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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Who wrote the book 'Ideas for the philosophy of history of mankind' ? |
| A. | Herder |
| B. | Max Weber |
| C. | Descartes |
| D. | Alfred Marshall |
| Answer» B. Max Weber | |
| 2. |
Marx and Friedrich Engels published the __________ in 1848 which became the definitive text for socialism and communism. |
| A. | Communist Manifesto |
| B. | Das Capital |
| C. | Utopia |
| D. | the Annals of Agriculture |
| Answer» B. Das Capital | |
| 3. |
The theory of 'elasticity of demand' was put forth by_____ |
| A. | Alfred Marshall |
| B. | J.M. Keynes |
| C. | J. Robinson |
| D. | J.Robinson |
| Answer» B. J.M. Keynes | |
| 4. |
Health and Morals of Apprentices Act was passed in ___________ |
| A. | 1702 |
| B. | 1765 |
| C. | 1789 |
| D. | 1802 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Auguste Comte, the French philosopher is now regarded as the founder of the discipline ____________ |
| A. | Economics |
| B. | Sociology |
| C. | History |
| D. | Political Science |
| Answer» C. History | |
| 6. |
When was Max Weber born ? |
| A. | 1864 |
| B. | 1865 |
| C. | 1866 |
| D. | 1876 |
| Answer» B. 1865 | |
| 7. |
In the Annual Register for 1772 Burke condemned the Partition of _______ |
| A. | Russia |
| B. | Portugal |
| C. | England |
| D. | Poland |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
Who coined the termsociologyin the year 1838? |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | August Comte |
| C. | Emile Durkheim |
| D. | Descartes |
| Answer» C. Emile Durkheim | |
| 9. |
Who among the following was credited for making history an autonomous and scientific discipline? |
| A. | Carlyle |
| B. | Ranke |
| C. | David Hume |
| D. | Herder |
| Answer» C. David Hume | |
| 10. |
When did the the termsocial sciencefirst appeared ? |
| A. | 1814 |
| B. | 1804 |
| C. | 1824 |
| D. | 1809 |
| Answer» D. 1809 | |
| 11. |
What was the year of the French Revolution ? |
| A. | 1689 |
| B. | 1709 |
| C. | 1789 |
| D. | 1798 |
| Answer» D. 1798 | |
| 12. |
What is the craft of conveying news, descriptive material and comment via a widening spectrum of media? |
| A. | Library Science |
| B. | Economics |
| C. | Journalism |
| D. | social science |
| Answer» D. social science | |
| 13. |
Who was called theFather of British Socialism? |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Robert Owen |
| C. | August Comte |
| D. | Thomas Hobbes |
| Answer» C. August Comte | |
| 14. |
___________ is characterising as the first philosopher of science. |
| A. | Friedrich Nietzsche |
| B. | Comte |
| C. | Descartes |
| D. | Adam Smith |
| Answer» C. Descartes | |
| 15. |
Who wrote the book 'Leviathan' ? |
| A. | David Hume |
| B. | Thomas Hobbes |
| C. | John Locke |
| D. | Edmund Burke |
| Answer» C. John Locke | |
| 16. |
Members of the highest priestly castes, the___________, are generally vegetarians |
| A. | Brahmins |
| B. | The Sudras |
| C. | Kshatriyas |
| D. | Vaisyas |
| Answer» B. The Sudras | |
| 17. |
________ is the holisticscience of man,- a science of the totality of human existence. |
| A. | Anthropology |
| B. | Political Science |
| C. | Economics |
| D. | History |
| Answer» B. Political Science | |
| 18. |
The dissent and insubordination of the __________ working men reached its peak in the mid- 19th with Chartism, an ideology that called for political reform in the country. |
| A. | English |
| B. | German |
| C. | French |
| D. | Dutch |
| Answer» B. German | |
| 19. |
________ depicts a ranking system of human groups based on hereditary and occupation. |
| A. | Rationalization |
| B. | The caste system |
| C. | Secularization |
| D. | Matrilineal |
| Answer» C. Secularization | |
| 20. |
Who is the writer ofThe Phenomenology of Spirit? |
| A. | Ranke |
| B. | Herder |
| C. | Hegel |
| D. | Descartes |
| Answer» D. Descartes | |
| 21. |
Who wrote The book 'Principles of Political Economy and Taxation' ? |
| A. | Adam Smith |
| B. | J.M. Keynes |
| C. | David Ricardo |
| D. | Descartes |
| Answer» D. Descartes | |
| 22. |
Who is credited with the 'Cyclical theory in history'? |
| A. | Vico |
| B. | Ranke |
| C. | John Locke |
| D. | Herder |
| Answer» B. Ranke | |
| 23. |
Who published his 'Famous and Infamous book' to justify the militancy and to give syndicalism an ideology? |
| A. | Eric Hobsbawm |
| B. | George Sorel |
| C. | Alfred Marshall |
| D. | Francis Bacon |
| Answer» C. Alfred Marshall | |
| 24. |
The goal of ______ is to provide a holistic account of humans and human nature. |
| A. | Political Science |
| B. | Anthropology |
| C. | Environmental Science |
| D. | Economics |
| Answer» C. Environmental Science | |
| 25. |
Who wrote the bookPrinciples of Economics? |
| A. | J.M. Keynes |
| B. | John Locke |
| C. | Adam Smith |
| D. | Alfred Marshall |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
What is the study of the abstract sound system of a particular language called? |
| A. | semantics |
| B. | Phonology |
| C. | Morphology |
| D. | Syntax |
