Sociological Theories (Ibn-i-Khaldun, Spencer, Max Weber, Karl Marx) – MCQs


According to Spencer, what are the underlying principles of all evolution?
A) Movement from simple to complex
B) Movement from homogeneous to heterogeneous
C) Both a and b
D) None of the above
What is the first stage in Spencer’s theory of social evolution?
A) The movement from simple to compound societies
B) The change from militant society to industrial society
C) The movement from compound to doubly compound societies
D) The movement from trebly compound to great civilized nations
What is the defining characteristic of a simple society according to Spencer?
  1. A) It forms a single working whole un-subjected to any other
B) It has a well-defined hierarchy
C) It is industrialized
D) It has a complex division of labor

How does Spencer describe compound societies?
A) Predominantly small and lacking stable relationship structure
B) Predominantly settled agricultural societies
C) Characterized by a division of social strata and an organized priestly group
D) All of the above

What is the term used by Spencer to describe societies that have undergone a peaceful or violent merger of two or more simple societies?
A) Compound societies
B) Doubly compound societies
C) Trebly compound societies
D) Great civilized nations

Which of the following is NOT one of the criticisms of Herbert Spencer’s theory of social evolution?
A) Lack of practicability
B) Lack of uniformity
C) Ignoring the role of natural selection
D) Ignoring human qualities like sympathy and love

According to Spencer, what is the fate of civilizations that are unable to make adjustments with changing circumstances?
A) They survive and thrive
B) They gradually become extinct
C) They remain stagnant
D) They regress

Which stage of Spencer’s theory of social evolution involves a change from militant society to industrial society?
A) The movement from simple to compound societies
B) The change from compound to doubly compound societies
C) The change from trebly compound to great civilized nations
D) None of the above

What does Spencer believe is the ultimate fate of all phenomena in nature?
A) Stability
B) Growth
C) Dissolution
D) Equilibriu

What does Spencer argue is the ultimate fate of all phenomena in nature?
A) Stability
B) Growth
C) Dissolution
D) Equilibrium

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