Foundation Of Sociological Theory Set 5

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This set of Foundation of Sociological Theory Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Foundation Of Sociological Theory Set 5

Q1 | In a feudal society, feudal lords exploit -------
  • slaves
  • proletariats
  • bourgeoisie
  • serfs
Q2 | In a capitalist society, Bourgeoisie exploit ---
  • slaves
  • proletariats
  • lords
  • serfs
Q3 | In capitalism who owns and controls the capital?
  • slaves
  • proletariats
  • bourgeoisie
  • serfs
Q4 | Marx called the quality of a commodity to serve a particular human need orfunction as
  • exchange value
  • use value
  • surplus value
  • labour value
Q5 | According to Marx. Exchange value is found only in
  • socialism
  • capitalism
  • feudalism
  • communism
Q6 | Marx called the capacity of human labour to bring about utility in acommodity and produce simple use values as
  • useful labour
  • abstract labour
  • distinct labour
  • definite labour
Q7 | Marx stated that the products of useful labour assumes the form ofcommodities only in
  • feudalistic societies
  • ancient societies
  • agricultural societies
  • capitalist societies
Q8 | According to Marx, exploitation takes the form of surplus value in
  • feudalistic societies
  • capitalist societies
  • ancient societies
  • agricultural societies
Q9 | According to Marx, ------- breaks the fundamental connections human beingshave to the means of production in terms of economic subsistence and survival
  • alienation
  • commoditization
  • production activity
  • exchange of goods
Q10 | According to Marx, when workers become estranged from the things theyproduce, it is called
  • alienation from the product activity
  • alienation from the product
  • alienation from the species
  • alienation from fellow-beings
Q11 | The type of alienation in which human beings lose control over the capacityof their labour to affirm their being and define their self-existence is
  • alienation from the product activity
  • alienation from the product
  • alienation from the self
  • alienation from fellow-beings
Q12 | When a person is alienated from the human social community, it is called
  • alienation from the product activity
  • alienation from the product
  • alienation from the species
  • alienation from fellow humans.
Q13 | The term used by Durkheim to identify a system of social relations linkingindividuals to each other and to the society as a whole is
  • acculturation
  • association
  • social solidarity
  • social facts
Q14 | For Durkheim ------- describes the degree of social integration which linksindividuals to social groups outside them.
  • acculturation
  • association
  • social solidarity
  • social facts
Q15 | The type of social bonding that discourages individual autonomy in a societyis termed as
  • mechanical solidarity
  • organic solidarity
  • homogenous solidarity
  • heterogeneous solidarity
Q16 | When a society is with a homogeneous population which is small and isolated,it is characterised by the existence of
  • mechanical solidarity
  • organic solidarity
  • homogenous solidarity
  • heterogeneous solidarity
Q17 | In a society where labour is specialized and individuals are linked more toeach other than they are to society as a whole, it is characterised by
  • mechanical solidarity
  • organic solidarity
  • homogenous solidarity
  • heterogeneous solidarity
Q18 | According to Durkheim, the primary characteristic of organic solidarity is thedevelopment of
  • social facts
  • suicide
  • division of labour
  • forced labour
Q19 | According to Durkheim, ----- are external to the individual
  • social facts
  • social solidarity
  • social justice
  • social sanction
Q20 | Durkheim maintained that in order to study social facts, it should beconsidered as
  • abstracts
  • things
  • facts
  • pathological
Q21 | According to Durkheim, the study of the form and structure of societies and itsclassification based on attributes can be called as
  • social pathology
  • social phenomenology
  • social morphology
  • social psychology
Q22 | Weber placed ----------- as the key to understand the pattern of historicaldevelopment
  • power
  • ideal types
  • bureaucracy
  • rationalization
Q23 | The term Weber used to refer to the capacity of social action to be subject tocalculation in the means and ends of action is
  • rationalization
  • rationality
  • social causation
  • calculation
Q24 | According to Weber, the amount of quantitative calculation and accountingprocedure that goes into an action or decision is called
  • practical rationality
  • theoretical rationality
  • formal rationality
  • substantive rationality
Q25 | Who among the following said that ‘Sociology is the science of understandingthe meaning of social action?
  • auguste comte
  • herbert spencer
  • emile durkheim
  • max webber