CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge Famous Personalities Of India And World Quiz 17 - MCQExams.com

The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company specialises in performing works by which of these?
  • Rodgers and Hammerstein
  • Gilbert and Sullivan
  • Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd-Weber
  • George and Ira Gershwin
Where did Pope Benedict XVI make his first visit as Pope?
  • Austria
  • Germany
  • England
  • USA
A play, first performed in 1933, whose writer died in 1936, continues to attract powerful international interpretations, including film, TV, and dance; what is the play?
  • Mandarine by Jean Anouilh
  • Ah Wilderness! by Eugene O'Neill
  • Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca
  • Drama at Inish by Esme Stuart Lennox Robinson
When was Adam Smith's major work "An enquiry into the Nature and Causes of Wealth of Nations" published?
  • 1756
  • 1766
  • 1776
  • 1786
According to Joseph Schumpeter, profit is the reward for _____________.
  • Innovation
  • Uncertainty-bearing
  • Risk-taking
  • Management
Which album by the Arctic Monkeys was the fastest selling album in UK chart history?
  • Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
  • Favourite Worst Nightmare
  • Humbug
  • Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys
Gautam Buddha delivered his first sermon at which one of the following places?
  • Sarnath
  • Kushinagar
  • Lumbini
  • Bodh Gaya
The term feminist standpoint'suggests.
  • taking a stand on the issues neglected by feminism
  • studying society society from the perspective of women
  • the recognition of difference and diversity in women's lives
  • a tendency to ignore the gendered nature of knowledge
Edward snowden is data hacker of USA and he have been granted the right of asylum by which country ?
  • Russia
  • India
  • UK
  • China
Who was the Prime Minister of Iran when Shah of Iran left the country?
  • Ayatollah Khomeini
  • Mehdi Bazargan
  • Shahpour Bakhtiar
  • None of the above
Durkheim was one of the first scientific sociologists who studied.
  • suicide
  • mental illness
  • sex
  • all of the above
"The Psychology of Rumors" was written by
  • Gordon Allport
  • Ahistrom
  • Max Weber
  • none of them
The terms crisis of the 1970s is used to refer to.
  • declining profits and rising unemployment
  • the eradication of the welfare state
  • rising divorce rates and the decline of the traditional family
  • an unfortunate twist in fashion sensibility
The power elite are drawn from among the.
  • military and business leaders
  • middle-class urban residents
  • union leaders
  • intellectuals
How did the Brundtland Commission (1987) define sustainable development?
  • development that protects the environment for future generations even at the expense of the present generation
  • development which meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
  • a type of development which put the interests of developing countries ahead of the interests of the rich nations
  • development that is capable of maintaining sustainable economic growth for all countries of the world
Concept of bureaucracy was given by
  • Max Weber's
  • Franz Boas
  • Karl Marx
  • August Comte
According to Robert Salisbury the crucial factor in turning awareness of an issue into an organized movement is.
  • money
  • mass media
  • leadership
  • all of the above
According to Jean Baudrillard What is hyper reality?
  • modern theme parks such as Disneyland
  • the merging of reality and media representations
  • the virtual world made possible by the Internet
  • people 's affinity with soap characters rather than real people
In Symbolic Interactionist theory Mead defined the generalized other as.
  • the group of structural theories of society that he was reacting against
  • the overall impression of ourselves that we try to give off to others
  • a significant figure in early childhood who teaches us the general values of society
  • an image of how people in the wider society might perceive our behaviour
Iron cage of bureaucracy was the perception of.
  • Emile Durkhiem
  • Max Weber
  • August Comte
  • Karl Marx
The term 'Reference group' was first introduced by
  • Hyman
  • Merton
  • Srinivas
  • Cooley
Who famously stated the medium is the message?
  • Manuel Castells
  • Marshall McLuhan
  • Howard Rheingold
  • Karl Marx
According to Weber the driving force of society was.
  • rationality
  • Cultural pursuits
  • Increased development
  • None of these
In studying the strategies that students employ to create appearances after grades have awarded sociologists Daniel Albas and Cheryl Albas drew upon the concept of impression managements developed by.
  • George Herbert Mead
  • Charles Horton Cooley
  • Erving Goffman
  • Jean Piaget
According to Riley Dunlap which one of the following is not a basic function that the natural environment serves for humans?
