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Multiple choice sociology social institutions concepts of social institutions study of sociology sociology : what? why?

Social institutions have organised _______________.

  1. Belief

  2. Practices

  3. Activity systems

  4. All
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Social institutions fulfil the social needs of human beings.  The social institution is that whole of roles, status, moral values and functions catering to the social needs of human beings. It has organized belief, practices and activity systems.

Multiple choice sociology social institutions concepts of social institutions study of sociology sociology : what? why?

Maclver and Page had given the definition of ___________.

  1. culture

  2. customs

  3. society

  4. none of the above
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C Correct answer
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Society can be described as :-
MacIver and Page, (1950) defined “society as a web of relations, a complex system of usages and procedures, of authority and mutual aid of many groupings and divisions, of control of human behaviour and of liberties”
Multiple choice sociology social institutions concepts of social institutions study of sociology sociology : what? why?

Institutions grow when people get together to achieve their common ______________.

  1. Needs

  2. Desires

  3. Both

  4. None
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C Correct answer
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Social institutions are formed to fulfill the desires and need of human being. They also regulate their behavior and set standards for an individual in a society. Every member in society is dependant on others in one or other way, to fulfill their requirement and peacefully exist at the same time, the social institution provides for such arrangements.

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The study of social institutions is important to understand the ___________.

  1. Society

  2. Economy

  3. Polity

  4. None
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Social institutions fulfill the social needs of human beings. Social institutions are those roles, status, values, and norms which provide to the social needs of human being. They keep human life organizational and systematic.

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Who said " Communities community is society".

  1. Karl Marx

  2. H. M. Johnson

  3. Maclave

  4. Page
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Grouping of people is called a community. Society is formed with the grouping of many communities. Every society has a family, neighbourhood, rural and urban setting, political parties and other communities. Hence, H.M. Johnson says "Communities community is society."

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Society is dynamic and universal.

  1. True

  2. False
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Society is a permanent organization. However, members of society are interdependent on each other for survival but it continues to exist even after the death of an individual. It is found everywhere and the existence of a human being anywhere in the world. Society is dynamic, without change no society can survive long. Change may be slow or rapid.

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Religion is one of the major means of achieving social control.

  1. True

  2. False
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Religion is the most important agency of Social Control. It defines the behaviour and mode of society by imposing supernatural sanction behind them. The belief in unseen power or supra-human existence keeps the behaviour of people in line. Religion guides its members to be disciplined and civilised.

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Social Institutions fulfill the _________ needs of human beings.

  1. Social

  2. Economic

  3. Political

  4. None
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Explanation

The Social Institution fulfill the social needs of a human being essential to survive in a society. The needs like shelter, food, sexual desire, companionship, dependence, procreation are fulfilled by social institutions.

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Social institutions are as old as human civilisation.

  1. True

  2. False
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Social institutions are found in all societies. They are as old as human civilisation. Irrespective of time and space, social institutions are present in all human societies. Family, marriage, and school have been part of the human societies with necessary changes.

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 According to Maciver and Page, Social Institutions are the structure devised to fulfil the desires of a particular ____________. 

  1. Social group

  2. Religious group

  3. Both

  4. None
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According to MacIver and Page, “Social Institutions are the structure devised to of a particular social group”. 
Social institutions are formed to fulfill the desires and need of human being. They also regulate their behaviour and set standards for an individual in a society. Every member in society is dependant on others in one or other way, to fulfill their requirement and peacefully exist at the same time, the social institution provides for such arrangements.