miscellaneous MCQs – Page 38

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

miscellaneous Mcqs
741. In stratified societies categories of people are ranked by______________?
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A. power

B. prestige

C. all of these

D. wealth

742. The mechanism of the market system provides for________________?
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A. the economy to function so that all participants derive some satisfaction

B. buyers and sellers not needing to know how the market works in order to act in it

C. all of the above

D. the content and flow of goods and services to take place without any fixed plan

743. Which of the following is an example of a culture trait ?
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A. the family

B. marriage

C. wedding rings

D. BOTH rings and exchanging wedding vows
744. Love of money peace and God are American ?
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A. mores

B. Norms

C. folkways

D. values
745. Martin Luther king,s status was based on his_____________?
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A. wealth

B. color

C. property

D. social influence
746. Hard money is_________________?
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A. none of the above

B. money actually tendered to campaigns

C. cash rather than checks or notes

D. money given during the campaign

747. Anger is_______________?
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A. a definite sharply defined emotion

B. an innate human response to deprivation and frustration

C. subject to manipulation

D. all of the above
748. Which economic orientations govern Western industrial societies ?
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A. Tradition

B. Command

C. Free Market

D. BOTH market and command
749. In an open or class society_________________?
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A. status is always achieved

B. status is always ascribed

C. status is both achieved and ascribed

D. status has no importance

750. A reference group is a(n) ?
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A. group of which one is member without having asked to be

B. formal or informal organization to which one belongs

C. hierarchical system in an organization

D. group to which an individual aspires to belong

751. All systems of stratification display the following characteristics except_________________?
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A. differentiation

B. institutionalization

C. segmentation

D. ranking

752. Interest groups may be defined as__________________?
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A. groups of people interested in specific legislation

B. groups of people who want to enter politics

C. coalitions of individuals with similar attitudes and interests who attempt to influence public policy

D. wealthy and civicminded people with excessive leisure time.

753. Power is_________________?
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A. widely distributed and diffused in industrial societies

B. restricted to a small elite in traditional societies

C. all of the above

D. the most important feature of stratification

754. Role conflicts tend to occur______________?
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A. because we must fulfill several demanding roles simultaneously

B. over scarce resources

C. all of the above

D. within aggregates

755. Why is the private ownership of property deemed beneficial ?
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A. It is the American way

B. Greed makes the world go around

C. keeping up with the Joneses leads to success

D. None of the above
756. Social structure refers to_________________?
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A. biological cell patterns

B. patterns of individual behavior

C. what the individual becomes in society

D. norms roles and group in a social system
757. According to George H.Mead mind is________________?
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A. the source of experience

B. the acting subject as opposed to object

C. an emergent outcome of social acts

D. none of the above
758. Which is NOT a presidential role ?
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A. Chief Justice

B. chief diplomat

C. party leader

D. commander in chief of Armed Forces

759. Max Weber intended his ideal type of bureaucracy as an_______________?
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A. idealized or exaggerated model of rational administration

B. explanation of elite domination

C. accurate description of existing bureaucracies

D. obviously false portrait of democratic administration

760. Utilitarian organizations include_____________?
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A. businesses and industries of all types

B. professional and religious organizations

C. the military prisons and mental hospitals

D. all of the above