Class 12 Sociology Chapter 5 - Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion MCQs

Class 12 Sociology Chapter 5 – Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion MCQ Question Answers for CUET 2024

1. These social resources can be divided into three forms of capital - economic capital in the form of material assets and income; cultural capital such as educational qualifications and status; and in the form of networks of contacts and social associations.

a.Financial capital

b.Social capital

c.None of these

d.Political capital

2. Which commission was made by government, related to backward classes?

a.Nanavati commission

b.Mukherjee commission

c.Verma commission

d.Mandal commission

3. In addition to political justice, the Indian Constitution also seeks to ensure two other kinds of justice. These are:

a.Both a and b

b.Economic justice

c.None of the above

d.Social justice

4. ___are believed to be people of forest.

a.Jana

b.Disabled

c.Women

d.Untouchables

5. Which of the following is NOT a feature central to the public perception of disability'?

a.Disability is linked with the disabled individual's self-perception

b.None of the above

c.The very idea of disability suggests that they are in need of help

d.Disability is biologically given

6. Who argued that the invisibility of the disabled can be compared to the protagonist of the book 'Invisible Man’?

a.Ralph Ellison

b.Anita Ghai

c.Tarabai Shinde

d.Daya Pawar

7. Like the category of the tribe, the OBCs are defined_____ by what_____

a.Empirically, is observed

b.Negatively, they are not

c.None of the above

d.Positively, they are

8. What should be done to uplift the Harijans?

a.Disabilities should be eradicated

b.All of these

c.Lower occupations should be stopped

d.Caste system should be abolished

9. Question

a.Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

b.Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

c.A is true but R is false

d.A is false and R is true

10. The sociological perspective on race

a.Neither (a) nor (b)

b.Both (a) and (b)

c.Considers race a social construct, not an absolute

d.Begins with the assumption that races are based on easily classified differences

11. Which of the following is the form of capital of social resources?

a.Economic capital

b.Cultural capital

c.Social capital

d.All of these

12. Which of the following is not true about the tribal population in India?

a.They have been alienated from their resources

b.Many tribal groups have been waging struggles against outsiders

c.They are marked by poverty, powerlessness and social stigma

d.Their ecological isolation is absolute

13. Question

a.Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

b.A is true but R is false

c.Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

d.A is false and R is true

14. Which of the following is true regarding discrimination?

a.In order for a person to discriminate, he or she must hold prejudicial attitudes.

b.Discrimination is not a form of racism.

c.Discrimination is an action.

d.None of the above

15. Stereotypes fix whole groups into single,_____ categories : they refuse to recognise the _____ across individuals and across contexts or across time.

a.Heterogenous, similarities

b.Homogenous, variation

c.Diverse, similarities

d.Broad, similarities

16. Which of the following statements is true about untouchability?

a.Untouchability is found only in certain parts of India.

b.The three dimensions of untouchability are exclusion, humiliation-subordination and exploitation

c.Untouchability may also involve forced inclusion in a subordinated role.

d.Both the statements (a) and (b) are correct.

17. Adivasis and their struggles are different from the Dalit struggle because:

a.Their social and economic conditions were better than the Dalits

b.Adivasis were concentrated in contiguous areas and could demand statehood