1. The term used by Durkheim to identify a system of social relations linking individuals to each other and to the society as a whole is
Correct : C. Social solidarity
2. The type of social bonding that discourages individual autonomy in a society is termed as
Correct : A. Mechanical solidarity
3. In a society where labour is specialized and individuals are linked more to each other than they are to society as a whole, it is characterised by
Correct : B. Organic solidarity
4. According to Durkheim, the primary characteristic of organic solidarity is the
development of
Correct : C. Division of labour
5. Durkheim maintained that in order to study social facts, it should be considered as
Correct : B. Things
6. According to Durkheim, when an industrial crisis breaks down the social solidarity existing between specialized functions and creates a decline in social cohesion, it is called
Correct : D. Anomic division of labour
7. --------------- is the result of the weakening of the bonds which tie the individual to the society
Correct : C. Egoistic suicide
8. The doctrine that holds the view that historical circumstances are determined by a sequence of economic events connected to the act of production is known as
Correct : C. Economic determinism
9. The building blocks of a theory is called
Correct : B. Concepts
10. Conclusions drawn about the relationship among concepts based on the logical
interrelationship is called
Correct : C. Propositions
11. Specified expectations about empirical reality derived from propositions are
called
Correct : D. Hypotheses
12. A concept having two or more values or categories that can vary and be
measured is known as
Correct : D. Variables
13. The theoretical perspective that holds that society is a complex system whose
various parts work together to produce stability is
Correct : B. Functionalism
14. A prominent exponent of functionalism in the United States
Correct : C. Talcott Parsons
15. The concept of ‘dysfunction’ is a major contribution of
Correct : B. Robert K Merton
16. The theoretical perspective that emphasises the importance of moral
consensus in maintaining order and stability in a system is called
Correct : B. Functionalism
17. What are manifest functions?
Correct : D. Recognised and intended consequences of a social action
18. Robert K Merton is a
Correct : B. Structural-Functionalist
19. Middle-range theories is a great contribution by
Correct : A. K Merton
20. The evolutionary perspective holds the idea that
Correct : C. Societies gradually change from simple to complex systems
21. Auguste Comte believed that human societies can evolve only in a
Correct : D. Uni-linear way
22. Latent functions are always
Correct : C. Unrecognised and Unintended consequences of a social action
23. The study of everyday behaviour in situations of face to face interaction is
usually called
Correct : A. Microsociology
24. Theories that deal with the analysis of large-scale social structures and longterm processes of change is called
Correct : B. Macro level theories
25. Levi-Strauss is a prominent
Correct : D. Structuralist
26. Who introduced the term sociological imagination?
Correct : C. C Wright Mills
27. The Sociological paradigm that focuses on the way each part of society
functions together to contribute to the whole is called
Correct : B. Structural-functionalism
28. Conflict theories operate at a -------- perspective
Correct : B. Macro-level
29. The sociological paradigm that focuses on the way inequalities contribute to
social differences and perpetuate differences in power is known as
Correct : C. Conflict theory
30. Symbolic interactionism is known to be a -----------------
Correct : A. Micro-level theory
31. Symbolic interactionism focuses on ----------
Correct : D. One to one interactions and communications
32. Who believed that society is a complex system of interrelated and interdependent parts that work together to maintain stability?
Correct : C. Emile Durkheim
33. Who is known as the founder of conflict theory?
Correct : A. Karl Marx
34. Who is the founder of symbolic interactionism?
Correct : D. George Herbert Mead
35. What are the three stages argued by Comte that knowledge pass through?
Correct : B. Theological – metaphysical –positive
36. Who among the following said that ‘Sociology is the science of understanding
the meaning of social action?
Correct : D. Max Webber
37. Who among the following analysed the impact of religious beliefs on the
economic growth for the first time?
Correct : C. Max Webber
38. Who advocated the social action approach in sociology for the first time?
Correct : A. Max Webber
39. Weber’s concept, the Verstehen stands for
Correct : D. Understanding social world from the point of view of the actors
40. The political tension and economic antagonism between two classes is called
Correct : B. Class conflict
41. According to Marx, the conflict of interests between two antagonistic classes
leads to
Correct : A. Class struggle
42. The egalitarian society Marx believed to replace the capitalism is called
Correct : C. Socialist society
43. Who advocated a social action approach in sociology?
Correct : D. Max Webber
44. Urbanization was the result of --------------- during 18thcentury
Correct : C. VIndustrial revolution
45. Marx believed that the destruction of capitalism will lead to the formation of
Correct : C. Socialism
46. According to Karl Marx, class conflict occurs with the emergence of
Correct : D. Class consciousness
47. Which of the following is not an aspect of alienation in capitalist societies?
Correct : D. Alienation from wages
48. The rise of individualism was an important social thought emerged out of --------
Correct : D. Enlightenment and French revolution
49. The French revolution marked the development of a new class called
Correct : C. Capitalists
50. Who among the following held the view that society is a moral entity?