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Chapters
1. |
Who coined the term Sociology? |
A. | Herbert Spencer |
B. | Saint-Simon |
C. | Auguste Comte |
D. | Emile Durkheim |
Answer» C. Auguste Comte |
2. |
In the history of the development of sociology______________ is known as a period of remarkable intellectual; development and change in philosophical thought. |
A. | Industrial Revolution |
B. | Period of Enlightenment |
C. | Urbanisation |
D. | Religious change |
Answer» B. Period of Enlightenment |
3. |
The scientific view developed by Auguste Comte is known as |
A. | Philosophical science |
B. | Positive Philosophy |
C. | Negative Philosophy |
D. | Scientific Philosophy |
Answer» B. Positive Philosophy |
4. |
What are the three stages argued by Comte that knowledge can pass through? |
A. | Primitive-Feudal-Capitalistic |
B. | Theological-Metaphysical-Positive |
C. | Barbarian-Agricultural-Industrial |
D. | Tribal-Industrial-Capitalistic |
Answer» B. Theological-Metaphysical-Positive |
5. |
Who among the following authors initially used the term ‘social physics’ for Sociology? |
A. | Herbert Spencer |
B. | Auguste Comte |
C. | Max Weber |
D. | Emile Durkheim |
Answer» B. Auguste Comte |
6. |
The idea of Social Dynamics propounded by Comte refers to |
A. | Sociology |
B. | Social Structures |
C. | Social Change |
D. | Social Thought |
Answer» C. Social Change |
7. |
Auguste Comte was born in |
A. | 1789 |
B. | 1798 |
C. | 1759 |
D. | 1799 |
Answer» B. 1798 |
8. |
Auguste Comte used the term Social Statics to intricate |
A. | Existing social structures |
B. | Positive effects |
C. | Social dynamics |
D. | Social evolution |
Answer» A. Existing social structures |
9. |
Auguste Comte gave the name of religion as love of |
A. | God |
B. | Money |
C. | Worship |
D. | Humanity |
Answer» D. Humanity |
10. |
Auguste Comte, through his ‘Law of Three Stages’ clearly established a close association between |
A. | Intellectual evolution and Social progress |
B. | Social change and Social dynamics |
C. | Social structures and social statics |
D. | Social laws and social change |
Answer» A. Intellectual evolution and Social progress |
11. |
Auguste Comte believed that __________ could be applied to the study of society and human behaviour |
A. | Comparative method |
B. | Phenomenology |
C. | Longitudinal |
D. | Scientific method |
Answer» D. Scientific method |
12. |
Comte divided the study of Sociology into two broad areas namely |
A. | Social statics and social dynamics |
B. | Science and scientific methods |
C. | Social approach and methods |
D. | Sociological study and interpretation |
Answer» A. Social statics and social dynamics |
13. |
Which is not part of the Law of Three Stages according to Auguste Comte? |
A. | The Theological stage |
B. | The Metaphysical stage |
C. | The Metamorphic stage |
D. | The Positive Stage |
Answer» C. The Metamorphic stage |
14. |
Who pioneered the idea of scientific study of society? |
A. | Adam Smith |
B. | Plato |
C. | Herbert Spencer |
D. | Auguste Comte |
Answer» D. Auguste Comte |
15. |
Which of the following is not Auguste Comte’s work? |
A. | Principles of Sociology |
B. | Religion of Humanity |
C. | The Course in Positive Philosophy |
D. | System of Positive Polity |
Answer» A. Principles of Sociology |
16. |
Metaphysical stage is also known as |
A. | Fictitious stage |
B. | Abstract stage |
C. | Scientific stage |
D. | Theological Stage |
Answer» B. Abstract stage |
17. |
Theological stage is also known as |
A. | Abstract stage |
B. | Positive stage |
C. | Fictitious stage |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. Fictitious stage |
18. |
The third stage of the ‘Law of Three Stages” is |
A. | The Theological stage |
B. | The Metaphysical stage |
C. | The Evolutionary stage |
D. | The Positive Stage |
Answer» D. The Positive Stage |
19. |
Auguste Comte’s positivism is based on |
A. | real phenomena |
B. | fanciful event |
C. | supernatural |
D. | materialism |
Answer» A. real phenomena |
20. |
The Course of Philosophy which is a series of book written by Comte was translated into English by |
A. | Michel Foucault |
B. | Harriet Martineau |
C. | Pierre Bourdieu |
