miscellaneous MCQs – Page 26

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

miscellaneous Mcqs
501. Reform movements_________________?
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A. aim to change the entire society

B. may be progressive or reactionary

C. substitute one ruling class for another

D. are more successful in authoritarian than in democratic societies

502. Among the causes of violence the most probable is/are___________________?
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A. a street ethic that requires young men to commit murder to prove their manhood

B. violence presented as entertainment by the media

C. poverty drugs and hopelessness

D. a shocking decline in moral standards

503. Stratification occurs societies that have a____________?
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A. capitalistic system

B. equality

C. surplus

D. shortage of everything

504. Resources are defined as______________?
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A. everything found in the ground

B. everything that is made by people

C. none of the above

D. everything needed for the production of goods and services including human energy
505. When the supply and demand curves intersect the final lasting price is achieved This is called_____________?
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A. clearance price

B. equilibrium price

C. pressure price

D. a buyers market

506. The transition from rural living to city living occurred because_______________?
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A. there was less need for farm workers as agriculture became mechanized

B. factories were concentrated in cities

C. social change dictated a new fad urban living

D. of BOTH a decrease in the need for farm workers and the fact that factories were located in cities
507. Royal Dutch Shell Oil Co has branches in Holland Britain the United States and France This kind of corporation is called__________________?
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A. closed

B. multinational

C. monopolistic

D. restricted

508. Psychologists researching the causes of prejudice have found that_______________?
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A. it may have an evolutionary origin

B. it is caused by anger

C. all of the above

D. it is directed at a target from a different group

509. CEO stands for_______________?
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A. Caribbean Entrepreneurs Office

B. chief executive officer

C. capital employment outlay

D. clear everybody out

510. In stratified societies categories of people are ranked by________________?
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A. none of the above

B. food is hoarded by a few

C. food is shared by all

D. hunting lacks prestige

511. Classification of human races is_____________________?
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A. restricted to skin color

B. clear-cut

C. done according to physical appearance

D. vague because of overlap of traits
512. In most societies male dominance is evident through ?
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A. the small number of legislators who are women

B. the sexual harassment situations in the military and other work places

C. the differences is pay for the same job

D. all of the above
513. Premeditated politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents is the definition of_________________?
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A. revolution

B. coups d,etat

C. terrorism

D. social movements

514. Social scientists are interested in collective behavior because it is________________?
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A. not tied to social factors

B. so predictable

C. reflective of purely animal behavior

D. often the basis of important social change
515. Ageism asserts that___________________?
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A. wisdom accompanies advancing age

B. life begins forty

C. each stage of life has its own rewards

D. the young are superior to the old
516. When one culture borrows traits from another culture the borrowing culture tends to be________________?
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A. selective in borrowing

B. nonselective in borrowing

C. gullible and impressionable

D. grateful

517. Craft unions differed from industrial unions in that they______________?
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A. Welcomed minorities

B. Were horizontally organized

C. Were socialist

D. All of the above

518. Women first assumed subordinate roles when they_________________?
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A. stayed home when men hunted

B. left home to gather food

C. ceased to gather the majority of the food supply

D. assumed primary child-care responsibilities

519. Suburban growth was based on___________________?
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A. expensive suburban property

B. movement of factories out of the cities

C. wartime industrial expansions

D. the development of automobile travel
520. It has been found that disengagement is usually________________?
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A. often forced

B. very voluntary

C. never forced

D. rarely enforced