Karnataka State Board Social Science Sociology Class 8 Chapter 1 Introduction to Sociology Exercise Question and Answer.
Fill in the blanks:
(1.) Man is _________________ being. -> Intellectual
(2.) ‘Logos’ means ____________ . -> Science or study
(3.) The Father of Sociology is _________________ . -> August Comte
(4.) Karl Marx is called as the founder of ______________Theory’ -> Class struggle
(5.) Annihilation of caste was written by ____________ . -> Dr. B R Ambedkar
(1) Who is called as the Father of Sociology?
Ans: – August Comte is an important French philosopher. He is called the father of sociology.
(2.) Describe the nature of Sociology.
Ans: – Nature of Sociology:-
Sociology is considered as an important independent and separate field of study. Its feature is like
1) It is a social science not a physical science.
2) It is a definitive study.
3) It is a pure science.
4) It is an intangible general science.
(3.) What is Sociology?
Ans:- sociology studies the human society. It studies human social life, social relationship, social instructions and social resources.
The word sociology originates from two words ‘sociaus’ a Latin language and ‘logos’ a Greek language. Sociaus means companion and logos mean science of study.
(4.) Name the important early Sociologists.
Ans: – i) August center ii) Karl Marx iii) Exile Dunk iv) Marc Weber
(5) Name the important Indian Sociologists.
Ans:- Indian sociologist are
i) Dr BR Ambedkar
ii) G.S Ghruye
iii) C Pravathamma.
iv) Iravati Karve
III. Answer the following in four or five sentences:
(1). Human beings are social beings. Explain.
Ans: – People are come together to form a society or join a society. Humans are social creatures. Society is the creation of man. Society and people complement each other. people con never live alone with the help each other , the people of this society depends on each other to survive , If we want to live properly , we all have to adapt together and this is called as ‘ A web of social relationship’.
(2). Explain the relationship between Sociology and History.
Ans:- Sociology and history are inter related . History is the recreation of the life of a post society. Sociology is the recreation of contemporary society. Sociology support historian by providing scientific knowledge of various social institutions’ and their role and functions.
(3). what does Sociology study?
Ans: – Sociology studies the human society. It studies the human social life, social relationship, social institutions, and social process.
(4) What books were written by Karl Marx?
Ans:- The book written by Karl Marx are –
i) Das capital
ii) The holy family
iii) The Garman ideology.
iv) The manifesto of the communist party