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SOCIOLOGY: MCQ — 79 Practice Questions with Answers

SOCIOLOGY: is a Soc Sci Part-II Graduation (Senior Teacher) topic in the RAS/RPSC syllabus. This page gathers exam-style SOCIOLOGY: multiple-choice questions with correct answers and explanations, so aspirants can test recall and revise frequently examined concepts.

Practice 79 SOCIOLOGY: multiple-choice questions with detailed answers and explanations. Ideal for RAS/RPSC exam preparation.

79 Questions Soc Sci Part-II Graduation (Senior Teacher)

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Practice Questions

Q1. In the pair 'status and role', which distinction is correct?

A Status is a social position, while role is the behavioural aspect attached to that position. Correct
B Status is the biological age of a person, while role is the person's income.
C Status is a temporary crowd position, while role is membership of a caste.
D Status is always achieved, while role is always ascribed.

Explanation

Sociology treats status and role as connected concepts. A person occupies a status such as teacher, parent or student; the role consists of the expected conduct, duties and behaviour associated with that position.

Q2. Which situation is the clearest example of social exclusion linked with caste?

A A shopkeeper changes prices because wholesale costs have increased
B A student chooses an optional subject after comparing the syllabus
C A worker shifts from agriculture to factory employment
D A person is denied access to a common community facility because of caste identity Correct

Explanation

Social exclusion refers to processes through which individuals or groups are prevented from full participation in society. Denial of a common facility because of caste identity is a direct example, whereas the other cases describe choice, market change, or occupational mobility.

Q3. Which option best explains why sociology is described as both empirical and reflexive?

A It becomes empirical only when it copies the methods of physics without alteration.
B It gathers evidence about social life while also examining the researcher's own assumptions, location and concepts. Correct
C It rejects evidence whenever the researcher belongs to the society being studied.
D It is reflexive because it studies mirrors of individual consciousness rather than society.

Explanation

Sociology relies on evidence such as observation, comparison, documents, surveys or interviews, so it is empirical. At the same time, sociologists study a world of which they themselves are members; they must therefore reflect on categories, values and social location. The empirical and reflexive dimensions are complementary in sociological inquiry.

Q4. A teacher is expected to prepare lessons, evaluate answer sheets, attend a training programme and handle administrative work on the same day. The strain arises within the same status. Which concept is most appropriate?

A role exit
B ascribed mobility
C status sequence
D role strain Correct

Explanation

The example shows role strain, because several expectations are attached to the same status of teacher and are competing for time and energy. Role conflict would be more appropriate if expectations from two different statuses clashed, such as teacher and parent.

Q5. After the 2018 amendment to the Prevention of Corruption Act, a public servant demands money to process a routine ration-card application on time. For a sociology question on corruption as a social problem, which legal-sociological reading is most defensible?

A It is only an administrative delay because routine public services are outside the corruption framework.
B The demand is an undue advantage connected with public duty, illustrating how corruption converts public office into private extraction. Correct
C It is corruption only if the citizen voluntarily offers a gift without any demand or pressure from the public servant.
D There is no corruption unless the official finally refuses to process the application after receiving money.

Explanation

India Code's text of the Prevention of Corruption Act uses the post-amendment language of undue advantage in relation to public duty. A demand for payment to perform a routine official service is therefore not just poor service delivery; it shows abuse of public office and weakens citizens' trust in institutions. The sociological point is institutional distortion, not merely individual greed.

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