miscellaneous Mcqs
201. Redemptive movements include________________?
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A. the civil rights movement

B. fundamentalist Christianity

C. the antinuclear movement

D. the womens liberation movement

202. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an upwardly mobile individual ?
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A. Marries later and limits family to no more than two children

B. Urban resident

C. Comes from a large family of several brothers and sisters

D. More educated than parents

203. sociocultural change means that______________?
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A. social change is really separate from cultural change

B. the concept is a contradiction in terms

C. cultural change has nothing to do with social change

D. social and cultural change are interrelated
204. Durkheim,s approach to religion involved the opposed concepts of_________________?
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A. children of light and children of darkness

B. sacred and profane

C. natural and supernatural

D. good and evil

205. The technological revolution that led to the control of food production is called the_______________?
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A. Agricultural revolution

B. Paleolithic revolution

C. Industrial revolution

D. Cultural revolution

206. The mechanisms of upward mobility of minorities did NOT include?
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A. development of a middle class

B. geographic concentration

C. internal economic development and specialization

D. a social caste system
207. People who are suddenly thrust in a situation for which they know no precedent are vulnerable to_______________?
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A. collective behavior

B. social behavior

C. normative behavior

D. criminal behavior

208. Social movements are forms of collective behavior that have____________________?
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A. no particular program of action

B. no specific ideology

C. an insignificant number of persons involved

D. a sense of solidarity
209. Which statement is an example of stereotyping ?
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A. Judge each individual on his own merits

B. Talent is not the exclusive property of any ethnic group

C. All blacks are good basketball players

D. There are good and bad among all ethnic or racial groups

210. Islam was established_________________?
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A. around the time of the apostle Paul

B. well after the founding of either Judaism or Christianity

C. about the time of Moses

D. 400 years before the birth of Jesus Christ

212. The participants in a market include_____________?
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A. governments

B. firms

C. households

D. all of the above
213. Structural functionalism is the intellectual descendent of________________?
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A. Social Darwinism

B. Marxism

C. Classical conservatism

D. Classical liberalism

214. The differences in behavior between men and women______________?
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A. are due strictly to biology

B. are due strictly to culture

C. are due both to biology and culture

D. are the product of totalitarian governments?

215. Which is NOT a theory of socialization into gender roles ?
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A. social learning theory

B. identification theory

C. string theory

D. cognitive development theory

216. The term minority may be defined as______________?
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A. any group in society that is socially dominated by another group through discrimination because of race culture religion or sex

B. a small group of people living within a large nation

C. a group of people who possess the same access to prestige privilege and power but who differ in looks

D. any small group in society which is disliked and abused

218. Which statement is false regarding prejudice ?
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A. it is almost never found in persons with an authoritarian personality type

B. It may reflect the norms of the community

C. It may be culture-conditioned or character -conditioned

D. Its source may be the personality of a specific person

219. Religions__________________?
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A. link the human and divine orders

B. all of the above

C. reinforce societys nation of good and evil

D. provide a special feeling of belonging and power

221. Human races reflect_______________?
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A. primarily differences in language

B. pure stock

C. differences in intelligence

D. mixtures of several populations
222. Among the changes in the family institution which is false ?
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A. marriage rates have declined

B. there has been an increase in voluntary childlessness

C. the birthrate has greatly declined

D. families have gotten larger
223. Prejudice persists because it________________?
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A. is learned in school

B. is based on rational though

C. causes guilt feelings and most people need a scapegoat

D. is emotionally satisfying
224. The Industrial Revolution______________?
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A. none of the above

B. began in England in the 1800s

C. caused few sociocultural changes

D. is already finished

225. In countries such as Iran and Iraq the Moslem religion is a(n)_______________?
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A. sect

B. denomination

C. ecclesia or universal church

D. cult

226. The purpose of separating management from ownership is to________________?
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A. shield the board of directors from any and all responsibility

B. secure the highest possible salaries for managers

C. shield absentee owners from any and all responsibility

D. ensure that the long-term interests of the corporation outweigh short-term gains
227. The low birthrate in the United States is related to_______________?
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A. increase of women in work force

B. increased drug use

C. able nutrition

D. none of the above

228. Kinsey maintained that______________?
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A. people should have sex-change operations if they felt they were the wrong sex

B. sexuality exists on a continuum

C. bisexuals lack specific hormones

D. one is either a heterosexual or a homosexual

229. According to the cognitive development theory children learn gender roles according to____________?
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A. instinct

B. attempt to elicit parental approval

C. which stage of cognitive development they have reached

D. biology

230. The anthropologist George Murdock believes that the family _____________________?
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A. was the last institution to develop

B. has functions fundamental to human life

C. is found only in some human societies

D. is harmful and leads to schizophrenia

231. It is true of divorce rates that_______________?
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A. they have stabilized at 3.6 per 1000 marriages

B. all of the above are true

C. they are highest in the Untied States

D. they increased dramatically with industrialization

232. The ultimate effect of stratification systems is to________________?
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A. create inequality

B. fulfill the laws of nature

C. help people decide whom they should marry

D. provide a work force for society

233. Industrialization was accompanied by_______________?
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A. creation of a middle class

B. continued accumulation and reinvestment of capital

C. All of the above

D. dehumanization and commodification of labor

234. To use up the final products of production is to_______________?
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A. appropriate

B. allocate

C. distribute

D. consume
235. In the U.S the military is________________?
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A. subordinate to the government

B. the basis of legitimate government

C. a provision of government

D. synonymous with government

236. Which statement is FALSE ?
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A. People rank themselves according to wealth prestige and power

B. In simple societies social differences among individuals are nonexistent

C. Slavery serfdom and caste are all instances of inequalities that are social in nature

D. Stratification occurs in every society that has produced a surplus

239. Even in a democracy the state can________________?
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A. deprive people of their lives

B. size property

C. all of the above

D. imprison persons
240. Property is defined in terms of rights of_________________?
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A. consumption

B. production

C. distribution

D. Ownership
241. Corporations wield power through_____________?
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A. All of the above

B. PACs

C. interlocking directorates

D. investment portfolios

244. An accountant is part of which sector ?
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A. Quaternary

B. secondary

C. primary

D. Tertiary
245. The elderly are a minority because them________________?
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A. are a small percentage of the population?

B. cannot defend themselves

C. are physically weak

D. lack power
246. Ideologies_______________?
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A. do not underlie all political movements

B. underlie only revolutionary movements

C. underlie all social movements

D. underlie only political movements

248. The difference between government and state is that________________?
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A. government is a process that includes the people who exercise political power

B. the state is an abstract symbol of the political institution

C. government is symbol state is the process

D. government is a process and the state is an abstract symbol
249. Meads work in New Guinea indicated that__________________?
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A. men are men and women are women everywhere

B. biology totally controls social role behavior

C. all tribes in her study stressed male aggression and hostility

D. sex role behavior is conditioned differently in different cultures
250. Reproduction outside the family__________________?
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A. has not been positively sanctioned in any society

B. is considered a sin by all religions of the world

C. cannot occur

D. reflects the norms and values of Pakistan society