sociology MCQs – Page 26

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
501. Post-modernist writers have argued that____________?
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A. we live in a world of superficial fragmented images

B. no theory is better than any other anything goes

C. all of the above

D. society has changed, and we need new kinds of theory

502. Which approach to audience studies emphasizes the ways in which different audiences use the media to meet their needs ?
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A. interpretative model

B. reception theory

C. gratification model

D. hypodermic model

503. Extreme poverty is often defined as living on less than US$1 per day how has extreme poverty changed between 1981 and 2004 ?
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A. rose from 1.5 billion people to 3 billion

B. stayed the same around 1.5 billion people

C. rose from 1.5 billion people to 2.5 billion

D. fell form 1.5 billion people to 1 billion
504. Which of the following is a true statement ?
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A. Human beings have existed on earth for about half million years

B. agriculture is only around twelve thousand years old

C. all of the above

D. civilizations date back around six thousand years

505. In less developed countries this percentage is far less It is_____________?
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A. 7.7%

B. 6.50%

C. None of these

D. 10%

506. In Primitive societies everyone performed similar tasks and so their was a__________________?
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A. Organic solidarity

B. Mechanical solidarity

C. both a & b

D. None of these

507. To compliment your professor for delivering a particularly inspiring lecture would be to comment on his/her ?
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A. ascribed status

B. role modelling

C. status conception

D. role performance
508. A Hispanic woman and a Jewish man working together as computer programmers for an electronics from overcome their initial prejudices and come to appreciate each other,s strengths and talents This is an example of____________?
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A. reverse discrimination

B. amalgamation

C. the contact hypothesis

D. a self-fulfilling prophecy

509. Which of the following was not identified as a defining feature of culture ?
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A. Culture is learned

B. Culture is shared

C. Culture is transmitted

D. Culture is cumulative

E. Culture is symbolic
510. Non-material culture consists of______________?
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A. Books and written material

B. tools and domestic items

C. None of these

D. Customs and beliefs ideas
511. The global dominance of American film exports raises s about_____________?
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A. cultural imperialism

B. the US is not the largest global exporter of films

C. virtual communities

D. rise of digital media

512. The distinction between elements of material and nonmaterial culture was made by sociologist ?
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A. Margaret Mead

B. William F. Ogburn

C. George Murdock

D. Max Weber

513. Formulating the hypothesis is the _____________ step in the scientific method?
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A. fourth

B. first

C. second

D. third
514. In a sense xenocentrism is a reverse form of_________________?
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A. ethnocentrism

B. cultural relativism

C. culture shock

D. cultural integration

515. Which of the following was not a key development leading to the birth of sociology ?
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A. The rapid expansion of colonialism

B. Globalization

C. The Industrial Revolution

D. Enlightenment thinkers/philosophers

E. Renaissance thinkers/philosophers

516. Karl Marx held that a social movement-the revolt of the proletariat -would help workers overcome feelings of_______________?
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A. surplus value

B. false consciousness

C. socialist consciousness

D. class consciousness

517. Snowballing is an example of_______________?
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A. cluster sampling

B. non-probability sampling

C. using the Christmas vacation constructively

D. probability sampling

518. Human behavior is guided by expectations held both by the individual and by other people is the basic notion of_____________?
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A. conflict theory

B. Structural functionalism

C. role theory

D. None of these

519. The four ideal types of social action that Weber identified were as follows instrumentally-rational value-rational traditional and____________?
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A. infected

B. effective

C. affective

D. affectual
520. Which of these is most closely associated with Marx,s thinking ?
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A. social facts

B. consensus

C. conflict

D. integration