List of top Sociology Questions on Basic Concepts of Sociology

The concept of the "Power Elite" is most closely associated with which sociological thinker?
According to Robert Merton, what is the term for individuals who accept societal goals but use illegal means to achieve them?
Who coined the term "Sanskritisation" to describe social change in India?
Who said, "Sociology is the science of social groups"?
The action oriented towards a social norm is known as
Who is the first philosopher who undertook a systematic study of society and is said to be the first sociologist in history?
The rewards and punishments associated with role expectations are known as
Define social change.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are CORRECT?
Which of the following is/are CORRECT with reference to the concept of ‘Little and Great traditions’?
Which of the following aspect(s) is/are CORRECT about Dalit Panthers in Maharashtra?
Which of the following core idea(s) is/are central to postmodernism?
Which of the following statement(s) about the modernisation theory is/are INCORRECT?

Which of the following proposition(s) is/are part of the argument that B. R. Ambedkar makes in his Caste in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development?

In The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Max Weber’s finding(s) is/are:

Which of the following statement(s) about the concept of intersectionality as developed by Kimberlé Crenshaw is/are CORRECT?
Which of the following statement(s) about tribes is/are CORRECT?

Which of the following statement(s) about Arturo Escobar’s work Encountering Development is/are CORRECT?

Patriliny is a kinship term that refers to

Match the following scholars in Column I and their contributions in Column II.


 

In the Economic and Political Manuscripts of 1844, Marx states that alienation occurs
In post-development theories, M. K. Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj is understood as a text that represents:
Which of the following statement(s) is/are CORRECT?

Match the following sociologists in Column I with sociological theory/concept in Column II.


 

Match the authors in Column I with their books in Column II.