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Sociology

Question 1Single Answer
Who has stated that the history of society is the history of the class struggle ?
  1. AEmile Durkheim
  2. BGeorge Herbert mead
  3. CErving Goffmann
  4. DKarl Marx
Question 2Single Answer
Who has propounded the concept of‘collective representation’ in sociology?
  1. AEmile Durkheim
  2. BMax Weber
  3. CAuguste Comte
  4. DKarl Marx
Question 3Single Answer
A Society which pessimistically depicts the social transformation brought about by modernization is a :
  1. AGlobal society
  2. BLocal society
  3. CMass society
  4. DCivil society
Question 4Single Answer
In any social arrangement in which the behaviour of majority is governed by norms and roles is known as :
  1. AAssociation
  2. BCommunity
  3. CInstitution
  4. DCulture
Question 5Single Answer
Lack of appropriate cultural resources like language and knowledge is known as :
  1. ACultural materialism
  2. BCultural deprivation
  3. CCultural trait
  4. DCultural pluralism
Question 6Single Answer
Who was concerned, in his methodology, with ‘the way in which people grasp the consciousness of others while they live within their own stream of consciousness’?
  1. AM. Rogers
  2. BAlfred Shutz
  3. CJ. Duglas
  4. DGeorge Ritzer
Question 7Single Answer
Which one of the following approaches mainly focuses on ‘consciousness’ ?
  1. AEthnomethodology
  2. BComparative method
  3. CPhenomenology
  4. DFunctionalism
Question 8Single Answer
According to whom ideology must be seen not merely as ‘false’ consciousness’ but as an important part of real social relations ?
  1. AHabermas
  2. BAlthusser
  3. CAdorno
  4. DGiddens
Question 9Single Answer
Match the List-I with List-II and Select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists :
    List-I                             List-II
(Concepts)                  (Thinkers)
(a) Exchange              (i) Erving Goffman
(b) Dramaturgey          (ii) P.M. Blau
(c) Inter subjectivity     (iii) H. Garfinkel
(d) Indexicality             (iv) Alfred Shutz
  
  1. ACodes :
    (a)    (b)    (c)    (d)
    (i)    (ii)    (iii)    (iv)
  2. B(iii)    (iv)    (ii)    (i)
  3. C(iv)    (i)    (iii)    (ii)
  4. D(ii)    (i)    (iv)    (iii)
Question 10Single Answer
Unlike Functionalism, neofunctionalism devotes roughly equal attention to which of the following ?
  1. AAction and Order
  2. BAction and Reaction
  3. CBeliefs and practices
  4. DActor and Situation
Question 11Single Answer
Which one of the following statements represents the idea of C. Wright Mills about sociological inagination ?
  1. ALooking social world as social fact.
  2. BUnderstanding differences among the classical theorists.
  3. CBringing together private troubles and public issues.
  4. DAvoiding individual based explanstion.
Question 12Single Answer
Who amongst the following says that sociology is the study of collective representation ?
  1. AWeber
  2. BDurkheim
  3. CComte
  4. DSpemcer
Question 13Single Answer
When the offsprings inherit the father’s name, the family is called -
  1. Apatronymic
  2. Bpatrilineal
  3. Cpatriarchal
  4. Dconjugal
Question 14Single Answer
According to whom internalized ‘shared values’ are regarded as playing a decisive role in the social integration of any society ?
  1. AT. Parsons
  2. BB. Malinowski
  3. CE. Durkheim
  4. DR.K. Merton
Question 15Single Answer
Which according to Robert Redfield is not the characeristic of Little Community ?
  1. ADistinctiveness
  2. BHomogeneity
  3. CLocation
  4. DSelf-sufficiency
Question 16Single Answer
Sociology is considered as a :
  1. ANormative Science
  2. BObjective Science
  3. CGeneral Science
  4. DNot a science at all
Question 17Single Answer
The concept of ‘positivsm’ was coined by which one of the following ?
