sociology MCQs – Page 63

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

1241. Which of the following is a factor that has contributed to the rise of the dual income model of the family ?
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A. increase in the number of men with a college education

B. all of the above

C. shift in the economy of the United States from manufacturing to service industries

D. increasing birth-rate

1242. Which sociological perspective emphasizes the integrative power of religion in human society ?
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A. functionalist perspective

B. conflict perspective

C. each of the above

D. interactionist perspective

1243. Research on the family life course indicates that_____________?
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A. the psychological well-being of parents is a little better than that of childless couples

B. the marital adjustment rating rises after the birth of a first child

C. women with a first child are more likely than women without a child to report that their husbands do not pay enough attention to them

D. most couples consider parenthood a crisis

1244. Demographic Transition exhibits_____________?
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A. High death rate and low birth rate in its first phase

B. None of these

C. High birth rate and low death rate in its first phase

D. High birth rate and high death rate in its first phase

1245. According to United nations estimates by 2025 the worlds average life expectancy will have reached_________________?
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A. 71

B. 46

C. 54

D. 80

1246. Which of the following is NOT a reason for the rising divorce rate in the West ?
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A. marriage is seen in terms of personal satisfaction

B. increased acceptance of same-sex relationships

C. a reduction in the stigma attached to divorce

D. women have become less economically dependent

1247. The conflict perspective would note that____________?
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A. Physicians serve as gatekeepers for the sick role either verifying a patients condition as illness or designating the patient as recovered

B. Patients play an active role in health care by failing to follow a physicians advice

C. The designation healthy or ill generally involves social definition by others

D. Multinational corporations based in industrialized countries have reaped significant profits by dumping unapproved drugs on unsuspecting Third World countries

1248. 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. Edwin Sutherland

B. Stanley Milgram

C. Richard Quinney

D. William Chambliss

1249. Which of the following factors is associated with the high divorce rate in the United States ?
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A. all of the above

B. the liberalization of divorce laws

C. the increase in family incomes

D. divorce is easier to work out since contemporary families have fewer children than earlier families

1250. Economic growth will keep pace with population growth only if there is_______________?
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A. None of these

B. Improved technology

C. Motivation to achieve

D. Available acreage

1251. A minority group is one that is both disadvantaged and______________?
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A. identifiably different from others in a society

B. numerically small compared to the main social group

C. holds views contrary to the social norm

D. has some sense of collective or group solidarity

1252. Which of these does not include income earned by individuals or corporations outside a country ?
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A. Gross Domestic Product

B. Gross National Product

C. Purchasing Power Parity

D. Gross National Income

1253. of those in the United States who obtain a divorce about what percent later remarry ?
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A. three-fourths of divorced women

B. 80 percent of divorced women

C. two-thirds of divorced women

D. two-thirds of divorced men

1254. Proponents of the family planning approach to fertility reduction argue that______________?
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A. governments consider modern contraceptive measures to be a threat to the preservation and continuation of their way of life.

B. if contraceptives are made available and if information about the value and need for birth planning is disseminated people will reduce their fertility

C. economic development will lead to a reduction in fertility

D. people can be coerced into using family planning techniques

1255. What is the process by which schools help to perpetuate social and economic inequalities across the generations called ?
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A. formal communication

B. cultural reproduction

C. passive consumption

D. conceptual abstraction

1256. Which sociological perspective emphasizes that patients should not always be viewed as passive but instead as an actor who often shows a powerful intent to see the physician ?
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A. functionalist perspective

B. conflict perspective

C. interactionist perspective

D. labeling theory