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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.
| 1251. |
Auguste Comte was a_______________? |
| A. | French thinker |
| B. | American |
| C. | British |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. American | |
| 1252. |
Auguste Comte described _________________? |
| A. | Four stages of social change |
| B. | Two stages |
| C. | Three stages |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1253. |
August Comte viewed cultural development in_____________? |
| A. | Three Stages |
| B. | Four Stages |
| C. | Two stages |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Four Stages | |
| 1254. |
Ascribed status as the name explains is one______________? |
| A. | Achieved through effort |
| B. | Ascribed to use by society |
| C. | Both a and b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Both a and b | |
| 1255. |
Asabiyah is an Arabic concept modernly referring to_______________? |
| A. | Culture |
| B. | Nationalism |
| C. | Social groups |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» C. Social groups | |
| 1256. |
As a consequence of rural-urban migration____________? |
| A. | More and more urbanization is taking place successfully |
| B. | ruralisation of urban areas is taking place |
| C. | Ruralisation of urban areas and ribbon growth seem to be the result |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Ruralisation of urban areas and ribbon growth seem to be the result | |
| 1257. |
Arnett proposed an interesting distinction of types of socialization_______________? |
| A. | high and low |
| B. | broad and narrow |
| C. | old and new |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. old and new | |
| 1258. |
Arlie Hochschild,s The Managed Heart is an influential application of_____________? |
| A. | emotional labor |
| B. | symbolic interactionism |
| C. | social action |
| D. | symbiosis |
| Answer» C. social action | |
| 1259. |
__________ are the alterations over time in social structures culture and behavioral patterns ? |
| A. | Reformist movements |
| B. | Social changes |
| C. | Collective behaviors |
| D. | Modernization movements |
| E. | Social movements |
| Answer» F. | |
| 1260. |
Approximately what percentage of the global population currently lives outside their country of birth ? |
| A. | 3% |
| B. | 15% |
| C. | 25% |
| D. | 40% |
| Answer» B. 15% | |
| 1261. |
Approximately how long on average did a Victorian marriage last ______________? |
| A. | 12 years |
| B. | 22 years |
| C. | 32 years |
| D. | 42 years |
| Answer» B. 22 years | |
| 1262. |
”Anomie” is a French word means___________? |
| A. | chaos |
| B. | Solidarity |
| C. | Harmony |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Solidarity | |
| 1263. |
An overall scheme of scientific activities which scientists engage in order to produce knowledge is a________________? |
| A. | Research process |
| B. | Research model |
| C. | Research methodology |
| D. | Research design |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1264. |
An open society is one that_____________? |
| A. | grants every member equal status |
| B. | does not have any official secrets in its government |
| C. | has permissive attitudes towards sexual behavior |
| D. | allows people to move between levels of the hierarchy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1265. |
An instructor wants to determine if giving essay tests increases student learning one class that the instructor teaches she continues to test as she has always done In another class she gives the students essay s She then measures the differences in learning if any between the two classes The class that is given essay s is the_______________? |
| A. | control group |
| B. | representative group |
| C. | experimental group |
| D. | correlation group |
| Answer» D. correlation group | |
| 1266. |
An instructor wants to determine if giving essay tests increases student learning In one class that the instructor teaches she continues to test as she has always done In another class She then measures the differences in learning if any between the two classes The class that is given essay s is the______________? |
| A. | control group |
| B. | representative group |
| C. | experimental group |
| D. | correlation group |
| Answer» D. correlation group | |
| 1267. |
An instance of focused interaction is called______________? |
| A. | a meeting |
| B. | an event |
| C. | a moment |
| D. | an Encounter |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1268. |
An instance of focused interaction is called_________________? |
| A. | a meeting |
| B. | an event |
| C. | a moment |
| D. | an Encounter |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1269. |
