Deck 1: Understanding Social Stratification and Caste Systems in Various Societies

Question 1

________ is large set of people regarded by themselves or others as sharing similar status with regard to wealth, power and prestige.

A)group
B)creed
C)community
D)class

Answer 1

class

Question 2

The type of communalism characterized by a high degree of sharing and minimal social inequality.

A)social
B)premitive
C)all of these
D)none of these

Answer 2

premitive

Question 3

The system which involves great social inequality and the ownership of some persons by others.

A)caste
B)slavery
C)none of these
D)all of these

Answer 3

slavery

Question 4

The system in which an individual is permanently assigned to a status based on his or her parents' status is called.

A)slavery
B)community
C)caste
D)none of these

Question 5

This stratification system is more open.

A)community
B)slavery
C)class
D)caste

Question 6

The kind of stratification system which is more closed.

A)community
B)slavery
C)class
D)caste

Question 7

In________ societies the survival of the group is paramount and people will share their resources to ensure that the group survives.

A)social
B)premitive
C)all of these
D)none of these

Question 8

_________ is called the movement of a person from one status to another, either between generations or within a person's adult career.

A)social mobility
B)strectural mobility
C)functional mobility
D)none of these

Question 9

_______ is called the mobility brought about by changes in the stratification hierarchy for instance as society becomes more technologically advanced.

A)social mobility
B)strectural mobility
C)functional mobility
D)none of these

Question 10

Who said that in all stratified societies there are two major social groups: a ruling class and a subject class.

A)john lennen
B)fisher
C)eugene
D)karl marx

Question 11

According to _________Kingsley Davis and________ Moore stratification exists in every known human society.

A)talcott and parson
B)fisher ans eugene
C)kingsley davis and moore
D)none of these

Question 12

Who defined slave as a man whom law and custom regard as the property of another.

A)karl marx
B)kingsley davis
C)talcott parson
D)l.t.hobhouse

Question 13

It is the extreme form of inequality in which some individuals are owned by others as their property.

A)slavery
B)creed
C)caste
D)class

Question 14

According to the basis of slavery is always economic because with it emerged a kind of aristocracy which lived upon slave labour.

A)h.j nieboer
B)kingsley davis
C)talcott parson
D)l.t.hobhouse

Question 15

The system which is synonymous with Feudalism is called.

A)slavery system
B)creed system
C)caste system
D)estate system

Question 16

The system in which clergy, nobility and commoners functioned like three political groups.

A)slavery system
B)creed system
C)caste system
D)estate system

Question 17

The type of social system which is closely connected with the Hindu philosophy and religion, custom and tradition .It is believed to have had a divine origin and sanction.

A)slavery system
B)creed system
C)caste system
D)estate system

Question 18

The term caste is derived from the _____word, caste meaning breed or lineage..

A)french
B)italian
C)greek
D)spanish

Question 19

The caste stratification of the Indian society had its origin in the _______ system.

A)gothic
B)chathurvarna
C)none of these
D)all of these

Question 20

According to ___and____ when status is wholly predetermined so that men are born to their lot without any hope of changing it, then the class takes the extreme form of caste.

A)maclver and page
B)risely ans page
C)talcott and parson
D)hobhouse and davis

Question 21

According to Hindu caste system which is the major upper caste.

A)brahmins
B)nairs
C)thiyyas
D)namboothiris

Question 22

According to _____the chief criteria of domination of a caste are Economic strength,Political power,Ritual purity and numerical strength.

A)m.n.srininvas
B)risely ans page
C)talcott and parson
D)hobhouse and davis

Question 23

According to Hindu caste system which caste is the lowest in the caste hierarchy.

A)brahmins
B)shudras
C)thiyyas
D)namboothiris

Question 24

According to Hindu caste system how many varnas there as part social stratification.

A)5
B)6
C)7
D)4

Question 25

According to______ a more complex division of labour made the class more heterogeneous.

A)marx
B)weber
C)parson
D)davis