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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.
| 101. |
Who advocated the importance of keeping social sciences or its analysis ethically neutral or value free |
| A. | Comte |
| B. | Hobhouse |
| C. | Durkheim |
| D. | Weber |
| Answer» E. | |
| 102. |
Who consider poverty as a result of exploitation and not of scarcity |
| A. | Weber |
| B. | Hobhouse |
| C. | Marx |
| D. | Peter Blau |
| Answer» D. Peter Blau | |
| 103. |
Who introduced the social distance scale |
| A. | Bogardus |
| B. | Bossard |
| C. | Reissmann |
| D. | Thomlinson |
| Answer» B. Bossard | |
| 104. |
Who among the following thinkers is associated with the terms "id", "ego" and "superego" |
| A. | Carl G. Jung |
| B. | Gordon Allport |
| C. | Kimbal Young |
| D. | Sigmund Freud |
| Answer» E. | |
| 105. |
Who propounded the concepts of "manifest function" and "latent function" |
| A. | Robert Merton |
| B. | Talcott Parsons |
| C. | L. T. Hobhouse |
| D. | Marion Levy |
| Answer» B. Talcott Parsons | |
| 106. |
Who is the author of the book "The Golden Bough" |
| A. | G. Thomson |
| B. | J. Frazer |
| C. | B. Malinowski |
| D. | L. H. Morgan |
| Answer» C. B. Malinowski | |
| 107. |
The study of the vital processes of population aggregates is called |
| A. | Ecology |
| B. | Demography |
| C. | Statistics |
| D. | Anthropology |
| Answer» C. Statistics | |
| 108. |
Who considers poverty as a result of exploitation and not of scarcity |
| A. | Weber |
| B. | Plato |
| C. | Marx |
| D. | Pareto |
| Answer» D. Pareto | |
| 109. |
Who among the following had divided sociology into two major parts, namely static and dynamic sociology |
| A. | Auguste Comte |
| B. | Hegel |
| C. | Rudolph |
| D. | Hobhouse |
| Answer» B. Hegel | |
| 110. |
The term "ethnocentrism" was coined by |
| A. | Theodor Adorno |
| B. | E. Burgess |
| C. | C. Darwin |
| D. | W. G. Sumner |
| Answer» E. | |
| 111. |
Who coined the terms "little traditions" and "great traditions" |
| A. | Milton Singer |
| B. | Robert Redfield |
| C. | Harold Gould |
| D. | Y. Singh |
| Answer» C. Harold Gould | |
| 112. |
Who coined the terms "Gemeinschaft" and "Gesellschaft" |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | M. Weber |
| C. | F. Tonnies |
| D. | G. Simmel |
| Answer» D. G. Simmel | |
| 113. |
Who amongst the following viewed crime as inevitable, normal and integral part of healthy societies |
| A. | Durkheim |
| B. | Marx |
| C. | Weber |
| D. | Pareto |
| Answer» B. Marx | |
| 114. |
"Sociology is the study of the forms of social relations", who said this |
| A. | E Durkheim |
| B. | R. M. Maclver and C. H. Page |
| C. | G. Simmel |
| D. | M. Ginsberg |
| Answer» D. M. Ginsberg | |
| 115. |
Who has argued that "sociology has a long past but only a short history" |
| A. | Bottomore |
| B. | Bierstedt |
| C. | Spencer |
| D. | Marx |
| Answer» C. Spencer | |
| 116. |
The estate system is characterized by |
| A. | Legal rights and duties |
| B. | Division of labour |
| C. | Political groups |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 117. |
Who is the author of the book "crime and custom in savage society" |
| A. | B. Malinowski |
| B. | H. Maine |
| C. | J. Frazer |
| D. | E. A. Ross |
| Answer» B. H. Maine | |
| 118. |
Who coined the term "role-set" |
| A. | Radcliffe Brown |
| B. | Herbert Spencer |
| C. | C. H. Cooley |
| D. | R. K. Merton |
| Answer» E. | |
| 119. |
Which of the following may be included in Social Norms |
| A. | Law |
| B. | Mores |
| C. | Custom |
| D. | All |
| Answer» E. | |
| 120. |
The concept of "Anomie" was introduced to sociology by |
| A. | August Comte |