An important aspect of labelling theory is the recognition that some people or groups have the power to define labels and apply them to others This view recalls the emphasis placed on the social significance of power by the______________? |
| A. | functionalist perspective |
| B. | conflict perspective |
| C. | interactionist perspective |
| D. | anomie theory of deviance |
| Answer» C. interactionist perspective | |
| 1270. |
An experiment can be defined as______________? |
| A. | an attempt to test a hypothesis under controlled conditions |
| B. | a piece of research conducted in a laboratory |
| C. | a piece of research trying out new methods |
| D. | an attempt to deceive participants about the research’s true purpose |
| Answer» B. a piece of research conducted in a laboratory | |
| 1271. |
An experiment can be defined as_______________? |
| A. | an attempt to test a hypothesis under controlled conditions |
| B. | a piece of research conducted in a laboratory |
| C. | a piece of research trying out new methods |
| D. | an attempt to deceive participants about the research’s true purpose |
| Answer» B. a piece of research conducted in a laboratory | |
| 1272. |
An ecclesia is___________________? |
| A. | a religious organization that claims total spiritual authority over its members |
| B. | a church organized around voluntary rather than compulsory membership |
| C. | a sect or cult with a very small following |
| D. | a hierarchy of priests or other spiritual leaders |
| Answer» B. a church organized around voluntary rather than compulsory membership | |
| 1273. |
An attempt to understand the social world by situating social events in their corresponding environment is called_____________? |
| A. | Social work |
| B. | Sociology |
| C. | Society |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Society | |
| 1274. |
An association between two variables which is in fact caused by other factor(s)is called a______________? |
| A. | multiple regression |
| B. | causal mechanism |
| C. | spurious correlation |
| D. | multinomial distribution |
| Answer» D. multinomial distribution | |
| 1275. |
An association between two variables which is in fact caused by other factor(s) is called a_____________? |
| A. | multiple regression |
| B. | causal mechanism |
| C. | spurious correlation |
| D. | multinomial distribution |
| Answer» D. multinomial distribution | |
| 1276. |
Among which occupational group are infant mortality rates the lowest____________? |
| A. | professional |
| B. | managerial and technical |
| C. | skilled non-manual |
| D. | skilled manual |
| Answer» B. managerial and technical | |
| 1277. |
Among the approaches that seek to explain the causes of social movements which one states that revolutions are most likely to take place when a prolonged period of social and economic betterment is followed by a period of sharp reversal ? |
| A. | the resource mobilization approach |
| B. | the deprivation approaches |
| C. | the capitalist collapse approach |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. the capitalist collapse approach | |
| 1278. |
Amjad must finish writing a report for work that is due the next day His son,s school just called and said the child must be picked up from school because he is sick Amjad,s wife is out of town on business As a result Amjad is experiencing ? |
| A. | role strain |
| B. | role conflict |
| C. | role hypersensitivity |
| D. | role reversal |
| Answer» C. role hypersensitivity | |
| 1279. |
Alteration is the state of affairs in which_____________? |
| A. | the society has no norms and if there are any nobody follows them |
| B. | the individual has no claim over the product that he has finished |
| C. | the worker is least emotionally related to the product that he develops the co-workers and the work environment |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1280. |
All the perspectives are______________? |
| A. | quite opposing to each other |
| B. | complementary each other |
| C. | basically, the analysis of society from different angles |
| D. | B and C |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1281. |
All societies confront three basic economic problems Which of the following is NOT one of them ? |
| A. | determining what goods and services to produce |
| B. | determining how to employ limited resources |
| C. | determining how much each individual should be paid |
| D. | determining for whom goods and services should be produced |
| Answer» D. determining for whom goods and services should be produced | |
| 1282. |
All early sociologists emphasized that_____________? |
| A. | sociology should follow scientific method |
| B. | Sociology should be on personal theories |
| C. | Sociology is not a science |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Sociology should be on personal theories | |
| 1283. |
All civilizations are in an endless cycle of three cultural systems this theory was presented by_____________? |
