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(1) Who was Comte’s Mentor?
(1) Montesquieu
(2) Morgan
(3) Saint Simon
(4) Robert Redfield
Answer: Saint Simon
(2) From among the following who believed in Social Darwinism ?
(1) Diffusionists
(2) Evolutionists
(3) Functionalists
(4) All of the above
Answer: Evolutionists

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(3) Who started his book “The Structure of Social Action” with the rhetorical question “who now reads Spencer”?
(1) Durkheim
(2) Parsons
(3) Weber
(4) Pareto
Answer: Parsons
(4) Phenomenology is a radical alternative to
(1) Positivism
(2) Evolutionism
(3) Functionalism
(4) Diffusionism
Answer: Positivism
(5) Durkheim’s study of suicide helps us to understand (a) Society’s hold over the Individual (b) Individual’s hold on the society. (c) Suicide rates of varioussocieties (d) Degree of social integration ofa society.
(1) (b) and (c)
(2) (a) and (b)
(3) (a) and (d)
(4) (b) and (d)
Answer: (a) and (d)
(6) In Merton’s functional analysis of society which of the following concepts are central? (a) Functions and Dysfunctions (b) Structural elements and functional pre-requisites (c) Subjective and objective manifestation (d) Manifest and latent functions
(1) (b) and (c)
(2) (b) and (d)
(3) (a) and (c)
(4) (a) and (d)
Answer: (a) and (d)
(7) “Kula” was associated with (a) Trobriand Islanders (b) Malinowski (c) Andaman Islanders (d) Frazer Codes :
(1) (b) and (c)
(2) (b) and (d)
(3) (a) and (b)
(4) (a) and (c)
Answer: (a) and (b)
(8) Durkheim considered animism as : (1) Soul worship (2) The belief that events in the world are mobilized by the activities of spirit. (3) The belief in worshipping the animals. (4) The belief in worshipping the natural objects. Codes :
(1) (1) and (2)
(2) (1) and (4)
(3) (2) and (3)
(4) (2) and (4)
Answer: (1) and (2)
(9) In his evolutionary framework Marx arranged societies in the order of
  1. Primitive Communism
  2. Feudalism
  3. Capitalism
  4. Socialism

The correct order is

Codes :

(1) (3), (2), (1), (4)
(2) (2), (3), (4), (1)
(3) (1), (4), (3), (2)
(4) (1), (2), (3), (4)
Answer: (1), (2), (3), (4)
(10) The book “Street Corner Society” was authored by
(1) L.A. Coser
(2) Max Weber
(3) William F. Whyte
(4) Malinowski
Answer: William F. Whyte
(11) The figure that most frequently occurs in a given set of data is known as
(1) Mode
(2) Median
(3) Mean
(4) Average
Answer: Mode
(12) Range is a measure of
(1) Central Tendency
(2) Dispersion
(3) Association
(4) Correlation
Answer: Dispersion
(13) Who has given the formula for calculating rank correlation ?
(1) Spearman
(2) Pearson
(3) Yules
(4) Garrett
Answer: Spearman
(14) An idea about a given state of affairs put forward in exact terms to provide basis for empirical testing is known as
(1) Ideal type
(2) Hypothesis
(3) Sociological imagination
(4) Empirical Research
Answer: Hypothesis
(15) Attribute is related to
(1) Qualitative variable
(2) Quantitative variable/div>
(3) Constant
(4) None of the above
Answer: Qualitative variable

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