sociology MCQs – Page 61

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
1201. Which of the following nations has the lowest infant mortality rate ?
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A. Canada

B. Sweden

C. the United States

D. Mozambique

1202. According to the United States Department of Labor about _______ percent of downsized employees find new jabs ?
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A. 19

B. 75

C. 14

D. 28

1203. Of the following nations life expectancy at birth is highest in____________?
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A. United States

B. Gambia

C. Japan

D. unknown

1204. Which perspective on environmental issues tends to adopt an agnostic stance towards the severity of the problem itself ?
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A. social constructionism

B. structural Marxism

C. ecofeminism

D. critical realism

1205. Occupational gender segregation is used to explain ?
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A. relations between men and women in the workplace

B. the allocation of men and women to different types of job

C. the belief that women control the private sphere

D. womens increasing labor market participation

1206. Which of the following vehicles emits the most carbon per passenger per kilometer ?
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A. single-occupancy light truck

B. long-haul aero plane

C. high-occupancy city bus

D. high-speed coal-fired train

1207. It was estimated 148.72 million according to______________?
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A. 2003 census

B. 2005 census

C. 2004 census

D. None of these

1208. Totalitarianism ?
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A. can incorporate only in a socialist society

B. is a state in which the government seeks to control all subordinate governmental units all institutions and even personal associations and individual families

C. is the authoritative formulation of policies that are binding and pervasive throughout the society?

D. is a state in which the government is concerned with satisfying the needs of the total person?

1209. Which political figure first called for a Untied States of Europe ?
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A. Winston Churchill

B. Charles De Gaulle

C. Harry S Truman

D. Adolf Hitler

1210. Modern day sociologists have applied Erikson,s model to_______________?
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A. early childhood

B. infancy

C. later life

D. young adulthood

E. adolescence

1211. Of the following nations life expectancy at birth is highest in______________?
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A. USA

B. Gambia

C. unknown

D. Japan
1212. Which term describes societies where the family name and the inheritance of property passes down the male line ?
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A. androlineal

B. homolineal

C. matrilineal

D. patrilineal
1213. Total inhabitants of an area at a given time is termed as_____________?
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A. Society

B. Population

C. community

D. None of these

1214. Which type of theorists would argue that relentless class conflict between capitalists and workers boom and bust economic cycles and intercorporate conflict place limits on the ability of the capitalist class to manipulate political institutions at will?
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A. instrumental conflict theorists

B. structural conflict theorists

C. dysfunctional conflict theorists

D. reactionary conflict theorists

1215. Which of the following is a criticism of the sick role ?
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A. Even simple factors such as whether a person is employed or not seem to affect willingness to assume the sick role

B. Patients judgments regarding their own state of health may be related to their gender age social class and ethnic group

C. all of the above

D. The sick role may be more applicable to people experiencing short-term illnesses than those with recurring long-term illnesses

1216. Environmental issues were central to the work of_____________?
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A. Karl Marx

B. Max Weber

C. Emile Durkheim

D. None of these
1217. Which of the following perhaps the first sociologist to recognize the critical importance of religion in human societies stressed the social impact of religion ?
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A. Talcott Parsons

B. Emile Durkheim

C. Max Weber

D. Karl Marx

1218. Career and mobility patterns for men and women are_____________?
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A. all alike

B. Growing more nearly alike

C. Quite different

D. None of these

1219. What is the term used by Francis Fukuyama (1992) to describe the triumph of Western-style democracy has over other forms of government ?
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A. the fall of communism

B. the end of history

C. the birth of nationalism

D. the rise of neoliberalism

1220. What was the system of forced racial segregation in South Africa known as ____________?
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A. ethnic cleansing

B. assimilation

C. apartheid

D. multiculturalism