Sociology 2011-Solved MCQs Competitive Exams Set 1
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1) Who said “Man is a social animal” ?
Answer: Aristotle.
2) Who called sociology “Social Physics” ?
a) Auguste Comte
b) Wilfred
c) Herbert Spencer
Answer: a
3) Bourgeois type of society was introduced by?
Answer: Karl Marx
4) When cultural traits spread from one society to another, the process is called?
Answer: Diffusion
5) An ascribed status is one that is;
Answer: endowed at birth
6) Ethnocentrism means
Answer: superiority of ones own culture
7) A system in which one husband is married to many women is called;
Answer: polygamy
8) Levirate means;
a) Marriage of a man with the widow of his deceased brother
b) Marriage of a man with the sister of his deceased wife
c) None of these.
Answer: a
9) Joint family may be preferred because it has;
a) Greater financial security
b) Division of labour
c) Workable as a cooperative
d) all of these
Answer: d
10) Which of the following is not a major feature of capitalism?
Answer: Equitable distribution of income