Deck 2: Social Science Research and Its Importance

Question 1

Who said that property is the root of all evil which brought about war, conflict, and misery

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

Answer 1

Rousseau

Question 2

Whose belief is that man's original nature was corrupted by society and that the only way man could become virtuous, moral being was to totally transform society.

A)Rousseau
B)Hobbes
C)John Locke
D)Montesquieu

Answer 2

Rousseau

Question 3

Rousseau's focus was on the possibility of

A)Social condition and situation
B)exchanging ideas
C)Life experiences
D)drastic social change

Answer 3

drastic social change

Question 4

Rousseau thought that society was formed as a result of

A)human interaction
B)Faith and belief
C)Give and take relationship of human beings
D)a contract among individuals

Question 5

The scientific approach to the study of human beings seeks to emphasize the need to blend the perspectives of

A)Arts, Mathematics and Science
B)Nature, Culture and Civilization
C)Natural sciences, Social Sciences and humanities
D)all the above

Question 6

Not only as a method to understand social reality around us, Social Sciences help us to

A)develop insights into the nature of human beings
B)understand the life style of human beings
C)develop insights into human being's communication
D)find out the development of human beings

Question 7

Who said this-In reality there are no economic, sociological or psychological problems, but only simple problems, and they are complex also

A)Myrdal
B)Skinner
C)Kohler
D)Piaget

Question 8

A discipline-specific study of social problem from an angle cannot give a

A)Thorough understanding of the issue
B)perfect picture of the issue
C)correct and total view of the problem
D)None of the above

Question 9

" Man lives in a socio- economic and political world and thrives on its varied relationships. It is inconceivable that the study of bare and isolated events on any aspect of man's life would yield any meaningful result"- Who stated so?

A)Karl Marx
B)Karl Mannheim
C)Karl Pearson
D)None of the above

Question 10

A recent trend in Social science research is

A)Single disciplinary approach
B)Interdisciplinary approach
C)Direct Observation method
D)Field study

Question 11

Research can give us sound guideline for the appropriate measure of

A)Education
B)Field work
C)Data collection
D)Reform and Social welfare

Question 12

Research in Social Sciences can unfold and identify the causes of

A)Life success
B)Life failure
C)Social evils and problems
D)Life Style

Question 13

Systematic research can give us the required data base for planning and

A)implementation of those plans
B)designing developmental schemes and programmes
C)speculation
D)designing life style

Question 14

Research in Social Science areas equip us with

A)greater power of control over the social phenomena
B)greater power of control over the emotions of humans
C)Control over the natural resources
D)Control over the supernatural powers

Question 15

A systematized body of knowledge will properly helps us to implement

A)better social institutions
B)better educational institutions
C)better social planning for the development of entire human society
D)none of these

Question 16

Diagnosis of problems and their analysis lead to

A)appropriate remedial actions
B)find out real life situations
C)control over life expense
D)control over human feelings

Question 17

The main function of research is

A)Discovery facts
B)interpretation social mysteries
C)Understand social reality
D)all the above

Question 18

Research strengthens our

A)capacity to live
B)desire for truth and knowledge
C)desire for community living
D)capacity to understand things

Question 19

The major purpose of Social Science research is

A)reliable and valid study of human behavior
B)understanding social life
C)deep knowledge on matters around us
D)Reliable and valid study of social life and human behavior

Question 20

Which would facilitate reliable and valid study of human behavior and social life

A)New scientific tools
B)Concepts
C)Theories
D)all the above

Question 21

Social Sciences try to understand human behavior and its interaction with the environment and

A)Society
B)Community
C)Social institutions
D)Social phenomena

Question 22

To clarify the doubtful and correct the misconceived facts of social life we depend up on the study of

A)Social sciences
B)Natural science
C)Physical science
D)Mathematics

Question 23

Which of the following seeks to find explanations to unexplained social phenomena?

A)Statistics
B)Social Sciences
C)Social Surveys
D)Extra reading

Question 24

Verification of knowledge of human behavior and social life is happening through

A)Social research
B)Observation.
C)Knowledge seeking
D)Thorough reading

Question 25

Now the natural world is studied by the methods of

A)Science
B)Action
C)Belief
D)Interpretation