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This section includes 137 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Geology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 51. |
A developed society is characterized by |
| A. | Particularistic value |
| B. | Diffuseness value |
| C. | Ascription value |
| D. | Specificity value |
| Answer» E. | |
| 52. |
Who has given the idea of consciousness of kind |
| A. | H.M. Johnson |
| B. | R.M. Maclver |
| C. | F.H. Giddings |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 53. |
Who has defined the concept of "Looking Glass Self" among the following |
| A. | G.H. Mead |
| B. | S. Freud |
| C. | C.H. Cooley |
| D. | D.H. Wrong |
| Answer» D. D.H. Wrong | |
| 54. |
Who has classified the groups as ingroup and outgroup |
| A. | W.G. Sumner |
| B. | Laster F. Ward |
| C. | C.H. Cooley |
| D. | J.H. Fichter |
| Answer» B. Laster F. Ward | |
| 55. |
The group other than one's own group shaping behaviour of an individual is called |
| A. | ingroup |
| B. | outgroup |
| C. | primary group |
| D. | reference group |
| Answer» E. | |
| 56. |
"Primary groups are nurseries of human nature" This is stated by |
| A. | H.M. Johnson |
| B. | Herbert Spencer |
| C. | George Simmel |
| D. | C.H. Cooley |
| Answer» E. | |
| 57. |
Any small group marked by continuous close interaction of a highly personal and emotionally supportive nature is called |
| A. | Reference group |
| B. | Primary group |
| C. | Interest group |
| D. | Secondary group |
| Answer» C. Interest group | |
| 58. |
Who has classified status into "ascribed" and "achieved" |
| A. | Robert Bierstedt |
| B. | Ralph Linton |
| C. | H.M. Johnson |
| D. | R.M. Maclver |
| Answer» C. H.M. Johnson | |
| 59. |
The result of social interaction is __ |
| A. | social stratification |
| B. | social value |
| C. | social process |
| D. | social pattern |
| Answer» D. social pattern | |
| 60. |
The practice of marrying outside one's class is called |
| A. | Exogamy |
| B. | Endogamy |
| C. | Hypergamy |
| D. | Hypogamy |
| Answer» B. Endogamy | |
| 61. |
Who has given the concept of 'Reflexive role taking' |
| A. | Merton |
| B. | Linton |
| C. | Cooley |
| D. | G. H. Mead |
| Answer» E. | |
| 62. |
Who has said that "A role is a set of socially accepted and approved behaviour pattern consisting of both duties and privileges" |
| A. | Ogburn and Nimkoff |
| B. | Kingsley Davis |
| C. | R. K. Merton |
| D. | Maclver |
| Answer» B. Kingsley Davis | |
| 63. |
The study of forms of social relationship is identified as the scope of sociology by |
| A. | Maclver |
| B. | Small |
| C. | Max Weber |
| D. | Simmel |
| Answer» C. Max Weber | |
| 64. |
Who is the author of the book "Social Thought from Lore to Science" |
| A. | Alex Inkels |
| B. | Peter Berger |
| C. | Harry Elmer Barnes |
| D. | Howard Becker |
| Answer» D. Howard Becker | |
| 65. |
The concept of "Formal sociology" has been given by |
| A. | George Simmel |
| B. | T.B. Bottomore |
| C. | Sorokin |
| D. | Bogardus |
| Answer» B. T.B. Bottomore | |
| 66. |
Who has propounded the concept of "white collar crime" |
| A. | Cohen |
| B. | Merton |
| C. | Parsons |
| D. | Sutherland |
| Answer» E. | |
| 67. |
Who introduce the concept of "Role set" in sociology |
| A. | Linton |
| B. | Merton |
| C. | Veblen |
| D. | Weber |
| Answer» C. Veblen | |
| 68. |
Who said "Sociology is the study of social groups" |
| A. | H.M. Johnson |
| B. | A.M. Rose |
| C. | Maclver and Page |
| D. | Max Weber |
| Answer» B. A.M. Rose | |
| 69. |
Who is the profounder of the concept of "Global village" |
| A. | R. Gilpin |
| B. | Malcolm Waters |
| C. | Marshal Macluhan |
| D. | Anthony Giddens |
| Answer» D. Anthony Giddens | |
| 70. |
The book "Principles of Psychology" is authored by |
| A. | John Dewey |
| B. | William James |
| C. | Ebbinghaus |
| D. | Wundt |
| Answer» C. Ebbinghaus | |
| 71. |
Advance organizer model was the result of the efforts of |
| A. | Bruce Joyce |
| B. | David Ausubel |
| C. | John Ausubel |
| D. | Joyce and Weil |
| Answer» C. John Ausubel | |
| 72. |
Who said that 'sociology is the science of collective behaviour' |
| A. | Durkheim |
| B. | Park and Burgess |
| C. | Weber |
| D. | Bernard |
| Answer» C. Weber | |
| 73. |
Who said that 'society is web of social relationship' |
| A. | Weber |
| B. | Maclver |
| C. | Marx |
| D. | Durkheim |
| Answer» C. Marx | |
| 74. |
The collection of roles that goes with a given status is termed as |
| A. | Multiple Roles |
| B. | Role Set |
| C. | Conflict of roles |
| D. | Summation of roles |
| Answer» C. Conflict of roles | |
| 75. |
Who has written the book "System of Positive Polity" |
| A. | E. Leach |
| B. | Auguste Comte |
| C. | Herbert Spencer |
| D. | R.E. Park |
| Answer» C. Herbert Spencer | |
| 76. |
