Master Revision Tables & Full Mock Test (120 Questions)

1. Who coined the term "Sociology"?

1. Herbert Spencer
2. Auguste Comte
3. Emile Durkheim
4. Max Weber

2. What is the correct sequence of Comte's Law of Three Stages?

1. Metaphysical – Theological – Positive
2. Positive – Metaphysical – Theological
3. Theological – Metaphysical – Positive
4. Theological – Positive – Metaphysical

3. Assertion (A): Sanskritisation leads to positional change for a caste.
Reason (R): Sanskritisation changes the structure of the caste system.

1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
3. A is true but R is false
4. A is false but R is true

4. The phrase "survival of the fittest" was coined by:

1. Herbert Spencer
2. Charles Darwin
3. T.R. Malthus
4. L.H. Morgan

5. "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles" appears in:

1. Das Kapital
2. The German Ideology
3. The Communist Manifesto
4. The Poverty of Philosophy

6. According to Marx, the economic "base" of society consists of:

1. Religion and law
2. State and politics
3. Family and education
4. Forces and relations of production

7. Marx first developed the concept of alienation in:

1. Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts (1844)
2. Das Kapital (1867)
3. The Communist Manifesto (1848)
4. The Eighteenth Brumaire (1852)

8. Durkheim defined "social facts" in:

1. The Division of Labour in Society
2. Suicide
3. The Rules of Sociological Method
4. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life

9. Assertion (A): Mechanical solidarity is found in simple societies.
Reason (R): It is based on similarity and a strong collective conscience.

1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
3. A is true but R is false
4. A is false but R is true

10. According to Durkheim, suicide caused by excessive regulation is:

1. Egoistic
2. Altruistic
3. Anomic
4. Fatalistic

11. Durkheim based his study of religion on:

1. Trobriand Islanders
2. Hopi Indians
3. Australian aborigines (Arunta)
4. The Todas

12. Arrange Durkheim's works chronologically: (i) Suicide (ii) The Division of Labour (iii) The Elementary Forms (iv) The Rules of Sociological Method

1. ii, iv, i, iii
2. iv, ii, i, iii
3. ii, i, iv, iii
4. i, ii, iv, iii

13. The "Verstehen" method is associated with:

1. Comte
2. Durkheim
3. Spencer
4. Max Weber

14. Which of these is NOT a type of authority according to Weber?

1. Traditional
2. Charismatic
3. Legal-rational
4. Coercive

15. In Weber's view, the spirit of modern capitalism was linked to:

1. Catholicism
2. Calvinism (the Protestant ethic)
3. Hinduism
4. Confucianism

16. What are Weber's three dimensions of stratification?

1. Class, status, party
2. Caste, class, race
3. Wealth, education, occupation
4. Bourgeoisie, petty bourgeoisie, proletariat

17. Which thinker belongs to the Formal school of sociology?

1. Durkheim
2. Sorokin
3. Georg Simmel
4. Hobhouse

18. The first Department of Sociology in India was set up in 1919 at:

1. Lucknow University
2. Calcutta University
3. University of Bombay
4. Allahabad University

19. Who founded the Indian Sociological Society (1951)?

1. G.S. Ghurye
2. M.N. Srinivas
3. D.P. Mukerji
4. A.R. Desai

20. Who wrote "Caste and Race in India" (1932)?

1. J.H. Hutton
2. H.H. Risley
3. M.N. Srinivas
4. G.S. Ghurye

21. G.S. Ghurye described the tribals of India as:

1. Noble savages
2. Backward Hindus
3. Primitive communists
4. Isolated communities

22. Who pioneered social ecology and regional sociology in India?

1. D.P. Mukerji
2. D.N. Majumdar
3. Radhakamal Mukerjee
4. S.C. Dube

23. A.R. Desai's "Social Background of Indian Nationalism" uses which approach?

1. Structural-functional
2. Indological
3. Marxian / dialectical-historical
4. Phenomenological

24. S.C. Dube's "Indian Village" (1955) studies:

1. Shamirpet
2. Rampura
3. Kishan Garhi
4. Karimpur

25. Who wrote "The Human Cycle"?

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Bhagwan Das
3. Swami Vivekananda
4. Sri Aurobindo

26. Who gave the concept of "Trusteeship"?

1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Vinoba Bhave
4. B.R. Ambedkar

27. In "Castes in India" (1916), Dr. Ambedkar argued that the essence of caste is:

1. Occupation
2. Endogamy
3. Purity
4. Karma

28. Match List I with List II:
(a) Mind, Self and Society (b) Folkways (c) Social Organization (d) Social Control
(1) Sumner (2) Cooley (3) Ross (4) Mead

1. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
2. a-1, b-4, c-3, d-2
3. a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3
4. a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4

29. Who gave the AGIL scheme?

1. R.K. Merton
2. Malinowski
3. Radcliffe-Brown
4. Talcott Parsons

30. The concept of manifest and latent functions was given by:

1. Parsons
2. Durkheim
3. R.K. Merton
4. Coser

31. Who wrote "The Functions of Social Conflict" (1956)?

1. Lewis Coser
2. Ralf Dahrendorf
3. C. Wright Mills
4. Randall Collins

32. Dahrendorf locates the source of conflict in:

1. Ownership of property
2. Authority relations in imperatively coordinated associations
3. Religion
4. Race

33. Who coined the term "symbolic interactionism"?

1. G.H. Mead
2. C.H. Cooley
3. Herbert Blumer
4. Erving Goffman

34. "If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences." Who said this?

1. W.I. Thomas
2. C.H. Cooley
3. G.H. Mead
4. H. Blumer

35. Who gave the dramaturgical approach?

1. Garfinkel
2. Schutz
3. Berger
4. Erving Goffman

36. Who founded phenomenological sociology?

1. Edmund Husserl
2. Alfred Schutz
3. Harold Garfinkel
4. Thomas Luckmann

37. Who wrote "The Decline of the West"?

1. Arnold Toynbee
2. P.A. Sorokin
3. Oswald Spengler
4. V. Pareto

38. The classification of cultures into sensate, ideational and idealistic was given by:

1. P.A. Sorokin
2. Pareto
3. Weber
4. Comte

39. The concept of "cultural lag" was given by:

1. W.F. Ogburn
2. R.M. MacIver
3. T. Veblen
4. A.L. Kroeber

40. The concept of the "primary group" was given by:

1. W.G. Sumner
2. F. Tönnies
3. G.H. Mead
4. C.H. Cooley

41. The concepts of in-group and out-group were given by:

1. C.H. Cooley
2. W.G. Sumner
3. R.K. Merton
4. H. Hyman

42. Who distinguished between ascribed and achieved status?

1. R.K. Merton
2. T. Parsons
3. Ralph Linton
4. Max Weber

43. The concept of "role-set" was given by:

1. R.K. Merton
2. Ralph Linton
3. E. Goffman
4. T. Parsons

44. Who gave the functional theory of stratification (1945)?

1. Melvin Tumin
2. W.L. Warner
3. T. Parsons
4. Kingsley Davis & Wilbert Moore

45. Which of these is a dissociative social process?

1. Co-operation
2. Accommodation
3. Assimilation
4. Competition

46. Arbitration, compromise and toleration are forms of:

1. Assimilation
2. Accommodation
3. Competition
4. Acculturation

47. "Society is a web of social relationships." Who said this?

1. F.H. Giddings
2. M. Ginsberg
3. MacIver & Page
4. Max Weber

48. Who gave the Concentric Zone Theory?

1. E.W. Burgess
2. Homer Hoyt
3. Harris & Ullman
4. Louis Wirth

49. "Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom..." Who gave this definition?