| B. | Max Weber |
| C. | Karl Marx |
| D. | Emile Durkheim |
| Answer» E. | |
| 121. |
Who is the author of the book "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of capitalism". |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | Karl Marx |
| C. | Herbert Spencer |
| D. | C.H. Cooli |
| Answer» B. Karl Marx | |
| 122. |
Who said "History is past sociology, and sociology is present History" |
| A. | Robert Bierstedit |
| B. | Aristotle |
| C. | G.E. Howard |
| D. | H.T. Mazumdar |
| Answer» D. H.T. Mazumdar | |
| 123. |
The process by which the cultural traits invented or discovered in one society spread directly or indirectly to other societies is called |
| A. | Cultural relativism |
| B. | Cultural diffusion |
| C. | Ethnocentrism |
| D. | Assimilation |
| Answer» C. Ethnocentrism | |
| 124. |
Which of the following concepts is associated with Thorstein Veblen's name |
| A. | Alienation |
| B. | Cultural tourism |
| C. | Leisure class |
| D. | Consumerism |
| Answer» D. Consumerism | |
| 125. |
The book "Kinship Organization in India" was written by |
| A. | Kingsley Davis |
| B. | Patricia Uberoi |
| C. | D. N. Majumdar |
| D. | Iravati Karve |
| Answer» E. | |
| 126. |
Who among the following was/were advocate(s) of the functionalist theory of stratification |
| A. | E. Durkheim |
| B. | Kingsley Davis |
| C. | Ogburn and Nimkoff |
| D. | R. W. Murray |
| Answer» C. Ogburn and Nimkoff | |
| 127. |
Which is the main basis of Association according to Tonnies |
| A. | Social Interest |
| B. | Political Interest |
| C. | Economic Interest |
| D. | Cultural Interest |
| Answer» D. Cultural Interest | |
| 128. |
What are the two basic features of community |
| A. | Heterogeneity and Integrity |
| B. | Proximity and Stability |
| C. | Homogeneity and Conflict |
| D. | Continuity and Change |
| Answer» C. Homogeneity and Conflict | |
| 129. |
What is a type of marriage called when the brother of a deceased man is obliged to marry his brother's widow |
| A. | Levirate |
| B. | Sororate |
| C. | Adelphic polyandry |
| D. | Adelphic polygyny |
| Answer» B. Sororate | |
| 130. |
Who among the following developed the sociometry method |
| A. | P. V. Young |
| B. | Karl Pearson |
| C. | H. M. Johnson |
| D. | J. L. Moreno |
| Answer» E. | |
| 131. |
Herbert Spencer's name is associated with |
| A. | positivism |
| B. | organicism |
| C. | functionalism |
| D. | determinism |
| Answer» C. functionalism | |
| 132. |
Who propounded the concept of "reference group" |
| A. | W. I. Thomas |
| B. | C. R. Mills |
| C. | W Waller |
| D. | H. H. Hyman |
| Answer» E. | |
| 133. |
"Science of Society is possible", is assumed by which approach |
| A. | Humanist |
| B. | Positivist |
| C. | Functionalist |
| D. | Feminist |
| Answer» C. Functionalist | |
| 134. |
A primary group is characterized by |
| A. | blood relatioship |
| B. | direct cooperation |
| C. | intimate face-to-face association |
| D. | moral and ethical relationship |
| Answer» D. moral and ethical relationship | |
| 135. |
Who among the following introduced the term "mores" |
| A. | W. G. Summer |
| B. | H. Hart |
| C. | C. Lombroso |
| D. | J. Piaget |
| Answer» B. H. Hart | |
| 136. |
"The culture of a society is the way of life of its members; the collection of ideas and habits which they learn, share and transmit from generation to generation" |
| A. | C. Kluckhohn |
| B. | E. B. Taylor |
| C. | F. Davis |
| D. | R. Linton |
| Answer» E. | |
| 137. |
Who define "Sociology may be defined as scientific knowledge about human relations" |
| A. | Ward |
| B. | Giddings |
| C. | Cuber |
| D. | Johnson |
| Answer» D. Johnson | |