ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES DEOGHAR
COLLEGE OF NURSING
SECOND YEAR BSC. (Hons.) NURSING (2021)
First terminal examination
Subject: Sociology
Time: 3 hours ROLL NO____________ Max Marks: 75
Multiple choice questions (20X1= 20 Marks)
MCQ answer sheet will be collected after 30 min. of commencement of examination.
1. When people change their position in a social hierarchy it is called
(a) Social justice
(b) Social structural mobility
(c) Class system
(d) Social mobility
2. Who defined society as a web of social relationships?
(a) Cooly
(b) Maclver
(c) Parsons
(d) Leacock
3. In which part of the Indian constitution are the fundamental rights are provided
(a) Part II
(b) Part III
(c) Part IV
(d) Part V
4. Which of the following is a formal method of a social control
(a) Customs
(b) Traditions
(c) Laws
(d) Cultural norms
5. Which of the following is a collective social problem
(a) Poverty
(b) Suicide
(c) Population explosion
(d) Housing
(e) Alcoholism
6. Which of the following is an example of primary institution
(a) Family
(b) Hospital
(c) Prison
(d) Legal system
7. The most important agent of socialization in early childhood is
(a) Mass media
(b) Peer group
(c) Family
(d) Preschool
8. Social physiology deals with
(a) Interactions of society
(b) Geographical aspects of a society
(c) Social laws of a society
(d) Dynamic aspects of a society
9. Which of the following is a process of adjusting oneself to the new environment?
(a) Co-operation
(b) Assimilation
(c) Accommodation
(d) Contravention
10. Stratifying people on the basis of economic resources is called
(a) Caste system
(b) Class system
(c) Estate system
(d) Slavery system
11. _____________contribute to the formation of strata in a society
(a) Inequality, division and classification
(b) Economic, social and political factors
(c) Class, power structure and authority
(d) Psychological factors, inequality and development
12. Which of the following is the pattern of learned and shared behaviours, norms, practices of a
particular group
(a) Religion
(b) Culture
(c) Social habits
(d) Social Values
13. According to traditional Hindu law, marriage is a:
(a) Sacrament
(b) Contract
(c) Regulation of prostitution
(d) Regulation of sexual needs
14. Cultural diffusion refers to
(a) Modification in culture and cultural traits
(b) Spread of one’s cultural practices among members of same or different culture
(c) Passing on accumulated knowledge from one generation to the next
(d) Transformation of existing cultural traits
15. Social order is maintained largely by
(a) Division of labor
(b) Law
(c) Socialization
(d) State rules
16. Norm is
(a) Actual behaviour
(b) A culturally shared definition of desired behaviour
(c) Behaviour desired by majority of the individuals
(d) Standard of behaviour
17. A rule of marriage where one must marry outside his own group is called as
(a) Endogamy
(b) Exogamy
(c) Intercaste
(d) Polygamy
18. A method of protecting society from criminals by keeping them in prison is
(a) Social control
(b) Rehabilitation
(c) Retribution
(d) Incarceration
19. Which of the following is an example of secondary group
(a) Family
(b) Friends
(c) Peers
(d) Neighbours
20. Marriage between a man multiple women is referred to as
(a) Monogamy
(b) Polygyny
(c) Polyandry
(d) Sororal polygyny
ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES DEOGHAR
COLLEGE OF NURSING
SECOND YEAR BSC. (Hons.) NURSING (2021)
First terminal examination
Subject: sociology
Time: 3 hours ROLL NO____________ Max Marks: 75
Section-B
Important instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory
2. Write legibly
(I) Long answer questions (3X10= 30 Marks)
1. (a) Define culture. Enlist the differences between culture and civilization. (2+3)
(b) Explain the impact of culture on health and disease. (5)
2. Define social change and explain in detail about the factors affecting social change.
(2+8)
3. What is the meaning of social control? Describe formal and informal means of social
control. (2+8)
(II) Short notes (5x5=25 Marks)
1. List the elements of community.
2. Define family. Describe various types of family.
3. Describe the consequences and prevention of substance abuse.
4. Describe various forms of social stratification.
5. Discuss the prevention and control of prostitution in India.
