Top UGC NET Sociology MCQ: Practice Questions to Ace Your Exam

Sociology Quiz

1. 'Differences between natural and social sciences arise from cognitive intentions of the investigator, whose view is this?

1. (1) Auguste Comte
2. (2) Emile Durkheim
3. (3) Max Weber
4. (4) Karl Mannheim

Answer: (3) Max Weber

2. Match List - I with List - II:

(a) Internal structure of role - (iii) S.F. Nadel

(b) Structure of myth - (i) C. Levi-strauss

(c) Functions of rituals - (v) A.R. Radcliffe-Brown

(d) Basic and derived needs - (ii) B. Malinowski

Answer: (3) (iii) (i) (v) (ii)

3. Who has written the book ‘Structure and Function in Primitive Society’?

1. (1) S.F. Nadel
2. (2) C. Levi-Strauss
3. (3) B. Malinowski
4. (4) A.R. Radcliffe-Brown

Answer: (4) A.R. Radcliffe-Brown

4. Who has stated that the basic characteristics of human mind determine the possible varieties of social structure?

1. (1) C. Levi-Strauss
2. (2) J. Paul Sartre
3. (3) G.P. Murdock
4. (4) S.F. Nadel

Answer: (1) C. Levi-Strauss

5. Match List - I with List - II:

(a) Argonauts of the western pacific - (ii) B. Malinowski

(b) The Andaman Islanders - (iv) A.R. Radcliffe-Brown

(c) Elementary forms of religious life - (i) Emile Durkheim

(d) Structural Anthropology - (iii) C. Levi-Strauss

Answer: (4) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)

6. Who has given a functional theory based on basic and derived needs?

1. (1) B. Malinowski
2. (2) E. Durkheim
3. (3) R.K. Merton
4. (4) Herbert Spencer

Answer: (1) B. Malinowski

7. Who has written the book ‘A Scientific Theory of Culture’?

1. (1) B. Malinowski
2. (2) A.L. Kroeber
3. (3) A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
4. (4) E.B. Tylor

Answer: (1) B. Malinowski

8. Who has distinguished between simple society and industrial society on the basis of mechanical and organic solidarity?

1. (1) T. Parsons
2. (2) B. Malinowski
3. (3) H. Spencer
4. (4) Emile Durkheim

Answer: (4) Emile Durkheim

9. Who has given the concept of ‘functional alternatives’ as a possibility of studying social change by using functional theory?

1. (1) Talcott Parsons
2. (2) R.K. Merton
3. (3) B. Malinowski
4. (4) Emile Durkheim

Answer: (2) R.K. Merton

10. The concept ‘generalised other’ was given by ______.

1. (1) H. Blumer
2. (2) G.H. Mead
3. (3) Erving Goffman
4. (4) C.H. Cooley

Answer: (2) G.H. Mead

11. Match the items in List - I with List - II:

(a) Comparative method - (ii) E. Durkheim

(b) Verstehen method - (iii) Max Weber

(c) Historical method - (i) Karl Marx

(d) Ideal type method - (iii) Max Weber

Answer: (1) (ii) (iii) (i) (iii)

12. To Mead, “the generalised others” and “significant others” are the creators of:

1. (1) I
2. (2) Me
3. (3) Ego
4. (4) Super ego

Answer: (2) Me

13. In which system of government did Vilfred Pareto provide an example of ‘fox type of elite’?

1. (1) European democracies
2. (2) Military dictatorships
3. (3) Political democracies
4. (4) Modern elites

Answer: (1) European democracies

14. Which of the following is applicable to Pareto’s logical action?

1. (1) Subjectively logical action
2. (2) Objectively logical action
3. (3) Both (1) and (2)
4. (4) None of the above

Answer: (3) Both (1) and (2)

15. Who predicted that conflict may have some positive role to play as it enhances social solidarity of a given group?

1. (1) G. Simmel
2. (2) L. A. Coser
3. (3) R. Dahrendorf
4. (4) None of these

Answer: (2) L. A. Coser