Methodology and Perspective of Social Science | Set 1
1. The term ‘Social Sciences’ first appeared in the work of
Correct : A. William Thompson
2. ‘Republic’ is the work of
Correct : C. Plato
3. The book ‘Ethics and Politics’ was written by
Correct : B. Aristotle
4. In Renaissance human reason placed above
Correct : C. Arts
5. The conflict between religious learning and beliefs and rationality learning
and beliefs is the basic characteristic of
Correct : C. Renaissance
6. The period from about 1453 to the end of the 17th century was characterized
by the rebirth and proliferation of
Correct : B. ancient knowledge
7. Enlightenment was to a large extent based on
Correct : B. humanitarian principles
8. Enlightenment thinkers opened up new and very significant areas of
Correct : C. Inquiry
9. Enlightenment thought laid the ground work for the development of
Correct : C. Social scientific thought
10. In the period of enlightenment as the organizing principle of knowledge,
rationality replaced
Correct : C. Religion
11. The period of Enlightenment was in
Correct : A. 1650 CE and 1700 CE
12. The work ‘Two Treatises of Government’ was written by
Correct : B. Locke
13. Whose suggestion was that the social order was made by human beings and
therefore could be changed by human beings
Correct : A. Hobbes
14. According to whom was the universe a machine made up of particles
moving according to a mechanical law.
Correct : C. Hobbes
15. The master piece of Hobbes
Correct : A. Leviathan
16. ’Leviathan’ was published in the year
Correct : D. 1651
17. Hobbes believed that the very principle of the universe is
Correct : A. The movement or motion
18. The first philosophical work of Hobbes
Correct : A. The Elements of Law
19. ‘The Elements of Law’ was published in the year
Correct : A. 1650
20. Thomas Hobbes’ interest in philosophy was greatly stimulated by his
discovery of the world of
Correct : B. Mathematics
21. Who tells about Universal law and Natural Law?
Correct : D. John Locke
22. Locke believed that human beings were originally
Correct : B. Social cooperative being
23. ‘Essay Concerning Human Understanding’ is the work of
Correct : A. John Locke
24. The major task of the state is the preservation of the liberty, peace, safety
and public good of the people- Who commented so?
Correct : B. Locke
25. Rousseau believed that refer of society would only be possible if all
members shared equally in the construction of
Correct : D. laws for human’s common happiness
26. Who said that property is the root of all evil which brought about war,
conflict, and misery
Correct : D. Rousseau
27. Whose belief is that man’s original nature was corrupted by society and that the only way man could become virtuous, moral being was to totally transform society.
Correct : A. Rousseau
28. Rousseau’s focus was on the possibility of
Correct : D. drastic social change
29. Rousseau thought that society was formed as a result of
Correct : D. a contract among individuals
30. The scientific approach to the study of human beings seeks to emphasize the
need to blend the perspectives of
Correct : C. Natural sciences, Social Sciences and humanities
31. Not only as a method to understand social reality around us, Social Sciences
help us to
Correct : A. develop insights into the nature of human beings
32. Who said this-In reality there are no economic, sociological or
psychological problems, but only simple problems, and they are complex also
Correct : A. Myrdal
33. A discipline-specific study of social problem from an angle cannot give a
Correct : C. correct and total view of the problem
34. ” Man lives in a socio- economic and political world and thrives on its varied relationships. It is inconceivable that the study of bare and isolated events on any aspect of man’s life would yield any meaningful result”- Who stated so?
