Sociology MCQ Quiz Hub

1. George Simmel’s classification of group as monad, dyad, triad etc. is based on:
physical proximity
nature of membership
social relations
size

2. Who among the following introduced the concept of ‘imaginary reference group’?
New Comb
Merton
Klinberg
Hyman

3. Who among the following have applied reference group theory in understanding sanskritization process in India’?
Damle and Lynch
O. Lewis and Majumdar
Marriott and Singer
Srinivas and Beteille

4. According to Tonnies, neighbourhood is types of_____________.
Community
Gesellschaft
Social group
Primary group

5. According to Weber, which are stems from an individual’s emotional stage at a particular time?
Affective action
Reflective action
Spring action
Rational action

6. With whose name will you associate the ‘Voluntaristic theory of Action’?
Parsons
Weber
Tonnies
Durkheim

7. Norms are:
the conducts which incorporate value-judgments
the standardized generalisations
the conducts which are the guidelines of the expected behaviour
not pattern setting limits or the behaviour of an individual

8. Which among the following has influenced man’s faith and belief most?
the habitats
levels of culture achieved
the expanding experience
the in-born feeling

9. I__ is spontaneous, _____ is artificial.
Fashion, culture
Mores, custom
Custom, fashion
Culture, habit

10. Public opinion as a means of social control is- (a)
A weak sanction
An uncertain sanction, since no one can be sure of its unified stand
Useless since nobody is ready to follow it
Has no relation with social control

11. The tendency on the part of one or more of the component factors to behave in such a way as to disturb the equilibrium of interactive process”, is the definition given by-
W.G. Sumner
Emile Durkheim
R.K. Merton
Talcott Parsons

12. A motivated tendency of an actor to behave in contravention of one or more institutionalised normative patterns” is a definition of-
Deviant Behaviour
Customary obedience
Refusal-tendency
None of the above

13. Freud’s ‘Id’ can best be translated as_______
Reason
Hostility
Desire
Social conscience

14. The concept of T and ‘Me’ is attributed the name of-
C.H. Cooley
G.H. Mead
Sigmund Freud
Maclver

15. In adelphic polyandry form of marriage the children are treated as the offspring of the-
youngest brother
eldest brother
maternal uncle
None of the above

16. According to Morgan, which of the following is the correct order of evolution of family?
Monogamian family, consanguine family, punaluan family, syndasmian family and patriarchal family
Punaluan family, syndyasmian family, consanguineal family, patriarchal family and monogamian family
Consanguine family, punaluan family, syndayasmian family, patriarchal family and monogamian family
None of the above

17. One is not born but rather becomes a woman”. Who said this?
John Stuart Mill
Betty Friedan
Simone de Beauvoir
Shulamith Firestone

18. Marx believed that western society had developed through the following main epochs. They are –
primitive communism, ancient society, feudal society and capitalist society
savagery, feudalism and capitalism
slavery, barbarism and feudalism
feudalism, capitalism and’ socialism

19. A social movement depends on:A. A goal B. A organisation C. A programmeD. A set of values Codes:
A and B
A and C
A and D
A, B, C and D