sociology MCQs – Page 2

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

21. Which of the followings are included in primary goals of a social science _______?
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A. Generalization

B. Experimentation

C. All of these

D. Prediction

22. Civil society includes______________?
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A. Masses

B. Voluntary civic and social organizations

C. None of these

D. State institutions

23. In Which year did the urban areas of the world become more populous than rural areas ?
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A. 1950

B. 2007

C. 1999

D. 1975

24. In Pakistan civil society is in developmental stages and ye has little influence in the_____________?
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A. Policy making

B. Social issues

C. Political affairs

D. None of these

25. The root cause of destabilized political structure in Pakistan is_____________?
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A. Feudal system

B. Military interventions

C. Industrialists

D. None of these

26. What is defined as the cultural practices and outlooks of a given community of people that set them apart from others ?
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A. identity

B. racism

C. ethnicity

D. stereotyping

27. Cultural restructuring has involved________________?
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A. turning industrial landscapes into tourist attractions

B. regenerating cities in economic decline

C. all of the above

D. selling sites and images through the symbolic economy of media advertising

28. Wirth (1938) said that social relationships in the urban way of life were segmental because______________?
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A. they were based on face to face interaction with close friends and family

B. they were confined to particular areas of the city

C. people knew each other only through specific situational roles and not as whole rounded individuals

D. there were distinctive patterns of activity for each social class

29. Which regions of the world currently have the highest and lowest proportions respectively of population living in cities ?
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A. Highest Asia Lowest Africa

B. Highest Europe Lowest Africa

C. Highest Europe Lowest Oceania

D. Highest North America Lowest Africa

30. The decentralized city can be identified by______________?
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A. the degendering of public space as women use local facilities more

B. gentrification the movement of middle-class people back into the inner city

C. all of the above

D. the shift of employment and service away from the inner city towards multiple centers in smaller towns and rural areas

31. The most dramatic population trend in the United States throughout the twentieth century has been_______________?
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A. the move to the old homestead in rural areas

B. the move to the sunbelt

C. suburbanization

D. urbanization

32. British rule restricted the autonomy of Baradaris and in turn gave____________?
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A. Corporate structures

B. Formal institutions

C. Both A and B

D. None of these

33. According to Herbert Gans residents who remain in the city to take advantage of the unique cultural and intellectual benefits of the city are called_____________?
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A. urban villagers

B. the trapped

C. cosmopolites

D. ethnic villagers

34. The collective value of all social networks (who people know) and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other (the norms of reciprocity) is called ____________ ??
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A. Social Capital

B. Social bond

C. Social cohesion

D. None of these

35. Which of these statements is correct ?
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A. correlations are one-way causal relationships

B. correlations always lead to causal explanations

C. causation cannot be inferred directly from correlation

D. causes and correlations are essentially the same

36. Which of the following shape our ideas more than the other __________ ?
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A. Hereditary traits

B. Social groups interaction

C. Both a & b

D. None of these

37. Th market model of state welfare is based on the principle of_____________?
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A. recommodifying social welfare through state provision

B. a universalist system of welfare for all regardless of income

C. regular benefit payments to men as earners of the family wage

D. individuals buying welfare privately with some means-tested benefits

38. Which of the following did the pst-war welfare state of 1948 not aim to provide ?
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A. full employment

B. a minimum wage

C. free health care and education for all

D. universal welfare

39. Social Location is the group membership that people have because of their __________ ?
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A. Status in society

B. None of these

C. Location in a town

D. Location in history and society

40. What is gentrification ?
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A. a policy aimed at renovating inner-city council housing stock

B. renovation of run-down city neighborhoods to attract high income groups

C. the movement of the middle classes into suburban areas

D. building shopping centers in cities to create employment

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