sociology MCQs – Page 50

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

981. It is the fourth week of the semester and your class has decided that your sociology instructor Rashid Mukhtar is excellent! Professor Rashid Mukhtar is a disabled middle-aged male. For students in this class Professor Rashid Mukhtars master status is_____________?
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A. disabled

B. male

C. middle-aged

D. excellent instructor

982. It is very important to Sammi to do well in school, so she regularly cheats on tests According to Mertons structural strain theory Sammi is a(n) ?
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A. innovator

B. conformist

C. retreatist

D. ritualist

983. Now a days more women are joining different fields and making their own status in society This provides women a mobility ladder apart from_____________?
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A. Their fathers status

B. None of these

C. Their childrens status

D. Marriage

984. The development of computers and the increased use of the internet are examples of what source of social change ?
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A. clashes over resources and values

B. the mass media

C. diffusion

D. innovation

985. Mobility taking place in personal terms within the lifespan of the same person is called______________?
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A. Inter-generational mobility

B. Intra-generational mobility

C. Structural mobility

D. None of these

986. Social distance is measured either by direct observation of people interacting or by____________?
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A. Questionnaire

B. Interviews

C. Case studies

D. None of these

987. Which of the following is likely to occur as a result of the computer revolution in the United States ?
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A. a centralized accumulation of power in the hands of those who have access to computers

B. a plateauing of the amount of automation the workplace

C. an increased involvement in society by people with disabilities

D. a restriction in the amount of information available to the general public

988. The dual economy mobility aids barriers and occupational structure are_____________?
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A. individual factor

B. Structural factor

C. Both a & b

D. None of these

989. Societal Reaction theory begins with the fact that deviation is created by labelling an act as______________?
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A. Normless

B. None of these

C. Deviant

D. Inconsistent

990. A useful distinction between conformity and obedience was made by social psychologist ?
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A. Richard Quinney

B. Edwin Sutherland

C. Emile Durkheim

D. Stanley Milgram

991. Which of the following is a leading exponent of the view that the criminal justice system serves the interests of the powerful ?
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A. William Chambliss

B. Richard Quinney

C. Stanley Milgram

D. Edwin Sutherland

992. Which of the following is considered a white-collar crime ?
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A. each of the above

B. bribery

C. income tax evasion

D. consumer fraud

993. Which of the following is an ascribed status ?
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A. each of the above

B. long-distance runner

C. doctor

D. daughter

994. What theory argues that only certain people will be attracted by the opportunity to participate in a given episode of collective behavior ?
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A. Emergence

B. Reformist

C. Convergence

D. Contagion

E. Structural

995. The determinants of social class are______________?
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A. All of above

B. Education and occupation

C. Money

D. Birth

996. How do fashions differ from fads ?
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A. Fashions are long-lived fads are short-lived

B. Fashions enjoy widespread acceptance within society fads enjoy acceptance only among a segment of the population

C. Fashions include crazes fads do not Mass hysteria

D. Fashions are norms fads are not

997. According to contagion theory the mob mind develops through_____________?
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A. fashions fads and crazes

B. imitation suggestibility and circular reaction

C. precipitating factors structural strain and structural conduciveness

D. norms of the status quo emergent norms and new norms

998. Crowds have three characteristics in common Which of the following is NOT one of those characteristics ?
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A. suggestibility

B. deindividualization

C. transformation

D. invulnerability

999. We internalize the norms of our culture and come to share values goals sentiments through ?
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A. Families

B. None of these

C. Group activities

D. Individual activities

1000. The compulsion of proximity describes_______________?
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A. creating feelings of security in on-line settings

B. seeking experience of intimacy on the internet

C. travelling to see foreign locations for holidays

D. wanting to meet face-to-face whenever possible

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