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1. |
Sociology as a separate discipline was emerged primarily out of ----------- |
A. | russian revolution |
B. | enlightenment thought |
C. | classical thought |
D. | social philosophy |
Answer» B. enlightenment thought |
2. |
In which year did the French revolution take place? |
A. | 1789 |
B. | 1769 |
C. | 1787 |
D. | 1798 |
Answer» A. 1789 |
3. |
When did Industrial revolution take place? |
A. | 16th century |
B. | 17th century |
C. | 18th century |
D. | 19th century |
Answer» C. 18th century |
4. |
As a result of ---- the aristocrats lost their power and wealth and bourgeoisie came into power |
A. | scientific thought |
B. | french revolution |
C. | industrial revolution |
D. | globalization |
Answer» B. french revolution |
5. |
---------- paved way for the destruction of feudal system and emergence of modern capitalism |
A. | scientific thought |
B. | french revolution |
C. | industrial revolution |
D. | globalization |
Answer» C. industrial revolution |
6. |
What was the major factor that led to French revolution? |
A. | enlightenment |
B. | industrial revolution |
C. | positive philosophy |
D. | estate system |
Answer» A. enlightenment |
7. |
The hierarchical system existed in France at the time of French revolution |
A. | class system |
B. | caste system |
C. | estate system |
D. | egalitarianism |
Answer» C. estate system |
8. |
Which was the first estate prevailing in France during French revolution? |
A. | clergy |
B. | nobles |
C. | serfs |
D. | labourers |
Answer» A. clergy |
9. |
Which was the second estate prevailing in France during French revolution? |
A. | clergy |
B. | nobles |
C. | serfs |
D. | labourers |
Answer» B. nobles |
10. |
Which was the third estate prevailing in France during French revolution? |
A. | clergy |
B. | nobles |
C. | serfs |
D. | labourers |
Answer» C. serfs |
11. |
The third estate of the estate system in France consisted of ----- percent of the French population |
A. | 20 percent |
B. | 75 percent |
C. | 50 percent |
D. | 96 percent |
Answer» D. 96 percent |
12. |
The first estate in France held its supremacy through the power of church |
A. | clergy |
B. | nobles |
C. | serfs |
D. | labourers |
Answer» A. clergy |
13. |
The period of enlightenment is also known as |
A. | age of darkness |
B. | age of reasoning |
C. | age of revolution |
D. | age of commonsense |
Answer» B. age of reasoning |
14. |
Associated with the enlightenment is the 17th century ---- |
A. | globalization |
B. | privatization |
C. | scientific thought |
D. | common sense |
Answer» C. scientific thought |
15. |
Who among the following is closely associated with “Enlightenment?’ |
A. | auguste comte |
B. | herbert spence |
C. | george simmel |
D. | voltaire |
Answer» D. voltaire |
16. |
Who is the author of ‘Political Philosophy’ that had significantly influenced the French revolution? |
A. | jean-jacquesrousseau |
B. | montesquieu |
C. | denis diderot |
D. | david hume |
Answer» A. jean-jacquesrousseau |
17. |
The political tension and economic antagonism between two classes is called |
A. | class competition |
B. | class conflict |
C. | class interests |
D. | class upheaval |
Answer» B. class conflict |
18. |
According to Marx, the conflict of interests between two antagonistic classes leads to |
A. | class struggle |
B. | class tension |
C. | competition |
D. | war |
Answer» C. competition |
19. |
The egalitarian society Marx believed to replace the capitalism is called |
A. | feudal society |
B. | agrarian society |
C. | socialist society |
D. | industrial society |
Answer» C. socialist society |
20. |
Who said that Sociology is a science? |
A. | auguste comte |
B. | herbert spencer |
C. | emile durkheim |
D. | max webber |
Answer» D. max webber |
21. |
Who advocated a social action approach in sociology? |
A. | auguste comte |
B. | herbert spencer |
C. | emile durkheim |
D. | max webber |
Answer» D. max webber |
22. |
The social force binding people together in a society will be weak when the society is characterised by |
A. | mechanical solidarity |
B. | organic solidarity |
C. | inorganic solidarity |
D. | capital solidarity |
Answer» B. organic solidarity |
23. |
Strong social bonds between people can be seen when the society is characterised by |
A. | mechanical solidarity |
B. | organic solidarity |
C. | inorganic solidarity |
D. | capital solidarity |
Answer» A. mechanical solidarity |
24. |
Urbanization was the result of --------------- during 18thcentury |
A. | scientific thought |
B. | french revolution |
C. | industrial revolution |
D. | globalization |
Answer» C. industrial revolution |
25. |
Who served as advisors to King and Governors in the estate system? |
A. | clergy |
B. | nobles |
C. | serfs |
D. | labourers |
Answer» A. clergy |
