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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.
| 151. |
While a role is the behavior expected of one in a particular status role behavior is_____________? |
| A. | Actual behavior |
| B. | Supposed behavior |
| C. | Ascribed behavior |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Supposed behavior | |
| 152. |
While predictions are not always reliable sociologists and labor specialists foresee a workforce increasingly composed of ? |
| A. | women |
| B. | racial minorities |
| C. | ethnic minorities |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 153. |
While predictions are not always reliable sociologists and labor specialists foresee a workforce increasingly composed of_____________? |
| A. | women |
| B. | racial minorities |
| C. | ethnic minorities |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 154. |
While vacationing in Great Britain an American discover that the British drive on the “Wrong” side of the road are critical of his United States accent and will not accept dollars in stores He feel disoriented and out of place and thus are experiencing ? |
| A. | xenocentrism |
| B. | the Hawthorne effects |
| C. | the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis |
| D. | culture shock |
| Answer» E. | |
| 155. |
While vacationing in Great Britain you discover that the British drive on the “wrong” side of the road are critical of your United States accent and will not accept dollars in stores You feel disoriented and out of place and thus are experiencing ? |
| A. | xenocentrism |
| B. | the Hawthorne effects |
| C. | the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis |
| D. | culture shock |
| Answer» E. | |
| 156. |
White-collar and corporate crimes______________? |
| A. | are committed by relatively affluent people often in the course of business activities |
| B. | are not very costly compared to the dollar cost of other crimes |
| C. | are crimes the average person is less likely to experience than street crime |
| D. | usually result in severe punishment for those who are caught |
| Answer» B. are not very costly compared to the dollar cost of other crimes | |
| 157. |
White-collar crime is low in visibility because_____________? |
| A. | it involves only small amounts of money |
| B. | the proletariat can outsmart the bourgeoise |
| C. | the police turn a blind eye to corporate crime |
| D. | it goes undected in the context of everybody business transactions |
| Answer» E. | |
| 158. |
White-collar crime is low in visibility because______________? |
| A. | it involves only small amounts of money |
| B. | the proletariat can outsmart the bourgeoisie |
| C. | the police turn a blind eye to corporate crime |
| D. | it goes undetected in the context of everyday business transactions |
| Answer» E. | |
| 159. |
Who became the first ever Professor of Sociology ? |
| A. | George Herbert Mead |
| B. | Talcott Parsons |
| C. | Emile Durkheim |
| D. | Robert Merton |
| Answer» D. Robert Merton | |
| 160. |
Who coined the term sociology and is generally considered to be the founder of sociology ? |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Auguste Comte |
| C. | Max Weber |
| D. | Emile Durkheim |
| Answer» C. Max Weber | |
| 161. |
Who described urbanism as a way of life _____________? |
| A. | Park |
| B. | Hawley |
| C. | Wirth |
| D. | Burgess |
| Answer» D. Burgess | |
| 162. |
Who described urbanism as a way of life ? |
| A. | Park |
| B. | Hawley |
| C. | Wirth |
| D. | Burgess |
| Answer» D. Burgess | |
| 163. |
Who famously stated the medium is the message_______________? |
| A. | Manuel Castells |
| B. | Marshall McLuhan |
| C. | Howard Rheingold |
| D. | Karl Marx |
| Answer» C. Howard Rheingold | |
| 164. |
Who first introduced the notion of anomie into sociology ? |
| A. | comte |
| B. | Marx |
| C. | Weber |
| D. | Durkheim |
| Answer» E. | |
| 165. |
Who is most closely associated with the view that the equal and impartial treatment of each case is a strength of bureaucracies ? |
| A. | Michel Foucault |
| B. | Paul Gay |
| C. | Zygmunt Bauman |
| D. | Robert Michels |
| Answer» C. Zygmunt Bauman | |
| 166. |
Who stated that war is the continuation of political intercourse by other means ? |
| A. | Carl von Clausewitz |
| B. | Martin Shaw |
| C. | Karl Marx |
| D. | Mary Kaldor |
| Answer» C. Karl Marx | |
| 167. |
Who theorized that we might be witnessing the clash of civilizations ? |
| A. | Giles Kepel |
| B. | Amartya Sen |
| C. | Samuel Huntington |
| D. | Michel Maffesoli |
| Answer» D. Michel Maffesoli | |
| 168. |
Who thought that within organizations there exists an iron law of oligarchy ? |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | Zygmunt Bauman |
| C. | Michel Foucault |
| D. | Robert Michel’s |
| Answer» E. | |
| 169. |
Who wrote the first book on the methodology of social research How to Observe Manners and Morals ? |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Emily Post |
| C. | Harriet Martineau |
| D. | Emile Durkheim |
| Answer» D. Emile Durkheim | |
| 170. |
Who wrote The Metropolis and Mental Life (1903) ? |
| A. | Louise Wirth |
| B. | Robert Park |
| C. | Georg Simmel |
| D. | Max Weber |
| Answer» D. Max Weber | |
| 171. |
Whose theorizing according societal change comes closer to lqbal,s verse. Tujh ko bataoon taqdeer-e-huma kia hai shamsheer o Sannan Awwal taus o rabab akhir ? |
