Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

The system which is synonymous with Feudalism is called.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

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.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

The kind of stratification system which is more closed.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

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.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

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

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