sociology MCQs – Page 65

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
1281. The principle of laissez-faire was expounded and endorsed by the British economist?
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A. John Maynard Keynes

B. Paul Samuelson

C. Adam Smith

D. Arthur Scargill

1282. According to Herbert Gans residents who remain in the city to take advantage of the unique cultural and intellectual benefits of the city are called_____________?
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A. ethnic villagers

B. cosmopolites

C. the trapped

D. urban villagers

1283. Which term was introduced by Charles Per row to refer to failures that are inevitable given the manner in which human and technological systems are organized ?
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A. the Per row principle

B. the Peter principle

C. the school principal

D. normal accidents
1284. Alice aged 7 lives in a private home with her parents her grandmother and her aunt Alice,s family is an example of a (n)_____________?
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A. nuclear family

B. polygynous family

C. extended family

D. dysfunctional family

1285. According to _____________ a variety of life experiences can come to be viewed as illnesses or not ?
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A. functionalist perspective

B. interactionist perspective

C. conflict perspective

D. labeling theory
1286. Approximately how long on average did a Victorian marriage last ______________?
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A. 32 years

B. 12 years

C. 22 years

D. 42 years

1287. According to Mead the earliest stage of socialization is called the ___________ stage?
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A. game

B. play

C. infancy

D. maturation

E. preparatory
1288. Which is the JK,s largest university ?
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A. University of Manchester

B. The Open University

C. University of Cambridge

D. London Metropolitan University

1289. Which accounts of the worth of education stress that it enables individuals to think freely and rationally which makes social progress and innovation possible ?
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A. modernist

B. postmodern

C. vocational

D. traditional

1290. The biggest difference between the theories of Freud and Erikson is that Erikson believed ?
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A. that men lacks a system of checks and balances in his life

B. That culture rather than biology plays the biggest part in socialization

C. that psychology is the dominant theory the social sciences

D. that there is no such thing as a superego

E. that biology/genetics explains everything

1291. The World Bank defines extreme poverty as living on less than_______________?
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A. 1 dollar per day

B. 2 dollars per day

C. 3 dollar per day

D. None of these

1292. _______ is the term for the science dealing with the size, distribution composition and the changes in population ?
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A. Demography

B. Ecology

C. Popology

D. Stratification

1293. The Nation of Islam group appealed to ?
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A. British-born second-generation immigrants from the Asian subcontinent

B. African-Caribbeans who lived in the inner cities and had a distinctive youth culture

C. White Americans who wanted to convert to Islam

D. African-Americans who felt excluded from the ethnic melting pot in the USA
1294. Why is force not he most effective means for political rule ?
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A. Force is the most effective means for political rule

B. Honor is denied to those who rule by force alone

C. The elites ideals are fulfilled but tainted by use of force

D. Force is very efficient but also very costly

1295. Herbert Gans called urban residents who prefer to live in their own tight-knit communities ?
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A. gentrifies

B. the trapped

C. cosmopolites

D. ethnic villagers
1296. Which theorist sees power as the chance that you will get your way even against opponents ?
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A. Michel Foucault

B. Jean Baudrillard

C. Steven Lukes

D. Max Weber
1297. Stones research suggests that prior to industrialization the nuclear family ?
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A. a did not exist in any form

B. was simply another institution of patriarchal control?

C. had begun to disappear as extended networks of kin became more important

D. had begun to emerge through the separation of work and home life
1298. The first stage of the demographic transition is called the________________?
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A. post transition stage

B. transition stage

C. Pre-transition stage

D. initiation stage

1299. Which one of the following religious denominations is most likely to report the experience of being born again ?
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A. Roman Catholics

B. Episcopalians

C. Unitarians

D. Baptists
1300. Divorce ?
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A. is less likely in second marriages

B. has little or no new effect on the lives of children

C. no longer displaces homemakers in these days of womens liberation

D. appears to lead to greater family disorganization