Top 50+ Solved Herbert Spencer and Emile Durkheim MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Durkheim argued that the task of sociology should be the study of___
a. Social progress
b. Social facts
c. Anomie
d. Consciousness
Q. According to Durkheim, the simplest and most basic form of religion is
a. Sacred
b. Animism
c. Profane
d. Totemism
Q. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life is written by
a. Karl Marx
b. Emile Durkheim
c. Auguste Comte
d. Max Weber
Q. In his work ‘The Elementary Forms of Religious Life’, Durkheim attributes the development of religion
a. To the development of anomie
b. To the emotional security attained through communal living
c. To the higher rates of suicide
d. All of the above
Q. According to Emile Durkheim the central characteristic of religion was
a. Sacred-profane dichotomy
b. Life after death
c. Highly superstitious
d. Elimination of all forms of discrimination
Q. The term used by Durkheim to indicate the communal beliefs, morals and attitudes of a society
a. Collective morals
b. Collective consciousness
c. Collective behaviour
d. Collective conscience
Q. Who said that society is a ‘reality sui generis?’
a. Auguste Comte
b. Herbert Spencer
c. Emile Durkheim
d. Max Webber
Q. According to Emile Durkheim, the collective ways of thinking, feeling and acting is known as
a. Social integration
b. Social solidarity
c. Social norms
d. Social facts
Q. According to Emile Durkheim, anomic suicide occurs when
a. A person is too much integrated with the society
b. A person feels disconnected from the society due to lack of social integration
c. A person feels totally detached from the society
d. A person feels extreme social regulation resulting in oppressive conditions
Q. They type of suicide resulting from too much social integration is known as
a. Anomic suicide
b. Fatalistic suicide
c. Egoistic suicide
d. Altruistic suicide
Q. ___________ is at the opposite pole of social integration to altruistic suicide
a. Egoistic suicide
b. Anomic suicide
c. Fatalistic suicide
d. All of the above