26. |
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 |
27. |
Auguste Comte initially called Sociology ---------- |
A. | social dynamics |
B. | social system |
C. | social physics |
D. | social science |
Answer» C. social physics |
28. |
‘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 |
29. |
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 |
30. |
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 |
31. |
According to Comte 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 |
32. |
According to Comte 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» D. metaphysical stage |
33. |
The sociological perspective developed by Auguste Comte is known as |
A. | constructionism |
B. | interpretivism |
C. | positivism |
D. | phenomenology |
Answer» C. positivism |
34. |
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 |
35. |
‘Principles of Sociology’ is a work done by |
A. | auguste comte |
B. | herbert spencer |
C. | emile durkheim |
D. | max webber |
Answer» B. herbert spencer |
36. |
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 |
37. |
‘Positive Polity” is written by |
A. | herbert spencer |
B. | auguste comte |
C. | gerorge simmel |
D. | emile durkheim |
Answer» B. auguste comte |
38. |
The term ‘Organic analogy’ is associated with |
A. | herbert spencer |
B. | auguste comte |
C. | gerorge simmel |
D. | emile durkheim |
Answer» A. herbert spencer |
39. |
The concept of ‘Social evolution’ was developed by |
A. | herbert spencer |
B. | auguste comte |
C. | gerorge simmel |
D. | emile durkheim |
Answer» A. herbert spencer |
40. |
‘The Man Versus The State’ is written by |
A. | auguste comte |
B. | herbert spencer |
C. | gerorge simmel |
D. | emile durkheim |
Answer» B. herbert spencer |
41. |
Who among the following viewed society as an organism with interrelated parts |
A. | auguste comte |
B. | herbert spencer |
C. | gerorge simmel |
D. | emile durkheim |
Answer» B. herbert spencer |
42. |
Who argued that the society and living organisms have similarities in structure and function? |
A. | herbert spencer |
B. | auguste comte |
C. | gerorge simmel |
D. | emile durkheim |
Answer» A. herbert spencer |
43. |
Durkheim introduced the concept of ‘anomie’ was in his study of |
A. | suicide |
B. | social control |
C. | social progress |
D. | modernization |
Answer» A. suicide |
44. |
The Rules of Sociological Method is a famous work of |
A. | herbert spencer |
B. | auguste comte |
C. | gerorge simmel |
D. | emile durkheim |
Answer» D. emile durkheim |
45. |
Who introduced the term ‘anomie’ in the study of society |
A. | herbert spencer |
B. | auguste comte |
C. | gerorge simmel |
D. | emile durkheim |
Answer» D. emile durkheim |
46. |
Durkheim argued that the task of sociology should be the study of ---- |
A. | social progress |
B. | social facts |
C. | anomie |
D. | consciousness |
Answer» B. social facts |
47. |
‘Suicide’ was published in the year |
A. | 1897 |
B. | 1987 |
C. | 1798 |
D. | 1879 |
Answer» A. 1897 |
48. |
‘Suicide’ is authored by |
A. | herbert spencer |
B. | auguste comte |
C. | gerorge simmel |
D. | emile durkheim |
Answer» D. emile durkheim |
49. |
The Division of Labour in Society is a great work by |
A. | emile durkheim |
B. | herbert spencer |
C. | auguste comte |
D. | gerorge simmel |
Answer» A. emile durkheim |
50. |
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life is written by |
A. | karl marx |
B. | emile durkheim |
C. | auguste comte |
D. | gerorge simmel |
Answer» B. emile durkheim |
51. |
According to Durkheim the central characteristic of religion was |
A. | sacred-profane dichotomy |
B. | life after death |
C. | highly superstitious |
D. | elimination of all forms of discrimination |
Answer» A. sacred-profane dichotomy |
52. |
Who said that society is a ‘reality sui generis?’ |
A. | auguste comte |
B. | herbert spencer |
C. | emile durkheim |
D. | max webber |
Answer» C. emile durkheim |
53. |
According to Durkheim, social solidarity depends on the extent of |
A. | discrimination |
B. | alienation |
C. | division of labour |
D. | gender inequality |
Answer» C. division of labour |
54. |
According to Durkheim primitive societies are characterised by |
A. | mechanical solidarity |
B. | organic solidarity |
C. | nominal solidarity |
D. | attitudinal solidarity |
Answer» A. mechanical solidarity |
55. |
Durkheim denoted the establishment of specified jobs for specific people as |
A. | the division of gender |
B. | . the division of labour |
C. | the division of rules |
D. | the division of solidarity |
Answer» B. . the division of labour |
56. |
The binding force between individual and society in primitive societies is regarded as |
A. | conscience collective |
B. | totemism |
C. | social facts |
D. | suicide |
Answer» A. conscience collective |
