sociology MCQs – Page 28

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
541. Lifespan is usually divided into seven or eight sages Adulthood legally begins at the age of____________?
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A. Eighteen

B. Seventeen

C. sixteen

D. None of these

542. Which of the following statements about values is correct ?
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A. All of the above statements are correct

B. Values of a culture may change but most remain relatively stable during any one person,s lifetime

C. Values are constantly changing sociologists view them as being very unstable

D. Values never change

543. What is cosmopolitan democracy ?
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A. democratic government at the level of the city

B. a form of world government with global citizenship

C. democratic government that is representative of a multicultural society

D. rule by the worlds educated elites

544. One of the Basic Conflicts, in conflict theory is_____________?
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A. conflict between individuals

B. conflict between countries

C. Class conflict

D. None of these

545. Which sociologist introduced the concept of culture lag ?
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A. Talcott Parsons

B. Thorstein Veblen

C. Auguste Comte

D. William F. Ogburn
546. The Scientific study of human social life is termed as______________?
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A. Sociology

B. Anthropology

C. Society

D. None of these

547. The human action and interaction are understandable only through the exchange of meaningful communication or symbols, this is the basic assumption of_______________?
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A. None of these

B. Role theory

C. Symbolic interactionism

D. conflict theory

548. Put these stages in the evolution of citizenship in chronological order _____________?
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A. social citizenship political citizenship environmental citizenship civil rights

B. civil rights environmental citizenship social citizenship political citizenship

C. civil rights political citizenship social citizenship environmental citizenship

D. political citizenship social citizenship environmental citizenship civil rights

549. Conflict theory emphasizes the use of humor as a________________?
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A. defense mechanism

B. means by which to present the self

C. political tool

D. means by which to bind culture

E. source of negativity towards women

550. In Pakistan society no laws were made for the protection of elderly citizens the major cause was the belief_____________?
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A. None of these

B. The sons are responsible

C. The daughters are responsible

D. That they can look after themselves

551. The life-course model views aging as______________?
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A. a process shaped by the forces of capitalism

B. a process that continues from birth to death

C. a process shaped by psychological decline

D. a process of adapting to changing social roles

552. Structural-Functionalists describe society as_____________?
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A. a source of conflict inequality and alienation

B. an unstable structure of social relations

C. a normative framework of roles and institutions

D. a complex network of interaction at a micro-level

553. Which of the following theorists rejects the notion of essential categories of male and female through her discussion of the performative aspect of gender ?
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A. Helene Cixous

B. Judith Butler

C. Simone de Beauvoir

D. Joan Acker

554. Which of the following is a nation without a state ?
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A. Tibet

B. Belgium

C. Israel

D. all of these

555. Feminist perspectives are distinctive in sociology because______________?
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A. they emphasize the centrality of gender in social analysis

B. other theoretical perspectives have not researched women

C. only women can write from a feminist perspective

D. men and women view the and world in different ways

556. Some of the institutions of a society are______________?
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A. Family and Religion

B. State and economic institutions

C. both a and b

D. None of these

557. Which sociological perspective examines human activities on the micro level by focusing on how day-to-day social behavior is shaped by the distinctive norms, values and demands of a particular society ?
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A. None of these

B. functionalist perspective

C. conflict perspective

D. interactionist perspective
558. Which of these is not a critique of attempts to measure relative deprivation ?
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A. it may be choice not poverty that means some people do not qualify for some of the items on a deprivation index

B. the personal experience of poverty is not the concern of sociologists

C. the subjective nature of such indices means it is difficult to make comparisons between different studies and time periods

D. there is an arbitrary nature to how items are selected for a deprivation index

559. In modern societies members perform different tasks and are highly interdependent this kind of solidarity is called______________?
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A. Interdependence solidarity

B. e of these

C. Mechanical solidarity

D. Organic solidarity
560. A decline in which of the following does Putnam link to the spread of television ?
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A. social capital

B. political awareness

C. cultural capital

D. rational though