Sociology MCQ Quiz Hub

1. These two words were from which language
Latin and Greek
Arabic and Persian
German and French
Spanish and Greek

2. Auguste Comte was of the opinion that sociology is very near to
Anthropology
Social Anthropology
Biology
Physics

3. Emile Durkheim?s doctoral thesis was
Division of labour
Suicide
Hierarchy of Sciences
Elementary forms of religious life

4. Anne Sociologique was founded in 1898 by
Saint Simon
Thomas Hobbes
Herbert Spencer
Emile Durkheim

5. Who among the following had made a distinction between societies based on status and those based upon contract?
E. Tylor
Sir Henry Maine
Sir James Frazer
M. N. Srinivas

6. Sociologists have divided society into hierarchical stages on the basis of
technology, instruments, means of living
technology, use of fire, use of wheel
means of living
economy, means of living

7. The first stage of human society was that of
Agriculture
Pastoralist
Hunting and food gathering
Cottage industries

8. 8. Prehistorians, anthropologists and sociologists believe that hunting and food gathering stage existed
2,000 years ago
2,600 years ago
36,000 years ago
5,000 years ago

9. The hunting and food gathering stage is further divided into simple and developed stages on the basis of
Use of tools and the animals hunted
Use of stone and no use of stone
Use of fire and no use of fire
Use of wheel and no use of wheel.

10. Who classified societies into ?simple, compound, doubly compound, trebly compound??
Marx
Comte
H. Spencer
Sorokin

11. The rule whereby the married couple establish their own residence is called
Avunculocal residence
Bilocal residence
Patrilocal residence
Neolocal residence

12. The system in which a women is shared by the whole group is called
Group marriage
levirate
Polyandry
Endogamy

13. It is difficult to determine biological father of the child in
Polyandry
Cross-cousin marriage
Exogamy
Polygyny

14. To marry a women of a higher caste is called

15. Identify one major reason for polyandry:
women?s high sexual demand
population explosion
scarcity of women
particular type of economy

16. When two individuals compete peacefully for the control of limited resources we speak of competition and when two individuals with conflicting interest haggle over the terms of an exchange we speak of this situation as
Contradiction
Conflicting interests
Bargaining
Contradiction

17. The policy of Laissez faire is associated with
Karl Marx
Adam Smith
David Ricardo
Badden Powel

18. French sociologist Mauss has done studies on Eskimos regarding
Political structure
Marriage
Gift
Totemism

19. Which among the following has not stimulated the economic activities of man most?
The dangers around
According to law living / paying taxes
Sense of enterprise
Domestication of animals

20. ?Property consists of the rights and duties of one person or group as against all other persons and groups with respect to some scarce goods.? Whose view is this?
Hobhouse
Adam Smith
K. Davis
W. Moore

21. Which among the following was the most important condition for the growth of the early cities?
Surplus food production
Increase in population
Discoveries of new trades
Technological innovations

22. Cities and towns came into existence due to
Movement of population
Growth of agriculture
Industrialisation
Development of commerce

23. The essential characteristic of the rural society is
Individualism
Parochialism
Heterogeneity
Face-to-face relation

24. ?The political master always finds himself vis- a-vis the trained official in the position of a dilettante facing the expert. Whose opinion is this?
Harold Laski
Max Weber
Mosca
W. Pareto

25. The local governments are generally entrusted with
The administration of local subjects
Performance of various functions
Developmental functions
Responsible to state government

26. What differentiates state from nation?
people
government
territory
sovereignty

27. Who among the following were advocates of the conflict theory of stratification?
C.W. Mills, R. Dahrendorf, G. Lenski
C.W. Mills, Parsons, R. Dahrendorf
Goode, Hatt, C.W. Mills
C.W. Mills, R. Dahrendorf, Goode

28. The statement ?there are some people who are more able than others? may be attributed to
Davis and Moore
Goode and Hatt
Parsons and Merton
Durkheim and Weber

29. Which among the following is the oldest?
Cyclical view of social change
Linear view of social change
Evolutionary model of social change
Dialectical model of social change

30. Who was of the opinion that ?revolutions are locomotives of history??
E. Kant
K. Marx
Hegel
F. Engels

31. Tribe may be an example of
Family
Association
Community
Caste

32. Which among following is rightly matched?
Samoans ? Radcliffe Brown
Taiga ? M.S.A Rao
Italian-American ? W.F. Whyte
Hopi ? Madan

33. In which type of societies are the kings usually defied?
Where literacy prevails
Where much of illiteracy prevails
Where people have got a religious attitude
Where religion is far advanced than the prevailing time.

34. Which of the following statements is correct?
Demographic studies do not forecast future population movement
Demographic studies attempt to forecast future population movement
Demographic studies only take present stock of population?s size and its structure
Demographic studies only take past account of a population in terms of age, sex and occupation of a population

35. Demography is derived from a
Latin word
Greek word
Spanish word
Polynesian word

36. Whom of the following has considered Indian tribes as backward Hindus?
Risley
Hutton
Ghurye
T.N. Madan

37. Harijans are excluded from the chaturvarna system
as they are out-castes
as they are too inferior to be included in the varna scheme
by the Hindu religious texts
by villagers

38. Who introduced the term cross cousin?
Morgan
Tylor
Radcliffe-Brown
Levi Strauss

39. Society has been defined as a ?web of social relationships? by
Talcott Parsons
Emile Durkheim
R.M. Maclver
R.K. Merton

40. The square of standard deviation is called
variance
co-efficient
mean
None of the above

41. After passing your B.Ed. examination, you go back to the same school where you were working before. Which of the following changes should your students notice in your teaching?
They find you better respected among your colleagues
You appear more stylish and better behave than before
There is a feeling of superiority in your movement and treatment of students
They find your giving more opportunities to them to learn themselves

42. Durkheim was the first to establish ?functionalism? as a distinct approach in sociology. Identify the correct group of sociolo?gists, who further contributed to this ap?proach?
Malinowski, Radcliffe brown, Merton, Parsons
Weber, Marx, Dukheim, Parsons
Weber, Marx, Dukheim, Parsons
Parsons, Durkheim, Merton, Frazer

43. How can the transformation from feudal?ism to capitalism be understood?
Change in values
Change in system
Change of system
Change of political system

44. Identify the characteristic of community among the following
Collective life
Voluntary membership
Temporary membership
Definite goal

45. Which among the following is not an ex?ample of social institution?
Church services
Marriage
Tradition of dowry
Procession

46. What does the social relationship primarily involve?
Institutions
Religion
Consciousness of other people
Associations

47. A group organised to achieve a certain purpose is known as which among the following?
Institution
Community
Association
State

48. Which founder of sociology believed societies changed due to class struggle?
Emile Comte
Karl Marx
Plato
Herbert Spencer

49. The difference between positivism and anti-positivism relates to:
whether individuals like or dislike their society
whether research methods use statistical data or person- to-person research
whether sociological studies can predict or improve society
all of the above

50. Which would a quantitative sociologists use to gather data?
A large survey
A literature search
An in-depth interview
A review of television programs