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This set of Foundations of Sociology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Foundations Of Sociology Set 2

Q1 | The _____________ status is the position assigned to an individual without reference tohis innate differences and abilities.
  • social
  • ascribed
  • group
  • achieved
Q2 | The opinion held by people on any issue for the welfare of the whole community.
  • personal opinion
  • public opinion
  • verdict
  • petitions
Q3 | _____________ is the integrated system of learned behavior patterns.
  • culture
  • group
  • institution
  • society
Q4 | _______ is the virtue which leads those who govern in an aristocracy torestrain themselves both from oppressing the people and from trying toacquire excessive power over one another
  • political virtue
  • honour
  • moderation
  • fear
Q5 | The components of material culture are __________ and objective.
  • external
  • internal
  • tangiblen
  • both a&c
Q6 | _____________ is judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one‘s ownculture.
  • universalism
  • ethnocentrism
  • xenocentrism
  • racism
Q7 | The principle of democracy is _______
  • political virtue
  • honour
  • moderation
  • fear
Q8 | The study of large scale organizations or social systems belongs to _________ sociology.
  • micro
  • industrial
  • macro
  • descriptive
Q9 | Who was the first to use the term sociology as a way of studying the worldin terms of society?
  • comte
  • spencer
  • durkheim
  • marx
Q10 | Name the culturally based tendency to value other cultures more highly than one‘s own.
  • ethnocentrism
  • cultural relativism
  • acculturation
  • xenocentrism
Q11 | For Tonnies, ___________ is the form of social cohesion prevalent in pre-industrialsocieties.
  • collectivity
  • gesselschaft
  • gemeinschaft
  • congregate
Q12 | Which is not a characteristic of groups?
  • plurality of individuals
  • reciprocity
  • antagonism
  • we-feeling
Q13 | Who among the following could be considered as an enlightenmentphilosopher?
  • aristotle
  • plato
  • socrates
  • montesquieu
Q14 | The principle of despotism is _____
  • political virtue
  • honour
  • moderation
  • fear
Q15 | Knowledge is an example of ______________ culture.
  • material
  • non-material
  • explicit
  • none of the above
Q16 | Functionalism and conflict theories tend towards ________ sociological analysis.
  • micro
  • modern
  • macro
  • current
Q17 | __________ implies a value-judgement about the folkways.
  • sanction
  • custom
  • tradition
  • mores
Q18 | ______ had introduced the concept of ―industrialization‖
  • saint-simon
  • rousseau
  • montesquieu
  • voltaire
Q19 | Saint-Simon is a primary figure of ______
  • socialism
  • capitalism
  • despotism
  • communism
Q20 | The long established habits and usages of people
  • norms
  • rituals
  • customs
  • manners
Q21 | The society maintains its order by means of __________ system.
  • normative
  • interaction
  • cultural
  • conventional
Q22 | ________ claimed that human beings enjoy natural rights over the politicalones
  • ethical socialism
  • monopolistic socialism
  • neutral socialism
  • instrumental socialism
Q23 | Modes of action which do not conform to the norms of a society.
  • violence
  • deviance
  • rejection
  • crime
Q24 | A social relationship in society involves __________ awareness.
  • personal
  • reciprocal
  • self
  • social
Q25 | _______ postulated everyone‘s right to a decent living standard and the right tohuman relations in the emerging urban and industrial society
  • ethical socialism
  • monopolistic socialism
  • neutral socialism
  • instrumental socialism