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180+ Foundations of Sociology Solved MCQs

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151.

The German sociologist Simmel considered _________ as a criterion for classifying groups.

A. nature of contact
B. interaction
C. size
D. nature of membership
Answer» C. size
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152.

Capitalism may produce _____ who possess the means of production for the whole of society

A. bourgeoisie
B. proletariat
C. peasants
D. serfs
Answer» A. bourgeoisie
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153.

In Capitalism, the Bourgeoisie exploits the _______

A. clergy
B. proletariat
C. peasant
D. serf
Answer» B. proletariat
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154.

Institution is comparatively ___________.

A. permanent
B. temporary
C. artificial
D. transitory
Answer» A. permanent
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155.

Fredrick Engels hypothesized that ______ would emerge as the final form of
capitalism before the contradictions reach a point where capitalism cannot
sustain itself and socialism emerges as its successor

A. liberal capitalism
B. free capitalism
C. state capitalism
D. world capitalism
Answer» C. state capitalism
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156.

Who presented the idea of ‗cultural lag‘?

A. ogburn
B. malinowski
C. maciver
D. risley
Answer» A. ogburn
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157.

In which book did Marx and Engels comment that the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles

A. das kapital
B. the poverty of philosophy
C. the german ideology
D. the communist manifesto
Answer» D. the communist manifesto
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158.

According to Talcott Parsons, all the units of social structure are __________.

A. concrete
B. tangible
C. abstract
D. explicit
Answer» C. abstract
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159.

Who are the owners of capital in Capitalism?

A. bourgeoisie
B. nobility
C. peasant
D. serf
Answer» A. bourgeoisie
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160.

A class is defined by the ownership of ________

A. property
B. labour
C. work
D. status
Answer» A. property
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161.

Human interaction is essentially _____________ interaction.

A. competitive
B. co-operative
C. communicative
D. deliberate
Answer» C. communicative
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162.

___________ help meet the basic needs of society.

A. associations
B. social groups
C. social institutions
D. interactions
Answer» C. social institutions
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163.

___________ is the basic ingredient of social relationships.

A. group
B. awareness
C. bonding
D. interaction
Answer» D. interaction
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164.

Name the system adopted by a given society to guide family or blood relationship.

A. marriage
B. culture
C. kinship
D. taboos
Answer» C. kinship
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165.

Studies of social interaction, groups etc. belong to ——-——— sociology.

A. urban
B. macro
C. applied
D. micro
Answer» D. micro
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166.

The components of material culture are __________ and objective.

A. external
B. internal
C. tangible
D. both a&c
Answer» D. both a&c
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167.

―Contact & communication are the two main conditions of social interaction.‖ Who said so?

A. horton & hunt
B. park & burgess
C. ogburn & nimkoff
D. maciver & page
Answer» B. park & burgess
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168.

__________ is a socially defined position in a group or society.

A. role
B. interaction
C. status
D. deviance
Answer» C. status
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169.

―Culture is the man-made part of environment.‖ Who said so?

A. e. b. tylor
B. m.j. herskovits
C. r.brown
D. k. davis
Answer» B. m.j. herskovits
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170.

Who has described ―society as a web of social relationships.‖?

A. mead
B. ogburn
C. leacock
D. maciver
Answer» D. maciver
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171.

Who coined the term primary group?

A. comte
B. ginsberg
C. cooley
D. gisbert
Answer» C. cooley
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172.

Studies of social interaction, groups etc. belong to —————— sociology.

A. urban
B. macro
C. applied
D. micro
Answer» D. micro
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173.

The principle of an aristocratic government is _______

A. political virtue
B. honour
C. moderation
D. fear
Answer» C. moderation
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174.

Comte argued that the human mind, individual human beings, all knowledge, and world history develop through ____ successive stages

A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
Answer» B. three
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175.

In Capitalism, ______ class possess only their own labour power, which they must sell in order to survive

A. bourgeoisie
B. proletariat
C. peasant
D. serf
Answer» B. proletariat
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176.

Which among the following is an informal method of social control?

A. customs
B. coercion
C. law
D. education
Answer» A. customs
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177.

______ in Europe followed the stage of feudalism

A. slavery
B. capitalism
C. socialism
D. communism
Answer» B. capitalism
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178.

Name the author of the book ‗Primitive Culture‘

A. majumdar
B. lundberg
C. tylor
D. malinowski
Answer» C. tylor
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179.

_______ and industrialisation led to the emergence of the working class as a
large and powerful body, which led to the birth of Marxism, and gave people
a new perspective and relationship with the society they lived in

A. urbanisation
B. modernisation
C. westernisation
D. sanskritisation
Answer» A. urbanisation
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180.

The principle of monarchical government is ______

A. political virtue
B. honour
C. moderation
D. fear
Answer» B. honour
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181.

A role is the ————— aspect of status.

A. counter
B. dynamic
C. static
D. latent
Answer» B. dynamic
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