This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Sociology > Class 11 Sociology Chapter 1 What Is Sociology – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Sociology Chapter 1 What Is Sociology Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The scientific study of society and human behavior. A) Social sciences. B) Sociology. C) Psychology. D) Anthropology. E) None of the answers is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sociology. 2. Which option best defines sociology as a field of study? A) The psychological study of individual behavior only. B) The economic study of markets and prices. C) The scientific study of society and institutions. D) The historical study of past civilizations only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The scientific study of society and institutions. 3. The ..... , according to Marx, were the workers who were oppressed by those who owned the means of production. A) Bourgeois. B) Proletariat. C) Wealthy. D) Poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proletariat. 4. Sociology goes beyond common sense by asking A) What is normal?. B) Who benefits and who is left out?. C) How old is this rule?. D) Who started it?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who benefits and who is left out?. 5. How can social class influence educational decisions according to the material? A) By mandating attendance through legal penalties. B) By shaping whether college is seen as a viable path. C) By determining innate intelligence levels. D) By guaranteeing scholarships to all students. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By shaping whether college is seen as a viable path. 6. Which of the following is typically the earliest agent of socialization? A) Mass media. B) Workplace. C) School. D) Family. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Family. 7. This sociologist was the original founder of sociology A) Karl Marx. B) Max Weber. C) Auguste Comte. D) Jane Addams. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Auguste Comte. 8. ..... ecology is looking at how people live in their environment. A) Community. B) Population. C) Social. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social. 9. Carlen concluded that these women primarily needed: A) Support, help and treatment rather than punishment. B) Longer custodial sentences. C) Fewer educational programmes. D) Stricter media coverage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Support, help and treatment rather than punishment. 10. Economics and sociology often overlap when studying economic ..... and poverty. A) Freedom. B) Celebration. C) Relocation. D) Inequality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inequality. 11. According to ..... analysis, we have multiple roles in society. A) Dramaturgical. B) Unobtrusive Observation. C) Secondary Data. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dramaturgical. 12. Why is raising your hand in math class but not at the dinner table a useful sociological example? A) It shows social norms vary by context. B) It demonstrates universal etiquette rules. C) It proves math is superior to dining. D) It indicates families ignore formalities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It shows social norms vary by context. 13. Which development most directly created the social context in which sociology emerged in Europe during the 18th-19th centuries? A) Agricultural expansion with dispersed hamlets. B) Medieval guilds maintaining craft traditions. C) Religious revivals strengthening parish life. D) Industrialization with rapidly growing factories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Industrialization with rapidly growing factories. 14. Select one answer for each item.1. Sociology is primarily the study of: A) How individuals act in society and are influenced by others. B) The composition of chemical compounds. C) Animal-species evolution. D) Planetary motion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How individuals act in society and are influenced by others. 15. Focuses on how individuals interact with one another in society. A) Functionalist Perspective. B) Feminist Perspective. C) Interactionist Perspective. D) Conflict Perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interactionist Perspective. 16. Which sociologist influenced the development of the interactionist perspective in sociology? A) Max Weber. B) W.E.B. DuBois. C) Jane Addams. D) Emile Durkheim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Max Weber. 17. How people related to one another and influence each other's behavior. A) Social Interaction. B) Sociology. C) Social Science. D) Social Phenomena. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social Interaction. 18. Social science that focuses on individual personality A) Functionalist perspective. B) Auguste Comte. C) Social psychology. D) Symbolic interaction. E) Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social psychology. 19. How do schools prepare children to one day enter the workforce? A) With a standardized curriculum. B) Through the hidden curriculum. C) By socializing them in teamwork. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. Anthropology is most interested in examining modern industrial cities. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. What happens in a participant observation? A) Researchers count how many times a certain element occurs. B) Researchers gather data under controlled conditions. C) Researchers analyze materials from the past. D) Researchers become directly involved in an investigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Researchers become directly involved in an investigation. 22. Society is a complex system of structures (family, workplace, religion, schools, government, etc.) that we operate within as individuals. structural-functional approach/Most famous theorist:Emile Durkheim. A) Structural-Functional Approach. B) Symbolic Interaction Approach. C) Social Conflict Approach. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Structural-Functional Approach. 23. Which of the following perspectives focuses on elements that create competition and change? A) Feminist perspective. B) Functionalist perspective. C) Conflict perpspective. D) Interactionist perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conflict perpspective. 24. Manusia berhak atas milik pribadinya sendiri dan bisa disesuaikan dengan lingkungan sekitar adalah pengertian ..... A) Manusia sebagai mahkluk sosial. B) Manusia bertempat tinggal. C) Manuisa bersosialisasi. D) Manusia sebagai makhluk individu. E) Manusia bermasyarakat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manusia sebagai makhluk individu. 25. Theoretical perspective that follows the tradition of Karl Marx A) Conflict perspective. B) Economics. C) Auguste Comte. D) Functionalist perspective. E) Symbolic interaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict perspective. 26. What term describes the use of sociology to solve social problems in business, the workplace, and other aspects of society? A) Urban sociology. B) Demographic sociology. C) Foundational sociology. D) Applied sociology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Applied sociology. 27. All of the following are overall reasons for the development of sociology as a field of study except: A) Social upheaval. B) Political upheaval. C) Physical upheaval. D) Economic upheaval. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physical upheaval. 28. Which sociological perspective focuses on the conflict between genders? A) Interactionism. B) Feminism. C) Marxism. D) Functionalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feminism. 29. Studi positif tentang hukum-hukum dasar dari gejala sosial yang di dalamnya dibedakan menjadi sosiologi statis dan sosiologi dinamis adalah pengertian sosiologi menurut ..... A) Marx Webber. B) L. Laeyendecker. C) Peter L. Berger. D) Auguste Comte. E) Emile Durkheim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Auguste Comte. 30. Yang bukan termasuk ciri-ciri sosiologi ..... A) Empiris. B) Teoritis. C) Non etis. D) Puitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Puitis. 31. ..... are ideas intended to explain something. A) Sociology. B) Theories. C) Social issues. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theories. 32. Which statement best distinguishes sociology from other social sciences in this context? A) It ignores repeated observation entirely. B) It studies society at multiple scales and contexts. C) It only analyzes laboratory experiments. D) It focuses solely on internal mental processes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It studies society at multiple scales and contexts. 33. During industrialization, which infrastructural change accelerated factory growth and urban production? A) Extended canal systems for grain barges. B) Larger and denser rail networks. C) Rebuilt fortifications around capitals. D) New cathedral projects in cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Larger and denser rail networks. 34. A group of people who live in a defined area, who interact with one another, and who share a common culture is what? A) Dynamic equilibrium. B) Figuration. C) Social Solidarity. D) Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Society. 35. In contemporary societies, social institutions are: A) Disorganized social relations in a postmodern world. B) Highly specialized, interrelated sets of social practices. C) Virtual communities in cyberspace. D) No longer relevant to sociology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Highly specialized, interrelated sets of social practices. 36. Who coined the term sociology? A) Herbert Spencer. B) Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes. C) WEB Dubois. D) Karl Marx. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes. 37. Focuses on the forces in society that promote competition and change. A) Feminist Perspective. B) Functionalist Perspective. C) Interactionist Perspective. D) Conflict Perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conflict Perspective. 38. Which sociologist stated that "sociologists should try to improve society, not just study it?" A) Auguste Comte. B) Karl Marx. C) Harriet Martineau. D) Herbert Spencer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harriet Martineau. 39. This sociologist is the founder of the functionalist theory A) Herbert Spencer. B) Karl Marx. C) Emile Durkheim. D) Max Weber. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emile Durkheim. 40. Intended and recognized functions in society are called ..... A) Dysfunction. B) Static function. C) Latent function. D) Manifest function. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manifest function. 