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This section includes 137 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Geology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Who among the following theorisds sees contemporary society as a death culture, with death being the 'paradigm' of all social exclusion and discrimination |
| A. | J. Baudrillard |
| B. | U. Beck |
| C. | M. Foucault |
| D. | J.F. Lyotard |
| Answer» B. U. Beck | |
| 2. |
Which of the following is associated with Descriptive Design |
| A. | Analysis of Demographic Trends |
| B. | Internal-consistency reliability |
| C. | Split-half reliability |
| D. | Content-level reliability |
| Answer» B. Internal-consistency reliability | |
| 3. |
Which type of sampling method is ideally suited, where there is no knowledge about population |
| A. | Convenient sampling method |
| B. | Purposive sampling method |
| C. | Quota sampling method |
| D. | Snowball sampling method |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
Who is of the opinion that the notion of fundamental opposition between the pure and the impure is the hallmark of the caste system |
| A. | M.N. Srinivas |
| B. | Louis Dumont |
| C. | Surjit Sinha |
| D. | B.R. Ambedkar |
| Answer» C. Surjit Sinha | |
| 5. |
Who has criticized the economic determinism to be implicit in parts of Marx's original work |
| A. | J. Habermas |
| B. | T. Bottomore |
| C. | J. Morrow |
| D. | L. Althusser |
| Answer» B. T. Bottomore | |
| 6. |
The concept of 'Symmetrical Family' has been propounded by |
| A. | M. Young and P. Willmott |
| B. | Oakley |
| C. | Bauman and Smart |
| D. | Smart |
| Answer» B. Oakley | |
| 7. |
Who has observed a link between the structures of the mind and the structures of society |
| A. | Charles Lemert |
| B. | Radcliffe Brown |
| C. | Levi-Strauss |
| D. | Michel Foucault |
| Answer» D. Michel Foucault | |
| 8. |
Who has considered that 'most often action is routine and relatively unreflexive' |
| A. | Alfred Schultz |
| B. | H. Garfinkel |
| C. | Max Weber |
| D. | John Heritage |
| Answer» B. H. Garfinkel | |
| 9. |
Who among the following distinguishes three components of the 'life world' — culture, society and personality |
| A. | A. Schultz |
| B. | E. Husserl |
| C. | P. Berger |
| D. | J. Habermas |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Pluralistic society shares the characteristics of |
| A. | Capitalistic society |
| B. | Post-modernistic society |
| C. | Industrial society |
| D. | Post-industrial society |
| Answer» C. Industrial society | |
| 11. |
Who has developed the concept of 'Structuration' |
| A. | Jacques Derrida |
| B. | Pierre Bourdieu |
| C. | Anthony Giddens |
| D. | Maurice Godelier |
| Answer» D. Maurice Godelier | |
| 12. |
Name the sociologist who suggested that human behaviour is regulated by means of "Surveillance" |
| A. | M. Foucault |
| B. | T. Parsons |
| C. | J. Derrida |
| D. | A. Giddens |
| Answer» B. T. Parsons | |
| 13. |
__is the field of inquiry that seeks to understand the methods people employ to make sense out of their world |
| A. | Symbolic Interactionism |
| B. | Phenomenology |
| C. | Ethnomethodology |
| D. | Dialectical method |
| Answer» C. Ethnomethodology | |
| 14. |
__ have explained the duplicity of people's soöially constructed reality |
| A. | Peter Berger and Thomas Luckman |
| B. | Karl Marx and Max Weber |
| C. | Karl Manheim and E. Durkheim |
| D. | E. Husserl and Alfred Schultz |
| Answer» B. Karl Marx and Max Weber | |
| 15. |
According to Karl Marx, which one of the following is not a dimension of alienation |
| A. | Alienation from Production |
| B. | Alienation from Labour |
| C. | Alienation from Nature |
