Sociology Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) and Answers for Competitive Exams | Sociology Quiz Set 33

(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
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
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
Answer: Darwinian Principle
(4) Whose name is associated with Verstehen approach ?
(1) E. Durkheim
(2) F. Tonnies
(3) Max Weber
(4) W.G. Sumner
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Answer: Max Weber

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