Sociology 2012

**Marriage between people of the same social category is:**A. PolygamyB. MonogamyC. ExogamyD. Endogamy Show Answer Correct Answer: D. Endogamy

**Cultural growth is:**A. An occasional processB. Continuing processC. InsignificantD. None of these Show Answer Correct Answer: B. Continuing process

**Cultural lag is a difference between:**A. Two material culturesB. Two non-material culturesC. Material and non-material cultureD. None of these Show Answer Correct Answer: C. Material and non-material culture

**Which of the following is not a basic social institution?**A. FamilyB. ReligionC. WarD. Education Show Answer Correct Answer: C. War

**The pattern of pressure exerted by society to maintain order is:**A. ApprovalB. Social controlC. AnomieD. None of these Show Answer Correct Answer: B. Social control

**Spoiled identity is a concept of sociology, which means an identity that has been destroyed permanently because of a severe stigma. Who was its originator?**A. Albert CohenB. George SimmelC. Erving GoffmanD. None of these Show Answer Correct Answer: C. Erving Goffman

**Sociology can be defined as:**A. Objective study of human interactionB. Science of human mindC. Study of ethnicityD. Analysis of human nature Show Answer Correct Answer: A. Objective study of human interaction

**Urbanization means:**A. Increase in populationB. Population shift from rural to urbanC. Suburbs growthD. Unequal opportunities for employment Show Answer Correct Answer: B. Population shift from rural to urban

**Identify the theories and concepts which were associated with the famous sociologist Emile Durkheim:**A. AnomieB. Collective ConsciousnessC. Both A & BD. None of these Show Answer Correct Answer: C. Both A & B

**Identify the concepts and theories of sociology propounded by C. Wright Mills:**A. Abstracted EmpiricismB. Grand TheoryC. Sociological ImaginationD. All of these Show Answer Correct Answer: D. All of these