miscellaneous MCQs – Page 31

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

miscellaneous Mcqs
601. Form the dawn of history through the development of agriculture______________?
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A. men and women participated in a sex-based division of labor

B. human infants and their mothers had to protected

C. males were assigned hunting and other dangerous tasks

D. all of the above
602. Armenia Georgia and Azerbaijan are_____________________?
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A. Asian nations

B. Baltic nations

C. African nations

D. Slavic nations

603. The most recent social movements________________?
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A. are community and locality based?

B. attract the underclass rather than the working class

C. focus more on economic issues

D. none of the above
604. The crude birthrate is________________?
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A. the number of male births per 1000 people per country per year

B. an important demographic concept

C. the rate at which the elderly die in any given year

D. the rate at which infants survive past their first year

605. Firms sell their products in________________?
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A. factor markets

B. abstract markets

C. product markets

D. resource markets

606. The modern approach to studying social classes based on several dimensions of the stratification system is the______________?
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A. TES

B. SES

C. BES

D. CES

607. Crowds may engage in unpredictable behavior because_______________?
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A. they are temporary

B. individuals can remain anonymous

C. individuals are unpredictable

D. BOTH they are temporary, and individuals are anonymous
608. A condition of normlessness and separation from legitimate modes of behavior is termed___________?
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A. trauma

B. alienation

C. anomie

D. anomaly

609. The highest percentage of humans live in________________________?
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A. China

B. Russia

C. the U.S

D. India

610. The three most important nations in Asia are_______________?
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A. Japan India China

B. Hong Kong Macao Bali

C. Taiwan Indonesia Tibet

D. Singapore South Korea and Malaysia

611. Modernization means that a society becomes________________?
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A. industrial

B. agricultural

C. affluent

D. democratic

612. A modern definition of class maintains that social class is constituted by____________?
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A. categories of people set up by governments

B. people especially endowed by nature

C. the owners of the means of production

D. persons who have similar forms of power prestige or wealth
613. People who suffer from status inconsistency__________________?
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A. usually do not worry about it

B. tend to suffer more frustration and dissatisfaction than those whose status is consistent

C. willingly accept a lower status in return for social recognition

D. work hard to accumulate wealth to make up for it

614. The nation that social institutions reinforce and legitimize class division is derived from___________?
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A. Max Weber

B. Adam Smith

C. Emile Durkheim

D. Karl Marx
615. Which nation state has reached zero population growth ?
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A. Iran

B. the United States

C. Turkey

D. Zimbabwe

616. Violent crowd behavior______________?
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A. is generally random

B. is usually temporary

C. always goes against the wishes of individual members

D. has no limits in its antisocial nature?

617. Inequality has been explained as______________?
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A. being part of the law of nature

B. serving the needs of society

C. resulting from the struggle for goods and services in a society

D. all of the above
618. Liberals and conservatives agree to some extent that economic goals should include________________?
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A. adequate economic growth

B. price stability

C. all of the above

D. full employment

619. Supply-side theories claim that__________________?
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A. business cycles are caused by insufficient supply

B. an increase in aggregate supply causes output and employment to decline

C. none of the above

D. a decline in aggregate supply is responsible for economic downturns
620. Present theories of stratification__________________?
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A. answer the of what causes inequality

B. agree that inequality is an evil

C. offer ways to end inequality

D. offer two different ways of looking at inequality