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sociology Mcqs

1161. Social mobility may be experienced by______________?
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A. Only by individuals

B. By individual or by entire group

C. None of these

D. Only by groups

1162. How are genetically modified foods different from previous techniques ?
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A. the genes used cannot spread into the wider environment

B. they involve transplanting genes from one organism to another

C. we can say with certainty that they are risk-free

D. they have been accepted by consumers in all countries

1163. Grandparents aunts and uncles and cousins are all examples of a (n) _____ family ?
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A. extended

B. bilateral

C. distant

D. nuclear

E. polyandry

1164. Which of the following is NOT one of the ethical religions ?
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A. Taoism

B. Hinduism

C. Confucianism

D. Buddhism

1165. In a patriarchal family the major decisions are taken be the____________?
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A. the male head of the family who wields all the powers

B. Old men and women

C. the male or female head of the family

D. None of these

1166. Polygyny______________?
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A. is generally available to all men in societies where it is permitted

B. tend to be favored where large families are advantageous and women make substantial contributions to subsistence

C. is the preferred type of marriage in more than 40 per cent of societies?

D. usually involves the right of younger brothers to have sexual access to their brothers wives

1167. Marx proclaimed that religion would disappear when ?
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A. a socialist revolution removed the need for capitalist ideology

B. people came to believe more in science and technology

C. church attendance dropped below 15%

D. a new trend of moral individualism became established

1168. Gambling public drunkenness prostitution and smoking marijuana are often considered ?
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A. victimless crimes

B. violent crimes against people

C. white-collar crimes

D. organized crime

1169. Murray though that the underclass consisted of people who______________?
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A. lived morally unsound lives of crime and squalor

B. all of the above

C. were too reliant upon welfare benefits

D. formed an inferior race with low levels of intelligence

1170. According to Marx_____________?
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A. an economic crisis in the capitalist system would force factory owners into the ranks of the unemployed

B. an excess of the working-class population depends on the availability of employment opportunities not on fixed supply of food.

C. self-control would restrain population growth.

D. the problems associated with population growth are a function of the scarcity of wealth

1171. According to Malthus____________?
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A. people could use moral restraint to reduce the birth rate.

B. famine war and pestilence are social problems that a population can overcome.

C. agricultural production increases in a geometric fashion.

D. human populations tend to increase more slowly than their ability to increase the food supply.

1172. In 2001 in England and Wales what was the average age at first marriage for men ?
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A. 24.6

B. 25.4

C. 30.6

D. 27.5

1173. Critics of the concept of relative poverty argue that_______________?
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A. it is wrong to make comparisons between countries

B. the government should be raising benefit levels

C. in modern affluent societies no one is truly poor

D. it concentrates too much on kinship ties

1174. Demographers who once believed that the U.S population would stabilize between 290 and 300 million people now believe that it will stabilize at around 390 million people because its________________?
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A. overall birth-rate will increase significantly in the early part of the new century

B. life expectancy at birth will shortly increase to nearly 100 years of age

C. all of the above

D. immigration rate is expected to remain high

1175. A network of roles according to which each person accepts certain duties towards others makes ?
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A. Social background

B. Social Order

C. None of these

D. Social stratification

1176. The general fertility rate fell between 1964 and 2000 because of_______________?
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A. errors in the measurement of birth rates and production of statistics

B. increases in the age of marriage and the age at which childbearing begins

C. the risk diseases caused by poverty poor housing and bad sanitation

D. there being fewer women of childbearing age than there were in the first half of the century

1177. The crude birth rate______________?
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A. enables researchers to see important difference among races. ethnic groups, classes, age groups, and other categories with in the population

B. is the annual number of live births per 1000-woman age 15-44?

C. Is the potential number of children that could be born if every woman of childbearing age bore all the children she possibly could?

D. is the number of live births per 1000 members of a population in a given year

1178. According to Freud______________?
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A. man is inherently evil

B. man is driven by biological needs

C. man feels the need to dominate others

D. man seeks consensus and harmony

E. man lacks a constraining force

1179. According to Gerald Suttles a gated community would be an example of a(n)_____________?
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A. edge city

B. defended neighborhood

C. urban enclave

D. ethnic village

1180. Our demographic situation provides us with an extraordinary opportunity we can_____________?
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A. educate and use this resource

B. Send educated abroad

C. both a and b

D. None of these

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