Auguste Comte Set 1

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This set of Sociological Theories Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Auguste Comte Set 1

Q1 | Who coined the term Sociology?
  • Herbert Spencer
  • Saint-Simon
  • Auguste Comte
  • Emile Durkheim
Answer: Auguste Comte
Q2 | In the history of the development of sociology______________ is known as a period of remarkableintellectual; development and change in philosophical thought.
  • Industrial Revolution
  • Period of Enlightenment
  • Urbanisation
  • Religious change
Answer: Period of Enlightenment
Q3 | The scientific view developed by Auguste Comte is known as
  • Philosophical science
  • Positive Philosophy
  • Negative Philosophy
  • Scientific Philosophy
Answer: Positive Philosophy
Q4 | What are the three stages argued by Comte that knowledge can pass through?
  • Primitive-Feudal-Capitalistic
  • Theological-Metaphysical-Positive
  • Barbarian-Agricultural-Industrial
  • Tribal-Industrial-Capitalistic
Answer: Theological-Metaphysical-Positive
Q5 | Who among the following authors initially used the term ‘social physics’ for Sociology?
  • Herbert Spencer
  • Auguste Comte
  • Max Weber
  • Emile Durkheim
Answer: Auguste Comte
Q6 | The idea of Social Dynamics propounded by Comte refers to
  • Sociology
  • Social Structures
  • Social Change
  • Social Thought
Answer: Social Change
Q7 | Auguste Comte was born in
  • 1789
  • 1798
  • 1759
  • 1799
Answer: 1798
Q8 | Auguste Comte used the term Social Statics to intricate
  • Existing social structures
  • Positive effects
  • Social dynamics
  • Social evolution
Answer: Existing social structures
Q9 | Auguste Comte gave the name of religion as love of
  • God
  • Money
  • Worship
  • Humanity
Answer: Humanity
Q10 | Auguste Comte, through his ‘Law of Three Stages’ clearly established a close association between
  • Intellectual evolution and Social progress
  • Social change and Social dynamics
  • Social structures and social statics
  • Social laws and social change
Answer: Intellectual evolution and Social progress
Q11 | Auguste Comte believed that __________ could be applied to the study of society and humanbehaviour
  • Comparative method
  • Phenomenology
  • Longitudinal
  • Scientific method
Answer: Scientific method
Q12 | Comte divided the study of Sociology into two broad areas namely
  • Social statics and social dynamics
  • Science and scientific methods
  • Social approach and methods
  • Sociological study and interpretation
Answer: Social statics and social dynamics
Q13 | Which is not part of the Law of Three Stages according to Auguste Comte?
  • The Theological stage
  • The Metaphysical stage
  • The Metamorphic stage
  • The Positive Stage
Answer: The Metamorphic stage
Q14 | Who pioneered the idea of scientific study of society?
  • Adam Smith
  • Plato
  • Herbert Spencer
  • Auguste Comte
Answer: Auguste Comte
Q15 | Which of the following is not Auguste Comte’s work?
  • Principles of Sociology
  • Religion of Humanity
  • The Course in Positive Philosophy
  • System of Positive Polity
Answer: Principles of Sociology
Q16 | Metaphysical stage is also known as
  • Fictitious stage
  • Abstract stage
  • Scientific stage
  • Theological Stage
Answer: Abstract stage
Q17 | Theological stage is also known as
  • Abstract stage
  • Positive stage
  • Fictitious stage
  • None of the above
Answer: Fictitious stage
Q18 | The third stage of the ‘Law of Three Stages” is
  • The Theological stage
  • The Metaphysical stage
  • The Evolutionary stage
  • The Positive Stage
Answer: The Positive Stage
Q19 | Auguste Comte’s positivism is based on
  • real phenomena
  • fanciful event
  • supernatural
  • materialism
Answer: real phenomena
Q20 | The Course of Philosophy which is a series of book written by Comte was translated into Englishby
  • Michel Foucault
  • Harriet Martineau
  • Pierre Bourdieu
  • Talcott Parsons
Answer: Harriet Martineau
Q21 | In Theological stage ideas are focused on
  • observation
  • essence of phenomena
  • supernatural realm
  • none of the above
Answer: supernatural realm
Q22 | Auguste Comte introduced the word ‘sociology’ in his famous work
  • Positive Philosophy
  • Positive Polity
  • Religion of Humanity
  • The Course of Philosophy
Answer: Positive Philosophy
Q23 | The cultural system of Metaphysical Stage leaders is the
  • Priests
  • Scientists
  • Bureaucrats
  • Philosophers
Answer: Philosophers
Q24 | The Metaphysical stage is a
  • religious stage
  • transitional stage
  • scientific stage
  • all of the above
Answer: transitional stage
Q25 | Which of the following does not belong to Theological stage
  • fetishism
  • atheism
  • polytheism
  • monotheism
Answer: atheism
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