D. | Talcott Parsons |
Answer» B. Harriet Martineau |
21. |
In Theological stage ideas are focused on |
A. | observation |
B. | essence of phenomena |
C. | supernatural realm |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» C. supernatural realm |
22. |
Auguste Comte introduced the word ‘sociology’ in his famous work |
A. | Positive Philosophy |
B. | Positive Polity |
C. | Religion of Humanity |
D. | The Course of Philosophy |
Answer» A. Positive Philosophy |
23. |
The cultural system of Metaphysical Stage leaders is the |
A. | Priests |
B. | Scientists |
C. | Bureaucrats |
D. | Philosophers |
Answer» D. Philosophers |
24. |
The Metaphysical stage is a |
A. | religious stage |
B. | transitional stage |
C. | scientific stage |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» B. transitional stage |
25. |
Which of the following does not belong to Theological stage |
A. | fetishism |
B. | atheism |
C. | polytheism |
D. | monotheism |
Answer» B. atheism |
26. |
August Comte defined sociology as a |
A. | Comparative science |
B. | Historical method |
C. | Positive science |
D. | General Science |
Answer» C. Positive science |
27. |
Who among the following analysed that religion should not be based on God but mankind. |
A. | Auguste Comte |
B. | Herbert Spencer |
C. | Max Webber |
D. | Emile Durkheim |
Answer» A. Auguste Comte |
28. |
Sociology emerged in |
A. | America |
B. | Europe |
C. | Asia |
D. | Africa |
Answer» B. Europe |
29. |
The word ‘Sociology’ is made up of two words. They are |
A. | Societies and Logistia |
B. | Societia and Logy |
C. | Socius and Logos |
D. | Socia and Logos |
Answer» C. Socius and Logos |
30. |
Socius means companion and it is derived from |
A. | Latin |
B. | Spanish |
C. | Hebrew |
D. | Greek |
Answer» A. Latin |
31. |
The word ‘logos’ is derived from |
A. | Latin |
B. | French |
C. | Greek |
D. | Hebrew |
Answer» C. Greek |
32. |
Magic was given importance in which stage of society according to Auguste Comte |
A. | Theological or Fictitious stage |
B. | Metaphysical or Abstract Stage |
C. | Positive or Scientific Stage |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» A. Theological or Fictitious stage |
33. |
The first stage in ‘the Law of Three stages’ is |
A. | Theological stage |
B. | Meta-physical stage |
C. | Evolutionary stage |
D. | Positive stage |
Answer» A. Theological stage |
34. |
Which of the following is not the characteristic of positivism |
A. | Science is the only valid knowledge. |
B. | Fact is the object of knowledge. |
C. | Philosophy does not possess a method different from science. |
D. | Supernatural being and magic should be considered. |
Answer» D. Supernatural being and magic should be considered. |
35. |
Social dynamics is the theory |
A. | Social progress |
B. | Social order |
C. | Social stability |
D. | Social laws |
Answer» A. Social progress |
36. |
Which of the following is not the feature of social statics |
A. | Social statics refers to the study of the conditions and pre-conditions of social order |
B. | It is concerned with the present structure of the society |
C. | It refers to the pattern of the revolutionary progress in which the sequence of the development is necessary and inevitable. |
D. | It studies the issues of social stability |
Answer» C. It refers to the pattern of the revolutionary progress in which the sequence of the development is necessary and inevitable. |
37. |
Positive stage refers to |
A. | a theory that emphasises the positive aspects of society |
B. | a precise scientific study of observable phenomena |
C. | a theory that answers to different queries about society |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» B. a precise scientific study of observable phenomena |
38. |
The series, The Course of Philosophy is written by Comte between |
A. | 1730-1742 |
B. | 1830-1842 |
C. | 1740-1752 |
D. | 1840-1852 |
Answer» B. 1830-1842 |
39. |
According to Auguste Comte, different features social dynamics are found in all the aspects of the society. However, according to him which feature of the following is the most important? |
A. | Physical |
B. | Moral |
