SOC101 PAST QUESTION

1. Sociology is derived from two latin words which are

A) SOTIO LOGY
B) SOCIOUS LOGY
C) SOIOS LOGUS
D) ALL OF THE ABOVE.
2. ____________ is the science of the society.
A) ECONOMICS
B) CRIMINOLOGY
C) GERONTOLOGY
D) SOCIOLOGY
3. Who is the Father of Sociology?
A) MAX WEBBER
B) KARL MARX
C) AUGUSTE COMTE
D) EMILE DURKHEIM
4. Who coined the word Sociology?
A) MAX WEBBER
B) KARL MARX
C) AUGUSTE COMTE
D) EMILE DURKHEIM
5. The word sociology was coined in which year_________?
A)1938
B) 1921
C)1908
D) 1901.
6. ___________ is an intellectual discipline that is concerned with the scientific study
of human interaction and social relationship.
A) ARCHEOLOGY
B) EDUCATION
C) CRIMINOLOGY
D) SOCIOLOGY
7. _______________ define sociology as the study of human social life,groups and
society.
A) Auguste Comte
B) MAX WEBBER
C) GIDDENS
D) KARL MARX.
8. Who works on suicides?
A) MAX WEBBER
B) EMILE DURKHEIM
C) AUGUSTE COMTE
D) IBN KHALDUM
9. Who formulated the Doctrine of Positivism?
A) MAX WEBBER
B) EMILE DURKHEIM
C) AUGUSTE COMTE
D) IBN KHALDUM
10. Sociology started as a result of _______________.
A) REVOLUTION IN AFRICA
B) REVOLUTION IN ASIA
C) REVOLUTION IN EUROPE
D) NONE OF THE ABOVE.
11. The two revolutions that gave birth to sociology took place in _____ and ______.
A) Ghana and France.
B) Britain and France.
C) Germany and Spain.
D) China and USA.
12. Who was the first African Sociologist?
A) Obafemi Awolowo
B) NELSON MANDALA
C) Prof. Akinwowo
D) IBN KHALDUM
13. Sociology claim some level of scientific status because of his ____________.
A) Accuracy
B) Scientific methodology
C) Relationship
D) A&B.
14. The problem facing the scientific status of sociology are _________________?
A) DYNAMISM IN HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
B) PROBLEM OF ACCURACY
C) PROBLEM OF PREDICTABILITY
D) ALL OF THE ABOVE.
15. Sociology helps in solving _____________.
A) CORRUPTION
B) RELIGION CRISES
C) SOCIAL PROBLEM
D) TERRORISM.
16. The Founding Fathers of sociology focuses on ______________.
A) CORRUPTION
B) SOCIAL ORDER
C) RELIGION CRISES
D) NONE OF THE ABOVE.
17. The following are the founding Fathers of sociology except
A) MAX WEBBER
B) KARL MARX
C) HENRI DE SAINT SIMON
 D) ISAAC NEWTON.
18. The study of the aged is____________.
A) CRIMINOLOGY
B) SOCIOLOGY
C) ARCHEOLOGY
D) GERONTOLOGY.
19. The scientific study of Human, Animal behaviour and mental processes
is______________?
A) Sociology
B) Economics
C) Biology
D) Psychology.
20. _____________ is the totality of learned ,and socially transmitted behaviour.
A) Communication
B) Culture
C) Society
D) Language.
21. Who defined culture as a complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, arts,laws
,morals customs as well as other capabilities and habits accquired by man as a
member of a society?
A) ELY CHINOY
B) KROEBER
C) FIRTH
D) EDWARD B. TYLOR.
22. ____________ is the means by which society ensures that its members follow
approved norms.
A) SOCIAL ORDER
B) PUNISHMENT
C) SOCIAL CONTROL
D) POWER.
23. ______________ is an exchange between two or more individuals and is a building
block of society.
A) SOCIAL INTERACTION
B) SOCIAL CONTROL
C) COMMUNICATION
D) A&B.
24. ____________ is a pattern of relationship between and among individual s and social
Group.
A) SOCIAL INSTITUTION
B) SOCIAL ORGANISATION
C) FAMILY
D) RELIGION.
25. Social interaction studied between group of two is called_________.
A) TRIADS
 B) DYADS
C) MONISTS
D) A,B&C.
26. Social interaction studied between group of three is called_________.
A) TRIADS
B) DYADS
C) MONISTS
D) A,B&C.
27. Sociologist studies human being in ___________
A) ONE
B) GROUPS
C) DOUBLE
D) SINGLE.
28. ____________ perspective believe that each society is interdependent and contributes