Correct : C. Karl Pearson
35. A recent trend in Social science research is
Correct : B. Interdisciplinary approach
36. Research can give us sound guideline for the appropriate measure of
Correct : D. Reform and Social welfare
37. Research in Social Sciences can unfold and identify the causes of
Correct : D. Life Style
38. Systematic research can give us the required data base for planning and
Correct : B. designing developmental schemes and programmes
39. Research in Social Science areas equip us with
Correct : A. greater power of control over the social phenomena
40. A systematized body of knowledge will properly helps us to implement
Correct : C. better social planning for the development of entire human society
41. Diagnosis of problems and their analysis lead to
Correct : A. appropriate remedial actions
42. The main function of research is
Correct : D. all the above
43. Research strengthens our
Correct : B. desire for truth and knowledge
44. The major purpose of Social Science research is
Correct : D. Reliable and valid study of social life and human behavior
45. Which would facilitate reliable and valid study of human behavior and
social life
Correct : D. all the above
46. Social Sciences try to understand human behavior and its interaction with
the environment and
Correct : C. Social institutions
47. To clarify the doubtful and correct the misconceived facts of social life we
depend up on the study of
Correct : A. Social sciences
48. Which of the following seeks to find explanations to unexplained social
phenomena?
Correct : B. Social Sciences
49. Verification of knowledge of human behavior and social life is happening
through
Correct : A. Social research
50. Now the natural world is studied by the methods of
Correct : A. Science
51. The word ‘hybridisation’’ may seem to be imported from ___________
Correct : C. Biology
52. Social science was heavily influenced by _______________
Correct : C. Positivism
53. Auguste Comte used the term "science social" taken from the ideas of
_____________
Correct : A. Charles Fourier
54. Among the following _____________ is not a branch of Medical Sociology.
Correct : C. Palaeontology
55. Experimental psychology was founded by _______________
Correct : B. Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt
56. According to_________________ ‘Sociology and Anthropology are twin
sisters’.
Correct : A. Kroeber
57. Social Science History Association was formed in ______________
Correct : C. 1976
58. ________________ combines physical and human geography
Correct : B. Environmental geography
59. _________________has been regarded as the study of early (primitive)
cultures
Correct : A. Anthropology
60. Among the following who wrote the book ‘First principles’?
Correct : A. Herbert Spencer
61. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
Correct : A. Herodotus – Political Science
62. Who among the following developed an approach in sociology called
functionalism
Correct : C. Durkheim
63. Identify the right sequence of the following thinkers who contributed to
functionalism in the chronological order
Correct : D. Spencer, Durkheim, Parsons, Merton
64. Public Administration is a prominent branch of _____________________
Correct : B. Political Science
65. ____________________ is regarded as the ‘father of history’.
Correct : D. Herodotus
66. _______________is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences.
Correct : B. Social Sciences
67. According to ________________ Sociology is the study of web of social relationships
Correct : A. Mac Iver
68. The Age of ______________saw a revolution within natural philosophy
Correct : C. Enlightenment
69. The history of the social sciences begins in the roots of ancient
___________
Correct : A. Philosophy
70. The term ‘Verstehen Sociology’ is associated with ______________
Correct : B. Weber
71. At the turn of the 21st century, the expanding domain of economics in the social sciences has been described as _____________
Correct : C. Economic imperialism
72. The word _____________is from the Greek for "human being" or "person.
Correct : B. Anthropos
73. In the branch of Economics_______________the unit of analysis is the
individual agent
Correct : A. Micro Economics
74. Global positioning systems (GPS) is now widely used in _______________
Correct : C. Geography
75. _______________asserted that man is a political animal in his Politics
Correct : B. Aristotle
76. _____________ differs from biology and neuroscience in that it is primarily
concerned with the interaction of mental processes and behaviour
Correct : B. Psychology
77. The Study of Administration is a seminal work authored by_________
Correct : C. Wilhelm Wundt
78. ______________is the systematic study of society and human social action
Correct : A. Sociology
79. The Course in Positive Philosophy was written by _______________
Correct : B. Auguste Comte
80. _______________set up the first European department of sociology at the
University of Bordeaux in 1895
Correct : A. Emile Durkheim
81. The term Social Construction of Reality is associated with ___________
Correct : D. Peter L. Berger
82. Chicago school developed _________________
Correct : A. Symbolic Interactionism
83. The term sociology was derived from Greek term logos and _______word
socius meaning "companion", or society