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Sociological Theories
1. Social theory tells us how to
A. visualise the social universe. B. visualise the culture of society.
C. learn the history of universe.
Answer: Option A
2. Social theory is
A. about the knowledge of social universe. B. about the knowledge of culture.
C. about the knowledge of individual.
Answer: Option A
3. Social theory is about
A. how to use the knowledge. B. how to live in society.
C. How to define culture.
Answer: Option A
4. Which theory is a great deal older than sociology?
A. Social Theory B. Economic Theory
C. Political Theory D. None of these
Answer: Option A
5. Social theory is found in
A. old testament in Hindu Vedas B. the works of the Chinese sages
C. both of these D. None of these
Answer: Option C
6. The godfather of sociology is
A. August Comet B. Thomas Malthus
C. Adam Smith D. None of these
Answer: Option A
7. Sociology as a distinct branch of knowledge is said by
A. Adam Smith B. August Comet
C. Plato D. None of these
Answer: Option B
8. August Comet was
A. philosopher B. doctor
C. scientist D. None of these
Answer: Option A
9. The Course of Positive Philosophy published in
A. five volumes B. six volumes
C. two volumes D. None of these
Answer: Option B
10. The Course of Positive Philosophy published between
A. 1830 and 1842 B. 1730 and 1742
C. 1630 and 1642 D. None of these
Answer: Option A
11. According to Comet, human existence can be divided into
A. four stages B. five stages
C. three stages
Answer: Option C
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12. Which of the following is stage of human existence?
A. theological B. positive
C. both of these
Answer: Option C
13. Comet introduced
A. Dynamical sociology B. Static sociology
C. Physics D. None of these
Answer: Option A
14. "Elementary subordination" said by
A. August Comet B. Herbert Spencer
C. Marl Marx D. None of these
Answer: Option A
15. Karl Marx was born in
A. Germany B. India
C. Japan D. None of these
Answer: Option A
16. Karl Marx received a doctorate of philosophy from
A. Oxford University B. Unversity of Jena
C. Harward University
Answer: Option B
17. Karl Marx became Doctor of Philosophy at the age of
A. 25 B. 28
C. 23
Answer: Option C
18. Marx's intellectual partner was
A. Frederick Engels B. Herbert Spencer
C. August Comet
Answer: Option A
19. Emile Durkheim was born in
A. Epinal B. Germany
C. Belgium D. None of these
Answer: Option A
20. "The Division of Labour" was written by
A. Karl Marx B. Vilfredo Pareto
C. Emile Durkheim D. None of these
Answer: Option C
21. Emile Durkheim was died at the age of
A. 57 B. 59
C. 68
Answer: Option B
22. "The Division of Labour" was written in
A. 1877 B. 1897
C. 1907
Answer: Option A
23. "The Rule of Sociological Method" was written by
A. Emile Durkheim B. Georg Simmel
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C. Vilfredo Pareto
Answer: Option A
24. How many books were written by Emile Durkheim?
A. Four B. Five
C. Ten
Answer: Option A
25. "The Rule of Sociological Method" was written in
A. 1895 B. 1795
C. 1995
Answer: Option A
26. The important book "Suicide" was written by
A. Emile Durkheim B. Plato
C. Adam Smith D. None of these
Answer: Option A
27. The book "Suicide" was written in
A. 1895 B. 1896
C. 1897 D. None of these
Answer: Option C
28. "The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life" was masierpiece of
A. Adam Smith B. Emile Durkheim
C. Talcott Parsons
Answer: Option B
29. "the Elementary Forms of the Religious Life" was written in
A. 1812 B. 1712
C. 1912
Answer: Option C
30. Society is "a reality sui generis", is said by
A. Emile Durkheim B. Talcott Parsons
C. Plato
Answer: Option A
31. "Sociology as the study of social facts" defines in
A. Suicide (1897) B. The rules of Sociological method (1895)
C. The division of labour (1893)
Answer: Option B
32. "Constraints accounting for suicide were real" in book "Suicide" were explained by
A. Emile Durkheim B. Adam Smith
C. Vilfredo Pareto
Answer: Option A
33. Durkheim's shortest book is
A. suicide B. The rules of Sociological method (1895)
C. the division of labour
Answer: Option B
34. "The fundamental attributes of human awareness" was explained in Durkheim's book
A. suicide B. the elementary forms of the religious life
C. the division of labour
Answer: Option A
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35. Durkheim died in


