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Multiple choice sociology introduction to sociology fundamentals of sociology the world of social sciences and early thinkers sociology : what? why?

Kinship and Organisation in India, Indian Society, Institutions and Relationship are the works of _______________.

  1. Iravati Karve

  2. A.R Desai

  3. C. Parvathamma

  4. None
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Iravati Karve is recognized as the most prominent sociologist of India. She was the Student of Dr. G.S Ghurye. She was also the founder of Anthropological department at Poone. Her contributions are Kinship and Organisation in India, Indian Society, Institutions and relationships.

Multiple choice sociology introduction to sociology fundamentals of sociology the world of social sciences and early thinkers sociology : what? why?

The Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism 1904, The City, The Economy and the Society are works of ____________.

  1. Mark Webber

  2. August Comte

  3. Karl Marx

  4. Emile Durkheim
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Max Webber was a German sociologist and political thinker. He propounded methodological anti positivism. He believed that social actions should be studied through interpretive methods rather than empirical means.

Multiple choice sociology introduction to sociology fundamentals of sociology the world of social sciences and early thinkers sociology : what? why?

____________ is the recreation of the life of a past society. Sociology is the recreation of contemporary society.

  1. History

  2. Geography

  3. Political Science

  4. Sociology
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History studies the past and ancient happenings. It recreates the events that had happened in the past and the evolution that has brought by the events. The sociology on the contrary studies the society, the events occurring in today's world, the processes and change.

Multiple choice sociology introduction to sociology fundamentals of sociology the world of social sciences and early thinkers sociology : what? why?

___________ popularised the field based sociological studies in India.

  1. M.N Srinivas

  2. G.S Ghruye

  3. C. Parvathamma

  4. Iravati Karve
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M.N. Shrinivas is an Indian Sociologist and Anthropologist and is famously known for his work on the caste system, social stratification etc. He was the child of his own times and never wrote things in utopia, he exposed what he gathered from experience and integrity. He focussed on understanding Society and people not merely on the basis of textbooks and western writings but by direct observations and field experience which he categorized into his methodology as field view.

Multiple choice sociology introduction to sociology fundamentals of sociology the world of social sciences and early thinkers sociology : what? why?

Caste and Race in India -1932, Scheduled Tribes-1943, Indian Saints-1953 are the works of ____________.

  1. G.S Ghruye

  2. M.N Srinivas

  3. C. Parvathamma

  4. B.R Ambedkar
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G.S. Ghurye is regarded as the Father of India Sociology. He was an Indian Professor of Sociology. He has authored several books and papers also Founded the Indian Sociological Society and it's newsletter Sociological Bulletin. He studied tribes and castes of India extensively using Historical and Indological data.

Multiple choice sociology introduction to sociology fundamentals of sociology the world of social sciences and early thinkers sociology : what? why?

____________ is the founder of the ' Class Struggle Theory '.

  1. August Comte

  2. Karl Marx

  3. Mark Webber

  4. B. R Ambedkar
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Karl Marx devised the theory of Class Struggle. According to him, the world is divided into two classes of people one is of Bourgeoisie that control capital and production and others are proletariats that provide labour. According to him there always is conflict and struggle between these two classes to what he referred to as Class struggle.

Multiple choice sociology introduction to sociology fundamentals of sociology the world of social sciences and early thinkers sociology : what? why?

'Politics and Religion', 'Sociological Essays on Veerashaivism' are the works of __________.

  1. G.S Ghruye

  2. Iravati Karve

  3. A.R Desai

  4. C. Parvathamma
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C. Parvathamma was first Indian Dalit woman Sociologist who was contemporary to the M.N. Srinivas. She has highly criticized the work of Srinivas. She wrote about the harsh reality that lower caste people face and how the caste system is detrimental to society. She made a valuable contribution in anti-caste movement, Veerasaivism and criticized exclusive Brahminical Scholarship.
Multiple choice sociology introduction to sociology fundamentals of sociology the world of social sciences and early thinkers sociology : what? why?

_______________ is called as the father of the development of Sociology. 

  1. August Comte

  2. Emile Durkheim

  3. Karl Marx

  4. B.R Ambedkar
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Emile Durkheim is known as the principal architect of modern Sociology. He expanded the positivism as pronounced by the August Comte and propounded structural functionalism. According to him, Sociology should study large extents of the attribute in a society and not limit its area of study.

Multiple choice sociology introduction to sociology fundamentals of sociology the world of social sciences and early thinkers sociology : what? why?

___________ started a fortnightly magazine named 'MOOKANAYAKA'.

  1. B.R Ambedkar

  2. G.S Ghruye

  3. Lala Lajpatrai

  4. Lokmanya Tilak
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Dr. B.R. Ambedkar started the newspaper, MookNayaka (Mutehero) in support of the downtrodden section of society, to raise the voice of untouchables. No newspaper at that time in 1929 has ever given recognition to untouchables.