miscellaneous MCQs – Page 27

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

miscellaneous Mcqs
521. Which are the dimensions of stratification ?
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A. Family background attractiveness wealth

B. Talent service goodness

C. Caste estate feudalism

D. Class status and power
522. Which statement appears to be most correct__________________?
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A. in a marriage spousal role are egalitarian

B. gender roles have been reversed

C. sex roles are blurred

D. housekeeping and childcare are still considered womens work
523. Foreign policy decisions may be categorized into those that are________________?
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A. general

B. all of the above

C. administrative

D. crisis

524. In recent years there was an awakening of ethnic identity among the following groups__________________?
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A. all of the above

B. Native Americans

C. Hispanics

D. African Americans

525. The relationship between population and income is___________________?
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A. the birth rate rises because of an increase in education

B. working women have more children

C. an increase in income produces a decline in fertility

D. the rise in income and population results in a decrease of urbanization

526. A problem with laissez-faire economic policy is that there is___________________?
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A. no flexibility

B. no profit motives

C. responsiveness to demand

D. no provision for public goods
527. The difference between racial minorities and ethnic minorities is_______________?
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A. ethnic minorities do not suffer from discrimination but only from prejudice

B. in the size of each group

C. racial minorities have been here longer than ethnic minorities

D. racial minorities differ biologically ethnic minorities differ culturally from the dominant group
528. Zero population growth_________________?
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A. means that no more children are born

B. is actively pursued by many of the underdeveloped nations

C. indicates that the fertility rate has dropped below the replacement level

D. must be achieved by all nations by the year 2005

529. Second- and third-generation immigrants failed to melt in the melting pot because of_______________?
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A. language differences

B. residence stability

C. skin color

D. religion
530. Which is NOT a form of collective behavior ?
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A. Panic

B. Dining out with a friend

C. Rumors

D. Fashions

531. Members of the New Class occupy which of the following occupations_________________?
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A. MBAs staring their own firms

B. Out of work middle managers

C. journalists academics media commentators

D. Computer programmers

532. Racism is based on the belief (s) that_________________?
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A. groups inherit certain traits that are inferior

B. minority groups should not have access to wealth and power

C. the dominant majority is the fittest from a Darwinian point of view

D. all of the above
533. The failure of the League of Nation______________?
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A. occurred after President Wilson,s stroke

B. was due to Marxism-Leninism

C. illustrated that national interest is more important than collective security or moral opposition to aggression

D. was due to the Republican Senate,s opposition

534. A countertrend observable since the 1950s is___________________?
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A. urban residents providing their own food supply by planting gardens

B. rural areas became very depopulated

C. a great increase in population in the cities

D. urban decentralization
535. The hormone associated with male traits and aggression is_______________?
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A. Premarin

B. progesterone

C. estrogen

D. testosterone
536. Scientists agree that________________?
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A. there are three races

B. there are fifty two races

C. there are no races

D. all of humankind is descended from the same common stock
537. Adequate growth of the economy refers to the goals of__________________?
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A. maintaining current standards of living in spite of increasing population

B. approximately 4% growth rate per year

C. all of the above

D. increasing GNP per capita

538. Change may be experienced on three levels__________________?
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A. planning reform revolution

B. personal impersonal social

C. micro middle and macro

D. invention discovery exploration

539. Which of the following is an example of a sociological theory of deviant behavior ?
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A. Freud,s theory that anatomy is destiny

B. Cooley,s theory of original sin

C. None of the above

D. Mead,s theory of inherited criminality

540. Land labor capital and entrepreneurship ?
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A. create a balance between humans and their environment

B. must be used separately to produce goods and service

C. have no function in the production of goods and service

D. must be combined in the production of goods and service