1. Sociology as a separate discipline was emerged primarily out of -----------
Correct : B. enlightenment thought
2. In which year did the French revolution take place?
Correct : A. 1789
3. When did Industrial revolution take place?
Correct : C. 18th century
4. As a result of ---- the aristocrats lost their power and wealth and bourgeoisie came
into power
Correct : B. french revolution
5. ---------- paved way for the destruction of feudal system and emergence of modern
capitalism
Correct : C. industrial revolution
6. What was the major factor that led to French revolution?
Correct : A. enlightenment
7. The hierarchical system existed in France at the time of French revolution
Correct : C. estate system
8. Which was the first estate prevailing in France during French revolution?
Correct : A. clergy
9. Which was the second estate prevailing in France during French revolution?
Correct : B. nobles
10. Which was the third estate prevailing in France during French revolution?
Correct : C. serfs
11. The third estate of the estate system in France consisted of ----- percent of the French
population
Correct : D. 96 percent
12. The first estate in France held its supremacy through the power of church
Correct : A. clergy
13. The period of enlightenment is also known as
Correct : B. age of reasoning
14. Associated with the enlightenment is the 17th century ----
Correct : C. scientific thought
15. Who among the following is closely associated with “Enlightenment?’
Correct : D. voltaire
16. Who is the author of ‘Political Philosophy’ that had significantly influenced the
French revolution?
Correct : A. jean-jacquesrousseau
17. The political tension and economic antagonism between two classes is called
Correct : B. class conflict
18. According to Marx, the conflict of interests between two antagonistic classes leads to
Correct : C. competition
19. The egalitarian society Marx believed to replace the capitalism is called
Correct : C. socialist society
20. Who said that Sociology is a science?
Correct : D. max webber
21. Who advocated a social action approach in sociology?
Correct : B. herbert spencer
22. The social force binding people together in a society will be weak when the society is
characterised by
Correct : B. organic solidarity
23. Strong social bonds between people can be seen when the society is characterised by
Correct : A. mechanical solidarity
24. Urbanization was the result of --------------- during 18thcentury
Correct : C. industrial revolution
25. Who served as advisors to King and Governors in the estate system?
Correct : A. clergy
26. The scientific view developed by Auguste Comte is known as
Correct : B. positive philosophy
27. Auguste Comte initially called Sociology ----------
Correct : C. social physics
28. ‘The Law of Three Stages’ is an idea developed by
Correct : B. auguste comte
29. Comte developed the Law of Three Stages in his work ----
Correct : D. the course in positive philosophy
30. Comte used the term Social Statics to indicate
Correct : A. existing social structures
31. According to Comte the second stage in ‘the Law of Three stages’ is
Correct : B. meta-physical stage
32. According to Comte the third stage in the Law of Three Stages is known as
Correct : D. metaphysical stage
33. The sociological perspective developed by Auguste Comte is known as
Correct : C. positivism
34. Auguste Comte's law of three stages about the development of society include
Correct : C. theological, metaphysical and positive
35. ‘Principles of Sociology’ is a work done by
Correct : B. herbert spencer
36. Who among the following is known as ‘Social Darwinist’
Correct : A. herbert spencer
37. ‘Positive Polity” is written by
Correct : B. auguste comte
38. The term ‘Organic analogy’ is associated with
Correct : A. herbert spencer
39. The concept of ‘Social evolution’ was developed by
Correct : A. herbert spencer
40. ‘The Man Versus The State’ is written by
Correct : B. herbert spencer
41. Who among the following viewed society as an organism with interrelated parts
Correct : B. herbert spencer
42. Who argued that the society and living organisms have similarities in structure and
function?
