Deck 1: Social Science Thinkers and Works

Question 1

The term 'Social Sciences' first appeared in the work of

A)William Thompson
B)J. Schumpeter
C)M. Weber
D)Harry Johnson

Answer 1

William Thompson

Question 2

The book 'Ethics and Politics' was written by

A)Socrates
B)Aristotle
C)William Scott
D)Ralph Linton

Answer 2

Aristotle

Question 3

In Renaissance human reason placed above

A)Culture
B)faith
C)Arts
D)Literature

Answer 3

Arts

Question 4

The conflict between religious learning and beliefs and rationality learning and beliefs is the basic characteristic of

A)Modern era
B)Educated Society
C)Renaissance
D)None of these

Question 5

The period from about 1453 to the end of the 17th century was characterized by the rebirth and proliferation of

A)Modern knowledge
B)ancient knowledge
C)Modern thinking
D)ancient thinking

Question 6

Enlightenment was to a large extent based on

A)profit motive
B)humanitarian principles
C)practical wisdom
D)all the above

Question 7

Enlightenment thinkers opened up new and very significant areas of

A)Observation
B)Field study
C)Inquiry
D)Thinking

Question 8

Enlightenment thought laid the ground work for the development of

A)Religious notions
B)speculations
C)Social scientific thought
D)All the above

Question 9

In the period of enlightenment as the organizing principle of knowledge, rationality replaced

A)Culture
B)Civilization
C)Religion
D)Speculation

Question 10

The period of Enlightenment was in

A)1650 CE and 1700 CE
B)1500 CE and 1550 CE
C)1400 CE and 1450 CE
D)None of these

Question 11

The work 'Two Treatises of Government' was written by

A)Rousseau
B)Locke
C)Gandhi
D)None of these

Question 12

Whose suggestion was that the social order was made by human beings and therefore could be changed by human beings

A)Hobbes
B)Locke
C)Laski
D)Gandhi

Question 13

According to whom was the universe a machine made up of particles moving according to a mechanical law.

A)R.Park
B)Rousseau
C)Hobbes
D)Aristotle

Question 14

The master piece of Hobbes

A)Leviathan
B)The Elements of Law
C)Essay concerning human understanding
D)None of these

Question 15

'Leviathan' was published in the year

A)1640
B)1650
C)1621
D)1651

Question 16

Hobbes believed that the very principle of the universe is

A)The movement or motion
B)passion and imagination
C)critical thinking
D)observation

Question 17

The first philosophical work of Hobbes

A)The Elements of Law
B)Leviathan
C)Social Contract
D)None of these

Question 18

'The Elements of Law' was published in the year

A)1650
B)1640
C)1630
D)1651

Question 19

Thomas Hobbes' interest in philosophy was greatly stimulated by his discovery of the world of

A)Sociology
B)Mathematics
C)Biology
D)Astronomy

Question 20

Who tells about Universal law and Natural Law?

A)Montesquieu
B)Plato
C)Aristotle
D)John Locke

Question 21

Locke believed that human beings were originally

A)Isolated independent being
B)Social cooperative being
C)Asocial competitive being
D)None of these

Question 22

'Essay Concerning Human Understanding' is the work of

A)John Locke
B)Laski
C)Plato
D)Lumberg

Question 23

The major task of the state is the preservation of the liberty, peace, safety and public good of the people- Who commented so?

A)Hobbes
B)Locke
C)Rousseau
D)Moynihan

Question 24

Rousseau believed that refer of society would only be possible if all members shared equally in the construction of

A)Culture and belief
B)Nature and behavior
C)Pattern of life
D)laws for human's common happiness