MCQ Questions for Class 11 Sociology: Ch 2 Terms, Concepts and their Use in Sociology

1. Migrants are often considered as

(a) Out-Group.

(b) In-Group.

(c) Peer Group.

(d) Reference Group.

► (a) Out-Group.

2. _____ a mode of reward or punishment that reinforce socially expected forms of behaviour.

(a) Identity

(b) Conflict

(c) Sanctions

(d) Khasi

► (c) Sanctions

3. The system in which society was divided into Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras was known as

(a) Varna System.

(b) Class System.

(c) Status.

(d) Caste System.

► (a) Varna System.

4. ‘Social position’ in a society is known as

(a) Class.

(b) Caste.

(c) Role.

(d) Status.

► (d) Status.

5. The behaviours, obligations, and privileges attached to a social status is known as

(a) Status set.

(b) Role set.

(c) Social role.

(d) Status symbol.

► (c) Social role.

6. The sociologist who has been credited with carrying out census in Rampura in 1948 _______

(a) M.N. Srinivas

(b) Auguste Comte

(c) D.P. Mukherjee

(d) None of the above

► (a) M.N. Srinivas

7. Which one of the following are a native/original ethnic group of Meghalaya in north-eastern

India?

(a) Gonds

(b) Angami

(c) Santhal

(d) Khasi

► (d) Khasi

8. The perspective which stresses that deviance promotes social unity and social change is

(a) Conflict.

(b) Functionalist.

(c) Interactionism.

(d) Post-modernist.

► (b) Functionalist.

9. Social classes, status groups, age and gender groups and crowds are the examples of

(a) Reference groups.

(b) Peer groups.

(c) In – groups.

(d) Quasi groups.

► (d) Quasi groups.

10. Peer group is a kind of

(a) Primary group.

(b) Secondary group.

(c) Association.

(d) Peer group.

► (a) Primary group.

11. The basis of a caste system is

(a) Ascribed status.

(b) Achieved status.

(c) Power.

(d) Wealth.

► (a) Ascribed status.

12. Human life is based on the

(a) Material benefits.

(b) Spiritual thoughts.

(c) Conflict among members.

(d) Interaction and communication among members.

► (d) Interaction and communication among members.

13. Which one of the following refers to the place or time of one’s birth?

(a) Identity.

(b) Natal.

(c) Values.

(d) Aggregates.

► (b) Natal.

14. Panchamas in the caste system were considered as

(a) Untouchables.

(b) Vaishyas.

(c) Shudras.

(d) Kshatriyas.

► (a) Untouchables.

MCQ Questions for Class 11 Sociology: Ch 1 Sociology and Society

1. One of the features of modern societies is

(a) specialisation of work.

(b) face to face interaction of members.

(c) urbanisation and factory production.

(d) agricultural production.

► (c) urbanisation and factory production.

2. Society is looked upon as

(a) caste and class.

(b) social stratification.

(c) simple society.

(d) system of parts.

► (d) system of parts.

3. Social problems can be understood in the realm of

(a) Chemistry.

(b) Physics.

(c) Sociology.

(d) Psychology.

► (c) Sociology.

4. Slums in urban areas denote

(a) division of labour.

(b) overpopulation and migration.

(c) education and development.

(d) illiteracy.

► (b) overpopulation and migration.

5. A system of economic enterprise based on economic exchange is known as

(a) capitalism.

(b) industrialization.

(c) modernization.

(d) westernization.

► (a) capitalism.

6. Questions on common sense knowledge lead to the

(a) sociological knowledge.

(b) social differentiation.

(c) common sense knowledge.

(d) sociological imagination.

► (a) sociological knowledge.

7. Who wrote the book ‘Sociological Imagination’.

(a) C.W. Mills

(b) August Comte

(c) Max Weber

(d) Karl Marx

► (a) C.W. Mills

8. Industrial Revolution was characterised by ________

(a) migration to cities

(b) emergence of clock time

(c) bad sanitation and general squalor

(d) All the above.

► (d) All the above.

9. The basis of ‘common sense’ knowledge is _____

(a) rational thinking

(b) general understanding

(c) objective

(d) has a body of facts

► (a) rational thinking

10. Classification of societies was based on

(a) urbanization.

