Sociology Mcqs

A. have no specialized and enduring work groups governments, or standing armies
B. exhibit increased power of the state and size of the territory it controls
C. experience the emergence of social stratification due to production of a social surplus
D. have complex divisions of labor and exchange relationships

A. group
B. aggregate
C. subculture
D. transitory collective

A. A single status may have multiple roles attached to it
B. A role does not exist in isolation but is integrated with the activities of other people
C. Roles define duties but only statuses define rights
D. Groups consist of complexes of interlocking roles

A. role modelling
B. ascribed status
C. status conception
D. role performance

A. is always at odds with the ways of the larger society
B. is a set of patterned and recurrent aspects of life that appear in all known societies?
C. includes members of a group that participate in the main culture while sharing another culture
D. uses a value-free approach that views people from the perspective of their own culture

A. cultural relativism
B. requisite societal composition
C. cultural universals
D. ethnocentrism

A. the custom of chewing food with one,s mouth closed
B. the practice of shaking hands when greeting someone for the first time
C. the courtesy of arriving on time for a religious service
D. the habit of driving on the right-hand side of the road

A. nonmaterial culture
B. material culture
C. mores
D. proprietary culture

A. the society has no norms and if there are any nobody follows them
B. the individual has no claim over the product that he has finished
C. the worker is least emotionally related to the product that he develops the co-workers and the work environment
D. None of these

A. Ibn-e-khaldun
B. Emile Durkheim
C. Auguste Conte
D. None of these