Q. Durkheim maintained that in order to study social facts, it should be considered as
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
things
Foundation of Sociological Theory MCQs and Notes
Q. According to Durkheim, ----- are external to the individual
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
social facts
Q. According to Durkheim, the primary characteristic of organic solidarity is the development of
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
division of labour
Q. In a society where labour is specialized and individuals are linked more to each other than they are to society as a whole, it is characterised by
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
organic solidarity
Q. When a society is with a homogeneous population which is small and isolated, it is characterised by the existence of
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
mechanical solidarity
Q. The type of social bonding that discourages individual autonomy in a society is termed as
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
mechanical solidarity
Q. For Durkheim ------- describes the degree of social integration which links individuals to social groups outside them.
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
social solidarity
Q. The term used by Durkheim to identify a system of social relations linking individuals to each other and to the society as a whole is
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
social solidarity
Q. When a person is alienated from the human social community, it is called
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
alienation from fellow humans.
Q. The type of alienation in which human beings lose control over the capacity of their labour to affirm their being and define their self-existence is
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
alienation from the product activity