  • The environment provides the resources essential for life
  • The environment serves as a waste depository
  • The environment provides a natural setting for social inequalities
  • The environment "houses" our species
Division of labour was written by
  • Emile Durkheim
  • Max Weber
  • Kal Polyani
  • Davis
Which of the following was an early Black sociologist active in the struggle for a racially egalitarian society who was critical of theorists who semmed content with the status quo?
  • Harriet Martineau
  • Herbert Spencer
  • Booker T Washington
  • W, E.B Du Bois
In most sociology, research subjects need to be guaranteed is
  • Confidentiality
  • Informed consent
  • Honesty
  • Deception
Arrange in the logical order in which P. Berger has explained.
  • Habitualization, institutionalization, legitimation, externalization
  • Institutionalization, legitimation, externalization, habitualization
  • Habitualization, legitimation, externalization, institutionalization
  • Legitimation, institutionalization, habitualization, externalization
The distinction between elements of material and nonmaterial culture was made by sociologist.
  • Max Weber
  • George Murdock
  • Margaret Mead
  • William F. Ogburn
Among the post structuralists who has focussed on the 'linkage between knowledge and power'?
  • Lemert
  • Miller
  • Levi-Strauss
  • Foucault
Which theorist is most associated with world-systems theory?
  • Walt Rostow
  • Immanuel Waller-stein
  • Amartya Sen
  • none of the above
Raewyn Connell was suggested importance of
  • Sociological problem
  • Hegemonic masculinity
  • Symbolic identities
  • None of the above
Role-learning theory suggests that.
  • we internalise and take on social roles from a pre-existing framework
  • we create and negotiate our roles through interaction with others
  • social roles are not fixed or stable but fluid and pluralistic
  • roles have to be learned to suppress unconscious motivations
Heroine was discovered in 1878 but its use was limited till.
  • 1880
  • 1898
  • 1908
  • None of these
Studies other than Mead's show that.
  • in most cultures males are more aggressive than females
  • there is no pattern to aggressive behavior in either males or females
  • biology is totally unimportant in sex role behavior
  • aggression is strictly socially learned
Weber's ''Protestant Ethic''is.
  • a rejection of the ideological function of religion
  • a refutation of economic determinism
  • a vindication of the morality of capitalism
  • an explanation of Third-World underdevelopment
In sociology most unreliable element in McDonalds's system is human beings people after all wander or simply decide to try something a different way is called
  • Control through automation
  • Uniformity and predictability
  • Sharing responsibility
  • Impersonality
Sociologist Alvin Gouldner sees Erving Goffman's work on social behaviour as implicitly reaffirming the status quo especialy social class inequalities Gouldner's critique is associated with the.
  • functionalist perspective
  • conflict perspective
  • interactionist perspective
  • psychoanalytic perspective
Who among the following describes society as 'sui-generis'?
  • Radcliffe Brown
  • Malinowski
  • R. Benedict
  • E. Durkheim
To A. Giddenssocral theorizing involves
  • Single hermeneutic
  • Double hermeneutic
  • Dialectical hermeneutic
  • Historical hermeneutic
What are two types of solidarity given by Durkheium?
  • Suicide and religion
  • Mechanical solidarity
  • Fact and socialism
  • Organic and mechanical solidarity
Who, of the following, is the author of the book ''Economy and Society''?
  • Max Weber
  • Anthony Giddens
  • E. Durkheim
  • A. Comte
Emile Durkheim was born in
  • Epinal
  • Germany
  • Belgium
  • None of these
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown conducted fieldwork among the
  • Trobriand Islanders
  • Andaman Islanders
  • Todas
  • Murias
According to Durkheim, key dimension of change is a society's expanding specialized economic activity is called
  • Mechanical solidarity
  • Organic solidarity
  • Division of labour
  • specialized tasks
Ferdinand Toennies mentioned Kuerville or artificial will as the basis of
  • Gemeinschaft
  • Gesellschaft
  • Family
  • Peer group
Mary Kaldor (2006) argues that globalization processes lie at the heart of many new wars Which of the following is not an example of the increasing globalization of conflict?
  • the presence of diaspora volunteer fighters
  • the recourse of combatants to small-scale guerrilla tactics
  • the involvement of international NGOs
  • the role of multinational United Nations peacekeeping troops
In the metaphor of the ''looking-glass self''the looking glass represents.
  • the expressed judgment of one's peers
  • the imagined judgments of others
  • the persons's self-feeling such as pride
  • all of the above
Which of the following influenced the theoretical approach known as symbolic interactionism?
  • Georg Hegel
  • George Herbert Mead
  • Talcott Parsons
  • Ralf Dahrendof
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