A. 1817 B. 1917
C. 1927 D. None of these
Answer: Option B
36. "Kinship" is a symbol of system called
A. economic system B. totemism
C. society
Answer: Option B
37. The totem is sacred because it symbolises
A. society B. kinship
C. worship
Answer: Option B
38. "The Elementary Forms of the Religions Life" by Durkheim is
A. analysis of the whole phenomenon of religion. B. analysis of society.
C. analysis of totemism system.
Answer: Option A
39. Max Weber was born in
A. Erfurt B. Epinal
C. Germany
Answer: Option A
40. Kinship
A. is always related to sex B. is unrelated with sex
C. is related to society
Answer: Option A
41. Kinship by Nature is
A. always specific B. always unspecific
C. never specific D. in some cases specific, while others not
Answer: Option D
42. According to Karl Marx main cause respobsible for the emergence of social class was
A. economic B. social
C. religious
Answer: Option A
43. Marx has been criticised for his views about formation of social classes because
A. he has laid too much stress on economic aspect of life. B. he overestimates
the role of social factors in his theories.
C. he gives equal importance to social factors in life.
Answer: Option A
44. In a capitalist economy, according to Karl Marx,
A. the interests of working classes clashed with those of the non-working classes. B.
social considerations weighed while deciding interests of the classes.
C. none of above
Answer: Option A
45. Max Weber was son of
A. doctor B. lawyer
C. politician D. None of these
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Answer: Option B
46. "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" was written by
A. Max Weber B. Karl Marx
C. Georg Simmel
Answer: Option A
47. Max Weber wrote his first essay in
A. 1904 B. 1908
C. 1912
Answer: Option A
48. Sociology is a science, said by
A. Mkarl Marx B. Georg Simmel
C. Max Weber
Answer: Option C
49. Max Weber died in
A. 1820 B. 1920
C. 1925
Answer: Option B
50. According to Marxian philosophy,
A. no class inherits class consciousness. B. propertied, classes inherit class
consciousness.
C. all classes inherit class consciousness.
Answer: Option B
51. Ibn-e-Khaldun was born on
A. May 27, 1332 B. April 27, 1482
C. April 28, 1484
Answer: Option A
52. Ibn-e-Khaldun was born in
A. Epinol B. Tunis
C. Germany
Answer: Option B
53. "Al-Muqaddimah" was written by
A. Ibn-e-Khaldun B. Max Weber
C. P. V. Young
Answer: Option A
54. Ibd-e-Khadun believes in the
A. static nature of civilisation. B. dynamic nature of civilisation.
C. division of society.
Answer: Option B
55. According to Ibn-e-Khaldun, there are
A. two types of civilisation B. three types of civilisation
C. unlimited types of civilisation
Answer: Option A
56. The civilisation which found in outlying regions and mountains is
A. sedentary B. desert
C. social
Answer: Option B
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57. The civilisation which found in small communities and cities is


A. sedentary B. social
C. desert
Answer: Option A
58. Inbn-e-Khaldun believes in
A. social character of human needs B. socail change.
C. culture depends in society.
Answer: Option A
59. Ibn-e-Khaldun classified mankind into
A. five groups B. two groups
C. three groups
Answer: Option B
60. Ibn-e-Khaldun classified mankind into two groups which is
A. nomads and citizen B. desert and sedentary
C. None of these
Answer: Option A
61. Ibn-e-Khaldun believes in
A. "movement" from primitive to civilised culture. B. a tendency to feel and act
in a certain way.
C. none of above
Answer: Option A
62. Herbert Spenser was born in
A. England B. Tunis
C. Egypt
Answer: Option A
63. "Principles of Biology" was written by
A. Ibn-e-Khaldun B. Herbert Spencer
C. P. V. Young
Answer: Option B
64. "Principles of Biology" was written by
A. Herbert Spencer B. P.V. Young
C. Karl Marx
Answer: Option A
65. "Principles of Sociology" was written by
A. Emile Durkheim B. P.V. Young
C. Herbert Spencer
Answer: Option C
66. "Social Statics" was published in
A. 1850 B. 1855
C. 1900
Answer: Option A
67. In "Social Statics", Spencer gave ideas on
A. Social change B. Progress
C. culture
Answer: Option B
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68. Spencer pointed out that
