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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) .
| 151. |
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 | |
| 152. |
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 | |
| 153. |
In Parsons theory of structural functionalism oriented problems are known as ________________ |
| A. | AGIL |
| B. | System |
| C. | Conflict |
| D. | Functionalism |
| Answer» A. AGIL | |
| 154. |
Critical theory is associated with the ______________school. |
| A. | Frankfurt |
| B. | Chicago |
| C. | Conflict |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Frankfurt | |
| 155. |
Jefrey C Alexander is a __________ |
| A. | Functionalist |
| B. | Neo functionalist |
| C. | Structural functionalist |
| D. | Conflict theorist |
| Answer» B. Neo functionalist | |
| 156. |
Definition of Situation is a concept developed by ____________________ |
| A. | W .I Thomas |
| B. | Cooley |
| C. | Weber |
| D. | Parson |
| Answer» A. W .I Thomas | |
| 157. |
Normative functionalism in the contribution of __________________ |
| A. | Alexander |
| B. | Parson |
| C. | Blumer |
| D. | Merton |
| Answer» B. Parson | |
| 158. |
Micro functionalism proposed by ________________ |
| A. | Brown |
| B. | Merton |
| C. | Dahrendorf |
| D. | Parsons |
| Answer» B. Merton | |
| 159. |
Symbolic interactionalism related to ______________ |
| A. | Marx |
| B. | Weber |
| C. | Coser |
| D. | Blumer |
| Answer» D. Blumer | |
| 160. |
Dialectical conflict is proposed by ____________ |
| A. | Dahrendorf |
| B. | Weber |
| C. | Plato |
| D. | Bulmer |
| Answer» A. Dahrendorf | |
| 161. |
Frankfurt school is basically related with the___________ perspective |
| A. | Critical |
| B. | Conflict |
| C. | Ideological |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Critical | |
| 162. |
Phenomenology has its origin in _________________ |
| A. | Japan |
| B. | India |
| C. | Germany |
| D. | France |
| Answer» D. France | |
| 163. |
Conflict functionalism is a contribution of _______________ |
| A. | Coser |
| B. | Marx |
| C. | Weber |
| D. | Alexander |
| Answer» A. Coser | |
| 164. |
The theoretical system of Frankfurt school is essentially: |
| A. | Frankfurt oriented |
| B. | Conflict oriented |
| C. | Structural oriented |
| D. | Interaction oriented |
| Answer» B. Conflict oriented | |
| 165. |
Who called structural functionalism as overly narrow: |
| A. | Alexander and Colomy |
| B. | Colomy and Turner |
| C. | Seidman and Colomy |
| D. | Seidman and Dahrendorf |
| Answer» A. Alexander and Colomy | |
| 166. |
The individual comes to know about himself is: |
| A. | Role taking |
| B. | Role playing |
| C. | Role conflict |
| D. | Role model |
| Answer» A. Role taking | |
| 167. |
The proponent of the concept of Looking glass self is: |
| A. | G H Mead |
| B. | Goffman |
| C. | W. I Thomas |
| D. | C. H. Cooley |
| Answer» D. C. H. Cooley | |
| 168. |
Self is a product of _______________ |
| A. | Society |
| B. | Culture |
| C. | Man |
| D. | Peer group |
| Answer» A. Society | |
| 169. |
------ posits the idea that every economic order grows to a state of maximum efficiency, while at the same time developing internal contradictions/ weaknesses that contribute to its decay |
| A. | Historical materialism |
| B. | Dialectical materialism |
| C. | Economic determinism |
| D. | Historical determinism |
| Answer» B. Dialectical materialism | |
| 170. |
According to Marx, anything in the external world that is used to produce material needs and maintain existence is termed as |
| A. | Mode of production |
| B. | Forces of production |
| C. | Relations of production |
| D. | Means of production |
| Answer» D. Means of production | |
| 171. |
In Marx’s view, the factor that binds one class to another is |
| A. | Mode of production |
| B. | Forces of production |
| C. | Means of production |
| D. | Relations of production |
| Answer» D. Relations of production | |
| 172. |
The capacity for thought is shaped by ________ |
| A. | Personality |
| B. | Self |
| C. | Individual |
| D. | Culture |
| Answer» B. Self | |
| 173. |
______________is the process by which people offer accounts in order to make sense of the world |
| A. | Reflexitivity |
| B. | Accounting |
| C. | Indexicality |
| D. | Experiment |
| Answer» B. Accounting | |
| 174. |
Neo functionalism is a scientific study about ____________ |
| A. | Society |
| B. | Individual |
| C. | Culture |
| D. | Social institution |
| Answer» A. Society | |
| 175. |
According to parsons __________ is the mechanism that bridges institutionalization and internalization |
| A. | Accucultuation |
| B. | Socialization |
| C. | Assimilation |
| D. | Symbolization |
| Answer» A. Accucultuation | |
| 176. |
Name an eminent proponent of phenomenology |
| A. | Hussel |
| B. | Mead |
| C. | Garfunkel |
| D. | Blumer |
| Answer» A. Hussel | |
| 177. |
Who is the author of’ The structure of Social Action’? |
| A. | Parson |
| B. | Mead |
| C. | Cooley |
| D. | Weber |
| Answer» A. Parson | |
| 178. |
For parson, a society is in a state of ____________ |
| A. | Equilibrium |
| B. | Functionalism |
| C. | Independent |
| D. | Dependent |
| Answer» A. Equilibrium | |
| 179. |
Jeffry Alexander contributed ___________________ |
| A. | Structuralism |
| B. | Functionalism |
| C. | Conflict perspective |
| D. | Neo-functionalism |
| Answer» D. Neo-functionalism | |
| 180. |
The historical materialism is the contribution of ________________ |
