Sociology MCQs 2011

Levirate means ____________.
A. Marriage of a man with the widow of his deceased brother
B. Marriage of a man with the sister of his deceased wife
C. Both A and B
D. None of these

Joint family may be preferred because it has __________.
A. greater financial security
B. Division of labor
C. workable as a cooperative
D. All of these

Which of the following is not a major feature of capitalism?
A. Private Property
B. Competition
C. Profit incentive
D. Equitable distribution of income

Movement from rural to urban area is called ___________.
A. Migration
B. Urbanization
C. Social movement
D. Social mobility

Religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things. This definition has been given by ____________.
A. Hegel
B. Durkheim
C. Karl Marx
D. Ginsberg

Rapid growth of urbanization is due to advancement in ____________.
A. Modernization
B. Westernization
C. Technology
D. Transport

Whose statement is this “where there is life there is society”?
A. August Comte
B. Herbert Spencer
C. Durkheim
D. Maclver & Page

Who developed the “organic theory of society”?
A. Herbert Spencer
B. Henry Maine
C. Thomas Hobbes
D. Maclver

What does culture usually reflect in Modern society?
A. Group culture
B. National culture
C. Geographical culture
D. Religious culture

Who said “Man is a social animal”?
A. Aristotle
B. Plato
C. Sir Thomas More
D. Emile Durkheim