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indian sociologists

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the best known sociologist post independence era?

a)

M.N. Srinivas

b)

L.K. Ananthakrishna Iyer

c)

Sarat Chandra Roy

d)

G. S. Ghurye

e)

A R Desai

2.

where did M.N. Srinivas earn two doctoral degrees from?

a)

one from Bombay University and one from Oxford

b)

one from Bombay University and one from Stanford

c)

one from Delhi University and one from Oxford

d)

one from Delhi University and one from Harvard

3.

The (a)   as a site of research offered many advantages to Indian sociology

4.

__________ offered a Marxist analysis of Indian nationalism where he gave prominence to economic processes and divisions of the specific conditions of British colonialism

a)

Srinivas

b)

Desai

c)

Mukherjee

d)

Ghurye

5.

was another ‘accidental anthropologist’ and pioneer of the discipline in India

a)

Ghurye

b)

M.N Srinivas

c)

Sarat Chandra Roy

d)

Mukherjee

6.

________ was probably the first self-taught anthropologist to receive national and international recognition as a scholar and an academician.

a)

Ananthakrishna Iyer

b)

M.N Srinivas

c)

D.P Mukherjee

d)

A.R Desai

7.

Who founded the journal Man in India in 1922, the earliest journal of its kind in India that is still published.

a)

Sarat Chandra Roy

b)

A.R Desai

c)

M.N Srinivas

d)

D.P Mukherjee

8.

Best known, perhaps, for his writings on caste and race, I also wrote on a broad range of other themes including tribes; kinship, family and culture, civilisation and the historic role of cities; religion; and the sociology of conflict and integration

Who am I ?

a)

Desai

b)

Mukherjee

c)

Srinivas

d)

Ghurye

9.

What was Ghurye take on caste?

a)

caste is an institution based on segmental division

Caste society is based on hierarchical division

b)

The institution of caste necessarily involves restrictions on social interaction

Caste also involves differential rights and duties for different castes

c)

Caste is interchangeable

caste give privileges and liberty

d)

Caste restricts the choice of occupation

Caste involves strict restrictions on marriage

e)

The institution of caste depends on your class

Caste is a free will of choice

10.

who used the Marxist approach, he provided a detailed critique of the notion of welfare state and pointed out many of its shortcomings.

a)

Ghurye

b)

Desai

c)

Srinivas

d)

Louis Dumont

11.

rinivas believed that the village was a relevant

a)

social institution

b)

Social geographic aspect

c)

social entity

d)

aspect to experiment on

12.

Which of these dont describe a welfare state?

a)

A welfare state is a positive state. This means that, unlike the ‘laissez faire’ of classical liberal political theory, the welfare state does not seek to do only the minimum necessary to maintain law and order.

b)

The welfare state is a democratic state. Democracy was considered an essential condition for the emergence of the welfare state.

c)

The welfare state is an autoocratic state.It is a mixed state which means it can be positive and negative which might not be able to abide the law and order everytime

d)

A welfare state follows a ‘mixed economy’ means an economy where both private capitalist enterprises and state or publicly owned enterprises co-exist. A welfare state does not seek to eliminate the capitalist market, nor does it prevent public investment in industry and other fields