| A. | Talcott Parson |
| B. | Karl Marx |
| C. | Max Weber |
| D. | G. H. Mead |
| Answer» B. Karl Marx | |
| 181. |
______________ investigates the systematic bracketing of all existing assumption regarding the external world |
| A. | Functionalism |
| B. | Ethonomethodology |
| C. | Structuralism |
| D. | Phenomenology |
| Answer» D. Phenomenology | |
| 182. |
Marx called the distinctive method for the analysis of the historical development of society as |
| A. | Conflict approach |
| B. | Neo-Marxist theories |
| C. | Historical materialism |
| D. | Dialectical materialism |
| Answer» C. Historical materialism | |
| 183. |
---- had a dominant intellectual influence on Karl Marx |
| A. | Auguste Comte |
| B. | Hegel |
| C. | Max Weber |
| D. | George Simmel |
| Answer» B. Hegel | |
| 184. |
According to Karl Marx the present state will |
| A. | Continue for long |
| B. | Will wither away |
| C. | Deliver goods with the passage of time |
| D. | Slowly benefit the workers |
| Answer» B. Will wither away | |
| 185. |
Marx’s focus on real, existing contradictions led to a particular method for studying social phenomena called |
| A. | Dialectical method |
| B. | Economic determinism |
| C. | Causality |
| D. | Class conflict |
| Answer» A. Dialectical method | |
| 186. |
The theoretical foundation of Marxism is known as |
| A. | Dialectical materialism |
| B. | Historical materialism |
| C. | Class struggle |
| D. | Class consciousness |
| Answer» A. Dialectical materialism | |
| 187. |
According to Karl Marx, the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of |
| A. | Economic determinism |
| B. | Exploitation |
| C. | Class struggles |
| D. | Alienation |
| Answer» C. Class struggles | |
| 188. |
The mode of production existed in primitive communities in which ownership of land was communal is known as |
| A. | Ancient mode of production |
| B. | Capitalist mode of production |
| C. | Feudal mode of production |
| D. | Asiatic mode of production |
| Answer» D. Asiatic mode of production | |
| 189. |
The mode of production characterised by the emergence of private property is --- |
| A. | Ancient mode of production |
| B. | Capitalist mode of production |
| C. | Feudal mode of production |
| D. | Asiatic mode of production |
| Answer» A. Ancient mode of production | |
| 190. |
The relationship between those who own the means of production (the capitalists or bourgeoisie) and those who do not (the workers or the proletariat) is called |
| A. | Forces of production |
| B. | Relations of production |
| C. | Means of production |
| D. | Exploitation |
| Answer» B. Relations of production | |
| 191. |
According to Marx, history evolves through the interaction between |
| A. | Means of production and surplus value |
| B. | Means of production and mode of production |
| C. | Mode of production and relations of production |
| D. | Means of production and relations of production |
| Answer» C. Mode of production and relations of production | |
| 192. |
The system in which the capitalists own the means of production is |
| A. | Socialism |
| B. | Capitalism |
| C. | Feudalism |
| D. | Communism |
| Answer» B. Capitalism | |
| 193. |
‘Goods are produced for sale rather than own use’ is a remarkable characteristic of |
| A. | Feudal societies |
| B. | Capitalist societies |
| C. | Ancient societies |
| D. | Primitive societies |
| Answer» B. Capitalist societies | |
| 194. |
The concept of alienation is developed by |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Max Weber |
| C. | Herbert Spencer |
| D. | Auguste Comte |
| Answer» A. Karl Marx | |
| 195. |
The division of class in a capitalist society is based on |
| A. | The ownership of property |
| B. | The changes in relations |
| C. | The production of commodities |
| D. | The surplus value |
| Answer» A. The ownership of property | |
| 196. |
The single most fundamental fact of the materialist theory of history is |
| A. | Control over the history of production |
| B. | The ownership over the means of production |
| C. | Ownership over the relations of production |
| D. | Distribution of the forces of production |
| Answer» B. The ownership over the means of production | |
| 197. |
In Marx’s view, the forces of production along with the relations of production define --- |
| A. | Mode of production |
| B. | Means of production |
| C. | Surplus value |
| D. | Labour value |
| Answer» A. Mode of production | |
| 198. |
In an economic system, the ------------ has the ability to determine the system of social relations arising from it |
| A. | Mode of production |
| B. | Forces of production |
| C. | Means of production |
| D. | Relations of production |
| Answer» A. Mode of production | |
| 199. |
The mode of production that encompasses a rudimentary system of production in which people live together principally by hunting and gathering was |
| A. | Feudal mode of production |
| B. | Ancient mode of production |
| C. | Capitalism |
| D. | Asiatic mode of production |
| Answer» D. Asiatic mode of production | |
| 200. |
Of the four types of mode of production identified by Karl Marx, which one had a communal ownership over the property with no system of class relations? |
| A. | Feudal mode of production |
| B. | Asiatic mode of production |
| C. | Ancient mode of production |
| D. | Capitalism |
| Answer» B. Asiatic mode of production | |
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