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#	Question	Subject and topic	Difficulty
1	In Indian usage, how is the sex ratio of a population expressed?	Sociology Demographic structure	Easy
2	Which stage of the demographic transition is marked by a falling death rate but a still-high birth rate?	Sociology Demographic structure	Easy
3	A district has 3,00,000 people aged 0–14, 6,00,000 aged 15–64 and 60,000 aged 65 and above. What is its depen…	Sociology Demographic structure	Medium
4	A state reports a birth rate of 25 and a death rate of 8 per 1,000 population, with negligible migration. Wha…	Sociology Demographic structure	Medium
5	A region's overall sex ratio is fairly stable, but its child sex ratio (0–6 years) has fallen sharply over tw…	Sociology Demographic structure	Hard
6	Which of the following is the clearest example of a rural-urban linkage?	Sociology Rural-urban linkages	Easy
7	Why do sociologists consider a sharp village-versus-city opposition misleading for India?	Sociology Rural-urban linkages	Easy
8	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
9	Which feature is generally more characteristic of rural than of urban society in India?	Sociology Rural-urban linkages	Medium
10	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
11	A household consists of a couple and their two unmarried children only. What type of family is this?	Sociology Family and kinship	Easy
12	In which type of system do property and lineage pass through the female line?	Sociology Family and kinship	Easy
13	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
14	Why do sociologists say that Khasi matriliny does not amount to matriarchy?	Sociology Family and kinship	Medium
15	Which statement about the Indian joint family is best supported by sociological research?	Sociology Family and kinship	Hard
16	What is meant by caste endogamy?	Sociology The caste system	Easy
17	Which principle underlies the ranking of castes in the traditional hierarchy?	Sociology The caste system	Easy
18	How did the colonial census contribute to changes in caste?	Sociology The caste system	Medium
19	In a village, a numerically large intermediate caste owns most of the land and controls the panchayat. Which …	Sociology The caste system	Medium
20	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
21	In the classification of Indian tribes, which of these is an acquired trait?	Sociology Tribal society	Easy
22	Which two regions have the highest concentration of tribal population in India?	Sociology Tribal society	Easy
23	Which language families are spoken by Indian tribes?	Sociology Tribal society	Medium
24	Which position is associated with G.S. Ghurye in the debate on tribal policy?	Sociology Tribal society	Medium
25	A historian shows that a central Indian tribe once ruled a kingdom, traded with plains merchants and fought n…	Sociology Tribal society	Hard
26	Which thinker is associated with the idea of the "invisible hand" of the market?	Sociology The market as a social institution	Easy
27	What does commodification mean?	Sociology The market as a social institution	Easy
28	Why is the tribal weekly market studied by Alfred Gell in Bastar sociologically significant?	Sociology The market as a social institution	Medium
29	A merchant community lends money mainly to members of its own caste and relies on kinship ties to guarantee r…	Sociology The market as a social institution	Medium
30	A family buys an expensive branded car mainly so that neighbours will see it as a sign of their success. Whic…	Sociology The market as a social institution	Hard
31	Which Article of the Indian Constitution abolishes untouchability?	Sociology Caste prejudice, SCs and OBCs	Easy
32	What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?	Sociology Caste prejudice, SCs and OBCs	Easy
33	In a village, Dalit labourers are made to take off their sandals when passing upper-caste homes. Which dimens…	Sociology Caste prejudice, SCs and OBCs	Medium
34	Which commission recommended reservations for Other Backward Classes in central government jobs?	Sociology Caste prejudice, SCs and OBCs	Medium
35	A company advertises jobs open to all, but hires only through referrals from current employees, who almost al…	Sociology Caste prejudice, SCs and OBCs	Hard
36	What does the term "Adivasi" literally mean?	Sociology Marginalisation of tribal communities	Easy
37	Which two states were created in 2000 after long struggles in which tribal communities played a central role?	Sociology Marginalisation of tribal communities	Easy
38	How did colonial forest policy contribute to tribal marginalisation?	Sociology Marginalisation of tribal communities	Medium
39	A mining project in a forested district brings profits and electricity to cities, while local tribal villages…	Sociology Marginalisation of tribal communities	Medium
40	Why do sociologists say that tribal identities today are shaped by interaction with the wider society rather …	Sociology Marginalisation of tribal communities	Hard
41	Who wrote Stri Purush Tulana, a comparison of men and women published in 1882?	Sociology Struggle for women’s equality	Easy
42	Which nineteenth-century reformer is best known for campaigning against the practice of sati?	Sociology Struggle for women’s equality	Easy
43	What was the importance of the report Towards Equality (1974)?	Sociology Struggle for women’s equality	Medium
44	Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain's story Sultana's Dream imagines a land where women run public life and men stay at h…	Sociology Struggle for women’s equality	Medium
45	A sociologist argues that differences in men's and women's work cannot be explained by biology alone because …	Sociology Struggle for women’s equality	Hard
46	Which Article of the Constitution gives minorities the right to establish and administer educational institut…	Sociology Religious minorities	Easy
47	In the sociological sense, what makes a group a minority?	Sociology Religious minorities	Easy
48	How does Indian secularism differ from the Western idea of strict separation of church and state?	Sociology Religious minorities	Medium
49	A small community is economically prosperous but worries about losing its distinct religious traditions becau…	Sociology Religious minorities	Medium
50	A linguistic group in a state wants to run schools that teach in its own language and script. Which constitut…	Sociology Religious minorities	Hard