Sociology GK Questions
Q16. Which of the following may be included in Social Norms
(a) Law
(b) Mores
(c) Custom
(d) All
Answer: (d) All
Q17. Who coined the term "role-set"
(a) Radcliffe Brown
(b) Herbert Spencer
(c) C. H. Cooley
(d) R. K. Merton
Answer: (d) R. K. Merton
Q18. Who is the author of the book "crime and custom in savage society"
(a) B. Malinowski
(b) H. Maine
(c) J. Frazer
(d) E. A. Ross
Answer: (a) B. Malinowski
Q19. Who has argued that "sociology has a long past but only a short history"
(a) Bottomore
(b) Bierstedt
(c) Spencer
(d) Marx
Answer: (b) Bierstedt
Q20. The estate system is characterized by
(a) Legal rights and duties
(b) Division of labour
(c) Political groups
(d) All of the above
Answer: (d) All of the above
Q21. "Sociology is the study of the forms of social relations", who said this
(a) E Durkheim
(b) R. M. Maclver and C. H. Page
(c) G. Simmel
(d) M. Ginsberg
Answer: (c) G. Simmel
Q22. Who coined the terms "Gemeinschaft" and "Gesellschaft"
(a) Karl Marx
(b) M. Weber
(c) F. Tonnies
(d) G. Simmel
Answer: (c) F. Tonnies
Q23. Who amongst the following viewed crime as inevitable, normal and integral part of healthy societies
(a) Durkheim
(b) Marx
(c) Weber
(d) Pareto
Answer: (a) Durkheim
Q24. Who coined the terms "little traditions" and "great traditions"
(a) Milton Singer
(b) Robert Redfield
(c) Harold Gould
(d) Y. Singh
Answer: (b) Robert Redfield
Q25. The term "ethnocentrism" was coined by
(a) Theodor Adorno
(b) E. Burgess
(c) C. Darwin
(d) W. G. Sumner
Answer: (d) W. G. Sumner
Q26. Who among the following had divided sociology into two major parts, namely static and dynamic sociology
(a) Auguste Comte
(b) Hegel
(c) Rudolph
(d) Hobhouse
Answer: (a) Auguste Comte
Q27. Who considers poverty as a result of exploitation and not of scarcity
(a) Weber
(b) Plato
(c) Marx
(d) Pareto
Answer: (c) Marx
Q28. The study of the vital processes of population aggregates is called
(a) Ecology
(b) Demography
(c) Statistics
(d) Anthropology
Answer: (b) Demography
Q29. Who is the author of the book "The Golden Bough"
(a) G. Thomson
(b) J. Frazer
(c) B. Malinowski
(d) L. H. Morgan
Answer: (b) J. Frazer
Q30. Who among the following thinkers is associated with the terms "id", "ego" and "superego"
(a) Carl G. Jung
(b) Gordon Allport
(c) Kimbal Young
(d) Sigmund Freud
Answer: (d) Sigmund Freud
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