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This set of Foundations of Sociology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Foundations Of Sociology Set 1

Q1 | Impersonal and transitory interaction exists in ___________ groups.
  • primary
  • in-group
  • social
  • secondary
Q2 | The Enlightenment was in many respects a renaissance of __________
  • scientific thought
  • blind belief
  • superstition
  • religious belief
Q3 | _____ granted citizens individual freedoms and removed old established orders such as the churchand crown, and gave people a new perspective ofthe worldand the society in which they live
  • french revolution
  • scientific revolution
  • industrial revolution
  • russian revolution
Q4 | Amalgamation favors the process of ____________.
  • acculturation
  • diffusion
  • assimilation
  • none of the above
Q5 | Urbanisation and ______led to the emergence of the working class as a largeand powerful body, which led to the birth of Marxism, and gave people a newperspective and relationship with the society they lived in
  • industrialisation
  • modernisation
  • westernisation
  • sanskritisation
Q6 | Sociological ___________ allows people to see the relationship between their personalexperiences and broader social and historical events.
  • consciousness
  • imagination
  • questions
  • theory
Q7 | The second Estate in the Estate system
  • clergy
  • nobles
  • commoners
  • labourers
Q8 | The material and non-material components of culture are often referred to as the_________ of culture.
  • theme
  • combination
  • content
  • concept
Q9 | The power of _______ was based on the Church
  • clergy
  • nobles
  • commoners
  • labourers
Q10 | ___________ culture is communicated mostly to the like-minded.
  • non-material
  • explicit
  • material
  • utilitarian
Q11 | ____ served as councillors to the royalty, diplomats and governors
  • clergy
  • nobles
  • commoners
  • labourers
Q12 | Surplus extraction was carried out by the impersonal laws of the market in ___
  • feudalism
  • capitalism
  • socialism
  • communism
Q13 | Identify a slow and gradual process from the following.
  • assimilation
  • acculturation
  • integration
  • diffusion
Q14 | A group to which individuals refer when making judgments.
  • voluntary group
  • membership group
  • in-group
  • reference group
Q15 | The intellectual movement called ―The Enlightenment‖ is usually associatedwith the ______
  • 15th century
  • 16th century
  • 17th century
  • 18th century
Q16 | The Enlightenment is associated with which of the following thinkers
  • merton
  • parsons
  • simmel
  • diderot
Q17 | ―Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. Those who thinkthemselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they.‖Name the book which opens with these lines
  • positive philosophy
  • das capital
  • the social contract
  • the city
Q18 | The basic unit of cultural reality is the cultural __________.
  • complex
  • trait
  • theme
  • construct
Q19 | In a democracy, the ______ are sovereign
  • people
  • relationships
  • roles
  • positions
Q20 | Cultural __________ are nothing but larger clusters of traits organized about some nuclearpoint of reference.
  • complex
  • patterns
  • elements
  • traits
Q21 | ____________ is the spread of a culture pattern from one culture area to another.
  • acculturation
  • assimilation
  • enculturation
  • culture diffusion
Q22 | Non-conformity to a set of norms is known as __________.
  • crime
  • habit
  • deviance
  • none of the above
Q23 | The spirit of extreme _____ arises when the people are no longer content to beequal as citizens, but want to be equal in every respect
  • inequality
  • equality
  • neutrality
  • sovereignity
Q24 | __________ constitute the treasury of our social heritage.
  • norms
  • folkways
  • customs
  • laws
Q25 | In _____ , one part of the people governs the rest
  • aristocracy
  • despotism
  • laissez faire
  • communism