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5261	Ravi farms his family land during the monsoon and works at a brick kiln near a city for the rest of the year.…	Sociology Rural-urban linkages	Medium
5262	Which feature is generally more characteristic of rural than of urban society in India?	Sociology Rural-urban linkages	Medium
5263	A sociologist finds that a village's young men now work in a nearby town, its shops sell packaged urban goods…	Sociology Rural-urban linkages	Hard
5264	A household consists of a couple and their two unmarried children only. What type of family is this?	Sociology Family and kinship	Easy
5265	In which type of system do property and lineage pass through the female line?	Sociology Family and kinship	Easy
5266	After marriage, Meena moves into her husband's parents' house, and the family property will go to her sons. W…	Sociology Family and kinship	Medium
5267	Why do sociologists say that Khasi matriliny does not amount to matriarchy?	Sociology Family and kinship	Medium
5268	Which statement about the Indian joint family is best supported by sociological research?	Sociology Family and kinship	Hard
5269	What is meant by caste endogamy?	Sociology The caste system	Easy
5270	Which principle underlies the ranking of castes in the traditional hierarchy?	Sociology The caste system	Easy
5271	How did the colonial census contribute to changes in caste?	Sociology The caste system	Medium
5272	In a village, a numerically large intermediate caste owns most of the land and controls the panchayat. Which …	Sociology The caste system	Medium
5273	An urban upper-caste professional says caste plays no part in her life, though her family's earlier caste pri…	Sociology The caste system	Hard
5274	In the classification of Indian tribes, which of these is an acquired trait?	Sociology Tribal society	Easy
5275	Which two regions have the highest concentration of tribal population in India?	Sociology Tribal society	Easy
5276	Which language families are spoken by Indian tribes?	Sociology Tribal society	Medium
5277	Which position is associated with G.S. Ghurye in the debate on tribal policy?	Sociology Tribal society	Medium
5278	A historian shows that a central Indian tribe once ruled a kingdom, traded with plains merchants and fought n…	Sociology Tribal society	Hard
5279	Which thinker is associated with the idea of the "invisible hand" of the market?	Sociology The market as a social institution	Easy
5280	What does commodification mean?	Sociology The market as a social institution	Easy