Sociology MCQ Questions Answers Download PDF Solved


11) The formula ‘Place, Work and People’ was postulated for the study of family by–
a) Frederic Le Play

b) C.H. Cooley

c) E. Demolins

d) Henri de Tourville

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Option – a)


12) Wright Mills once said that sociologists need to develop a sociological __________ to study how society affects individuals.

a) culture

b) imagination

c) method

d) tool

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Option – b)


13) An institution can be best described as a complex of:

a) authority

b) statuses

c) roles

d) procedures

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Option – d)


14) Social Structure of a society is the network of:

a) Institutional relations

b) Value System

c) Traditions

d) Compliance to Norms

e) None of these

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Option – d)


15) Who gave the ‘looking glass self theory’ of socialization?

a) Emile Durkheim

b) Charles Cooley

c) R. K. Merton

d) Sigmund Freud

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Option – b)


16) Herbert Spenser was born in

a) Egypt

b) England

c) Tunis

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Option – b)


17) Abstract Sentiments are:

a) Closer to the center of the self than moral rules

b) Provide a focus for allegiance

c) Are compellers of action

d) None of these

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Option – b)


18) Which one of the following is so important for the society that its violation calls for severe punishment?

a) Customs

c) Ideologies

b) Mores

d) Folkways

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Option – b)


19) Middle class usually consists of those who

a) are considerably educated

b) are highly intelligent

c) keep to go in business

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Option – b)


20) “Principles of Biology” was written by

a) Karl Marx

b) P.V. Young

c) Herbert Spencer

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Option – c)