Methodology And Perspectives Of Social Sciences Set 8
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This set of Methodology and Perspectives of Social Sciences Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Methodology And Perspectives Of Social Sciences Set 8
Q1 | ‘Republic’ is the work of
- socratese
- aristotle
- plato
- none of these
Q2 | According to whom was the universe a machine made up of particlesmoving according to a mechanical law.
- r.park
- rousseau
- hobbes
- aristotle
Q3 | The master piece of Hobbes
- leviathan
- the elements of law
- essay concerning human understanding
- none of these
Q4 | ’Leviathan’ was published in the year
- 1640
- 1650
- 1621
- 1651
Q5 | Hobbes believed that the very principle of the universe is
- the movement or motion
- passion and imagination
- critical thinking
- observation
Q6 | Weber’s social research gives importance to......................
- results
- methods
- rules
- value of freedom
Q7 | ‘The Elements of Law’ was published in the year
- 1650
- 1640
- 1630
- 1651
Q8 | Thomas Hobbes’ interest in philosophy was greatly stimulated by hisdiscovery of the world of
- sociology
- mathematics
- biology
- astronomy
Q9 | The _________ approach talks about social change as a process occurring atdifferent levelsand proceeding in different directions.
- unilinear
- multilinear
- cyclical
- universal
Q10 | ....................... is central to the procedures of scientific method
- oral history
- comparison
- objectivity
- customs
Q11 | The major task of the state is the preservation of the liberty, peace, safetyand public good of the people- Who commented so?
- hobbes
- locke
- rousseau
- moynihan
Q12 | Rousseau believed that refer of society would only be possible if allmembers shared equally in the construction of
- culture and belief
- nature and behavior
- pattern of life
- laws for human’s common happiness
Q13 | Whose belief is that man’s original nature was corrupted by society and thatthe only way man could become virtuous, moral being was to totally transformsociety.
- rousseau
- hobbes
- john locke
- montesquieu
Q14 | Rousseau’s focus was on the possibility of
- social condition and situation
- exchanging ideas
- life experiences
- drastic social change
Q15 | Rousseau thought that society was formed as a result of
- human interaction
- faith and belief
- give and take relationship of human beings
- a contract among individuals
Q16 | Research can give us sound guideline for the appropriate measure of
- education
- field work
- data collection
- reform and social welfare
Q17 | Not only as a method to understand social reality around us, Social Scienceshelp us to
- develop insights into the nature of human beings
- understand the life style of human beings
- develop insights into human being’s communication
- find out the development of human beings
Q18 | Enlightenment thought laid the ground work for the development of
- religious notions
- speculations
- social scientific thought
- all the above
Q19 | The _____ approach analyses social change as a gradual development from simple tocomplexforms
- evolutionary approach
- dialectical approach
- indological approach
- structural approach
Q20 | Social Sciences try to understand human behavior and its interaction withthe environment and
- society
- community
- social institutions
- social phenomena
Q21 | Which approach examines social change in the context of Indian culture andphilosophy?
- evolutionary approach
- functional approach
- indological approach
- structural approach
Q22 | The _____ approach analyses social change as a gradual development fromsimple to complexforms
- evolutionary approach
- dialectical approach
- indological approach
- structural approach
Q23 | ” Man lives in a socio- economic and political world and thrives on its variedrelationships. It is inconceivable that the study of bare and isolated events onany aspect of man’s life would yield any meaningful result”- Who stated so?
- karl marx
- karl mannheim
- karl pearson
- none of the above
Q24 | Who among the following used dialectical approach to explain the emergence of nationalismin India
- a.r.desai
- m.n.srinivas
- d.p.mukherjee
- yogendra singh
Q25 | A recent trend in Social science research is
- single disciplinary approach
- interdisciplinary approach
- direct observation method
- field study