miscellaneous MCQs – Page 32

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

miscellaneous Mcqs
621. Demand and supply are________________?
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A. causes of inflation

B. market forces

C. key economic indicators

D. thesis and antithesis

622. The factory system_________________?
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A. was introduced when it became convenient to house both workers and machinery under one roof

B. gave more power to the employers called entrepreneurs

C. was an American invention popularized through cultural diffusion

D. resulted from BOTH the convenience of housing workers and equipment together and gave more power to the entrepreneurs
623. The following people enjoy both status and wealth in our society______________?
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A. physicians

B. professors

C. ministers

D. research scientists

624. The greatest problem with capital punishment is that________________?
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A. it is a cruel way to end someones life

B. sometimes an innocent person is put to death

C. only God has the right to kill

D. many witnesses lie

625. Death rates are highest in_______________?
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A. Turkey

B. Britain

C. Thailand

D. tropical African
626. In economic terms incomes are distributed according to________________?
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A. whom one knows

B. a persons marginal productivity

C. innate talent

D. which skills one has

627. The civil rights movement in the United States was a_________________?
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A. change resistant movement

B. nationalistic movement

C. reform movement

D. ethical movement

628. The difficulty with fighting terrorism is that_________________?
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A. terrorists have differing goals

B. all of the above

C. terrorists have no single ideology

D. terrorism is a transnational problem

629. Ethnic groups are based on_________________?
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A. eye shape

B. genes

C. common customs and /or identities

D. skin color

630. When old rules and laws are ignored, and rebellious crowds set up new rules of behavior social scientists call this situation________________?
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A. convergence

B. coup d,etat

C. collective behavior

D. revolution
631. Rates of poverty tend to be highest among_______________?
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A. Female headed households

B. all of the above

C. minorities

D. children

632. What percentage of the earths people live in high-income areas ?
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A. 15%

B. 45%

C. 3%

D. 50%

633. The Black movement to the urban North from the rural South was similar to______________?
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A. the arrival of the Cuban middle class after Castro

B. moves of professionals from New York to Los Angeles

C. immigration from Europe

D. the experience of the American Indians

634. Collective behavior is often precipitated by__________________?
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A. anomaly

B. rapid social change

C. fear of the future

D. deviant behavior

635. When confronted with evidence contrary to their beliefs prejudiced persons will______________?
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A. refuse to change the original judgment in spite of evidence to the contrary

B. apologize to the victim of their prejudice

C. suspend judgment until more evidence is found

D. change their judgment to conform to new evidence

636. The government can curb excessive aggregate demand(inflation)by_________________?
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A. decreasing taxes on consumers

B. decreasing taxes on firms

C. none of the above

D. increasing spending

637. Population began to increase steadily________________?
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A. with improvements in agriculture technology and medicine

B. in the 17th century when agriculture technology and medicine

C. by around the middle of the 18th century

D. in the Bronze Age

638. Billy Graham,s religious revival meetings are an example of_________________?
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A. social movements

B. spiritual awakening

C. expressive crowds

D. people, s fear of the unknown

639. The categories used by researchers to pigeonhole people into social classes__________________?
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A. reflect the common -sense self-ratings of individuals

B. adequately reflect the complexity of the American class system

C. indicate that there are two classes the working class and the middle class

D. tend to be arbitrary and artificial
640. What were guilds ?
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A. A type of money used in the Middle Ages

B. Organizations dating back to the 10th century

C. Only b and c

D. Kinds of labor unions