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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. |
A systematic interpretive process of understanding the meaning of action from the actor s point of view refers to |
| A. | Verstehen |
| B. | Functionalism |
| C. | Structuralism |
| D. | Conflict approach |
| Answer» B. Functionalism | |
| 2. |
The series, The Course of Philosophy is written by Comte between |
| A. | 1730-1742 |
| B. | 1830-1842 |
| C. | 1740-1752 |
| D. | 1840-1852 |
| Answer» C. 1740-1752 | |
| 3. |
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism was written in |
| A. | 1903 |
| B. | 1904 |
| C. | 1905 |
| D. | 1906 |
| Answer» D. 1906 | |
| 4. |
Emile Durkheim died in the year |
| A. | 1916 |
| B. | 1918 |
| C. | 1917 |
| D. | 1919 |
| Answer» D. 1919 | |
| 5. |
M.N. Srinivas famous field study was conducted among the different castes of |
| A. | Cochin |
| B. | Chittoor |
| C. | Coorgs |
| D. | Cowdalli |
| Answer» D. Cowdalli | |
| 6. |
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» E. | |
| 7. |
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» D. compound society to military society | |
| 8. |
Herbert Spencer was a ______ philosopher |
| A. | German |
| B. | French |
| C. | British |
| D. | Italian |
| Answer» D. Italian | |
| 9. |
In which year was Herbert Spencer born? |
| A. | 1920 |
| B. | 1821 |
| C. | 1820 |
| D. | 1870 |
| Answer» D. 1870 | |
| 10. |
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» D. A set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behaviour | |
| 11. |
Principles of Sociology written by Herbert Spencer was published into |
| A. | Four Volumes |
| B. | Three Volumes |
| C. | Five Volumes |
| D. | Two Volumes |
| Answer» C. Five Volumes | |
| 12. |
The concept of social evolution was developed by |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Auguste Comte |
| C. | Max Weber |
| D. | Emile Durkheim |
| Answer» B. Auguste Comte | |
| 13. |
Sociology of Science and Technology is introduced as new area of study in sociology in the |
| A. | 1960s |
| B. | 1970s |
| C. | 1980s |
| D. | 1990s |
| Answer» D. 1990s | |
| 14. |
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» B. Life after death | |
| 15. |
Anomie means |
| A. | statelessness |
| B. | dysfunction |
| C. | normlessness |
| D. | regulation |
| Answer» D. regulation | |
| 16. |
Which of the following is not Caste characteristic as viewed by M.N. Srinivas |
| A. | endogamy |
| B. | exogamy |
| C. | common occupation |
| D. | pollution |
| Answer» C. common occupation | |
| 17. |
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» E. | |
| 18. |
M.N. Srinivas viewed caste as a |
| A. | Segmentary system |
| B. | Functional system |
| C. | Social system |
| D. | Economic system |
| Answer» B. Functional system | |
| 19. |
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» B. Compound society | |
| 20. |
Religion and Society among the Coorgs of South India was written by M.N, Srinivas in |
| A. | 1939 |
| B. | 1940 |
| C. | 1948 |
| D. | 1952 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
The Mahadev Kolis published in 1957 was written by |
| A. | M.N. Srinivas |
| B. | A.R. Desai |
| C. | N. Majumdar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
G.S. Ghurye died in |
| A. | 1963 |
| B. | 1973 |
| C. | 1983 |
| D. | 1993 |
| Answer» D. 1993 | |
| 23. |
Structural functionalism focuses on |
| A. | Social conflict |
| B. | Social stability |
| C. | Social thought |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Social thought | |
| 24. |
M.N. Srinivas was born in |
| A. | 1916 |
| B. | 1917 |
| C. | 1918 |
| D. | 1919 |
| Answer» B. 1917 | |
| 25. |
Spencer study the evolution of society analogous to ________ |
| A. | Biological organism |
| B. | Physics |
| C. | Big Bang theory |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Physics | |
| 26. |
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» E. | |
| 27. |
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» B. Metaphysical or Abstract Stage | |
| 28. |
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» D. All of the above | |
| 29. |
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» E. | |
| 30. |
Who pioneered the idea of scientific study of society? |
| A. | Adam Smith |
| B. | Plato |
| C. | Herbert Spencer |
| D. | Auguste Comte |
| Answer» E. | |