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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (BA Sociology) , Sociology (CBCS) .
| 101. |
According to Robert Cox, what is critical theory? |
| A. | Critical theory attempts to challenge power. |
| B. | Critical theory accepts the parameters of the present order and critiques it within those parameters. |
| C. | Critical theory attempts to challenge the prevailing order by seeking out social processes that could lead to emancipatory change. |
| D. | Critical theory accepts the parameters of the present order and helps legitimate an unjust system. |
| Answer» C. Critical theory attempts to challenge the prevailing order by seeking out social processes that could lead to emancipatory change. | |
| 102. |
What are the main concerns of the members of the Frankfurt School? |
| A. | The social basis and nature of authoritarianism. |
| B. | The structure of the family. |
| C. | The concepts of reason and rationality. |
| D. | All of the options given are correct. |
| Answer» D. All of the options given are correct. | |
| 103. |
Justin Rosenberg argues: |
| A. | That realism is ahistorical in its account of international relations. |
| B. | That the theory of anarchy is contained within Marx's analysis of capitalism (anarchy is a key feature of capitalist production). |
| C. | Historical change in world politics can be understood as a reflection of transformations in the prevailing relations of production. |
| D. | All of the options given are correct. |
| Answer» D. All of the options given are correct. | |
| 104. |
Marxists see globalization as: |
| A. | An anomaly in the history of the development of capitalism. |
| B. | Part of long-term trends in the development of capitalism. |
| C. | Something to be prevent |
| Answer» B. Part of long-term trends in the development of capitalism. | |
| 105. |
AndrewLinklater: |
| A. | Builds on the work of Habermas. |
| B. | Grounds emancipatory theory in ideas of political community. |
| C. | Is more optimistic than the Frankfurt school. |
| D. | All of the options given are correct. |
| Answer» D. All of the options given are correct. | |
| 106. |
In much the same way that Marx felt that labor was alienated, _________________ felt that communication was alienated, or distorted. |
| A. | David Harvey |
| B. | Immanuel Wallerstein |
| C. | JurgenHabermas |
| D. | John Roemer |
| Answer» C. JurgenHabermas | |
| 107. |
Members of which of the following variants of Marxian theory most strongly distance themselves from their Marxian roots? |
| A. | the critical school |
| B. | Hegelian Marxism |
| C. | historical Marxism |
| D. | analytical Marxism |
| Answer» D. analytical Marxism | |
| 108. |
Members of which of the following variants of neo-Marxian theory are concerned with the “micro-level” foundations of Marxian theory? |
| A. | historical Marxism |
| B. | analytical Marxism |
| C. | Hegelian Marxism |
| D. | critical theory |
| Answer» D. critical theory | |
| 109. |
Thinkers who can be clearly identified as sociologists began to appear in the: |
| A. | 1600s. |
| B. | 1700s. |
| C. | 1800s. |
| D. | 1900s. |
| Answer» C. 1800s. | |
| 110. |
In his lectures at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo in the 1300s, ____________ devoted considerable attention to social institutions such as politics and the economy. |
| A. | Ibn-Khaldun |
| B. | Saint-Simon |
| C. | Sun Tzu |
| D. | Tariq Ali |
| Answer» A. Ibn-Khaldun | |
| 111. |
In 1789 the French Revolution caused many social thinkers to be disturbed by the resulting _________, and it created a desire to restore ______________. |
| A. | democracy; the monarchy to power |
| B. | regime change; the ancien regime |
| C. | social dynamics; social statics to society |
| D. | chaos; order to society |
| Answer» D. chaos; order to society | |
| 112. |
Early sociologists wanted to model sociology after the prestigious and influential disciplines of: |
| A. | economics, history, and philosophy. |
| B. | physics, biology and chemistry. |
| C. | anthropology, criminology, and psychology. |
