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- Q1
A researcher collects data from 2,000 households to examine the relationship between family income and number of children using regression analysis. The researcher is following:
Positivism
Feminist Methodology
Critical Methodology
Interpretivism
30s - Q2
A sociologist is studying the effect of religious practices on voting behavior. She distributes a structured questionnaire to 3,000 respondents across India and uses statistical software to identify correlations. Which methodology is she following?
Critical Methodology
Phenomenology
Interpretivism
Positivism
30s - Q3
While researching tribal displacement, a sociologist lives in a forest village for six months, participating in rituals and recording the community's own understanding of “development.” Her aim is to give voice to the tribal perspective. This reflects:
Structural Functionalism
Interpretivism
Critical Methodology
Positivism
30s - Q4
A researcher collaborates with domestic workers’ unions to document their exploitation and use the findings to advocate for new labor policies. The study’s goal is not just to understand but to change social conditions. This reflects:
Critical research methodology
Positivist methodology
Interpretivist methodology
Ethnomethodological approach
30s - Q5
After a major economic downturn, several middle-class investors commit suicide due to abrupt financial losses and the collapse of their life goals. Durkheim would most likely view these suicides as:
Altruistic
Anomic
Fatalistic
Egoistic
30s - Q6
App-based delivery workers perform narrowly defined tasks (e.g., food pickup only) without knowing the customer or restaurant. Which Durkheimian problem does this extreme division of labour risk creating?
Anomic division of labour weakening social bonds
Mechanical solidarity through repetition
Organic solidarity due to task clarity
Anomie due to overregulation
30s - Q7
An environmental activist refuses to use plastic despite inconvenience, because she believes it is morally wrong to pollute. According to Weber, her action most likely to be:
Value-rational
Traditional
Affectual
Instrumentally rational
30s - Q8
A scholar constructs an ideal type of “traditional authority,” defined by personal loyalty, sacred customs, and hereditary rule. She then uses this model to assess monarchies in different cultures. What is she doing according to Weber?
Conducting value-free causal explanation
Establishing universal political truths
Using an ideal type for comparative understanding
Predicting political collapse
30s - Q9
A sociologist defines an "ideal type" of a social media influencer as someone who gains followers through authenticity, personal branding, and constant content production. When comparing real influencers, she finds some rely on ghostwriters and fake engagement. What does this deviation illustrate?
That the model must be statistically corrected
That influencers are irrational
The failure of Weber’s method
The gap between real-life cases and the ideal type model
30s - Q10
If a student starts believing that all real-world systems must fit perfectly into an ideal type model (e.g., all democracies must match Weber’s ideal bureaucracy), what misunderstanding is reflected?
Confusing statistical data with interpretive analysis
Mistaking ideal type as a moral prescription
Assuming charismatic leaders always break rules
Confusing statistical data with interpretive analysis
30s - Q11
Students in a school are trained to follow strict routines, memorize content, and are evaluated by standardized tests. Critical thinking or creativity is not encouraged. This is an example of
Rational-legal efficiency
Value-neutral education
The iron cage in the education system
Cultural capital reproduction
30s - Q12
A person is denied a welfare benefit because one document is outdated. The clerk refuses to help, citing rules. Which feature of the iron cage is shown here?
Personal bias
impersonality
Traditional paternalism
Charismatic decision-making
30s - Q13
Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the concept of cultural lag, as defined by sociologist William Ogburn?
A society continues to uphold traditional gender roles despite legal advancements in gender equality.
A new medical technology is developed, but ethical debates about its use delay its integration into public health policy.
A political party resists adopting a new international treaty due to conflicting national ideologies.
A religious group maintains opposition to same-sex marriage based on long-held spiritual beliefs.
30s - Q14Which of the following situations best reflects Marx’s concept of class conflict in the context of today’s gig economy?
A digital platform offers incentives to both consumers and workers to boost engagement.
Tech startup owners collaborate to create a union for top executives.
freelancer negotiates higher pay with multiple clients using a popular digital platform.
Ride-share drivers protest app-based companies for better wages and employment benefits.
30s - Q15
According to Weber’s multidimensional view of stratification, which individual is most likely to face barriers in upward mobility in today’s society?
A well-educated immigrant with a Ph.D. in engineering working a low-wage job due to visa issues.
A college graduate working a mid-level job in a tech company with future promotion prospects.
A social media influencer with a large following but no formal education or job.
A corporate lawyer from a wealthy family working in a top-tier firm.
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