1. B. Malinowski
2. A.L. Kroeber
3. R. Linton
4. E.B. Tylor

50. Who first used the term "social control" systematically?

1. E.A. Ross
2. W.G. Sumner
3. Karl Mannheim
4. Kimball Young

51. The concept of "anticipatory socialisation" was given by:

1. C.H. Cooley
2. G.H. Mead
3. R.K. Merton
4. S. Freud

52. From his study of 250 societies, G.P. Murdock concluded that which type of family is universal?

1. Joint family
2. Nuclear family
3. Matrilineal family
4. Polygynous family

53. Fraternal polyandry is found among the:

1. Nayars
2. Khasis
3. Gonds
4. Todas

54. Who introduced the term "teknonymy"?

1. E.B. Tylor
2. L.H. Morgan
3. J.G. Frazer
4. R. Lowie

55. Who wrote the Dayabhaga?

1. Vijnaneshwara
2. Manu
3. Jimutavahana
4. Yajnavalkya

56. Which ashrama is considered the most important, because it supports the other three?

1. Brahmacharya
2. Grihastha
3. Vanaprastha
4. Sannyasa

57. What is the highest aim of Hindu marriage?

1. Praja
2. Rati
3. Dharma
4. Artha

58. Which form of Hindu marriage involves bride price?

1. Rakshasa
2. Gandharva
3. Daiva
4. Asura

59. Muslim marriage (Nikah) is regarded as a:

1. Sacrament
2. Civil contract
3. Religious vow
4. Customary union only

60. Muta marriage is recognised by:

1. Ithna Ashari Shias
2. Hanafi Sunnis
3. Ismaili Shias
4. Shafi Sunnis

61. What is a divorce called when the wife initiates it and gives consideration to the husband?

1. Talaq-e-Hasan
2. Ila
3. Khula
4. Zihar

62. Shayara Bano v. Union of India (2017) was about:

1. Maintenance
2. Polygamy
3. Inheritance
4. Instant triple talaq

63. Who proposed the "mana" theory of the origin of caste?

1. H.H. Risley
2. J.H. Hutton
3. A.M. Hocart
4. J.C. Nesfield

64. Who wrote "The Hindu Jajmani System" (1936), based on Karimpur village?

1. W.H. Wiser
2. Oscar Lewis
3. McKim Marriott
4. Louis Dumont

65. Which of these is NOT a feature of the dominant caste according to M.N. Srinivas?

1. Numerical strength
2. Ownership of land
3. Political power
4. Lowest ritual status

66. Who wrote "Homo Hierarchicus"?

1. Louis Dumont
2. F.G. Bailey
3. André Béteille
4. McKim Marriott

67. When was the Community Development Programme launched?

1. 15 August 1950
2. 26 January 1952
3. 2 October 1952
4. 2 October 1959

68. What did the Balwantrai Mehta Committee (1957) recommend?

1. A two-tier Panchayati Raj
2. A three-tier Panchayati Raj
3. Abolition of panchayats
4. Only Nyaya Panchayats

69. How many subjects does the 11th Schedule of the Constitution contain?

1. 18
2. 22
3. 12
4. 29

70. Who coined the term "Green Revolution"?

1. Norman Borlaug
2. M.S. Swaminathan
3. William Gaud
4. C. Subramaniam

71. Srinivas first used the concept of Sanskritisation in:

1. Religion and Society Among the Coorgs of South India
2. Social Change in Modern India
3. The Remembered Village
4. Caste in Modern India

72. Who gave the concepts of universalisation and parochialisation?

1. Robert Redfield
2. Milton Singer
3. McKim Marriott
4. Yogendra Singh

73. Who wrote "Modernization of Indian Tradition" (1973)?

1. M.N. Srinivas
2. Yogendra Singh
3. S.C. Dube
4. A.R. Desai

74. Which amendment added the words "Socialist" and "Secular" to the Preamble?

1. 24th
2. 44th
3. 52nd
4. 42nd

75. Who defined globalisation as "the intensification of worldwide social relations which link distant localities..."?

1. Anthony Giddens
2. Roland Robertson
3. Marshall McLuhan
4. Immanuel Wallerstein

76. "The Polish Peasant in Europe and America", a classic study of social disorganisation, was written by:

1. Elliott & Merrill
2. Park & Burgess
3. Thomas & Znaniecki
4. Shaw & McKay

77. Who coined the term "white-collar crime"?

1. C. Lombroso
2. E.H. Sutherland
3. R.K. Merton
4. H. Becker

78. The "born criminal" theory is associated with:

1. Beccaria
2. Ferri
3. Sutherland
4. Lombroso

79. In Merton's anomie theory, a person who accepts cultural goals but uses illegitimate means shows:

1. Conformity
2. Ritualism
3. Innovation
4. Retreatism

80. Who wrote "Outsiders" (1963), a key text of labelling theory?

1. Howard Becker
2. Edwin Lemert
3. Albert Cohen
4. Travis Hirschi

81. Under the Juvenile Justice Act 2015, a "juvenile" is a person below the age of:

1. 16 years
2. 18 years
3. 21 years
4. 14 years

82. Who gave the concept of the "culture of poverty"?

1. Oscar Lewis
2. Gunnar Myrdal
3. Amartya Sen
4. Dadabhai Naoroji

83. Who wrote "An Essay on the Principle of Population" (1798)?

1. David Ricardo
2. Frank Notestein
3. T.R. Malthus
4. Warren Thompson

84. Which Article of the Constitution abolishes untouchability?

1. Article 14
2. Article 15
3. Article 17
4. Article 46

85. The Poona Pact (1932) was signed between:

1. Gandhi and Jinnah
2. Nehru and Ambedkar
3. Gandhi and Ramsay MacDonald
4. Gandhi and Ambedkar

86. What reservation for OBCs did the Mandal Commission recommend?

1. 15%
2. 22.5%
3. 27%
4. 50%

87. The report "Towards Equality" (1974) is about:

1. Scheduled Castes
2. The status of women
3. Tribal welfare
4. Primary education

88. According to Census 2011, Scheduled Castes are about what share of Uttar Pradesh's population?

1. 20.7%
2. 16.6%
3. 25.2%
4. 12.5%

89. In State of Punjab v. Davinder Singh (2024), the Supreme Court allowed:

1. A creamy layer for OBCs
2. EWS reservation
3. Reservation in promotions
4. Sub-classification of Scheduled Castes

90. Under the Hindu Marriage Act 1955, how far does the sapinda relationship extend?

1. 5 generations through the father, 3 through the mother
2. 7 generations through the father, 5 through the mother
3. 3 generations on both sides
4. 5 generations on both sides

