Q. Which of the following is not included in rural institutions
a. Religion
b. marriage
c. family
d. Schools
Q. The village community is characterised by-
a. progressive ideas
b. secondary relations
c. conservative ideas
d. materialism
Q. A clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town is called
a. Sub-town
b. Metropolis
c. Village
d. Cities
Q. Rural sociology emerged due to
a. the need of intensive study of different aspects of rural social life
b. the need of reconstruction of rural family
c. the necessity of reformation in rural behavior
d. the necessity of gainful employment in rural areas.
Q. Rural Sociology as a separate discipline of study started in
a. The nineteeth century
b. The eighteen century
c. The twentieth century
d. The seventeenth century
Q. Which of the following is known as “the charter for Rural Sociology”
a. Report of the Royal Commission
b. Report of the Country Life Commission
c. Report of the British East India Company
d. Report of the Planning Commission
Q. Studies on village communities before independence of India focused mainly on
a. Economic perspective
b. Political perspective
c. Social perspective
d. Psychological perspective
Q. Village studies during the British period were made for
a. Helping village development
b. Consolidating the British Raj in India
c. Consolidating Panchayati Raj
d. Eradicating rural poverty
Q. Village studies in India were mainly conducted by
a. Administrators
b. Economists
c. Sociologists and Anthropologists
d. All of the above
Q. Who considers village as a concept, a way of life
a. D.N. Majumdar
b. M.N. Srinivas
c. S.C. Dube
d. Mckim Marriott
Q. National Rural Development Institute is situated in
a. Delhi
b. Hyderabad
c. Chennai
d. Bengaluru
Q. Which of the following is the nature of rural community ?
a. Formal social control
b. Large scale social mobility
c. unstable family
d. informal social control
Q. The village Rampura in the south east of Mysore in Karnataka was studied by
a. S.C Dube
b. D.N Majumdar
c. M.N Srinivas
d. Oscar Lewis
Q. The importance of conducting village studies in India is
a. to acquire new method of shifting cultivation
b. to help in planning rural reconstruction
c. to guide the administrator for selection of beneficiaries
d. to motivate the cultivators