"There are four important bases of socio-cultural identity in India: religion, caste, tribe and language." Who said this?
T.K. Oommen.
The statement "There are four important bases of socio-cultural identity in India: religion, caste, tribe and language" was said by T.K. Oommen. He is an Indian sociologist and Professor Emeritus at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University
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12 Mins English English50 Questions100 Marks60 Mins English English10 Questions20 Marks12 Mins EnglishWhich Indian Sociologist critiqued the Eurocentric form of sociology and argued for indigenous sociology and based his arguments on universal humanism?
Max Weber used the term 'Class' to refer to a group of people who have similar level of _______
A. Education
B. Income
C. Status
D. Technical skill
E. Wealth
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
The term 'Symbolic Interactionism' was first introduced by whom amongst the following?
Match List-I with List-II.
List-I Scholar | List-II Concept/Contribution |
A. George Peter Murdock | I. The basic and irreducible functions of family |
B. Talcott Parsons | II. The Universal functions of family |
C. Edmund Leach | III. The Politics of Family |
D. R.D. Laing | IV. A Runaway world |
Match List-I with List-II
List-I (Thinkers) | List-II (Concepts/Ideas) |
|---|---|
A. A. Comte | I. Size and density |
B. E. Durkheim | II. Level of intellectual development |
C. K. Marx | III. Evolution and Complexity |
D. H. Spencer | IV. Economic Influence |
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Which sociologist coined the concept, "social relationship" to describe patterned human interaction which is intentional, meaningful and symbolic?
Who wrote the book, "The Lonely Crowd"?
________ was first developed by sociologists B. Glaser and A. Strauss (1967), in an attempt to come to grips with their clinical research in medical sociology.
Match List-I with List-II:
List-I (Thinkers) | List-II (Work) |
|---|---|
A. G.H. Mead | I. Structuration |
B. E. Goffman | II. Governmentality |
C. M. Foucault | III. Symbolic interactionism |
D. A. Giddens | IV. Total institutions |
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Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: According to A. Schutz, the world of everyday life is not permeated by the epoch of the natural attitude.
Reason R: All the objects of the Social World are constituted within a framework of familiarity and pre-acquaintanceship.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
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