(VOLUME 1)
SOCIAL SCIENCES QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
1. .......... is the studying of man in all aspects of his life endeavours.
2. The The core concept of Economics is .............
3. The core concept of political science is ........... and ................
4. The core concept of sociology is ...............
5. The core concept of anthropology is .............
6. The core concept of psychology is ..............
7. The core concept of religion is ............. and ..............
8. The core concept of philosophy is ..............
9. The characteristics of the social sciences is .............., ................
and ............
10. In Latin, “Scientia” means ..............
11. ........... is a systematic and organised body of knowledge in any area of
inquiry that is acquired using “the scientific method”.
12. Science is divided into two categories ..............and ...............
13. ................. is the science of naturally occurring objects or phenomena, such
is light, objects, matter, earth, celestial bodies or the human body.
14. Natural sciences is divided into .............
15. The three non-scientific ways of acquiring knowledge are..........
16. The scientific method is ...............
17. Social research methods can generally vary along ............... dimensions
18. The four conditions that must be satisfied through the scientific method are
...............
19. Conducting scientific research requires two sets of skills which are ...........
20. The steps used to carry out a standard research study are ............
21. .......... refers to a sub-set or sub-group of the population
22. .......... is a single member of a sample.
23. .......... is an attribute of a population.
24. .......... is an attribute of a sample.
25. .......... is a construct based on features of perceived reality.
26. .......... is a concept whose values can vary.
27. ........... refers to a conjectural statement linking two or more variables in a
hypothesized relationship
28. A .............. is the total working plan of a given study
, 29. The major practical limitations to a proper research design
include ..............
30. ........... is the scientific study of human society and social behaviour
31. ........... are recognised as the subject matter of anthropology
32. ........... as a type of conflict is generally regarded as socially harmless
33. ............ is the best known of all the theories who have made conflicts the
subject matter of their writings.
34. .............. denied the two basic planks of Marx’s theory
35. Lockwood’s main contribution is in his classification of conflict into ........
and ............
36. Social conflict arises from .............
37. ...............is a two-edged sword which can be used as an instrument of
peace and war
38. Religion is ....... in nature
39. Religion is derived from latin words namely..........., .............. and ............
40. ................ means serving one God, ................. means serving more than
one God, while ............ means God is present in all natural things
41. The types of religion are ............., ............... and .............
42. The first contact of Christianity was from ............. in the ....... century
43. Islam was introduced into the city of ........ in the .... century
44. Islam is both a ........... and a .............
45. Islam means ................
46. ......................... is the founder of Islam
47. The five pillars of islam include..........., ................., ................., ...............,
and ..........
48. ................ is the founder of psychoanalysis
49. Positive functions of religion are ...............
50. Negative functions of religion are ...............
51. Factors responsible for social change
are ..............., .................., ..............., ................. and ................
52. The whole concept of geographical discipline closely related to a certain
space of land or water was divided into two main parts which
are ................. and ...................
53. The major contents of geography are ............, ..................., .........
and ................
54. .................. refers to how areas of earth’s surface differ