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This section includes 1534 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Sociology Mcqs knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 801. |
In larger groups each person has ? |
| A. | less time to speak |
| B. | more points of view to absorb |
| C. | a more elaborate structure within which to function |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 802. |
Which of these is not a feature of an ideal type bureaucracy according to Weber ? |
| A. | a clear-cut hierarchy of authority |
| B. | co-ownership among all workers of the material resource with which they operate |
| C. | fixed salaries associated with each role |
| D. | written rules governing conduct |
| Answer» C. fixed salaries associated with each role | |
| 803. |
The iron law of oligarchy refers to_____________? |
| A. | regimes that use repression against their population |
| B. | the exclusion of women from the highest levels of politics |
| C. | the tendency for power inevitably to flow towards top |
| D. | the legal system of the former communist countries |
| Answer» D. the legal system of the former communist countries | |
| 804. |
Which of these is a feature of the Japanese style of management arrangements ? |
| A. | merging of work and private lives |
| B. | job security |
| C. | group-oriented production |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 805. |
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 | |
| 806. |
Which of the following can be classified as a charismatic leader ? |
| A. | Joan of Arc |
| B. | Malcolm X |
| C. | Adolf Hitler |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 807. |
Which one of these statements is NOT a definition of the knowledge economy ? |
| A. | much of the workforce in now involved in physical production of goods |
| B. | the economy is dominated by the constant flow of information and opinions |
| C. | this is a phase of development beyond industrialism |
| D. | investment in public education and software development is more significant |
| Answer» B. the economy is dominated by the constant flow of information and opinions | |
| 808. |
Socialist theory was defined in the writings of Karl Marx and ? |
| A. | Emile Durkheim |
| B. | Adam Smith |
| C. | Friedrich Engels |
| D. | the Marx Brothers |
| Answer» D. the Marx Brothers | |
| 809. |
Which of these types of industrial conflict is the odd one out ? |
| A. | sabotage |
| B. | strike |
| C. | overtime ban |
| D. | work to rule (working only ones contracted hours noting more or less) |
| Answer» C. overtime ban | |
| 810. |
The current level of urbanization 32% in Pakistan is in SAARC Countries ? |
| A. | Lowest |
| B. | Normal |
| C. | Highest |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 811. |
Pakistan with a population of 160 million stands as the _______ largest population country? |
| A. | Fifth |
| B. | Sixth |
| C. | Seventh |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Seventh | |
| 812. |
The systematic widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of productivity such as factories and plants are called ? |
| A. | deindustrialization |
| B. | downsizing |
| C. | post industrialization |
| D. | “banana time” |
| Answer» B. downsizing | |
| 813. |
In past Pakistanis population had relatively ________ growth rate? |
| A. | Low |
| B. | Medium |
| C. | High |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 814. |
There are three basic sources of power within any political system ? |
| A. | force influence and authority |
| B. | force influence and democracy |
| C. | force legitimacy and charisma |
| D. | influence charisma and bureaucracy |
| Answer» B. force influence and democracy | |
| 815. |
Which statement below most accurately describes the global unemployment rate ? |
| A. | the unemployment rate has decreased significantly since the 1970s |
| B. | the unemployment rate remains historically low |
| C. | the unemployment rate remains historically high |
| D. | the unemployment rate in not known |
| Answer» D. the unemployment rate in not known | |
| 816. |
Which sociological perspective points out that while pure monopolies are not a basic element of the economy of the United States competition is much more restricted than one might expect in what is called a free enterprise system ? |
| A. | functionalist perspective |
| B. | conflict perspective |
| C. | interactionist perspective |
| D. | labeling theory |
| Answer» C. interactionist perspective | |
| 817. |
A highly conformist culture is less prone to_______________? |
| A. | Change |
| B. | Cultural diffusion |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Cultural diffusion | |
| 818. |
Which of these key early figures in sociology had an interest in issues of labor and the economy ? |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Karl Marx and Emile Durkheim |
| C. | Karl Marx and Max Weber |
| D. | All three of them |
| Answer» E. | |
| 819. |
The process of social interaction by which people acquire the knowledge attitudes values and behaviors essential for effective participation in society is called_____________? |
| A. | culture |
| B. | definition of the situation |
| C. | social communication |
| D. | socialization |
| Answer» E. | |
| 820. |
The Green revolution resulted in 1970s in the establishment of____________? |
| A. | Light engineering industry |
| B. | Heavy industry |
| C. | Medium |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Heavy industry | |
| 821. |
In pre-Communist China the aged were______________? |
| A. | Authority figures |
| B. | Retired in isolation |
| C. | Honored but restrained |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Retired in isolation | |
| 822. |
In studying inequalities in education which skills did Bernstein concentrate upon ? |
| A. | reading |
| B. | numeracy |
| C. | emotion |
| D. | speech |
| Answer» E. | |
| 823. |
In the twentieth century, the family’s protective function has increasingly been transferred to outside agencies such as______________? |
| A. | hospitals |
| B. | mental health clinics |
| C. | insurance companies |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 824. |
The decentralized city can be identified by______________? |
| A. | the shift of employment and services away from the inner city towards multiple centers in smaller towns and rural areas |
| B. | the degendering of public space as women use local facilities more |
