1. Herbert Spencers model of society was essentially (a) Consensus (b) Organismic (c) Functionalist (d) Conflict 2. Who has given the concept of formal sociology? (a) Giddings (b) Spencer (c) George Simmel (d) Robert K Merton 3. According to August Comte, _________ is the study of the inter-relationship between the various parts of human societies. (a) Social statics (b) Positivism (c) Social dynamics (d) Metaphysics 4. Who gave the definition, Sociology is the science of collective behaviour? (a) Cuber (b) MacIver (c) Burgess (d) Kimble young 5. Of the following who introduced the term Industrial Sociology? (a) August Comte (b) Karl Marx (c) Saint Simon (d) Emile Durkheim 6. Man is a social animal is the famous analysis of human nature. It was said by (a) August Comte (b) Socrates (c) Plato (d) Aristotle 7. The concept of Looking-glass self has been given by (a) Mead (b) Gidding (c) Cooley (d) MacIver 8. Among the following whose name is considered as the pioneer of law of three stages of social development? (a) Karl Marx (b) August Comte (c) Herbert Spencer (d) Max Weber 9. According to which of the following sociologists society is a web of social relations? (a) Cooley (b) MacIver (c) Parsons (d) Leacock 10. First scientific step towards growth of language is believed to be (a) Voice of sages (b) Symbol (c) Imitation (d) Emotions 11. Cours de Philosophie the first book highlighting the special subject of sociology is written by (a) August Comte (b) Max Weber (c) Arnold Green (d) Saint Simon 12. Organic Theory about origination of society was supported by (a) Sir Henry Maine (b) Rousseau (c) Herbert Spencer (d) Mac Dougal
20. Who has differentiated between community and association? (a) MacIver (b) Linton (c) Ferdinand Tonnies (d) George H Mead 21. (a) (b) (c) (d) 22. (a) (b) (c) (d) The term Division of Labour was coined by E. Durkheim Karl Marx Adam Smith Max Weber Sanctions can be in the form of Rewards Punishments Neither punishment nor rewards Both punishment and rewards
23. Who has classified social systems into organic solidarity and mechanical solidarity? (a) Durkheim (b) Weber (c) Morgan (d) Tylor 24. When a group of people decides to replace the old means and goals of society by new means and goals, it is known as (a) Innovation (b) Ritualism (c) Retreatism (d) Rebellion
18. Who has tried to divide the functions of an institution as manifest and latent? (a) K.Davis (b) MacIver (c) Gillin and Gillin (d) R.K. Merton
28. The book The Division of Labour in Society is written by (a) Adam Smith (b) E. Durkheim (c) Georg Simmel (d) Max Weber 29. Which of the following is characterized by both likeness and difference? (a) Society (b) Community (c) Status-set (d) Potential group 30. Who among the following has given the functional view of society? (a) Giddings (b) August Comte (c) T. Parsons (d) H. Spencer
35. Which one of the following is not concerned with the institution of family? (a) Marriage (b) Family Business (c) Child (d) Kinship 36. (a) (b) (c) (d) Who did the pioneering work on ideal type? Max Weber Alfred Weber Emile Durkheim Karl Manheim
46. The largest unit with which sociology is ordinarily concerned is (a) a society (b) an individual (c) the world (d) a nation 47. (a) (b) (c) (d) Thou shall not kill is a/an Norm Virtue Belief Attitude
42. What do you call a family where descent is traced through the mother? (a) Matriarchal (b) Matrilocal (c) Matrilineal (d) Matrifocal
48. The specialized and standardized ways of doing things common to those sharing a particular culture is referred to as (a) Mores (b) Norm (c) Custom (d) Value
59. The author of the book Modernisation of Indian Tradition is (a) Yogendra Singh (b) M.N. Srinivas (c) K.L Sharma (d) Sachidananda 60. (a) (b) (c) (d) Find the odd one out. Slavery Caste Estate Status
63. The scientific study of human population is known as (a) Sociography (b) Demography (c) Geography (d) None of the above 64. Which of the following articles of Indian Constitution prohibits untouchability? (a) Art. 14 (b) Art. 15 (c) Art. 16 (d) Art. 17 65. The term used to denote a state of social well being is (a) Euphoria (b) Anomie (c) Dysphoria (d) Equilibrium 66. With whom do you associate the concept of social fact? (a) Karl Marx (b) M. Mauss (c) Max Weber (d) E. Durkheim
70. The type of family in which after marriage husband moves to the residence of wife is known as (a) Patrilocal (b) Matrilocal (c) Changing residence (d) Matrilineal 71. (a) (b) (c) (d) A dynamic or behavior aspect of status is called Culture Value Norms Role
72. The concept of relative deprivation was formulated by (a) Parsons (b) Stouffer (c) Marx (d) Merton
74. The terms sacred and profane were coined by (a) Mallinowski (b) Emile Durkheim (c) Radhakrishnan (d) M.N. Srinivas 75. (a) (b) (c) (d) 76. (a) (b) (c) (d) Concentric Zone hypothesis was forwarded by Robert Park Devid Ullman E.W. Burgess Walter Firey The Nuer tribe was studied byDurkheim Radcliffe-Brown Evans-Pritchard Mallinowski
80. The number of children women are able to have in biological terms in known as (a) Birth rate (b) Fertility (c) Life expectancy (d) Fecundity 81. (a) (b) (c) (d) Most roles are Reciprocal Individualized Spontaneous Isolated
77. Which caste formed the backbone of Dr. Ambedkars Movement? (a) Mahars (b) Nadars (c) Rajputs (d) Nayars 78. When was established? (a) 1944 (b) 1945 (c) 1946 (d) 1947 Human Rights Commission
82. Which one of the following types of societies shows total absence of bureaucracy? (a) Post-industrial (b) Agrarian (c) Tribal (d) Industrial 83. The concept of little tradition and great tradition were formulated by (a) Milton Singer (b) Norman Brown (c) McKim Marriot (d) Robert Redfield 84. The community programme in India was launched in the year (a) 1947 (b) 1950 (c) 1952 (d) 1956
88. A status group, according to Max Weber, is one which is based on (a) Honour and Prestige (b) Honour and Power (c) Power and Prestige (d) Honour, Power and Prestige 89. A marriage in which a woman of upper caste marries a man of lower caste is known as (a) Exogamy (b) Hypogamy (c) Hypergamy (d) Endogamy 90. The mutual impact of British and Indian culture on each other is termed as (a) Acculturation (b) Accommodation (c) Westernization (d) Assimilation
94. According to Durkheim, the function of punishment is to (a) Remove crime in the society (b) Establish law and order (c) To socialize the culprit (d) To maintain the collective sentiments at their necessary level of strength. 95. (a) (b) (c) (d) The Structure of Social Action was written by Weber Merton Parsons Radcliffe Brown
96. Which of the following systems refers to the statuses and roles of the individual (a) Ideational (b) Positional (c) Cultural (d) Normative