Top 15 Sociology Quiz Questions with Answers

 

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61. Which is not a characteristic of bureaucracy as per Max Weber?

(A) Specialization
(B) Hierarchy
(C) Personal favouritism
(D) Rules and regulations

Answer: (C) Personal favouritism

62. The concept of 'Surplus Value' was given by:

(A) Emile Durkheim
(B) Herbert Spencer
(C) Karl Marx
(D) Max Weber

Answer: (C) Karl Marx

63. According to Marx, which class owns the means of production?

(A) Proletariat
(B) Bourgeoisie
(C) Peasantry
(D) Petty bourgeoisie

Answer: (B) Bourgeoisie

64. The 'iron law of oligarchy' is associated with:

(A) Max Weber
(B) Robert Michels
(C) Karl Marx
(D) Emile Durkheim

Answer: (B) Robert Michels

65. Which sociologist is associated with the concept of 'Latent and Manifest Functions'?

(A) Talcott Parsons
(B) Robert K. Merton
(C) Max Weber
(D) Emile Durkheim

Answer: (B) Robert K. Merton

66. In Parsons' AGIL model, 'A' stands for:

(A) Accommodation
(B) Adaptation
(C) Achievement
(D) Association

Answer: (B) Adaptation

67. Which concept is central to Herbert Spencer's theory?

(A) Conflict
(B) Organic analogy
(C) Class struggle
(D) Power elite

Answer: (B) Organic analogy

68. In sociology, the term 'ethnocentrism' refers to:

(A) Appreciation of all cultures
(B) Superiority of one's own culture
(C) Cultural relativity
(D) Cultural diffusion

Answer: (B) Superiority of one's own culture

69. Which thinker is known for the theory of "Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism"?

(A) Karl Marx
(B) Emile Durkheim
(C) Max Weber
(D) Auguste Comte

Answer: (C) Max Weber

70. The concept of 'Dysfunction' in sociology was introduced by:

(A) Max Weber
(B) Emile Durkheim
(C) Karl Marx
(D) Robert K. Merton

Answer: (D) Robert K. Merton

71. The method most associated with Emile Durkheim's study of suicide is:

(A) Participant observation
(B) Comparative method
(C) Case study
(D) Experimental method

Answer: (B) Comparative method

72. The concept of 'Social Capital' was popularized by:

(A) Emile Durkheim
(B) Karl Marx
(C) Pierre Bourdieu
(D) Max Weber

Answer: (C) Pierre Bourdieu

73. Cultural lag is the gap between:

(A) Material and non-material culture
(B) Primary and secondary groups
(C) Folkways and mores
(D) Society and community

Answer: (A) Material and non-material culture

74. The term 'Urbanism as a way of life' was introduced by:

(A) Louis Wirth
(B) Robert Park
(C) Herbert Gans
(D) Manuel Castells

Answer: (A) Louis Wirth

75. The theory of 'Relative Deprivation' is primarily associated with:

(A) Karl Marx
(B) Samuel Stouffer
(C) Robert K. Merton
(D) Max Weber

Answer: (B) Samuel Stouffer