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SOC/VI/XI2020 (CBCS)(6th Semester) SOCIOLOGYELEVENTH PAPER (Urban Sociology)Paper – XIMCQ for Question BankUNIT- 11. Urban Sociology as a discipline emerged due to:a) Growth of population in towns/citiesb) Growth of industrial citiesc) Migration to townsd) All of the above2. Urban Sociology is the sociological study of-a) Life and human interaction in the citiesb) Social relationship in urban environmentc) Processes , changes and problems of urban areasd) All of the above3. Which school played the most prominent part in the development of Urban Sociology?a) Frankfurt schoolb) Chicago Schoolc) Marxist Schoold) Functional School4. In the initial development of Urban Sociology the sociologists focused on-a) Migration of peopleb) Massive increase of populationc) The new form of social relationship in citiesd) Growth of industrial town sites5. The Concentric Zone model was created by Ernest Burgess in –a) 1925b) 1920c) 1935d) 1915Page 1
6. Human Ecology is a term coined by-a) Louis R.Wirthb) George Simmelc) Robert E.Parkd) MSA Rao7. In the Concentric zone model of Burgess, the commuter zone lies in which zone?a) Zone IIIb) Zone IIc) Zone Id) Zone V8. In which state of the USA were most of the initial works on urban society carried out?a) Chicagob) New Yorkc) Californiad) Texas9. Which of the following is considered as the father of urban sociology?a) Robert E.Parkb) Louis R. Wirthc) George Simmeld) Ernest Burgess10. Which of the following is responsible for the growth of cities in the 17thand 18thcenturies?a) French revolutionb) Industrial revolutionc) The Enlightenmentd) The Reformation11. Louis Wirth‟s Urbanism as a Way of Life was published in which year?a) 1948b) 1928c) 1938d) 191812. Diffusion of urban culture is –a) Urbanizationb) Urbanismc) Urbanityd) Urbanness13. Which of the following is not an element of urbanism?a) Superficialityb) Individualismc) Homogeneityd) MaterialismPage 2
14. What according to Wirth is the breeding ground of cultural hybrids?a) Townsb) Small citiesc) Metropolitan citiesd) Suburbs15. City people view their associates as-a) Direct source of satisfactionb) Whole personsc) Close friendsd) Means to pursue their goals16. To make interaction simpler, urbanites normally-a) Standardize their behaviorb) Meet face to facec) Adopt informal meansd) Adopt intimate methods17. The city effects are wider than the city itself. Who said this?a) MacIverb) Kingsley Davisc) George Simmeld) Harry M.Johnson18. Areas which resemble cities are known as-a) Urban areasb) Sub-urban areasc) Townsd) Fringe areas19. The study of urban sociology is significant and helpful for-a) Urban problemsb) Understanding the urban society onlyc) Understanding urban and rural societies so that development occurs in both at thesame time.d) Urban population20. Rural – urban convergence refers to-a) The area where similarities of both urban and rural way of life exists.b) The striking difference between rural and urban livingc) The point of demarcation of rural and urban areas.d) Rural- urban contrastsPage 3
21. According to Wirth a city is –a) An area having large populationb) An initiating and controlling centre of economic and political lifec) A large dwelling placed) An area distinguished by density22. Which is an important pull factor of migration from rural to urban areas?a) Job opportunitiesb) Banking facilityc) Recreation facilityd) Educational facility23. The significance of the study of Urban Sociology lies in-a) Understanding the institutions of urban societyb) Helping Urban policy makers solve urban social problemsc) Understanding urban problemsd) Understanding social functions24. Blasé attitude of urban dwellers means-a) Indifferenceb) Hospitalityc) Friendlinessd) Hostility25. Secondary relations in cities tend to be-a) Intimateb) Calculativec) Face to faced) Informal26. Which of the following opines that modern cities had an impact not only on modes ofbehavior but on feelings and patterns of thought?a) Louis R.Wirthb) George simmelc) Anthony Giddensd) Max Weber27. Who said that urban sociology is that branch of sociology which deals with the city orthe urban community, with urbanization and urbanism?a) J.A Quinnb) Karl marxPage 4
c) Anthony Giddensd) Alex Inkeles28. Which of the following is the scope of urban sociology?a) Ecologyb) Urban planningc) Urban social problemsd) All of the above29. Anonymity of urban life means-a) A state of namelessnessb) External appearancesc) Status symbolsd) Superficiality30. Which of the following is responsible for the diffusion of urban culture to rural areas?a) Transport and communicationb) Pressc) Televisiond) All of the above31. Specialization in roles in urban society encourages-a) Similar interestsb) Homogeneityc) Diversity of life patternsd) Similar philosophy of life32. In India, urbanization maintained an upward trend during the-a) 1960‟sb) 1970‟sc) 1950‟sd) 1980‟s33. The city is an area distinguished by-a) Size, population and densityb) Population, homogeneity and simplicityc) Diversity, density and communal lifed) Size, population and primary relations34. Satellite cities are built around-a) TownsPage 5
