sociology MCQs – Page 52

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
1021. What is defined as non-conformity to a given set of norms that are accepted by a significant number of people in a community or society ?
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A. deviance

B. recidivism

C. criminality

D. degeneracy

1022. What is the most common reason people give for not reporting a crime ?
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A. best dealt with privately

B. fear of reprisal

C. too trivial for the police

D. dislike of the police

1023. Of what is the failure of companies to adhere to legal regulations that apply to them an example ?
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A. victimless crime

B. organized crime

C. corporate crime

D. white-collar crime

1024. The first stage according to Comte is that of_______________?
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A. Stage of scientific progress

B. Guided by supernatural wisdom

C. None of these

D. Stage of disbelief

1025. If a deviant act is normalized it is_______________?
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A. seen a temporary aberration from an otherwise normal character

B. the first step in establishing a deviant career

C. recognized as breaking an important norm of behavior

D. attributed to the persons genetic or anatomical make up

1026. What is the term for associations that members enter and leave freely ?
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A. coercive organizations

B. voluntary organizations

C. total institutions

D. utilitarian organizations

1027. Secondary groups are judged by them ?
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A. None of these

B. Emotional satisfaction

C. Performance

D. Sociability

1028. __________ movements advocate for progressive change using different methods than those that have previously failed and are often considered to be anti-government ?
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A. Reactionary

B. Radical

C. Reformist

D. Revolutionary

E. Redundant

1029. Rumors about a bizarre event that supposedly happened to someone far removed from the individual telling the story are often called_______________?
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A. schoolyard tales

B. rural legends

C. sports legends

D. legendary tales

E. urban legends
1030. Now a days more women are joining different fields and making their own status in society This provides women a mobility ladder apart form____________?
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A. Marriage

B. None of these

C. Their childrens status

D. Their fathers status

1031. A large kinship group whose members inhibit one geographical area and believe that they are descendent from a common ancestor is known as a_______________?
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A. class

B. Clan

C. Tribe

D. Kin group
1032. Downward mobility factors are_________________?
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A. Same

B. Opposite to those of upward mobility

C. different from those

D. None of these

1033. According to Marxian view each stage contained within itself the seeds of_____________?
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A. progress

B. its won destruction

C. next stage

D. both b and c
1034. Groups deliberately created for the achievement of specific objectives are called_____________?
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A. informal organizations

B. formal organizations

C. bureaucracies

D. task hierarchies

1035. Emergent norm theory argues that collective behavior arises when expectations regarding how to act are_____________?
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A. encouraged

B. repeated

C. vague

D. clear

E. explicit

1036. The word stratification derives from the geological concept Strata meaning ?
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A. class

B. groups

C. None of these

D. Rock layers
1037. People who are open to new experience and who tend to reject traditional patterns of authority are said to be experiencing ?
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A. anomie

B. hysteria

C. modernity

D. countenance

E. a cultural hangover

1038. We are not equally involved in all our in-groups To measure the degree of closeness or acceptance we feel toward other groups Bogardus developed a concept called______________?
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A. None of these

B. closeness degree

C. Measuring acceptance

D. Social distance
1039. Resistance to certain aspects of development and social change in an effort to neutralize their efforts is called________________?
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A. countermovement

B. post modernization

C. social amelioration

D. countenance

E. counter modernization

1040. Changes of relationships are primarily___________________________?
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A. Cultural Change

B. Social Change

C. Individual changes

D. None of these