miscellaneous MCQs – Page 2

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

miscellaneous Mcqs
21. Nation states emerged in Europe in the historical period of______________?
comments icon0
A. the Renaissance

B. the Protestant Reformation

C. the Hundred Years War

D. the Middle Ages

22. The family-and particularly marriage-binds its members through_______________?
comments icon0

A. interfaith competition

B. educational functions

C. class conflict

D. legal and economic bonds
23. The most fundamental function of the family is_________________?
comments icon0

A. keeping members sheltered

B. ensuring the reproduction of the species

C. feeding its members

D. providing sex education

24. Foreign aid________________?
comments icon0
A. has been used as an instrument of foreign policy by the U.S

B. None of the above

C. is what ultimately overthrowing communism

D. should be abolished until poverty is eliminated is our own society

25. The basic components of the state include ALL BUT WHICH of the following ?
comments icon0
A. Armed services

B. Sovereignty

C. Territory

D. Population

26. Before ecological problems can be resolved what will probably need to happen ?
comments icon0
A. Cultural values will have to change

B. It will have to become politicized

C. Acid rain will have to destroy our crops

D. The smog will have to increase

27. The percentage of people around the world who lived in cities in 2005 is approximately________________?
comments icon0

A. 20 percent

B. 49 percent

C. 50 percent

D. 80 percent

28. The Pope,s leadership of the Catholic Church is based on which kind of authority ?
comments icon0

A. Legal-rational

B. Traditional

C. Charismatic

D. Democratic

29. Religiosity refers to_______________?
comments icon0

A. a belief in heaven and hell

B. depth of religious feelings

C. whether one believes in God or gods

D. whether one participates in religious rituals

30. Birthrates________________?
comments icon0

A. generally correspond to population density

B. are low in Western Europe and Japan

C. are high in Arabia and interior African

D. are low BOTH in Western Europe and Japan and high in Arabia and Africa
31. The family into which you were born is called_________________?
comments icon0

A. the family of procreation

B. the family of origin

C. my family

D. the family of orientation
32. Birthrates remain high is the Third World because_________________?
comments icon0

A. there has been cultural lag following superimposed industrialization

B. in many cultures a man,s worth is measured by the number of his children

C. all of the above

D. contraception is either opposed or not properly practiced

33. Secularization will_______________?
comments icon0

A. finally destroy religion in the United States

B. stimulate new sects and cults to overcome the secularization process

C. be punished by God

D. promote secular humanism

34. The Protestant denomination emphasized in Max Weber,s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism was_______________?
comments icon0

A. Baptism

B. Anglicanism

C. Calvinism

D. Lutheranism

35. A 44-nation survey regrading religions found that_________________?
comments icon0

A. the English and the French are much more religious than Americans

B. Canadians are as religious as Americans

C. Americans are the least religious of these nations

D. 59 percent of Americans said that religions played an important role in their lives
36. Ideology________________?
comments icon0

A. all of the above

B. underlie all social movements

C. underlie all governments

D. explains why things are as they are

37. The Micropolitan Statistical Area consists of_______________?
comments icon0
A. one urban cluster of at lest 10,000 but less than 50.000 population

B. one city of at least 1 million population

C. a region of the country

D. one city of at least 50,000 population

38. Among the leading causes of divorce are_______________?
comments icon0

A. infidelity

B. drug and alcohol abuse

C. none of the above

D. physical abuse

39. The high divorce rate in industrial societies related to______________?
comments icon0

A. the importance of religion

B. the low status of women

C. emphasis on group goals

D. the stress on values of individualism and personal goals
40. Cults differ from sects in that______________?
comments icon0
A. all of the above

B. the have no ties to existing religious groups

C. they reject the status quo

D. they are small voluntary and exclusive