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List of 100+ sociology objective type questions and answers.
This will help you to learn about sociology objective type
questions and answers which is more likely to be asked in UPSC,
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competitive examinations!

1. The term ‘sociology’ was coined by

(a) Saint Simon

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(b) Herbert Spencer

(c) Auguste Comte

(d) Durkheim


Ans. (c)

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2. In which year the term ‘Sociology’ was coined?


(a) 1798
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,(b) 1815


(c) 1839


(d) 1857

Ans. (c)


3. French Revolution took place in the year

(a) 1789


(b) 1776

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(c) 1798

(d) 1898


Ans. (a)

4. Sociology emerged in


(a) America

(b) Europe

(c) Asia


(d) Africa

Ans. (b)

,5. The word ‘Sociology’ is made up of two words. These are-


(a) Societies and Logy

(b) Societia and Logistia

(c) Socious and Logos

(d) Socia & Logos

Ans. (c)


6. Society emerges out of

(a) community’s existence

(b) men’s existence

(c) problem’s existence

(d) relationship


Ans. (b)

7. Society symbolises the network of

(a) human relationships

(b) social relationships

(c) orientations

(d) inter-connections

, Ans. (b)

8. ‘Society is the web of social relationships’ whose de nition
is this?

(a) Maclver

(b) H. Maine

(c) Pluto

(d) Aristotle


Ans. (a)

9. There are two types of de nition of society. These are-

(a) Structural and interactional

(b) Functional and structural

(c) Evolutionary and diffusive


(d) Structural and evolutionary

Ans. (b)

10. Society is

(a) Natural

(b) Deliberate


(c) Practical