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Chapters
1. |
Who coined the term Sociology? |
A. | Herbert Spencer |
B. | Saint-Simon |
C. | Auguste Comte |
D. | Emile Durkheim |
Answer» C. Auguste Comte |
2. |
In the history of the development of sociology______________ is known as a period of remarkable intellectual; development and change in philosophical thought. |
A. | Industrial Revolution |
B. | Period of Enlightenment |
C. | Urbanisation |
D. | Religious change |
Answer» B. Period of Enlightenment |
3. |
The scientific view developed by Auguste Comte is known as |
A. | Philosophical science |
B. | Positive Philosophy |
C. | Negative Philosophy |
D. | Scientific Philosophy |
Answer» B. Positive Philosophy |
4. |
What are the three stages argued by Comte that knowledge can pass through? |
A. | Primitive-Feudal-Capitalistic |
B. | Theological-Metaphysical-Positive |
C. | Barbarian-Agricultural-Industrial |
D. | Tribal-Industrial-Capitalistic |
Answer» B. Theological-Metaphysical-Positive |
5. |
Who among the following authors initially used the term ‘social physics’ for Sociology? |
A. | Herbert Spencer |
B. | Auguste Comte |
C. | Max Weber |
D. | Emile Durkheim |
Answer» B. Auguste Comte |
6. |
The idea of Social Dynamics propounded by Comte refers to |
A. | Sociology |
B. | Social Structures |
C. | Social Change |
D. | Social Thought |
Answer» C. Social Change |
7. |
Auguste Comte was born in |
A. | 1789 |
B. | 1798 |
C. | 1759 |
D. | 1799 |
Answer» B. 1798 |
8. |
Auguste Comte used the term Social Statics to intricate |
A. | Existing social structures |
B. | Positive effects |
C. | Social dynamics |
D. | Social evolution |
Answer» A. Existing social structures |
9. |
Auguste Comte gave the name of religion as love of |
A. | God |
B. | Money |
C. | Worship |
D. | Humanity |
Answer» D. Humanity |
10. |
Auguste Comte, through his ‘Law of Three Stages’ clearly established a close association between |
A. | Intellectual evolution and Social progress |
B. | Social change and Social dynamics |
C. | Social structures and social statics |
D. | Social laws and social change |
Answer» A. Intellectual evolution and Social progress |
11. |
Auguste Comte believed that __________ could be applied to the study of society and human behaviour |
A. | Comparative method |
B. | Phenomenology |
C. | Longitudinal |
D. | Scientific method |
Answer» D. Scientific method |
12. |
Comte divided the study of Sociology into two broad areas namely |
A. | Social statics and social dynamics |
B. | Science and scientific methods |
C. | Social approach and methods |
D. | Sociological study and interpretation |
Answer» A. Social statics and social dynamics |
13. |
Which is not part of the Law of Three Stages according to Auguste Comte? |
A. | The Theological stage |
B. | The Metaphysical stage |
C. | The Metamorphic stage |
D. | The Positive Stage |
Answer» C. The Metamorphic stage |
14. |
Who pioneered the idea of scientific study of society? |
A. | Adam Smith |
B. | Plato |
C. | Herbert Spencer |
D. | Auguste Comte |
Answer» D. Auguste Comte |
15. |
Which of the following is not Auguste Comte’s work? |
A. | Principles of Sociology |
B. | Religion of Humanity |
C. | The Course in Positive Philosophy |
D. | System of Positive Polity |
Answer» A. Principles of Sociology |
16. |
Metaphysical stage is also known as |
A. | Fictitious stage |
B. | Abstract stage |
C. | Scientific stage |
D. | Theological Stage |
Answer» B. Abstract stage |
17. |
Theological stage is also known as |
A. | Abstract stage |
B. | Positive stage |
C. | Fictitious stage |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. Fictitious stage |
18. |
The third stage of the ‘Law of Three Stages” is |
A. | The Theological stage |
B. | The Metaphysical stage |
C. | The Evolutionary stage |
D. | The Positive Stage |
Answer» D. The Positive Stage |
19. |
Auguste Comte’s positivism is based on |
A. | real phenomena |
B. | fanciful event |
C. | supernatural |
D. | materialism |
Answer» A. real phenomena |
20. |
The Course of Philosophy which is a series of book written by Comte was translated into English by |
A. | Michel Foucault |
B. | Harriet Martineau |
C. | Pierre Bourdieu |
D. | Talcott Parsons |
Answer» B. Harriet Martineau |
21. |
In Theological stage ideas are focused on |
A. | observation |
B. | essence of phenomena |
C. | supernatural realm |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» C. supernatural realm |
22. |
Auguste Comte introduced the word ‘sociology’ in his famous work |
A. | Positive Philosophy |
B. | Positive Polity |
C. | Religion of Humanity |
D. | The Course of Philosophy |
Answer» A. Positive Philosophy |
23. |
The cultural system of Metaphysical Stage leaders is the |
A. | Priests |
B. | Scientists |
C. | Bureaucrats |
D. | Philosophers |
Answer» D. Philosophers |
24. |
The Metaphysical stage is a |
A. | religious stage |
B. | transitional stage |
C. | scientific stage |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» B. transitional stage |
25. |
Which of the following does not belong to Theological stage |
A. | fetishism |
B. | atheism |
C. | polytheism |
D. | monotheism |
Answer» B. atheism |
26. |
August Comte defined sociology as a |
A. | Comparative science |
B. | Historical method |
C. | Positive science |
D. | General Science |
Answer» C. Positive science |
27. |
Who among the following analysed that religion should not be based on God but mankind. |
A. | Auguste Comte |
B. | Herbert Spencer |
C. | Max Webber |
D. | Emile Durkheim |
Answer» A. Auguste Comte |
28. |
Sociology emerged in |
A. | America |
B. | Europe |
C. | Asia |
D. | Africa |
Answer» B. Europe |
29. |
The word ‘Sociology’ is made up of two words. They are |
A. | Societies and Logistia |
B. | Societia and Logy |
C. | Socius and Logos |
D. | Socia and Logos |
Answer» C. Socius and Logos |
30. |
Socius means companion and it is derived from |
A. | Latin |
B. | Spanish |
C. | Hebrew |
D. | Greek |
Answer» A. Latin |
31. |
The word ‘logos’ is derived from |
A. | Latin |
B. | French |
C. | Greek |
D. | Hebrew |
Answer» C. Greek |
32. |
Magic was given importance in which stage of society according to Auguste Comte |
A. | Theological or Fictitious stage |
B. | Metaphysical or Abstract Stage |
C. | Positive or Scientific Stage |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» A. Theological or Fictitious stage |
33. |
The first stage in ‘the Law of Three stages’ is |
A. | Theological stage |
B. | Meta-physical stage |
C. | Evolutionary stage |
D. | Positive stage |
Answer» A. Theological stage |
34. |
Which of the following is not the characteristic of positivism |
A. | Science is the only valid knowledge. |
B. | Fact is the object of knowledge. |
C. | Philosophy does not possess a method different from science. |
D. | Supernatural being and magic should be considered. |
Answer» D. Supernatural being and magic should be considered. |
35. |
Social dynamics is the theory |
A. | Social progress |
B. | Social order |
C. | Social stability |
D. | Social laws |
Answer» A. Social progress |
36. |
Which of the following is not the feature of social statics |
A. | Social statics refers to the study of the conditions and pre-conditions of social order |
B. | It is concerned with the present structure of the society |
C. | It refers to the pattern of the revolutionary progress in which the sequence of the development is necessary and inevitable. |
D. | It studies the issues of social stability |
Answer» C. It refers to the pattern of the revolutionary progress in which the sequence of the development is necessary and inevitable. |
37. |
Positive stage refers to |
A. | a theory that emphasises the positive aspects of society |
B. | a precise scientific study of observable phenomena |
C. | a theory that answers to different queries about society |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» B. a precise scientific study of observable phenomena |
38. |
The series, The Course of Philosophy is written by Comte between |
A. | 1730-1742 |
B. | 1830-1842 |
C. | 1740-1752 |
D. | 1840-1852 |
Answer» B. 1830-1842 |
39. |
According to Auguste Comte, different features social dynamics are found in all the aspects of the society. However, according to him which feature of the following is the most important? |
A. | Physical |
B. | Moral |
C. | Intellectual |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» C. Intellectual |
40. |
Auguste Comte died in |
A. | 1856 |
B. | 1857 |
C. | 1858 |
D. | 1859 |
Answer» B. 1857 |
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