  1. AKarl Marx
  2. BC.H. Cooley
  3. CAuguste Comte
  4. DEmile Durkheim
Question 18Single Answer
Methods of Sociology include :
  1. AIdeal Method
  2. BComparative Method
  3. CStatistical Method
  4. DAll the above
Question 19Single Answer
An example of community is :
  1. AA Trade Union
  2. BVarna
  3. CA political party
  4. DTribal group
Question 20Single Answer
Which one is an example of Social Institution ?
  1. ACaste
  2. BFamily
  3. CMarriage
  4. DAll the above
Question 21Single Answer
‘Differences between natural and social science arise from cognitive intentions of the investigator, whose view is this ?
  1. AAuguste Comte
  2. BEmile Durkheim
  3. CMax Weber
  4. DKarl Mannheim
Question 22Single Answer
Match List-l with List-ll and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists :         
List-l (Concepts)                                    List-ll (Sociologists)
A.Internal structure of role                      (i) C. Levi-strauss
B.Structure of myth                               (ii) B. Malinowski
C.Functions of rituals                            (iii) S. F. Nadel
D.Basic and derived needs                    (iv) T. Parsons        
                                                          (v) A. R. Radcliffe-Brown                                                                                        
  1. A(a)       (b)     (c)   (d)
    (i)      (ii)     (iii)    (iv)
  2. B(i)      (v)     (ii)     (iv)
  3. C(iii)    (i)      (v)     (ii)     
  4. D (i)      (iii)    (v)     (iv)
Question 23Single Answer
Who has written the book ‘structure and function in primitive society’ ?
  1. AS. F. Nadel
  2. BC. Levi-Strauss
  3. CB. Malinowski
  4. DA. R. Radcliffe-Brown
Question 24Single Answer
Who has stated that the basic characteristics of human mind determine the possible varieties of social structure ?
  1. AC. Levi-Strauss
  2. BJ. Paul Sartre
  3. CG. P. Murdock
  4. DS. F. Nadel
Question 25Single Answer
Who has given a functional theory based on basic and derived needs ?
  1. AB. Malinowski
  2. BE. Durkheim
  3. CR.K. Merton
  4. DHerbert Spencer
Question 26Single Answer
Who among the following propounded the concept of ‘Latent’ and ‘Manifest’ function ?
  1. AE. Durkheim
  2. BR. K. Merton
  3. CB. Malinowski
  4. DA. R. Radcliffe-Brown
Question 27Single Answer
Who among the following made distinction between tow types of conflict namely "realistic" and 'non-realistic' ?
  1. AKarl Marx
  2. BLewis A. Coser
  3. CGeorge Simmel
  4. DR. Dahrendorf
Question 28Single Answer
In which of the following sampling methods, equal number of units are selected from each substratum regardless of their strength in the population and sub-population ?
  1. ASimple random sampling
  2. BStratified random sampling
  3. CProportionate stratified random sampling
  4. DDisproportionate stratified random sampling
Question 29Single Answer
Cumulative frequency curve is known as :
  1. AOgive
  2. BHistogram
  3. CFrequency polygon
  4. DNone of the above
Question 30Single Answer
Who has made distinction between normal and pathological function ?
  1. ARadcliffe Brown
  2. BT. Parsons
  3. CE. Durkheim
  4. DM. Weber
Question 31Single Answer
A statement of relationship between variables to be tested is known as :
  1. AResearsh question
  2. BHypothesis
  3. CObjective of the study
  4. DProblem of the study
Question 32Single Answer
For Marx, human potential is actulized :
  1. AWhen democracy is instututionalized
  2. BIn the objectification of products
  3. CDuring the capitalist stage
  4. DDuring the primitive stage
Question 33Single Answer
A relationship in which change in one variable always induce change in another variable is known as :
  1. APositive correlation
  2. BLinear correlation
  3. CUnfounding relation
  4. DCause and effect relationship
Question 34Single Answer
Who among these theorist were the intellectual fountain heads of conflict theories ?
  1. AG. H. Mead and Erving Goffman
  2. BKarl Marx and Max Weber
  3. CEmile Durkheim and Herbert Spencer
  4. DEdward Wilson and Charles Darwin
Question 35Single Answer
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Both Lewis Coser and Randall Collins are grouped under the conflict school .
