List of top Sociology Questions

Match List - I with List - II. {|l|l|} List - I & List - II A. George Herbert Mead & I. Functionalist perspective B. Karl Marx & II. Base and super structure C. Harold Garfinkel & III. Symbolic Interactionism D. Davis and Moore & IV. Ethnomethodology Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following are types of pattern variable as per Talcott Parsons?
A. Affectivity vs Affective neutrality
B. Structural vs formal constraints
C. Organisation vs Institutional structure
D. Specificity vs Diffusion
E. Collective vs self orientation
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Which of the following are a type of Action by Max Weber?
A. Affective Action
B. Coercive Action
C. Traditional Action
D. Definitive Action
E. Rational-legal Action
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Which among the following are not stages in the formal process of social research?
A. Belief in Myths
B. Analysis of data
C. Report writing
D. Review of Literature
E. Speculative analysis
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Which of the following are types of suicide as mentioned by Emile Durkheim?
A. Anomic
B. Altruistic
C. Egoistic
D. Fatalistic
E. Socialistic
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Which of the following are characteristics of capitalist economy?
A. Labour power and cost of production
B. Feudal lords
C. Production of goods
D. Barter exchange
E. Profit generation
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Which among the following are used in analysis of quantitative data in social research?
A. Cultural artifacts
B. Archival manuscripts
C. Statistical Analysis
D. Measure of Central Tendency
E. Tabulation of data
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Which of the following are not works of Emile Durkheim?
A. The Rules of Sociological Methods
B. Structure and Society
C. Suicide
D. The Division of Labour
E. Class Inequality and Political Order
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According to Sociologists, which among the following are characteristic of family?
A. Procreation
B. Socialization
C. Kinship
D. Merit
E. Functional
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Which of the following are not among four stages of socialization?
A. The oral stage
B. The oedipal stage and latency
C. Aged
D. Greying
E. Adolescence
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Which among the following denotes 'Anticipatory Socialization'?
A. Sportsperson anticipate their role model for better performance
B. Careerist anticipate promotions by gaining motivations from seniors
C. Children ascribe their family name
D. Children anticipating parenthood by observing their parents as role models
E. Professional achieve higher promotions by talent
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Which of the following do not fall under Marxian theory of Alienation?
A. Alienation from religious acts
B. Alienation from Cosmos
C. Alienation from self
D. Alienation from the product of his labour
E. Alienation from the acts of production
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Which of the following are forms of family?
A. Extended
B. Nuclear
C. Joint
D. Conjugal
E. Conjecture
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Arrange the following thinkers in chronological order as per their contribution.
A. Karl Marx
B. August Comte
C. Anthony Giddens
D. Max Weber
E. Erving Goffman
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