Society, Culture and Social Change – CUET PG – Practice Questions – Unit III

Total Questions: 200

1. Heraclitus’ river analogy primarily illustrates which core sociological assumption about society?
A. Social equilibrium
B. Cyclical change
C. Permanence of structure
D. Continuous flux
Answer: D

2. Comte’s distinction between social statics and social dynamics implies that sociology studies:
A. Only change, not order
B. Only order, not change
C. Both stability and transformation
D. Only moral progress
Answer: C

3. Lucretius’ statement “Happy is he who can know the causes of things” emphasizes sociology’s concern with:
A. Moral judgment
B. Descriptive narration
C. Causal explanation
D. Ideological commitment
Answer: C

4. The idea that “nothing social abides” challenges which assumption most directly?
A. Functional integration
B. Social permanence
C. Cultural autonomy
D. Individual rationality
Answer: B

5. Viewing society as a ‘process of becoming’ implies rejection of:
A. Historical analysis
B. Static structural models
C. Empirical methods
D. Comparative sociology
Answer: B

6. The statement that society promotes an ‘illusion of permanence’ suggests:
A. Change is artificial
B. Stability is natural
C. Continuity masks transformation
D. Change is always planned
Answer: C

7. India’s difference across past, present, and future best illustrates:
A. Linear evolution
B. Predictable change
C. Uncertainty of social change
D. Cultural determinism
Answer: C

8. The sociologist’s task is complicated because:
A. Data is unavailable
B. Society resists study
C. Society changes during analysis
D. Methods are inadequate
Answer: C

9. Social change affects sociological methods because:
A. Methods are value-laden
B. Social reality is unstable
C. Researchers resist change
D. Theory precedes observation
Answer: B

10. Change as ‘alteration over time’ becomes social change only when it affects:
A. Nature
B. Technology
C. Human relationships
D. Individual psychology
Answer: C