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This section includes 1422 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Sociology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 601. |
The Maasai of Kenya is an example of_______________? |
| A. | Hunter gatherer society |
| B. | Pastoralist society |
| C. | Agrarian society |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Agrarian society | |
| 602. |
The lower class is often considered to be living in_______________? |
| A. | culture of poverty |
| B. | Culture of lower class |
| C. | Mere poverty |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Culture of lower class | |
| 603. |
The “looking-glass self” essentially explains ? |
| A. | our reflections on our own personal shortcomings |
| B. | our sense of knowledge from all of the agents of socialization |
| C. | our sense of individuality |
| D. | our self-concept both positive and negative |
| E. | our imagination of how others see us |
| Answer» F. | |
| 604. |
The limitation of symbolic interactionism is that________________? |
| A. | It overlooks micro-level interaction |
| B. | It overlooks macro-level interaction |
| C. | It cannot count for culture |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. It cannot count for culture | |
| 605. |
The life-course model views aging as______________? |
| A. | a process that continues from birth to death |
| B. | a process shaped by the forces of capitalism |
| C. | a process of adapting to changing social roles |
| D. | a process shaped by psychological decline |
| Answer» B. a process shaped by the forces of capitalism | |
| 606. |
the level of public spending on Education has regrettably reduced from 2.6% in 1990, s to _____ in 2002-03 ? |
| A. | 1.8% |
| B. | 2% |
| C. | 1.5% |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. 2% | |
| 607. |
The largest single economic fact of Pakistan is______________? |
| A. | Industry |
| B. | Agriculture |
| C. | manufacturing |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. manufacturing | |
| 608. |
The kuznets hypothesis states that as economic development proceeds inequality ? |
| A. | first decreases then increases before remaining high |
| B. | first increases then decreases before remaining low |
| C. | first increases then flattens out, before rising again |
| D. | first increases then decreases then increases then decreases |
| Answer» B. first increases then decreases before remaining low | |
| 609. |
The key concept in labelling theory is that of____________________? |
| A. | stigma |
| B. | commitment |
| C. | aspiration |
| D. | motivation |
| E. | acceptance |
| Answer» B. commitment | |
| 610. |
The item alien to the concept of mass is______________? |
| A. | vastness |
| B. | anonymity |
| C. | responsibility |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 611. |
The _______ is the number of deaths per 1000 inhabitants in specific age group ? |
| A. | crude death rate |
| B. | age-specific death rate |
| C. | infant mortality rate |
| D. | targeted mortality rate |
| Answer» C. infant mortality rate | |
| 612. |
The ____ is the increase or decrease that results from immigration or emigration per 1000 member of the population in a given year ? |
| A. | emigration rate |
| B. | growth rate |
| C. | immigration rate |
| D. | net migration rate |
| Answer» E. | |
| 613. |
The iron law of oligarchy refers to_____________? |
| A. | regimes that use repression against their population |
| B. | the exclusion of women from the highest levels of politics |
| C. | the tendency for power inevitably to flow towards top |
| D. | the legal system of the former communist countries |
| Answer» D. the legal system of the former communist countries | |
| 614. |
The Interventionist Perspective was developed by________________? |
| A. | Spencer |
| B. | G.H Meads and C.H Cooley |
| C. | Marx |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Marx | |
| 615. |
The interventionist Perspective studies_______________? |
| A. | Society |
| B. | State |
| C. | People and their interactions |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 616. |
The internet rearranges our experience of space-time by making it possible to_______________? |
| A. | communicate instantly with people far away |
| B. | experience what its like to be a different gender |
| C. | interact in an unreal and alienated way |
| D. | communicate without non-verbal cues |
| Answer» B. experience what its like to be a different gender | |
| 617. |
The internet rearranges our experience or space-time by making it possible to_____________? |
| A. | communicate instantly with people far away |
| B. | experience what it,s like to be a different gender |
| C. | interact in an unreal and alienated way |
| D. | communicate without non-verbal cues |
| Answer» B. experience what it,s like to be a different gender | |
| 618. |
The interaction between physician and patient ? |
| A. | is rooted in a tradition of equality |
| B. | is based on the physician ability to reduce the “competence gap” between the physician and patient |
| C. | may be evolving into a new type of relationship based on consumerism |
| D. | is governed by the patient who manages the direction of the discussion |
| Answer» D. is governed by the patient who manages the direction of the discussion | |
| 619. |
The intellectual tradition at the heart of conflict theory begins principally with the work of_____________? |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | Emile Durkheim |
| C. | Erving Goffman |
| D. | Karl Marx |
| Answer» E. | |
| 620. |
The institution most closely associated with the process of socialization is the______________? |
| A. | family |
| B. | Peer group |
| C. | school |
| D. | state |
| Answer» B. Peer group | |
| 621. |
The institution most closely associated with the process of socialization is the_________________? |
| A. | family |
| B. | peer group |
| C. | school |
| D. | state |
| Answer» B. peer group | |
| 622. |
The importance of socialization has been drawn upon few cases of children who were through neglect____________? |
| A. | Not socialized by adults while they were growing |
| B. | Were given extremely protected environment |
| C. | Were over socialized |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Were given extremely protected environment | |
| 623. |
The identification of a new moon of Saturn was an act of_______________? |
| A. | invention |
| B. | discovery |
| C. | diffusion |
| D. | cultural integration |
| Answer» C. diffusion | |
| 624. |
The ideas of right and wrong attached to folkways makes them____________? |
| A. | Mores |
| B. | Norms |
| C. | Customs |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Norms | |
| 625. |
The idea that classes vary according to their possession of cultural capital is associated with_____________? |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | John Goldthorpe |
| C. | Karl Marx |
| D. | Pierre Bourdieu |
| Answer» E. | |
| 626. |
The idea that classes vary according to their possession of cultural capital is associated with________________? |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | John Goldthorpe |
| C. | Karl Marx |
| D. | Pierre Bourdieu |
| Answer» E. | |
| 627. |
The human action and interaction are understandable only through the exchange of meaningful communication or symbols, this is the basic assumption of_______________? |
| A. | conflict theory |
| B. | Role theory |
| C. | Symbolic interactionism |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 628. |
The groups in which we come to know people intimately as individual personalities are called______________? |
| A. | Primary groups |
| B. | Secondary groups |
| C. | Tertiary groups |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Secondary groups | |
| 629. |
The growth rate is the difference between______________? |
| A. | immigration and emigration rates. |
| B. | births and deaths |
| C. | fertility and fecundity |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 630. |
The Green revolution resulted in 1970s in the establishment of____________? |
| A. | Light engineering industry |
| B. | Heavy industry |
| C. | Medium |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Heavy industry | |
| 631. |
The Great Migration of 1916-1919 meant that Chicago became an ethnically diverse city The consequence of this was_____________? |
| A. | assimilation all racial boundaries were dissolved by the ethnic melting pot |
| B. | multiculturalism all ethnic identities were celebrated equally |
| C. | most ethnic groups were integrated into mainstream society, but the black population remained in the city’s ghettos |
| D. | racism the white host population were hostile and prejudiced towards migrants |
| Answer» D. racism the white host population were hostile and prejudiced towards migrants | |
| 632. |
The global economy and the concept of global interdependence is often accused of having_______________? |
| A. | too many rules and regulations that weigh progress down |
| B. | a disregard for cultural assimilation |
| C. | a positive influence on multicultural development |
| D. | too much concern for non-material culture |
| E. | few boundaries |
| Answer» F. | |
| 633. |
The global spread of democracy is probably the most striking trend in geopolitics but in the established Western democracies what has now become a source of major concern ? |
| A. | electoral fraud |
| B. | the expanding number of small political parties |
| C. | the decline in voter turnout |
| D. | security problems with-e-voting |
| Answer» D. security problems with-e-voting | |
| 634. |
The global dominance of American film exports raises s about_____________? |
| A. | cultural imperialism |
| B. | rise of digital media |
| C. | virtual communities |
| D. | the US is not the largest global exporter of films |
| Answer» B. rise of digital media | |