| C. | gentrification the movement of middle-class people back into the inner city |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 825. |
In Hagerman’s account where did the public sphere as an arena of public debate first develop?in____________? |
| A. | salons |
| B. | newspapers |
| C. | universities |
| D. | television |
| Answer» B. newspapers | |
| 826. |
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 | |
| 827. |
According to Manuel Castells which is the defining organizational structure of our age ? |
| A. | bureaucracy |
| B. | networks |
| C. | hierarchy |
| D. | conglomerates |
| Answer» C. hierarchy | |
| 828. |
Supporters of sustainable development are arguing for________________? |
| A. | more resources to be directed towards economic growth |
| B. | more resources to be put into Third World development |
| C. | growth that minimizes resource depletion and pollution |
| D. | fewer resources to be directed towards economic growth |
| Answer» D. fewer resources to be directed towards economic growth | |
| 829. |
The sequence of Rostow’s stages of economic growth are_____________? |
| A. | traditional take-off drive to maturity high mass consumption |
| B. | traditional drive to maturity high mass consumption take-off |
| C. | traditional state intervention high mass consumption take-off |
| D. | traditional dependency modernization take-off |
| Answer» B. traditional drive to maturity high mass consumption take-off | |
| 830. |
In the process of social change new traits appear through_____________? |
| A. | discovery |
| B. | invention |
| C. | diffusion |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 831. |
A form of learning in which the consequences of behavior determine the probability of its future occurrence is called______________? |
| A. | conditioning |
| B. | personal efficacy |
| C. | reflexive behavior |
| D. | egocentric bias |
| Answer» B. personal efficacy | |
| 832. |
Abstract sediments are________________? |
| A. | closer to the center of the self than the moral rules |
| B. | provide a focus for allegiance |
| C. | are compellers of action |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 833. |
Broad socialization is intended to promote_____________? |
| A. | Independence and self-expression |
| B. | Obedience and Conformity |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Obedience and Conformity | |
| 834. |
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 | |
| 835. |
A society which is socially isolated but still provides for all the needs of its members, is called______________? |
| A. | Total institution |
| B. | Isolated Society |
| C. | Closed society |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Isolated Society | |
| 836. |
The institution most closely associated with the process of socialization is the______________? |
| A. | family |
| B. | Peer group |
| C. | school |
| D. | state |
| Answer» B. Peer group | |
| 837. |
A child learns behaviors values and actions from his family It is_______________? |
| A. | Primary socialization |
| B. | Secondary |
| C. | Developmental |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Secondary | |
| 838. |
The Thomas theorem states that________________? |
| A. | nonverbal communication constitutes the majority of a message in communication |
| B. | verbal communication is more important than touch and touch is more important than artifacts in communicating a message |
| C. | definitions of the situation differ, and common understanding is impossible |
| D. | if situations are defined as real they are real in their consequences |
| Answer» E. | |
| 839. |
Which sociologist distinguished between significant others and generalized others ? |
| A. | George Herbert Mead |
| B. | Charles Horton Cooley |
| C. | Erving Goffman |
| D. | W.I Thomas |
| Answer» B. Charles Horton Cooley | |
| 840. |
The current debate on sociobiology focuses on the work of Harvard University zoologist___________? |
| A. | Jean Piaget |
| B. | Edward O.Wilson |
| C. | Erving Goffman |
| D. | Harry Harlow |
| Answer» C. Erving Goffman | |
| 841. |
The main agent in primary socialization is______________? |
| A. | school |
| B. | family |
| C. | television |
| D. | peer group |
| Answer» C. television | |
| 842. |
The rank and position of a person in a group or of a group in relation to other groups is termed as_____________? |
| A. | Role |
| B. | Status |
| C. | Both a and b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Both a and b | |
| 843. |
Role-learning theory suggests that______________? |
| A. | we internalize and take on social roles from a pre-existing framework |
| B. | we create and negotiate our roles through interaction with others |
| C. | social roles are not fixed or stable but fluid and pluralistic |
| D. | roles have to be learned to suppress unconscious motivations |
| Answer» B. we create and negotiate our roles through interaction with others | |
| 844. |
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. | |
| 845. |
Which of the following used the phrase looking-glass self to emphasize that the self is the product of our social interactions with other people ? |
| A. | George Herbert Mead |
| B. | Charles Horton Cooley |
| C. | Erving Goffman |
| D. | Harry Harlow |
| Answer» C. Erving Goffman | |
| 846. |
A person does poorly on a college chemistry test and later tells a friend “The exam wasn’t fair! There were trick s and it covered material that we weren’t assigned! “This is an example of______________? |
| A. | reverse socialization |
| B. | face-work |
| C. | studied nonobservance |
| D. | anticipatory socialization |
| Answer» C. studied nonobservance | |
| 847. |
The major development task(s) in middle adulthood include(s)________________? |
| A. | sex |
| B. | love and work |
| C. | socialization |
| D. | preparation for death |
| Answer» C. socialization | |
| 848. |
Dying_______________? |
| A. | is one social phenomenon that has changed little over time |
| B. | is less bureaucratic than it was in the past |
| C. | is a biological event with no associated social reality? |
| D. | requires a new definition of self |
| Answer» E. | |
| 849. |
In modern societies social status is typically measured by a person_____________? |
| A. | age |
| B. | income |
| C. | verbal fluency |
| D. | occupation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 850. |
A person’s self-esteem – low or high -is mainly a function of________________? |
| A. | introspective rejuvenation |
| B. | self-ethnography |
| C. | social comparisons |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |