Deck 5: Max Weber, Authority, and Social Action: A Study in Sociology

Question 1

Which of the following is known to be the famous work of Max Weber?

A)The German Ideology
B)The Sociology of Diaspora
C)The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism
D)Suicide

Answer 1

The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism

Question 2

Max Weber was born in the year

A)1764
B)1864
C)1865
D)1765

Answer 2

1864

Question 3

To Max Weber, ideal types are

A)Social realities
B)Sociological phenomena
C)Material tools
D)Mental constructs

Answer 3

Mental constructs

Question 4

According to Weber, the three types of authorities are

A)Rational, Feudal and Capitalistic
B)Feudal, Traditional and Charismatic
C)Legal, traditional and Charismatic
D)None of the above

Question 5

Zweckrational actions are otherwise known as

A)Affective Action
B)Value oriented action
C)Goal oriented action
D)Traditional action

Question 6

Max Weber entire sociology is based on

A)Bureaucracy
B)Religion
C)Capitalism
D)Social Action

Question 7

Old age rules and power is

A)Traditional Authority
B)Charismatic Authority
C)Rational-Legal Authority
D)Diplomatic Authority

Question 8

According to Max Weber, the basis for the functioning of the legal-rational authority is

A)Non-hierarchy
B)Dysfunctional system
C)Unwritten laws
D)Rules

Question 9

A systematic interpretive process of understanding the meaning of action from the actor's point of view refers to

A)Verstehen
B)Functionalism
C)Structuralism
D)Conflict approach

Question 10

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism was written in

A)1903
B)1904
C)1905
D)1906

Question 11

Which of the following books is not authored by Karl Marx?

A)The Communist Manifesto
B)Das Kapital
C)The Economic and Philosophical Manuscript
D)Economy and Society

Question 12

Which of the following is not Max Weber's Social Action?

A)Evaluative Action
B)Goal Rational Action
C)Value- Rational Action
D)Traditional Action

Question 13

A rational-purposeful action is based on

A)Value rationality
B)Traditional rationality
C)Means-end rationality
D)Affectionate rationality

Question 14

Monarchical system is ______________________ type of authority

A)Rational-legal
B)Charismatic
C)Traditional
D)None of the above

Question 15

Max Weber's 'The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism' focuses on

A)The relationship between the ethics of ascetic Protestantism and the emergence of the spirit of modern capitalism
B)The relationship between the Protestants and the Capitalists in terms of exploitation
C)The relationship of the ideology of Protestants and the Capitalist mode of production
D)The issues in accumulating wealth among the Capitalists and the Protestants' struggle

Question 16

Charismatic authority is characterised by

A)The supernatural powers possessed by a person
B)The exceptional personal qualities of a leader
C)The inherited status
D)The status occupied by voting

Question 17

When a person enjoys authority by virtue of his inherited status, then that type of authority is known as

A)Traditional authority
B)Charismatic authority
C)Legal-rational authority
D)Democratic authority

Question 18

Max Weber was

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

Question 19

Who among the following analysed the impact of religious beliefs on the economic growth for the first time?

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

Question 20

Max Weber study of religion discuss that Calvinism believed in

A)Conversion
B)Pre-destination
C)Repentance
D)Systematisation

Question 21

Talcott Parsons was born in the year

A)1902
B)1904
C)1906
D)1908

Question 22

A prominent exponent of functionalism in the United States is

A)Karl Marx
B)Durkheim
C)Talcott Parsons
D)Max Weber

Question 23

Talcott Parsons' The Structure of Social Action was originally published in

A)1927
B)1937
C)1947
D)1957

Question 24

The Social System (1951) is the famous work of

A)Emile Durkheim
B)Max Weber
C)Talcott Parsons
D)R.K. Merton

Question 25

Latency paradigm functions as

A)Tension management
B)Integration
C)Attainment of goal
D)Adaptation