91. On what date did the state get the name "Uttar Pradesh"?

1. 26 January 1950
2. 24 January 1950
3. 15 August 1947
4. 1 November 1956

92. Who was India's first woman Chief Minister?

1. Sucheta Kripalani
2. Mayawati
3. Nandini Satpathy
4. Sarojini Naidu

93. Who was India's first woman Governor?

1. Sucheta Kripalani
2. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
3. Sarojini Naidu
4. Padmaja Naidu

94. How many Lok Sabha seats does Uttar Pradesh have?

1. 403
2. 31
3. 100
4. 80

95. How many districts does Uttar Pradesh have?

1. 70
2. 72
3. 75
4. 78

96. What is the state bird of Uttar Pradesh?

1. Peacock
2. Sarus crane
3. Koel
4. Hornbill

97. Where was the Allahabad High Court first set up in 1866?

1. Lucknow
2. Allahabad
3. Agra
4. Kanpur

98. The Chauri Chaura incident (1922) took place in which district?

1. Gorakhpur
2. Deoria
3. Basti
4. Azamgarh

99. When did the Revolt of 1857 begin at Meerut?

1. 10 May 1857
2. 29 March 1857
3. 4 June 1857
4. 15 August 1857

100. In which year did the Kakori train action take place?

1. 1922
2. 1925
3. 1928
4. 1931

101. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?

1. Bodh Gaya
2. Kushinagar
3. Lumbini
4. Sarnath

102. In which district is Dudhwa National Park?

1. Pilibhit
2. Bahraich
3. Lakhimpur Kheri
4. Bijnor

103. When was the Pran Pratishtha of the Ram Mandir, Ayodhya held?

1. 5 August 2020
2. 22 January 2024
3. 26 January 2024
4. 9 November 2019

104. In which year did UP launch the "One District One Product" scheme?

1. 2016
2. 2017
3. 2018
4. 2020

105. Which amendment added the Fundamental Duties to the Constitution?

1. 42nd
2. 44th
3. 86th
4. 73rd

106. Which amendment added Article 21A (Right to Education)?

1. 42nd
2. 73rd
3. 86th
4. 93rd

107. Who called Article 32 the "heart and soul" of the Constitution?

1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
3. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
4. Sardar Patel

108. Who is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?

1. The President
2. The Speaker
3. The Prime Minister
4. The Vice-President

109. What school structure does NEP 2020 propose?

1. 10+2
2. 5+3+3+4
3. 8+4
4. 5+3+2+2

110. Who chaired the committee that drafted NEP 2020?

1. Yash Pal
2. D.S. Kothari
3. S. Radhakrishnan
4. K. Kasturirangan

111. When did the Kothari Commission work?

1. 1948–49
2. 1952–53
3. 1964–66
4. 1986

112. When was NITI Aayog formed?

1. 1 January 2015
2. 15 August 2014
3. 1 April 2015
4. 26 January 2015

113. When did GST come into force in India?

1. 1 April 2017
2. 1 July 2017
3. 1 January 2018
4. 8 November 2016

114. Which is the largest planet in the solar system?

1. Jupiter
2. Saturn
3. Neptune
4. Earth

115. What is the SI unit of power?

1. Joule
2. Newton
3. Watt
4. Pascal

116. What is the chemical formula of baking soda?

1. NaCl
2. Na₂CO₃
3. NaHCO₃
4. NaOH

117. Deficiency of Vitamin C causes:

1. Rickets
2. Night blindness
3. Beriberi
4. Scurvy

118. Which blood group is the universal donor?

1. AB positive
2. O negative
3. A positive
4. B negative

119. Which organelle is called the "powerhouse of the cell"?

1. Nucleus
2. Ribosome
3. Mitochondria
4. Golgi body

120. Who built the Bara Imambara of Lucknow?

1. Asaf-ud-Daula
2. Wajid Ali Shah
3. Saadat Ali Khan
4. Shuja-ud-Daula