Social Work MCQ Question Bank
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1. Elizabethan Poor Law, 1601 was based on
- A) Concept of Rehabilitation
- B) Concept of Determining the Needs of Clients
- C) Concept of Charity
- D) Concept of Empowerment
Answer
C) Concept of Charity
The Elizabethan Poor Law emphasized charity and relief for the poor.
2. Friendly visitors are related to
- A) Charity Organisation Society, USA
- B) Elizabethan Poor Law, 1601
- C) Charity Organisation Society, London
- D) None of these
Answer
A) Charity Organisation Society, USA
Friendly visitors were volunteers in the COS (USA) who assessed needs of the poor.
3. The classification of social system as Mechanical and Organic is given by
- A) E. Durkheim
- B) P. Sorokin
- C) MacIver
- D) T. Parson
Answer
A) E. Durkheim
Durkheim categorized societies into mechanical (traditional) and organic (modern) solidarity.
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4. Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion is a Fundamental Right under
- A) Right to Freedom of Religion
- B) Right Against Exploitation
- C) Right to Equality
- D) Cultural and Educational Rights
Answer
C) Right to Equality
Article 15 of the Indian Constitution prohibits discrimination based on religion, caste, etc.
5. Social stratification means
- A) Socialisation
- B) Social Change
- C) Division of Labour
- D) Division of People based on birth and social status
Answer
D) Division of People based on birth and social status
Stratification refers to hierarchical layers (e.g., caste, class).
6. "Electra complex" is found in
- A) Oral Stage
- B) Anal Stage
- C) Phallic Stage
- D) Latency Stage
Answer
C) Phallic Stage
Freud’s theory: Electra complex (girls) and Oedipus complex (boys) arise in the phallic stage (3-6 years).
7. In Freudian theory, death/aggressive instinct is called
- A) Triebe
- B) Libido
- C) Thanatos
- D) None of these
Answer
C) Thanatos
Thanatos represents the death drive, opposing Eros (life instinct).
8. The capacity to understand others' feelings is
- A) Sympathy
- B) Empathy
- C) Telepathy
- D) None of these
Answer
B) Empathy
Empathy involves stepping into another’s shoes emotionally.
9. ‘Principle of Confidentiality’ was given by
- A) Pearlman
- B) Hamilton
- C) Biestek
- D) Beker
Answer
C) Biestek
Biestek outlined key social work principles, including confidentiality.
10. ‘Continuous Individualisation’ relates to
- A) Social Case Work
- B) Social Group Work
- C) Community Organisation
- D) All the above
Answer
A) Social Case Work
This principle tailors interventions to individual client needs.
11. In social group work, the principal instrument of change is
- A) Organisation of Programme
- B) Leadership Development
- C) Guided Group Interactions
- D) None of the above
Answer
C) Guided Group Interactions
Group dynamics and interactions drive change in members.
12. Locality Development, Social Planning, and Social Action models were given by
- A) Murray Ross
- B) Jack Rothman
- C) Perlman
- D) Sanders
Answer
B) Jack Rothman
Rothman’s three models of community organization.
13. The concept of Conscientization is given by
- A) Paulo Freire
- B) Martin Luther King
- C) GAA Britto
- D) Saul Alinsky
Answer
A) Paulo Freire
Freire’s pedagogy focuses on critical awareness and empowerment.
14. The value of the middle item in a series is called
- A) Mean
- B) Median
- C) Mode
- D) Standard Deviation
Answer
B) Median
Median is the central value in an ordered dataset.
15. Research design to explore "what" of a problem is
- A) Exploratory
- B) Experimental
- C) Comparative
- D) Descriptive
Answer
A) Exploratory
Exploratory research investigates undefined problems.