41. What is socialisation? A) The systematic study ofsociety and its institutions. B) The process oflearning the norms and values ofsociety. C) The unwritten rules ofbehaviour within a society. D) The goals that societytells us we should be aiming for inorder to be considered a success. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The process oflearning the norms and values ofsociety. 42. Which best shows "seeing the strange in the familiar" ? A) Accepting rules without thinking. B) Questioning why people follow certain rules. C) Studying a new culture. D) Learning history. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Questioning why people follow certain rules. 43. A person's race, class, and gender describe their A) Social location. B) Marginalization. C) Culture. D) Norms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social location. 44. This sociologist was a co-founder of the NAACP A) Jane Addams. B) WEB Du Bois. C) Herbert Spencer. D) Max Weber. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WEB Du Bois. 45. A car is supposed to be used to get from point A to point B. This is known as a car's ..... A) Latent function. B) Manifest function. C) Dual function. D) Dysfunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manifest function. 46. Herbert Spencer was heavily influenced by the views of biologist A) Karl Marx. B) Auguste Comte. C) Max Weber. D) Charles Darwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Charles Darwin. 47. Questionnaires and interviews are examples of which data collection method? A) Survey. B) Historical. C) Experimental. D) Case study. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Survey. 48. What is the definition of culture in sociology? A) The biological traits shared by a group of people. B) The shared beliefs, values, and practices of a group. C) The economic system of a society. D) The political structure of a society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The shared beliefs, values, and practices of a group. 49. Which one of the following is not a way people are socialized by religion? A) People learn the material culture of their religion. B) Life stages and roles are connected to religious celebration. C) An individual's personal internal experience of a divine being leads to their faith. D) Places of worship provide a space for shared group experiences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An individual's personal internal experience of a divine being leads to their faith. 50. What does sociological imagination mean? A) The ability to see things socially and howthey interact and influence eachother. B) Critical thinking. C) Abstract thinking. D) Cultural awareness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ability to see things socially and howthey interact and influence eachother. 51. ..... is a group of people who share a common territory and culture, who interact with eachother. A) Ethnicity. B) Society. C) Gender. D) Sociology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Society. 52. This American Sociologist used community studies to underscore the significance of race in American Society. A) W.E.B. Du Bois. B) Karl Marx. C) Jane Addams. D) Max Weber. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) W.E.B. Du Bois. 53. Ultimately, sociologists conduct their investigations because they believe: A) Society is perfect as it is. B) Mathematics alone can solve social issues. C) Research should focus only on wealthy elites. D) The world can be improved by understanding and addressing social problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The world can be improved by understanding and addressing social problems. 54. Believed that scholars should try to improve society, not just study it. Spoke out in favor of women's rights, religious tolerance, and the end of slavery. A) Auguste Comte. B) Jane Addams. C) Harriet Martineau. D) Emile Durkheim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harriet Martineau. 55. Ilmu pengetahuan didasarkan pada hasil observasi, tidak spekulatif dan hanya menggunakan akal sehat adalah ciri-ciri dari ilmu pengetahuan ..... A) Etis. B) Teoritis. C) Non etis. D) Kumulatif. E) Empiris. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Empiris. 56. This sociologist was the creator of conflict theory A) Karl Marx. B) Herbert Spencer. C) WEB Du Bois. D) Jane Addams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karl Marx. 57. A group's shared practices, values, and beliefs is what? A) Macro. B) MIcro. C) Culture. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Culture. 58. This Sociological approach focuses on the interactions among people based on their mutually understood symbols. Cops and robbers, going to college, and following along with societies norms A) Symbolic Interactionism. B) Functionalism. C) Behaviorism. D) Conflict Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolic Interactionism. 59. Sociologists focus on patterns in behavior because they want to understand A) How traditions are created. B) How groups behave over time. C) How individuals feel. D) How people express emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How groups behave over time. 60. All of the following are social sciences except: A) History. B) Economics. C) Psychology. 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