Reason (R) : Both of them highlight the functiion of conflict in mantaining the society .
  1. ABoth (A) and (R) are true
  2. B(A) is true, but (R) is false
  3. C(A) is false, but (R) is true
  4. DBoth (A) and (R) false
Question 36Single Answer
Which one of the following is not a characteristic of a primary group?
  1. APersonal orientation
  2. BLong term orientation
  3. CRelations are end in themselves
  4. DRelations are means to an end
Question 37Single Answer
Who of the following is the author of the book "Economy and Society"?
  1. AMax Weber     
  2. BAnthony Giddens
  3. CE. Durkheim     
  4. DA.  Comte
Question 38Single Answer
Which one of the following is not an element of rural community?
  1. AWe-feeling      
  2. BCultural diversity
  3. CTerritory         
  4. DSelf-sufficiency
Question 39Single Answer
Choose the correct sequence of following in order of increasing complexity :
  1. AHunting, Gathering,  Agrarian,  Pastoral,  Industrial and  Postindustrial societies
  2. BGathering,  Pastoral,  Hunting,  Industrial and Post-industrial societies
  3. CHunting,  Pastoral,  Agrarian,  Industrial and Pist-industrial societies
  4. DAgricultural,  Gathering,  Hunting,  Horticultural,  Industrial and Post-industrial societies
Question 40Single Answer
Sociology is characterized by a perspective that places..............  in the foreground :
  1. AIndividual
  2. BUnique social  events
  3. CSocial  interaction
  4. DCulture
Question 41Single Answer
"Sociology is a Science which attempts an interpretative understanding of social action." who defined Sociology in this manner ? 
  1. AT. Parson
  2. BMaclver and Page
  3. CE. Durkheim
  4. DMax Weber
Question 42Single Answer
"Culture is man's guide, it liberates as well as enslaves him as all guides do." Which of the following school represents this view?
  1. AEvolutionary School
  2. BMarxian School
  3. CDiffusionistic School
  4. DCulture-personality School
Question 43Single Answer
The term 'Sociological Imagination' was coined by whom?
  1. AP. Berger
  2. BC. W. Mills
  3. CA.  Giddens
  4. DJ. S. Mill
Question 44Single Answer
Every man in society occupies a number of statuses. Different statuses associated with a single person are known as :
  1. AStatus inconsistency
  2. BStatus sequences
  3. CStatus set
  4. DStatus succession
Question 45Single Answer
We gotcha of the following are the physical conditions of a primary group?
(i)   Physical proximity
(ii)   Attraction
(iii)  Smallness
(iv)  Endurance
  1. Ai,   ii,   iii,  &  iv
  2. Bi,   ii ,   &  iii
  3. Ci,   ii,   &   iv
  4. Di,  iii,   &  iv
Question 46Single Answer
A statement of relationship between variables to be tested is known as :
  1. AResearch question
  2. BHypothesis
  3. CObjective of the study
  4. DProblem of the study
Question 47Single Answer
For Marx, human potential is actualized :
  1. Awhen democracy is institutionalized
  2. Bin the objectication of products
  3. Cduring the capitalist stage
  4. Dduring the primitive stage
Question 48Single Answer
A relationship in which change in one variable always induce change in another variable is known  as :
  1. Apositive correlation
  2. Blinear correlation
  3. Cunfounding relation
  4. Dcause and effect relationship
Question 49Single Answer
When did the term sociology coined ?
  1. A1838
  2. B1732
  3. C1835
  4. D1650
Question 50Single Answer
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A)  and  the other  labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Both Lewis Coser and Randall Collins are grounded under the conflict school.
Reason (R) : Both of them highlight the function of conflict in maintaining the society..
  1. ACodes :
    Both (A)  and  (R)  are true.
  2. B(A)  is true, but (R)  is false.
  3. C(A) is false,  but (R)  is true.
  4. DBoth (A) and  (R)  false.
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