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530+ Methodology and Perspectives of Social Sciences Solved MCQs

These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (BA Sociology) , Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (BA political science) , Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History) .

1.

Traditional approach give stress on:

A. values.
B. facts.
C. objectivity.
D. precision.
Answer» A. values.
2.

‘Credo of Relevance’ Signaled

A. modernism.
B. behaviouralism.
C. post-behaviouralism.
D. rationalism.
Answer» B. behaviouralism.
3.

‘The Intellectual God Father’ of Behaviouralism is

A. charles .e.merriam
B. david easton.
C. laswell.
D. none of the above.
Answer» A. charles .e.merriam
4.

Hobbes Theory of Social Contract is explained in his book.

A. republic.
B. prince.
C. social contract.
D. leviathan.
Answer» D. leviathan.
5.

Which one of the following is not relevant to Traditional Approach.

A. philosophical
B. historical.
C. institutional
D. behavioural.
Answer» D. behavioural.
6.

Integration of Political Science with other Social Sciences Is a basic principle of

A. traditionalism.
B. behaviouralism.
C. liberalism.
D. post – behaviouralism.
Answer» B. behaviouralism.
7.

The success of democracy depends upon

A. periodic elections.
B. voting.
C. campaigning in the elections.
D. all of the above
Answer» D. all of the above
8.

Which of the following is a permanent feature of a representative form of government?

A. voting.
B. decision making.
C. military force.
D. none of the above.
Answer» A. voting.
9.

“A right is a claim recognized by society and enforced by the state” who said this?

A. laski
B. bosanquet
C. rousseau
D. green
Answer» B. bosanquet
10.

Who said “Rights are those conditions of social life without which no man can be his best self”

A. hobhouse
B. bosanquet
C. laski
D. hegel
Answer» C. laski
11.

The concept of Greek, ‘Justice’ was

A. legal
B. moral
C. social
D. political
Answer» B. moral
12.

The origin of democracy can be traced back to

A. ancient greek city states
B. medieval period
C. modern era
D. feudalism
Answer» A. ancient greek city states
13.

Who among the following said “Liberty is the opposite of over government”?

A. seeley
B. prof. ramsay muir
C. laski
D. j.s mill
Answer» A. seeley
14.

A democratic society is one in which

A. government is popularly elected.
B. liberty is given the highest value.
C. the spirit of equality and fraternity prevails.
D. all of the above.
Answer» D. all of the above.
15.

Who wrote the book ‘Politics’

A. socrates
B. plato
C. aristotle
D. rousseau
Answer» C. aristotle
16.

Behavioral approach in political science is “an attempt to make the empirical content of political science more scientific” who said this?

A. charles. e. merriam
B. david easton
C. powell
D. robert a dahl
Answer» A. charles. e. merriam
17.

Eight principles of Behavioural Approach of political science is generally known as :

A. regularities
B. pure science
C. verifications
D. intellectual foundations
Answer» D. intellectual foundations
18.

Who wrote the book ‘On liberty’?

A. henry maine
B. j.s mill
C. t.h green
D. laski
Answer» B. j.s mill
19.

‘ A theory of justice ‘is the work of

A. j.s mill
B. bodin
C. john rawls
D. montesquieu
Answer» C. john rawls
20.

The term ‘Globalization’ was coined by

A. kaplan
B. theodore levitt
C. burton
D. spiro
Answer» B. theodore levitt
21.

Democracy is rule of

A. voters
B. people
C. members of parliament
D. political parties.
Answer» B. people
22.

Who defined democracy as “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”?

A. woodrow wilson
B. lord bryce
C. abraham lincoln
D. laski
Answer» C. abraham lincoln
23.

The two words ‘demos’ and ‘kratos’ from which democracy draws its origin belong to

A. latin language.
B. greek language.
C. french language.
D. spanish language.
Answer» B. greek language.
24.

The two forms of democracy are

A. parliamentary and presidential.
B. direct and indirect.
C. monarchical and republican.
D. none of the above.
Answer» B. direct and indirect.
25.

Which one of the following theories of democracy accords high priority to the political rights of citizens?

A. pluralist theory of democracy .
B. elitist of democracy.
C. marxist theory of democracy.
D. liberal theory of democracy.
Answer» D. liberal theory of democracy.
26.

Which theory of democracy attaches great importance to economic rights of man?

A. marxist theory
B. elite theory
C. pluralist theory
D. all of the above
Answer» A. marxist theory
27.

The term ‘liberty’ has been drawn from the Latin term

A. libel
B. lingua
C. labour
D. liber
Answer» D. liber
28.

Removing barriers or restrictions said by government is called

A. liberalization
B. investment
C. favorable trade
D. free trade
Answer» A. liberalization
29.

Globalization by connecting countries leads to

A. lesser competition among producers.
B. greater competition among producers.
C. no competition between producers.
D. none of these.
Answer» B. greater competition among producers.
30.

‘Euro centrism’ as the term for an ideology was coined by whom?

A. karl marx
B. green
C. samir amin
D. rousseau
Answer» C. samir amin
31.

During the enlightenment of the 18th century:

A. scholars emphasized the supernatural.
B. scholars denied the possibility of a scientific study of humans.
C. a number of scholars believed human social life could be studied scientifically.
D. none of these.
Answer» C. a number of scholars believed human social life could be studied scientifically.
32.

Economics deals with

A. production of goods and services.
B. consumption of goods and services.
C. distribution of goods and services.
D. all of the above.
Answer» D. all of the above.
33.

The social science that deals with human use of the natural environment is:

A. genetics
B. geography
C. political science
D. sociology
Answer» B. geography
34.

Political science stresses the study of:

A. government
B. state
C. power
D. all of the above
Answer» D. all of the above
35.

Psychology deals with

A. only violent behavior.
B. only normal behavior.
C. mental states of individual humans.
D. groups of people in interaction
Answer» C. mental states of individual humans.
36.

The study of human group behavior is the definition of

A. psychology
B. sociology
C. geology
D. none of the above
Answer» B. sociology
37.

The social sciences lack

A. theories
B. concepts
C. scientific laws
D. generalizations
Answer» C. scientific laws
38.

Ethical neutrality is the opposite of

A. objectivity
B. generalization
C. judgmental social science
D. participant observation
Answer» C. judgmental social science
39.

Anthropology is restricted to the study of:

A. primitive people only.
B. pre-historic people only.
C. modern people only.
D. none of these.
Answer» D. none of these.
40.

Objectivity means

A. precision
B. taking nothing for granted
C. eliminating bias
D. repeating observations
Answer» C. eliminating bias
41.

The study and analysis of preliterate societies is one of the chief concern of

A. sociology
B. psychology
C. anthropology
D. history
Answer» C. anthropology
42.

The study of traits that appear in specific populations as adaptation to specific environment is called

A. physical anthropology
B. cultural anthropology
C. demography
D. psychology
Answer» A. physical anthropology
43.

Furnishing historical data about past with no written records Is the task of

A. archeology
B. cultural geography
C. history
D. anthropology
Answer» A. archeology
44.

The most experimental of social sciences is

A. sociology
B. psychology
C. archeology
D. economics
Answer» B. psychology
45.

The discipline that studies such disparate subjects as the environment religion, politics, criminality, organization and so on, is

A. history
B. sociology
C. political science
D. psychology
Answer» B. sociology
46.

Which of the following does not fall within the preview of the political liberty

A. right to vote.
B. right to contest elections.
C. right to criticize the government.
D. right to move the court for the enforcement of rights.
Answer» D. right to move the court for the enforcement of rights.
47.

Political liberty ensures

A. protection against oppressive rule
B. economic equality
C. basic amenities of life
D. none of the above
Answer» A. protection against oppressive rule
48.

Liberty and equality are

A. complementary to each other
B. contradictory to each other
C. unrelated to each other
D. none of the above
Answer» A. complementary to each other
49.

The credit for developing behavioural approach for the study of political science goes to

A. the american political scientists.
B. the british political scientists.
C. the german political scientists.
D. the political scientist of the third world.
Answer» A. the american political scientists.
50.

Though the Behaviorist Approach for the study of political science was developed after the first world war it gained popularity only

A. in the thirties of the twentieth century.
B. after the second world war .
C. in the sixties of the twentieth century .
D. in the eighties of the twentieth century.
Answer» B. after the second world war .

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