(b) de-centralization.

(c) industrialization.

(d) non-industrialization.

► (c) industrialization.

11. Sociology is the study of

(a) human social behavior.

(b) plants and animals.

(c) man and environment.

(d) earth.

► (a) human social behavior.

12. History is the study of

(a) contemporary society.

(b) abstract and generalized reality.

(c) our past.

(d) gender relations.

► (c) our past.

13. Macro-sociology is the study of:

(a) small groups

(b) large groups

(c) minorities

(d) tribal groups

► (b) large groups

14. Sociology focuses on

(a) interactions between individuals.

(b) animal behaviour.

(c) environment.

(d) peace and conflict.

► (a) interactions between individuals.

15. Social control brings _____ to society.

(a) social order

(b) deviance

(c) disobedience

(d) violence 

► (a) social order

Questions

1. The word “psychology’ comes from:
   a. Latin
   b. Spanish
   c. Greek
   d. Italian
2. Psychology is defined as the scientific study of:
   a. people and things
   b. emotions and beliefs
   c. perception and religion
   d. mind and behaviour
3. The scientific approach is more useful at answering
   questions about ______ than questions about ______.
   a. facts, values
   b. ideas, emotions
   c. values, facts
   d. emotions, facts
4. According to the text, the lower level of explanation corresponds to
   ______ processes.
   a. social
   b. cultural
   c. biological
   d. interpersonal
5. A psychologist exploring the impact of a new drug on activity in the brain is working on the ______ level of
   explanation.
   a. lower
   b. middle
   c. upper
   d. all of the above
6. A psychologist studying what makes people laugh in different countries around the world is working on the ______ level of explanation.
   a. lower
   b. middle
   c. higher
   d. none of the above
7. Different people react differently to the same situation. This is referred to as:
   a. multiple determinants
   b. nativism
   c. the Simpson effect
   d. individual differences
8.  ______ is to nature as ______ is to nurture.
   a. environment, genes
   b. conscious, unconscious
   c. inaccuracy, accuracy
   d. biology, experience
9. The term “tabula rasa” highlights the importance of ______ in shaping behaviour.
   a. genes
   b. experience
   c. nature
   d. predestination
10. The Greek philosopher ______ believed that knowledge is acquired through experience and learning.
    a. Archimedes
    b. Rousseau
    c. Plato
    d. Aristotle
11.  ______ is to nature as ______ is to nurture.
    a. Plato, Aristotle
    b. Aristotle, Plato
    c. Pliny, Archimedes
    d. Stavros, Pliny
12.  ______ is the belief that the mind is fundamentally different from the body.
    a. mindism
    b. dualism
    c. centralism
    d. specialism
13. The school of psychology whose goal was to identify the basic elements of experience was called:
    a. experientialism
    b. dualism
    c. functionalism
    d. structuralism
14. Which of the following was most closely associated with the structuralist school of psychology?
    a. Titchener
    b. James
    c. Descartes
    d. Watson
15. Darwin’s theory of ______ argued that physiological characteristics evolve because they are useful to the
    organism.
    a. extreme usefulness
    b. natural endowment
    c. natural selection
    d. natural wellbeing
16. ______ was to structuralism as ______ was to functionalism.
    a. Wundt, Titchener
    b. Wundt, James
    c. James, Titchener
    d. Milner, Thompson
17. Freud championed ______ psychology.
    a. psychodynamic
    b. cultural
    c. conscious
    d. biodynamic
18. Which school of psychology believes that it is impossible to objectively study the mind?
    a. functionalism
    b. behaviorism
    c. humanism
    d. socialism
19. Receiving an electric shock would be an example of a ______ whereas being frightened would be an example of a ______.
    a. stimulus, response
    b. punishment, reward
    c. reaction, emotion
    d. reinforcement, stimulus
20. Dr Pula wants to explore differences in child-rearing practices between British and Chinese parents. She is most likely a:
    a. cognitive psychologist
    b. physiological psychologist
    c. cognitive-ergonomic psychologist
    d. social-cultural psychologist
21. Nature is to ________ as nurture is to ________.
    a. environment/genes
    b. conscious/unconscious
    c. genes/environment
    d. unconscious/conscious
22. Freud emphasized the role of ________ in shaping people’s personality.
    a. free will
    b. unconscious desires
    c. hormones
    d. group influence
23. Evolutionary psychology has its roots in:
    a. behaviourism
    b. collectivism
    c. functionalism
    d. structuralism
24. Most human behaviour:
    a. can be easily explained
    b. has multiple causes
    c. stems from unconscious desires
    d. depends on social influence
25. A forensic psychologist would be most likely to study:
    a. the accuracy of eyewitness memory
    b. the impact of advertising on shopping behaviour
    c. the effect of hormones on decision making
    d. gender differences in learning styles
26. The behaviourists rejected introspection because:
    a. it was too slow
    b. it invaded people’s privacy
    c. it yielded too much data
    d. it was too subjective
27. Another term for reinforcement is:
    a. stimulus
    b. reward
    c. response
    d. condition
28. East Asian cultures tend to be more oriented toward ________ while Western cultures
    tend to be more oriented toward ________.
    a. individualism/collectivism
    b. collectivism/individualism
    c. cultural norms/social norms
    d. social norms/cultural norms
29. Watson and Skinner both contributed to which school of psychology?
    a. functionalism
    b. cognitive
    c. social-cultural
    d. behaviourism
30. Which field of psychology would be most likely to study the influence of
    over-crowding on conformity?
    a. personality
    b. cognitive
    c. clinical
    d. social

