The four functional groups that came into being in the Varna system such as teaching and preaching, administration and protection, agriculture and commerce and services and manual labour, are the result of the need for :
Division of social living
Division of gender
Division of social categories
Division of labour
Marx proclaimed that religion would disappear when:
a new trend of moral individualism became established
a socialist revolution removed the need for capitalist ideology
church attendance dropped below 15%
people came to believe more in science and technology
Appiko Movement is predominantly directed against which one of following ?
Alcohol consumption
Forest degradation
Domestic violence
Engagement of bonded labour
Weber said that the 'spirit of capitalism' could be traced back to:
the movement towards religious pluralism
inspirational Protestant groups who revived religious ideas
new religious movements who rejected traditional forms of labour
Calvinists who engaged in ascetic practices to gain signs of salvation
In traditional Indian society, the system by which each caste group was expected to render certain standardised services to other caste groups was called :
Zamindari system
Tinkathia system
Varna system
Jajmani system
Socialization is:
the formation of an attachment bond between an infant and its carer
a tendency of social theorists to explain everything in terms of social causes
the process of becoming part of a society by learning its norms and values
the historical process by which societies change from traditional to modern
In Parsons' view, the function of the sick role was to:
provide a set of guidelines for medical staff to treat patients in hospital
create a sense of meaning and order out of the illness experience
create a scapegoat for people to blame, in the context of family life
provide normative expectations to minimise the disruptive effects of illness on social life
Who pointed out that social stratification is needed to ensure effective role allocation and role performance ?
Moore and parsons
Davis and parsons
Parsons and Weber
Davis and Moore
The existence of structural inequalities between groups in a given society in terms of their differential access to material of symbolic rewards is called :
Differentiation
Stratification
Multiculturalism
Hetero geneity
Urbanization occurred in the nineteenth century because:
commuters started moving out of villages and into cities
towns and cities were becoming increasingly planned and managed
industrial capitalism led to a shift of population from rural to urban areas
transport systems were not provided, so it was easier to live in the city