| 635. |
The general fertility rate fell between 1964 and 2000 because of_______________? |
| A. | increases in the age of marriage and the age at which childbearing begins |
| B. | there being fewer women of childbearing age than there were in the first half of the century |
| C. | errors in the measurement of birth rates and production of statistics |
| D. | the risk diseases caused by poverty poor housing and bad sanitation |
| Answer» B. there being fewer women of childbearing age than there were in the first half of the century | |
| 636. |
The Functionalist view on social change sees development and modernization both________________? |
| A. | necessary and functional |
| B. | slow and adaptive |
| C. | responsive but counterproductive |
| D. | humanistic and rational |
| E. | abnormal and troublesome |
| Answer» C. responsive but counterproductive | |
| 637. |
The functionalist theory of inequality suggests that_____________? |
| A. | high rewards and incentives ensure that the most skilled individuals will take the most important social positions |
| B. | inequality is inevitable, and we are born into poverty or wealth |
| C. | there are no social functions of inequality, so it should be eradicated |
| D. | the idea of a meritocracy is a dangerous ideology |
| Answer» B. inequality is inevitable, and we are born into poverty or wealth | |
| 638. |
The Functionalist Perspective says that_______________? |
| A. | A society is an organized network |
| B. | All groups operate in a fairly orderly manner |
| C. | There are set of rules and values shared by all |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 639. |
The Frankfurt School built upon the work of Marx but the importance of which of the following did its members argue that he under emphasized ? |
| A. | globalization |
| B. | work |
| C. | economics |
| D. | culture |
| Answer» E. | |
| 640. |
The fourth major perspective in sociology is ___________________________ theory. |
| A. | political economy |
| B. | symbolic interactionist |
| C. | conflict |
| D. | feminist |
| E. | functionalist |
| Answer» E. functionalist | |
| 641. |
The four ideal types of social action that Weber identified were as follows instrumentally-rational, value-rational traditional and_____________? |
| A. | affectual |
| B. | affective |
| C. | effective |
| D. | infected |
| Answer» B. affective | |
| 642. |
The four principles of McDonaldization are_______________? |
| A. | efficiency calculability affordability consistent decor |
| B. | efficiency calculability uniformity automation |
| C. | efficiency dehumanization automation high calories |
| D. | efficiency Big Mac large fries’ milkshake |
| Answer» C. efficiency dehumanization automation high calories | |
| 643. |
The four principles of McDonaldization are________________? |
| A. | efficiency calculability affordability consistent decor |
| B. | efficiency calculability uniformity automation |
| C. | efficiency dehumanization automation high calories |
| D. | efficiency Big Mac large fries’ milkshake |
| Answer» C. efficiency dehumanization automation high calories | |
| 644. |
The four principles of McDonaldization are_____________? |
| A. | efficiency calculability affordability consistent decor |
| B. | efficiency calculability uniformity automation |
| C. | efficiency dehumanization automation high calories |
| D. | efficiency Big Mac large fries’ milkshake |
| Answer» C. efficiency dehumanization automation high calories | |
| 645. |
The four ideal types of social action that Weber identified were as follows instrumentally-rational value-rational traditional and____________? |
| A. | affectual |
| B. | affective |
| C. | effective |
| D. | infected |
| Answer» B. affective | |
| 646. |
The form of transnational organization where overseas subsidiaries are managed by local firms in each country is called ? |
| A. | polycentric |
| B. | egocentric |
| C. | geocentric |
| D. | ethnocentric |
| Answer» D. ethnocentric | |
| 647. |
The form of capitalism that thrives in some developing countries is characterized by a high degree of____________? |
| A. | repression |
| B. | anomie |
| C. | success |
| D. | relative depression |
| E. | solidarity |
| Answer» B. anomie | |
| 648. |
The first step in any sociological research project is to_________________? |
| A. | collect data |
| B. | define the problem |
| C. | review previous research |
| D. | formulate a hypothesis |
| Answer» C. review previous research | |
| 649. |
The first step in any sociological research project is to_____________? |
| A. | collect data |
| B. | define the problem |
| C. | review previous research |
| D. | formulate a hypothesis |
| Answer» C. review previous research | |
| 650. |
The first step in scientific method is________________? |
| A. | Observation |
| B. | Recollection |
| C. | Addition to already experimented material |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Recollection | |