sociology MCQs – Page 40

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
781. Which of the following is true regarding the functionalist and conflict theories of social stratification ?
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A. Conflict theory is better at explaining inequality

B. Some sociologists have tried to synthesize the conflict and functionalist perspectives to argue that stratification systems are institutions that have evolved in order to reduce conflict

C. none of the above

D. Only functionalist theory has merit when discussing social structure

782. The identification of a new moon of Saturn was an act of_______________?
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A. discovery

B. cultural integration

C. invention

D. diffusion

783. __________ refers to the reputation that a specific person has earned within an occupation?
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A. status

B. prestige

C. power

D. esteem
784. Diffusion of innovations among the cultures means______________?
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A. Travelling of traits and patterns space/territory

B. Transmission of trait complexes time

C. Both A and B

D. None of the above

785. The process of turning the class concept into something measurable is called___________?
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A. operant conditioning

B. operational research

C. operationalization

D. modus operandum
786. One of the root causes of suicide, according to Durkheim was______________?
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A. None of these

B. Increased development

C. Industrialization

D. Decrease in social solidarity
787. Comte,s term positivism refers to________________?
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A. the precise scientific study of observable phenomena

B. a theory that posits difficult s and sets out to answer them

C. an unscientific set of laws about social progress

D. a theory that emphasizes the positive aspects of society

788. Which field of study was originally developed in the 1930s as an increasing number of social scientists became aware of the plight of the elderly ?
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A. gerontocracy

B. silicide

C. geriatrics

D. gerontology
789. Pierre Bourdieu,s theoretical perspective makes use of the concept of capital Which of the following is not part of his scheme ?
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A. cultural capital

B. political

C. social capital

D. economic capital

790. Which of the following is a true statement ?
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A. human beings have existed on earth for about half a million years

B. civilizations date back around six thousand years

C. all of the above

D. agriculture is only around twelve thousand years old

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

B. John Goldthorpe

C. Karl Marx

D. Max Weber

792. When workers organized unions and forced management to recognize that they were not object, theorists of formal organizations began to revise the________________?
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A. classical theory

B. scientific management approach

C. human relations approach

D. both a and b
793. The practice of legally enforced marriage within caste is called_____________?
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A. endogamy

B. exclusion

C. endogeny

D. exegesis

794. Social stratification is_______________?
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A. a system in which people can change their status with relative ease.

B. the ranking or grading of individuals and groups into hierarchical layers

C. based entirely on self-classification

D. none of the above

795. A social condition in which values are conflicting weak or absent is called____________?
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A. anomie

B. Assimilation

C. Hawthorne affect

D. invasion

796. A system of stratification where positions are partly achieved, and mobility is common is one based on ?
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A. caste

B. status

C. slavery

D. class
797. Amjad must finish writing a report for work that is due the next day His son,s school just called and said the child must be picked up from school because he is sick Amjad,s wife is out of town on business As a result Amjad is experiencing ?
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A. role hypersensitivity

B. role conflict

C. role reversal

D. role strain

798. Proletariat refers to____________?
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A. the capitalist

B. the middle man

C. None of these

D. the working class
799. Due to urbanization Pakistanis urban population increased from six million in 1951 to_____________?
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A. 40 million today

B. None of these

C. 60 million

D. 57 million
800. Perspective means____________?
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A. A working set of assumptions

B. an approach

C. both a & b

D. None of these