| A. | Oswald Spengler |
| B. | Arnold Toynbee |
| C. | Pitirim Sorokin |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1284. |
Alice aged 7 lives in a private home with her parents her grandmother and her aunt Alice,s family is an example of a (n)_____________? |
| A. | nuclear family |
| B. | dysfunctional family |
| C. | extended family |
| D. | polygynous family |
| Answer» D. polygynous family | |
| 1285. |
Agriculture cannot absorb the population concentration of human activities and settlements around the downtown areas when the residential area shifts outward this is called____________? |
| A. | Other occupations |
| B. | Urbanization |
| C. | Development |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Development | |
| 1286. |
Agriculture and horticulture was developed in______________? |
| A. | Fertile crescent Region of Middle East |
| B. | East Asia |
| C. | Central and South America |
| D. | Southeast Asia |
| Answer» B. East Asia | |
| 1287. |
Agriculture accounts for 25% value added and _________% of work force? |
| A. | 40% |
| B. | 305 |
| C. | 20% |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 20% | |
| 1288. |
Aging is an important phenomenon in developed countries specially ______________? |
| A. | Europe |
| B. | Japan |
| C. | USA |
| D. | Both A and B |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1289. |
Addition of new words in a language is a______________? |
| A. | Social Change |
| B. | Cultural Change |
| C. | Language Change |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Language Change | |
| 1290. |
According to Wright some class locations are contradictory because______________? |
| A. | their holders do not believe in the notion of class |
| B. | they share features of the positions above and below them |
| C. | there is disagreement about how to interpret them |
| D. | they are impossible for sociologists to measure and classify |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1291. |
According to Wright some class locations are contradictory because _______________? |
| A. | their holders do not believe in the notion of class |
| B. | they share features of the positions above and below them |
| C. | there is disagreement about how to interpret them |
| D. | they are impossible for sociologists to measure and classify |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1292. |
According to World Bank in 2030 larger proportion of poor will be living in_____________? |
| A. | Asia |
| B. | Africa |
| C. | South America |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. South America | |
| 1293. |
According to which theory two different personality traits that are the counterparts of each other provide a sense of completeness when they are joined ? |
| A. | complementary needs |
| B. | matching hypothesis |
| C. | exchange |
| D. | mutual co-dependence |
| Answer» B. matching hypothesis | |
| 1294. |
According to Weeks et al which ONE of the following is a characteristic of gay and lesbian partnerships ? |
| A. | fixed domestic roles |
| B. | shared emotional labor |
| C. | limited relational commitment |
| D. | significant power imbalance |
| Answer» C. limited relational commitment | |
| 1295. |
According to Weber the driving force of society was_____________? |
| A. | rationality |
| B. | Cultural pursuits |
| C. | Increased development |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Cultural pursuits | |
| 1296. |
According to Weber rationalization meant that_______________? |
| A. | there are no absolutes concerning social life |
| B. | all though would eventually lead to justifying human action |
| C. | early philosophers were too concerned with creating a utopian society |
| D. | sociologists should be primarily concerned with solving problems |
| E. | humans would eventually seek out the most efficient means to accomplish a particular task |
| Answer» F. | |
| 1297. |
According to United nations estimates by 2025 the worlds average life expectancy will have reached_________________? |
| A. | 46 |
| B. | 54 |
| C. | 71 |
| D. | 80 |
| Answer» D. 80 | |
| 1298. |
According to________________ theory unique customs develop and persist because they are adaptive? |
| A. | Conflict |
| B. | Symbolic Interactionism |
| C. | Functionalism |
| D. | Radical |
| E. | Feminism |
| Answer» D. Radical | |
| 1299. |
According to the World Health Organization which of these is NOT a main cause of chronic disease and long-term impairments in developing countries ? |
| A. | poor education |
| B. | poor diet |
| C. | poor sanitation |
| D. | poor housing |
| Answer» B. poor diet | |
| 1300. |
According to the World Bank Which of these is a middle-income country ? |
| A. | India |
| B. | China |
| C. | Indonesia |
| D. | Vietnam |
| Answer» C. Indonesia | |