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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