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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.
| 1001. |
The “natural law” approach is essentially concerned with__________________? |
| A. | civil law or torts |
| B. | limiting the powers of wealthy businessmen |
| C. | family law |
| D. | limiting the powers of government |
| E. | the protection of universal human rights |
| Answer» F. | |
| 1002. |
Robert Merton’s ideas on crime and deviance make use of the concept of anomie. What does anomie mean in Merton’s work ? |
| A. | Normlessness |
| B. | meaninglessness |
| C. | social strain |
| D. | social adaptation |
| Answer» D. social adaptation | |
| 1003. |
Which of these is not a concept associated with Left Realist explanations of criminal subcultures ? |
| A. | social exclusion |
| B. | individual pathology |
| C. | political marginalization |
| D. | relative deprivation |
| Answer» C. political marginalization | |
| 1004. |
According to Quinine, crimes of “domination and repression” are committed by ______________? |
| A. | People who aspire to the upper class |
| B. | The ruling elite |
| C. | white collar businessmen |
| D. | gang members |
| E. | the lower socio-economic strate |
| Answer» C. white collar businessmen | |
| 1005. |
The sociologist responsible for the modern-day adaptation of strain theory is______________? |
| A. | Weber |
| B. | Cohen |
| C. | Marx |
| D. | Merton |
| E. | Chambliss |
| Answer» E. Chambliss | |
| 1006. |
Biological positivists have tended to focus on what type of crime ? |
| A. | Violent |
| B. | juvenile |
| C. | drug-related |
| D. | white collar |
| Answer» B. juvenile | |
| 1007. |
What does the functionalist perspective see as crucial for the maintenance of social order ? |
| A. | strong class-based identities |
| B. | multiculturalism |
| C. | moral consensus |
| D. | a strong state |
| Answer» D. a strong state | |
| 1008. |
The classic sociological study of two juvenile groups called the “Saints” and the “Roughnecks” was conducted by______________? |
| A. | Chambliss |
| B. | Lynch |
| C. | Merton |
| D. | Bentham |
| E. | Turk |
| Answer» B. Lynch | |
| 1009. |
The theory of relative deprivation is an example of what ______________? |
| A. | macro sociological theory |
| B. | feminist sociological theory |
| C. | micro sociological theory |
| D. | middle-range sociological theory |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1010. |
Which of the following is not part of karl Marx,s theory of capitalism ? |
| A. | capitalist production exploits the working class |
| B. | class conflict is inevitable in capitalist societies |
| C. | industrial workers are the revolutionary class |
| D. | class struggle only occurs under capitalism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1011. |
The distribution of power in society is a concern for______________? |
| A. | microsociology |
| B. | interactionism |
| C. | macrosociology |
| D. | ethnomethodology |
| Answer» D. ethnomethodology | |
| 1012. |
Robert Merton,s contributions to sociology include______________? |
| A. | successfully combining theory and research |
| B. | an analysis of deviant behavior that focuses on societal goals and means |
| C. | an attempt to bring macro- and micro |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1013. |
Which of these statements best represents C. Wright-Mills,s idea of the sociological imagination ? |
| A. | understanding the differences between the classical theorists |
| B. | bringing together private troubles and public issues |
| C. | seeing the social world as one made up of Social facts |
| D. | avoiding explanations based on individual psychology |
| Answer» C. seeing the social world as one made up of Social facts | |
| 1014. |
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 | |
| 1015. |
The Communist Manifesto was written by____________? |
| A. | Karl Marx and Georg Hegel |
| B. | George Herbert Mead and Jane Addams |
| C. | Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx |
| D. | Talcott Parsons and Robert Merton |
| Answer» D. Talcott Parsons and Robert Merton | |
| 1016. |
Merton’s term for the hidden or forgotten reason for a particular behavior was______________? |
| A. | middle-range function |
| B. | consumption function |
| C. | latent function |
| D. | structural function |
| Answer» D. structural function | |
| 1017. |
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 | |
| 1018. |
The Muqaddimah is an early Muslim view of______________? |
| A. | society |
| B. | social Change |
| C. | universal History |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» D. all of above | |
| 1019. |
Ibne Khaldun is best known for______________? |
| A. | Muamlla |
| B. | Muqaddimah |
| C. | Muzakira |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Muzakira | |
| 1020. |
Which of the following was an early Black sociologist active in the struggle for a racially egalitarian society who was critical of theorists who seemed content with the status quo ? |
| A. | Harriet Martineau |
| B. | Herbert Spencer |
| C. | Booker T Washington |
| D. | W,E,B, Du Bois |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1021. |
Which of the following is most closely associated with the concept of the sociological imagination ? |
| A. | Emile Durkheim |
| B. | Max Weber |
| C. | Karl Marx |
| D. | Wright Mills |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1022. |
A rising suicide rate associated with normlessness and a lack of social regulation can be described as______________? |
| A. | egoistic suicide |
| B. | altruistic suicide |
| C. | fatalistic suicide |
| D. | anomic suicide |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1023. |
When sociologists study the structure of layers in society and people’s movement between them, they call this_____________? |
| A. | social stratification |
| B. | social control |
| C. | social conflict |
| D. | social solidarity |
| Answer» C. social conflict | |
| 1024. |
According to Emily Durkheim the mechanic solidarity is based on______________? |
| A. | Blood relation and neighborhood |
| B. | divine of labor and specialization |
| C. | the contribution individuals make to each other |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. the contribution individuals make to each other | |
| 1025. |
What did Auguste Comte mean by positivism in sociology ? |
| A. | sociological research must contribute to a governments social policy |
| B. | sociology should be optimistic about human achievements |
| C. | sociology should make use of statistical evidence |
