sociology MCQs – Page 69

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

1361. Kaleem walks into the classroom just as another student has told the punchline to a very funny joke The room explodes in laughter Kaleem quickly checks to see that his shirt is buttoned correctly and that there is no toilet tissue clinging to her shoe Once he realizes the class isn,t laughing at him he settles down in his seat and asks the classmate to re-tell the joke This is an example of______________?
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A. esoteric social readjustment

B. the formation of the self

C. the looking -glass self

D. an egocentric bias

1362. Princess is an _______ status?
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A. Ascribed

B. Achieved

C. both a and b

D. None of these

1363. With the exit of the Hindus and Sikhs Pakistan became a_____________?
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A. Multi-lingual state

B. None of these

C. Multi-ethnic state

D. Uni-religious state

1364. Which of these is not a feature of an ideal type bureaucracy according to Weber ?
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A. a clear-cut hierarchy of authority

B. written rules governing conduct

C. co-ownership among all workers of the material resource with which they operate

D. fixed salaries associated with each role

1365. The rank and position of a person in a group or of a group in relation to other groups is termed as_____________?
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A. Role

B. Status

C. Both a and b

D. None of these

1366. Theories of racialized discourse suggest that________________?
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A. people choose their racial identity, and this becomes fixed

B. the idea of race is socially constructed through powerful ideologies

C. race relations in Britain and America can be traced back to colonial times

D. race is an objective way of categorizing people on biological grounds

1367. Which one of these statements is NOT a definition of the knowledge economy ?
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A. the economy is dominated by the constant flow of information and opinions

B. investment in public education and software development is more significant

C. this is a phase of development beyond industrialism

D. much of the workforce in now involved in physical production of goods

1368. Social and economic change in Pakistan has been so enormous that it can be termed as Revolutionary The process of change began with_____________?
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A. Green Revolution

B. Migration after Independence

C. Both a and b

D. None of these

1369. Which of these key early figures in sociology had an interest in issues of labor and the economy ?
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A. Karl Marx

B. All three of them

C. Karl Marx and Emile Durkheim

D. Karl Marx and Max Weber

1370. Which of these bests describes Islamic revivalism in the contemporary world ?
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A. a growing belief in literal interpretations of sacred texts

B. traditional practices and modes of life have been revived but combined with concerns that relate specifically to modern times

C. traditional practices and modes of life have been revived without any reference to recent historical events involving external non-Islam countries

D. a uniquely political phenomenon associated with introducing Islamic principles into laws and government

1371. By the year 2020 it is projected that less than 2 percent of the entire global labor force will be engaged in ?
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A. factory work

B. farming

C. service jobs

D. high-tech jobs

1372. Which of these types of industrial conflict is the odd one out ?
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A. overtime ban

B. work to rule (working only ones contracted hours noting more or less)

C. sabotage

D. strike

1373. How has Grace Davie (1994) characterized the general religious position within Western Europe ?
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A. secularization against religion

B. religious pluralism with many gods

C. belonging without believing

D. believing without belonging

1374. In studying inequalities in education which skills did Bernstein concentrate upon ?
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A. speech

B. numeracy

C. emotion

D. reading

1375. What is the name of the process by which we acquire a sense of identity and become members of society____________?
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A. socialization

B. McDonaldization

C. rationalization

D. colonization

1376. Ellis Lee and Peterson developed a research exploring how parents raise their children relative to their class They viewed that lower class parents were more likely to emphasize____________ in their children?
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A. Self-reliance

B. None of these

C. Conformity

D. Creativity

1377. Bowlbys maternal deprivation thesis claimed that_______________?
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A. children deprived of an early secure attachment to their mother are prone to suffer physically intellectually and socially in later life

B. deprivation is something children inherit usually through their mothers side

C. mothering is a socially constructed activity identified in the narratives of new mothers

D. mothers who are living in poverty cannot afford to give their children the resources that other children enjoy

1378. Ethnic identity refers to_____________?
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A. the fragmented and pluralistic nature of ethnicity

B. the imposition of a racial label on a minority by a powerful majority

C. the objective categories of ethnicity used in the census

D. a felt sense of group membership on the basis of religion language or history

1379. Learning behavior in a social institution or developing social skills is called________________?
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A. Primary

B. None of these

C. Secondary

D. Developmental socialization

1380. In a society with a (n) ___________ the political and religious institutions often act in harmony and mutually reinforce each other,s powers over their relative spheres of influence ?
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A. cult

B. sect

C. denomination

D. ecclesia

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