McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Sociology (CBCS) .
Chapters
| 1. |
Talcott Parsons was born in the year |
| A. | 1902 |
| B. | 1904 |
| C. | 1906 |
| D. | 1908 |
| Answer» A. 1902 | |
| 2. |
A prominent exponent of functionalism in the United States is |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Durkheim |
| C. | Talcott Parsons |
| D. | Max Weber |
| Answer» C. Talcott Parsons | |
| 3. |
Talcott Parsons’ The Structure of Social Action was originally published in |
| A. | 1927 |
| B. | 1937 |
| C. | 1947 |
| D. | 1957 |
| Answer» B. 1937 | |
| 4. |
The Social System (1951) is the famous work of |
| A. | Emile Durkheim |
| B. | Max Weber |
| C. | Talcott Parsons |
| D. | R.K. Merton |
| Answer» C. Talcott Parsons | |
| 5. |
Latency paradigm functions as |
| A. | Tension management |
| B. | Integration |
| C. | Attainment of goal |
| D. | Adaptation |
| Answer» A. Tension management | |
| 6. |
Parsons takes _____________as the building block of the social system |
| A. | Integration |
| B. | Action |
| C. | Value-orientation |
| D. | Latency |
| Answer» B. Action | |
| 7. |
The groups to which people compare their behaviour and try to act like them are known as |
| A. | Membership group |
| B. | Reference group |
| C. | Mutual groups |
| D. | Non-membership group |
| Answer» B. Reference group | |
| 8. |
The concept of ‘dysfunction’ is a major contribution of |
| A. | Durkheim |
| B. | R.K Merton |
| C. | Talcott Parsons |
| D. | Max Weber |
| Answer» B. R.K Merton | |
| 9. |
What are manifest functions? |
| A. | Unrecognised and intended consequences of a social action |
| B. | Recognised and unintended consequences of a social action |
| C. | Unrecognised and Unintended consequences of a social action |
| D. | Recognised and intended consequences of a social action |
| Answer» D. Recognised and intended consequences of a social action | |
| 10. |
Latent Functions are always |
| A. | Unrecognised and intended consequences of a social action |
| B. | Recognised and unintended consequences of a social action |
| C. | Unrecognised and Unintended consequences of a social action |
| D. | Recognised and intended consequences of a social action |
| Answer» C. Unrecognised and Unintended consequences of a social action | |
| 11. |
R.K. Merton is a |
| A. | Structuralist |
| B. | Structural- Functionalist |
| C. | Conflict theorist |
| D. | Interactionist |
| Answer» B. Structural- Functionalist | |
| 12. |
Samuel Stouffer’s The American Soldier (1949) inspired Merton to propound his |
| A. | Anomie |
| B. | Functional Analysis |
| C. | Middle-Range Theory |
| D. | Reference Group |
| Answer» D. Reference Group | |
| 13. |
Social Theory and Social Structure written by R.K. Merton was published in |
| A. | 1946 |
| B. | 1947 |
| C. | 1948 |
| D. | 1949 |
| Answer» D. 1949 | |
| 14. |
A rejection of both socially accepted goals and means and replaced by different means and goals is |
| A. | Retreatism |
| B. | Rebellion |
| C. | Ritualism |
| D. | Conformism |
| Answer» B. Rebellion | |
| 15. |
R.K Merton’s Reference Group has |
| A. | Membership only |
| B. | Non-membership only |
| C. | Membership and non-membership |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Membership and non-membership | |
| 16. |
R.K Merton died in |
| A. | 2003 |
| B. | 2013 |
| C. | 2005 |
| D. | 2015 |
| Answer» A. 2003 | |
| 17. |
In the Mertonian frame work, what does conformity refer to? |
| A. | Both goals and means are accepted |
| B. | Goals are accepted and means are rejected |
| C. | Both goals and means are rejected |
| D. | Means are accepted and goals are rejected |
| Answer» A. Both goals and means are accepted | |
| 18. |
In which book does Parsons outlined his AGIL paradigm? |
| A. | The Social System |
| B. | Essays in Sociological Theory |
| C. | Towards a General Theory of Action |
| D. | The Structure of Social Action |
| Answer» A. The Social System | |
| 19. |
Which among the followings is not a pattern variable according to Parsons? |
| A. | Ascription and Achievement |
| B. | Affectivity and Effectivity |
| C. | Expressive and Instrumental |
| D. | Diffuseness and Specificity |
| Answer» C. Expressive and Instrumental | |
| 20. |
With whose name can you associate ‘cathectic action’? |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | R.K. Merton |
| C. | Talcott Parsons |
| D. | Emile Durkheim |
| Answer» C. Talcott Parsons | |
| 21. |
