SDI FINAL 2026 FULL QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Which of the following countries has the lowest life expectancy?
Answer: Sierra Leone
⩥ In which country do you find very high GNI PPP? Answer: Qatar
⩥ Which of the following countries tends to have the highest percentage
of married women using modern methods of contraception? Answer:
China
⩥ Which nations tend to have very high infant mortality rates? Answer:
Under developed nations
⩥ The author suggests that description, explanation, and prescription are
three levels of analysis of inequality. Social scientists believe that there
are economic, political, cultural and religious reasons for this disparity.
What level of knowledge is reflected in this statement? Answer:
Explanation
⩥ Which one of the following discussed by the author under
Sociological Mode? Answer: Going beyond the obvious, Using the tools
of Sociology, and Seeing probabilities, not certainties
,⩥ What is the relationship between the mode of production and social
structure? Answer: Change in mode of productions leads to a change in
social structure, change in social structure leads to change in the mode of
production
⩥ According to Max Weber, which one of the following statements best
describes the relationship between status and economic class? Answer:
Sometimes status depends on economic class and sometimes it is
independent of economic class
⩥ According to our in-class discussion, which country benefitted the
most from World War II? Answer: USA
⩥ According to the author and our in-class discussion, prior to 1980s US
economy was predominantly? Answer: Manufacturing economy
⩥ According to the author, where do most Americans put themselves in
the US class Structure? Answer: Middle Class
⩥ According to the author, which one of the following is the major
change in the US economy in the last three decades? Answer:
Globalization of production and distribution
, ⩥ In our discussion on social mobility, we discussed a number of
reasons for individual mobility. Which of the following is one of them?
Answer: Education
⩥ According to the author, in which of the following countries, caste and
its different versions influence social-mobility? Answer: India, South
Africa, Japan
⩥ In our discussion on social mobility, we used a story of a senior
citizen who suddenly became very rich. How? Answer: He won multi-
million dollar jack pot in Las Vegas
⩥ Women face inequality in most societies around the globe. Which one
of the following strategies may help them gain relative equality?
Answer: Access to and possession of valuable things
⩥ In our class, which one of the following was used as an example of a
man-made social difference Answer: religion
⩥ In our class, we used a story of two teenagers from two different
castes were hung by their own parents. Why? Answer: They fell in love
⩥ Which one of the following is one of the social implications of the
caste system of India for untouchables? Answer: untouchables have high
infant mortality rates
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Which of the following countries has the lowest life expectancy?
Answer: Sierra Leone
⩥ In which country do you find very high GNI PPP? Answer: Qatar
⩥ Which of the following countries tends to have the highest percentage
of married women using modern methods of contraception? Answer:
China
⩥ Which nations tend to have very high infant mortality rates? Answer:
Under developed nations
⩥ The author suggests that description, explanation, and prescription are
three levels of analysis of inequality. Social scientists believe that there
are economic, political, cultural and religious reasons for this disparity.
What level of knowledge is reflected in this statement? Answer:
Explanation
⩥ Which one of the following discussed by the author under
Sociological Mode? Answer: Going beyond the obvious, Using the tools
of Sociology, and Seeing probabilities, not certainties
,⩥ What is the relationship between the mode of production and social
structure? Answer: Change in mode of productions leads to a change in
social structure, change in social structure leads to change in the mode of
production
⩥ According to Max Weber, which one of the following statements best
describes the relationship between status and economic class? Answer:
Sometimes status depends on economic class and sometimes it is
independent of economic class
⩥ According to our in-class discussion, which country benefitted the
most from World War II? Answer: USA
⩥ According to the author and our in-class discussion, prior to 1980s US
economy was predominantly? Answer: Manufacturing economy
⩥ According to the author, where do most Americans put themselves in
the US class Structure? Answer: Middle Class
⩥ According to the author, which one of the following is the major
change in the US economy in the last three decades? Answer:
Globalization of production and distribution
, ⩥ In our discussion on social mobility, we discussed a number of
reasons for individual mobility. Which of the following is one of them?
Answer: Education
⩥ According to the author, in which of the following countries, caste and
its different versions influence social-mobility? Answer: India, South
Africa, Japan
⩥ In our discussion on social mobility, we used a story of a senior
citizen who suddenly became very rich. How? Answer: He won multi-
million dollar jack pot in Las Vegas
⩥ Women face inequality in most societies around the globe. Which one
of the following strategies may help them gain relative equality?
Answer: Access to and possession of valuable things
⩥ In our class, which one of the following was used as an example of a
man-made social difference Answer: religion
⩥ In our class, we used a story of two teenagers from two different
castes were hung by their own parents. Why? Answer: They fell in love
⩥ Which one of the following is one of the social implications of the
caste system of India for untouchables? Answer: untouchables have high
infant mortality rates