C. | Intellectual |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» C. Intellectual |
40. |
Auguste Comte died in |
A. | 1856 |
B. | 1857 |
C. | 1858 |
D. | 1859 |
Answer» B. 1857 |
41. |
The term ‘organic analogy’ is associated with |
A. | Herbert Spencer |
B. | Auguste Comte |
C. | Max Weber |
D. | Emile Durkheim |
Answer» A. Herbert Spencer |
42. |
Who among the following stressed upon the interdependence of different parts of society? |
A. | Auguste Comte |
B. | Karl Marx |
C. | Emile Durkheim |
D. | Herbert Spencer |
Answer» D. Herbert Spencer |
43. |
The concept of ‘social evolution’ was developed by |
A. | Herbert Spencer |
B. | Auguste Comte |
C. | Max Weber |
D. | Emile Durkheim |
Answer» A. Herbert Spencer |
44. |
Who coined the phrase ‘survival of the fittest’ in the course of social evolution? |
A. | Auguste Comte |
B. | Herbert Spencer |
C. | Talcott Parsons |
D. | Emile Durkheim |
Answer» B. Herbert Spencer |
45. |
Herbert Spencer was a ______ philosopher |
A. | German |
B. | French |
C. | British |
D. | Italian |
Answer» C. British |
46. |
‘First Principle’ is the work of |
A. | Herbert Spencer |
B. | Auguste Comte |
C. | Karl Marx |
D. | Emile Durkheim |
Answer» A. Herbert Spencer |
47. |
Who among the following viewed society as an organism with interrelated parts |
A. | Auguste Comte |
B. | Herbert Spencer |
C. | Karl Marx |
D. | Emile Durkheim |
Answer» B. Herbert Spencer |
48. |
In which year was Herbert Spencer born? |
A. | 1920 |
B. | 1821 |
C. | 1820 |
D. | 1870 |
Answer» C. 1820 |
49. |
‘Principles of Sociology’ was authored by |
A. | Auguste Comte |
B. | Saint Simon |
C. | Herbert Spencer |
D. | Emile Durkheim |
Answer» C. Herbert Spencer |
50. |
Emile Durkheim's endeavour to establish sociology as a separate academic discipline centred on his efforts to: |
A. | Develop an all-encompassing synthesis of major sociological perspectives. |
B. | Demonstrate the influence of social forces on people's behaviour. |
C. | Show how an understanding of sociological principles could be used to solve social Problems. |
D. | Chart the evolution of major social institutions. |
Answer» B. Demonstrate the influence of social forces on people's behaviour. |
51. |
Anomie refers to |
A. | A construct, or a made-up model that serves as a measuring rod against which actual cases can be evaluated. |
B. | The study of small groups. |
C. | A condition of instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values or from a lack of purpose or ideals |
D. | A set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behaviour |
Answer» C. A condition of instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values or from a lack of purpose or ideals |
52. |
Durkheim introduced the concept of ‘anomie’ in his study of |
A. | Suicide |
B. | Social control |
C. | Social progress |
D. | Modernization |
Answer» A. Suicide |
53. |
The Rules of Sociological Method is a famous work of |
A. | Herbert Spencer |
B. | Auguste Comte |
C. | Talcott Parsons |
D. | Emile Durkheim |
Answer» D. Emile Durkheim |
54. |
According to Durkheim, anomie is caused by |
A. | Division of labour and rapid social change from traditional to modern society |
B. | Too much pressure from the state |
C. | When poverty is eradicated from a society |
D. | High educational attainment of a group in a society |
Answer» A. Division of labour and rapid social change from traditional to modern society |
55. |
Who introduced the term ‘anomie’ in the study of society |
A. | Herbert Spencer |
B. | Auguste Comte |
C. | Max Weber |
D. | Emile Durkheim |
Answer» D. Emile Durkheim |
56. |
Durkheim argued that the task of sociology should be the study of___ |
A. | Social progress |
B. | Social facts |
C. | Anomie |
D. | Consciousness |
Answer» B. Social facts |
57. |
According to Durkheim, the simplest and most basic form of religion is |
A. | Sacred |
B. | Animism |
C. | Profane |
D. | Totemism |
Answer» D. Totemism |
58. |
Suicide was published in the year |
A. | 1897 |
B. | 1987 |
C. | 1798 |
D. | 1879 |
Answer» A. 1897 |
59. |
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life is written by |
A. | Karl Marx |
B. | Emile Durkheim |
C. | Auguste Comte |
D. | Max Weber |
Answer» B. Emile Durkheim |
