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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 Politics (BA Politics) .
| 51. |
The word ‘hybridisation’’ may seem to be imported from ___________ |
| A. | Sociology |
| B. | Psychology |
| C. | Biology |
| D. | Iconology |
| Answer» C. Biology | |
| 52. |
Social science was heavily influenced by _______________ |
| A. | Theism |
| B. | Methodism |
| C. | Positivism |
| D. | Pietism |
| Answer» C. Positivism | |
| 53. |
Auguste Comte used the term "science social" taken from the ideas of _____________ |
| A. | Charles Fourier |
| B. | Charles Darwin |
| C. | Lesterward |
| D. | Montesquieu |
| Answer» A. Charles Fourier | |
| 54. |
Among the following _____________ is not a branch of Medical Sociology. |
| A. | Neurosociology |
| B. | Bio sociology |
| C. | Palaeontology |
| D. | Primatolgy |
| Answer» C. Palaeontology | |
| 55. |
Experimental psychology was founded by _______________ |
| A. | Sigmund Freud |
| B. | Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt |
| C. | Thorndike |
| D. | Pavlov |
| Answer» B. Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt | |
| 56. |
According to_________________ ‘Sociology and Anthropology are twin sisters’. |
| A. | Kroeber |
| B. | Malinowski |
| C. | Parsons |
| D. | Wallenstein |
| Answer» A. Kroeber | |
| 57. |
Social Science History Association was formed in ______________ |
| A. | 1796 |
| B. | 1956 |
| C. | 1976 |
| D. | 1967 |
| Answer» C. 1976 | |
| 58. |
________________ combines physical and human geography |
| A. | Ecological geography |
| B. | Environmental geography |
| C. | Historical geography |
| D. | Cultural geography |
| Answer» B. Environmental geography | |
| 59. |
_________________has been regarded as the study of early (primitive) cultures |
| A. | Anthropology |
| B. | History |
| C. | Sociology |
| D. | Political Science |
| Answer» A. Anthropology | |
| 60. |
Among the following who wrote the book ‘First principles’? |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | K.Davis |
| C. | Malinowski |
| D. | Kroeber |
| Answer» A. Herbert Spencer | |
| 61. |
Which of the following is not correctly matched? |
| A. | Herodotus – Political Science |
| B. | Auguste Comte – Sociology |
| C. | Adam Smith- Economics |
| D. | Sigmund Freud – Psychology |
| Answer» A. Herodotus – Political Science | |
| 62. |
Who among the following developed an approach in sociology called functionalism |
| A. | Nadel |
| B. | Levi – Strauss |
| C. | Durkheim |
| D. | Pareto |
| Answer» C. Durkheim | |
| 63. |
Identify the right sequence of the following thinkers who contributed to functionalism in the chronological order |
| A. | Parsons, Merton, Durkheim, Spencer |
| B. | Merton, Durkheim, Spencer, Parson |
| C. | Parsons, Spencer, Durkheim, Merton |
| D. | Spencer, Durkheim, Parsons, Merton |
| Answer» D. Spencer, Durkheim, Parsons, Merton | |
| 64. |
Public Administration is a prominent branch of _____________________ |
| A. | Sociology |
| B. | Political Science |
| C. | Economics |
| D. | Anthropology |
| Answer» B. Political Science | |
| 65. |
____________________ is regarded as the ‘father of history’. |
| A. | Plato |
| B. | Aristotle |
| C. | Auguste Comte |
| D. | Herodotus |
| Answer» D. Herodotus | |
| 66. |
_______________is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences. |
| A. | Human Sciences |
| B. | Social Sciences |
| C. | Earth Sciences |
| D. | Natural Sciences |
| Answer» B. Social Sciences | |
| 67. |
According to ________________ Sociology is the study of web of social relationships |
| A. | Mac Iver |
| B. | Harelembos |
| C. | Ogburn |
| D. | Coser |
| Answer» A. Mac Iver | |
| 68. |
The Age of ______________saw a revolution within natural philosophy |
| A. | Revolutions |
| B. | Renaissance |
| C. | Enlightenment |
| D. | Victoria |
| Answer» C. Enlightenment | |
| 69. |
The history of the social sciences begins in the roots of ancient ___________ |
| A. | Philosophy |
| B. | Epics |
| C. | Epigraphy |
| D. | Literature |
| Answer» A. Philosophy | |
| 70. |
The term ‘Verstehen Sociology’ is associated with ______________ |
| A. | Durkheim |
| B. | Weber |
| C. | Comte |
| D. | Simmel |
| Answer» B. Weber | |
| 71. |
At the turn of the 21st century, the expanding domain of economics in the social sciences has been described as _____________ |
| A. | Economic determinism |
| B. | Economic centrism |
| C. | Economic imperialism |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Economic imperialism | |
| 72. |
The word _____________is from the Greek for "human being" or "person. |
| A. | Socious |
| B. | Anthropos |
| C. | logos |
| D. | oikos |
| Answer» B. Anthropos | |
| 73. |
In the branch of Economics_______________the unit of analysis is the individual agent |
| A. | Micro Economics |
| B. | Pure Economics |
| C. | Macro Economics |
| D. | Applied Economics |
| Answer» A. Micro Economics | |
| 74. |
Global positioning systems (GPS) is now widely used in _______________ |
| A. | Economics |
| B. | Sociology |
| C. | Geography |
| D. | Anthropology |
| Answer» C. Geography | |
| 75. |
_______________asserted that man is a political animal in his Politics |
| A. | Herodotus |
| B. | Aristotle |
| C. | Plato |
| D. | Descartes |
| Answer» B. Aristotle | |
| 76. |
_____________ differs from biology and neuroscience in that it is primarily concerned with the interaction of mental processes and behaviour |
| A. | Philosophy |
| B. | Psychology |
| C. | Social Anthropology |
| D. | Sociology |
| Answer» B. Psychology | |
| 77. |
The Study of Administration is a seminal work authored by_________ |
| A. | Rousseau |
| B. | Woodrow Wilson |
| C. | Wilhelm Wundt |
| D. | Hobbes |
| Answer» C. Wilhelm Wundt | |
| 78. |
______________is the systematic study of society and human social action |
| A. | Sociology |
| B. | Anthropology |
| C. | Political Science |
| D. | Economics |
| Answer» A. Sociology | |
| 79. |
The Course in Positive Philosophy was written by _______________ |
| A. | Emile Durkheim |
| B. | Auguste Comte |
| C. | Max Weber |
| D. | Georg Simmel |
| Answer» B. Auguste Comte | |
| 80. |
_______________set up the first European department of sociology at the University of Bordeaux in 1895 |
| A. | Emile Durkheim |
| B. | Auguste Comte |
| C. | Max Weber |
| D. | Georg Simmel |
| Answer» A. Emile Durkheim | |
| 81. |
The term Social Construction of Reality is associated with ___________ |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | Dahrendorf |
| C. | C.H.Cooley |
| D. | Peter L. Berger |
| Answer» D. Peter L. Berger | |
| 82. |
Chicago school developed _________________ |
| A. | Symbolic Interactionism |
| B. | Positivism |
| C. | Functionalism |
| D. | Structuralism |
| Answer» A. Symbolic Interactionism | |
| 83. |
The term sociology was derived from Greek term logos and _______word socius meaning "companion", or society |
| A. | French |
| B. | Latin |
| C. | German |
| D. | Ausrtic |
| Answer» B. Latin | |
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