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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.
| 901. |
Lifespan is usually divided into seven or eight sages Adulthood legally begins at the age of____________? |
| A. | sixteen |
| B. | Seventeen |
| C. | Eighteen |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 902. |
Life chances are________________? |
| A. | the magnitude and manner of consumption of goods and services. |
| B. | the likelihood that individuals and groups will enjoy desired goods and services experiences and opportunities for living long and healthy lives |
| C. | the respect admiration and recognition associated with a social status |
| D. | the view that the poor possess self- perpetuating lifeways |
| Answer» C. the respect admiration and recognition associated with a social status | |
| 903. |
Learning behavior in a social institution or developing social skills is called________________? |
| A. | Primary |
| B. | Secondary |
| C. | Developmental socialization |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 904. |
Laws are___________________? |
| A. | actions that others can legitimately insist that we perform |
| B. | actions that we can legitimately insist that others perform |
| C. | rules that are enforced by a special political organization composed of individuals who enjoy the right to use force |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 905. |
Laud Humphreys study Tearoom Trade (1970) is an example of______________? |
| A. | historical research |
| B. | survey research |
| C. | participant observation |
| D. | experimental design |
| Answer» D. experimental design | |
| 906. |
Lapiere observed social control as primarily a process growing out of the individuals ? |
| A. | Self-discipline |
| B. | Egoist behavior |
| C. | Need for group acceptance |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 907. |
Language is usually considered to be_______________? |
| A. | a flexible system of symbols |
| B. | essential for cultural integration |
| C. | a cultural barrier |
| D. | a key cultural marker |
| E. | a cultural universal |
| Answer» E. a cultural universal | |
| 908. |
Labelling theory encourages ________ as a way to completely avoid the stigmatization process? |
| A. | restitution |
| B. | legalization |
| C. | radical non-intervention |
| D. | decriminalization |
| E. | retribution |
| Answer» D. decriminalization | |
| 909. |
Labelling theory came into prominence during which decade of the twentieth century ? |
| A. | 1950s |
| B. | 1980s |
| C. | 1940s |
| D. | 1960s |
| E. | 1970s |
| Answer» E. 1970s | |
| 910. |
Labeling theorists________________? |
| A. | focus on why individuals engage in deviant behavior |
| B. | contend that some acts such as rape are inherently criminal |
| C. | contend that labeling people as deviant has no effect on their behavior |
| D. | contend that in many cases those labeled deviant identity and pursue a career of deviance |
| Answer» E. | |
| 911. |
Karl Marx,s view of the struggle between social classes inspired the contemporary ? |
| A. | functionalist perspective |
| B. | conflict perspective |
| C. | interactionist perspective |
| D. | dramaturgical approach |
| Answer» C. interactionist perspective | |
| 912. |
Karl Pearson said “The unity of all science consists alone in its methods not in its material It relates to the importance of______________? |
| A. | Scientific research |
| B. | Scientific method |
| C. | Science unity |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Science unity | |
| 913. |
Karl Marx,s view of the struggle between social classes inspired the contemporary_____________? |
| A. | functionalist perspective |
| B. | conflict perspective |
| C. | interactionist perspective |
| D. | dramaturgical approach |
| Answer» C. interactionist perspective | |
| 914. |
Karl Marx saw religion as________________? |
| A. | a vehicle by which we reveal to one another that we share a common mental state |
| B. | a vehicle through which we create a shared consciousness that contributes to social bonding |
| C. | creating a pool of individuals with the attitudes and values necessary to function as entrepreneurs |
| D. | producing another-worldly focus that diverts the oppressed from seeking social change in this world |
| Answer» D. producing another-worldly focus that diverts the oppressed from seeking social change in this world | |
| 915. |
Karl Marx is Best known for_______________? |
| A. | Conflict theory |
| B. | Social change |
| C. | Society and science |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Social change | |
| 916. |
Karl Marx held that a social movement the revolt of the proletariat would help workers overcome feelings of____________? |
| A. | class consciousness |
| B. | false consciousness |
| C. | socialist consciousness |
| D. | surplus value |
| Answer» C. socialist consciousness | |
| 917. |
Karl Marx held that a social movement-the revolt of the proletariat -would help workers overcome feelings of_______________? |