Correct : A. herbert spencer
43. Durkheim introduced the concept of ‘anomie’ was in his study of
Correct : A. suicide
44. The Rules of Sociological Method is a famous work of
Correct : D. emile durkheim
45. Who introduced the term ‘anomie’ in the study of society
Correct : D. emile durkheim
46. Durkheim argued that the task of sociology should be the study of ----
Correct : B. social facts
47. ‘Suicide’ was published in the year
Correct : A. 1897
48. ‘Suicide’ is authored by
Correct : D. emile durkheim
49. The Division of Labour in Society is a great work by
Correct : A. emile durkheim
50. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life is written by
Correct : B. emile durkheim
51. According to Durkheim the central characteristic of religion was
Correct : A. sacred-profane dichotomy
52. Who said that society is a ‘reality sui generis?’
Correct : C. emile durkheim
53. According to Durkheim, social solidarity depends on the extent of
Correct : C. division of labour
54. According to Durkheim primitive societies are characterised by
Correct : A. mechanical solidarity
55. Durkheim denoted the establishment of specified jobs for specific people as
Correct : B. . the division of labour
56. The binding force between individual and society in primitive societies is regarded as
Correct : A. conscience collective
57. According to Durkheim, modern societies are characterised by
Correct : B. organic solidarity
58. The term conscience collective was used by Durkheim to indicate
Correct : C. shared belief system
59. The type of social solidarity found among agrarian societies is
Correct : A. mechanical solidarity
60. Durkheim holds the view that the preindustrial societies were held together by
Correct : A. mechanical solidarity
61. Societies, where individuals were held together by the mechanical solidarity are
characterised by
Correct : B. no distinction between individual and collective conscience
62. According to Durkheim, the industrial societies are characterised by
Correct : D. organic solidarity
63. Durkheimian approach to sociology is called
Correct : C. functionalism
64. Durkheim held that in industrial societies, ------- is based around an acceptance of
economic and social differences
Correct : A. social order
65. According to Durkheim, anomic suicide occurs when
Correct : B. a person feels disconnected from the society due to lack of social integration
66. Weber’s analysis of modern society centred on the concept of..
Correct : A. rationalization
67. Who developed the concept of ideal type?
Correct : B. max weber
68. Which of the following is known to be the famous work of Max Weber
Correct : C. the protestant ethic and spirit of capitalism
69. The concept of Bureaucracy was given by
Correct : A. max weber
70. To Max Weber, ideal types are
Correct : D. mental constructs
71. A rational-purposeful action is based on
Correct : C. means-end rationality
72. The type of action guided by customs and longstanding beliefs is
Correct : C. traditional action
73. When a person enjoys authority by virtue of his inherited status, then that type of
authority is known as
Correct : A. traditional authority
74. Charismatic authority is characterised by
Correct : B. the exceptional personal qualities of a leader
75. According to Max Weber, the basis for the functioning of the legal-rational authority
is?
Correct : D. rules
76. A systematic interpretive process of understanding the meaning of action from the
actor’s point of view refers to
Correct : A. verstehen
77. ‘The Protestant Ethic and the spirit of capitalism’ was written by
Correct : D. max webber
78. Marx called the distinctive method for the analysis of the historical development of
society as
Correct : C. historical materialism
79. The Communist Manifesto was written in the year
Correct : A. 1848
80. Das Kapital was written by
Correct : D. karl marx
81. Das Kapital was written in the year
Correct : C. 1867
82. The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 was written by
Correct : B. karl marx
83. ---- had a dominant intellectual influence on Karl Marx
Correct : B. hegel
84. A contribution to the Critique of Political Economy is authored by
Correct : C. karl marx
85. In Marxist theory, the working class is called
Correct : A. the proletariat
86. According to Karl Marx the present state will
Correct : B. will wither away
87. According to Karl Marx, the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of
Correct : C. class struggles
88. According to Marx, the capacity to do a useful work that increases the value of the
products is called
Correct : C. labour power
89. According to Marx, under capitalist mode of production, the surplus takes the form of
Correct : B. profit
90. The mode of production existed in primitive communities in which ownership of land
was communal is known as
Correct : D. asiatic mode of production
91. The mode of production characterised by the emergence of private property is ---
Correct : A. ancient mode of production
92. The relationship between those who own the means of production (the capitalists or
bourgeoisie) and those who do not (the workers or the proletariat) is called
Correct : B. relations of production
93. According to Marx, history evolves through the interaction between
Correct : C. mode of production and relations of production
94. The system in which the capitalists own the means of production is
Correct : B. capitalism
95. A system in which the workers sell their labour power for wage is known as
Correct : B. capitalism
96. ‘Goods are produced for sale rather than own use’ is a remarkable characteristic of
Correct : B. capitalist societies
97. The concept of alienation is developed by
Correct : A. karl marx
98. The process by which a commodity takes on an independent, almost mystical
external reality is known as
Correct : C. fetishism of commodities
99. Workers who sell their labour and do not own their own means of production
are
Correct : B. proletariat
100. The division of class in a capitalist society is based on