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Answers 

1. c
2. d
3. a
4. c
5. a
6. c
7. d
8. d
9. b
10. d
11. a
12. b
13. d
14. a
15. c
16. b
17. a
18. b
19. a
20. d
21. c
22. b
23. c
24. b
25. a
26. d
27. b
28. b
29. d
30. d

1. Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.

Question 1(i).
Which department prepares the weather map of India for each day?
(a) The World Meteorological Organisation
(b) The Indian Meteorological Department
(c) The Survey of India
(d) None of these.
Answer:
(b) The Indian Meteorological Department

Question 1(ii).
Which two liquids are used in maximum and minimum thermometers?
(a) Mercury and water
(b) Water and alcohol
(c) Mercury and alcohol
(d) None of these.
Answer:
(c) Mercury and alcohol

Question 1(iii).
Lines connecting the places of equal pressure are called
(a) Isobars
(b) Isohyets
(c) Isotherms
(d) Isohels.
Answer:
(a) Isobars

Question 1(iv).
The primary tool for weather forecasting is
(a) Thermometer
(b) Barometer
(c) Maps
(d) Weather charts.
Answer:
(d) Weather charts

Question 1(v).
If there is more humidity in the air, the difference between the readings of a dry bulb and a wet bulb will be
(a) Less
(b) More
(c) Equal
(d) None of these.
Answer:
(a) Less.

Class 11 Practical Work in Geography Chapter 8 Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1.
Which of the following element of weather is measured through dry and wet thermometer?
(a) Temperature
(b) Humidity
(c) Pressure
(d) Wind Velocity.
Answer:
(b) Humidity

Question 2.
Weather charts are shown:
(a) Through Coding
(b) Through Information System
(c) Through Millibar
(d) Through Pressure Instruments.
Answer:
(a) Through coding

Question 3.
Which unit is used for measuring pressure?
(a) Centigrade
(b) Millibar
(c) Millimeter
(d) Centimeter.
Answer:
(b) Millibar

Question 4.
Weather charts do not help to recognize:
(a) Air masses
(b) Pressure systems
(c) Fronts
(d) Fog.
Answer:
(d) Fog

Question 5.
(a) What is the air pressure at sea level under normal condition?
(а) 500 gram per sq centimeter
(b) 800 gram per sq centimeter
(c) 1.03 kg per sq centimeter
(d) 2.06 kg per sq centimeter.
Answer:
(c) 1.03 kg per sq centimeter

Question 6.
Where are Central Observatory of India located?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Pune
(c) Kolkata
(d) Chennai.
Answer:
(b) Pune