to society’s functioning as a whole.
A) STRUCTURALISM
B) SYMBOLIC INTERACTION
C) FUNCTIONALISM
D) SOCIALISM
29. ___________ works on Social Conflict.
A) KARL MARX
B) AUGUSTE COMTE
C) K. MERTON
D) MALINOWOSKI
30. Conflict in sociology has positive and Negative impacts.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
C) A&B
D) NOT SURE
31. _______________ is a basic unit of human association.
A) CULTURE
B) SOCIOLOGY
C) SOCIETY
D) RELIGION.
32. SOCIUS in latin word means______________.
A) COMPANION
B) FAMILY
C) KNOWLEDGE
D) COMMUNITY.
33. LOGY in latin word means _____________
A) COMPANION
B) FAMILY
C) KNOWLEDGE
D) COMMUNITY
34. _______________ is the study of scarcity ,the production , distribution and
consumption of goods and services.
A) SOCIOLOGY
B) PSYCHOLOGY
C) BUSINESS
D) ECONOMICS.
35. The first and the Primary Agents of Socialisation is ______________.
A) SCHOOL
B) MASS MEDIA
C) FAMILY
D) CHURCH
36. The following are the agents of socialisation except
A) FAMILY
B) SCHOOL
C) MASS MEDIA
D) HOSPITAL
37. __________________ is the process of learning to behave in a way that is acceptable
to society.
A) SOCIALISATION
B) TRAINING
C) ACCULTURATION
D) CULTURAL SHOCK
38. Socialisation takes in an individual from _____________ to ______________.
A) ADULT TO DEATH
B) BIRTH TO DEATH
C) BIRTH TO ADULT
D) ADOLSCENCE TO DEATH.
39. NORMS is ______________.
A) A process of learning
B) A standardised way of behaviour
C) The tendency to judge other culture
D) ALL OF THE ABOVE.
40. The followin g are the characteristics of sociology except
A) LIBERAL IN NATURE
B) SCIENTIFIC IN NATURE
C) WHOLISTIC
D) EXPOSITION
41. __________ are socially shared ideas about what is ‘’right’’ and ‘’wrong’’, ‘’good’’
and ‘’bad’’ in society.
A) ETHNOCENTRISM
B) TABOOS
C) FORKLORES
D) VALUES
42. ________________ is a socially defined position in a society.
 A) TITLE
B) STATUS
C) FAMILY
D) CHIEF
43. ________________ is a universal social relationship consisting of husband ,wife and
dependent offspring and other biological relatives.
A) Community
B) Culture
C) Society
D) Family
44. Exogamy means_____________
A) Selecting a mate within ones segment of the population
B) Selecting within and outside ones segment of the population
C) Selecting outside ones segment of the Population
D) All of the above.
45. Endogamy means_____________
A) Selecting a mate within ones segment of the population
B) Selecting within and outside ones segment of the population
C) Selecting outside ones segment of the Population
D) None of the above.
46. ----------------- means placing your own culture above every other culture.
A) CULTURAL SHOCK
B) ETHNOCENTRISM
C) SOCIALISATION
D) A&B.
47. The system of government Practised in Nigeria is ________________________.
A) Monarchical
B) MILITARY
C) PALIAMENTARY
D) PRESIDENTIAL.
48. _____________ is a branches of sociology that studied man in all broadest sense of
Development.
A) Paneology
B) Anthropology
C) Gerontology
D) Criminology
49. ________________ is an interaction that takesplace between people of incompatible
goals
A) CONFLICT
B) CRISES
C) FIGHTING
D) A&B.
50. The following are the tools used by sociologist to carried out there research expect__
A) Indept Interview
 B) Questionaire
C) Focus Group Discussion
D) READING

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ANSWER

1. B
2. D
3. C
4. C
5. A
6. D
7. C
8. B
9. C
10. C
11. B
12. D
13. B
14. D
15. C
16. B
17. D
18. D
19. D
20. B
21. D
22. C
23. A
24. B
25. B
26. A
27. B
28. C
29. A
30. A
31. C
32. A
33. C
34. D
35. C
36. D
37. A
38. B
39. B
40. D
41. D
42. B
43. D
44. C
45. A
46. B
47. D
48. B
49. A
50. D

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