miscellaneous MCQs – Page 7

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

miscellaneous Mcqs
121. The highest birthrates today are found in________________?
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A. Japan

B. Western Europe

C. highly developed nations

D. the underdeveloped nations
122. Overpopulation is a problem worldwide but only in relation to________________?
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A. political organization

B. population density

C. demography

D. poor contraception

123. Another term for nationalism might be________________?
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A. national ethnocentrism

B. racism

C. imperialism

D. colonialism

124. Social organization in the city brought ALL BUT which one of these changes ?
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A. Families became nuclear

B. The class structure became more rigid

C. Formal agencies of control multiplied

D. Primary group ties became less important

125. The oil supplies of the United States are subject to______________?
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A. constant increase

B. environmental depletion

C. price stability

D. environmental pollution

126. Urban families everywhere in the world_________________?
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A. follow the dictates of religion and culture

B. have attained zero population growth

C. voluntarily curb their fertility

D. willingly accept governmental family planning

127. Power is legitimate if_________________?
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A. it is enforced on members of society

B. a majority of societal members accept its use as right and proper

C. it is rational

D. it has been transmitted in a traditional way

128. The most important determinant of scholastic success is________________?
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A. a familys values regarding education

B. the peer group influence

C. the opinion of the neighbors

D. how well the students parents did in school

129. Political power_______________?
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A. appears only in capitalistic societies

B. is power exercised by the state through its government

C. belongs to a ruler in democratic regimes

D. characterizes all dictatorships

130. In preindustrial societies education was intended for_______________?
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A. the obviously intelligent

B. productive persons

C. a small elite

D. the masses

131. Moral control________________?
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A. is best when exerted by forces outside the individual

B. can only be exerted through the institution of religion

C. is insufficient to maintain social order in complex societies

D. dose not exist in large urban industrial societies

132. The nuclear family form is also called________________?
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A. extended

B. conjugal

C. consanguine

D. procreational

133. In Third World countries the factors that discourage birth control include________________?
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A. womens rights

B. traditional values

C. government subsidies for large families

D. low infant mortality

134. The ecosystem is__________________?
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A. a systematic application of the economy

B. the way living things interact and interrelate with each other and their environments

C. what Hobbes called the state of nature

D. the way inanimate objects are placed into the natural system

135. Legal-rational authority is characteristic of________________?
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A. urban industrial developed societies

B. homogeneous societies

C. traditional agrarian societies

D. totalitarian societies

136. Government is characterized by a(n)_______________?
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A. all of the above

B. system of norms and values

C. pattern of statuses and roles

D. system to deal with order and defense

137. A perspective that focuses on power relations between spouses is called_______________?
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A. dependency theory

B. micro conflict theory

C. resource theory

D. transactional analysis

138. Prejudice and discrimination______________?
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A. are tenets of some religions

B. have been a part of the relationships among diverse religious groups

C. have never existed toward diverse religious groups

D. none of the above

139. Zero population growth______________?
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A. is the term used when there are no births in any given year in a specific county

B. means that population stop growing because of an epidemic such as the Black Death or AIDS

C. means that the number of births equals the number of deaths in country in any given year

D. signifies that the deaths exceed the births

140. Which subject is NOT studied by demography ?
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A. Rock forming land shaping soil forming

B. Birthrates death rates sex rates

C. Human mobility

D. Age groups marriage incidence divorce frequency