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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.
| 1151. |
Due to urbanization Pakistanis urban population increased from six million in 1951 to_____________? |
| A. | 40 million today |
| B. | 57 million |
| C. | 60 million |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 60 million | |
| 1152. |
Drug is a very wide term and can be used for both medicinal and__________________? |
| A. | Surgical |
| B. | non-medicinal |
| C. | treatment |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. treatment | |
| 1153. |
Dropout rate in Pakistan is_____________? |
| A. | 40% |
| B. | 50% |
| C. | 60% |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 60% | |
| 1154. |
Downward mobility factors are_________________? |
| A. | Opposite to those of upward mobility |
| B. | Same |
| C. | different from those |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. different from those | |
| 1155. |
Downward mobility factors are______________? |
| A. | Opposite to those of upward mobility |
| B. | Same |
| C. | different from those |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. different from those | |
| 1156. |
Domestic violence is physical abuse by one family member against another which two of the following are most likely to be victims of such abuse ? |
| A. | female partners/spouses and older relatives |
| B. | male partners/spouses and children |
| C. | female partners/spouses and children |
| D. | older relatives and children |
| Answer» D. older relatives and children | |
| 1157. |
Divorce ? |
| A. | appears to lead to greater family disorganization |
| B. | has little or no new effect on the lives of children |
| C. | no longer displaces homemakers in these days of women’s liberation |
| D. | is less likely in second marriages |
| Answer» B. has little or no new effect on the lives of children | |
| 1158. |
Division of labor social class formal government institutions and system of trade and commerce all are peculiar to any_____________? |
| A. | Urban Community |
| B. | Rural Community |
| C. | Both a and b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Rural Community | |
| 1159. |
Division of labor is a characteristic of_______________? |
| A. | Horticulture |
| B. | Agriculture |
| C. | Industrialization |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1160. |
“Division of Labor in Society” increased emphasis on_____________? |
| A. | Interdependence |
| B. | Specialization |
| C. | Occupational Friendships |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1161. |
Disengagement theory holds that it is functional for society if as people reach old age they_____________? |
| A. | take on full-time paid employment |
| B. | take on less taxing and important roles |
| C. | take one new and demanding civic roles |
| D. | take on more active political roles |
| Answer» C. take one new and demanding civic roles | |
| 1162. |
Disciplinary power was exercised in the 19th century factories by_______________? |
| A. | the use of corporal punishment by employers |
| B. | excluding women from participating in waged labor |
| C. | punctuality uninterrupted work and the threat of dismissal |
| D. | making routine tasks less monotonous |
| Answer» D. making routine tasks less monotonous | |
| 1163. |
Dignity personal integrity and inviolability of body and mind are all examples of_____________? |
| A. | adaptive mechanisms |
| B. | constitutional law |
| C. | cultural givens |
| D. | human rights |
| E. | cultural relativism |
| Answer» E. cultural relativism | |
| 1164. |
Diffusion of innovations among the cultures means______________? |
| A. | Travelling of traits and patterns space/territory |
| B. | Transmission of trait complexes time |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 1165. |
Diffusion is a _______ way process? |
| A. | one |
| B. | two |
| C. | three |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. three | |
| 1166. |
Deviant is an agent of___________? |
| A. | Change |
| B. | no change |
| C. | neutrality |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. no change | |
| 1167. |
Deviance is dysfunctional in that it_______________? |
| A. | can impair and undermine organized social life |
| B. | increases our willingness to play our roles |
| C. | increases our willingness to contribute to the larger social enterprise |
| D. | enhances our trust of one another |
| Answer» B. increases our willingness to play our roles | |
| 1168. |
Dependency theorists from low-income countries drew the ideas___________? |
| A. | Walt Rostow |
| B. | Karl Marx |
| C. | Immanuel Wallerstein |
| D. | Bretton Woods |
| Answer» C. Immanuel Wallerstein | |
| 1169. |
Dependency theorists from low-income countries drew on the ideas of_____________? |
| A. | Walt Rostow |
| B. | Karl Marx |
| C. | Immanuel Wallerstein |
| D. | Bretton Woods |
| Answer» C. Immanuel Wallerstein | |
| 1170. |
Demographic Transition exhibits_____________? |
| A. | High birth rate and low death rate in its first phase |
| B. | High death rate and low birth rate in its first phase |
| C. | High birth rate and high death rate in its first phase |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1171. |
