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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.
| 351. |
When Berger & Luckman said that reality is socially constructed they meant ? |
| A. | scientists are guided in their work by social values and interests, so they define and measure phenomena that will support their theories |
| B. | people negotiate shared definitions of their situation and live according to these often forgetting that these social worlds are not fixed and externa |
| C. | sociologists decide what constitutes social reality and measure only that |
| D. | terms like reality have no deeper meaning beyond the level of discourse |
| Answer» C. sociologists decide what constitutes social reality and measure only that | |
| 352. |
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 | |
| 353. |
Division of labor is a characteristic of_______________? |
| A. | Horticulture |
| B. | Agriculture |
| C. | Industrialization |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 354. |
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 | |
| 355. |
Main types of agriculture are_______________? |
| A. | Industrial agriculture |
| B. | Subsistence agriculture |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 356. |
Subsistence Agriculture fulfils the needs of_________________? |
| A. | Agriculturist and his/her family |
| B. | The population on village level |
| C. | The larger part of population |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. The population on village level | |
| 357. |
The Maasai of Kenya is an example of_______________? |
| A. | Hunter gatherer society |
| B. | Pastoralist society |
| C. | Agrarian society |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Agrarian society | |
| 358. |
The item alien to the concept of mass is______________? |
| A. | vastness |
| B. | anonymity |
| C. | responsibility |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 359. |
The case of the former Soviet Union supports Kerr et al,s (1960) claims that___________? |
| A. | totalitarian regimes are incompatible with the requirements of advanced industrial technology |
| B. | democratic governments serve the interests of a ruling elite |
| C. | advanced industrial technology strengthens the power of totalitarian regimes |
| D. | communist societies disperse power between various political parties |
| Answer» B. democratic governments serve the interests of a ruling elite | |
| 360. |
Communism is a form of government in which _____________? |
| A. | Means of production are owned by the community |
| B. | by the capitalist |
| C. | by the representatives of proletariat |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. by the capitalist | |
| 361. |
In pre-industrial societies solidarity was maintained due to____________? |
| A. | Religion |
| B. | Sense of Community |
| C. | both a & b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 362. |
Suicide rate was higher in Protestants because they had higher emphasis on______________? |
| A. | Individualism |
| B. | solidarity |
| C. | Harmony |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. solidarity | |
| 363. |
“Perspective “means____________? |
| A. | A working set of assumptions |
| B. | an approach |
| C. | both a & b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 364. |
Evolutionary Perspective is based on the work of_______________? |
| A. | Comte and Spencer |
| B. | Marx and Weber |
| C. | All of above |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Marx and Weber | |
| 365. |
“Principles of Sociology” was written in 1876 by______________? |
| A. | August Comte |
| B. | Herbert Spencer |
| C. | Max Weber |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Max Weber | |
| 366. |
Suicide by Durkheim was published in____________? |
| A. | 1878 |
| B. | 1797 |
| C. | 1897 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 367. |
“Positive Philosophy the work of August Comte was published in______________? |
| A. | 1938 |
| B. | 1838 |
| C. | 1883 |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» C. 1883 | |
| 368. |
Characteristics of Scientific observation are____________? |
| A. | Accuracy |
| B. | Precision and objectivity |
| C. | Systematic and recorded |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 369. |
The term “Sociology” was first coined by____________? |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Max Weber |
| C. | August Comte |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 370. |
In positive philosophy Comte noted that_____________? |
| A. | Sociology should be based on speculation |
| B. | On systematic observation and classification |
| C. | On authority |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. On authority | |
| 371. |
Durkheim defined social facts as______________? |
| A. | ways of acting thinking and feeling that are collective and social in origin |
| B. | the way scientists construct knowledge in a social context |
| C. | data collected about social phenomena that are proven to be correct |
| D. | ideas and theories that have no basis in the external physical world |
| Answer» B. the way scientists construct knowledge in a social context | |
| 372. |
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. | |
| 373. |
Functionalists view social control as_______________? |
| A. | operating to favor powerful groups at the expense of others |
| B. | an indispensable functional requirement for social survival |
| C. | a source of social chaos |
| D. | both b and c |
| Answer» C. a source of social chaos | |
| 374. |
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 | |
| 375. |
Lombroso claimed that_____________? |
| A. | criminals were socialized underworld of crime |
| B. | no act is intrinsically deviant |
| C. | biological failings drove some people into crime |
| D. | women were less likely to be arrested than men |
| Answer» D. women were less likely to be arrested than men | |
| 376. |
The career mobility of married women is still greatly handicapped by_____________? |