| A. | Karl Max |
| B. | Ibn-e-Khaldum |
| C. | George Hegel |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Ibn-e-Khaldum | |
| 172. |
Why do many sociologists use scare quotes when discussing race ? |
| A. | it,s a complex concept with multiple meanings |
| B. | to reflect the fact that the number of races is disputed |
| C. | the concept has no scientific basis but is still widely used |
| D. | to distinguish the science of race from discussions of ethnicity |
| Answer» D. to distinguish the science of race from discussions of ethnicity | |
| 173. |
Why do sociologists use the category race ? |
| A. | it distinguishes between biological and social factors |
| B. | it denotes something fixed and unchanging |
| C. | it is a social category which has real effects on people lives |
| D. | it enables comparisons between groups in different countries |
| Answer» D. it enables comparisons between groups in different countries | |
| 174. |
Why does Mike Davis (1990) describe Los Angeles as a city of quartz ? |
| A. | it has more millionaires than any other city |
| B. | it has been hardened against the poor |
| C. | it has been hardened against than any other US city |
| D. | it has a policy of promoting opportunity for all |
| Answer» C. it has been hardened against than any other US city | |
| 175. |
Why is force not he most effective means for political rule ? |
| A. | Force is very efficient but also very costly |
| B. | Honor is denied to those who rule by force alone |
| C. | The elite’s ideals are fulfilled but tainted by use of force |
| D. | Force is the most effective means for political rule |
| Answer» C. The elite’s ideals are fulfilled but tainted by use of force | |
| 176. |
William F Whyte’s study of a low-income Italian neighborhood in Boston was a classic example of_____________? |
| A. | participant observation research |
| B. | a survey |
| C. | content analysis |
| D. | an experiment |
| Answer» B. a survey | |
| 177. |
Wirth (1938) said that social relationships in the urban way of life were segmental because______________? |
| A. | they were confined to particular areas of the city |
| B. | people knew each other only through specific situational roles and not as whole rounded individuals |
| C. | there were distinctive patterns of activity for each social class |
| D. | they were based on face to face interaction with close friends and family |
| Answer» C. there were distinctive patterns of activity for each social class | |
| 178. |
With the exit of the Hindus and Sikhs Pakistan became a_____________? |
| A. | Uni-religious state |
| B. | Multi-ethnic state |
| C. | Multi-lingual state |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Multi-ethnic state | |
| 179. |
Women have been excluded from the public sphere because_____________? |
| A. | industrial capitalism separated the middle-class home from the workplace |
| B. | those who enter paid employments have been sidelined into particular fields |
| C. | it is difficult to succeed in malestream politics without compromising their femininity |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 180. |
Women of which ethnic group are least likely to have a white partner ? |
| A. | India |
| B. | Pakistan |
| C. | Bangladeshi |
| D. | Chinese |
| Answer» D. Chinese | |
| 181. |
World-affirming religions_______________? |
| A. | embrace conventional cultural values but offer new means of achieving them |
| B. | react against the loss of any meaningful religious content in the teachings of churches |
| C. | adopt an attitude of mild disapproval towards mainstream social values |
| D. | reject both the goals and means of conventional society and provide utopian alternatives |
| Answer» C. adopt an attitude of mild disapproval towards mainstream social values | |
| 182. |
World-systems theory distinguishes between core peripheral and semi-peripheral countries Which one of the following countries is part of the semi-periphery ? |
| A. | Brazil |
| B. | Japan |
| C. | Ethiopia |
| D. | Spain |
| Answer» B. Japan | |
| 183. |
World systems analysis is closely aligned with_________________? |
| A. | the concentric zone theory |
| B. | the multiple -nuclei theory |
| C. | new urban sociology |
| D. | zone sector theory |
| Answer» D. zone sector theory | |
| 184. |
You are a student at XYZ College and You have your sociology and history final exams on the same morning Your know that preparing for both exams at the same time is going to lead to lower grades in one or both of the exams The conflict that you are experiencing as you try to fulfill both of your responsibilities at the college is an example of_________________? |
| A. | role conflict |
| B. | role exit |
| C. | role strain |
| D. | role dissonance |
| Answer» D. role dissonance | |
| 185. |
Which of the following statements concerning roles is FALSE ? |
| A. | A single status may have multiple roles attached to it |
| B. | A role does not exist in isolation but is integrated with the activities of other people |
| C. | Roles define duties but only statuses define rights |
| D. | Groups consist of complexes of interlocking roles |
| Answer» D. Groups consist of complexes of interlocking roles | |
| 186. |
Which of the following statements accurately describes the importance of groups in social life ? |
| A. | The social support and feedback of others hinders us as we try to confront difficulties |
