DSWO — Past Questions

DSWO • Paper-III

Wearing formal clothes to an official meeting is an example of:

A) Folkways

B) Laws

C) Mores

D) Taboo

Formal dress norms at meetings are conventions or folkways rather than criminal law.

DSWO • Paper-III

The Supreme Court’s decision on section 377 of IPC in 2018 has:

A) Allowed LGBTQ couples to legally adopt children provided that unannounced inspections are permitted till the children reach 18 years of age.

B) Legally permitted LGBTQ to reside together but they will not be allowed to legally marry.

C) Legally permitted marriage among the LGBTQ but has made no ruling on the issue of divorce.

D) Made only a small but important foundational change that homosexual acts between consenting adults is now a non-criminal matter.

In 2018 the Supreme Court decriminalised consensual same-sex relations between adults by reading down Section 377 IPC.

DSWO • Paper-III

The Conflict theory of social change is primarily based on the ideas of:

A) Adam Smith

B) Karl Marx

C) Emile Durkheim

D) Herbert Spencer

Conflict theory of social change is rooted primarily in Marx's emphasis on class conflict.

DSWO • Paper-III

Peer pressure is an example of :

A) Anti-establishment

B) Deviance

C) Conformity

D) Conflict

Peer pressure encourages conformity to group expectations.