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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.
| 751. |
Robert Merton,s contributions to sociology include______________? |
| A. | successfully combining theory and research |
| B. | an analysis of deviant behavior that focuses on societal goals and means |
| C. | an attempt to bring macro- and micro |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 752. |
Robert Merton’s ideas on crime and deviance make use of the concept of anomie. What does anomie mean in Merton’s work ? |
| A. | Normlessness |
| B. | meaninglessness |
| C. | social strain |
| D. | social adaptation |
| Answer» D. social adaptation | |
| 753. |
Robert Merton’s contributions to sociology include____________________? |
| A. | successfully combining theory and research |
| B. | an analysis of deviant behavior that focuses on societal goals and means |
| C. | an attempt to bring macro-and micro level analyses together |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 754. |
Ritzer presented a theory that the different components of social life work together to influence society and behavior This theory is called_______________? |
| A. | Integration theory |
| B. | Cohesion theory |
| C. | Role theory |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Cohesion theory | |
| 755. |
Resistance to certain aspects of development and social change in an effort to neutralize their efforts is called________________? |
| A. | countermovement |
| B. | social amelioration |
| C. | counter modernization |
| D. | countenance |
| E. | post modernization |
| Answer» B. social amelioration | |
| 756. |
Research on the family life course indicates that_____________? |
| A. | women with a first child are more likely than women without a child to report that their husbands do not pay enough attention to them |
| B. | the marital adjustment rating rises after the birth of a first child |
| C. | most couples consider parenthood a crisis |
| D. | the psychological well-being of parents is a little better than that of childless couples |
| Answer» B. the marital adjustment rating rises after the birth of a first child | |
| 757. |
Research indicates that effective schools______________? |
| A. | foster the expectation that order will prevail in the classroom |
| B. | leave discipline up to the individual teacher |
| C. | emphasize the “whole student” over academic concerns |
| D. | foster an atmosphere in which students are carefully monitored to ensure that they meet their obligations |
| Answer» B. leave discipline up to the individual teacher | |
| 758. |
Research by Lakoff showed that there are some distinct communication differences between men and women In general men tend to_____________? |
| A. | talk more over the course of the relationship |
| B. | be politer in their speech patterns |
| C. | use a greater range of words |
| D. | not appreciate or encourage self-disclosure as much |
| E. | use tags the end of sentences |
| Answer» E. use tags the end of sentences | |
| 759. |
Representative democracy is best described as system ? |
| A. | where those elected simply represent the views of the electors |
| B. | which ensures political equality and protects liberty |
| C. | where decisions are taken by people elected by the community as a whole |
| D. | where decisions are made communally by those affected by them |
| Answer» D. where decisions are made communally by those affected by them | |
| 760. |
Religion defines the spiritual world and gives meaning to the divine These are ___________ functions or religion? |
| A. | manifest |
| B. | latent |
| C. | positive |
| D. | negative |
| Answer» B. latent | |
| 761. |
_________ refers to the fundamental alterations in the patterns of culture structure and social behavior over time ? |
| A. | cultural lag |
| B. | diffusion |
| C. | social change |
| D. | modernization |
| Answer» D. modernization | |
| 762. |
__________ refers to the reputation that a specific person has earned within an occupation? |
| A. | prestige |
| B. | esteem |
| C. | status |
| D. | power |
| Answer» C. status | |
| 763. |
Reading a number of books and journals regarding crime in Canada is a good example of______________? |
| A. | qualitative research |
| B. | ethnography |
| C. | secondary research |
| D. | field research |
| E. | non-participant observation |
| Answer» D. field research | |
| 764. |
Rate of mobility in modern societies is determined by (1) structural factor and (2) ? |
| A. | Individual factors |
| B. | Social factors |
| C. | Class factor |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Social factors | |
| 765. |
Put these stages in the evolution of citizenship in chronological order _____________? |
| A. | civil rights political citizenship social citizenship environmental citizenship |
| B. | social citizenship political citizenship environmental citizenship civil rights |
| C. | political citizenship social citizenship environmental citizenship civil rights |
| D. | civil rights environmental citizenship social citizenship political citizenship |
