Top 150+ Solved Sociological Theories MCQ Questions Answer
Q. By ____________, Parsons means the need to coordinate, adjust, and regulate relationships among various actors or units within the system in order to keep the system functioning.
a. Goal attainment
b. Adaptation
c. Integration
d. Latency
Q. Talcott Parsons is an ___________ sociologist
a. Australian
b. American
c. African
d. None of the above
Q. The concept ‘Anticipatory Socialisation’ has been developed by
a. Karl Marx
b. Max Weber
c. Emile Durkheim
d. R.K. Merton
Q. AGIL paradigm is associated with
a. Max Weber
b. Emile Durkheim
c. Talcott Parsons
d. R.K. Merton
Q. Which of the following is not Talcott Parsons’ work?
a. The Social Systems
b. Social Theory and Social Structure
c. The Structure of Social Action
d. Economy and Society
Q. Conformists have accepted the cultural goal of success through legitimate means. Who among the following will be the best example to explain conformist?
a. Student
b. Terrorist
c. Politician
d. Drug addict
Q. A politician who wants to win an election but uses dirty tricks to discredit an opponent would bean example for
a. Conformity
b. Retreatism
c. Innovation
d. Rebellion
Q. Talcott Parsons four basic functional requisites are
a. adaptation, goal-orientation, integration and latency
b. education, socialization, social control and religion
c. economic institutions, political institutions ideology and kinship
d. family, social institution, cultural value and religion
Q. Which of the following characteristic is not Talcott Parsons’ ‘unit act’ to understand action theory?
a. Actor
b. End
c. Means
d. Institution
Q. Cathectic action is
a. goal-oriented action
b. dominated by rational considerations
c. action which is dominated by emotion
d. cognitive action
Q. Homeless and drug addict are best example of which types of R.K. Merton’s adaptation ordeviance
a. Rebellion
b. Retreatism
c. Ritualism
d. Conformity
Q. Merton’s adaptation which involves rejecting goals while accepting the means is
a. Innovation
b. Ritualism
c. Retreatism
d. Rebellion
Q. Talcott Parsons went to Germany to study at
a. Humboldt University of Berlin
b. University of Heidelberg
c. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
d. None of the above
Q. R.K Merton’s typology of deviance or typology of individual adaptation has
a. Two types
b. Three types
c. Four types
d. Five types
Q. The most common adaptation in Merton’s typology is
a. Conformity
b. Innovation
c. Retreatism
d. Ritualism