List of top Sociology Questions on Class and Community

Given below are two statements one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): According to Max Weber social class has a direct bearing on people's life-chances, their opportunities and prospects.
Reason (R): In capitalism there is a basic conflict of interest between capitalists and working class.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

What do you understand by ‘Class’?

Choose the incorrect statement for Mahmood's family that belongs to the Multani Lohari' community:

Narayan Guru led the Ezhava community in Kerala to change their social practices. Identify the kind of social movement he led :

Rule by a male head of a social unit over other men, all women and children is called

Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Jajmani system is an expression of the interdependence of different castes. 
Statement II: Jajmani system is an arrangement of different caste groups for exchanging goods and services. 
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

Characteristics of Sanskrization are:
A. It generally results in upward mobility 
B. It tends to equate with Karma 
C. It is related to science 
D. It is the adoption of new customs and habits 
E. It reveals socio-cultural mobility 
Choose the correct answer from the options given below

Give below are two statement: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: Communities are more stable than the associations. 
Reason R: Community requires no specific efforts for the members to bring it into existence. 
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Unlike caste, class system claims to be more open and based on individual achievement. 
Statement II: Social mobility makes the class distinctions more rigid. 
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Roles are essentially prescribed and static expectations of behavior, inherent in particular positions.
Statement II: The position to which a role is attached is called status. 
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

A process of attempting to change one's rank by giving up attributes that define a caste as low and adopting attributes that are indicative of higher status is called

Segmental division of society, hierarchy, endogamy, restrictions on feeding and social intercourse are some of the features of

Social mobility is classified into :

The first Backward Class Commission constituted in 1953, was called

Which among the following is the process of attempting to change one's rank by giving up attributes that define a caste as low and adopting attributes that are indicative of higher status?