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Multiple Choice:
1. The study of society and the manner in which people behave and influence the world.
2. Main concern is more on the philosophical side which aims to answer and interpret big questions
like “what is the meaning of life?”
a. Social Issue b. Humanities c. Social Science d. Natural Science
4. A group of people who share a common culture, occupy a particular territorial area and feel
themselves to constitute a unified and distinct entity.
a. Society b. Humanities c. Government d. Social Issue
6. It is the study of humans past and present, the science of the totality of human existence “science
of man”
a. Anthropology b. Psychology c. Demographics d. Political Science
7. The branch of Anthropology that aims to study the human biological origins, evolution and
variations.
a. Cultural Anthropology b. Physical Anthropology
c. Psychology d. Economics
8. The branch of Anthropology that focuses on studying the cultural variations of individual.
a. Cultural Anthropology b. Physical Anthropology
c. Psychology d. Economics
9. The study that aims to explain social interactions which satisfy economic wants.
a. Psychology b. Anthropology c. Political Science d. Economics
10. The branch of economics that deals with the behaviour and performances of an economy as a
whole.
a. Macro-economics b. Micro-economics c. Microbiology d. Micro-organism
11. The branches of economics that deals with the individuals, households, and firms’ behaviours in
making decisions in allocating their resources.
a. Macro-economics b. Micro-economics c. Microbiology d. Micro-organism
12. The field of science that deals with studying the lands and features of the earth.
a. Geography b. Anthropology c. Psychology d. Economics
14. The Greek scientist who first coined the term Geography.
a. Aristotle b. Herodotus c. Eratosthenes d. Descartes
15. The study of the past and its records about events, derived from the word “historia” meaning “to
inquire or research”
a. Psychology b. History c. Demography d. Economics
18. It is the study of emotion, cognition and behaviour and deals with the interaction of these three.
a. Psychology b. History c. Political Science d. Sociology
20. School of Psychology that attempts to understand why animals and humans have developed the
particular psychological aspects that they currently possess.
a. Structuralism b. Socio-cultural c. Behaviourism d. Functionalism
21. Based on the premise that it is not possible to objectively study the mind
a. Structuralism b. Socio-cultural b. Behaviourism d. Functionalism
23. Studies the individual differences in behaviour. It studies the growth of people throughout their
life.
a. experimental
b. Developmental and personality psychology
c. Socio-industrial-organizational consumer and cross cultural psychology
d. Biopsychology
27. A type of therapy developed by Freud. It assumes that the mental health activity of the patient is
derived from his/her unconscious.
a. Displacement b. Psychoanalysis c. Defence mechanism d. Psychosocial
31. A theory that explains social phenomena as outcomes of individual choices that can be
construed as rational.
a. Rational Choices Theory
b. Beliefs
c. Desires
d. Bounded Rationality
34. This theory is an outgrowth of the general movement to empower women worldwide and fights
for the equality of women and argue that women should share equally in society’s opportunities
and scarce resources.
a. Equality Theory
b. Feminist Theory
c. Critical Theory
d. Conflict Theory
36. A wider discipline that study written, verbal, and non verbal communication
a. Hermeneutics b. Phenomenology c. Hermeneutic Phenomenology d. Knowledge
38. Themes that are about interpretation, textual meaning and dialogue
a. Hermeneutics b. Phenomenology c. Hermeneutic Phenomenology d. Knowledge
39. The environment and its resources should be used by humans and managed in responsible
manner.
a. Environment b. Sustainability c. Society d. Environmental Conservation
40. Is a complex of many variables, which surrounds man as well as the living organism.