Sociology Subject Question
Q91. Who among the following drew a distinction between "social structure" and "structured form"
(a) Radcliffe Brown
(b) S.F. Nadel
(c) Edmund Leach
(d) Evans Pritchard
Answer: (a) Radcliffe Brown
Q92. "Structure and Function in Primitive Society" is written by
(a) B.K. Malinowski
(b) Radcliffe Brown
(c) Ferdinard de Saussure
(d) Claude Levi-Strauss
Answer: (b) Radcliffe Brown
Q93. An institution can be best described as a complex of
(a) Authority
(b) Statuses
(c) Roles
(d) Procedures
Answer: (d) Procedures
Q94. Which one of the following is so important for the society that its violation calls for severe punishment
(a) Customs
(b) Mores
(c) Ideologies
(d) Folkways
Answer: (b) Mores
Q95. Sociological perspective involves a process of 'seeing through' — who said
(a) Peter Berger
(b) Auguste Comte
(c) C. Wright Mills
(d) Karl Marx
Answer: (a) Peter Berger
Q96. The principle of natural selection was first applied in sociology by
(a) Herbert Spencer
(b) Radcliffe Brown
(c) Von Wiese
(d) F. Tonnies
Answer: (a) Herbert Spencer
Q97. The book 'The Theory of Social Structure' is authored by
(a) Levi-Strauss
(b) A.R. Radcliffe Brown
(c) S.F. Nadel
(d) B. Malinowski
Answer: (c) S.F. Nadel
Q98. Which among these two creates a situation for role conflict
(a) Conflict within a single role
(b) Conflict between roles
(c) Both (A) and (B)
(d) None of the above
Answer: (b) Conflict between roles
Q99. Who has classified status into "ascribed" and "achieved"
(a) Robert Bierstedt
(b) H.M. Johnson
(c) R.M. Mac Iver
(d) Ralph Linton
Answer: (d) Ralph Linton
Q100. "Primary Groups are the nurseries of human nature." This is stated by
(a) H.M. Johnson
(b) Herbert Spencer
(c) George Simmel
(d) C.H. Cooley
Answer: (d) C.H. Cooley
Q101. Who has given the 'idea of consciousness' of kind
(a) H.M. Johnson
(b) R.M. Mac Iver
(c) F.H. Giddings
(d) None of the above
Answer: (c) F.H. Giddings
Q102. The concept of the 'Marginal Man' is developed by
(a) Robert Redfield
(b) Robert Park
(c) Robert Merton
(d) Erwin Goffman
Answer: (b) Robert Park
Q103. Book 'Anatomy of Rural-Urban Community' is written by
(a) M.S.A. Rao
(b) G.S. Ghurye
(c) Patrick Geddess
(d) A.M. Shah
Answer: (b) G.S. Ghurye
Q104. Radcliffe Brown's first ethnographic study was on the
(a) Nicobar Islands
(b) Jersey Islands
(c) Pacific Islands
(d) Andaman Islands
Answer: (d) Andaman Islands
Q105. 'Rurbanism' is the term that is related to the study of
(a) Villages
(b) Town and Cities
(c) Rural Areas
(d) Lifestyle of people rural-urban
Answer: (d) Lifestyle of people rural-urban
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