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B.A. SOCIOLOGY (2011 Admn. Onwards)
II SEMESTER – CORE COURSE

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QUESTION BANK
MODULE 1 : BASICS OF SOCIOLOGY

1. The term ‘Social Sciences’ first appeared in the work of
a. William Thompson b. J. Schumpeter
c. M. Weber d. Harry Johnson

2. ‘Republic’ is the work of
a. Socratese b. Aristotle
c. Plato d. None of these

3. The book ‘Ethics and Politics’ was written by
a. Socrates b. Aristotle
c. William Scott d. Ralph Linton

4. In Renaissance human reason placed above
a. Culture b. faith
c. Arts d. Literature

5. The conflict between religious learning and beliefs and rationality learning and beliefs is the basic characteristic of
a. Modern era b. Educated Society
c. Renaissance d. None of these

6. The period from about 1453 to the end of the 17th century was characterized by the rebirth and proliferation of
a. Modern knowledge b. ancient knowledge
c. Modern thinking d. ancient thinking

7. Enlightenment was to a large extent based on
a. profit motive b. humanitarian principles
c. practical wisdom d. all the above

8. Enlightenment thinkers opened up new and very significant areas of
a. Observation b. Field study
c. Inquiry d. Thinking

9. Enlightenment thought laid the ground work for the development of
a Religious notions b. speculations
c. Social scientific thought d. All the above

10. In the period of enlightenment as the organizing principle of knowledge, rationality replaced
a. Culture b. Civilization
c. Religion d. Speculation

11. The period of Enlightenment was in
a. 1650 CE and 1700 CE b. 1500 CE and 1550 CE
c. 1400 CE and 1450 CE d. None of these

12. The work ‘Two Treatises of Government’ was written by
a. Rousseau b. Locke
c. Gandhi d. None of these

13. Whose suggestion was that the social order was made by human beings and therefore could be changed by human beings
a. Hobbes b. Locke
c. Laski d. Gandhi

14. According to whom was the universe a machine made up of particles moving according to a mechanical law.
a. R.Park b. Rousseau
c. Hobbes d. Aristotle

15. The master piece of Hobbes
a. Leviathan b. The Elements of Law
c. Essay concerning human understanding d. None of these

16.’Leviathan’ was published in the year
a. 1640 b. 1650
c. 1621 d. 1651

17. Hobbes believed that the very principle of the universe is
a. The movement or motion b. passion and imagination
c. critical thinking d. observation

18. The first philosophical work of Hobbes
a. The Elements of Law b. Leviathan
c. Social Contract d. None of these

19. ‘The Elements of Law’ was published in the year
a. 1650 b. 1640
c. 1630 d. 1651

20. Thomas Hobbes’ interest in philosophy was greatly stimulated by his discovery of the world of
a. Sociology b. Mathematics
c. Biology d. Astronomy

21. Who tells about Universal law and Natural Law?
a. Montesquieu b. Plato
c. Aristotle d. John Locke

22. Locke believed that human beings were originally
a. Isolated independent being b. Social cooperative being
c. Asocial competitive being d. None of these

23. ‘Essay Concerning Human Understanding’ is the work of
a. John Locke b. Laski
c. Plato d. Lumberg

24. The major task of the state is the preservation of the liberty, peace, safety and public good of the people- Who commented so?
a. Hobbes b. Locke
c. Rousseau d. Moynihan

25. Rousseau believed that refer of society would only be possible if all members shared equally in the construction of
a. Culture and belief b. Nature and behavior
c. Pattern of life d. laws for human’s common happiness

26. Who said that property is the root of all evil which brought about war, conflict, and misery
a. Montesquieu b. Locke
c. Hobbes d. Rousseau

27. Whose belief is that man’s original nature was corrupted by society and that the only way man could become virtuous, moral being was to totally transform society.
a. Rousseau b. Hobbes
c. John Locke d. Montesquieu

28. Rousseau’s focus was on the possibility of
a. Social condition and situation b. exchanging ideas
c. Life experiences d. drastic social change

29. Rousseau thought that society was formed as a result of
a. human interaction b. Faith and belief
c. Give and take relationship of human beings d. a contract among individuals

30. The scientific approach to the study of human beings seeks to emphasize the need to blend the perspectives of
a. Arts, Mathematics and Science b. Nature, Culture and Civilization
c. Natural sciences, Social Sciences and humanities d. all the above