| D. | sociology should adopt the same methods as the natural sciences |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1026. |
Those who cannot compete have on right for higher learning and must be refused accordingly who believed in the above thesis ? |
| A. | Auguste Comte |
| B. | Spencer |
| C. | Karl Max |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Karl Max | |
| 1027. |
The survival of the fittest was the concept presented by_______________? |
| A. | Marx |
| B. | Durkheim |
| C. | Herbert Spencer |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1028. |
Which one of the following concepts did Max Weber introduce to the field of sociology ? |
| A. | dramaturgy |
| B. | ideal types |
| C. | functionalism |
| D. | macro sociology |
| Answer» C. functionalism | |
| 1029. |
Which of these is most closely associated with Marx,s thinking ? |
| A. | integration |
| B. | conflict |
| C. | social facts |
| D. | consensus |
| Answer» C. social facts | |
| 1030. |
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 | |
| 1031. |
Ibne Khaldun was born in______________? |
| A. | North America |
| B. | North Asia |
| C. | North Africa |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1032. |
Heroine was discovered in 1878 but its use was limited till_____________? |
| A. | 1880 |
| B. | 1898 |
| C. | 1889 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 1889 | |
| 1033. |
According to durkheim the greater rates of suicide in protestants were due to more emphasis on____________? |
| A. | Social Conesion |
| B. | Individualism |
| C. | Economic problem |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Economic problem | |
| 1034. |
When a person uses more than one substance to maintain his dependence is called_____________? |
| A. | mono abuse |
| B. | poly drug abuse |
| C. | multi use |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. multi use | |
| 1035. |
According to Readers Digest Dictionary the one which causes euphoria in the taker and pre-disposes hint to addiction is______________? |
| A. | medicine |
| B. | Drug |
| C. | Cure |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Cure | |
| 1036. |
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 | |
| 1037. |
Society cannot be studied in the same way as the natural world because_____________? |
| A. | human behavior is meaningful and varies between individuals and cultures |
| B. | it is difficult for sociologists to gain access to a research laboratory |
| C. | sociologists are not rational or critical enough in their approach |
| D. | we cannot collect empirical data about social life |
| Answer» B. it is difficult for sociologists to gain access to a research laboratory | |
| 1038. |
In his study of suicide Emile Durkheim was primarily concerned with_______________? |
| A. | suicide rates and how they varied from county to country |
| B. | personalities of individual suicide victims |
| C. | means people used to take their own lives |
| D. | effects of suicide on the families of victims |
| Answer» B. personalities of individual suicide victims | |
| 1039. |
Sociology can be considered a social science because________________? |
| A. | its theories are logical explicit and supported by empirical evidence |
| B. | sociologists collect data in a relatively objective and systematic way |
| C. | ideas and research findings are scrutinized by other sociologists |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» C. ideas and research findings are scrutinized by other sociologists | |
| 1040. |
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 | |
| 1041. |
Which of the following is not recognized as a level of society ? |
| A. | the household |
| B. | the office |
| C. | the global village |
| D. | the nation states |
| Answer» B. the office | |
| 1042. |
Comets final stage was______________? |
| A. | Scientific Stage |
| B. | Theological stage |
| C. | Metaphysical Stage |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Theological stage | |
| 1043. |
Social norms are_____________? |
| A. | creative activities such as gardening cookery and craftwork |
| B. | the symbolic representation of social groups in the mass media |
| C. | religious beliefs about how the world ought to be |
| D. | rules and expectation about interaction that regulate social life |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1044. |
What major contribution did W.E.B DuBois make to sociology ? |
| A. | He developed a theoretical understanding of racial inequality |
| B. | He conducted research on the upper classes of Philadelphia |
| C. | He chaired the first Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. He conducted research on the upper classes of Philadelphia | |
| 1045. |
Students at Bailey University staged a sit-in to protest the University’s decision to cancel its longstanding policy of exempting graduating seniors from final exams Which strongest framework for analyzing this situation? |
| A. | Interactionist because the University and the students didn’t share the same understanding about final exams |
| B. | Conflict, because this is an example of a power struggle between two groups with conflicting ideas an interest |
| C. | Functionalist because teaching college students to protest is a manifest function of education |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. Functionalist because teaching college students to protest is a manifest function of education | |
| 1046. |
Those aspects of social life that have to do with order, stability and social organization that allow societies and groups to hold together and endure are called______________? |
| A. | social statics |
| B. | social dynamics |
| C. | social absolutes |
| D. | constructed reality |
| Answer» B. social dynamics | |
| 1047. |
Weber,s view that sociologists must not allow their personal biases to affect the conduct of their research is called______________? |
| A. | verstehen |
| B. | dialectical materialism |
| C. | social facts |
| D. | value-free sociology |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1048. |
The term sociology was coined by________________? |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | August Comte |
| C. | Emile Durkheim |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Emile Durkheim | |
| 1049. |
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 | |
| 1050. |
Sociology emerged in________________? |
| A. | Mid seventeenth Century |
| B. | In Eighteenth Century |
| C. | In early 19th Century |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |