HSST SOCIOLOGY JUNIOR – HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION

FINAL ANSWER KEY
Question Paper Code: 18/2018/OL
Category Code: 340/2017
Exam: HSST Sociology(Jr)
Medium of Question: English
Date of Test 22-03-2018
Department Higher Secondary Education
Alphacode A
Question1:-The first LMS Missionary in Travancore
A:-Charles Mead
B:-W. T. Ringletaube
C:-Henry Baker
D:-Benjamin Bailey
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question2:-Who founded ‘Samatwa Samajam’ ?
A:-Vagbhatananda
B:-Vaikunta Swamikal
C:-Vakkom Maulavi
D:-Agamananda Swamikal
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question3:-The editor of ‘Mitavadi’ magazine.
A:-C. Krishnan
B:-C. Kesavan
C:-C. V. Kunjiraman
D:-R. Sankar
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question4:-The poem ‘Ente Gurunathan’ about Mahatma Gandhi was written by __________
A:-Kumaran Asan
B:-Ulloor
C:-Vallathol
D:-Vailoppilli
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question5:-The tali or Mangalya Sutra related issue during Civil Disobedience Movement in Kerala was associated with
whom among the following ?
A:-Mrs. L. S. Prabhu
B:-Gracy Aaron
C:-A. V. Kuttimalu Amma
D:-Arya Pallom
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question6:-First artificial satellite in the world
A:-INSAT-1 B
B:-Cartosat
C:-Sputnick I
D:-Aryabhatta
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question7:-Chief Election Commissioner of India.
A:-Gayrul Hassan
B:-Y. V. Reddy
C:-A. K. Mittal
D:-Achal Kumar Jyothi
Correct Answer:-Question Cancelled
Question8:-Longest bridge in India
A:-Pamban bridge
B:-Howrah bridge
C:-Vidyasagar setu
D:-Bhoopan Hazarika bridge
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question9:-Who wrote the book “Fragrance of Peace” ?
A:-Manasi Pradhan
B:-Pramila Nesargi
C:-Irom Sharmila
D:-Amala Akkineni
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question10:-Who got Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016 ?
A:-Kazuo Ishiguru
B:-Rainer Weiss
C:-Richard Henderson
D:-Bob Dylan
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question11:-As per Social Constructivism, whoever may scaffold the learning of the child ?
A:-Teacher
B:-parent
C:-Peer group member
D:-All the above
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question12:-Portfolio assessment means, assessment based on the
A:-Responses of the child
B:-Performance of the child
C:-Products of learning
D:-Anecdotal record
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question13:-Among the following who is not associated with Critical Pedagogy
A:-Michael Apple
B:-John Dewey
C:-Paulo Freire
D:-Peter McLaren
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question14:-In Whole Language Approach
A:-We move from whole to parts
B:-The order of LSRW is strictly followed
C:-Language skills are learned separately
D:-Alphabets are learned directly
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question15:-As per modern concept of learning, it should be
A:-Teacher centered
B:-Learner centered
C:-Activity centered
D:-Assessment centered
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question16:-The type of research which focuses on describing the culture of a group of people is called
A:-Survey
B:-Case study
C:-Ethnography
D:-Phenomenology
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question17:-A supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further
investigation is called
A:-Guess
B:-Prediction
C:-Hypothesis
D:-Theory
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question18:-In research, data collection is immediately followed by
A:-Analysis of data
B:-Interpretation of data
C:-Extrapolation upon available data
D:-Formation of inference based on data
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question19:-A research can be considered empirical because of
A:-Its basis on observation and experimentation
B:-Sequential procedure
C:-Controlling variables
D:-The use of statistical procedures
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question20:-The main advantage of Seminar over Assignment is
A:-Inculcation of self awareness
B:-Acquisition of presentation skills
C:-Generation of new ideas
D:-Tolerance to others views
Correct Answer:-Question Cancelled
Question21:-Definite locality is the basic characteristics of ______________
A:-Association
B:-Communuity
C:-Groups
D:-Society
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question22:-Who defined society as web of social relationship ?
A:-C. H. Codly
B:-Parsons
C:-Mac Iver
D:-Ginsberg
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question23:-Who classified society as folk society and urban society ?
A:-Spencer
B:-Durkheim
C:-Tonnies
D:-Red Field
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question24:-__________________ is an organized group of people pursuing some common interest.
A:-Association
B:-Community
C:-Institution
D:-Society
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question25:-Who coined the term Ethnocentrism ?
A:-Ogburn
B:-Wisler
C:-W. G. Sumner
D:-Krober
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question26:-The concept of “cultural reproduction” is discussed by
A:-O. Lewis
B:-MacIver and Page
C:-P. Bourdieu
D:-Morris Opler
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question27:-Any group accepted as model or guide for our judgements and actions is called
A:-Primary group
B:-In group
C:-Voluntary group
D:-Reference group
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question28:-The concept of “Role set” has given by
A:-Merton
B:-Coolery
C:-Linton
D:-Tylor
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question29:-Behaviour desired by a majority of people is called
A:-Norms
B:-Mores
C:-Customs
D:-Values
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question30:-White color crime refers to the deviant activities committed by
A:-Common people
B:-Business and services class
C:-Rural people
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question31:-“Religion is the sign of the oppressed creature the sentiment of a heartless world and the soul of soulless
condition”. Who made the statement ?
A:-L. Feurbach
B:-G. Lukacs
C:-K. Marx
D:-V. I. Lenin
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question32:-Who of the following is the author of the book “Economy and Society” ?
A:-Max Weber
B:-Anthony Giddens
C:-Durkhain
D:-A. Comte
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question33:-The concept of imperatively coordinated associations was contributed by
A:-Talcott Parson
B:-Ralph Dahrendrof
C:-C. Wrisat Mills
D:-Karl Marx
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question34:-The book “street corner society” was authored by
A:-L. A Coser
B:-Max Weber
C:-Willian F. Whyte
D:-B. Malinowski
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question35:-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
A:-3, 1, 4, 2
B:-3, 2, 1, 4
C:-3, 4, 2, 1
D:-3, 4, 1, 2
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question36:-Who among the following in not regarded as a post-modernist thinker ?
A:-J. Alexander
B:-J. Derrida
C:-I. Jameson
D:-J. F. Lyotard
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question37:-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
A:-ii, i, iii, iv
B:-iv, iii, i, ii
C:-iii, iv, ii, iii
D:-i, iv, ii, iii
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question38:-Who among the following describes society as “Sui-generis” ?
A:-Radcliffe Brown
B:-Malinowski
C:-E. Durkheim
D:-R. Benedict
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question39:-Who among the following is associated with the idea of “Risk society” ?
A:-H. S. Becker
B:-Ulrich Beck
C:-Denical Bell
D:-Susan Baker
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question40:-Who among the following theorists sees contemporary society as a death culture, with death being the
“paradigm of all social exclusion and discrimination” ?
A:-J. Baudrillard
B:-V. Beck
C:-M. Foucault
D:-J. F. Lyotard
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question41:-Who regards American society as a “great sale room” filled with hypocrisy, deceit and insincerity ?
A:-R. K. Merton
B:-C. Wright Mills
C:-T. Parson
D:-E. Durkheim
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question42:-What do the critical theorists state ?
A:-Economic determinism was wrong
B:-Economic determinism was not wrong
C:-Economic determinism was not wrong, but should be concerned with other aspects of social life
D:-Economic determinism was wrong and should be concerned with other aspects of social life
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question43:-Who was contended, among the Neo-Marxists, that mature Marx did not believe in any human nature ?
A:-Habermas
B:-Harvery
C:-Dahrendorf
D:-Althusser
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question44:-Who has observed a link between the structures of the mind and the structures of the society ?
A:-Lemert
B:-Radeliff-Brown
C:-Levi-Strauss
D:-Foucault
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question45:-From among the following who believed in social Darwinism ?
A:-Diffusionists
B:-Evolutionists
C:-Functionalists
D:-All the above
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question46:-Urbanisation is a process, urbanism is a way of life, and urbanity is a _______________
A:-Urban culture
B:-Law of urban life
C:-State of mind
D:-Way of urban thinking
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question47:-Who Considered Modernity as “an unfinished project” ?
A:-Derrida
B:-Giddens
C:-Althusser
D:-Habermas
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question48:-What does Macdonaldization Mean ?
A:-Universal application of the ideas of Dwigat Macdonald
B:-The process of extension of the cartoon of Donald Duck
C:-Spread of the new means of consumption across the world
D:-Diffusion of modern agricultural practices
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question49:-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.
A:-b and c
B:-a and b
C:-a and d
D:-b and d
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question50:-Who has given the concept of “Total Institution” ?
A:-Summer
B:-C. H. Cooley
C:-Spencer
D:-Goffman
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question51:-Who has distinguished between ascribed and achieved status ?
A:-R. Merton
B:-T. Parsons
C:-Ralph Linton
D:-M. Waber
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question52:-A role is “a set of socially expected and approved patterns”, who defined ?
A:-Linton
B:-Ogburn and Nimkoff
C:-G. H. Meal
D:-R. K. Merton
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question53:-The leader of Guruvayur Sathyagraha was
A:-K. Madhavan nair
B:-K. Kelappan
C:-K. P. Kesavamenon
D:-M. Kumaran
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question54:-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 :
A:-3, 2, 1, 4
B:-2, 3, 4, 1
C:-1, 4, 3, 2
D:-1, 2, 3, 4
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question55:-“Reasoning from general to perticular” is called
A:-Inductive
B:-Deductive
C:-Experimental
D:-Generalization
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question56:-Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) is established in
A:-1979
B:-1989
C:-1969
D:-1999
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question57:-In research a tentative solution of the problem is may call
A:-Research problem
B:-Research design
C:-Research solution
D:-Hypothesis
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question58:-“Emperically varifiable observations” is called
A:-Logical statement
B:-Theory
C:-Method
D:-Facts
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question59:-To test a hypothesis suggesting a causal relationship between variables, for this purpose researcher use.
A:-Exploratory
B:-Descriptive design
C:-Diagnostic design
D:-Experiment
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question60:-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
A:-Norminal scale
B:-Ordinal scale
C:-Interval scale
D:-Ratio scale
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question61:-In content analysis, ‘content’ stand for
A:-Research problem
B:-Discription of research
C:-Manifest from of communication
D:-A method of communication
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question62:-Concepts represent various degree of
A:-Formulations
B:-Calculations
C:-Abstractions
D:-Specifications
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question63:-A Blue print of research work is called
A:-Research method
B:-Research design
C:-Research techniques
D:-Research problem
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question64:-Which of the following is not a characteristics of city life ?
A:-Homoginity
B:-Anonymity
C:-Social distance
D:-Regimentation
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question65:-Which of the following articles in Indian Constitution employers the president to appoint a commission to
investigate the condition of Back ward classes ?
A:-Article 342
B:-Article 340
C:-Article 338
D:-Article 344
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question66:-The marriage of a women to a man from a lower caste is called
A:-Levirate marriage
B:-Hypergamy
C:-Hypogamy
D:-Sororate marriage
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question67:-Marriage among Muslim community is a
A:-Contract
B:-Duty
C:-Religious bond
D:-Sacrament
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question68:-A custom by which on the death of a women, her husband marries her sister is called
A:-Sororal
B:-Sororate
C:-Anisogamy
D:-Hypogamy
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question69:-A Namboodiri joint family is called
A:-Thavawad
B:-Padippura
C:-Illam
D:-Nallukettu
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question70:-A family in which the husband lives at his wife’s parent’s house
A:-Patrilocal
B:-Matrileneal
C:-Matriarchal
D:-Matrilocal
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question71:-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
A:-1, 4, 2, 3
B:-4, 1, 2, 3
C:-2, 1, 3, 4
D:-3, 1, 4, 2
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question72:-Who wrote the book ‘Kinship Organisation in India’ ?
A:-Murdock
B:-Mc Kim Marriott
C:-Iravati Karve
D:-Louis Dumont
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question73:-The first state which implemented the Panchayathi Raj System in India
A:-Kerala
B:-Rajasthan
C:-Karnataka
D:-West Bengal
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question74:-The system under which maternal uncle gets prominent place in kinship is known as
A:-Couvade
B:-Amitate
C:-Avunclate
D:-Takanonymy
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question75:-Vaikom Sathyagraha was commenced on
A:-30th March 1924
B:-30th April 1944
C:-19th Feb. 1924
D:-8th March 1925
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question76:-International Monetary Fund was formed in the year
A:-1935
B:-1945
C:-1955
D:-1965
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question77:-The process whereby the members of upper castes are coming closer to the members of lower castes is
denoted by the concept of
A:-Westernisation
B:-Sanskritization
C:-Desanskritization
D:-Debrahmanization
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question78:-Competition of economy by fewer and fewer corporation in a complex modern society is known as
A:-Oligopoly
B:-Bureaucratization
C:-Professionalization
D:-Oligarchy
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question79:-Who gave the ‘Axiate Hypothesis’ while discussing the process of urbanisation ?
A:-Burgess
B:-Homer Hyot
C:-Galpin
D:-Spengler
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question80:-Mandal Commission was set up by the Janata party government in
A:-1978
B:-1979
C:-1980
D:-1981
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question81:-Article 47 of Indian Constitution deals with
A:-Reservation of appointment
B:-Level of nutrition and standard of living
C:-Appointment of commission
D:-Manner of election of President
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question82:-Which of the following explains the process of Westernization in India ?
A:-Ethnocentrism
B:-Accommodation
C:-Reference group
D:-Assimilation
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question83:-Which among the following is not a ‘sangam’ work ?
A:-Akananuru
B:-Purananuru
C:-Patittupathu
D:-Keralolpathi
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question84:-The famous ‘Mamankam’ festival was conducted at
A:-Ponnani
B:-Thirunavaya
C:-Pattambi
D:-Kozhikode
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question85:-Which among the following is not an Anti-Caste Movement in Kerala ?
A:-Channar Lahala
B:-Guruvayur Sathyagraha
C:-Vaikom Sathyagraha
D:-Chengara Agitation
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question86:-Which among the following is not a Tribal Movement in Kerala ?
A:-Nilppusamaram
B:-Panavally Agitation
C:-Muthang Agitation
D:-Channar Agitation
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question87:-SNDP was formed in
A:-1903 May, 15
B:-1908 June, 17
C:-1905 March, 15
D:-1910 April, 10
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question88:-The first Ministry of Kerala was sworn in
A:-31st July, 1959
B:-5th April 1957
C:-6th April, 1956
D:-14th August, 1958
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question89:-Mahatma Ayyankali was born in
A:-1864
B:-1884
C:-1863
D:-1872
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question90:-Kerala Pulaya Maha Sabha was formed by
A:-A. K. Gopalan
B:-Kellappan
C:-Kumara Gurudevan
D:-P. K. Chattan Master
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question91:-National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of
India in
A:-Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association and Another V. Union of India (2015)
B:-Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association and Another V. Union of India (2016)
C:-Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association and Another V. Union of India (1993)
D:-Kesavananda Bharathi V. State of Kerala (1973)
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question92:-Right to Privacy is a constitutional right under Article ______________ of Indian Constitution.
A:-Article 15
B:-Article 14
C:-Article 21
D:-Article 19
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question93:-Which among the following is not a fundamental duty ?
A:-To upload and protect the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India
B:-To safeguard public property and to adjure violence
C:-To render legal aid
D:-Who is a parent or guardian to provide opportunities for education to his child or as the case may be, ward between
the age of six and fourteen years
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question94:-Right to Education is a
A:-Fundamental Right
B:-Legal Right
C:-Directive Principle
D:-None of these
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question95:-______________ is not a basic feature of our Constitution.
A:-Parliamentary System
B:-Supremacy of the Constitution
C:-Unity and Integrity of the Nation
D:-None of these
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question96:-Nutritional Support to Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers is a Statutory Right under
A:-Maternity Relief Act, 1967
B:-The National Food Security Act, 2013
C:-The National Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
D:-None of these
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question97:-The National Green Tribunal Act was adopted in the year
A:-1999
B:-2000
C:-2010
D:-2012
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question98:-The new name of central ministry dealing with environmental affairs is
A:-Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
B:-Ministry of Environment and Forests
C:-Ministry of Climate Change
D:-None of these
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question99:-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
A:-Physical contact and advances
B:-Demand or request for sexual favours
C:-Sexually colored remarks
D:-None of these
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question100:-NOTTO stands for
A:-National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization
B:-National Organisms and Tissue Transfer Organization
C:-New Organs and Tissues Transplant Organization
D:-None of these
Correct Answer:- Option-A