Sociology Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) and Answers - Set 33

Questions

1 Who has given the ‘binary classificatory systems’ in the context of the study of human mind ?

1 Sigmund Freud

2 H.H. Hyman

3 Claude Levi-Strauss

4 B. Malinowski

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Answer:Claude Levi-Strauss

2 Who has classified roles as ‘Pivotal, sufficiently relevant and peripheral’ in the theory of social structure ?

1 S.F. Nadel

2 G.P. Murdock

3 Talcott Parsons

4 Herbert Spencer

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Answer:S.F. Nadel

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3 In explaining his views on Division of Labour, Durkheim invoked which theory ?

1 Darwinian Principle

2 Canon’s Principle

3 Marxian Principle

4 Spencer’s Principle

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Answer:Darwinian Principle

4 Whose name is associated with Verstehen approach ?

1 E. Durkheim

2 F. Tonnies

3 Max Weber

4 W.G. Sumner

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Answer:Max Weber

5 Of the following who has written on ‘self fulfilling prophecy’ ?

1 T. Parsons

2 R.K. Merton

3 Max Weber

4 V. Pareto

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Answer:R.K. Merton

6 Who has classified religion and magic as sacred and science as unholy ?

1 Morgan

2 Malinowski

3 Radcliffe-Brown

4 Durkheim

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Answer: Malinowski

7 Who among the following has considered human society as a moving equilibrium ?

1 T. Parsons

2 R.K. Merton

3 Max Weber

4 None of these

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Answer:T. Parsons

8 Who classified action in logical and non-logical categories ?

1 Max Weber

2 T. Parsons

3 V. Pareto

4 G.H. Mead

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Answer:V. Pareto

9 Symbolic interactionism is a sociological perspective that places emphasis on :

1 Macro level social interaction

2 Micro scale social interaction

3 Interactions between social and non-social entities

4 None of these

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Answer:Micro scale social interaction

10 Who made a distinction between “class in itself” and “class for itself” to reflect the movement from a class’s potential self awareness to actual self-awareness ?

1 Karl Marx

2 R. Dahrendorf

3 L.A. Coser

4 R. Collins

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Answer:Karl Marx

11 Considering both conflict and consensus are the two sides of the same coin, who felt that handling both the faces was difficult ?

1 R. Dahrendorf

2 L.A. Coser

3 G. Simmel

4 K. Marx

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Answer:R. Dahrendorf

12 Who made it clear that the focus on conflict should not be ideological but rather it should be a focus on the central process in social life on the realistic ground ?

1 L.A. Cosev

2 R. Collins

3 R. Dahrendorf

4 G. Simmel

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Answer:R. Collins

13 The book “The Idea of Social Sciences” has been written by :

1 P. Winch

2 Robert Redfield

3 A.R. Louch

4 Malinowski

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Answer:P. Winch

14 The concept of ‘intersubjectivity’ has been used in the writings of which Sociologist ?

1 Edmund Husserl

2 Peter Burger

3 Harold Garfinkel

4 Alfred Schutz

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Answer:Alfred Schutz

15 The difference between ‘value - judgement’ and ‘value - reference’ has been given by

1 Herbert Spencer

2 Karl Manheim

3 Max Weber

4 A.R. Radcliffe – Brown

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Answer:Max Weber

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