| 1. |
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. | Urbanization |
| D. | Religious change |
| Answer» B. Period of enlightenment | |
| 2. |
The theorists who were most directly and positively influenced by the enlightenment thinking were |
| A. | Auguste Comte and Durkheim |
| B. | Saint Simon and Durkheim |
| C. | Karl Marx and Karl Manheim |
| D. | Alexis de Tocqueville and Karl Marx |
| Answer» D. Alexis de Tocqueville and Karl Marx | |
| 3. |
The most extreme form of opposition to Enlightenment ideas was ------ |
| A. | French Catholic counterrevolutionary philosophy |
| B. | Suffrage Movement |
| C. | Orthodox Believers’ Movement |
| D. | Western European Union Philosophy |
| Answer» A. French Catholic counterrevolutionary philosophy | |
| 4. |
One of the prominent leaders of the French Catholic counterrevolutionary philosophy was |
| A. | Louis de Bonald |
| B. | Lewis Coser |
| C. | William Hopkins |
| D. | Karl Marx |
| Answer» A. Louis de Bonald | |
| 5. |
------------ was greatly influenced by Montesquieu’s ‘The Spirit of the Laws’ |
| A. | Machiavelli |
| B. | Auguste Comte |
| C. | Donald Stevenson |
| D. | Alexis de Tocqueville |
| Answer» D. Alexis de Tocqueville | |
| 6. |
Who coined the term Sociology |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Saint – Simon |
| C. | Auguste Comte |
| D. | Karl Marx |
| Answer» C. Auguste Comte | |
| 7. |
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 | |
| 8. |
Auguste Comte initially called Sociology ---------- |
| A. | Social dynamics |
| B. | Social system |
| C. | Social physics |
| D. | Social science |
| Answer» C. Social physics | |
| 9. |
‘The Law of Three Stages’ is an idea developed by |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Auguste Comte |
| C. | Karl Marx |
| D. | George Simmel |
| Answer» B. Auguste Comte | |
| 10. |
Comte developed the Law of Three Stages in his work ---- |
| A. | Treatise on Sociology |
| B. | Religion of Humanity |
| C. | The Origin of Sociology |
| D. | The Course in Positive Philosophy |
| Answer» D. The Course in Positive Philosophy | |
| 11. |
Comte used the term Social Statics to indicate |
| A. | Existing social structures |
| B. | Positive effects |
| C. | Social dynamics |
| D. | Social evolution |
| Answer» A. Existing social structures | |
| 12. |
The second stage in ‘the Law of Three stages’ is |
| A. | Theological stage |
| B. | Meta-physical stage |
| C. | Evolutionary stage |
| D. | Positive stage |
| Answer» B. Meta-physical stage | |
| 13. |
The third stage in the Law of Three Stages is known as |
| A. | Positive stage |
| B. | Theological stage |
| C. | Evolutionary stage |
| D. | Metaphysical stage |
| Answer» A. Positive stage | |
| 14. |
Comte’s theory of social dynamics is founded on ….. |
| A. | Social statics |
| B. | Hierarchy of Sciences |
| C. | The Law of three stages |
| D. | Social physics |
| Answer» C. The Law of three stages | |
| 15. |
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 | |
| 16. |
The sociological perspective developed by Auguste Comte is known as |
| A. | Constructionism |
| B. | Interpretivism |
| C. | Positivism |
| D. | Phenomenology |
| Answer» C. Positivism | |
| 17. |
Auguste Comte's law of three stages about the development of society include |
| A. | Feudal, Industrial and mechanical |
| B. | Positive, negative and neutral |
| C. | Theological, metaphysical and positive |
| D. | Inequality, conflict and equality |
| Answer» C. Theological, metaphysical and positive | |
| 18. |
Comte believed that ------------- could be applied to the study of society and human behaviour |
| A. | Comparative method |
| B. | Phenomenology |
| C. | Longitudinal study |
| D. | Scientific method |
| Answer» D. Scientific method | |
| 19. |
In which year Auguste Comte was born |
| A. | 1789 |
| B. | 1798 |
| C. | 1759 |
| D. | 1799 |
| Answer» B. 1798 | |
| 20. |
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 | |
| 21. |
‘Principles of Sociology’ is a work done by |
| A. | Auguste Comte |
| B. | Herbert Spencer |
| C. | Emile Durkheim |
| D. | Max Webber |
| Answer» B. Herbert Spencer | |
| 22. |
Who among the following is known as ‘Social Darwinist’ |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Auguste Comte |
| C. | Gerorge Simmel |
| D. | Emile Durkheim |
| Answer» A. Herbert Spencer | |
| 23. |
What were the intellectual forces operative during the nineteenth century? |
| A. | Rationalism |
| B. | Humanitarianism |
| C. | Empiricism |
| D. | All of them. |
| Answer» D. All of them. | |
| 24. |
Who is known as the founding father of Sociology? |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Auguste Comte |
| C. | Gerorge Simmel |
| D. | Emile Durkheim |
| Answer» B. Auguste Comte | |
| 25. |
Who coined the term “Sociology”? |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Auguste Comte |
| C. | Gerorge Simmel |
| D. | Emile Durkheim |
| Answer» B. Auguste Comte | |