60. |
In his work ‘The Elementary Forms of Religious Life’, Durkheim attributes the development of religion |
A. | To the development of anomie |
B. | To the emotional security attained through communal living |
C. | To the higher rates of suicide |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» B. To the emotional security attained through communal living |
61. |
The Rules of Sociological Method was published in the year |
A. | 1895 |
B. | 1795 |
C. | 1869 |
D. | 1879 |
Answer» A. 1895 |
62. |
Emile Durkheim was born in the year |
A. | 1868 |
B. | 1857 |
C. | 1856 |
D. | 1858 |
Answer» D. 1858 |
63. |
Emile Durkheim died in the year |
A. | 1916 |
B. | 1918 |
C. | 1917 |
D. | 1919 |
Answer» C. 1917 |
64. |
According to Emile Durkheim the central characteristic of religion was |
A. | Sacred-profane dichotomy |
B. | Life after death |
C. | Highly superstitious |
D. | Elimination of all forms of discrimination |
Answer» A. Sacred-profane dichotomy |
65. |
The term used by Durkheim to indicate the communal beliefs, morals and attitudes of a society |
A. | Collective morals |
B. | Collective consciousness |
C. | Collective behaviour |
D. | Collective conscience |
Answer» D. Collective conscience |
66. |
Who said that society is a ‘reality sui generis?’ |
A. | Auguste Comte |
B. | Herbert Spencer |
C. | Emile Durkheim |
D. | Max Webber |
Answer» C. Emile Durkheim |
67. |
According to Emile Durkheim, the collective ways of thinking, feeling and acting is known as |
A. | Social integration |
B. | Social solidarity |
C. | Social norms |
D. | Social facts |
Answer» D. Social facts |
68. |
According to Emile Durkheim, anomic suicide occurs when |
A. | A person is too much integrated with the society |
B. | A person feels disconnected from the society due to lack of social integration |
C. | A person feels totally detached from the society |
D. | A person feels extreme social regulation resulting in oppressive conditions |
Answer» B. A person feels disconnected from the society due to lack of social integration |
69. |
They type of suicide resulting from too much social integration is known as |
A. | Anomic suicide |
B. | Fatalistic suicide |
C. | Egoistic suicide |
D. | Altruistic suicide |
Answer» D. Altruistic suicide |
70. |
___________ is at the opposite pole of social integration to altruistic suicide |
A. | Egoistic suicide |
B. | Anomic suicide |
C. | Fatalistic suicide |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» A. Egoistic suicide |
71. |
Which of the following is the most primitive society as propounded by Herbert Spencer? |
A. | Simple society |
B. | Compound society |
C. | Doubly compound society |
D. | Trebly compound society |
Answer» A. Simple society |
72. |
According to Herbert Spencer, evolution proceeds from |
A. | military society to compound society |
B. | industrial society to military society |
C. | military society to industrial society |
D. | compound society to military society |
Answer» C. military society to industrial society |
73. |
Which of the following characteristic does not fit into Herbert Spencer’s understanding of ‘industrial society’? |
A. | Flexibility of occupation |
B. | Voluntary co-operation |
C. | State exist for the benefit of individual |
D. | Centralised structure of state |
Answer» D. Centralised structure of state |
74. |
Who postulated the theory of social Darwinism? |
A. | Herbert Spencer |
B. | Saint – Simon |
C. | Auguste Comte |
D. | Karl Marx |
Answer» A. Herbert Spencer |
75. |
Spencer study the evolution of society analogous to ________ |
A. | Biological organism |
B. | Physics |
C. | Big Bang theory |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. Biological organism |
76. |
Principles of Sociology written by Herbert Spencer was published into |
A. | Four Volumes |
B. | Three Volumes |
C. | Five Volumes |
D. | Two Volumes |
Answer» B. Three Volumes |
77. |
The binding force between individual and society in primitive societies is regarded as |
A. | Conscience collective |
B. | Totemism |
C. | Social facts |
D. | Suicide |
Answer» A. Conscience collective |
78. |
Durkheim divided suicide into ________ types |
A. | Three |
B. | Four |
