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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 17

Q1 | …………..is the holistic "science of man," - a science of the totality of human existence.
  • Anthropology
  • Political Science
  • Economics
  • History
Q2 | Who described socio-cultural anthropology as "the most scientific of the humanities, and the mosthumanistic of the sciences?
  • Eric Wolf
  • Lionel Robbins
  • Auguste Comte
  • Adam Smith
Q3 | The goal of ………….is to provide a holistic account of humans and human nature.
  • Anthropology
  • Economics
  • Political Science
  • Environmental Science
Q4 | . ……………is a social science that seeks to analyze and describe the production, distribution, andconsumption of wealth.
  • Economics
  • Anthropology
  • Political Science
  • Environmental Science
Q5 | Who attempt to understand the earth in terms of physical and spatial relationships?
  • Geographers
  • Historians
  • Politicians
  • Sociologists
Q6 | …………..is the continuous, systematic narrative and research of past events as relating to thehuman species; as well as the study of all events in time, in relation to humanity.
  • Political Science
  • Economics
  • History
  • Environmental Science
Q7 | What investigates the cognitive and social aspects of human language?
  • History
  • Syntax
  • Linguistics
  • Sociology
Q8 | ………….is the study of the rules that govern the structure of sentences.
  • Morphology
  • semantics
  • Syntax
  • Phonology
Q9 | ………….. is the study of meaning.
  • semantics
  • Syntax
  • Morphology
  • Phonology
Q10 | ……………. is the study of the structure of words.
  • Morphology
  • Semantics
  • Phonology
  • Archaeology
Q11 | …………. is the study of speech sounds.
  • Phonetics
  • Syntax
  • Morphology
  • Semantics
Q12 | …………… is the study of the abstract sound system of a particular language.
  • Phonology
  • Syntax
  • semantics
  • Morphology
Q13 | The Study of Administration was written by ……………
  • Woodrow Wilson
  • Max Weber
  • Georg Simmel
  • Comte
Q14 | Sociology was originally established by ………………..
  • Ranke
  • Niebuhr
  • Auguste Comte
  • Adam Smith
Q15 | Who is generally regarded as the "Father of Sociology”?
  • David Ricardo
  • Adam Smith
  • Alfred Marshall
  • Comte
Q16 | ………….is the craft of conveying news, descriptive material and comment via a wideningspectrum of media.
  • Economics
  • social science
  • Library Science
  • Journalism
Q17 | The term "social science" first appeared in …………….
  • 1804
  • 1809
  • 1814
  • 1824
Q18 | The Luddite movement in ……………..had disintegrated by 1817.
  • Italy
  • Germany
  • France
  • England
Q19 | Until the publication of the …………..in 1833, the poor social conditions in Britain went largelyignored by the ruling classes.
  • Sadler Report
  • Hunter Commission Report
  • Health Act
  • Apprentices Act
Q20 | Health and Morals of Apprentices Act was passed in ……………..
  • 1702
  • 1765
  • 1789
  • 1802
Q21 | ………………… insisted that Women and young persons were to work no more than 10 hours perday.
  • Factory Act of 1847
  • Factory Act of 1833
  • Factory Act of 1844
  • Factory Act of 1850
Q22 | ………………….. Insisted that Women and young persons to work in factories only between thehours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. or 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
  • Factory Act of 1850
  • Factory Act of 1856
  • Factory Act of 1833
  • Factory Act of 1844
Q23 | ……… Insisted that Children were only to work during the same hours as women and young persons.
  • Factory Act of 1853
  • Factory Act of 1833
  • Factory Act of 1844
  • Factory Act of 1850
Q24 | The dissent and insubordination of the ……………workingmen reached its peak in the mid- 19thwith Chartism, an ideology that called for political reform in the country.
  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Dutch
Q25 | The People's Charter, a document was written in 1838 by……………
  • William Lovett
  • Gladstone
  • Disraeli
  • Robert Peel