Sociology MCQs 2007
Strengthen your conceptual clarity with the solved Sociology MCQs from the CSS 2007 past paper. This set is designed to test your understanding of core theories and research practices. It highlights Émile Durkheim’s concept of ‘social facts’ and Ibn-i-Khaldun’s cyclical theory of social change. The paper also covers essential definitions like ethnocentrism, counter-culture, and patriarchy, and delves into research design, including the purpose of exploratory research and the pitfalls of a ‘double-barrel question’. This is a perfect resource for students who want to ensure their grasp of both theoretical foundations and practical research issues is solid.
Alteration is the state of affairs in which:
A. the society has no norms and if there are any nobody follows the
B. the individual has no claim over the product that he has finished
C. the worker is least emotionally related to the product that he develops, the co-workers and the work environment.
D. None of these
Ethnocentrisms means:
A. Evaluating other cultures with the Yardstick of your own values.
B. Taking other nations as good as your own one but disowned
C. No other society is like your’s and your society or group is superior to others.
D. None of these
The rate of return for a mailed questionnaire is usually:
A. very high
B. very low
C. both A and B
D. None of these
Social facts have thier independent existence and must be studied likewise. Who remarked above when discussing scientific method?
A. Ibn-i-Khaldun
B. Emile Durkhiem
C. Auguste Comte
D. None of these
According to Emile Durkheim the Mechanical Solidarity is based on:
A. blood relations and neighborhood
B. division of labour and specialization
C. The contribution individuals make to each other
D. None of these
An exploratory research design the major focus is on:
A. Experimentation
B. Hypothesis testing
C. Profile development and description
D. None of these
Cultural Shock is caused by:
A. Playing is different role and getting role strain
B. finding values, norms and customs against ones cultural socialization usually opposite to what one has been socialized in and they turn out to be dysfunctional.
C. Both A and B
D. None of these
Diffusion of innovations among cultures means:
A. Traveling of traits and patterns in space/territory
B. Transmission of trait complexes in time.
C. Both A and B
D. None of these
Standard deviation in statistics is the measure that indicates in essence the :
A. Central tendency
B. Spread of the sample means/values
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. None of these
Social institutions are:
A. God-given and cannot be changed
B. Buildings and people who operate there
C. Consultation of folkways and moves around some important functions(s) of society
D. None of these