miscellaneous MCQs – Page 28

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

miscellaneous Mcqs
541. Which statement is wrong regarding diplomacy? It_____________?
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A. has a long history predating the creation of the nation state?

B. is a recent addition to international relations?

C. and diplomats have been quite radically altered in recent years

D. has little to do with the failure to solve basic problems among nations

542. The loss of entire categories of jobs without the creation of new occupations would be_______________?
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A. intragenerational mobility

B. structural mobility of a negative sort

C. horizontal mobility

D. status ambiguity

543. The circular nature of the economic process occurs from_________________?
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A. household to firm to consumer and back again

B. firm to consumer

C. government to consumer

D. firm to firm

544. It is fairly certain that male and female brains________________?
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A. are functionally identical

B. differ in size weight and capacity

C. distribute sensory functions differently

D. differ in left-right communication
545. Approximately how many people inhabit the earth ?
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A. 12 billion

B. 6 billion

C. 50 billion

D. 1.2 billion

546. Which is false ?
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A. more men than women live alone

B. only a small percentage of the 65- to 74- year olds live in nursing homes

C. older workers perform as well as younger workers

D. more elderly men than women are married

547. The Industrial Revolution began with_________________?
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A. the founding of Sony in Japan

B. the overthrow of the British

C. the invention of a few basic machines

D. the proletariat in Russia

548. According to the U.S Census Bureau a CMSA is defined as__________________?
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A. a relatively large dense permanent settlement of heterogeneous individuals

B. any locality with a population of one million people or more

C. an ecological system

D. any locality with a downtown and suburbs

549. Most American cities have_________________?
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A. many high income taxpayers

B. a reduced tax base

C. large shopping malls

D. continual building of new industries

550. The abolitionist movement sought the abolition of_______________?
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A. slavery

B. compulsory education

C. states rights

D. alcohol consumption

551. Diplomacy today gives diplomats________________?
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A. great discretion in making policy decisions

B. limited roles as messengers

C. charge of summit conferences

D. starring roles as celebrities

552. Gentrification is the trend of__________________?
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A. city residents returning to manor houses in country

B. middle class professionals renovating old city housing and using them as

C. city dwellers learning proper manners

D. continued movement to suburbs

553. The argument that in some situations the government had to prime the pump was advanced by________________?
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A. Karl Marx

B. John Maynard Keynes

C. Milton Friedman

D. Adam Smith

554. Which is characteristic of a strictly closed society ?
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A. Class

B. Estate

C. Strata

D. Caste
555. Which groups are hardest hit by the death of a spouse ?
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A. The more elderly widowers

B. Women who derived their identity from being someones wife

C. Women living in large cities those with small incomes and those who are fairly young

D. all of the above
556. It is true of the population of the United States that_________________?
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A. it is getting older

B. there are more women than men

C. rural and sunbelt areas attract only the young

D. it is BOTH older and more female
557. Membership in specific racial ethnic and religious groupings is________________?
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A. a variable of the stratification system

B. a biological rather than a social product

C. the cross every individual must bear

D. characteristic only of industrial societies

558. One of the side effects of advertising is that it________________?
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A. creates artificial demands

B. none of the above

C. helps the wealthy get richer

D. supplies the real needs of people

559. Which society lacks social classes totally ?
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A. none of the above

B. The Soviet Union

C. China

D. The United States

560. Life expectancy is____________________?
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A. lower for the middle class

B. lower for the upper-middle class

C. about the same across social classes

D. lower for the lower classes