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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Arts in Sociology (MA Sociology) .
| 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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