Sociology Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) and Answers - Set 22

Questions

1 Which one of the following is not an example of social action ?

1 Two persons exchanging blows after a collision of their bicycles

2 Two cyclists expressing regrets to each other after their bicycles collide

3 Two cyclists going their respective ways without taking note of each other.

4 Two cyclists coming from opposite directions trying to give way to each other.

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Answer:Two cyclists going their respective ways without taking note of each other.

2 “An Outline of Social Psychology” is written by

1 C.H. Cooley

2 Sigmund Freud

3 Muzafer Sherif

4 G.H. Mead

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Answer:Muzafer Sherif

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3 The idea of ‘culture of poverty’ was introduced by whom ?

1 Oscar Lewis

2 Abel Smith

3 Somuel Mencher

4 Peter Townsend

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Answer: Oscar Lewis

4 The theory that views people as “Stage managers” managing impressions presented to the world is

1 Role theory

2 Dramaturgy

3 Looking Glass Self

4 Dialectual theory

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Answer:Dramaturgy

5 Which of the following does NOT characterize Herbert Blumer’s theory of symbolic interactionism ?

1 The essence of society is found in actors and action.

2 Society is made up of macro structures.

3 Large-scale structures emerge from micro processes.

4 Collective action gives rise to joint action.

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Answer:Society is made up of macro structures.

6 Definite procedures or rules which people are expected to observe are known as

1 Norms

2 Values

3 Institutions

4 Group behavior

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Answer: Norms

7 Religion, marriage, family, caste are example of

1 social values

2 social institutions

3 social norms

4 social segmental division of society

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Answer:social institutions

8 Who is most generally regarded as the founder of symbolic interactionism ?

1 Herbert Blumer

2 George Herbert Mead

3 Max Weber

4 Anthony Giddens

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Answer:George Herbert Mead

9 Which is not a form of social stratification ?

1 Religion

2 Class

3 Caste

4 Gender

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Answer:Religion

10 The maintenance provided by the husband to the divorced wife is called

1 Dower

2 Mehr

3 Alimony

4 Bride price

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Answer:Mehr

11 Which of the following is not true in the context of culture ?

1 Culture is cultivated.

2 Culture and Civilization are two faces of the same coin.

3 Culture refers to non-material while civilization to material aspects.

4 Culture is what we have while the civilization is what we are.

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Answer:Culture is what we have while the civilization is what we are.

12 Karl Marx did not mention class conflict between

1 The Haves and Havenots

2 The Rich and the Poor

3 The Bourgeois and the Proletariat

4 The capitalists and the working class

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Answer:The Rich and the Poor

13 Which one of the following is not an agency of socialization ?

1 Family

2 School

3 Peer - Group

4 Media

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Answer:Media

14 Which one of the following is not an element of community ?

1 Territory

2 We - feeling

3 Cultural diversity

4 Self sufficiency

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Answer:Cultural diversity

15 Who has propounded that “the primary groups are the nursery of human nature” ?

1 Charles H. Cooley

2 George Herbert Mead

3 Ralf Dahrendorf

4 Karl Marx

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Answer:Charles H. Cooley

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