Deck 2: The Founders and Concepts of Sociology

Question 1

August Comte defined sociology as a

A)Comparative science
B)Historical method
C)Positive science
D)General Science

Answer 1

Positive science

Question 2

Who among the following analysed that religion should not be based on God but mankind.

A)Auguste Comte
B)Herbert Spencer
C)Max Webber
D)Emile Durkheim

Answer 2

Auguste Comte

Question 3

Sociology emerged in

A)America
B)Europe
C)Asia
D)Africa

Answer 3

Europe

Question 4

The word 'Sociology' is made up of two words. They are

A)Societies and Logistia
B)Societia and Logy
C)Socius and Logos
D)Socia and Logos

Question 5

Socius means companion and it is derived from

A)Latin
B)Spanish
C)Hebrew
D)Greek

Question 6

The word 'logos' is derived from

A)Latin
B)French
C)Greek
D)Hebrew

Question 7

Magic was given importance in which stage of society according to Auguste Comte

A)Theological or Fictitious stage
B)Metaphysical or Abstract Stage
C)Positive or Scientific Stage
D)All of the above

Question 8

The first stage in 'the Law of Three stages' is

A)Theological stage
B)Meta-physical stage
C)Evolutionary stage
D)Positive stage

Question 9

Which of the following is not the characteristic of positivism

A)Science is the only valid knowledge.
B)Fact is the object of knowledge.
C)Philosophy does not possess a method different from science.
D)Supernatural being and magic should be considered.

Question 10

Social dynamics is the theory

A)Social progress
B)Social order
C)Social stability
D)Social laws

Question 11

Which of the following is not the feature of social statics

A)Social statics refers to the study of the conditions and pre-conditions of social order
B)It is concerned with the present structure of the society
C)It refers to the pattern of the revolutionary progress in which the sequence of the development is necessary and inevitable.
D)It studies the issues of social stability

Question 12

Positive stage refers to

A)a theory that emphasises the positive aspects of society
B)a precise scientific study of observable phenomena
C)a theory that answers to different queries about society
D)All of the above

Question 13

The series, The Course of Philosophy is written by Comte between

A)1730-1742
B)1830-1842
C)1740-1752
D)1840-1852

Question 14

According to Auguste Comte, different features social dynamics are found in all the aspects of the society. However, according to him which feature of the following is the most important?

A)Physical
B)Moral
C)Intellectual
D)All of the above

Question 15

Auguste Comte died in

A)1856
B)1857
C)1858
D)1859

Question 16

The term 'organic analogy' is associated with

A)Herbert Spencer
B)Auguste Comte
C)Max Weber
D)Emile Durkheim

Question 17

Who among the following stressed upon the interdependence of different parts of society?

A)Auguste Comte
B)Karl Marx
C)Emile Durkheim
D)Herbert Spencer

Question 18

The concept of 'social evolution' was developed by

A)Herbert Spencer
B)Auguste Comte
C)Max Weber
D)Emile Durkheim

Question 19

Who coined the phrase 'survival of the fittest' in the course of social evolution?

A)Auguste Comte
B)Herbert Spencer
C)Talcott Parsons
D)Emile Durkheim

Question 20

Herbert Spencer was a ______ philosopher

A)German
B)French
C)British
D)Italian

Question 21

'First Principle' is the work of

A)Herbert Spencer
B)Auguste Comte
C)Karl Marx
D)Emile Durkheim

Question 22

Who among the following viewed society as an organism with interrelated parts

A)Auguste Comte
B)Herbert Spencer
C)Karl Marx
D)Emile Durkheim

Question 23

In which year was Herbert Spencer born?

A)1920
B)1821
C)1820
D)1870

Question 24

'Principles of Sociology' was authored by

A)Auguste Comte
B)Saint Simon
C)Herbert Spencer
D)Emile Durkheim

Question 25

Emile Durkheim's endeavour to establish sociology as a separate academic discipline centred on his efforts to:

A)Develop an all-encompassing synthesis of major sociological perspectives.
B)Demonstrate the influence of social forces on people's behaviour.
C)Show how an understanding of sociological principles could be used to solve social Problems.
D)Chart the evolution of major social institutions.