| D. | Alienation from Self |
| Answer» D. Alienation from Self | |
| 16. |
The book on "The Phenomenology of the Social World" is written by |
| A. | Edmund Husserl |
| B. | Edmund Husserl |
| C. | Karl Manheim |
| D. | Alfred Schultz |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
Who has talked about 'decomposition of labour' |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | G. Simmel |
| C. | L. Coser |
| D. | R. Dahrendorf |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
The Weberian model of social stratification has been used in the study of caste by |
| A. | S.C. Dube |
| B. | M.N. Srinivas |
| C. | Andre Beteille |
| D. | T.N. Madan |
| Answer» D. T.N. Madan | |
| 19. |
Which one of the following is known as the process by which cultural traits spread from one culturally distinct group to another |
| A. | Evolution |
| B. | Assimilation |
| C. | Accommodation |
| D. | Diffusion |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Stages of cognitive development related socialization was proposed by |
| A. | H. Mead |
| B. | S. Freud |
| C. | C.H. Cooley |
| D. | J. Piaget |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
The term 'Sociological Imagination' was coined by whom |
| A. | C.W. Mills |
| B. | Peter Berger |
| C. | A. Giddens |
| D. | J.S. Mill |
| Answer» B. Peter Berger | |
| 22. |
Which group of the feminists accept the view that 'State is a system of structures and institutions created by man in order to recreate male domination and female subordination' |
| A. | Liberal Feminists |
| B. | Radical Feminists |
| C. | Marxist Feminists |
| D. | Eco Feminists |
| Answer» C. Marxist Feminists | |
| 23. |
Who introduced the concept/term 'post-industrial society' |
| A. | J. Burnham |
| B. | G.K. Galbraith |
| C. | Daniel Bell |
| D. | R. Dahrendorf |
| Answer» D. R. Dahrendorf | |
| 24. |
E. Sutherland founded the theory of |
| A. | Blue Collar Crime |
| B. | Crime by Dacoits |
| C. | White Collar Crime |
| D. | Cyber Crime |
| Answer» D. Cyber Crime | |
| 25. |
All countries pass through various stages of demographic transition. Which one of the following is not such a stage |
| A. | High birth rate |
| B. | Decline in death rate |
| C. | Low steady death and birth rate |
| D. | Optimum stage |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
Who among the following is associated with Human Development Index (HDI) for measuring the level of development among various countries |
| A. | Mahbub-ul-Haque |
| B. | Raymond Firth |
| C. | M.N. Srinivas |
| D. | PA.R. Desai |
| Answer» B. Raymond Firth | |
| 27. |
Which of the following concepts does not figure in Malthusian theory of population |
| A. | Arithmetic progression |
| B. | Positive checks |
| C. | Stable population |
| D. | Preventive checks |
| Answer» D. Preventive checks | |
| 28. |
Who regards 'deviance' functional for society |
| A. | Albert Cohen |
| B. | Robert K. Merton |
| C. | Emile Durkheim |
| D. | Radcliffe Brown |
| Answer» C. Emile Durkheim | |
| 29. |
The term social structure refers to "an ordered arrangement" of parts as viewed by |
| A. | S.F. Nadel |
| B. | Levi-Strauss |
| C. | R. Lowie |
| D. | R.K. Merton |
| Answer» B. Levi-Strauss | |
| 30. |
The statement 'religion is heart of the heartless' is attributed to |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Emile Durkheim |
| C. | Radcliffe Brown |
| D. | Max Weber |
| Answer» B. Emile Durkheim | |
| 31. |
Rurbanism' is the term that is related to the study of |
| A. | Villages |
| B. | Town and Cities |
| C. | Rural Areas |
| D. | Lifestyle of people rural-urban |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
Radcliffe Brown's first ethnographic study was on the |