Demographers who once believed that the U.S population would stabilize between 290 and 300 million people now believe that it will stabilize at around 390 million people because its________________? |
| A. | overall birth-rate will increase significantly in the early part of the new century |
| B. | life expectancy at birth will shortly increase to nearly 100 years of age |
| C. | immigration rate is expected to remain high |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1172. |
De Gournay coined the phrase an illness of bureau mania to describe ? |
| A. | the chaos of informal organizations |
| B. | the compulsion to work in offices |
| C. | the developing power of officials |
| D. | politicians abuse of power and influence |
| Answer» D. politicians abuse of power and influence | |
| 1173. |
Dahrendorf Rex and Habermas focused their attention on_____________? |
| A. | social solidarity and cohesion |
| B. | the interpretive understanding of action |
| C. | women’s experiences and gendered knowledge |
| D. | Power domination and conflict |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1174. |
Cyclical theorists_______________? |
| A. | try to predict the course of a civilization or society |
| B. | focus on analyzing a single society at a time |
| C. | believe that cultures pass through stages of growth quite different from the ones individuals pass through |
| D. | postulate that each culture possesses a life span of approximately 200 years |
| Answer» B. focus on analyzing a single society at a time | |
| 1175. |
Cultural relativism is the idea that societies have to be studied in terms of them_____________? |
| A. | own meanings and values |
| B. | family and kin relationships |
| C. | artistic and literary production |
| D. | religious and spiritual beliefs |
| Answer» B. family and kin relationships | |
| 1176. |
Culture is usually assumed to be_______________? |
| A. | fixed and static |
| B. | a subjective entity |
| C. | always changing |
| D. | insulated against technology |
| E. | mutually exclusive |
| Answer» D. insulated against technology | |
| 1177. |
Cultural restructuring has involved ? |
| A. | regenerating cities in economic decline |
| B. | turning industrial landscapes into tourist attractions |
| C. | selling sites and images through the symbolic economy of media advertising |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1178. |
Cultural restructuring has involved________________? |
| A. | regenerating cities in economic decline |
| B. | turning industrial landscapes into tourist attractions |
| C. | selling sites and images through the symbolic economy of media advertising |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1179. |
Cultural relativism is the idea that societies have to be studied in terms of them ? |
| A. | own meanings and values |
| B. | family and kin relationships |
| C. | artistic and literary production |
| D. | religious and spiritual beliefs |
| Answer» B. family and kin relationships | |
| 1180. |
Cultural lag________________? |
| A. | refers to new forms of social disintegration |
| B. | is the adjustment gap between material and nonmaterial culture? |
| C. | occurs when the dominant group forces change upon the subordinate group which lags behind |
| D. | is society’s way of avoiding the social problems that ensue from social change |
| Answer» C. occurs when the dominant group forces change upon the subordinate group which lags behind | |
| 1181. |
Cultural change can also occur through______________? |
| A. | mass media and adaptation |
| B. | invention and discovery |
| C. | multiculturalism and assimilation |
| D. | language and symbols |
| E. | diffusion and technology |
| Answer» C. multiculturalism and assimilation | |
| 1182. |
Crowds have three characteristics in common Which of the following is NOT one of those characteristics ? |
| A. | deindividualization |
| B. | invulnerability |
| C. | suggestibility |
| D. | transformation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1183. |
Cross-cultural research on infant care has found the following______________? |
| A. | All cultures agree on the importance of exclusive mother-infant interaction to encourage bonding in the first 15 to months of life. |
| B. | Methods of caring for babies are linked to other elements of a society’s culture |
| C. | No culture supports waking a sleeping infant |
| D. | Pediatricians are trained to teach parents the one universally accepted set of best practices for raising an infant |
| Answer» C. No culture supports waking a sleeping infant | |
| 1184. |
Critics of the concept of relative poverty argue that______________? |
| A. | it concentrates too much on kinship ties |
| B. | the government should be raising benefit levels |
| C. | in modern affluent societies no one is truly poor |
| D. | it is wrong to make comparisons between countries |
| Answer» D. it is wrong to make comparisons between countries | |
| 1185. |
Critics of the culture of poverty thesis point out that________________? |
| A. | the poor simply do not want the same things that other members of society want |
| B. | the poor have had their access to achievement blocked by the social order |
