The document contains multiple choice questions about foundational concepts in sociology. It addresses topics like sociological perspectives, key figures in the development of sociology like Auguste Comte and Max Weber, core concepts they developed like positivism and social Darwinism, and additional fundamental ideas such as social norms, values, culture, and methods of sociological research.
The document contains multiple choice questions about foundational concepts in sociology. It addresses topics like sociological perspectives, key figures in the development of sociology like Auguste Comte and Max Weber, core concepts they developed like positivism and social Darwinism, and additional fundamental ideas such as social norms, values, culture, and methods of sociological research.
The document contains multiple choice questions about foundational concepts in sociology. It addresses topics like sociological perspectives, key figures in the development of sociology like Auguste Comte and Max Weber, core concepts they developed like positivism and social Darwinism, and additional fundamental ideas such as social norms, values, culture, and methods of sociological research.
A. Understanding human behavior in broader context of society B. Understanding human behavior in narrower context of society C. Both 'a & b' D. None of these 2. Social Location is the group membership that people have because of their A. Status in society C . Location in history and society B. Location in a town D. None of these 3. Which of the following shape our ideas more than the other A. Hereditary traits C. Social groups interaction B. .Both 'a & b' D. None of these 4. Sociology is a A. Social science B. Natural science C. Behavioral science D. None of these 5. Which of the followings are included in primary goals of a social science? A. Experimentation B. Generalization C. Prediction D. All of these 6. Positivism was first proposed by A. Augustus Comte B. Emily Durkheim C. Herbert Spencer D. None of these 7. Positivism is applying which method in social world? A. Natural method B. Non-scientific method C. Scientific method D. None of these 8. Who is credited as founder of sociology? A. Herbert Spencer B. Augustus Comte C. Max Weber D. None of these 9. The concept of Social Darwinism was coined by A. Herbert Spencer B. Augustus Comte C. Max Weber D. None of these 10. Karl Marx gave the sociological concept of A. Class conflict 11. Emily Durkheim is known for his work on A. Suicide 12. Which one of the following sociologists worked on religion in sociology? A. Max Weber B. Durkheim C. Augustus Comte D. None of these 13. 'Replication' in sociological research means A. Repetition of study to test the findings B. Cancelling the old findings C. Both 'a & b' D. None of these 14. Durkheim's term of 'Social Facts' means A. Factors determining socialization C. A group's pattern behavior B. Both 'a & b' D. None of these 15. In which university Sociology was first taught as a discipline? A. University of Kansas 16. What jeopardized the work of women sociologists in history? A. Sexism B. Racism C. Feudalism D. None of these 17. Which of the following sociologist was victim of racism? A. Hebert Spencer B. Karl Marx C .Augustus Comte D. W. E. B. Du Bios 18. Use of sociology to solve the problems of society is A. Basic sociology B. Applied sociology C. Both 'a & b' D. None of these 19. Identify the type(s) of culture A. Material Culture B. Non-Material Culture C. Both 'a & b' D. None of these 20. Clothes' being wore in a society is an example of A. Material culture 21. Non-Material culture is also called A. Symbolic culture 22. Taking one's own culture as standard of judging others' cultures is A. Ethnocentrism 23. People face cultural shock when they A. Come in contact with different culture 24. Judging another's culture can lead a person to A. Ethnocentrism B. Xenocentrism C. Both 'a & b' 25. Language is an example of A. Symbolic culture 26. Sanction is the way to enforce A. Values B. Norms C. Both 'a & b' D. None of these 27. A sanction can be A. Both positive and negative 28. 'Folkway' is an example of A. Social Norm 29. Which is from the following is the least strictly enforced? A. Folkway 30. Which one of the following is most strictly enforced? A. Taboos 31. A group which has its values contradicting with the broader culture forms A. Subculture 32. A society with different cultural values is A. Pluralistic 33. Values shaped together from a larger whole forms A. Value Cluster 34. Values that run opposite to each other forms A. Value contradictions 35. Ideal culture is A. Norms ought to be manifested 36. The way in which people actually follow norms is A. Manifest culture 37. The spread of cultural traits and patterns in space is called A. Diffusion 38. A Stimulus-Response Condition between two persons is called A. Interaction 39. Polyandry is a form of marriage in which A. Many men are husbands of one woman 40. A verified and verifiable proposition is A. Fact 41. Who strongly believed in social DARWINISM particularly the "survival of the fittest"? A. Spencer 42. Fact may be defined as A. Verified and verifiable statement 43. Research design is A. An overall outline of the procedures and operations that includes methods, techniques and tools of the study B. an ongoing research project 44. Social Mobility Means A. Movement of people between positions on different levels 45. Monotheism refers to A. The worship of one God 46. By Sorcery we mean A. Magic in a more neutral term 47. Who coined the term "residues"? A. V.F.D. Pareto 48. By Penology we mean A. Study of Punishments 49. Mills, C.Wright wrote the book A. White Collar B. 50. The sex ratio is A. The number of men per hundred women 51. The term used to refer to the biological maximum number of birth is A. Fecundity 52. From the stand point of its role in society, one of the great potential capability of religion is A. Lessening confusion by providing a system of beliefs 53. Children assumed to have raised by animals are called A. Feral children 54. Children reared in special centers of care are Institutionalized children 55. A social position inherited by an individual is a status called Ascribed Status 56. A social position earned in life shapes Achieved Status 57. Position occupied by someone in society is recognized as his Status 58. Things used to identify one's social status are called Status determinants 59. The behavior attached to social status is described as Role 60. People of society who share commonness in several things form Group 61. Social integration is level to which members of a society feel United 62. Specifying a task for a person is Division of labor 63. Stereotype is an Assumption 64. Stereotype is an assumption that is A. Always true B. Always false C. Either true or false D. None of these 65. Collaboration of two or more people in a work is called Teamwork 66. Dyad is The smallest possible group 67. Emigration means Going out of home country 68. The sociogram is best described as a sociological Technique 69. A caste system as a pure theoretical type is based upon Ascribed status 70. Social class position in a true "open class" structure is based upon Achieved criteria 71. A close connection between religion and economic forces was presented by Max Weber 72. A large kinship group whose members inhabit one geographic area and believe they are descendent from a common area is known as Kin group 73. A social condition in which values are conflicting, weak or absent is Anomie 74. A counter culture Has to be against the existing cultural ethos/values 75. The essential function of punishment in society is Affirmation of moral standards 76. In theoretical field social research aims at A. finding problems of human being C. identifying delinquent behavior B. reducing social conflict D. None of these 77. Those who cannot compete have no right for higher learning and must be refused accordingly who believed in the above thesis? (Social Darwinism) Spencer 78. Cultural Shock is caused by A. finding values, norms and customs against ones cultural socialization usually opposite to what one has been socialized in and they turn out to be dysfunctional 79. Society as a complex organization of parts that functions to fulfill the requirement a..'1d promote the needs of the whole, is a concept of Structural Functionalism 80. The concepts of "Protestant" and "Bourgeoise" were presented by Karl Marx 81. In "The Division of Labor in Society", Emile Durkheim presented the idea of A. Mechanical & organic solidarity 82. The phenomena when educated and highly skilled people emigrate to a new country, their home country loses, is referred as Brain Drain 83. A social condition in which values are conflicting, weak or absent is called Anomie 84. The item alien to the concept of mass is Responsibility 85. The exception to the typical application of endogamy is Kinship 86. One of the following is alien to the concept of culture Changelessness 87. Social research means A. Systematized effort to gain new knowledge. B. Systematic method of discovering the new fact. C. both a and b D. NONE OF THESE