Social stratification indicates
A.process by which a person gets ranks in society.
B.backwardness of society
C.international understanding of society.
Category: Social Interaction Mcqs
A stratified society is one marked by inequality, is said by
A.Gilbert
B.Lurdberg
C.Karl Marx
Which of the following is not a major cause of social stratification?
A.social tensions.
B.absence of change in social values.
C.natural calamities.
Which one of the following is not a salient feature of social disorganisation?
A.It is conflict between the old and the new order.
B.it is the outcome of a rigid political party system.
C.it results in change in personal functions.
In our times most acceptable theory about origin of the caste system is
A.traditional theory
B.religious theory
C.evolutionary theory
Division of society on the basis of class is
A.peculiar to few affluent societies.
B.of comparatively recent origin.
C.found in all societies since times past.
When a person loses a social status to his disadvantage it is called
A.horizontal mobility
B.educational mobility
C.vertical mobility
In feudal society, stratification was based on
A.cast of a person.
B.whether one was slave or free.
C.whether one lived in a city or an urban area.
Which one of the following is not cause of social disorganisation?
A.overpopulation
B.poverty
C.overemployment
One of the most effective solution to the persisting problem of untouchability is
A.to raise economic standard of the low caste.
B.to spread literature against the system.
C.None of above
