Sociological Theory — Part 2 MCQs with Explanations

a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2 is the correct answer to “Match the following in the term of Concepts and Authors: List I (Concepts) List II (Authors) a. Social Morphology 1. Levi-Strauss b. Reciprocity 2. Ferdinand de Saussure c. Alliance Theory 3. Radcliffe Brown d. Structural-Linguist 4. Marcel Mauss”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Sociological Theory.

Accounts is the correct answer to “Which of these terms do Ethnomethodologists use in order to describe the ways social actors explain specific situations”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Sociological Theory.

a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2 is the correct answer to “Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: List I (Authors) List II (Concepts) a. Max Weber 1. Circulation of elites b. V. Pareto 2. Symbolic Interactionism c. G. M. Mead 3. Interpretive understanding d. Herbert Blumer 4. Self”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Sociological Theory.

V. Pareto is the correct answer to “Who classified action in logical and non-logical categories”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Sociological Theory.

Gandhi is the correct answer to “The state exists and should aim at "the greatest good of all." Who is the author of these words”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Sociological Theory.

a-1, b-4, c-2, d-3 is the correct answer to “Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: List I (Thinker) List II (Conflict) a. Durkheim 1. As pathological b. Marx 2. As essential and complementary aspect of harmony c. Simmel 3. As vehicle of social change d. Ibne Khaldun 4. Fundamental to the evolution of civilisation”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Sociological Theory.

a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4 is the correct answer to “Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: List I (Social Anthropologist) List II (Field Studies) a. I. A. Schapera 1. Bechauna b. Mayer Fortes 2. Tallensi c. S. F. Nadel 3. Nupe of Nigeria d. Hilda Kuper 4. Swazi 5. Nuer of sudan”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Sociological Theory.

Normal and pathological is the correct answer to “Central to Durkheim's functionalism was a distinction between which forms of social organisation”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Sociological Theory.

E. Durkheim is the correct answer to “Who defined religion in terms of a distinction between the sacred and the profane”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Sociological Theory.

Ethnography is the correct answer to “Malinowski is best known for emphasising the importance of which one of the following”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Sociological Theory.