Sociology MCQs 2016
This page provides the fully solved CSS Sociology MCQs from the 2016 examination, an essential study aid for any serious aspirant. The 2016 paper tested a wide range of sociological terminology and theories crucial for scoring high. Our detailed answers cover everything from ‘action research’ and Bruno Latour’s ‘actor-network theory’ to Émile Durkheim’s foundational concept of ‘anomic suicide’. By reviewing key terms such as ‘ascribed status’, ‘affective individualism’, and Max Weber’s theory of ‘charisma’, you can build a robust vocabulary and a deeper conceptual understanding required to succeed in the CSS examination.
Cash nexus means:
A. The reduction of all human relationships in terms of monetary exchange
B. Authority and power concentrated into a few offices
C. A group of people who share a particular characteristic but have nothing else in common
D. None of these
Action research means:
A. A type of research in which the researcher not only studies something but also assists in changing it
B. Often in an experimental manner
C. Such studies reflect the fact that much social research is commissioned by groups and agencies who wish to understand some problem so as to solve it
D. All of the above
What is meant by the term Charisma?
A. A person's quality attributed to leaders who arouse fervent popular support and enthusiasm
B. In general usage, charisma is now simply the property of being attractive and telegenic
C. Max Weber borrowed the term for a 'gift of grace' from the Christian tradition to signify extraordinary (and often divine) powers
D. All of the above
Actor network theory is a major concept of French social scientists, namely:
A. Michel Callon
B. Bruno Latour
C. Albert Cohen
D. None of these
What is meant by the term Civil Disorder?
A. Social conflict such as riots in which the government is involved to restore public order
B. The branch of law that deals largely with wrongs against the individual
C. Both A & B
D. None of these
What is meant by the term adaptation?
A. Act of changing behavior with the demands of a changing social or physical environment
B. According to structural-functionalism
C. It is one of the four functional prerequisites that all social systems must satisfy if they are to survive
D. All of the above
Clique means:
A. An internal cluster or faction within a group
B. Part of the estate system of stratification composed of Roman Catholic priests
C. Social interaction in which one is made to do something through the use of social pressure, threats, or force
D. None of these
What is meant by the term Affective individualism?
A. The formation of marriage through personal selection based on romantic and sexual attraction instead of custom for economic and political reasons
B. Disease from which a person either recovers or dies
C. The process of learning new roles in the state of maturity
D. None of these
What is meant by the term Closed system?
A. An organization to which membership is not voluntary
B. In organizational theory, the degree to which an organization is shut off from its environment
C. The ability to think in abstract terms
D. None of these
Ageism means:
A. An unacceptable behavior on the grounds that older people are of less value than younger people
B. Organization providing a particular service on behalf of another business, person, or group
C. A belief that does not deny or affirm the existence of a god
D. None of these