Foundations Of Sociology Set 4
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This set of Foundations of Sociology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Foundations Of Sociology Set 4
Q1 | The group which is more influential than family among the adolescents is __________.
- occupational group
- peer group
- out-group
- religion
Q2 | _______ signaled the beginning of sociology as a discipline
- middle age
- stone age
- dark age
- enlightenment
Q3 | ____________ are general abstract moral principles defining what is right or wrong.
- values
- folkways
- sanctions
- rules
Q4 | The type of social stratification that existed in France during the time ofFrench revolution
- capitalism
- class system
- estate system
- caste system
Q5 | Name the expected behaviour of an individual occupying a particular social position.
- role
- norm
- ritual
- folkways
Q6 | The French Revolution began in _____
- 1787
- 1788
- 1789
- 1790
Q7 | The most important status a person occupies, the one that most defines a person‘s socialidentity and general social position.
- ascribed status
- master status
- social status
- achieved status
Q8 | The ________ stage is a transitional stage in which mysterious, abstract forcesreplace supernatural forces as the powers that explain the workings of theworld
- theological
- metaphysical
- positivist
- revolutionary
Q9 | Which of the following is a work of Rousseau?
- positive philosophy
- das capital
- the social contract
- the city
Q10 | Group in which individuals interact over a long period of time on a direct and personalbasis
- formal group
- large group
- reference group
- primary group
Q11 | In ____ stage, people search for invariant laws that govern all of the phenomena of the world.a) Theological b) Metaphysical c) Positivist d) Revolutionary92. ____________ makes possible the ―conversation of gestures.‖
- cyber space
- language
- physical proximity
- group
Q12 | Who proposed sociology to be studied in two main parts- social statics andsocial dynamics?
- comte
- spencer
- durkheim
- marx
Q13 | The system in which all the means of production belonged to the capitalist
- communism
- socialism
- capitalism
- nationalism
Q14 | Segmented personality involvement exists in ____________ group.
- in-group
- secondary
- informal
- primary
Q15 | The ______ stage is the last and highest stage in Comte‘s work
- theological
- metaphysical
- positivist
- revolutionary
Q16 | The distinction between in-group and out-group is ____________.
- simple
- tangible
- concrete
- overlapping
Q17 | ______ seeks empirical regularities, which are correlations between twovariables
- naturism
- totemism
- positivism
- fetishism
Q18 | The transference of cultural elements from one sphere to another is called ________.
- acculturation
- evolution
- diffusion
- dominatio
Q19 | The _____ saw massive changes in society by the destruction of the feudalsystem and the establishment of capitalism
- french revolution
- scientific revolution
- industrial revolution
- russian revolution
Q20 | Comte says that method to study about society must be _______
- scientific
- speculative
- tentative
- approximate
Q21 | ―Man is a social animal.‖ Who said so?
- comte
- aristotle
- plato
- karl marx
Q22 | The first social thinker who developed Darwinian evolutionism in the society
- weber
- spencer
- durkheim
- marx
Q23 | Culture bound or culture specific traits are known as ________ culture.
- emic
- counter
- etic
- universal
Q24 | The third Estate in the Estate system
- clergy
- nobles
- commoners
- labourers
Q25 | ―A social group is a system of social interaction.‖ Who defined so?
- h.m.johnson
- marshal jones
- bogardus
- simmel