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Chapters
| 1. |
The term ‘organic analogy’ is associated with |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Auguste Comte |
| C. | Max Weber |
| D. | Emile Durkheim |
| Answer» A. Herbert Spencer | |
| 2. |
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 | |
| 3. |
The concept of ‘social evolution’ was developed by |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Auguste Comte |
| C. | Max Weber |
| D. | Emile Durkheim |
| Answer» A. Herbert Spencer | |
| 4. |
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 | |
| 5. |
Herbert Spencer was a ______ philosopher |
| A. | German |
| B. | French |
| C. | British |
| D. | Italian |
| Answer» C. British | |
| 6. |
‘First Principle’ is the work of |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Auguste Comte |
| C. | Karl Marx |
| D. | Emile Durkheim |
| Answer» A. Herbert Spencer | |
| 7. |
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 | |
| 8. |
In which year was Herbert Spencer born? |
| A. | 1920 |
| B. | 1821 |
| C. | 1820 |
| D. | 1870 |
| Answer» C. 1820 | |
| 9. |
‘Principles of Sociology’ was authored by |
| A. | Auguste Comte |
| B. | Saint Simon |
| C. | Herbert Spencer |
| D. | Emile Durkheim |
| Answer» C. Herbert Spencer | |
| 10. |
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. | |
| 11. |
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 | |
| 12. |
Durkheim introduced the concept of ‘anomie’ in his study of |
| A. | Suicide |
| B. | Social control |
| C. | Social progress |
| D. | Modernization |
| Answer» A. Suicide | |
| 13. |
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 | |
| 14. |
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 | |
| 15. |
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 | |
| 16. |
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 | |
| 17. |
According to Durkheim, the simplest and most basic form of religion is |
| A. | Sacred |
| B. | Animism |
| C. | Profane |
| D. | Totemism |
| Answer» D. Totemism | |
| 18. |
Suicide was published in the year |
| A. | 1897 |
| B. | 1987 |
| C. | 1798 |
| D. | 1879 |
| Answer» A. 1897 | |
| 19. |
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 | |
| 20. |
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 | |
| 21. |
The Rules of Sociological Method was published in the year |
| A. | 1895 |
| B. | 1795 |
| C. | 1869 |
| D. | 1879 |
| Answer» A. 1895 | |
| 22. |
Emile Durkheim was born in the year |
| A. | 1868 |
| B. | 1857 |
| C. | 1856 |
| D. | 1858 |
| Answer» D. 1858 | |
| 23. |
Emile Durkheim died in the year |
| A. | 1916 |
| B. | 1918 |
| C. | 1917 |
| D. | 1919 |
| Answer» C. 1917 | |
| 24. |
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 | |
| 25. |
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 | |
| 26. |
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 | |
| 27. |
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 | |
| 28. |
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 | |
| 29. |
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 | |
| 30. |
___________ 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 | |
| 31. |
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 | |
| 32. |
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 | |
| 33. |
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 | |
| 34. |
Who postulated the theory of social Darwinism? |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Saint – Simon |
| C. | Auguste Comte |
| D. | Karl Marx |
| Answer» A. Herbert Spencer | |
| 35. |
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 | |
| 36. |
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 | |
| 37. |
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 | |
| 38. |
Durkheim divided suicide into ________ types |
| A. | Three |
| B. | Four |
| C. | Five |
| D. | Two |
| Answer» B. Four | |
| 39. |
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 | |
| 40. |
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 | |
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