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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 Sociology (BA Sociology) , Sociology (CBCS) .
| 1. |
The book “ The Elementary Forms of Religious Life”was written by |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | Emile Durkheim |
| C. | Auguste Comte |
| D. | Max Weber |
| Answer» B. Emile Durkheim | |
| 2. |
Which one of the following approaches mainly focuses on Consciousness |
| A. | Ethnomethodology |
| B. | Comparative method |
| C. | Phenomenology |
| D. | Functionlism |
| Answer» C. Phenomenology | |
| 3. |
Looking glass Self theory was developed by |
| A. | G.H.Mead |
| B. | Erving Goffmn |
| C. | C.H.Cooley |
| D. | Alfred Schutz |
| Answer» C. C.H.Cooley | |
| 4. |
Verstehen approach was developed by |
| A. | Auguste Comte |
| B. | Max Weber |
| C. | Talcott Parsons |
| D. | Robert K Merton |
| Answer» B. Max Weber | |
| 5. |
Which of the following had profoundly conservative implications for early American sociology? |
| A. | the French revolution |
| B. | the Civil War |
| C. | the Vietnam War |
| D. | the political liberation of early Sociologists |
| Answer» D. the political liberation of early Sociologists | |
| 6. |
According to Lester Ward, applied sociology was intended to: |
| A. | use scientific knowledge to better society. |
| B. | make sociology more scientific through lots of practice. |
| C. | base sociology on common sense. |
| D. | combat the evils of postmodernism. |
| Answer» A. use scientific knowledge to better society. | |
| 7. |
Charles Horton Cooley is known for which of the following ideas? |
| A. | class conflict |
| B. | the looking-glass self |
| C. | micro-macro integration |
| D. | social solidarity |
| Answer» B. the looking-glass self | |
| 8. |
______________ is the most important thinker associated with the Chicago school and symbolic interactionism. |
| A. | Robert Merton |
| B. | W.E.B. Du Bois |
| C. | Thorstein Veblen |
| D. | George Herbert Mead |
| Answer» D. George Herbert Mead | |
| 9. |
Double-consciousness is a key theoretical idea of: |
| A. | Jane Addams. |
| B. | Anthony Giddens. |
| C. | Alfred Schutz. |
| D. | W.E.B. Du Bois. |
| Answer» D. W.E.B. Du Bois. | |
| 10. |
Talcott Parsons is known as a(n): |
| A. | structural-functionalist. |
| B. | micro-macro structuralist. |
| C. | . agency-structure determinist. |
| D. | proponent of the Chicago School. |
| Answer» A. structural-functionalist. | |
| 11. |
Who is the author of the book “ Protestant ethic and spirit of capitalism” |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | Emile Durkheim |
| C. | Auguste Comte |
| D. | Max Weber |
| Answer» A. Max Weber | |
| 12. |
Erving Goffman was associated with |
| A. | Ehnomethodology |
| B. | Functionalism |
| C. | Dramaturgy |
| D. | neo-functionalism |
| Answer» C. Dramaturgy | |
| 13. |
Name the author of the book” Mind, Self and Society” |
| A. | G.H.Mead |
| B. | Herbert Blumer |
| C. | Talcott Parsons |
| D. | Robert K Merton |
| Answer» A. G.H.Mead | |
| 14. |
Which of the following sociological theorists is best known for his sociology of knowledge? |
| A. | Karl Mannheim |
| B. | Talcott Parsons |
| C. | Lester Ward |
| D. | Jeffrey Alexander |
| Answer» A. Karl Mannheim | |
| 15. |
Which of the following thinkers is known as a radical sociologist? |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Talcott Parsons |
| C. | George Homans |
| D. | C. Wright Mills |
| Answer» D. C. Wright Mills | |
| 16. |
Conflict theory emerged as a(n): |
| A. | critique of feminist theory. |
| B. | alternative to Anthony Giddens’s structuration theory. |
| C. | Alternative to structural-functionalism. |
| D. | critique of postmodernism. |
| Answer» C. Alternative to structural-functionalism. | |
| 17. |
Exchange theory was pioneered by which of the following theorists? |
| A. | . Talcott Parsons |
| B. | Alfred Schutz |
| C. | Lewis Coser |
| D. | George Homans |
| Answer» D. George Homans | |
| 18. |
Which of the following thinkers pioneered dramaturgical analysis? |
| A. | . Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
| B. | . Robert Park |