| B. | Accidents alcoholism psychiatric disorders tuberculosis and even death rates are higher among people who live with more than seven others in a group l |
| C. | The most effective strategy for undergraduate success is to abstain from group interaction because it slows down one’s individual learning process |
| D. | Support groups have been found to add an average of 18 months to the lives of women in advanced stages of cancer |
| Answer» E. | |
| 187. |
Which of the following statements about values is correct ? |
| A. | Values never change |
| B. | Values of a culture may change but most remain relatively stable during any one person,s lifetime |
| C. | Values are constantly changing sociologists view them as being very unstable |
| D. | All of the above statements are correct |
| Answer» C. Values are constantly changing sociologists view them as being very unstable | |
| 188. |
Which of the following statements about the status of women around the world is correct _____________? |
| A. | it is estimated that women grow half the world’s food but they rarely own land. |
| B. | Women constitute one-third of the world’s paid labor force but are generally found in the lowest paying jobs |
| C. | Single-parent households headed by women which appear to be on the increase in many nations -are typically found in the poorest section of the populat |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 189. |
Which of the following statements about small groups is correct ? |
| A. | All small groups are primary groups |
| B. | All small groups are secondary groups |
| C. | Many small groups differ from primary groups in that they do not necessarily offer the intimate personal relationships of primary groups |
| D. | both b and c |
| Answer» D. both b and c | |
| 190. |
Which of the following statements about small groups is correct________________? |
| A. | all small groups are primary groups |
| B. | all small groups are secondary groups |
| C. | many small groups differ from primary groups in that they do not necessarily offer the intimate personal relationships characteristic of primary group |
| D. | both b and c |
| Answer» D. both b and c | |
| 191. |
Which of the following statements about norms is correct ? |
| A. | People do not follow norms in all situations in some cases they evade a norm because they know it is weakly enforced |
| B. | In some instances, behavior that appears to violate society’s norms may actually represent adherence to the norms of a particular group |
| C. | Norms are violated in some instances because one norm conflicts with another |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 192. |
Which of the following statements about crime and deviance is false ? |
| A. | the concept of ‘deviance’ is much broader than ‘crime’ |
| B. | deviance and crime very often overlap |
| C. | the concept of deviance can be applied to individuals and groups |
| D. | deviance is normally sanctioned by law |
| Answer» E. | |
| 193. |
Which of the following sociology never wrote a book and about whose thoughts most of our knowledge is presented in an edited volume of his lectures published by his students after his death ? |
| A. | George Herbert Mead |
| B. | Karl Marx |
| C. | Emile Durkheim |
| D. | Max Weber |
| Answer» B. Karl Marx | |
| 194. |
Which of the following sociologists never wrote a book and about whose thoughts most of our knowledge is presented in an edited volume of his lectures published by his students after his death ? |
| A. | George Herbert Mead |
| B. | Kari Marx |
| C. | Em-ile Durkheim |
| D. | Max Weber |
| Answer» B. Kari Marx | |
| 195. |
Which of the following social groups do occupational class schemes not have difficulty accommodating ? |
| A. | students |
| B. | manual working class |
| C. | the unemployed |
| D. | retired people |
| Answer» C. the unemployed | |
| 196. |
Which of the following shape our ideas more than the other __________ ? |
| A. | Hereditary traits |
| B. | Social groups interaction |
| C. | Both ‘a & b’ |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Both ‘a & b’ | |
| 197. |
Which of the following research methods uses existing records ? |
| A. | survey research |
| B. | naire research |
| C. | archival research |
| D. | observational research |
| Answer» B. naire research | |
| 198. |
Which of the following positions is NOT associated with the hyper globalizers ? |
| A. | citizens lose faith in existing systems of governance |
| B. | globalization needs to happen much more quickly |
| C. | individual countries no longer control their own economies |
| D. | regional institutions are becoming as powerful as nation-states |
| Answer» C. individual countries no longer control their own economies | |
| 199. |
Which of the following perhaps the first sociologist to recognize the critical importance of religion in human societies stressed the social impact of religion ? |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | Emile Durkheim |
| C. | Karl Marx |
| D. | Talcott Parsons |
| Answer» C. Karl Marx | |
| 200. |
Which of the following -perhaps the first sociologist to recognize the critical importance of religion in human societies stressed the social impact of religion ? |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | Emile Durkheim |
| C. | Karl Marx |
| D. | Talcott Parsons |
| Answer» C. Karl Marx | |