Importance of Sociology and Western & Indian Sociologists Quiz

Auguste Comte gave the theory of 'Law of three stages'.

Harriet Martineau is known as the first female Sociologist.

All-natural calamities were the expression of Gods anger, Or the belief of ancient people that planets were God, Identify the stage of society.

In this stage people believed that an abstract power of force guides and determines events in the world.

The breaking of society into two hostile camps, i.e the capitalist and the proletariat.

This is result of economic exploitation and inhuman conditions.

Charles Horton Cooley coined the term 'Primary Group' in his book 'Social organization' to refer to a small group like ______, close friends circle, neighbours etc.

The relations of members of a Primary Group are intimate and informal in nature, according to Charles Horton Cooley.

This is a formal, goal oriented, impersonal group. It is known as ______ group.

Nation, political party and trade union are examples of a ______ Group.

A person born in a wealthy family has a high status based on the economic advantages, the status assigned at birth known as ______ status.

When one acquires social position on the basis of his/her merit and skills, the status achieved by one’s ability, talent and effort is termed as ______ status.

One woman marries more than one man at a given time is known as ______

One man has two or more wives at a time is known as ______

Marriage within a culturally defined group is called ______

Marriage outside an individual’s own group is known as ______

The practice of women marrying up, elevating her position, is called ______

The family created by marriage is called ______

Role exit 49.Incompatibility between two or more roles that an individual is expected to perform in a given situation.Role conflict 50.A feeling of difficulty or stress in fulfilling the demands of one’s role obligations.Role strain 51.The way a person actually plays one’s role in a situation.Role performance 52.A set of roles that centres around a particular social status/ A University professor frequently gets involved in teaching, research, consultancy, administration, publishing, examining etc.Role Set UNIT 4 Social Institutions 53.It is a system of well defined, stable patterns of behaviour, formed to satisfy primary needs of individual.

This perspective holds that all individuals are not placed equally in society and the distribution mostly favour the affluent sections of society.The Marxist or Conflict Perspective 55.It is based around principles of communal living, property ownership and child rearing, form of a family in Israeli.

It looks at social institutions as playing number of roles in facilitating human social life.The Functionalist Perspective 57.Sharing of a household by an unmarried couple, preferred by younger generations in many parts of Europe and in some urban areas of India.

It is based around principles of communal living, property ownership and child-rearing.Kibbutz 59.By framing rules and forbidding sexual activity outside marriage, ______ provides control and stabilises society.

Descent is traced through Father’s line. Type of lineage? ______

The name follows the mother’s line to the next generation. Type of naming system? ______

The type of families commonly seen in rural areas? ______

The married couple lives with the husband’s family. Type of residence? ______

Descent is traced through mother’s line. Type of lineage? ______

The most widespread form of family in India and most part of the world? ______