[ PAPER ] Sociology Preliminary Examination 2003 - Solved Paper (Series - D)

Sociology Preliminary Examination 2003 - Solved (Series - D)

1). The National Commission for Women was set up as a national level statutory body to
(a) review the constitutional and legal safeguards for women
(b) eradicate gender disparities
(c) abolish gender bias against women
(d) improve the status of women		 (A)
2). Which of the following characteristics distinguishes man from the other animals?
(a) Ability to stand erect
(b) Ability to adapt to the environment
(c) Ability to make tools
(d) Ability to live in a group		 (C)
3). The biological capacity to reproduce is usually called
(a) Fertility (b) Celibacy
(c) Infecundity (d) Fecundity		 (d)
4). Consider the following statements :
Political modernisation goes hand in hand with
1. illiteracy
2. political participation
3. urbanisation
4. use of mass media
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 1 and 4 (b) 1 and 2
(c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 2, 3 and 4		 (d)
5). Consider the following statements :
Authority consists of
1. legitimacy
2. qualification
3. power
4. regularity
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 1 and 4 (b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 2 and 4 (d) 1, 3 and 4		 (d)
6). Consider the following factors :
1. Seasonal migration
2. Weekly commutation
3. Change of residence on permanent or at least semi-permanent basis
4. Being away from the place of normal residence during the entire period of Census count
Which of these is/ are the determining factor(s) in defining a migrant in the Indian Census?
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 4 only		 (d)
7). There is freedom of association between members of all strata including intermarriage and equalitarian social relations in
(a) open-class (b) open-ethnic
(c) closed-caste (d) closed-estate		 (a)
8). Disparity in income levels of different economic entities are measured on
(a) Supply curve (b) Demand curve
(c) Cost curve (d) Lorez curve
Directions :
The following 14 (fourteen) items consist of two statements, one labelled as the
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