| C. | . Karl Mannheim |
| D. | . Erving Goffman |
| Answer» D. . Erving Goffman | |
| 19. |
Alfred Schutz is known as a(n) _______________ sociologist. |
| A. | .African-American |
| B. | neo-Marxian |
| C. | postmodern |
| D. | phenomenological |
| Answer» D. phenomenological | |
| 20. |
Ethnomethodology is known as a(n): |
| A. | sociology of everyday life. |
| B. | attack on phenomenology. |
| C. | attack on Herbert Spencer. |
| D. | fusion of Marx and Weber. |
| Answer» A. sociology of everyday life. | |
| 21. |
___________ is considered the major representative of poststructuralism. |
| A. | .Claude Lèvi-Strauss |
| B. | .Jurgen Habermas |
| C. | .Michel Foucault |
| D. | .Richard Emerson |
| Answer» C. .Michel Foucault | |
| 22. |
How does feminist theory look at the world? |
| A. | .with great contempt |
| B. | from the vantage points of women |
| C. | .from the vantage points of deep structures of the mind |
| D. | . from a mostly Freudian point of view |
| Answer» B. from the vantage points of women | |
| 23. |
Which of the following theorists views modernity as an “unfinished project”? |
| A. | Jurgen Habermas |
| B. | Jeffrey Alexander |
| C. | James Coleman |
| D. | Jean Baudrillard |
| Answer» A. Jurgen Habermas | |
| 24. |
Which of the following is NOT one of Talcott Parsons’s functional imperatives? |
| A. | adaptation |
| B. | integration |
| C. | goal attainment |
| D. | personality system |
| Answer» D. personality system | |
| 25. |
In Talcott Parsons’s work, the behavioral organism handles the ___________function. |
| A. | integrative |
| B. | exploitative |
| C. | reproductive |
| D. | adaptation |
| Answer» D. adaptation | |
| 26. |
Which of the following is NOT one of Talcott Parsons’s action systems? |
| A. | the cultural system |
| B. | the latent system |
| C. | the social system |
| D. | the personality system |
| Answer» B. the latent system | |
| 27. |
The idea of dysfunction was put forward by |
| A. | Robert K Merton |
| B. | Emile Durkheim |
| C. | Auguste Comte |
| D. | Erving Goffman |
| Answer» A. Robert K Merton | |
| 28. |
Which Sociologist developed the idea of pattern variables |
| A. | Auguste Comte |
| B. | Max Weber |
| C. | Talcott Parsons |
| D. | Robert K Merton |
| Answer» C. Talcott Parsons | |
| 29. |
Name the author of the book “ The Structure of social action” |
| A. | Auguste Comte |
| B. | Max Weber |
| C. | Talcott Parsons |
| D. | Robert K Merton |
| Answer» C. Talcott Parsons | |
| 30. |
The basic unit within Talcott Parsons’s social system is the: |
| A. | allocative-integrative process. |
| B. | hierarchy of conditioning factors. |
| C. | status-role complex. |
| D. | environment boundary maintenance. |
| Answer» C. status-role complex. | |
| 31. |
For Parsons, the _________________ process helped to ensure that an actor’s pursuit of his/her own interests also served the interests of the system as a whole. |
| A. | social control |
| B. | exploitation |
| C. | socialization |
| D. | role |
| Answer» C. socialization | |
| 32. |
Parsons argued that _____________ was the major binding force between various elements of the social world. |
| A. | society |
| B. | the economy |
| C. | the fiduciary system |
| D. | culture |
| Answer» D. culture | |
| 33. |
The functionalist theory of stratification argues that: |
| A. | stratification is functional for individuals. |
| B. | it is functional for the best jobs to have very high rewards. |
| C. | it is functional for the worst jobs to have the worst rewards. |
| D. | stratification is functional for society as a whole. |
| Answer» D. stratification is functional for society as a whole. | |
| 34. |
Unlike the structural functionalists, the neofunctionalists gave as much attention to _____________ as to order. |
| A. | action |
| B. | disorder |
| C. | norms |
| D. | roles |
| Answer» A. action | |
| 35. |
Dahrendorf felt that authority rested with: |
| A. | individuals. |
| B. | organizations. |
| C. | positions. |
| D. | technology. |
| Answer» C. positions. | |
| 36. |
consider a major influence on the development of neo-Marxian theory? |
| A. | Emile Durkheim |