b) Villagesc) Metropolitan citiesd) Industrial sites35. Rural indices are moving nearer to urban indices in terms of-a) Divorceb) Age at marriagec) Selection of marriage partnersd) All of the above36. Louis R.Wirth associated with Urban Sociology developed the-a) Concentric Zone theoryb) Cultural Approachc) Ecological Approachd) Structural Approach37. The large size of population in urban areas favour the development of-a) Specialization of rolesb) Homogeneous lifec) Community sentimentd) Intimate relations38. Satellite cities represent the-a) Striking difference of rural and urban lifeb) Some features of urban lifestylec) Mixture of rural and urban ways of lifed) Basic features of rural life39. People live alien and disparate lives in-a) Big citiesb) Townsc) Villagesd) Sub-urban areas40. Louis Wirth says contacts between city dwellers are-a) Close and intimateb) Diverse and superficialc) Fleeting and partiald) Anonymous and impersonalPage 6
UNIT- II1. Loosing shared characters and the various absolute markers that existed between cities and villagesis-a) Urbanizationb) Rurbanc) Industrializationd) Urbanism2. Visibility of more formal systems of institutions are in-a) Townsb) Ruralc) Citiesd) Sub-urban areas3. The main aspect of urban and rural is mainly demarcated through -a) Material thingsb) Non-material thingsc) Ritualsd) Familial obligations4. Which of the following urban factors transformed rural life-world extensively?a) Migrationb) Connectivityc) Pressd) Development plans5. Who is the author of “Decline of the West”?a) Oswald Spenglerb) F.Schumacherc) R.E Parkd) Milton Gordon6. With the diffusion of urban culture to the rural areas; the extreme differences between rural andurban cultures has become-a) Differentiatedb) Dilutedc) Increasedd) Equal7. The influence of the city or urban areas varies with-a) Demographyb) Size of Cityc) Labord) DensityPage 7
8. Big urban areas are characterised by-a) Sub-centersb) Semi- rural centersc) Clubsd) Communal feeling9. At present, rural area and urban area features are increasingly-a) Similarb) Unequalc) Differentd) Transformed10. Who mentioned that Urbanization refers to a process of urban values diffusing and transformingbehavior patterns?a) CB Mamoriab) MSA Raoc) Patrick Geddesd) J.A.Quinn11. Who edited the classic book, “Urban Sociology of India”?a) MSA Raob) MN Paninic) Yogendra Singhd) M.N.Srinivas12. Urbanization is a process that is-a) Continuousb) Non-continuousc) Dormantd) Stagnant13. The rate of Urbanization in India differs in time, space and-a) Regionsb) Matterc) Densityd) Size14. According to P. Sainath, which of the following is the key role in Urban growth in India?-a) Migrationb) Cheap Laborc) Infrastructured) Industry15. Which among the following indicate that Urban growth in India is mainly due to?-a) Increase of populationPage 8
b) Labor Migrationc) Government Policiesd) Increase in factories16. Migration‟s main cause is due to-a) Push and pull factorb) Better livelihoodc) Educational facilityd) Banking facility17. Who wrote the essay, “Urbanization and Social Transformations”?a) Ramkrishna Mukherjeeb) G.S Ghuryec) K.N Unnithand) A.R.Desai18. Expansion of urban areas result in alterations of-a) Satellite townsb) Villagesc) Everyday lifed) Rural areas19. Who is the author of “Six Decades of Urbanization in India”?a) Ashish Boseb) N.K Bosec) T.N Madand) G.S.Ghurye20. Who among the following defined city as a large space, dense and heterogeneity of groups?a) R.E. Parkb) Louis R Wirthc) Kingsley Davisd) George Simmel21. The most common feature of every city is-a) Heterogeneity of Peopleb) Labour forcec) Density of spacesd) Existence of slums22. Who is the author of the text “The City”?a) Max Weberb) George Simmelc) Talcott ParsonsPage 9
d) Karl Marx23. Which is the oldest city in India, from the choices below?a) Banarasb) Kolkatac) Mahabalipuramd) Bengaluru24. Which is the oldest city of the world, from the choices below?a) Jerusalemb) Bangkokc) Kathmandud) Kuala Lampur25. Social mobility occurs on a larger scale at -a) Cityb) Semi-urban areasc) Townsd) Villages26. Who is the author of the book “Pre-industrial City”?-a) Gideon Sjobergb) Ferdinand Tonniesc) F Le Corbuiserd) Max Weber27. Level of Technology is low at-a) Industrial Cityb) Pre-Industrial Cityc) Global Cityd) Village society28. Who classified Consumer city and Producer city?a) R.E. Parkb) Max Weberc) Francis Bacond) Adam Smith29. According to Max Weber, Plebian cities are the outcome of-a) Plaguesb) Revolutionsc) Monarchyd) Aristocracy30. Who among the following is associated with Ecological Approach on urban growth?Page 10
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