Sociology Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) and Answers - Set 13

Questions

1 Who argues that ‘classes should be defined as imperatively coordinated associations’ ?

1 M. Weber

2 K. Marx

3 R. Dahrendorf

4 R. Collins

Answer:R. Dahrendorf

2 For R. Dahrendorf a post-capitalist society is characterised by i. Decomposition of capital ii. Differentiation of labour iii. Diamond like class structure iv. Regulations and institutionalization of conflicts Select the correct alternative :

1 (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

2 (i), (ii) and (iii)

3 (i), (ii) and (iv)

4 (i), (iii) and (iv)

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Answer:(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

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3 The concept of ‘I’ and ‘Me’ with to development of ‘self’ was used by

1 S. Freud

2 C.H. Cooley

3 H.M. Johnson

4 G.H. Mead

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Answer:G.H. Mead

4 Who among the following does not adopt the functional approach to the understanding of social phenomena ?

1 J. Alexander

2 K. Davis

3 R.K. Merton

4 J. Habermas

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Answer:J. Habermas

5 The view that authority relations are the main cause of social conflict was held by whom

1 M. Weber

2 K. Marx

3 R. Collins

4 R. Dahrendorf

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Answer:R. Dahrendorf

6 Who among the following has classified status in terms of salient status, dominant status and controlling status ?

1 T. Parsons

2 R.K. Merton

3 W.E. Moore

4 H.M. Johnson

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Answer: R.K. Merton

7 What is common to magic, religion and science ?

1 Observation and experimentation

2 Equal influence on human beings

3 Orientation towards the unknown

4 Orientation towards the supernatural

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Answer:Orientation towards the unknown

8 Who among the following is a proponent of dialectical approach to the study of Indian society ?

1 M.N. Srinivas

2 D.P. Mukherjee

3 A. Beteille

4 Y.B. Damle

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Answer:D.P. Mukherjee

9 Which type of research aims to describe a social situation, social event, social system, social structure etc. ?

1 Basic research

2 Descriptive research

3 Empirical research

4 Explanatory research

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Answer:Descriptive research

10 A university has 7530 students and a researcher draws 10 percent sample from it amounting to a total of 753. This is called

1 Sample size

2 Sample ratio

3 Sample element

4 Purposive sampling

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Answer:Sample ratio

11 Which technique of qualitative data collection is followed by researcher to understand people and their behaviour through direct, focused and non-verbal interaction in their natural setting ?

1 Interview

2 Observation

3 Case study

4 Above all

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Answer:Observation

12 According to Karl Marx, which of the following are elements of the forces of production

1 Technology and capital

2 Capital, labour and technology

3 Science and technology

4 Capital, labour, science and technology

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Answer:Capital, labour and technology

13 Who among the following used the concept of ‘interaction ritual’ in his theory ?

1 R. Collins

2 L. Coser

3 E. Durkheim

4 H. Blumer

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Answer:R. Collins

14 Who among the following argues that the withdrawal of legitimacy from an existing system of inequality is a critical precondition for conflict ?

1 R. Dahrendorf

2 L. Coser

3 R. Collins

4 J. Habermas

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Answer:L. Coser

15 Themetic and text analyses are used in

1 Path analysis

2 Data analysis

3 Form analysis

4 Content analysis

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Answer:Content analysis

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