Sociology Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) and Answers - Set 42

(1) According to George H. Mead, which of the following is not an essential characteristic of self ?

(1) Attitude

(2) Reflexive character

(3) Physical entity

(4) Ego

Answer: Ego

(2) Class and status group are two categories of social stratification. Which one of the following is not a valid distinction between them ?

(1) Class is defined by its position in the system of production, whereas status group is characterized by pattern of consumption.

(2) A class is a smaller aggregate than a status group.

(3) Membership in a class is achieved, whereas membership in a status group is determined by both birth and achievement.

(4) A class acquires its identity in a society by contending forces and status by social recognition

Answer: A class is a smaller aggregate than a status group.

(3) Who has pointed out that social stratification is needed to ensure effective role allocation and role performance ?

(1) Moore & Parsons

(2) Davis & Parsons

(3) Davis & Moore

(4) Parsons & Weber

Answer: Davis & Moore

(4) Which one of the following is not a linear theorist ?

(1) H. Spencer

(2) K. Marx

(3) P. Sorokin

(4) L.T. Hobhouse

Answer: P. Sorokin

(5) Delay, in change in one part of society produces realignment of the other parts is known as

(1) Cultural adjustment

(2) Cultural lag

(3) Generation gap

(4) Acculturation

Answer: Cultural lag

(6) For whom, real structures exists in human minds, they are innate, unconscious and occur as binary oppositions ?

(1) Sigmund Freud

(2) C. Levi-Strauss

(3) B. Malinowski

(4) A.R. Radcliffe-Brown

Answer: C. Levi-Strauss

(7) Elementary structures of Kinship are largely based on

(1) Complex Marriage Rules

(2) Negative Marriage Rules

(3) General Marriage Rules

(4) Positive Marriage Rules

Answer: Positive Marriage Rules

(8) Who among the following makes use of the concept of ‘social network’ while defining social structure ?

(1) C. Levi-Strauss

(2) Role Relationship

(3) S.F. Nadel

(4) Ralph Linton

Answer: S.F. Nadel

(9) “Modes of individual adaptation” was the concept propounded by :

(1) R.K. Merton

(2) T. Parsons

(3) Max Weber

(4) None of these

Answer: R.K. Merton

(10) R.K. Merton speaks of Anticipatory socialisation in the context of

(1) Membership reference group

(2) Membership group

(3) Non-membership reference group

(4) None of the above

Answer: Non-membership reference group

(11) R.K. Merton revised and codified functionalism in the light of his views on

(1) Functional Unity of Society

(2) Universal functionalism

(3) Indispensability

(4) All of the above

Answer: All of the above

(12) Of the following, who differentiates among three types of objects : Physical, Social and Abstract ?

(1) G.H. Mead

(2) H. Blumer

(3) V. Pareto

(4) Max Weber

Answer: H. Blumer

(13) The terms ‘rentiers’ and ‘speculators’ were analysed and explained in the context of social change by

(1) Karl Marx

(2) Max Weber

(3) Max Weber

(4) G.H. Mead

Answer: V. Pareto

(14) Who emphasised the significance of Max Weber as well as Karl Marx in his study of Social conflict ?

(1) L.A. Coser

(2) R. Collins

(3) R. Dahrendorf

(4) None of these

Answer: None of these

(15) Who has stated that ‘human studies should be concerned not with the establishment of causal connections of formulation of universal laws’ ?

(1) Auguste Comte

(2) Emile Durkheim

(3) Karl Marx

(4) W. Dilthey

Answer: Karl Marx

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