Which of the following is not the functional pre-requisites of Talcott Parsons’ social system? |
| A. | Adaptation |
| B. | Goal Attainment |
| C. | Integration |
| D. | Particularism |
| Answer» D. Particularism | |
| 22. |
Talcott Parsons died on |
| A. | 8th May, 1979 |
| B. | 9th May, 1979 |
| C. | 8th May, 1980 |
| D. | 9th May, 1980 |
| Answer» A. 8th May, 1979 | |
| 23. |
Talcott Parsons theory is known as |
| A. | Grand theory |
| B. | Conflict theory |
| C. | Middle-Range theory |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Grand theory | |
| 24. |
Anomie means |
| A. | statelessness |
| B. | dysfunction |
| C. | normlessness |
| D. | regulation |
| Answer» C. normlessness | |
| 25. |
Merton speaks of anticipatory socialisation in the context of |
| A. | membership reference group |
| B. | non-membership reference group |
| C. | relative deprived group |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. non-membership reference group | |
| 26. |
By ____________, Parsons means the need to coordinate, adjust, and regulate relationships among various actors or units within the system in order to keep the system functioning. |
| A. | Goal attainment |
| B. | Adaptation |
| C. | Integration |
| D. | Latency |
| Answer» C. Integration | |
| 27. |
Talcott Parsons is an ___________ sociologist |
| A. | Australian |
| B. | American |
| C. | African |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. American | |
| 28. |
The concept ‘Anticipatory Socialisation’ has been developed by |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Max Weber |
| C. | Emile Durkheim |
| D. | R.K. Merton |
| Answer» D. R.K. Merton | |
| 29. |
AGIL paradigm is associated with |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | Emile Durkheim |
| C. | Talcott Parsons |
| D. | R.K. Merton |
| Answer» C. Talcott Parsons | |
| 30. |
Which of the following is not Talcott Parsons’ work? |
| A. | The Social Systems |
| B. | Social Theory and Social Structure |
| C. | The Structure of Social Action |
| D. | Economy and Society |
| Answer» B. Social Theory and Social Structure | |
| 31. |
Conformists have accepted the cultural goal of success through legitimate means. Who among the following will be the best example to explain conformist? |
| A. | Student |
| B. | Terrorist |
| C. | Politician |
| D. | Drug addict |
| Answer» A. Student | |
| 32. |
A politician who wants to win an election but uses dirty tricks to discredit an opponent would be an example for |
| A. | Conformity |
| B. | Retreatism |
| C. | Innovation |
| D. | Rebellion |
| Answer» C. Innovation | |
| 33. |
Talcott Parsons four basic functional requisites are |
| A. | adaptation, goal-orientation, integration and latency |
| B. | education, socialization, social control and religion |
| C. | economic institutions, political institutions ideology and kinship |
| D. | family, social institution, cultural value and religion |
| Answer» A. adaptation, goal-orientation, integration and latency | |
| 34. |
Which of the following characteristic is not Talcott Parsons’ ‘unit act’ to understand action theory? |
| A. | Actor |
| B. | End |
| C. | Means |
| D. | Institution |
| Answer» D. Institution | |
| 35. |
Cathectic action is |
| A. | goal-oriented action |
| B. | dominated by rational considerations |
| C. | action which is dominated by emotion |
| D. | cognitive action |
| Answer» C. action which is dominated by emotion | |
| 36. |
Homeless and drug addict are best example of which types of R.K. Merton’s adaptation or deviance |
| A. | Rebellion |
| B. | Retreatism |
| C. | Ritualism |
| D. | Conformity |
| Answer» B. Retreatism | |
| 37. |
Merton’s adaptation which involves rejecting goals while accepting the means is |
| A. | Innovation |
| B. | Ritualism |
| C. | Retreatism |
| D. | Rebellion |
| Answer» B. Ritualism | |
| 38. |
Talcott Parsons went to Germany to study at |
| A. | Humboldt University of Berlin |
| B. | University of Heidelberg |
| C. | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. University of Heidelberg | |
| 39. |
R.K Merton’s typology of deviance or typology of individual adaptation has |
| A. | Two types |
| B. | Three types |
| C. | Four types |
| D. | Five types |
| Answer» D. Five types | |
| 40. |
The most common adaptation in Merton’s typology is |
| A. | Conformity |
| B. | Innovation |
| C. | Retreatism |
| D. | Ritualism |
| Answer» A. Conformity | |
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