Sociology Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) and Answers - Set 6

1 “World System Theory” of development explains the relationships between the ‘developed’ and ‘developing’ countries. Who among the following gave ‘World System Theory’ of development ?

1 Gunnar Myrdal

2 Wallersteins

3 M.K. Gandhi

4 A. Sen

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Answer: Wallersteins

2 Who is the Author of the Book : “Essay on the principle of population” ?

1 G. Marshall

2 M.K. Premi

3 T. Malthus

4 Peter R. Cox

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Answer:T. Malthus

3 The concept of social capillarity in studying population was used by

1 Thomas Malthus

2 Herbert Spencer

3 David Herdiman

4 D. Dumount

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Answer:D. Dumount

4 Which of the following is/are related to Demographic processes ? I. Fertility II. Mortality III. Migration IV. Morbidity Answer the correct combination :

1 I and IV are correct.

2 IV and II are correct.

3 II and III are correct.

4 III and IV are correct.

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Answer:IV and II are correct.

5 Mark out the correct sequence of perspectives on gender and development in India :

1 Welfare, Empowerment, Development.

2 Empowerment, Development,Welfare.

3 Development, Welfare, Empowerment.

4 Welfare, Development, Empowerment.

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Answer:Welfare, Development, Empowerment.

6 Which is the main basis for the growth of eco-feminism ?

1 Deforestation in industrial society

2 Women’s lives and their relation with the nature

3 Pollution and environmental degradation

4 Global warming

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Answer: Women’s lives and their relation with the nature.

7 “Sociology is a Science which attempts an interpretative understanding of social action.” Who defined Sociology in this manner ?

1 T. Parsons

2 MacIver and Page

3 E. Durkheim

4 Max Weber

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Answer:Max Weber

8 “Culture is man’s guide, it liberates as well as enslaves him as all guides do.” Which of the following school represents this view ?

1 Evolutionary School

2 Marxian School

3 Diffusionistic School

4 Culture-personality School

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Answer: Culture-personality School

9 The term ‘Sociological Imagination’ was coined by whom ?

1 P. Berger

2 C.W. Mills

3 A. Giddens

4 J.S. Mill

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Answer:C.W. Mills

10 Arrange the following books in chronological order by using the code given below : i. Das Kapital ii. Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism iii. Patterns of Culture iv. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life Codes :

1 i ii iii iv

2 ii i iii iv

3 iv iii i ii

4 iii iv i ii

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Answer:ii i iii iv

11 Every man in society occupies a number of statuses. Different statuses associated with a single person are known as

1 Status inconsistency

2 Status sequences

3 Status set

4 Status succession

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Answer:Status set

12 Which of the following are the physical conditions of a primary group ? i. Physical proximity ii. Attraction iii. Smallness iv. Endurance

1 i, ii, iii & iv

2 i, ii & iii

3 i, ii & iv

4 i, iii & iv

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Answer: i, iii & iv

13 Which of the following is not a primary group ?

1 Scouts

2 A peer group

3 A class of students

4 Family

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Answer:Scouts

14 Which of the following are fundamental features of a social group ? i. Organisation ii. We-feeling iii. Self-sufficiency iv. Explicit cultural goals

1 i and ii

2 ii and iii

3 iii and iv

4 i and iii

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