List of top Sociology Questions

A process of attempting to change one's rank by giving up attributes that define a caste as low and adopting attributes that are indicative of higher status is called
Segmental division of society, hierarchy, endogamy, restrictions on feeding and social intercourse are some of the features of
Social mobility is classified into :
The first Backward Class Commission constituted in 1953, was called
Market and production in different countries are becoming increasingly interdependent due to dynamics of trade in goods services and flows of capital and technology. This process is known as
The difference between Material & Non-Material culture is known as
A group which serves as a model for making evaluations or decisions is called
A hierarchical organizational structure designed rationally to co-ordinate the work of many individuals in the pursuit of large scale administrative tasks and organizational goals.
Who was made the distinction between descriptive understanding and explanatory understanding?
Perspective that views society as a set of interconnected parts together form a whole.
A process whereby religious thinking, practice and institutions lose social significance.
The individual especially the child acquires and assimilate the values and modes of behaviour of his society through
The most elementary process of social life without which society is impossible and it helps for the promotion of common ends or objectives is called
A system of an agency of formal social control
According to Durkheim, which of the following is NOT a characteristic of social facts?
Who distinguished between 'I' and 'me', between person's real inner self and his public front?
According to Durkheim, Sociology is the study of____
A strategy of inquiry in which the researcher explores in depth a program, activity, institution.
The research that directly addresses the mixing of the quantitative and qualitative methods
A strategic plan for a research project that sets out the broad outline, methods of data collection and analysis is referred to as
You have been asked to write a detailed report on good practices in policy research. Which of the following methods would you choose?
To enter the subjective worlds of those studied, and to see these worlds from their point of view is the major aim of
An attitude of mind deemed proper for a scientific investigator, detached, unprejudiced, open to whatever the evidence may reveal.
A term usually confined to those sociological approaches that regard 'meaning' and 'action' as the prime object of sociology.
Who defined, Sociology is a study of Social Action.