Introduction to Sociology Questions and Answers PDF

These Sociology Questions are multiple-choice questions MCQ that ask you to select only one answer choice from a list of four choices.

Question and Answers

Que:-1. Social change is responsible for–

(A) Social progress (B) Social evolution

Que:-2. Whose theory is known as functional theory of social stratification?

(A) Marx (B) Max Weber

Que:-3. An unskilled worker becomes semiskilled and skilled. What type of mobility is this?

(A) Intra generational occupational mobility (B) Inter generational occupational mobility

Que:-4. Who gave the name Asiatic Society in his Classification of Societies?

(A) Durkheim (B) Spencer

Que:-5. The book 'The People of India' has been written by–

(A) Risley (B) Ghurye

Que:-6. Who has written the book 'Races and Culture of India'?

(A) Guha (B) Hauble

Que:-7. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

(A) The Decline of the West – Spengler (B) A Study of History – Toynbee

(C) The Holy Family – Max Weber (D) The Remebered Village – M. N. Srinivas (Ans: C)

Que:-8. Those beliefs and forms of behaviour that are expected of any normal member of a society are called–

(A) Cultural universals (B) Cultural absolutes

Que:-9. Sorokin classified relationships into three types. Which of the following is not included in his list?

(A) Family relationship (B) Contractual relationship

Que:-10. The network of patterned human behaviour that is the product of interaction and that at the same time, guides interaction is called–

(A) Social organisation (B) Social system

Que:-11. Proximity to nature is a characteristic feature of–

(A) Agrarian society (B) Urban society

Que:-12. The total organisation of social life within a limited area may be termed as–

(A) A community (B) An association

Que:-13. Who said, "Statuses are occupied, but roles are played"?

(A) Linton (B) Bendix

Que:-14. Which of the following will not be considered as Primary group?

(A) Family (B) Peer Group

Que:-15. Which group of the following thinkers is related to linear theory of social change?

(A) Comte, Pareto, Marx (B) Pareto, Spengler, Marx

Que:-16. As per Hindu Dharrnsastra marriage between a Brahmin woman and a man from 'Vaishya Varna' is called–

(A) Pratiloma (B) Anuloma

Que:-17. Who among the following has divided races into seven categories?

(A) Hutton (B) Risley

Que:-18. Who wrote the book 'Hindu Sanskar' ?

(A) Raj Bali Pandey (B) G.S. Ghurye

Que:-19. Who wrote the book 'Sadhus of India' ?

(A) I.P. Desai (B) S.C. Dubey

Que:-20. According to whom culture is the memory of the human race?

(A) Ross (B) Gnaniecki

Que:-21. To which one of the following the process of Sanskritization is related?

(A) Religious group (B) Ingroup

Que:-22. Who propounded the concept of 'Relative Deprivation'?

(A) R. K. Merton (B) Cooley

Que:-23. Who is of the view that Potential for personal development is crushed in advanced industrial societies?

(A) Marcuse (B) Marx

Que:-24. "Culture is a configuration of behaviour and the results of behaviour, whose component elements are shared and transmitted by the member of a particular Society. " Identify the thinker–

(A) Ralf Linton (B) E. B. Tylor

Que:-25. The success of planned change in a democratic society is possible only through–

(A) Legislation (B) Compulsory Participation

Que:-26. Nadel's conception of social phenomena is based on three criteria. Which one of the following is not included in his list?

(A) Repetitiveness of the social phenomena (B) Durability of the social phenomena

(C) Moving equilibrium (D) Uniqueness of the social phenomena (Ans: B)

Que:-27. Who gave the concept of 'Nonmaterial culture'?

(A) Sorokin (B) Max Weber

Que:-28. The book 'The Sociological Imagination' was written by–

(A) MacIver and Page (B) T.B. Bottomore

Que:-29. "The aim of Sociology is to treat social facts as things." The statements is given by–

(A) Ginsberg (B) Simmel

Que:-30. Who among the following wrote the book 'Indian Village' ?

(A) R.K. Mukherjee (B) D.P. Mukherjee

Que:-31. 'Society is a relation among personal ideas. ' Identify the thinker–

(A) Mead (B) Spencer

Que:-32. Who has defined that "A community is an area of social living marked by some degree of social coherence"?

(A) Manzer (B) MacIver and Page

Que:-33. According to Dahrendorf the principal source of conflict in modern industrial societies is–

(A) Economic interest (B) Authority relations

Que:-34. Who among the following propounded the concept of 'internal and external conflict'?

(A) Lewis Coser (B) Weber

Que:-35. Which one of the following is a disassociative social process?

(A) Modernization (B) Cooperation

Que:-36. The concept of 'Dominant Caste' first appeared in–

(A) The Dominant Caste in Ramapura (B) Homo Hierarchicus

Que:-37. Which one of the following writers has used the concept of caste in the study of Western Societies?

(A) W.L. Warner (B) Karl Marx

Que:-38. Who has written the book "Nature of Sociological Theory: An Action Approach"?

(A) P. Sorokin (B) T. Parsons

Que:-39. In which year Sixth Five Year Plan was started?

(A) 1977 AD. (B) 1979 AD.

Que:-40. Name the author of the book 'Delinquency Areas'–

(A) Park and Burgess (B) R. Shaw and others

Que:-41. Who wrote the book 'Street Corner Society'?

(A) Franz Alexander (B) William Whyte

Que:-42. What is the maximum age limit of a female juvenile delinquent?

(A) 16 years (B) 18 years

Que:-43. A four year old boy has stabbed his cousin brother. The act of the boy will be called–

(A) Crime (B) Juvenile delinquency

Que:-44. Who is of the view that "Deviance cannot be dismissed simply as a behaviour which disrupts stability in society, but may itself be, in controlled qualities an important condition for preserving stability" ?

(A) Merton (B) Erikson

Que:-45. The Theory of 'Differential Association' in criminology was propounded by–

(A) Taft (B) Gillin and Gillin

Que:-46. A doctor kills his compounder. His act may be termed as–

(A) White collar crime (B) Crime

Que:-47. Who treats conformity and deviance as two ends of the same scale?

(A) Durkheim (B) Merton

Que:-48. Suicide by an individual who has detached himself from group life is called–

(A) Egoistic (B) Altruistic

Que:-49. Who said, "occupation and occupation alone is responsible for the origin of the caste system"?

(A) Nesfield (B) Risley

Que:-50. Who gave the classification of society as militant and industrial?

(A) Auguste Comte (B) P.A. Sorokin

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