C. | Five |
D. | Two |
Answer» B. Four |
79. |
The type of suicide occurring due to excess of social regulation is called |
A. | Altruistic suicide |
B. | Anomic suicide |
C. | Fatalistic suicide |
D. | Egoistic suicide |
Answer» C. Fatalistic suicide |
80. |
The sociological paradigm that focuses on the way each part of society functions together to contribute to the whole is called |
A. | Structuralism |
B. | Structural-functionalism |
C. | Conflict theory |
D. | Symbolic interactionism |
Answer» B. Structural-functionalism |
81. |
Karl Marx was born in the year |
A. | 1818 |
B. | 1819 |
C. | 1918 |
D. | 1817 |
Answer» A. 1818 |
82. |
The Communist Manifesto was written in the year |
A. | 1848 |
B. | 1838 |
C. | 1845 |
D. | 1854 |
Answer» A. 1848 |
83. |
In capitalism who owns and controls the capital? |
A. | Slaves |
B. | Proletariats |
C. | Bourgeoisie |
D. | Serfs |
Answer» C. Bourgeoisie |
84. |
Marx denotes land, animals, tools, machinery etc are examples for the |
A. | Mode of production |
B. | Forces of production |
C. | Means of production |
D. | Relations of production |
Answer» C. Means of production |
85. |
What word did Karl Marx label the ruling class with? |
A. | Proletariats |
B. | Bourgeoisies |
C. | Landlords |
D. | Monopolisers |
Answer» B. Bourgeoisies |
86. |
According to Karl Marx, the present state will |
A. | continue for long |
B. | wither away |
C. | deliver goods with a passage of time |
D. | slowly benefit the workers |
Answer» B. wither away |
87. |
Which one of the following is not true about Marxian theory? |
A. | capital is a theft |
B. | state will wither away |
C. | state promotes interests of all |
D. | state sides with the rich and not the poor |
Answer» C. state promotes interests of all |
88. |
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 |
89. |
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 |
90. |
In a feudal society, feudal lords exploit the |
A. | Slaves |
B. | Proletariats |
C. | Bourgeoisie |
D. | Serfs |
Answer» D. Serfs |
91. |
Karl Marx was inspired by the dialectical method of |
A. | Saint Simon |
B. | Hegel |
C. | Engel |
D. | Weber |
Answer» B. Hegel |
92. |
In Marxist theory, the working class is called |
A. | The proletariat |
B. | Bourgeoisie |
C. | Capitalists |
D. | Leftists |
Answer» A. The proletariat |
93. |
The theoretical foundation of Marxism is known as |
A. | Dialectical materialism |
B. | Historical materialism |
C. | Class struggle |
D. | Class consciousness |
Answer» A. Dialectical materialism |
94. |
In a system of ancient mode of production, the ‘oppressed’ were |
A. | Slaves |
B. | Landlords |
C. | Peasants |
D. | Tenants |
Answer» A. Slaves |
95. |
When a person is alienated from the human social community, it is called |
A. | Alienation from the product activity |
B. | Alienation from the product |
C. | Alienation from the species |
D. | Alienation from fellow humans. |
Answer» D. Alienation from fellow humans. |
96. |
According to Karl Marx, when workers become estranged from the things they produce, it is called |
A. | Alienation from the product activity |
B. | Alienation from the product |
C. | Alienation from the species |
D. | Alienation from fellow-beings |
Answer» B. Alienation from the product |
97. |
Karl Marx believed that the destruction of capitalism will lead to the formation of |
A. | Feudalism |
B. | Agrarian system |
C. | Socialism |
D. | Secularism |
Answer» C. Socialism |
98. |
According to Karl Marx, class conflict occurs with the emergence of |
A. | Competition |
B. | Cooperation |
C. | Compartmentalisation |
D. | Class consciousness |
Answer» D. Class consciousness |
99. |
Which of the following is not an aspect of alienation in capitalist societies? |
A. | Alienation from the product activity |
B. | Alienation from the products |
C. | Alienation from species |
D. | Alienation from wages |
Answer» D. Alienation from wages |
100. |
According to Karl Marx, exploitation takes the form of surplus value in |
A. | Feudalistic societies |
B. | Capitalist societies |
C. | Ancient societies |
D. | Primitive-communist societies |
Answer» B. Capitalist societies |
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