| A. | men |
| B. | household duties |
| C. | other rival women |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. other rival women | |
| 377. |
If a particular social change promotes a harmonious equilibrium it is______________? |
| A. | None functional |
| B. | Functional |
| C. | Ineffective |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 378. |
The Main aspect of Conflict Perspective is_____________? |
| A. | Religion is a driving force in society |
| B. | Class conflict and class exploitation is prime force history |
| C. | Equilibrium drives the society |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Equilibrium drives the society | |
| 379. |
The largest single economic fact of Pakistan is______________? |
| A. | Industry |
| B. | Agriculture |
| C. | manufacturing |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. manufacturing | |
| 380. |
Pakistanis net primary enrolment is significantly below than its neighbors specially ? |
| A. | Bangladesh |
| B. | India |
| C. | Sri Lanka |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 381. |
How has the global human population grown between the Industrial Revolution of around 1750 and 2013 ? |
| A. | 771 million to 7.1 billion |
| B. | 1.65 billion to 7.1 billion |
| C. | 771 million to 8.2 billion |
| D. | 1.65 million to 8.2 billion |
| Answer» B. 1.65 billion to 7.1 billion | |
| 382. |
the level of public spending on Education has regrettably reduced from 2.6% in 1990, s to _____ in 2002-03 ? |
| A. | 1.8% |
| B. | 2% |
| C. | 1.5% |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. 2% | |
| 383. |
According to Castles and Miller which ONE of these is NOT a developing tendency in migration ? |
| A. | deceleration |
| B. | diversification |
| C. | globalization |
| D. | feminization |
| Answer» B. diversification | |
| 384. |
Women of which ethnic group are least likely to have a white partner ? |
| A. | India |
| B. | Pakistan |
| C. | Bangladeshi |
| D. | Chinese |
| Answer» D. Chinese | |
| 385. |
What is the approach to ethnic integration which requires immigrants to adopt the culture and values of the majority called ? |
| A. | assimilation |
| B. | melting pot |
| C. | cultural pluralism |
| D. | multiculturalism |
| Answer» B. melting pot | |
| 386. |
Agriculture accounts for 25% value added and _________% of work force? |
| A. | 40% |
| B. | 305 |
| C. | 20% |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 20% | |
| 387. |
What proportion of the world’s annual wealth output is concentrated in high-income countries ? |
| A. | 15% |
| B. | 25% |
| C. | 50% |
| D. | 75% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 388. |
In which sector do two-thirds of the world’s working children perform their labor ? |
| A. | Wholesale and retail |
| B. | manufacturing |
| C. | agriculture |
| D. | services |
| Answer» D. services | |
| 389. |
Which one of these is NOT one of the newly industrializing countries ? |
| A. | Brazil |
| B. | South Korea |
| C. | Taiwan |
| D. | Hungary |
| Answer» E. | |
| 390. |
Put the GDPs of these countries in descending order ______________? |
| A. | Sweden Switzerland Norway Portugal |
| B. | Sweden Norway Switzerland Portugal |
| C. | Portugal Switzerland Norway Sweden |
| D. | Switzerland Norway Portugal Sweden |
| Answer» B. Sweden Norway Switzerland Portugal | |
| 391. |
What proportion of world trade is accounted for by transnational corporations ? |
| A. | four fifths |
| B. | two thirds |
| C. | one quarter |
| D. | half |
| Answer» C. one quarter | |
| 392. |
Which of these classification terms when in use would never have been used to describe for example Ghana in Africa ? |
| A. | developing |
| B. | global South |
| C. | majority world |
| D. | second World |
| Answer» E. | |
| 393. |
In what type of society have human beings lived for the majority of the time humans have been on planet Earth ? |
| A. | agrarian societies |
| B. | pastoral societies |
| C. | hunter-gatherer societies |
| D. | industrial societies |
| Answer» D. industrial societies | |
| 394. |
which definition best describes the process of globalization ? |
| A. | capitalist companies are spreading across the planet |
| B. | we all now live in a single society |
| C. | individuals’ groups and nations are becoming more interdependent |
| D. | human beings now live on every continent of the planet |
| Answer» D. human beings now live on every continent of the planet | |
| 395. |
The potential number of children that women are capable of bearing is called____________? |
| A. | fertility |
| B. | fecundity |
| C. | femininity |
| D. | facticity |
| Answer» C. femininity | |
| 396. |
The demographic transition refers to______________? |
| A. | an increase in the birth rate |
| B. | an increase in the death rate |
| C. | an exponential growth in population |
| D. | a change in the ratio of births to deaths |
| Answer» E. | |
| 397. |
In demographic terms what is the main argument associated with Malthusianism ? |
| A. | population growth creates the conditions for the spread of disease |
| B. | all countries must pass through the demographic transition |
| C. | population growth tends to outstrip food production |
| D. | birth control is irrelevant for the control of population growth |
| Answer» D. birth control is irrelevant for the control of population growth | |
| 398. |
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 | |
| 399. |
Which theorist is most associated with world-systems theory ? |
| A. | Walt Rostow |
| B. | Immanuel Waller-stein |
| C. | Amartya Sen |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. Amartya Sen | |
| 400. |
What is the main role of the International Monetary Fund ? |
| A. | to reduce levels of global inequality |
| B. | to generate economic activity in the developing countries |
| C. | to maintain stability in the world financial system |
| D. | to provide funds for education programmed across the world |
| Answer» D. to provide funds for education programmed across the world | |