List of top Sociology Questions

In Economic Sociology, substantivism and formalism can be distinguished as:

"Epistemology" is the study of

Karl Marx says "Christianity preaches cowardice, self-contempt, submissiveness and humbleness to the proletariat". What does it imply about his understanding of religion in a capitalist society?

Ostracization is a form of:

The term "social capital" refers to

According to Max Weber, authority can be understood as

For Robert Merton, which of the following concepts are essential to the study of society?

Who among the following chose to deduce their theory of religion from the "Arunta tribe"?

Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List - I(Type of research design)	List - II(Nature of research question)
A. Exploratory	i. Why is it?
B. Experimental	ii. What is it?
C. Descriptive	iii. How to treat it?
D. Diagnostic	iv. How is it?

Choose the correct Codes:

Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List - I	List - II
A. Homo Hierchicus	i. G.S. Ghurye
B. Human society	ii. Yogendra Singh
C. Modernisation of Indian Tradition	iii. Louis Dumont
D. Caste, Class and Occupation	iv. Kingsley Davis

Select the correct Codes:

Match List I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:

List - I	List - II
A. Empirical Research	i. Knowledge free from bias
B. Objectivity	ii. Personal assertion
C. Fact	iii. Field-based data
D. Subjectivity	iv. Empirical evidence

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Phenomenology is a radical alternative to:

Who gave the idea of McDonaldization of society and what does it imply?

What is the "feminization of poverty"?

Who put forward the idea that "one is not born, but rather becomes a woman"?

Postmodern feminism advocates celebrating differences among women. Who among the following theorists influenced postmodern feminism?

What is the concept of "hegemony" as given by Antonio Gramsci?

What is the basis of creation of the new states of Chattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand?

Policies which are aimed at persuading, encouraging or forcing all citizens to adopt a uniform set of cultural values and norms is called

According to western context, what does secularism actually denote?

Who argued that the nature of urban impact varies according to the kind relation a village has with a city or town?

The different ways in which British colonialism lives on in contemporary India:
A. Learning Indian classical music and dance
B. Eating using fork and spoon
C. Wearing skirts and trousers
D. Online education
E. Driving on the left side of the road
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

High rates of infant mortality and maternal mortality are the result of which factors?

The NGO, Mahila Samakhya, adopted an innovative method to communicate about the Panchayat Raj system to the women in villages.

India has which kind of democracy?