sociology MCQs – Page 73

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

1441. There are three basic sources of power within any political system ?
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A. force legitimacy and charisma

B. force influence and democracy

C. influence charisma and bureaucracy

D. force influence and authority

1442. What is the process by which schools help to perpetuate social and economic inequalities across the generation called______________?
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A. formal communication

B. cultural reproduction

C. passive consumption

D. conceptual abstraction

1443. Who thought that within organizations there exists an iron law of oligarchy ?
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A. Max Weber

B. Robert Michels

C. Michel Foucault

D. Zygmunt Bauman

1444. Which one of the following is not part of Bowles and Ginits,s (1976) Marxist thesis on schooling under capitalism ?
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A. schools provide the right kind of future workers for capitalist employers

B. education is a great divider not a leveler

C. the structures of school life correspond to the structures of working life

D. head teachers often encourage working class children to be ambitious

1445. Which of the following is considered a total institution ?
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A. a university

B. a mental hospital

C. a factory

D. each of the above

1446. World-affirming religions_______________?
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A. embrace conventional cultural values but offer new means of achieving them

B. react against the loss of any meaningful religious content in the teachings of churches

C. adopt an attitude of mild disapproval towards mainstream social values

D. reject both the goals and means of conventional society and provide utopian alternatives

1447. __________ groups often emerge in the workplace among those who share special understandings about their occupation ?
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A. secondary

B. formal organizations

C. primary

D. out-groups

1448. A split labor market ?
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A. results in more well-defined norms and roles

B. Underlies the development of ethnic tensions

C. divides managerial and line workers

D. none of the above

1449. Simple supernaturalism_______________?
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A. is prevalent in industrial societies

B. is centered upon the belief in powerful gods interested in human affairs

C. is illustrated by Buddhism

D. entails the notion of mana

1450. Dying_______________?
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A. requires a new definition of self

B. is one social phenomenon that has changed little over time

C. is a biological event with no associated social reality?

D. is less bureaucratic than it was in the past

1451. According to Sassan which of these is NOT a necessary trait of a global city ?
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A. they are the key locations for financial and specialized service firms

B. they are visited by large numbers of tourists from across the world

C. they are markets for the exchange of the products of financial service

D. they are centers of direction and policy-making for the global economy

1452. Occupational gender segregation is used to explain ?
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A. the allocation of men and women to different types of job

B. women increasing labor market participation

C. relations between men and women in the workplace

D. the belief that women control the private sphere

1453. Arnett proposed an interesting distinction of types of socialization_______________?
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A. None of these

B. broad and narrow

C. old and new

D. high and low

1454. Functionalists argue that even though ethnic conflict is dysfunctional it my still serve some important functions in society Which of the following is NOT one of those important functions ?
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A. A multiplicity of conflicts between large numbers of differing groups within a society may be conducive to a democratic as opposed to a totalitarian society

B. Conflict may function as a safety valve for society by enabling hostilities to be channelled toward permissible targets known as permissible targets known as scapegoats

C. Conflict promotes group formation and cohesion

D. Conflict attributable to ethnic stratification problems may reach an unacceptable frequency and intensity

1455. The theoretical perspective that views social life as similar to performances staged in a theater is called_______________?
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A. the dramaturgical approach

B. the Thomas theorem

C. the looking -glass self

D. impression management

1456. According to Steve Bruce (1996) which of the following was a factor in generating strong religious commitment in the USA as compared to Europe ?
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A. a non-established church

B. a variety of new religious movements

C. an evangelical strand of Christianity

D. late and very rapid industrialization