Western Sociologists

Marx envisages the development of society as follows. Arrange in a chronological sequence of earliest to recent.
A. Slave society
B. Capitalist society
C. Primitive communism
D. Feudalism E. Socialism
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Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Malinowski is known for his intensive fieldwork amongst the Trobriand islanders.
Statement II: He is also the author of the acclaimed book, "The Elementary Forms of Religious Life".
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

Which of the following forms of family has been identified by L.H. Morgan ?
A. Consanguine
B. Corporate
C. Patriarchal
D. Matriarchal
E. Punaluan
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Forms of suicide identified by Durkheim are
A. Anomie
B. Regulative
C. Restrictive
D. Altruistic
E. Egoistic
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Italian political theorist and proponent of the theory of elite domination. His most famous book "The Ruling Class".

Who coined the term "Ecology"?

Which among the following is known to be the proponent of communicative action?

According to Comte, human mind passes through the following stages:
A. Theological
B. Classical
C. Metaphysical
D. Dialectical
E. Positive
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Given below are two statements:
Statement I: According to Merton, retreatism refers to the rejection of both cultural goals and means.
Statement II: According to Merton, innovation is the attempt to achieve a culturally approved goal by unconventional means.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

According to Robert Redfield, the characteristics of Little Community are
A. Completeness
B. Smallness
C. Homogeneity
D. Inclusiveness
E. Self-Sufficiency
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Match List I with List II

	List I (concept)		List II (Thinker)
A	Primary Group	I	Erving Goffman
B	Dyad and Triad	II	C.H. Cooley
C	Bureaucracy	III	Georg Simmel
D	Total Institution	IV	Max Weber

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Match List I with List II

	List I (Book)		List II (Author)
A	The Process of Economic Growth	I	C. Wright Mills
B	The Origins of Our Time	II	James Burnham
C	The Managerial Revolution	III	W.W. Rostow
D	The Power Elite	IV	K. Polyani

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Match List I with List II

	List I (concept)		List II (Thinker)
A	Modernisation	I	M.N. Srinivas
B	Dominant Caste	II	Mckim Marriot
C	Parochialisation & Universalisation	III	Dipankar Gupta
D	Westoxication	IV	Yogendra Singh

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Who among the following sees modern societies as concerned with the consumption of signs ?

Who among the following employed the idea of 'Structural Strain' in the context of typology of deviance ?

Who among the following makes the distinction between Gemeinschaft and Gesselschaft ?

Who among the following is associated with Phenomenology ?

According to Charles Tilly which of the following are features of a social movement?
(A) They develop public campaigns, getting organized to make collective claims on targetted audiences.
(B) They threaten to bring down the government.
(C) They combine whole repertoire of political actions, ranging from public meetings, processions and rallies through to demonstrations petitions and the creation of special purpose association.
(D) They display and present themselves to the public as good causes and worthy people.
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Match the sociologists in List I with their associated concepts in List II:

List I (Sociologists)		List II (Concepts)
(A)	Pierre Bourdieu	(I)	Risk Society
(B)	Michael Foucault	(II)	Time-Space Compression
(C)	Anthony Giddens	(III)	Surveillance
(D)	Ulrich Beck	(IV)	Cultural Capital

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Who among the following is known to be associated with the Study of Crowds ?

Who can be associated with the statement?
"Power is not inherently in particular institutions or situations or individuals; rather it is our perception of the matrix of forces in operation that we recognize as power".

Who among the following believed that we are all necessarily part of the system of ideology in which we live; that is, we are inter-related by ideology ?

Who among the following can be associated with middle-range theory ?

Sigmund Freud talks about one's desire to kill one's father, cohabit with one's mother, followed by repentance. The concept is known as :

Who among the following conducted anthropological field work in Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India ?

Who among the following could be associated with the phrase" Cyborgification of Society" ?

Given below are two statements:
Statement I: An English Clergyman and Economist, Thomas R. Malthus, noted that the number of people in the world had begun to increase arithmetically (as in series 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) and feared that the world might head towards a period of Catestrophic Starvation.
Statement II: Malthus noted that the people could slow the tide of population increase through 'Preventive Checks' such as family planning, sexual abstinence and delayed marriages. He also talked about 'Positive Checks' such as famine diseases, and war etc.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Who among the following authored 'Magic, Science and Religion' ?

'Objective Knowledge' could be approached through falsification, not verification and through deduction, not induction.
Who among the following thinkers could be associated with the above statement ?

Who among the following is associated with 'Urban Ecology' of Chicago School of Thought ?

According to Durkheim, which of the following is NOT a characteristic of social facts?

Who distinguished between 'I' and 'me', between person's real inner self and his public front?

According to Durkheim, Sociology is the study of____