| Answer» C. Morphology | |
| 27. |
__________wrote 'the Reflections on the Revolution in France'. |
| A. | Descartes |
| B. | John Locke |
| C. | Thomas Hobbes |
| D. | Edmund Burke |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
____________ was an English-born entrepreneur turned socialist. |
| A. | August Comte |
| B. | Karl Marx |
| C. | Francis Bacon |
| D. | Robert Owen |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
The end of the 18th and early 19th century saw the first era of _______ |
| A. | Decolonization |
| B. | colonization |
| C. | Individualism |
| D. | Cartesianism |
| Answer» B. colonization | |
| 30. |
In order to restrict the personal rule of the King ________, the Parliament drew up the Petition of Rights in 1628 and forced Charles to accept it . |
| A. | Charles I |
| B. | James I |
| C. | James II |
| D. | William III |
| Answer» B. James I | |
| 31. |
Where did famous sociologist Max Weber belong to? |
| A. | England |
| B. | France |
| C. | Germany |
| D. | Italy |
| Answer» D. Italy | |
| 32. |
Who wrote the book 'The Metropolis and Mental life' ? |
| A. | George Simmel |
| B. | Karl Marx |
| C. | Descartes |
| D. | Alfred Marshall |
| Answer» B. Karl Marx | |
| 33. |
___________ wrotethe history of what man has accomplished in this world is at bottom, the history of Great men who have worked here. |
| A. | Adam Smith |
| B. | Alfred Marshall |
| C. | John Locke |
| D. | Thomas Carlyle |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
'The Example of France a Warning to England' was written by _________ |
| A. | John Locke |
| B. | Francis Bacon |
| C. | Arthur Young |
| D. | August Comte |
| Answer» D. August Comte | |
| 35. |
Vico was a strong critique of ___________ |
| A. | Cartesian Philosophy |
| B. | Humanism |
| C. | structural functionalism |
| D. | Empiricism |
| Answer» B. Humanism | |
| 36. |
Who published 'the Annals of Agriculture' in 1784? |
| A. | Arthur Young |
| B. | Francis Bacon |
| C. | Descartes |
| D. | August Comte |
| Answer» B. Francis Bacon | |
| 37. |
____________ believed that human rights would be lost if government intervened |
| A. | Communists |
| B. | Liberals |
| C. | Conservatists |
| D. | Socialists |
| Answer» C. Conservatists | |
| 38. |
Whose discovery thatPoor Lawsapplied to income distribution embroiled him in political change and the then Nascent Fascist movement? |
| A. | Sigmund Freud |
| B. | Vilfredo Paretos |
| C. | John Locke |
| D. | Descartes |
| Answer» C. John Locke | |
| 39. |
Who wrote the book 'General Theory of Employment' ? |
| A. | Descartes |
| B. | J.M Keynes |
| C. | Adam Smith |
| D. | Alfred Marshall |
| Answer» C. Adam Smith | |
| 40. |
J.M. Keynes' most well-known work is? |
| A. | Money Credit and Commerce |
| B. | The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money |
| C. | The Phenomenology of Spirit |
| D. | Industry and Trade |
| Answer» C. The Phenomenology of Spirit | |
| 41. |
Which scholar laid great emphasis on experimentation and observation? |
| A. | St.Augstine |
| B. | Aristotle |
| C. | Plato |
| D. | Francis Bacon |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
_______ is a social science that seeks to analyse and describe the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth. |
| A. | Economics |
| B. | Anthropology |
| C. | Political Science |
| D. | Environmental Science |
| Answer» B. Anthropology | |
| 43. |
What is the science that studies human cultures through the recovery, documentation, analysis, and interpretation of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, features, biofacts, and landscapes? |
| A. | Geography |
| B. | Archaeology |
| C. | Anthropology |
| D. | Morphology |
| Answer» C. Anthropology | |
| 44. |
The new scientific approach developed by Vilfredo Pareto in the study of human behaviour was ? |
| A. | logico- experimental method |
| B. | Inductive method |
| C. | positivism |
| D. | Sociometry |
| Answer» B. Inductive method | |
| 45. |
_________ are the priests and are considered to be the uppermost caste. |
| A. | The Brahmans |
| B. | Kshatriyas |
| C. | Vaisyas |
| D. | Sudras |
| Answer» B. Kshatriyas | |
| 46. |
The development of modern 'econometrics' is associated with ____________ |
| A. | Alfred Marshall |
| B. | Maurice Dobb |
| C. | Adam Smith |
| D. | D.A. Robertson |
| Answer» B. Maurice Dobb | |
| 47. |
Who originally established Sociology ? |
| A. | Auguste Comte |
| B. | Ranke |
| C. | Adam Smith |
| D. | Niebuhr |
| Answer» B. Ranke | |
| 48. |
Who is the author of 'NovumOrganum?' |
| A. | Francis bacon |
| B. | Descartes |
| C. | Vicco |
| D. | Leibniz |
| Answer» B. Descartes | |
| 49. |
Who is credited with the statement 'knowledge is power?' |
| A. | Galileo |
| B. | Francis Bacon |
| C. | Newton |
| D. | Roger Bacon |
| Answer» C. Newton | |
| 50. |
__________ study schooling, public health, rural and urban development, consumers and consumergoods, any human arena. |
| A. | Anthropologists |
| B. | Historians |
| C. | Ethnographers |
| D. | sociologists |
| Answer» D. sociologists | |