MCQ Chapter 7 Sociology Class 11 Maharashtra Board Social Stratification 1. According to S. V. Ketkar, what restricts caste membership?WealthEducationInexorable social lawOccupationQuestion 1 of 202. What is a characteristic of caste according to G.S.Ghurye?Open mobilitySegmental division of societyEconomic equalityAchieved statusQuestion 2 of 203. How are castes arranged according to G.S.Ghurye?By wealthIn a hierarchy based on purity and pollutionBy educationRandomlyQuestion 3 of 204. What reinforces separation between castes?Wealth distributionRestrictions on food and social intercourseEducation accessOccupational freedomQuestion 4 of 205. What is a feature of caste society regarding privileges?Equal distributionDifferential civil and religious privilegesUniversal access to resourcesOpen occupational choiceQuestion 5 of 206. Why is occupation restricted in the caste system?It is based on meritEach caste has a hereditary occupationIt allows free choiceIt depends on educationQuestion 6 of 207. What is endogamy in the context of the caste system?Marriage outside the casteMarriage within the caste or sub-casteEconomic alliancesPolitical partnershipsQuestion 7 of 208. What defines a social class?People with identical wealthPeople of similar social status regarding each other as equalsFixed hereditary groupsPolitical affiliationsQuestion 8 of 209. How is status determined in a class system?By birthBy achievementsBy purityBy casteQuestion 9 of 2010. According to Ogburn and Nimkoff, what is a social class?A rigid groupBroad groups ranked in superior and inferior positionsA hereditary casteA political factionQuestion 10 of 2011. How did Max Weber describe classes?Groups with equal wealthAggregates with similar opportunities for goods and living standardsFixed strataReligious communitiesQuestion 11 of 2012. According to Morris Ginsberg, what forms a social class?Common descent and occupationPolitical powerReligious beliefsGender rolesQuestion 12 of 2013. What is a primary characteristic distinguishing the upper class?Lack of educationPossession of substantial wealthLow prestigeManual laborQuestion 13 of 2014. Why is occupation important in determining class status?It is hereditaryIt reflects lifestyle and valuesIt is unrelated to prestigeIt ensures equalityQuestion 14 of 2015. How does education affect social class?It restricts mobilityIt provides opportunities for upward mobilityIt fixes statusIt eliminates prestigeQuestion 15 of 2016. What does prestige refer to in the context of class?Wealth accumulationRespect and admiration for an occupationHereditary statusPolitical powerQuestion 16 of 2017. What is gender stratification based on?Biological equalityUnequal distribution of wealth, power, and privilege between sexesUniform opportunitiesHereditary rolesQuestion 17 of 2018. How is ‘sex’ different from ‘gender’?Sex is socially learned, gender is biologicalSex is biological, gender is socially constructedBoth are identicalSex is achieved, gender is ascribedQuestion 18 of 2019. What is sexism?Belief in gender equalityBelief that one sex is superior to the otherEqual resource allocationSocial mobilityQuestion 19 of 2020. What is patriarchy?A system of equal gender rolesA system where men dominate and oppress womenA class-based hierarchyA caste systemQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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