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This set of Foundations of Sociology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Foundations Of Sociology Set 7

Q1 | The German sociologist Simmel considered _________ as a criterion for classifying groups.
  • nature of contact
  • interaction
  • size
  • nature of membership
Q2 | Capitalism may produce _____ who possess the means of production for thewhole of society
  • bourgeoisie
  • proletariat
  • peasants
  • serfs
Q3 | In Capitalism, the Bourgeoisie exploits the _______
  • clergy
  • proletariat
  • peasant
  • serf
Q4 | Institution is comparatively ___________.
  • permanent
  • temporary
  • artificial
  • transitory
Q5 | Fredrick Engels hypothesized that ______ would emerge as the final form ofcapitalism before the contradictions reach a point where capitalism cannotsustain itself and socialism emerges as its successor
  • liberal capitalism
  • free capitalism
  • state capitalism
  • world capitalism
Q6 | Who presented the idea of ‗cultural lag‘?
  • ogburn
  • malinowski
  • maciver
  • risley
Q7 | In which book did Marx and Engels comment that the history of all hithertoexisting society is the history of class struggles
  • das kapital
  • the poverty of philosophy
  • the german ideology
  • the communist manifesto
Q8 | According to Talcott Parsons, all the units of social structure are __________.
  • concrete
  • tangible
  • abstract
  • explicit
Q9 | Who are the owners of capital in Capitalism?
  • bourgeoisie
  • nobility
  • peasant
  • serf
Q10 | A class is defined by the ownership of ________
  • property
  • labour
  • work
  • status
Q11 | Human interaction is essentially _____________ interaction.
  • competitive
  • co-operative
  • communicative
  • deliberate
Q12 | ___________ help meet the basic needs of society.
  • associations
  • social groups
  • social institutions
  • interactions
Q13 | ___________ is the basic ingredient of social relationships.
  • group
  • awareness
  • bonding
  • interaction
Q14 | Name the system adopted by a given society to guide family or blood relationship.
  • marriage
  • culture
  • kinship
  • taboos
Q15 | Studies of social interaction, groups etc. belong to ——-——— sociology.
  • urban
  • macro
  • applied
  • micro
Q16 | The components of material culture are __________ and objective.
  • external
  • internal
  • tangible
  • both a&c
Q17 | ―Contact & communication are the two main conditions of social interaction.‖ Who said so?
  • horton & hunt
  • park & burgess
  • ogburn & nimkoff
  • maciver & page
Q18 | __________ is a socially defined position in a group or society.
  • role
  • interaction
  • status
  • deviance
Q19 | ―Culture is the man-made part of environment.‖ Who said so?
  • e. b. tylor
  • m.j. herskovits
  • r.brown
  • k. davis
Q20 | Who has described ―society as a web of social relationships.‖?
  • mead
  • ogburn
  • leacock
  • maciver
Q21 | Who coined the term primary group?
  • comte
  • ginsberg
  • cooley
  • gisbert
Q22 | Studies of social interaction, groups etc. belong to —————— sociology.
  • urban
  • macro
  • applied
  • micro
Q23 | The principle of an aristocratic government is _______
  • political virtue
  • honour
  • moderation
  • fear
Q24 | Comte argued that the human mind, individual human beings, all knowledge,and world history develop through ____ successive stages
  • two
  • three
  • four
  • five
Q25 | In Capitalism, ______ class possess only their own labour power, which theymust sell in order to survive
  • bourgeoisie
  • proletariat
  • peasant
  • serf