| Answer» B. social citizenship political citizenship environmental citizenship civil rights | |
| 766. |
Put the GDPs of these countries in descending order _______________? |
| A. | Switzerland Sweden Norway Portugal |
| B. | Sweden Norway Switzerland Portugal |
| C. | Portugal Switzerland Norway Sweden |
| D. | Switzerland Norway Portugal Sweden |
| Answer» B. Sweden Norway Switzerland Portugal | |
| 767. |
Put the GDPs of these countries in descending order ______________? |
| A. | Sweden Switzerland Norway Portugal |
| B. | Sweden Norway Switzerland Portugal |
| C. | Portugal Switzerland Norway Sweden |
| D. | Switzerland Norway Portugal Sweden |
| Answer» B. Sweden Norway Switzerland Portugal | |
| 768. |
Pure Sociology is a search for knowledge without primary concern for its______________? |
| A. | Basic understanding |
| B. | Practical use |
| C. | Applied use |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Applied use | |
| 769. |
Punjabi and Sindhi cultures are_________________? |
| A. | Subcultures |
| B. | Counter Cultures |
| C. | Relative Cultures |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Counter Cultures | |
| 770. |
Punishments, or negative sanctions, are especially important at the _______ level? |
| A. | informal |
| B. | societal |
| C. | traditional |
| D. | formal |
| E. | adolescent |
| Answer» E. adolescent | |
| 771. |
Psychological positivism stresses the key role that _______ plays in the development of conformist of criminal belief systems? |
| A. | pre-natal nutrition |
| B. | hormones |
| C. | genetic abnormalities |
| D. | early childhood |
| E. | adolescence |
| Answer» E. adolescence | |
| 772. |
Proponents of the family planning approach to fertility reduction argue that______________? |
| A. | economic development will lead to a reduction in fertility |
| B. | governments consider modern contraceptive measures to be a threat to the preservation and continuation of their way of life. |
| C. | if contraceptives are made available and if information about the value and need for birth planning is disseminated people will reduce their fertility |
| D. | people can be coerced into using family planning techniques |
| Answer» D. people can be coerced into using family planning techniques | |
| 773. |
Proletariat refers to____________? |
| A. | the capitalist |
| B. | the working class |
| C. | the middle man |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. the middle man | |
| 774. |
Prohibiting intermarriage across ethnic groups the physical separation of groups and restrictions on contact between ethnic groups are examples of______________? |
| A. | resource allocation |
| B. | ethnocentrism |
| C. | discrimination |
| D. | group closure |
| Answer» E. | |
| 775. |
Principles such as efficiency calculability and predictability are all part of what Ritzer called____________? |
| A. | McDonaldization |
| B. | post-modernization |
| C. | the service industry |
| D. | the culture of commerce |
| E. | post-industrialization |
| Answer» B. post-modernization | |
| 776. |
“Principles of Sociology” was written in 1876 by______________? |
| A. | August Comte |
| B. | Herbert Spencer |
| C. | Max Weber |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Max Weber | |
| 777. |
Princess is an _______ status? |
| A. | Ascribed |
| B. | Achieved |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. both a and b | |
| 778. |
Primary groups are judged by them______________? |
| A. | efficiency |
| B. | emotional Satisfaction |
| C. | task |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. task | |
| 779. |
Prejudice_______________? |
| A. | refers to hostile behaviors exhibited by someone who has been offended by a member of a group |
| B. | is an attitude of aversion and hostility toward the members of a group simply because they belong it |
| C. | cannot not exist in someone who does not discriminate |
| D. | is a feeling a minority individual has toward his or her own minority? |
| Answer» C. cannot not exist in someone who does not discriminate | |
| 780. |
Pre-testing a naira is useful for_____________? |
| A. | finding out which topics are important to the respondents |
| B. | testing out your computer and printer |
| C. | identifying any problems with the wording and routing |
| D. | deciding which respondents to leave out of the final sample |
| Answer» D. deciding which respondents to leave out of the final sample | |
| 781. |
Prayer mat is_____________? |
| A. | material culture |
| B. | Non-material culture |
| C. | Out of culture |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Non-material culture | |
| 782. |
Power whose basis is the threat or application of punishment is called______________? |
| A. | charismatic authority |
| B. | traditional authority |
| C. | authority |
| D. | force |
| Answer» E. | |
| 783. |
Power legitimated by the sanctity of age-old customs is called ________ authority ? |
| A. | characteristic |
| B. | charismatic |
| C. | legal-rational |
| D. | traditional |
| Answer» E. | |
| 784. |
Post-modernist writers have argued that______________? |
| A. | we live in a world of superficial fragmented images |
| B. | no theory is better than any other anything goes |
| C. | society has changed, and we need new kinds of theory |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» B. no theory is better than any other anything goes | |
| 785. |
Post-modernist writers have argued that____________? |
| A. | we live in a world of superficial fragmented images |
| B. | no theory is better than any other anything goes |
| C. | society has changed, and we need new kinds of theory |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» B. no theory is better than any other anything goes | |
| 786. |
Positivism was first proposed by ___________ ? |
| A. | Augustus Comte |
| B. | Emily Durkheim |
| C. | Herbert Spencer |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Emily Durkheim | |
| 787. |
Positivism is most accurately described as the belief that__________________? |
| A. | social research should highlight the positive aspects of social life |
| B. | knowledge should be produced based on evidence from observations |
| C. | sociologists should make more use of official statistics |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. sociologists should make more use of official statistics | |
| 788. |
“Positive Philosophy the work of August Comte was published in______________? |
| A. | 1938 |
| B. | 1838 |
| C. | 1883 |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» C. 1883 | |
| 789. |
Polygyny______________? |
| A. | is the preferred type of marriage in more than 40 per cent of societies? |
| B. | is generally available to all men in societies where it is permitted |
| C. | tend to be favored where large families are advantageous and women make substantial contributions to subsistence |
| D. | usually involves the right of younger brothers to have sexual access to their brothers’ wives |
| Answer» D. usually involves the right of younger brothers to have sexual access to their brothers’ wives | |
| 790. |
Polyandry means_____________? |
| A. | allowing a marriage only within the social class |
| B. | allowing a man to have several birds |
| C. | allowing a man to have several wives |
| D. | allowing a woman to have several husbands |
| E. | allowing a family to live in a commune |
| Answer» E. allowing a family to live in a commune | |
| 791. |
Political parties ? |
| A. | are organizations designed to gain control of the government but not necessarily by putting their own people in office |
| B. | tend to be pulled to the “right” |
| C. | must appeal to a broad base of the electorate in order to win |
| D. | tend to be barriers between citizens and the government |
| Answer» D. tend to be barriers between citizens and the government | |
| 792. |
Pluralist theories suggest that_______________? |
| A. | the state,s power can be exercised through several different administrative structures |
| B. | the ruling elite is composed of people from various class backgrounds |
| C. | political parties must compete for the votes of consumers in the electorate |
| D. | there is a close alignment between class background and party preference |
| Answer» D. there is a close alignment between class background and party preference | |
| 793. |
Place the three largest producers of films globally in order______________? |
| A. | USA India Nigeria |
| B. | India USA Nigeria |
| C. | India China USA |
| D. | India Nigeria USA |
| Answer» E. | |
| 794. |
Pierre Bourdieu,s theoretical perspective makes use of the concept of capital Which of the following is not part of his scheme ? |
| A. | political |
| B. | economic capital |
| C. | social capital |
| D. | cultural capital |
| Answer» B. economic capital | |
| 795. |
“Perspective “means____________? |
| A. | A working set of assumptions |
| B. | an approach |
| C. | both a & b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 796. |
Personality is formed in_______________? |
| A. | Primary group |
| B. | Secondary group |
| C. | Both groups |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Secondary group | |
| 797. |
Personal distance and gestures are examples of forms of_______________? |
| A. | folkways |
| B. | non-verbal communication |
| C. | cultural integration |
| D. | values |
| E. | material culture |
| Answer» C. cultural integration | |
| 798. |
People who are open to new experience and who tend to reject traditional patterns of authority are said to be experiencing ? |
| A. | hysteria |
| B. | countenance |
| C. | modernity |
| D. | a cultural hangover |
| E. | anomie |
| Answer» D. a cultural hangover | |
| 799. |
People waiting for a bus are an example of a(n) ? |
| A. | group |
| B. | aggregate |
| C. | subculture |
| D. | transitory collective |
| Answer» C. subculture | |
| 800. |
Peer involvement in adolescence is generally thought to be______________? |
| A. | overly-superficial |
| B. | over-rated |
| C. | negative |
| D. | positive |
| Answer» D. positive | |