Deck 2: Sociology and Society: Various Concepts and Theories

Question 1

Who has classified classes into six types.

A)warner
B)weber
C)marx
D)parson

Answer 1

warner

Question 2

An institution in the estate system where a sum of money or some property was given to a slave by his master is called.

A)peculium
B)offering
C)barter system
D)cartel sytem

Answer 2

peculium

Question 3

A group of industrialists who together monopolize or gain complete control over the market is called.

A)peculium
B)offering
C)barter
D)cartel

Answer 3

cartel

Question 4

A process takes place when the changes that caste has and undergoing carries it beyond the traditional ascriptive definition.

A)social mobility
B)strectural mobility
C)functional mobility
D)none of these

Question 5

_______held that the differential distribution of authority leads to class formation and class conflict.

A)marx
B)srinivas
C)dahrendorf
D)hiller

Question 6

______observed that when a class system becomes closed to vertical mobility, it becomes a caste.

A)marx
B)srinivas
C)dahrendorf
D)hiller

Question 7

________ was the first one to introduce the concept of alienation into sociological theory.

A)marx
B)srinivas
C)dahrendorf
D)hiller

Question 8

___________ classified the society into three strata- guardians, auxiliaries and workers.

A)aristotle
B)srinivas
C)dahrendorf
D)hutton

Question 9

Who characterized caste as a closed status group.

A)max weber
B)srinivas
C)dahrendorf
D)hutton

Question 10

_______ held that society would rank highly and reward those who perform successfully in terms of society's values

A)max weber
B)parson
C)dahrendorf
D)hutton

Question 11

According to________in estate system inequality is not primarily economic but judicial.

A)max weber
B)tawney
C)dahrendorf
D)hutton

Question 12

_______categorized India under the Asiatic Mode of Production.

A)max weber
B)tawney
C)dahrendorf
D)marx

Question 13

Who stated that the higher the class one belongs the lessen is the pretence because there is less to pretend to.This is chief reason why our manners are better than other persons.

A)pelham
B)tawney
C)dahrendorf
D)marx

Question 14

________ stated property is theft.

A)proudhon
B)tawney
C)dahrendorf
D)marx

Question 15

Who advocated a form of guild socialism.

A)proudhon
B)tawney
C)dahrendorf
D)durkheim

Question 16

Utilitarianism is a theoretical outlook associated with the name of _______.

A)j benthem
B)tawney
C)dahrendorf
D)durkheim

Question 17

Who advocated the religious theory of the origin of caste.

A)senart
B)tawney
C)dahrendorf
D)durkheim

Question 18

Who gave the concept of occupational theory of caste.

A)nesfield
B)tawney
C)dahrendorf
D)durkheim