Terms, Concepts And Their Use In Sociology- 1 - Free MCQ Practice Test

Status refers to a social position of an individual in society with certain duties and rights assigned to that position.

Ascribed status is decided on the basis of birth.

Correct answer: Option D - Untouchables.

Panchamas denotes groups placed outside the four-fold varna system; they were regarded as untouchables or outcastes.

Shudras are the fourth varna within the varna system and are therefore not the same as the Panchamas.

Historically, Panchamas faced social exclusion such as restricted access to common resources and places of worship and were often forced to live separate from the main village community, which underlines their status as untouchables.

The system of classification, Varna is a system that existed in the Vedic Society that divided the society into four classes Brahmins (priests), Kshatriyas (warriors), Vaishyas (skilled traders, merchants), and Shudras (unskilled workers).

Human beings interact, communicate and construct collectivities.

Peer group is formed between individuals of similar age or people of same professional group.

Interaction among members is very less or absent in quasi groups.

The members of an out-group are considered as outsiders.

Functionalism believes in systematic functions of the institutions.

The behaviors, obligations, and privileges associated with a given social status known as "social roles."

When you have social status, it is expected of you to behave in a certain way, showing the proper characteristics that are identified by your status. You have to show the kind of obligations, and privileges associated with your status to show other people that "you belong." People set expectations that you have to fulfill in order to represent or be part of that social status.