Which is the features of Ethnomethodological theory |
| A. | Accounts of interaction |
| B. | Meanings of interactions |
| C. | Methodology |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 77. |
According to Husserl reality can be understood by |
| A. | Scientific method |
| B. | Social survey |
| C. | Contextual experience |
| D. | Relative experience |
| Answer» D. Relative experience | |
| 78. |
Who is the predecessor of Ethnomethodology |
| A. | Husserl |
| B. | Harold Garfinkel |
| C. | Goffman |
| D. | Blummer |
| Answer» C. Goffman | |
| 79. |
Who gave the concept of Sanskritization |
| A. | G. S. Ghurye |
| B. | M. N. Srinivas |
| C. | Yogendra Singh |
| D. | C. Parvathamma |
| Answer» C. Yogendra Singh | |
| 80. |
Who among the following written the book "The Power Elite" |
| A. | V. Pareto |
| B. | G. Mosca |
| C. | C. Wright Mills |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 81. |
Who made the statement "State is a special repressive force of the suppression of the proletariat by the bourgeois, of millions of toilers by handful of rich" |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Lenin |
| C. | Maclver |
| D. | F. Engels |
| Answer» C. Maclver | |
| 82. |
Who among the following contributed to the concept of dominant caste |
| A. | S. C. Dubey |
| B. | R. K. Mukherjee |
| C. | M. N. Srinivas |
| D. | D. P. Mukherjee |
| Answer» D. D. P. Mukherjee | |
| 83. |
Which among the following is not an agent of political socialization |
| A. | State |
| B. | Caste |
| C. | Media |
| D. | Family |
| Answer» C. Media | |
| 84. |
A nucleus of blood relatives surrounded by a fringe of spouses', the brothers and sisters representing core of family unit, is known as |
| A. | Consanguinal family |
| B. | Conjugal family |
| C. | Extended family |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Conjugal family | |
| 85. |
Who said "There are no roles without statuses or statuses without roles" |
| A. | Ralph Linton |
| B. | Robert Park |
| C. | S. F. Nadel |
| D. | R. K. Merton |
| Answer» B. Robert Park | |
| 86. |
The concept of "Reflexive role taking" was given by |
| A. | Merton |
| B. | Linton |
| C. | Coley |
| D. | G. H. Mead |
| Answer» E. | |
| 87. |
Concept of culture lag is given by |
| A. | Kingsley Davis |
| B. | Nimcoff |
| C. | Ogburn |
| D. | Mclver |
| Answer» D. Mclver | |
| 88. |
A position or rank that is assigned to a person at birth and cannot be changed is |
| A. | A closed status |
| B. | A fixed status |
| C. | An achieved status |
| D. | An ascribed status |
| Answer» E. | |
| 89. |
Who has given the notion of "Democracy" and "Public Sphere" |
| A. | Juergen Habermas |
| B. | Ulrich Beck |
| C. | Anthony Giddens |
| D. | Michel Foucault |
| Answer» B. Ulrich Beck | |
| 90. |
Who gave the concept of Neo-functionalism |
| A. | Robert Merton |
| B. | J. Alexander |
| C. | Kingsley Devis |
| D. | Talcote Parsons |
| Answer» C. Kingsley Devis | |
| 91. |
Which approach of qualitative research has emphasized on socio-linguistic aspects of social reality |
| A. | Phenomenology |
| B. | Post Modernism |
| C. | Ethnomethodology |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 92. |
Who wrote the volumes on "Theory of communicative Actions" |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | Juergen Habermas |
| C. | Karl Max |
| D. | Sorokin |
| Answer» C. Karl Max | |
| 93. |
The word family has been derived from the word "famulus" which is a __ word |
| A. | Greek |
| B. | Latin |
| C. | Spanish |
| D. | Roman |
| Answer» C. Spanish | |
| 94. |
Khasi tribes living in the hills of Meghalaya are |
| A. | Matrilineal |
| B. | Patrilineal |
| C. | Bi-lineal |
| D. | Cognatic |
| Answer» B. Patrilineal | |
| 95. |
In which year the term "Sociology" was coined |
| A. | 1798 |
| B. | 1815 |
| C. | 1820 |
| D. | 1838 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 96. |
The term sociology was coined by |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Saint Simon |
| C. | Auguste Comte |
| D. | Max Weber |
| Answer» D. Max Weber | |
| 97. |
Who is the author of the book "The Structure of Hindu Society" |
| A. | N. K. Bose |
| B. | Y. Singh |
| C. | M. N. Srinivas |
| D. | G. S. Ghurye |
| Answer» B. Y. Singh | |
| 98. |
Who formulated the concept of "marginal man" in sociology |
| A. | W. Whyte |
| B. | R. K. Merton |
| C. | R. M. Maclever and C. H. Page |
| D. | R. Park and E. V. Stonequist |
| Answer» E. | |
| 99. |
Who first used the term "phenomenology" as a principle of philosophical and scientific methods |
| A. | Peter Burger |
| B. | J. Turner |
| C. | Edmund Husserl |
| D. | Harold Garfinkel |
| Answer» D. Harold Garfinkel | |
| 100. |
Who has classified action in logical and non-logical categories |
| A. | Parsons |
| B. | Pareto |
| C. | Spencer |
| D. | Mead |
| Answer» C. Spencer | |