Sociology MCQs 2001
Master essential anthropological and sociological terms with this set of solved MCQs from the CSS Sociology 2001 paper. This collection is rich in definitions that are crucial for a strong vocabulary in the social sciences. Key topics include feral man, affinal kin, culture complex, and double descent. You will also be tested on marriage rules like endogamy and levirate, religious concepts like monotheism and totem, and sociological theories from thinkers like Vilfredo Pareto (residues) and C. Wright Mills. This is an excellent resource for building the conceptual fluency needed to excel.
Ethnography refers to __________.
A. A branch of study devoted to observation studies
B. A division of Anthropology undertakes descriptive recording at culture
C. None of these
D. Both A and B
By gerontocracy we mean:
A. A society dominated by the old men
B. Young people’s society
C. A mixed society of aged
D. None of these
Java man refers to _____________.
A. Fossil man of Neolithic period
B. A lover Pleistocene fossil
C. A fossil man found in Paleolithic Age
D. None of these
Monotheism refers to _____________.
A. The worship of one God
B. The worship of many gods
C. The followers of a magician
D. None of these
By Sorcery we mean _____________.
A. General practice to cure sick
B. Magic in a more neutral term
C. None of these
D. Both A and B
Who coined the term “residues”?
A. Robert K. Merton
B. V.F.D. Pareto
C. A.R.Radcliffe Brown
D. None of these
By Penology we mean ___________.
A. Studies of social structure
B. Study of Punishments
C. Alternative methods of social control
D. None of these
Mills, C.Wright wrote book _________.
A. White Collar
B. The Language of Social Research
C. Value in Social Theory
D. None of these
Probation refers to ________.
A. Dealing with offenders while at liberty to a specified period of supervision by an officer of the court
B. Absconded offender
C. Murder of a criminal
D. None of these
Social mobility means __________.
A. Change in the closeness to members of other groups
B. Movement from one class to another
C. None of these
D. Both A and B