miscellaneous MCQs – Page 5

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

miscellaneous Mcqs
81. The ethnic groups among whom arranged marriages are common include______________?
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A. Indians (natives of India)

B. Muslim

C. Hasidic Jews

D. All of the above
82. Latent functions of government include_______________?
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A. the rise of administrative elites

B. war

C. health care

D. public education

83. Cohabitation_______________?
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A. among college-educated high-income groups

B. is most popular among the 24-35 age group

C. only A and B

D. among working couples

84. The teenage birthrate_______________?
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A. none of the above

B. is highest among white teenagers

C. has declined in the past several years

D. has soared in the past two years

85. Marx believed religion was used to_______________?
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A. support the exploitation of the masses

B. help people improve their lives

C. attain immortality

D. deal with reality

86. Which method of child care is best for children ?
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A. Being in a day-care center with other children of the same age

B. Spending at least 20 hours with a person other than the mother

C. Being cared for by the biological mother even if she would rather work outside the house

D. We do not really know
87. In some cultures a women a can have several husbands at one time. This custom is called____________?
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A. polyandry

B. serial marriage

C. lunacy

D. polygyny
88. Politics may be defined as_______________?
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A. the statuses and roles that enforce the law

B. the legitimate use of force within a territory

C. all of the above

D. the process by which individuals and groups acquire power
89. Social institutions________________?
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A. are ingrained patterns of behavior representing solutions to universal human needs

B. are things like banks and schools

C. all of the above

D. make up cultural components

90. suburbanization today is based on__________________?
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A. the grass being greener in the suburbs

B. skin color only

C. social class

D. homogeneous families

91. In developing nations cities are growing along with rural areas because_______________?
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A. all of the above

B. of high birth rates

C. cultural values encourage large families

D. of lower death rates

92. Liberation theory is______________?
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A. another name for atheism

B. a fusion of Christianity and Marxism

C. a doctrine of personal transcendence

D. a branch of Roman Catholicism

93. A ghetto tends to contain________________?
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A. residents who make up an economic underclass

B. a concentration of one racial group in an area

C. all of the above

D. slums

94. The stages of the demographic transition model are_________________?
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A. low death rates high birthrates

B. high births high death rates

C. low birth rates low death rates

D. all of the above
95. Child abuse___________________?
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A. only A B and C

B. refers to a wide range of maltreatment

C. includes physical and emotional neglect

D. has a victimization rate of 12.3 per 1,000 children

96. The reality that lies beyond human perception is called__________________?
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A. transient reality

B. transpersonal reality

C. transcendent reality

D. paranormal reality

97. A lake is polluted The fish in it die The algae make unpleasant odors It may be said that__________________?
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A. all of the above

B. the ecosystem is disturbed

C. biological capital is lost

D. the environment is degraded

98. Female-headed families have_______________?
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A. increased in number since 1970

B. all of the above

C. generally a lower income than two-parent families

D. greater emotional stress in dealing with children

99. Since state and nation are not the same thing the preferred term for individual political entities is_______________?
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A. territories

B. principalities

C. nation-sates or national states

D. dominions

100. Which two factors have engendered problems that threaten the environment ?
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A. agriculture and horticulture

B. overpopulation and urban life

C. fishing and mining

D. low population growth and low density