Sociology Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) and Answers - Set 1

Questions

1 Which one of the following is not a characteristic of a primary group

1 Personal orientation

2 Long term orientation

3 Relations are end in themselves

4 Relations are means to an end

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Answer: Relations are means to an end

2 Which one of the following is not an element of rural community ?

1 We-feeling

2 Cultural diversity

3 Territory

4 Self-sufficiency

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Answer: Cultural diversity

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3 Sociology ischaracterized by a perspective that places ________ in the foreground.

1 Individual

2 Unique social events

3 Social interaction

4 Culture

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Answer:Social interaction

4 When two people interact with each other, they form

1 a society

2 an institution

3 an associatio

4 a dyadic group

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Answer: a dyadic group

5 Which one of the following Max Muller believed to be the earliest form of religion ?

1 Naturism

2 Monoism

3 Animism

4 Fetishism

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Answer: Naturism

6 Ridicule is a

1 Social sanction

2 Social norm

3 Mores

4 Folkway

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Answer: Social sanction

7 The term ‘Reference group’ was first introduced by

1 Hyman

2 Merton

3 Srinivas

4 Cooley

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Answer: Hyman

8 The pivotal methodology of functionalist is

1 Conjectural history

2 Library work

3 Field work

4 Content analysis

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Answer: Field work

9 To Mead the ‘generalised others’ and ‘significant others’ are the creators of

1 I

2 Me

3 Ego

4 Super ego

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Answer: I

10 The collection of roles that goes with a given status is termed as

1 Multiple roles

2 Conflict of roles

3 Role set

4 Summation of roles

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Answer: Role set

11 Who has written the book “urbanisation and family change”?

1 Iravati Karve

2 M.S. Gore

3 Leela Dube

4 I.P. Desai

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Answer: M.S. Gore

12 Who studied the structural and functional unity of joint family in ‘Mahua’ ?

1 K.M. Kapadia

2 Neera Desai

3 I.P. Desai

4 A.M. Shah

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Answer: I.P. Desai

13 Who said that the social stratification in India is based on ‘purity and pollution’ ?

1 M.N. Srinivas

2 A.R. Desai

3 Louis Dumont

4 Yogendra Singh

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Answer: Louis Dumont

14 Marxian theory of change, ‘that change comes through revolution’ indicates

1 change in the existing structure.

2 change of the whole structure.

3 a partial change in the existing structure

4 a nominal change of the structural elements.

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Answer: change of the whole structure.

15 The basic difference between classical and modern sociological perspectives is visible in the

1 Silent shift from macro to microtheoretical perspective

2 Radical shift from micro to macro perspective

3 Development of middle range theories

4 None of the above

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Answer: Silent shift from macro to microtheoretical perspective

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