| D. | electrical, chemical, and civil engineering. |
| Answer» B. physics, biology and chemistry. | |
| 113. |
The ____________ was a period of intellectual development and change characterized by the belief that people could comprehend and control the universe by means of reason and empirical research. |
| A. | Renaissance |
| B. | Industrial Revolution |
| C. | Enlightenment |
| D. | Golden Age |
| Answer» C. Enlightenment | |
| 114. |
__________ believe in studying social phenomena using the same scientific techniques as those used in the natural sciences. |
| A. | Logicians |
| B. | Positivists |
| C. | Pragmatists |
| D. | Anglophiles |
| Answer» B. Positivists | |
| 115. |
According to Auguste Comte, groups, societies, sciences, and individuals all go through the following three stages: |
| A. | primary, secondary, and tertiary |
| B. | primative, premodern, and modern |
| C. | theological, metaphysical, and positivistic |
| D. | feudal, capitalist, and socialist |
| Answer» C. theological, metaphysical, and positivistic | |
| 116. |
Emile Durkheim believed that ___________ is not a necessary part of the modern world and that it could be reduced by ____________. |
| A. | inequality; redistribution of wealth |
| B. | deviance; education |
| C. | religion; science |
| D. | social disorder; social reform reformism. |
| Answer» D. social disorder; social reform reformism. | |
| 117. |
G.W.F. Hegel’s philosophy of ___________ emphasized the importance of the mind and mental products rather than the material world. |
| A. | monadism |
| B. | spiritualism |
| C. | idealism |
| D. | utilitarianism |
| Answer» C. idealism | |
| 118. |
_______ is the breakdown of the natural interconnection among people and between people and what they produce. |
| A. | Trepidation |
| B. | Alienation |
| C. | Decomposition |
| D. | Commodification |
| Answer» B. Alienation | |
| 119. |
Weber was interested in the general issue of why institutions in the Western world had grown progressively more ____________ while power barriers seemed to prevent a similar development in the rest of the world. |
| A. | rational |
| B. | irrational |
| C. | corrupt |
| D. | powerful |
| Answer» A. rational | |
| 120. |
Georg Simmel was best known for his thinking on: |
| A. | large-scale social issues like capitalism and exploitation. |
| B. | contemporary social problems like Anti-Semitism and racism. |
| C. | smaller-scale issues like individual action and interaction. |
| D. | interplanetary travel and extraterrestrial societies |
| Answer» C. smaller-scale issues like individual action and interaction. | |
| 121. |
According to Durkheim, ----- are external to the individual |
| A. | Social facts |
| B. | Social solidarity |
| C. | Social justice |
| D. | Social sanction |
| Answer» A. Social facts | |
| 122. |
Durkheim maintained that in order to study social facts, it should be considered as |
| A. | Abstracts |
| B. | Things |
| C. | Facts |
| D. | Pathological |
| Answer» B. Things | |
| 123. |
According to Durkheim, the study of the form and structure of societies and its classification based on attributes can be called as |
| A. | Social pathology |
| B. | Social phenomenology |
| C. | Social morphology |
| D. | Social psychology |
| Answer» C. Social morphology | |
| 124. |
In Parsons theory of structural functionalism oriented problems are known as ________________ |
| A. | AGIL |
| B. | System |
| C. | Conflict |
| D. | Functionalism |
| Answer» A. AGIL | |
| 125. |
Critical theory is associated with the ______________school. |
| A. | Frankfurt |
| B. | Chicago |
| C. | Conflict |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Frankfurt | |
| 126. |
Jefrey C Alexander is a __________ |
| A. | Functionalist |
| B. | Neo functionalist |
| C. | Structural functionalist |
| D. | Conflict theorist |
| Answer» B. Neo functionalist | |
| 127. |
Definition of Situation is a concept developed by ____________________ |
| A. | W .I Thomas |
| B. | Cooley |
| C. | Weber |
| D. | Parson |
| Answer» A. W .I Thomas | |
| 128. |
Normative functionalism in the contribution of __________________ |
