Top 150+ Solved Foundation of Sociological Theory MCQ Questions Answer
Q. According to Durkheim, the study of the form and structure of societies and itsclassification based on attributes can be called as
a. social pathology
b. social phenomenology
c. social morphology
d. social psychology
Q. Weber placed ----------- as the key to understand the pattern of historicaldevelopment
a. power
b. ideal types
c. bureaucracy
d. rationalization
Q. The term Weber used to refer to the capacity of social action to be subject tocalculation in the means and ends of action is
a. rationalization
b. rationality
c. social causation
d. calculation
Q. According to Weber, the amount of quantitative calculation and accountingprocedure that goes into an action or decision is called
a. practical rationality
b. theoretical rationality
c. formal rationality
d. substantive rationality
Q. Who among the following said that ‘Sociology is the science of understandingthe meaning of social action?
a. auguste comte
b. herbert spencer
c. emile durkheim
d. max webber
Q. Who among the following analysed the impact of religious beliefs on theeconomic growth for the first time?
a. auguste comte
b. herbert spencer
c. max webber
d. emile durkheim
Q. Who advocated the social action approach in sociology for the first time?
a. max webber
b. auguste comte
c. herbert spencer
d. emile durkheim
Q. Weber’s concept, the Verstehen stands for
a. understanding of how the researchers interpret the social action
b. understanding social action in an objective manner
c. understanding how the social world is made of actors
d. understanding social world from the point of view of the actors
Q. What distinguishes Calvinism from Lutheranism?
a. conversion
b. predestination
c. repentance
d. systematization
Q. The authority based on the exceptional qualities of a leader remarks
a. supreme authority
b. legal-rational authority
c. charismatic authority
d. traditional authority