sociology MCQs – Page 37

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

721. Pakistan ranks ________ out of 173 in the UNDP, s Human Development index ?
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A. None of these

B. 138th

C. 120th

D. 110th

722. Iron cage of bureaucracy was the perception of_______________?
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A. August Comte

B. Karl Marx

C. Emile Durkhiem

D. Max Weber

723. What percentage of the Nepalese workforce is employed in agriculture ?
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A. 63

B. 81

C. 28

D. 45

724. A film star whose parents were both factory workers illustrate ?
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A. downward intergenerational mobility

B. upward intergenerational mobility

C. upward intergenerational mobility

D. downward intergenerational mobility

725. The customary normal and habitual ways a group does things are called_____________?
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A. Folkways

B. Norms

C. Customs

D. None of these

726. According to functionalists society must be concerned with motivation because the duties associated with various statuses ?
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A. are equally important

B. are usually not defined

C. offer individuals varying degrees of personal growth

D. are not equally pleasant

727. The idea that classes vary according to their possession of cultural capital is associated with_____________?
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A. Pierre Bourdieu

B. Max Weber

C. John Goldthorpe

D. Karl Marx

728. In demographic terms what is the main argument associated with Malthusianism ?
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A. population growth creates the conditions for the spread of disease

B. birth control is irrelevant for the control of population growth

C. population growth tends to outstrip food production

D. all countries must pass through the demographic transition

729. Positive Philosophy the work of August Comte was published in______________?
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A. 1938

B. 1838

C. All of above

D. 1883

730. Which of these research projects would count as intersectional? A comparative study of employment based on______________?
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A. social class and gender

B. ethnicity and sexuality

C. all of them

D. gender and ethnicity

731. Anomie is a French word means___________?
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A. chaos

B. Solidarity

C. None of these

D. Harmony

732. Positivism is most accurately described as the belief that__________________?
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A. sociologists should make more use of official statistics

B. none of the above

C. knowledge should be produced based on evidence from observations

D. social research should highlight the positive aspects of social life

733. Subsistence Agriculture fulfils the needs of_________________?
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A. Agriculturist and his/her family

B. The larger part of population

C. None of these

D. The population on village level

734. Put the GDPs of these countries in descending order ______________?
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A. Sweden Switzerland Norway Portugal

B. Portugal Switzerland Norway Sweden

C. Sweden Norway Switzerland Portugal

D. Switzerland Norway Portugal Sweden

735. 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. class consciousness

C. false consciousness

D. socialist consciousness

736. Scientific method has following steps_______________?
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A. Problem hypothesis observation conclusion

B. Problem observation hypothesis data experiment conclusion

C. None of these

D. observation solution theory

737. Dependency theorists from low-income countries drew on the ideas of_____________?
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A. Bretton Woods

B. Karl Marx

C. Immanuel Wallerstein

D. Walt Rostow

738. Suicide is the work of_____________?
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A. Karl Marx

B. Emile Durkheim

C. None of these

D. Max Weber

739. Pakistanis urban and rural literacy rates are respectively ?
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A. 34%and 63%

B. 63% and 34%

C. 50,505

D. None of these

740. In 2013 which world region had the lowest proportion of Internet users per head of population but also the fastest rate of growth users ?
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A. Asia

B. Middle East

C. Africa

D. Oceania/Australia

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