A. three basic laws are in operation. B. Society is changing.
C. No law in society.
Answer: Option A
69. Spencer is known as
A. scientist B. second founding father of sociology
C. analyst
Answer: Option B
70. Charles H. Cooley was
A. scientist B. American professor
C. analyst
Answer: Option B
71. "The Specialist System" and "General Treatise" on sociology was written by
A. Max Weber B. Vilfredo Pareto
C. Charles H. Cooley
Answer: Option B
72. W.I. Thomas was born in
A. 1863 B. 1763
C. 1865
Answer: Option A
73. "Social Behaviour and Personality" was written by
A. Max Weber B. Charles H.Cooley
C. W.I. Thomas
Answer: Option C
74. Pitirim A. Sorokin was born in
A. America B. England
C. Russia
Answer: Option C
75. "Social Mobility" was written by
A. Pitirim B. W.I. Thomas
C. P. V. Young
Answer: Option A
76. Talcott Parsons was born in
A. 1902 B. 1802
C. 1702
Answer: Option A
77. Talcott Parsons died in
A. 1979 B. 1879
C. 1779
Answer: Option A
78. "The Structure of Social Action" was written by
A. M. Blalock B. Hurbert
C. Talcott
Answer: Option B
79. Hurbert M. Blalock was professor of Sociology at
A. University of London B. University of Washington
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C. University of Oxford
Answer: Option B
80. Alice S. Rossi was professor of Sociology at
A. University of Massachusetts B. Columbia University
C. University of Washington
Answer: Option A
81. Raymond Aron was born in
A. 1905 B. 1910
C. 1855
Answer: Option A
82. Raymond Aron died in
A. 1983 B. 1945
C. 2001
Answer: Option A
83. Roland Barthes was born in
A. 1915 B. 1815
C. 1715
Answer: Option A
84. Roland Barthes was died in
A. 1980 B. 1880
C. 1770
Answer: Option A
85. Elias was a
A. Sociologist B. American professor
C. scientist
Answer: Option A
86. Elias was born in
A. 1897 B. 1857
C. 1817
Answer: Option A
87. Elias was bron in
A. Wroclaw B. England
C. Russia
Answer: Option A
88. "A Religious History of American People" was written by
A. Max Weber B. E.Ahistrom
C. P. V. Young
Answer: Option A
89. "The Psychology of Rumors" was written by
A. Gordon Allport B. E. Ahistrom
C. Max Weber
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option A
90. "American Cultural Values" was written by
A. Conard M. Avensbery and H.Niehoff B. Philippe Aries
C. Solomon Asch
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91. "The Practice of Social Research" was written by
A. E. R. Babbie B. Soloman Asch
C. Howar M. Bahr
Answer: Option A
92. "Our Schizoid Culture" was written by
A. Read Bain B. Howar M.Bahr
C. Philippe Aries
Answer: Option A
93. "Multinational Corporations" was written by
A. Richard Barnet B. Philppe Aries
C. E.R. Babbie
Answer: Option A
94. "The Outsiders" was written by
A. E.R. Babbie B. Philippe Aries
C. Howard S.Becker
Answer: Option C
95. "Religious Evolution" was written by
A. Robert N. Bellah B. Daniel Bell
C. Howard S.Becker
Answer: Option A
96. "Charisma and Modernity" was written by
A. Ruth Benedict B. Joseph Bensman
C. P. V. Young
Answer: Option B
97. "The Invasion from Mars" was written by
A. H. Cantril B. Joseph Bensman
C. Ruth Bendict
Answer: Option A
98. "Black Power" was written by
A. H. Centril B. Ruth Bendict
C. Charles Humilton
Answer: Option C
99. "The Sociology of Work" was written by
A. Theodore Caplow B. P.V. Young
C. Max Weber
Answer: Option A
100. "The Selfish Gene" was written by
A. Richard Dawkins B. Nanette Davis
C. Paul Dickson
101. "Infant Training and the Personal" was written by
A. William Swell B. Richard Swell
C. David O. Sears
Answer: Option A
102. "Basic Research Methods in Social Sciences" was written by
A. Richard Swell B. Jalian L. Simon
C. P. V. Young
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Answer: Option B
103. "Occupational Careers" was written by
A. Walter Slocum B. Julian L.Simon
C. Karl Marx
Answer: Option A

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