McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Arts in Sociology (MA Sociology) .
| 101. |
In a feudal society, feudal lords exploit ------- |
| A. | slaves |
| B. | proletariats |
| C. | bourgeoisie |
| D. | serfs |
| Answer» D. serfs | |
| 102. |
In a capitalist society, Bourgeoisie exploit --- |
| A. | slaves |
| B. | proletariats |
| C. | lords |
| D. | serfs |
| Answer» B. proletariats | |
| 103. |
In capitalism who owns and controls the capital? |
| A. | slaves |
| B. | proletariats |
| C. | bourgeoisie |
| D. | serfs |
| Answer» C. bourgeoisie | |
| 104. |
Marx called the quality of a commodity to serve a particular human need or function as |
| A. | exchange value |
| B. | use value |
| C. | surplus value |
| D. | labour value |
| Answer» B. use value | |
| 105. |
According to Marx. Exchange value is found only in |
| A. | socialism |
| B. | capitalism |
| C. | feudalism |
| D. | communism |
| Answer» B. capitalism | |
| 106. |
Marx called the capacity of human labour to bring about utility in a commodity and produce simple use values as |
| A. | useful labour |
| B. | abstract labour |
| C. | distinct labour |
| D. | definite labour |
| Answer» A. useful labour | |
| 107. |
Marx stated that the products of useful labour assumes the form of commodities only in |
| A. | feudalistic societies |
| B. | ancient societies |
| C. | agricultural societies |
| D. | capitalist societies |
| Answer» D. capitalist societies | |
| 108. |
According to Marx, exploitation takes the form of surplus value in |
| A. | feudalistic societies |
| B. | capitalist societies |
| C. | ancient societies |
| D. | agricultural societies |
| Answer» B. capitalist societies | |
| 109. |
According to Marx, ------- breaks the fundamental connections human beings have to the means of production in terms of economic subsistence and survival |
| A. | alienation |
| B. | commoditization |
| C. | production activity |
| D. | exchange of goods |
| Answer» A. alienation | |
| 110. |
According to Marx, when workers become estranged from the things they produce, it is called |
| A. | alienation from the product activity |
| B. | alienation from the product |
| C. | alienation from the species |
| D. | alienation from fellow-beings |
| Answer» B. alienation from the product | |
| 111. |
The type of alienation in which human beings lose control over the capacity of their labour to affirm their being and define their self-existence is |
| A. | alienation from the product activity |
| B. | alienation from the product |
| C. | alienation from the self |
| D. | alienation from fellow-beings |
| Answer» A. alienation from the product activity | |
| 112. |
When a person is alienated from the human social community, it is called |
| A. | alienation from the product activity |
| B. | alienation from the product |
| C. | alienation from the species |
| D. | alienation from fellow humans. |
| Answer» D. alienation from fellow humans. | |
| 113. |
The term used by Durkheim to identify a system of social relations linking individuals to each other and to the society as a whole is |
| A. | acculturation |
| B. | association |
| C. | social solidarity |
| D. | social facts |
| Answer» C. social solidarity | |
| 114. |
For Durkheim ------- describes the degree of social integration which links individuals to social groups outside them. |
| A. | acculturation |
| B. | association |
| C. | social solidarity |
| D. | social facts |
| Answer» C. social solidarity | |
| 115. |
The type of social bonding that discourages individual autonomy in a society is termed as |
| A. | mechanical solidarity |
| B. | organic solidarity |
| C. | homogenous solidarity |
| D. | heterogeneous solidarity |
| Answer» A. mechanical solidarity | |
| 116. |
When a society is with a homogeneous population which is small and isolated, it is characterised by the existence of |
| A. | mechanical solidarity |
| B. | organic solidarity |
| C. | homogenous solidarity |
| D. | heterogeneous solidarity |
| Answer» A. mechanical solidarity | |
| 117. |
In a society where labour is specialized and individuals are linked more to each other than they are to society as a whole, it is characterised by |
| A. | mechanical solidarity |
| B. | organic solidarity |
| C. | homogenous solidarity |
| D. | heterogeneous solidarity |
| Answer» B. organic solidarity | |
| 118. |
According to Durkheim, the primary characteristic of organic solidarity is the development of |
| A. | social facts |
| B. | suicide |
| C. | division of labour |
| D. | forced labour |
| Answer» C. division of labour | |
| 119. |
According to Durkheim, ----- are external to the individual |
| A. | social facts |
| B. | social solidarity |
| C. | social justice |
| D. | social sanction |
| Answer» A. social facts | |
| 120. |
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 | |
| 121. |
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 | |
| 122. |
Weber placed ----------- as the key to understand the pattern of historical development |
| A. | power |
| B. | ideal types |
| C. | bureaucracy |
| D. | rationalization |
| Answer» D. rationalization | |
| 123. |
The term Weber used to refer to the capacity of social action to be subject to calculation in the means and ends of action is |
| A. | rationalization |
| B. | rationality |
| C. | social causation |
| D. | calculation |
| Answer» B. rationality | |
| 124. |
According to Weber, the amount of quantitative calculation and accounting procedure that goes into an action or decision is called |
| A. | practical rationality |
| B. | theoretical rationality |
| C. | formal rationality |
| D. | substantive rationality |
| Answer» C. formal rationality | |
| 125. |
Who among the following said that ‘Sociology is the science of understanding the meaning of social action? |
| A. | auguste comte |
| B. | herbert spencer |
| C. | emile durkheim |
| D. | max webber |
| Answer» D. max webber | |
| 126. |
Who among the following analysed the impact of religious beliefs on the economic growth for the first time? |
| A. | auguste comte |
| B. | herbert spencer |
| C. | max webber |
| D. | emile durkheim |
| Answer» C. max webber | |
| 127. |
Who advocated the social action approach in sociology for the first time? |
| A. | max webber |
| B. | auguste comte |
| C. | herbert spencer |
| D. | emile durkheim |
| Answer» A. max webber | |
| 128. |
Weber’s concept, the Verstehen stands for |
| A. | understanding of how the researchers interpret the social action |
| B. | understanding social action in an objective manner |
| C. | understanding how the social world is made of actors |
| D. | understanding social world from the point of view of the actors |
| Answer» D. understanding social world from the point of view of the actors | |
| 129. |
What distinguishes Calvinism from Lutheranism? |
| A. | conversion |
| B. | predestination |
| C. | repentance |
| D. | systematization |
| Answer» B. predestination | |
| 130. |
The authority based on the exceptional qualities of a leader remarks |
| A. | supreme authority |
| B. | legal-rational authority |
| C. | charismatic authority |
| D. | traditional authority |
| Answer» C. charismatic authority | |
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