sociology MCQs – Page 17

Practise multiple-choice questions from sociology for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

sociology Mcqs

321. Durkheim introduced the ideas of Anomic which means________________?
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A. Solidarity

B. None of theses

C. Enemy

D. Chaos

322. Which of the following statements about norms is correct ?
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A. In some instances, behavior that appears to violate societys norms may actually represent adherence to the norms of a particular group

B. Norms are violated in some instances because one norm conflicts with another

C. People do not follow norms in all situations in some cases they evade a norm because they know it is weakly enforced

D. all of the above

323. Weber said that all knowledge is value-relevant because_____________?
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A. theorists interpret the world in terms of their own values

B. attempts to provide knowledge about the world are always valuable

C. sociologists like to put a value on different theories

D. knowledge refers to people and their values

324. Which sociological perspective would note that poor and rural sections of the United States tend to be underserved because medical service concentrate where people are numerous or wealthy ?
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A. conflict perspective

B. functionalist perspective

C. neo-Malthusian view

D. interactionist perspective

325. The use of terms such as flaming and chat rooms by the subculture of early Internet users is an example of____________?
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A. argot

B. equilibrium

C. virtual reality

D. charisma

326. Which sociological perspective would be especially interested in studying how people communicate with each other and develop relationships through MUDS (multi -user domains) and electronic chat rooms ?
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A. conflict perspective

B. functionalist perspective

C. interactionist perspective

D. labeling theory

327. According to sociologists Canadian culture has been shaped by_____________?
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A. political incompetence

B. sports

C. immigration

D. an intricate and diverse set of circumstances

E. our Aboriginal history

328. What is the main consequence of well-defined ethnic existing within established nations states ?
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A. separate institutions

B. a cultural melting Pot

C. multiculturalism

D. nations without states

329. According to Durkheim stronger social ties and religious affiliation______________?
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A. None of these

B. Decrease them

C. Increase the suicide rates

D. Have no effect upon them

330. When was the World Wide Web invented at a Swiss physics laboratory ?
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A. 1990

B. 1985

C. 1980

D. 1995

331. Who famously stated the medium is the message_______________?
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A. Karl Marx

B. Manuel Castells

C. Marshall McLuhan

D. Howard Rheingold

332. The Frankfurt School built upon the work of Marx but the importance of which of the following did its members argue that he under emphasized ?
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A. globalization

B. culture

C. work

D. economics

333. Which of the following is not a characteristic of ideology according to the critical conception of ideology ?
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A. distorting

B. misleading

C. neutral

D. illusory

334. Which sociological perspective views race from the macro level and sees the economic structure as a central factor in the exploitation of minority groups ?
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A. conflict perspective

B. functionalist perspective

C. interactionist perspective

D. labelling theory

335. Place the three largest producers of films globally in order______________?
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A. India China USA

B. India Nigeria USA

C. India USA Nigeria

D. USA India Nigeria

336. Which one of the following statements in not a key charge of postcolonial critiques against mainstream sociology ?
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A. the sociological gaze is Eurocentric failing to incorporate the experience of formerly colonized societies

B. sociology has described Western societies as developed or modem in opposition to the notion of non-Western societies as pre-modern traditional inferiors

C. standard accounts of the origins of sociology focus on the industrial and French revolutions giving no weight to the significance of colonialism in shaping modern societies

D. the sociological imagination has always encouraged and enabled the voices of people across the world to be heard in sociological theorizing

337. The patterned and recurrent aspects of life that appear in all known societies are called_____________?
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A. requisite societal composition

B. cultural universals

C. cultural relativism

D. ethnocentrism

338. Dignity personal integrity and inviolability of body and mind are all examples of_____________?
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A. constitutional law

B. cultural givens

C. adaptive mechanisms

D. cultural relativism

E. human rights