| A. | class consciousness |
| B. | false consciousness |
| C. | socialist consciousness |
| D. | surplus value |
| Answer» C. socialist consciousness | |
| 918. |
Karl Marx emphasized ____________ as a major factor in shaping social life ? |
| A. | psychology |
| B. | geography |
| C. | economics |
| D. | communism |
| E. | social psychology |
| Answer» D. communism | |
| 919. |
Kaleem walks into the classroom just as another student has told the punchline to a very funny joke The room explodes in laughter Kaleem quickly checks to see that his shirt is buttoned correctly and that there is no toilet tissue clinging to her shoe Once he realizes the class isn,t laughing at him he settles down in his seat and asks the classmate to re-tell the joke This is an example of______________? |
| A. | esoteric social readjustment |
| B. | an egocentric bias |
| C. | the looking -glass self |
| D. | the formation of the self |
| Answer» C. the looking -glass self | |
| 920. |
Judith Butler (1999) suggested that_______________? |
| A. | sexual characteristics are the biological determinants of gender |
| B. | heterosexuality and homosexuality are essential opposing identities |
| C. | the tow-sex model replaced the one-sex model in the eighteenth century |
| D. | gender is performed through bodily gestures and styles to create sex |
| Answer» E. | |
| 921. |
Judiciary has also played a part in destabilizing political structure of country by______________? |
| A. | remaining silent |
| B. | Approving unconstitutional intervention |
| C. | discapproving military actions |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. discapproving military actions | |
| 922. |
Judicial decisions are a part of_____________? |
| A. | Convention |
| B. | British constitution |
| C. | American constitution |
| D. | None of them |
| Answer» C. American constitution | |
| 923. |
Jean Piaget found that although newborns have no self in the sense of a looking glass image they are quiet ? |
| A. | ethnocentric |
| B. | self-centered |
| C. | other-directed |
| D. | deterministic |
| Answer» C. other-directed | |
| 924. |
Japanese industry progressed because its workers managers and stockholders share a common interest This group sentiment is best illustrated by____________? |
| A. | Functionalist approach |
| B. | Conflict theorists |
| C. | Interactionism |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Conflict theorists | |
| 925. |
Japanese emphasize on conformity in their culture This is an example of______________? |
| A. | Broad Socialization |
| B. | Narrow Socialization |
| C. | cultural impact |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. cultural impact | |
| 926. |
It was estimated 148.72 million according to______________? |
| A. | 2003 census |
| B. | 2004 census |
| C. | 2005 census |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 2005 census | |
| 927. |
It is very important to Sammi to do well in school, so she regularly cheats on tests According to Merton’s structural strain theory Sammi is a(n) ? |
| A. | conformist |
| B. | innovator |
| C. | ritualist |
| D. | retreatist |
| Answer» C. ritualist | |
| 928. |
It is useful to have a diversity of theories in sociology because________________? |
| A. | human behavior is so complicated that no single theory would be adequate |
| B. | sociologists can choose the theory that best fits the data they have collected |
| C. | It removes the need to assess a theory according to the empirical evidence |
| D. | innumerable theories have been developed in the many fields of sociology |
| Answer» B. sociologists can choose the theory that best fits the data they have collected | |
| 929. |
It is useful to have a diversity of theories in sociology because_________________? |
| A. | human behavior is so complicated that no single theory would be adequate |
| B. | sociologists can choose the theory that best fits the data they have collected |
| C. | it removes the need to assess a theory according the empirical evidence |
| D. | innumerable theories have been developed in the many fields of sociology |
| Answer» B. sociologists can choose the theory that best fits the data they have collected | |
| 930. |
It is the fourth week of the semester and your class has decided that your sociology instructor Rashid Mukhtar is excellent! Professor Rashid Mukhtar is a disabled middle-aged male. For students in this class Professor Rashid Mukhtars master status is_____________? |
| A. | excellent instructor |
| B. | disabled |
| C. | middle-aged |
| D. | male |
| Answer» B. disabled | |
| 931. |
It is difficult to ascertain the true extent of domestic violence because___________? |
| A. | there is a large dark figure of unreported incidents |
| B. | the changing definitions of legal categories have made it harder to convict offenders |
| C. | researchers are not allowed access to official statistics |
| D. | there is no valid or reliable way of researching such a sensitive topic |
