject taught was

(a) Physics

(b) Chemistry

(d) Biology

The owners of the largest business interests and magnets belongs to

(a) Lower class

(b) Upper class

(d) Harijans

Snobbery also features in their attitudes and relationships with people outside their classes in

(a) Backward class

(b) Upper class

(d) None of these

Hard work and persistence in education are emphasised in

(a) Upper class

(b) Upper middle class

(d) All of the above

In modern India social order is based on

(a) Profession

(b) Trade

(d) All of the above

The school socializes the child by imparting socially desirable

(a) Experience

(b) Skills

(d) All of the above

The percentage of lower classes in India is about

(a) 40%

(b) 50%

(d) 70%

The childrens of lower middle classes are frustrated and become rebellious and join factions in schools and colleges are due to

(a) Uncertain future

(b) Unemployment

(d) All of the above

The lower middle class have

(a) Work to gain extra income

(b) To work extra part time work in the evenings

(d) Salary is sufficient at all

Lower classes live in

(a) Huts

(b) Slums

(d) None of these

Discipline is must to maintain

(a) Individual study

(b) Rule and regulation

(d) All of the above

Some believe that jati arose out of the organi zation of society into hereditary guild and

(a) Teachers

(b) Professional groups

(d) Shudra

The class where parents set goal, before their children and try to steer them into a proper career through their studies. The characteristics of

(a) Lower class

(b) Upper middle class

(d) Lower middle class

The role of the Indian family and the functions it has been performing, had been undergoing rapid changes during the 20th century

(a) First five decades

(b) Recently

(d) Middle five decades

In competition the emphasis is on the

(a) Goal

(b) Assimilator

(d) Competitor

The ancient education is available to

(a) Childrens of priest

(b) Children of noble families

(d) All caste & people

Attempting to borrow the idea of equality and to synthesize it with Hinduism, teachers and religions thinkers of medieaval India attacked the caste system vigorously were

(a) Ramanand

(b) Guru Nanak

(d) All of the above

Socialisation is easier if teacher can give himself

(a) Fully

(b) Regularly

(d) Has no effect of teacher's presence or absence in society

The lower classes are of

(a) Four types

(b) Two types

(d) Only one type

When the skills of a particular caste were in short supply in relation to their demand then chances of _______ were greater

(a) Social betterment

(b) Economic betterment

(d) None of the above

The subject not available to study in ancient schools was

(a) Religion

(b) Mathematics

(d) Philosophy

Social equality cannot be a easy task due to

(a) Emotions

(b) Traditions

(d) All of the above

Top ranking university officials and executive's may be included in

(a) Upper class

(b) Higher class

(d) None of the above

School teachers, shopkeepers, nurses, clerks belongs to

(a) Upper middle classes

(b) Upper class

(d) Lower classes

The children remain illiterate in

(a) Employed lower classes family

(b) Unemployed lower classes family

(d) None of the above

Brahmans were the majority in the nationalistic movement until

(a) 1915

(b) 1920

(d) 1930

The source of income in lower middle classes are

(a) Salary

(b) Business

(d) None of these

The lower class category dresses neatly when they go to work are

(a) Lower classes

(b) Employed lower classes

(d) All of the above

The salary which is hardly sufficient to pay the house rent and pay the cost of food belongs to

(a) Lower class

(b) Upper middle class

(d) Lower middle class

An anti-brahman Justice party was formed in the year

(a) 1915

(b) 1920

(d) 1930

Government subordinates salesmen and other belong to

(a) Upper middle classes

(b) Lower middle classes

(d) Lower classes

Directors of business, film and industries belongs to

(a) Lower classes

(b) Middle upper class

(d) None of the above

The Upper classes represent the aristocracy of wealthy families of

(a) Jagirdars

(b) Large landowners

(d) All of the above

The advancement of society is based differention in their functions of

(a) Individual

(b) Society

(d) None of the above

The Upper middle classes are represented by

(a) Bankers

(b) Business men

(d) All of the above

Four or five percent of people in India belong to

(a) Backward class

(b) Upper class

(d) Harijans

The Children go to the most expensive and exclusive schools and colleges, they engage tutors to teach academic, skill, physical and artistic activities belongs to

(a) Upper classes

(b) Lower class

(d) All of the above

Their wealth is acquired primarily through their salaries in

(a) Upper class

(b) Lower class

(d) None of the above

The parents have sufficient wealth, power and influence to steer them into a career closely connected with their family's interest in children of

(a) Lower class

(b) Middle class

(d) None of the above