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miscellaneous MCQs

Practise focused miscellaneous questions with marked answers for exam preparation and subject revision.

miscellaneous Mcqs
1. In essence people need government because________________?
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A. they live in groups and need a degree of order

B. of their competitive nature

C. they have not reached a sufficient amount of civilization to exist without it

D. brute force is not sufficient keep them in line

2. In order for power to be legitimate a government must have_____________?
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A. a strong army

B. a charismatic leader

C. legitimate authority

D. the ability to coerce agreement

3. Durkheim,s analysis suggests that so-called primitive people__________________?
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A. invented the concept of gods

B. though they were gods

C. saw themselves as clans of animals

D. projected their human ideals and personified them as gods
4. The first years of marriage_____________?
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A. all of the above

B. offer the most satisfaction

C. require the most adjustment

D. are the most difficult

5. Religious beliefs are often contained in_______________?
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A. all of the above

B. creeds

C. articles of faith

D. doctrines

6. Which perspective assumes that the state speaks with one voice and has one policy ?
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A. globalism

B. pluralism

C. realism

D. all of the above

7. My country right or wrong is an example of_______________?
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A. a reasoned approach to detente

B. nationalism

C. an internationalist world view

D. legal-rational thinking

8. The majority of the human population lives in________________?
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A. Africa

B. New York

C. Pacific Islands

D. Eurasia
9. The urban crisis________________?
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A. is well on the way to being resolved

B. has been reduced by urban renewal

C. has been intensified by gentrification

D. is intensified by the move of the middle class to the suburbs
10. Conditions associated with long-term marriages include_________________?
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A. all of the above

B. a womens family income

C. whether the women came from an intact family

D. a womens age at marriage

11. An ecological city is___________________?
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A. the central city suburbs and satellites

B. one with a recycling enter

C. where urban planning originates

D. one containing a clean water supply for the area

12. Antarctica is occupied by several nations together because no one nations has________________?
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A. interest in its resources

B. the power to take it over

C. the desire to rule it

D. sovereignty over it
13. From the point of view of Catholicism Protestantism began as a(n)________________?
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A. charismatic movement

B. cult

C. fundamentalist movement sect

D. ecclesia

14. Which of the following nations can be trusted NOT to explode atomic bombs on the surface of the earth ?
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A. China

B. none of these

C. Russia

D. France

15. The transition from a charismatic religious leaders direct example to routine procedures and observances is called______________?
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A. institutionalization

B. denomination

C. bureaucratization

D. differentiation

16. In animism_______________?
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A. all of the above

B. animals are worshipped as gods

C. spirits are worshipped as disembodied humans

D. spirits are thought to acquire various forms

17. The processes of cultural change include______________?
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A. nationalism and patriotism

B. conformity and obedience

C. conservatism and reactionism

D. innovation and invention

18. The United States Canada Northern and Western Europe among other areas are________________?
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A. in the first stage of the demographic transition

B. in the third stage of the demographic transition

C. threatened by under population

D. still trying to curb population growth

19. Studies have found that__________________?
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A. all of the above

B. not all abused children go on to abuse their own children

C. the more severe the abuse the more extreme the later psychiatric symptoms

D. victims of child abuse become troubled adults

20. The manifest functions of government include________________?
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A. the provision of institutionalized social control

B. the enlargement of the administrative elite

C. the formation of party machines

D. the protection of the interests of the power elite