| Answer» B. the changing definitions of legal categories have made it harder to convict offenders | |
| 932. |
Isabelle was___________? |
| A. | reared in an interracial family |
| B. | kept in almost total seclusion for the first six years of her life |
| C. | subjected to mistreatment in a mental institution |
| D. | a child whose language skills were of genius calibre |
| Answer» C. subjected to mistreatment in a mental institution | |
| 933. |
_____________ is the term commonly used to describe the early days of a social movement characterized by a general mood of discontent ? |
| A. | Bureaucratization |
| B. | Decline |
| C. | Coalescence |
| D. | Incipience |
| E. | Arousal |
| Answer» E. Arousal | |
| 934. |
_______ is the term for the science dealing with the size, distribution composition and the changes in population ? |
| A. | Demography |
| B. | Ecology |
| C. | Popology |
| D. | Stratification |
| Answer» B. Ecology | |
| 935. |
________ is the process by which a society moves from traditional to industrial social and economic arrangements? |
| A. | Development |
| B. | Evolution |
| C. | Modernization |
| D. | Social change |
| Answer» D. Social change | |
| 936. |
__________ is the political process that has to do with the authoritative formulation of policies that are binding and pervasive throughout society ? |
| A. | Democracy |
| B. | Power |
| C. | Government |
| D. | Totalitarianism |
| Answer» D. Totalitarianism | |
| 937. |
________ is a relatively permanent change in behaviour or capability that results from experience ? |
| A. | Insight |
| B. | Education |
| C. | Learning |
| D. | Manipulated cognition |
| Answer» E. | |
| 938. |
_________ is a model whereby public funds are extensively used to promote economic development? |
| A. | A welfare states |
| B. | Democracy |
| C. | State capitalism |
| D. | Neo-democracy |
| E. | A liberation government |
| Answer» D. Neo-democracy | |
| 939. |
Iron cage of bureaucracy was the perception of_______________? |
| A. | Emile Durkhiem |
| B. | Max Weber |
| C. | August Comte |
| D. | Karl Marx |
| Answer» C. August Comte | |
| 940. |
____________involves the transformation of raw data into numbers to make it suitable for further analysis ? |
| A. | Coding |
| B. | Conceptualization |
| C. | Factoring |
| D. | Classification |
| E. | Enumeration |
| Answer» B. Conceptualization | |
| 941. |
Invention can be further divided into material inventions and social inventions democratic government is an example of____________? |
| A. | material invention |
| B. | Social Invention |
| C. | both of these |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. both of these | |
| 942. |
Interventionist Perspective emphasizes that________________? |
| A. | People interact mainly through symbols |
| B. | People perceive the world mostly subjectively |
| C. | All reality is not subjective |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 943. |
Inter-generational mobility is______________? |
| A. | When position changes within same generation |
| B. | When the next generation remains same |
| C. | When next generation goes upward than previous one |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 944. |
Institutional discrimination ? |
| A. | does not include environmental racism |
| B. | occurs because equality of opportunity causes equality of outcome |
| C. | occurs in part when gatekeepers admit others like themselves to positions of privilege prestige and power |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 945. |
Informal organization________________? |
| A. | consists of the interpersonal networks that arise in a formal organization |
| B. | is defined and prescribed by the formal organization |
| C. | develops because rules are too specific to provide workable solutions for general situations |
| D. | increases the hassle of “red tape” |
| Answer» B. is defined and prescribed by the formal organization | |
| 946. |
Informal control exists in______________? |
| A. | Primary groups |
| B. | Secondary groups |
| C. | In social settings |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Secondary groups | |
| 947. |
Individual learns socialization______________? |
| A. | in infancy |
| B. | in childhood |
| C. | throughout the life |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 948. |
In Which year did the urban areas of the world become more populous than rural areas ? |
| A. | 1950 |
| B. | 1975 |
| C. | 1999 |
| D. | 2007 |
| Answer» C. 1999 | |
| 949. |
In which type of city does religion become fragmented and there is greater openness to new religious faiths ? |
| A. | preindustrial city |
| B. | industrial city |
| C. | postindustrial city |
| D. | edge cities |
| Answer» D. edge cities | |
| 950. |
In which sector do two-thirds of the world’s working children perform their labor ? |
| A. | Wholesale and retail |
| B. | manufacturing |
| C. | agriculture |
| D. | services |
| Answer» D. services | |