57. |
According to Durkheim, modern societies are characterised by |
A. | mechanical solidarity |
B. | organic solidarity |
C. | nominal solidarity |
D. | attitudinal solidarity |
Answer» B. organic solidarity |
58. |
The term conscience collective was used by Durkheim to indicate |
A. | shared taboos |
B. | fashion sense among the members |
C. | shared belief system |
D. | kinship system |
Answer» C. shared belief system |
59. |
The type of social solidarity found among agrarian societies is |
A. | mechanical solidarity |
B. | organic solidarity |
C. | nominal solidarity |
D. | attitudinal solidarity |
Answer» A. mechanical solidarity |
60. |
Durkheim holds the view that the preindustrial societies were held together by |
A. | mechanical solidarity |
B. | organic solidarity |
C. | nominal solidarity |
D. | attitudinal solidarity |
Answer» A. mechanical solidarity |
61. |
Societies, where individuals were held together by the mechanical solidarity are characterised by |
A. | high differentiation between individual and collective conscience |
B. | no distinction between individual and collective conscience |
C. | no conscience at all |
D. | specialised division of labour and job opportunities |
Answer» B. no distinction between individual and collective conscience |
62. |
According to Durkheim, the industrial societies are characterised by |
A. | mechanical solidarity |
B. | nominal solidarity |
C. | attitudinal solidarity |
D. | organic solidarity |
Answer» D. organic solidarity |
63. |
Durkheimian approach to sociology is called |
A. | structuralism |
B. | socialism |
C. | functionalism |
D. | interactionism |
Answer» C. functionalism |
64. |
Durkheim held that in industrial societies, ------- is based around an acceptance of economic and social differences |
A. | social order |
B. | social differentiation |
C. | social acceptability |
D. | social thinking |
Answer» A. social order |
65. |
According to Durkheim, anomic suicide occurs when |
A. | a person is too much integrated with the society |
B. | a person feels disconnected from the society due to lack of social integration |
C. | a person feels totally detached from the society |
D. | a person feels extreme social regulation resulting in oppressive conditions |
Answer» B. a person feels disconnected from the society due to lack of social integration |
66. |
Weber’s analysis of modern society centred on the concept of.. |
A. | rationalization |
B. | modernization |
C. | bureaucracy |
D. | power |
Answer» A. rationalization |
67. |
Who developed the concept of ideal type? |
A. | karl marx |
B. | max weber |
C. | talcott parsons |
D. | auguste comte |
Answer» B. max weber |
68. |
Which of the following is known to be the famous work of Max Weber |
A. | the german ideology |
B. | the sociology of diaspora |
C. | the protestant ethic and spirit of capitalism |
D. | suicide |
Answer» C. the protestant ethic and spirit of capitalism |
69. |
The concept of Bureaucracy was given by |
A. | max weber |
B. | emile durkheim |
C. | herbert spencer |
D. | auguste comte |
Answer» A. max weber |
70. |
To Max Weber, ideal types are |
A. | social realities |
B. | sociological phenomena |
C. | material tools |
D. | mental constructs |
Answer» D. mental constructs |
71. |
A rational-purposeful action is based on |
A. | value rationality |
B. | traditional rationality |
C. | means-end rationality |
D. | affectionate rationality |
Answer» C. means-end rationality |
72. |
The type of action guided by customs and longstanding beliefs is |
A. | wert-rational action |
B. | zweck-rational action |
C. | traditional action |
D. | affective action |
Answer» C. traditional action |
73. |
When a person enjoys authority by virtue of his inherited status, then that type of authority is known as |
A. | traditional authority |
B. | charismatic authority |
C. | legal-rational authority |
D. | democratic authority |
Answer» A. traditional authority |
74. |
Charismatic authority is characterised by |
A. | the supernatural powers possessed by a person |
B. | the exceptional personal qualities of a leader |
C. | the inherited status |
D. | the status occupied by voting |
Answer» B. the exceptional personal qualities of a leader |
75. |
According to Max Weber, the basis for the functioning of the legal-rational authority is? |
A. | non-hierarchy |
B. | dysfunctional system |
C. | unwritten laws |
D. | rules |
Answer» D. rules |
76. |
A systematic interpretive process of understanding the meaning of action from the actor’s point of view refers to |
A. | verstehen |
B. | functionalism |
C. | structuralism |
D. | conflict approach |
Answer» A. verstehen |
77. |
‘The Protestant Ethic and the spirit of capitalism’ was written by |
A. | auguste comte |
B. | herbert spencer |
C. | emile durkheim |
