Introduction to Educational Sociology Set 3

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This set of Philosophical and Sociological Foundations of Education Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Introduction to Educational Sociology Set 3

Q1 | “The place of teacher in a society” is the study of
  • Educational psychology
  • Sociology
  • Educational sociology
  • Psychology
Q2 | “Evaluation of social media as a medium of social progress” is the study of
  • Educational psychology
  • Sociology
  • Educational sociology
  • Psychology
Q3 | What do sociological researches provide for education?
  • Technology
  • Guidelines
  • Opinions
  • Nothing relevant
Q4 | The study of society is nothing but study of
  • People
  • Laws
  • Conventions
  • Mores
Q5 | Individual and society are considered as
  • Interdependent
  • Contradictory
  • Supplementary
  • Complementary
Q6 | One of the important ways of socializing individuals is through
  • discipline
  • Religion
  • Education
  • Caste
Q7 | Sociological approach to education is needed because of
  • Social change
  • Population explosion
  • Illiteracy
  • Ignorance
Q8 | What must a teacher know in order to teach the students of various backgroundseffectively?
  • Their academic performance
  • Their interests
  • Their society
  • Their talents
Q9 | In order to meet the individual needs of students, the curriculum should be
  • Rigid
  • Flexible
  • Stagnant
  • Traditional
Q10 | Education is one of the important aspects of any
  • Society
  • Politics
  • Religion
  • Caste
Q11 | The ever cherishing social values are those attained through
  • Cultural programmes
  • Battle
  • Education
  • Government
Q12 | Who defined sociology as “ The science of social phenomena subject to natural andinvariable laws, the discovery of which is the object of investigation”?
  • Kingsley Davis
  • Auguste Comte
  • Emile Durkheim
  • Small
Q13 | Sociology emerged in
  • America
  • Europe
  • Asia
  • Africa
Q14 | Educational sociology centers upon the study of social institutions and their role in
  • Education
  • Politics
  • Society
  • Philosophy
Q15 | Characteristic of Secondary Group is
  • Physical proximity
  • Permanency
  • Largeness in size
  • Compulsory membership
Q16 | Language, custom, values, traditions are examples of
  • Material Culture
  • Non-material Culture
  • Intellectual Culture
  • Industrial Culture
Q17 | Primary groups are also called
  • Face-to-Face groups
  • Derivative groups
  • Self-help groups
  • None of the above
Q18 | ‘Special interest groups’ are also known as
  • Primary groups
  • Secondary groups
  • Social groups
  • Cultural groups
Q19 | Social change refers to the change that takes place in an/a
  • individual
  • group
  • institution
  • society
Q20 | One of the characteristics of a primary group is
  • large size
  • temporary membership
  • impersonal relation
  • physical proximity
Q21 | Family is an important
  • specialized group
  • primary group
  • special interest group
  • secondary group
Q22 | In secondary groups, we find
  • face-to-face contact
  • intimate relations
  • secondary relations
  • physical proximity
Q23 | Buildings, roads, machinery and bridges are examples of
  • industrial culture
  • non-cultural culture
  • material culture
  • intellectual culture
Q24 | Cultural change is
  • restricted to primitive societies
  • restricted to developed societies
  • restricted to developing societies
  • a universal phenomenon
Q25 | Social change is change in
  • society
  • community
  • individual
  • education