Sociology Subject Question

Q106. The statement 'religion is heart of the heartless' is attributed to
(a) Karl Marx
(b) Emile Durkheim
(c) Radcliffe Brown
(d) Max Weber

Q107. The term social structure refers to "an ordered arrangement" of parts as viewed by
(a) S.F. Nadel
(b) Levi-Strauss
(c) R. Lowie
(d) R.K. Merton

Q108. Who regards 'deviance' functional for society
(a) Albert Cohen
(b) Robert K. Merton
(c) Emile Durkheim
(d) Radcliffe Brown

Q109. Which of the following concepts does not figure in Malthusian theory of population
(a) Arithmetic progression
(b) Positive checks
(c) Stable population
(d) Preventive checks

Q110. Who among the following is associated with Human Development Index (HDI) for measuring the level of development among various countries
(a) Mahbub-ul-Haque
(b) Raymond Firth
(c) M.N. Srinivas
(d) PA.R. Desai

Q111. E. Sutherland founded the theory of
(a) Blue Collar Crime
(b) Crime by Dacoits
(c) White Collar Crime
(d) Cyber Crime

Q112. All countries pass through various stages of demographic transition. Which one of the following is not such a stage
(a) High birth rate
(b) Decline in death rate
(c) Low steady death and birth rate
(d) Optimum stage

Q113. Who introduced the concept/term 'post-industrial society'
(a) J. Burnham
(b) G.K. Galbraith
(c) Daniel Bell
(d) R. Dahrendorf

Q114. Which group of the feminists accept the view that 'State is a system of structures and institutions created by man in order to recreate male domination and female subordination'
(a) Liberal Feminists
(b) Radical Feminists
(c) Marxist Feminists
(d) Eco Feminists

Q115. The term 'Sociological Imagination' was coined by whom
(a) C.W. Mills
(b) Peter Berger
(c) A. Giddens
(d) J.S. Mill

Q116. Stages of cognitive development related socialization was proposed by
(a) H. Mead
(b) S. Freud
(c) C.H. Cooley
(d) J. Piaget

Q117. Which one of the following is known as the process by which cultural traits spread from one culturally distinct group to another
(a) Evolution
(b) Assimilation
(c) Accommodation
(d) Diffusion

Q118. The Weberian model of social stratification has been used in the study of caste by
(a) S.C. Dube
(b) M.N. Srinivas
(c) Andre Beteille
(d) T.N. Madan

Q119. Who has talked about 'decomposition of labour'
(a) Karl Marx
(b) G. Simmel
(c) L. Coser
(d) R. Dahrendorf

Q120. According to Karl Marx, which one of the following is not a dimension of alienation
(a) Alienation from Production
(b) Alienation from Labour
(c) Alienation from Nature
(d) Alienation from Self


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