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1. Weber believed humans could not be studied purely objectively because they were influenced by
drugs
their culture
their genetic makeup
the researcher
2. Which of these theories is most likely to look at the social world on a micro level?
Structural functionalism
Conflict theory
Positivism
Symbolic interactionism
3. Sociology is characterized by a perspective that places in the foreground
Individual
Man?s inborn instincts
Social interaction
Unique social events
4. Which statement is not acceptable to sociological perspective?
Man has always been in association with other men
Man is a social animal
Man is taught by society to exhibit hostility in some situations and friendliness in others
Man is most biologically determined species of all
5. While studying human behaviour, the sociologist:
Attempts to justify the values of the society to which he belongs
Discards values as they are a source of bias
Determines which values are of greater worth
Treats values as data which he studies
6. A sociologist is primarily interested in:
The way in which human being mutually influence each other
Anything which is related in a causal way to the behaviour of man
The individuals, since he is convinced that it is individual who make society
The similarities between human behaviour and the behaviour of other animals
7. Most important goal of sociology is:
Understanding society
Prediction of future events that may occur in society
Control of events in societies
To bring about revolutionary changes in society
8. Animal society is based on__________ whereas human society is based on
Instincts, Reason
Sex drives, Cultural needs
Strength, Knowledge
None of these above
9. Polyandry and transient marriage relations were more common in primitive times than monogamy or polygamy. This view is followed from
Patriarchal theory
Polyandry theory
Matriarchal theory
Metronymic theory
10. Matriarchal theory about the origin of society was supported by
Hobbes
Sir Henry Maine
Herbert Spencer
None of the above
11. The process of imitation may be perceptual or
Conscious
Deliberate
Spontaneous
Ideational
12. Patriarchal theory about the origin of society believes that
Society was given to man by God
Society resulted because of use of force
Society became possible as a result of expansion of family headed by mother
Society became possible as a result of expansion of family headed by father
13. Individual defies society because society frustrates individual?s attempt for the sake of
Promoting group interests
Collective interests
Elite interests
Interests of weaker sections of society
14. One of the important limitations on our social life in our modem times is
Growth of industry
Growth of science and technology
Growth of agriculture
Process of standardisation
15. Which of the following is not essential characteristic of society?
It is concrete
It is abstract
In it no one is independent
It is well organised
16. Social institutions exist or continue on account of
Differences
Likeness
Without care for differences
Without care for likeness
17. Freud has compared _________ with the horse and with its rider
Id, Super ego
Ego, Super ego
Id, Ego
Super ego, Id
18. Institutional structure of a political institution is
Form of government
Participation behaviour of voters
Extent of judicial impartiality
Relationship of executive with judiciary
19. Institutional structure of religion is
Religious scriptures
Priest
Church
Rituals
20. Which one of the following is not true of institutional structures?
These are definite entries for social operation
These exist in concrete form
These exist in discrete form
These give expression to institutionalised complexes
21. Society can be properly studied if latent and manifest functions are
Kept separate from each other
Allowed to come closer to each other
Are made contradictory to each other
Are not allowed to interfere with each other
22. Who has tried to divide the functions of an institution as manifest and latent?
K. Davis
Maclver
Gillin & Gillin
Merton
23. A group is an_________.
organic whole
artificial creation
organized gathering
natural growth
24. In group and out group is the classification of groups given by
Sumner
Giddings
Elword
Ward
25. A culture group that has relinquished some of it traditions and separate identity and partially accepted the values and ways of another culture, is called _____.
Institutional group
Marginal group
Acculturated group
Trans-cultured group
26. Which of the following is a quasi-group?
Nation
Political party
Status group
Tribe
27. Find out the incorrect match
Sumner-In group and out group
Cooley-Ethnocentrism
Mead-Significant others
Simmel-Monad, Dyad and Triad
28. Parsons called the distribution of various roles among the actor in a social system as:
division of labour
allocation
role-set
stratification
29. Any action involving the collective pursuit of collective goals is called-
organization
labelling
politics
dysfunction
30. The social action in which individuals strive against each other for the possession of some limited material or non- material good is called
struggle
accommodation
conflict
competition
31. The process in the actor situation individual in the case of a group is called
Cooperation
Gratification
Action
Integration
32. Which was of the view that functions refer to the objective consequences of patterned elements, e.g. roles, customs, norms and modes of behaviour?
Durkheim
R. Firth
Merton
Parsons
33. ____________ refers to observance of social norms.
Goals
Integration
Value-orientation
Pattern-maintenance
34. The motivational orientation which supplies energy to the actor, according to Parsons is
cognitive, adaptive, and evaluative
cognitive, cathectic and evaluative
cathectic, cognitive, and adaptive
cognitive, expressive and cathectic
35. Social system, cultural, personality and biological system, according to Parsons are __________ of human action system.
need dispositions
goals
values
sub-systems
36. According to Parsons, actor?s orientation to the situation is
both motivational and value-orientational
motivational
value-orientational
none of the above
37. According to Parsons, _________ is made up of the interaction of human individuals.
action
adaptation
social system
pattern-maintenance
38. Belief system is a fact of life. Which among the following has contributed to its development?
the feeling of fear
the desire to understand the supernatural
man?s experiment with truth
all
39. Which one of the following is usually not adopted as method for convincing the people that religious belief system should be strong?
Which one of the following is usually not adopted as method for convincing the people that religious belief system should be strong?
that its violation will displease supernatural powers
that its violation will revolutionize their social system
that it will result in loss of money
40. When religious belief systems come in conflict with each other, the result is:
violent religious outbursts
changes in trade systems
changes in marriage systems
changes in materialistic outlook
41. Religious belief systems are usually based on
materialistic approaches
are closely linked with each other
moral approaches to the problems
none of the above
42. Social change and belief system
are loosely linked with each other
are closely linked with each other
are not linked with each other
are indirectly linked with each other
43. Religious belief system
does not create frustrations at all
always creates frustrations
at times creates frustration
has nothing to do with frustration
44. In the religious belief system of the Hindus which of the following is not true?
it believes in transmigration of the soul
it believes in karma theory
it believes in salvation
it does not believe in the theory of transmigration of soul
45. In belief system the Hindus
believe in karma theory
do not believe in karma theory
believe but only partially in karma theory
completely disown karma theory
46. Belief system is usually
linked with supernatural power
not linked with supernatural power
disassociated from the super-natural power
none of the above is true
47. Belief system in all the societies
is imposed on the people by the rulers
is imposed on the people by the feudal lords
develops gradually and slowly
is exchanged between the societies
48. Which of the following is not a sanction behind the norms?
Law
Religion and morality
Education
Customs and public opinion
49. To a considerable extent the norms that apply to a particular actor are ranked in some order of procedure. This built- in-arrangement is called:
Conformity
Deviation
Hierarchy
Socialization
50. Any conflict in norms that apply to the same actor, inevitable results in deviation. This is called
Insulation
Socialization
Conformity
Integration
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