| A. | Nicobar Islands |
| B. | Jersey Islands |
| C. | Pacific Islands |
| D. | Andaman Islands |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
The concept of the 'Marginal Man' is developed by |
| A. | Robert Redfield |
| B. | Robert Park |
| C. | Robert Merton |
| D. | Erwin Goffman |
| Answer» C. Robert Merton | |
| 34. |
Book 'Anatomy of Rural-Urban Community' is written by |
| A. | M.S.A. Rao |
| B. | G.S. Ghurye |
| C. | Patrick Geddess |
| D. | A.M. Shah |
| Answer» C. Patrick Geddess | |
| 35. |
Who has given the 'idea of consciousness' of kind |
| A. | H.M. Johnson |
| B. | R.M. Mac Iver |
| C. | F.H. Giddings |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 36. |
"Primary Groups are the nurseries of human nature." This is stated by |
| A. | H.M. Johnson |
| B. | Herbert Spencer |
| C. | George Simmel |
| D. | C.H. Cooley |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
Which among these two creates a situation for role conflict |
| A. | Conflict within a single role |
| B. | Conflict between roles |
| C. | Both (A) and (B) |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Both (A) and (B) | |
| 38. |
The book 'The Theory of Social Structure' is authored by |
| A. | Levi-Strauss |
| B. | A.R. Radcliffe Brown |
| C. | S.F. Nadel |
| D. | B. Malinowski |
| Answer» D. B. Malinowski | |
| 39. |
The principle of natural selection was first applied in sociology by |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Radcliffe Brown |
| C. | Von Wiese |
| D. | F. Tonnies |
| Answer» B. Radcliffe Brown | |
| 40. |
Sociological perspective involves a process of 'seeing through' — who said |
| A. | Peter Berger |
| B. | Auguste Comte |
| C. | C. Wright Mills |
| D. | Karl Marx |
| Answer» B. Auguste Comte | |
| 41. |
Which one of the following is so important for the society that its violation calls for severe punishment |
| A. | Customs |
| B. | Mores |
| C. | Ideologies |
| D. | Folkways |
| Answer» C. Ideologies | |
| 42. |
An institution can be best described as a complex of |
| A. | Authority |
| B. | Statuses |
| C. | Roles |
| D. | Procedures |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
"Structure and Function in Primitive Society" is written by |
| A. | B.K. Malinowski |
| B. | Radcliffe Brown |
| C. | Ferdinard de Saussure |
| D. | Claude Levi-Strauss |
| Answer» C. Ferdinard de Saussure | |
| 44. |
Who among the following drew a distinction between "social structure" and "structured form" |
| A. | Radcliffe Brown |
| B. | S.F. Nadel |
| C. | Edmund Leach |
| D. | Evans Pritchard |
| Answer» B. S.F. Nadel | |
| 45. |
Who regards deviance as functional for society |
| A. | Albert Cohen |
| B. | Robert K. Merton |
| C. | Emile Durkheim |
| D. | Radcliffe Brown |
| Answer» D. Radcliffe Brown | |
| 46. |
Who has given the concept of "functional alternatives" |
| A. | Talcott Parsons |
| B. | Robert K. Merton |
| C. | Albert Cohen |
| D. | Emile Durkheim |
| Answer» C. Albert Cohen | |
| 47. |
Conspicuous consumption is an example of |
| A. | Manifesto function |
| B. | Latent function |
| C. | Confunction |
| D. | Disfunction |
| Answer» B. Latent function | |
| 48. |
Anomic suicide is the result of |
| A. | Low social integration |
| B. | Low social regulation |
| C. | High social integration |
| D. | High social regulation |
| Answer» C. High social integration | |
| 49. |
Who among the following gave a linear explanation for the evolution of human societies |
| A. | Pareto |
| B. | Weber |
| C. | Spencer |
| D. | Sorokin |
| Answer» D. Sorokin | |
| 50. |
Interpretative sociology's basic unit of analysis is |
| A. | organization |
| B. | structure |
| C. | system |
| D. | action |
| Answer» E. | |