| B. | Max Weber |
| C. | Sigmund Freud |
| D. | Michel Foucault |
| Answer» A. Emile Durkheim | |
| 37. |
Unlike the critical school and the Hegelian Marxists, work in both Marxianinfluenced economic sociology and historical sociology focused on which of the following dimensions of Marx’s work? |
| A. | cognitive |
| B. | materialist |
| C. | ideational |
| D. | spatial |
| Answer» B. materialist | |
| 38. |
According to some of the theorists of the critical school, domination moved from the economic to the ______________ sphere. |
| A. | political |
| B. | spatial |
| C. | ecological |
| D. | cultural |
| Answer» D. cultural | |
| 39. |
The critical school offered critiques of which of the following two “industries”? |
| A. | culture and manufacturing |
| B. | knowledge and manufacturing |
| C. | culture and knowledge |
| D. | knowledge and communication |
| Answer» C. culture and knowledge | |
| 40. |
For the critical school, modern society was rational, but not: |
| A. | productive. |
| B. | cultured. |
| C. | reasonable. |
| D. | predictable. |
| Answer» C. reasonable. | |
| 41. |
In much the same way that Marx felt that labor was alienated, _________________ felt that communication was alienated, or distorted. |
| A. | David Harvey |
| B. | Immanuel Wallerstein |
| C. | Jurgen Habermas |
| D. | John Roemer |
| Answer» C. Jurgen Habermas | |
| 42. |
Members of which of the following variants of Marxian theory most strongly distance themselves from their Marxian roots? |
| A. | the critical school |
| B. | Hegelian Marxism |
| C. | historical Marxism |
| D. | analytical Marxism |
| Answer» D. analytical Marxism | |
| 43. |
Members of which of the following variants of neo-Marxian theory are concerned with the “micro-level” foundations of Marxian theory? |
| A. | historical Marxism |
| B. | analytical Marxism |
| C. | Hegelian Marxism |
| D. | critical theory |
| Answer» D. critical theory | |
| 44. |
Thinkers who can be clearly identified as sociologists began to appear in the: |
| A. | 1600s. |
| B. | 1700s. |
| C. | 1800s. |
| D. | 1900s. |
| Answer» C. 1800s. | |
| 45. |
In his lectures at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo in the 1300s, ____________ devoted considerable attention to social institutions such as politics and the economy. |
| A. | Ibn-Khaldun |
| B. | Saint-Simon |
| C. | Sun Tzu |
| D. | Tariq Ali |
| Answer» A. Ibn-Khaldun | |
| 46. |
In 1789 the French Revolution caused many social thinkers to be disturbed by the resulting _________, and it created a desire to restore ______________. |
| A. | democracy; the monarchy to power |
| B. | regime change; the ancien regime |
| C. | social dynamics; social statics to society |
| D. | chaos; order to society |
| Answer» D. chaos; order to society | |
| 47. |
Early sociologists wanted to model sociology after the prestigious and influential disciplines of: |
| A. | economics, history, and philosophy. |
| B. | physics, biology and chemistry. |
| C. | anthropology, criminology, and psychology. |
| D. | electrical, chemical, and civil engineering. |
| Answer» B. physics, biology and chemistry. | |
| 48. |
The ____________ was a period of intellectual development and change characterized by the belief that people could comprehend and control the universe by means of reason and empirical research. |
| A. | Renaissance |
| B. | Industrial Revolution |
| C. | Enlightenment |
| D. | Golden Age |
| Answer» C. Enlightenment | |
| 49. |
__________ believe in studying social phenomena using the same scientific techniques as those used in the natural sciences. |
| A. | Logicians |
| B. | Positivists |
| C. | Pragmatists |
| D. | Anglophiles |
| Answer» B. Positivists | |
| 50. |
According to Auguste Comte, groups, societies, sciences, and individuals all go through the following three stages: |
| A. | primary, secondary, and tertiary |
| B. | primative, premodern, and modern |
| C. | theological, metaphysical, and positivistic |
| D. | feudal, capitalist, and socialist |
| Answer» C. theological, metaphysical, and positivistic | |
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