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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 11

Q1 | Auguste Comte used the term “science social” taken from the ideasof_____________
  • charles fourier
  • charles darwin
  • lesterward
  • montesquieu
Q2 | Death, birth and other family events are found to be associated with _____pollution.
  • permanent
  • ) temporary
  • direct
  • indirect
Q3 | The history of the social sciences begins in the roots of ancient___________
  • philosophy
  • epics
  • epigraphy
  • literature
Q4 | The term ‘Verstehen Sociology’ is associated with ______________
  • durkheim
  • weber
  • comte
  • simmel
Q5 | At the turn of the 21st century, the expanding domain of economics in thesocial scienceshas been described as _____________
  • economic determinism
  • economic centrism
  • economic imperialism
  • none of these
Q6 | Among the following _____________ is not a branch of Medical Sociology.
  • neurosociology
  • bio sociology
  • palaeontology
  • primatolgy
Q7 | The word _____________is from the Greek for “human being” or “person.
  • socious
  • anthropos
  • logos
  • oikos
Q8 | The major purpose of Social Science research is
  • reliable and valid study of human behavior
  • understanding social life
  • deep knowledge on matters around us
  • reliable and valid study of social life and human behavior
Q9 | In the branch of Economics_______________the unit of analysis is theindividual agent
  • micro economics
  • pure economics
  • macro economics
  • applied economics
Q10 | Diagnosis of problems and their analysis lead to
  • appropriate remedial actions
  • find out real life situations
  • control over life expense
  • control over human feelings
Q11 | Research strengthens our
  • capacity to live
  • desire for truth and knowledge
  • desire for community living
  • capacity to understand thi
Q12 | Pollution which cannot be removed by any purificatory acts is called_______ pollution.
  • permanent
  • transient
  • direct
  • indirect
Q13 | Global positioning systems (GPS) is now widely used in _______________
  • economics
  • sociology
  • geography
  • anthropology
Q14 | Medium households consist of ____________ members
  • 3 or less
  • 4 to 6
  • 7 to 9
  • 10 or more
Q15 | _______________asserted that man is a political animal in his Politics
  • herodotus
  • aristotle
  • plato
  • descartes
Q16 | A.M.Shah maintained that a simple household had ______ possiblecompositions
  • 2
  • 4
  • 6
  • 8
Q17 | _____________ differs from biology and neuroscience in that it is primarilyconcerned with the interaction of mental processes and behaviour
  • philosophy
  • psychology
  • social anthropology
  • sociology
Q18 | Chicago school developed _________________
  • symbolic interactionism
  • positivism
  • functionalism
  • structuralism
Q19 | Who is the author of ‘ The Household dimensions of Family in India’?
  • louis dumont
  • m.n.srinivas
  • a.m.shah
  • yogendra singh
Q20 | The Study of Administration is a seminal work authored by_________
  • rousseau
  • woodrow wilson
  • wilhelm wundt
  • hobbes
Q21 | The term sociology was derived from Greek term logos and _______wordsociusmeaning “companion”, or society
  • french
  • latin
  • german
  • ausrtic
Q22 | ________ households are defined as those which consisted of whole or partof the parental family
  • simple
  • compound
  • complex
  • complicated
Q23 | Experimental psychology was founded by _______________
  • sigmund freud
  • wilhelm maximilian wundt
  • thorndike
  • pavlov
Q24 | Small households consist of ____________ members
  • 3 or less
  • 4 to 6
  • 7 to 9
  • 10 or more
Q25 | Social Science History Association was formed in ______________
  • 1796
  • 1956
  • 1976
  • 1967