Sociology Subject Question
Q166. ‘McDonaldization’ term is coined by
(a) Giddens
(b) Sassen
(c) Ritzer
(d) Coser
Answer: (c) Ritzer
Q167. According to Weber which of the following is the type of rational-legal Authority
(a) Feudalism
(b) Bureaucracy
(c) Autocracy
(d) Slavery
Answer: (b) Bureaucracy
Q168. According to Durkheim, what is the subject matter of Sociology
(a) Social Facts
(b) Social Actions
(c) Social Systems
(d) Social Patterns
Answer: (a) Social Facts
Q169. Who among the following propounded the Alliance Theory
(a) A.R. Brown
(b) B. Malinowski
(c) F. Meyer
(d) Claude Levi Strauss
Answer: (d) Claude Levi Strauss
Q170. 'The process by which actors fail to recognise that it is their labour that gives the commodities their value', is termed by Marx as
(a) Fetishism
(b) Emancipation
(c) Socialism
(d) Contradiction
Answer: (a) Fetishism
Q171. Social welfare function was first introduced by
(a) Adam Smith
(b) Joan Robinson
(c) Nicholas Kaldor
(d) Abram Bergson
Answer: (d) Abram Bergson
Q172. An Epistemological position that privileges study of the subjective position and analysis of context is called
(a) Interpretivism
(b) Positivism
(c) Negativism
(d) Objectivism
Answer: (a) Interpretivism
Q173. Who stated, “Property is theft”
(a) K. Marx
(b) Saint Simon
(c) P. Proudhon
(d) A. Smith
Answer: (c) P. Proudhon
Q174. According to whom, in modern societies the ‘life world’ is increasingly colonized
(a) A. Giddens
(b) J. Habermas
(c) H. Marcuse
(d) T. Adorno
Answer: (b) J. Habermas
Q175. Who is closely associated with the concept ‘Mortification of self’
(a) T. Parsons
(b) E. Goffman
(c) H. Blumer
(d) G. H. Mead
Answer: (b) E. Goffman
Q176. Who developed the concept of ‘generalised others’ in symbolic interactionism
(a) G. H. Mead
(b) Herbert Blumer
(c) Alfred Schutz
(d) Erving Goffman
Answer: (a) G. H. Mead
Q177. Which of the following perspectives views family structure as patriarchal
(a) Marxist feminism
(b) Liberal feminism
(c) Radical feminism
(d) Cultural feminism
Answer: (c) Radical feminism
Q178. According to which theory universal laws govern all areas of human thought
(a) Structuralism
(b) Functionalism
(c) Post-modernism
(d) Post-structuralism
Answer: (a) Structuralism
Q179. Which one of the following is not a feature of power according to Foucault
(a) Productive
(b) Capillary nature
(c) Zero-sum
(d) Constitutive
Answer: (c) Zero-sum
Q180. Who used metaphorical investigations to study everyday life of people
(a) Erving Goffman
(b) Harold Garfinkel
(c) Thomas Luckman
(d) Jeffrey Alexander
Answer: (b) Harold Garfinkel
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