Question 7.
These are lines connecting places of same mean’ daily duration of sunshine. What are these lines called?
(a) Isobars
(b) Isohyets
(c) Isotherms
(d) Isohels.
Answer:
(d) Isohels

Question 8.
What are lines connecting places of equal amount of rainfall over a given period of time called?
(a) Isobars
(b) Isohyets
(c) Isotherms
(d) Isohels.
Answer:
(b) Isohyets

Question 9.
What are the lines connecting places of same pressure called?
(a) Isobars
(b) Isohyets
(c) Isotherms
(d) Isohels.
Answer:
(a) Isobars

Question 10.
What are the lines connecting places of same mean value of cloud cover called?
(a) Isobars
(b) Isohyets
(c) Isonephs
(d) Isobits.
Answer:
(c) Isonephs.

1. Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below

Question 1(i).
Remote sensing of objects can be done 1 through various means such as A. remote sensors, B. human eyes and C. photographic system. Which of the following represents the true order of their evolution?
(a) ABC
(b) BCA
(c) CAB
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(b) BCA

Question 1(ii).
Which of the following regions of r Electromagnetic spectrum is not used in satellite remote sensing?
(a) Microwave region
(b) Infrared region
(c) X-rays
(d) visible region
answer:
(c) X-Rays

Question 1(iii).
Which of the following is not used in visual interpretation technique?
(а) Spatial arrangements of objects
(b) Frequency of tonal change on the image
(c) Location of objects with respect to other objects
(d) Digital image processing
Answer:
(a) Spatial Arrangement of Objects

Class 11 Practical Work in Geography Chapter 7 Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1.
The range of the wavelengths in the continuous spectrum such as the green band ranges from 0.5 to 0.6 p and the range of NIR band 0.7 to 1.1 p. What is it called?
(a) Sensor
(b) False Colour Composite
(c) Spectral Band
(d) Electro-Magnetic Spectrum
Answer:
(c) Spectral Band

Question 2.
The ground area covered by an image or a photograph is called:
(a) Band
(b) Digital Image
(c) Scene
(d) Spectrum
Answer:
(c) Scene

Question 3.
The ratio of the radiant energy reflected by a substance to the energy it receives is called:
(a) Reflectance
(b) False Colour Composite
(c) Spectral Band
(d) Electro Magnetic Spectrum
Answer:
(a) Reflectance

Question 4.
When was the term remote sensing used for the first time?
(a) Early 1950s
(b) Early 1960s
(c) Early 1970s
(d) Early 1980s
Answer:
(b) Early 1950s

Question 5.
What is the most important source of remote sensing?
(a) Sun
(b) Generator
(c) Electronic Appliances
(d) Flash Gun
Answer:
(a) Sun

Question 6.
What is the mode of collection of images by scanners called?
(a) Sensing
(b) Satellite images
(c) Bit-by-bit.
(d) Electromagnetic images
Answer:
(c) Bit-by-bit

Question 7.
The principle that is utilised in obtaining Multispectral Images:
(а) Dispersion of Light
(б) Rainbow Principle
(c) Prism Principle
(d) Spectral Band
Answer:
(a) Dispersion of light

Question 8.
The continuum of electromagnetic radiation that ranges from short wave high frequency cosmic radiations to long
wavelength low frequency radio waves is called:
(a) Reflectance
(b) False Colour Composite
(c) Spectral Band
(d) Electro Magnetic Spectrum
Answer:
(d) Electro Magnetic Spectrum

Question 9.
A digital image consists of discrete picture elements called:
(a) Photographic Shadow
(b) Pixel
(c) Digital Number
(d) Algorithm
Answer:
(b) Pixel

Question 10.
There is an artificially generated colour image in which blue, green and red colours are assigned to the wavelength regions to which they do not belong in nature. It is called:
(а) Sensor
(b) False Colour Composite
(c) Spectral Band
(d) Electro Magnetic Spectrum
Answer:
(b) False Colour Composite

1. Multiple choice questions.

Question 1(i).
In which of the following aerial photographs the horizon appears?
(a) Vertical
(b) Near-vertical
(c) Low-oblique
(d) High-oblique.
Answer:
(c) Low-oblique

Question 1(ii).
In which of the following aerial photographs the Nadir and the principle points coincide?
(a) Vertical
(b) Near-vertical
(c) Low-oblique
(d) High-oblique.
Answer:
(d) High-oblique.

