MCQ on Social Structure with answer. Part-2

1. What is social structure? a) The network of permanent and enduring aspects of social relationships. b) The individual relationships between two people. c) The construction of a building. d) The social norms of a society.

Answer: a) The network of permanent and enduring aspects of social relationships.

2. How have sociologists and social anthropologists interpreted the concept of social structure? a) They have all had the same interpretation. b) They have differed widely in their interpretation and use of the concept. c) They have not discussed the concept of social structure. d) They have only applied the concept to British society.

Answer: b) They have differed widely in their interpretation and use of the concept.

3. What is the difference between social structure and social organisation? a) There is no difference, they are interchangeable terms. b) Social structure deals with fundamental social relations, while social organisation deals with actual social relations. c) Social structure deals with actual social relations, while social organisation deals with fundamental social relations. d) Social structure deals with social norms, while social organisation deals with social standards.

Answer: b) Social structure deals with fundamental social relations, while social organisation deals with actual social relations.

4. How did the word structure come to be used in anatomical studies? a) It meant the construction of a building. b) It implied inter-relations between the parts of any whole. c) It was a concept popular amongst sociologists and social anthropologists after World War II. d) It was applied to "almost any ordered arrangement of social phenomenon".

Answer: b) It implied inter-relations between the parts of any whole.

5. What is social behaviour? a) An unexpected and unorganised behaviour. b) A predictable and unorganised behaviour. c) An expected and organised behaviour. d) An unexpected and organised behaviour.

Answer: c) An expected and organised behaviour.

6. Which school of thought has generally understood social structure as the network of permanent and enduring aspects of social relationships? a) Structuralists b) Marxists c) Structural-functionalists d) None of the above

Answer: c) Structural-functionalists

7. How has the concept of social structure been understood in France? a) In terms of social norms. b) In terms of models discussed by Levi Strauss. c) In terms of the relational aspect. d) None of the above.

Answer: b) In terms of models discussed by Levi Strauss.

8. According to Raymond Firth, what is social organisation concerned with? a) The fundamental social relations that give a society its basic form. b) The choices and decisions involved in actual social relations. c) The spatial aspect of a community. d) The evaluation of situations with scope for individual choice.

Answer: b) The choices and decisions involved in actual social relations.

9. According to Fred Eggan, what are the units of social structure? a) The social norms of a society. b) The individual relationships between two people. c) The social status and position occupied by individuals in society. d) The social media used by individuals.

Answer: c) The social status and position occupied by individuals in society.

10. What does Firth's definition of "community" subsume? a) The emotional and intimate nature of relationships found in complex societies. b) The direct contact between people who form the community. c) The common activities and multiple relationships that bind a community together. d) The spatial aspect of a community.

Answer: d) The spatial aspect of a community.