D. | max webber |
Answer» D. max webber |
78. |
Marx called the distinctive method for the analysis of the historical development of society as |
A. | conflict approach |
B. | neo-marxist theories |
C. | historical materialism |
D. | dialectical materialism |
Answer» C. historical materialism |
79. |
The Communist Manifesto was written in the year |
A. | 1848 |
B. | 1838 |
C. | 1845 |
D. | 1854 |
Answer» A. 1848 |
80. |
Das Kapital was written by |
A. | georg simmel |
B. | max weber |
C. | emile durkheim |
D. | karl marx |
Answer» D. karl marx |
81. |
Das Kapital was written in the year |
A. | 1876 |
B. | 1786 |
C. | 1867 |
D. | 1875 |
Answer» C. 1867 |
82. |
The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 was written by |
A. | auguste comte |
B. | karl marx |
C. | max weber |
D. | george simmel |
Answer» B. karl marx |
83. |
---- had a dominant intellectual influence on Karl Marx |
A. | auguste comte |
B. | hegel |
C. | max weber |
D. | george simmel |
Answer» B. hegel |
84. |
A contribution to the Critique of Political Economy is authored by |
A. | herbert spencer |
B. | lewis coser |
C. | karl marx |
D. | max weber |
Answer» C. karl marx |
85. |
In Marxist theory, the working class is called |
A. | the proletariat |
B. | bourgeoisie |
C. | capitalists |
D. | leftists |
Answer» A. the proletariat |
86. |
According to Karl Marx the present state will |
A. | continue for long |
B. | will wither away |
C. | deliver goods with the passage of time |
D. | slowly benefit the workers |
Answer» B. will wither away |
87. |
According to Karl Marx, the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of |
A. | economic determinism |
B. | exploitation |
C. | class struggles |
D. | alienation |
Answer» C. class struggles |
88. |
According to Marx, the capacity to do a useful work that increases the value of the products is called |
A. | surplus value |
B. | labour value |
C. | labour power |
D. | exploitation |
Answer» C. labour power |
89. |
According to Marx, under capitalist mode of production, the surplus takes the form of |
A. | loss |
B. | profit |
C. | product |
D. | relations |
Answer» B. profit |
90. |
The mode of production existed in primitive communities in which ownership of land was communal is known as |
A. | ancient mode of production |
B. | capitalist mode of production |
C. | feudal mode of production |
D. | asiatic mode of production |
Answer» D. asiatic mode of production |
91. |
The mode of production characterised by the emergence of private property is --- |
A. | ancient mode of production |
B. | capitalist mode of production |
C. | feudal mode of production |
D. | asiatic mode of production |
Answer» A. ancient mode of production |
92. |
The relationship between those who own the means of production (the capitalists or bourgeoisie) and those who do not (the workers or the proletariat) is called |
A. | forces of production |
B. | relations of production |
C. | means of production |
D. | exploitation |
Answer» B. relations of production |
93. |
According to Marx, history evolves through the interaction between |
A. | means of production and surplus value |
B. | means of production and mode of production |
C. | mode of production and relations of production |
D. | means of production and relations of production |
Answer» C. mode of production and relations of production |
94. |
The system in which the capitalists own the means of production is |
A. | socialism |
B. | capitalism |
C. | feudalism |
D. | communism |
Answer» B. capitalism |
95. |
A system in which the workers sell their labour power for wage is known as |
A. | socialism |
B. | capitalism |
C. | feudalism |
D. | communism |
Answer» B. capitalism |
96. |
‘Goods are produced for sale rather than own use’ is a remarkable characteristic of |
A. | feudal societies |
B. | capitalist societies |
C. | ancient societies |
D. | primitive societies |
Answer» B. capitalist societies |
97. |
The concept of alienation is developed by |
A. | karl marx |
B. | max weber |
C. | herbert spencer |
D. | auguste comte |
Answer» A. karl marx |
98. |
The process by which a commodity takes on an independent, almost mystical external reality is known as |
A. | external value |
B. | surplus value |
C. | fetishism of commodities |
D. | labour value |
Answer» C. fetishism of commodities |
99. |
Workers who sell their labour and do not own their own means of production are |
A. | bourgeoisie |
B. | proletariat |
C. | middle men |
D. | slaves |
Answer» B. proletariat |
100. |
The division of class in a capitalist society is based on |
A. | the ownership of property |
B. | the changes in relations |
C. | the production of commodities |
D. | the surplus value |
Answer» A. the ownership of property |
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