Question 1(iii).
Which type of the following projections is used in aerial photographs?
(a) Parallel
(b) Orthogonal
(c) Central
(d) None of the above.
Answer:
(c) Central.

Class 11 Practical Work in Geography Chapter 6 Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1.
Which of the following is not a type of aerial photograph on the basis of axis of the camera?
(a) Vertical photographs
(b) Low oblique photographs
(c) High oblique photographs
(d) Oblique photographs
Answer:
(d) Oblique photographs

Question 2.
When and which city of India was the first where aerial photograph was taken?
(a) Gaya (1905)
(b) Varanasi (1910)
(c) Agra (1920)
(d) Lucknow (1930)
Answer:
(c) Agra (1920)

Question 3.
When and which country of the world was the first where aerial photograph was taken?
(a) France (1909)
(b) Germany (1910)
(c) Australia (1922)
(d) USA (1858)
Answer:
(a) France (1909)

Question 4.
The perpendicular distance between the camera lens and the negative plane is known as what?
(a) Orthophoto
(b) Aerospace
(c) Focal length
(d) Flying image
Answer:
(c) Focal length

Question 5.
What is the ratio of a distance on an aerial photograph the distance between the same two places on the ground in the real world called?
(a) Scale
(b) Vertical length
(c) Focal length
(d) Axis
Answer:
(a) Scale

Question 6.
What is the perpendicular distance from the perspective centre to the plane of the photograph called?
(a) Principal point .
(b) Principal distance
(c) Oblique
(d) Vertical length.
Answer:
(b) Principal distance.

Class 11 Practical Work in Geography Chapter 5 Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1.
Which of the following is not a type of j settlements?
(a) Compact
(b) Dispersed
(c) Linear
(d) Polar.
Answer:
(d) Polar

Question 2.
Which of the following is not a type of urban towns?
(a) Mountain towns
(b) Capital towns
(c) Beauty towns
(d) Religious towns.
Answer:
(c) Beauty towns

Question 3.
A widely stretched flat-topped high land, with relatively steeper slopes, rising above the adjoining plain or sea is called a:
(a) Mountain
(b) Valley
(c) Spur
(d) Plateau.
Answer:
(d) Plateau

Question 4.
A sudden and more or less perpendicular descent of water from a considerable height in the bed of a river is called a:
(a) Spur
(b) Valley
(c) Waterfall
(d) Plateau.
Answer:
(c) Waterfall

Question 5.
A tongue of land, projecting from higher ground into the lower is called a:
(a) Spur
(b) Valley
(c) Waterfall
(d) Plateau.
Answer:
(a) Spur.

1. Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below:

Question 1(i).
A map projection least suitable for the world map:
(а) Mercator
(b) Simple Cylindrical
(c) Conical
(d) All the above
Answer:
(c) Conical

Question 1(ii).
A map projection that is neither the equal area nor the correct shape and even the directions are also incorrect
(a) Simple Conical
(b) Polar zenithal
(c) Mercator
(d) Cylindrical
Answer:
(a) Simple Conical

Question 1(iii).
A map projection having correct direction and correct shape but area greatly exaggerated.polewards is:
(a) Cylindrical Equal Area
(b) Mercator
(c) Conical
(d) All the above
Answer:
(b) Mercator

Question 1(iv).
When the source of light is placed at the centre of the globe, the resultant projection is called:
(a) Orthographic
(b) Stereographic
(c) Gnomonic
(d) All the above
Answer:
(c) Gnomonic

Class 11 Practical Work in Geography Chapter 4 Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1.
Who had developed Mercator projection?
(a) Mercator Gerardus Karmer
(b) Lambert
(c) Plato
(d) Hambolt
Answer:
(a) Mercator Gerardus Karmer

Question 2.
Which of the following geographical feature is not there in a map?
(a) Area
(b) Direction
(c) Shape
(d) Topography
Answer:
(d) Topography

