Sociology MCQs 2000

The concept alienation was first introduced by _____________.
A. Max Weber
B. Karl Marx
C. August Comte
D. C.W. Mills

Diffusion is the process of change that stands for _____________.
A. Transmission of traits and trait complexes from one generation to the other.
B. Combining of the existing elements to take a new form.
C. Process of spread of the cultural traits, trait complexes and patterns in space.
D. A process that eliminates the confusions leading to conflict.

Social Mobility Means _____________.
A. Traveling of groups from one place to another.
B. Participation in the cultural activities of modern age.
C. Migration from rural to urban areas.
D. Movement of people between positions on different levels.

Research design is ______________.
A. The developing of techniques of data collection
B. An overall outline of the procedures and operations that includes methods, techniques and tools of the study.
C. The decisions that a researcher makes/takes to verify the data.
D. The way to participate in an ongoing research project.

Socially approved ways of behaving are called _____________.
A. Cultural- traits
B. Folkways
C. Social norms
D. Mores

Fact may be defined as ___________.
A. A commonly shared reality
B. What everyone knows as true
C. That speaks itself
D. Verified and verifiable statement

The concept of CULTURAL LAG was propounded by ___________.
A. Ibn-i-Khaldun
B. Max Weber
C. Merton
D. William F. Ogburn

Who strongly believed in social DARWINISM particularly the “survival of the fittest”?
A. Karl Marx
B. Spencer
C. Ibn-i-Khaldun
D. George Hegel

An operational definition of a concept is _________.
A. Classical definition
B. In the head definition
C. A primer of guidelines for the researcher regarding field operations
D. Abstracted and generalized version of reality

“Significant others” is the term coined by _____________.
A. Max Weber
B. Ferdinand Tonnies
C. George H. Mead
D. C.H. Cooly