| A. | Alexander |
| B. | Parson |
| C. | Blumer |
| D. | Merton |
| Answer» B. Parson | |
| 129. |
Micro functionalism proposed by ________________ |
| A. | Brown |
| B. | Merton |
| C. | Dahrendorf |
| D. | Parsons |
| Answer» B. Merton | |
| 130. |
Symbolic interactionalism related to ______________ |
| A. | Marx |
| B. | Weber |
| C. | Coser |
| D. | Blumer |
| Answer» D. Blumer | |
| 131. |
Dialectical conflict is proposed by ____________ |
| A. | Dahrendorf |
| B. | Weber |
| C. | Plato |
| D. | Blumer |
| Answer» A. Dahrendorf | |
| 132. |
Among the following who was the exponent of ‘middle range theory’ |
| A. | Talcott Parson |
| B. | Robert K Merton |
| C. | Habermas |
| D. | Lewis Coser |
| Answer» B. Robert K Merton | |
| 133. |
Who wrote the book ‘Distinction: a social critique of the judgment of taste ‘? |
| A. | Pierre Bourdieu |
| B. | Parsons |
| C. | Athony Gidden |
| D. | Merton |
| Answer» A. Pierre Bourdieu | |
| 134. |
Name the sociologist who introduced the concept of ‘double hermeneutics’ |
| A. | Giddens |
| B. | Bourdieu |
| C. | Parsons |
| D. | Merton |
| Answer» A. Giddens | |
| 135. |
Who wrote the book ‘The constitution of society ‘? |
| A. | Parsons |
| B. | Giddens |
| C. | Merton |
| D. | Bourdieu |
| Answer» B. Giddens | |
| 136. |
Name the social theorist who described sociology as a compact sport. |
| A. | Giddens |
| B. | Habermas |
| C. | Bourdieu |
| D. | Lewis Coser |
| Answer» C. Bourdieu | |
| 137. |
The book ‘the elementary structures of kinship ‘was written by |
| A. | Levistraus |
| B. | Nadel |
| C. | Giddens |
| D. | Bourdieu |
| Answer» A. Levistraus | |
| 138. |
Who initiated the ‘communication turn’ in Frankfurt school. |
| A. | Lewis Coser |
| B. | Habermas |
| C. | Giddens |
| D. | Bourdieu |
| Answer» B. Habermas | |
| 139. |
Among the following who talked about ‘realistic conflict ‘and ‘non-realistic conflict’ |
| A. | Lewis Coser |
| B. | Habermas |
| C. | Giddens |
| D. | Bourdie |
| Answer» A. Lewis Coser | |
| 140. |
The concept of ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’ was put forward by----------------. |
| A. | Parsons |
| B. | Giddens |
| C. | Merton |
| D. | Bourdieu |
| Answer» C. Merton | |
| 141. |
Who wrote the book’ the structure of social action’ |
| A. | Giddens |
| B. | Bourdieu |
| C. | Parsons |
| D. | Merton |
| Answer» C. Parsons | |
| 142. |
Among the following who argued that ‘mind emerges out of the interaction of individuals in a social matrix’. |
| A. | G H Mead |
| B. | Giddens |
| C. | Merton |
| D. | Bourdieu |
| Answer» A. G H Mead | |
| 143. |
Name the social theorist who wrote ‘sociological analysis and variable. |
| A. | Giddens |
| B. | Bourdieu |
| C. | Parsons |
| D. | Blumer |
| Answer» D. Blumer | |
| 144. |
Who argued that ‘human’s act towards things on the basis of the meanings they have for them ‘. |
| A. | Giddens |
| B. | Bourdieu |
| C. | Blumer |
| D. | ) Parsons |
| Answer» C. Blumer | |
| 145. |
Among the following who is known as the theorist of ideology. |
| A. | Giddens |
| B. | Althuser |
| C. | Blumer |
| D. | ) Parsons |
| Answer» B. Althuser | |
| 146. |
Name the social theorist who introduced the concepts of ‘contradiction and over determination’. |
| A. | Althuser |
| B. | Bourdieu |
| C. | Blumer |
| D. | ) Parsons |
| Answer» A. Althuser | |
| 147. |
Among the following who was associated with ‘Neo-functionalism ‘ |
| A. | Jeffrey C Alexander |
| B. | Giddens |
| C. | Merton |
| D. | Bourdieu |
| Answer» A. Jeffrey C Alexander | |
| 148. |
Among the following who argued that ‘struggle forauthority create conflict’. |
| A. | Parsons |
| B. | Giddens |
| C. | Merton |
| D. | Dahrendorf |
| Answer» D. Dahrendorf | |
| 149. |
Who introduced the idea of ‘epistemological break?’ |
| A. | Giddens |
| B. | Althuser |
| C. | Blumer |
| D. | ) Parsons |
| Answer» B. Althuser | |
| 150. |
The concept of ‘The third way’ was developed by-----------------. |
| A. | Parsons |
| B. | Giddens |
| C. | Merton |
| D. | Bourdieu |
| Answer» B. Giddens | |
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