Question 3.
Which of the following is called equal area projection?
(a) Orthomorphic Projection
(b) Azimuthal Projection
(c) Equidistant projections
(d) Homolographic projection
Answer:
(d) Homolographic projection

Question 4.
Which projection is obtained by putting the light at the centre of the globe?
(a) Gnomonic Projection
(b) Azimuthal Projection
(c) Equidistant projections
(d) Homolographic projection
Answer:
(a) Gnomonic Projection

Question 5.
In which projection different parts of the . earth are shown accurately?
(а) Orthomorphic Projection
(b) Azimuthal Projection
(c) Equidistant projections
(d) Homolographic projection
Answer:
(d) Homolographic projection

Question 6.
Which of the following projection is not classified on the basis of source of light?
(a) Gnomonic Projection
(b) Stereographic Projection
(c) Equal area projection
(d) Orthographic Poijection
Answer:
(c) Equal area projection

Question 7.
Which of the following is not a quality of globe?
(a) Accurate shape of a region
(b) Accurate area of a place
(c) Showing direction of one pace from another place
(d) Showing light
Answer:
(d) Showing light

Question 8.
Which of the following is not a developable surface?
(a) Angle
(b) Cylindrical
(c) Plane
(d) Map
Answer:
(d) Map

Question 9.
Which of the following does not have qualities of developable surface?
(a) Conical
(b) Cylindrical
(c) Plane
(d) Globe
Answer:
(d) Globe

Class 11 Practical Work in Geography Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1.
Where is equator located?
(a) 0° latitude
(b) 23 V2 0 latitude
(c) 66 ¥2 ° latitude
(d) 90° latitude.
Answer:
(a) 0° latitude

Question 2.
On which longitude is International Date Line fixed?
(a) 180° longitude
(b) 0° longitude
(c) 150° longitude
(d) 90° longitude.
Answer:
(a) 180° longitude

Question 3.
Where is Greenwich located?
(a) 180° longitude
(b) 0° longitude
(c) 150° longitude
(d) 90° longitude.
Answer:
(b) 0° longitude

Question 4.
On which latitude has Indian Standard Time been determined?
(а) 23° western longitude
(b) 23 1/2° eastern longitude
(c) 82 1/2° western longitude
(d) 82 1/2° eastern longitude.
Answer:
(d) 82 1/2°eastern longitude

Question 5.
In how many time zones is the world divided?
(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 20
(d) 24.
Answer:
(d) 24.

Class 11 Practical Work in Geography Chapter 2 Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1.
Which of the following methods of scale remain unaffected on reducing the size of the map proportionally?
(а) By Scale Statement
(b) By representative Fraction
(c) By graphical or bar scale
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(c) By graphical or bar scale

Question 2.
Which of the following is an example of representative fraction?
(a) Centimetre
(b) Metre
(c) Inch
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(d) None of the above

Question 3.
When the scale of a map is expressed in a written statement, it is called:
(a) Statement of Scale
(b) Graphical Method
(c) Representative fraction
(d) Conversion of scale
Answer:
(a) Statement of Scale

Question 4.
Map distances and the corresponding ground distances using a line bar with primary and secondary divisions marked on it. This is referred to as what?
(a) Statement of Scale
(b) Graphical Method
(c) Representative fraction
(d) Conversion of scale
Answer:
(b) Graphical Method

Question 5.
When scale is represented as a ratio distance on map and distance on ground, it is called:
(a) Statement of Scale
(b) Graphical Method
(c) Representative fraction
(d) Conversion of scale
Answer:
(c) Representative fraction

Question 6.
What is the formula for representative Fraction?
Answer:

:Answer:

Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below:

Question 1(i).
Which one of the following methods of scale is a universal method?
(a) Simple Statement
(b) Representative Fraction
(c) Graphical Scale
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(b) Representative fraction

Question 1(ii).
Map distance in a scale is also known as:
(a) Numerator
(b) Denominator
(c) Statement of Scale
(d) Representative Fraction
Answer:
(a) Numerator

Question 1(iii).
‘Numerator’ in scale represents:
(a) Ground distance
(b) Map distance
(c) Both the distances
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a) Ground Distance