| C. | the theory is too cultural and fails to take into account psychological implications |
| D. | not enough research has been done to come to any meaningful conclusion |
| Answer» C. the theory is too cultural and fails to take into account psychological implications | |
| 1186. |
Critics of the spread of Western cultural products across the globe argue that a cultural empire has been created What term do they use to describe this ____________? |
| A. | media saturation |
| B. | media globalization |
| C. | media penetration |
| D. | media imperialism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1187. |
Critics of the concept of relative poverty argue that_______________? |
| A. | it concentrates too much on kinship ties |
| B. | the government should be raising benefit levels |
| C. | in modern affluent societies no one is truly poor |
| D. | it is wrong to make comparisons between countries |
| Answer» D. it is wrong to make comparisons between countries | |
| 1188. |
Cooley presented the idea of”looking glass self” a personality type in which self is discovered through ? |
| A. | Persons,s own image about himself/herself |
| B. | Reactions of others |
| C. | Mixture of both |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Mixture of both | |
| 1189. |
Contemporary sociology includes______________? |
| A. | evolutionary relativism |
| B. | liberal feminism and explicit examination of women’s social roles and experiences |
| C. | postmodernism feminism and critical theory |
| D. | a combination of biological theory conflict theory and evolutionary theory |
| Answer» D. a combination of biological theory conflict theory and evolutionary theory | |
| 1190. |
Constructionist studies of old age view it as_______________? |
| A. | a medical condition |
| B. | a period of life |
| C. | a state of mind |
| D. | a social category |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1191. |
Constructed reality is________________? |
| A. | the ability to control the behavior of others |
| B. | the principle that meaning derives from social interaction in daily life |
| C. | the observed consequences that permit the adaptation or adjustment of a system |
| D. | and artificial explanation of culture that exists apart from any social reality or shared social meaning |
| Answer» C. the observed consequences that permit the adaptation or adjustment of a system | |
| 1192. |
Conflict theory’s primary suggestion for reducing crime and deviance involves the_____________? |
| A. | Substantial reduction of economic inequality |
| B. | Subordination of the agents of social control |
| C. | redefinition of acts that are currently defined as criminal |
| D. | amelioration of social welfare activities |
| E. | repression of lower-class gang activities |
| Answer» B. Subordination of the agents of social control | |
| 1193. |
Conflict theory is often criticized for failing to account for______________? |
| A. | minority rights |
| B. | women |
| C. | consensus |
| D. | latent functions |
| E. | the rights of workers |
| Answer» D. latent functions | |
| 1194. |
Conflict theory is heavily indebted to the work of_____________? |
| A. | Abell |
| B. | Mead |
| C. | Marx |
| D. | Pareto |
| E. | Parsons |
| Answer» D. Pareto | |
| 1195. |
Conflict theory explains________________? |
| A. | Harmony among classes |
| B. | Dependence-among classes |
| C. | Struggle to dominate |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1196. |
Conflict theorists_____________? |
| A. | emphasize that the values of society serve all members of society |
| B. | see the capitalist ruling class as protecting the masses |
| C. | argue that criminal acts are acts which the ruling class brands as criminal |
| D. | None of the above reflects the thinking of conflict theorists |
| Answer» D. None of the above reflects the thinking of conflict theorists | |
| 1197. |
Conflict theory emphasizes the use of humor as a________________? |
| A. | means by which to present the self |
| B. | political tool |
| C. | defense mechanism |
| D. | means by which to bind culture |
| E. | source of negativity towards women |
| Answer» C. defense mechanism | |
| 1198. |
Conflict theorists contend that_______________? |
| A. | organizational goals reflect the priorities of those who occupy the top positions |
| B. | bureaucracies are arenas for cooperation in which the dominant social values of justice and equality take precedence |
| C. | factories are organized and operate independently of market pressures |
| D. | bureaucracies result from the centralizing tendencies of socialism and help to redistribute wealth and power |
| Answer» B. bureaucracies are arenas for cooperation in which the dominant social values of justice and equality take precedence | |
| 1199. |
Conflict Perspective was revived in 20th Century by_______________? |
| A. | Meads |
| B. | C.Wright Mills |
| C. | Lewis Coser |
| D. | B & C |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1200. |
Conflict and feminist theories both focus on______________? |
| A. | consensus |
| B. | subjective meanings |
| C. | manifest functions |
| D. | negotiated social orders |
| E. | structured social inequality |
| Answer» F. | |