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This section includes 1422 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Sociology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 301. |
Which country has the world,s largest concentration of Jews ? |
| A. | Israel |
| B. | Russia |
| C. | USA |
| D. | Poland |
| Answer» E. | |
| 302. |
Which conception of welfare refers to the provision of a “safety net” for disadvantaged populations ? |
| A. | behaviorist |
| B. | egalitarian populist |
| C. | residua list |
| D. | social insurance |
| Answer» D. social insurance | |
| 303. |
Which concept has the work of Robert Putnam helped to popularize in the social sciences ? |
| A. | cultural capital |
| B. | economic capital |
| C. | social capital |
| D. | symbolic capital |
| Answer» D. symbolic capital | |
| 304. |
Which city is forecast to become the largest megacity by 2025 ? |
| A. | New York |
| B. | Mumbai |
| C. | Beijing |
| D. | Tokyo |
| Answer» E. | |
| 305. |
Which branch of science according to comte would ultimately include all other sciences_____________? |
| A. | Biology |
| B. | History |
| C. | Sociology |
| D. | Economics |
| Answer» D. Economics | |
| 306. |
Which Black person wrote the acclaimed novel Invisible Man ? |
| A. | Malcolm X |
| B. | James Baldwin |
| C. | Alice Walker |
| D. | Ralph Ellison |
| Answer» C. Alice Walker | |
| 307. |
Which approach to audience studies emphasizes the ways in which different audiences use the media to meet their needs ? |
| A. | hypodermic model |
| B. | gratification model |
| C. | reception theory |
| D. | interpretative model |
| Answer» C. reception theory | |
| 308. |
Which approach holds that deviance is not a feature of a group or individual a process of interaction through which one group becomes defined as deviant ? |
| A. | labelling theory |
| B. | control theory |
| C. | functionalist theory |
| D. | conflict theory |
| Answer» B. control theory | |
| 309. |
Which approach holds that deviance is not a feature of a group or individual but a process of interaction through which one group becomes defined as deviant ? |
| A. | labelling theory |
| B. | control theory |
| C. | functionalist theory |
| D. | conflict theory |
| Answer» B. control theory | |
| 310. |
Which approach framed their analysis of crime and deviance in terms of this preservation of power by the ruling class ? |
| A. | New Left Realism |
| B. | Right Realism |
| C. | new criminology |
| D. | interactionism |
| Answer» D. interactionism | |
| 311. |
Which accounts of the worth of education stress that it enables individuals to think freely and rationally which makes social progress and innovation possible ? |
| A. | postmodern |
| B. | modernist |
| C. | traditional |
| D. | vocational |
| Answer» C. traditional | |
| 312. |
When workers organized unions and forced management to recognize that they were not objects theorists of formal organizations began to revise the________________? |
| A. | classical theory |
| B. | scientific management approach |
| C. | human relations approach |
| D. | both A and B |
| Answer» E. | |
| 313. |
When workers organized unions and forced management to recognize that they were not object, theorists of formal organizations began to revise the________________? |
| A. | classical theory |
| B. | scientific management approach |
| C. | human relations approach |
| D. | both a and b |
| Answer» E. | |
| 314. |
when we shift from primary to secondary group we also shift from________________? |
| A. | Formal to informal control |
| B. | Informal to formal |
| C. | General to specialized |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. General to specialized | |
| 315. |
When was the World Wide Web invented at a Swiss physics laboratory ? |
| A. | 1980 |
| B. | 1985 |
| C. | 1990 |
| D. | 1995 |
| Answer» D. 1995 | |
| 316. |
When sociologists study the structure of layers in society and people’s movement between them they call this____________? |
| A. | social stratification |
| B. | social control |
| C. | social conflict |
| D. | social solidarity |
| Answer» B. social control | |
| 317. |
When sociologists study the structure of layers in society and people’s movement between them, they call this_____________? |
| A. | social stratification |
| B. | social control |
| C. | social conflict |
| D. | social solidarity |
| Answer» C. social conflict | |
| 318. |
When so much attention is focused on group survival the group often experiences __________ which is a loss of focus regarding its original intent? |
| A. | immanence |
| B. | anomie |
| C. | hysteria |
| D. | goal displacement |
| E. | cultural lag |
| Answer» E. cultural lag | |
| 319. |
When individuals work in groups they ? |
| A. | work harder than when they work alone |
| B. | may engage in social loafing |
| C. | feel they must work harder to prove their value to the group |
| D. | may engage in intergroup relativism |
| Answer» C. feel they must work harder to prove their value to the group | |
| 320. |
When in sociology we speak of researchers using controls, we mean_______________? |
| A. | being as precise as possible in defining an initial hypothesis |
| B. | holding some variables constant to look at the effects of others |
| C. | supervising the data collection process as closely as possible |
| D. | seeking to manipulate the outcomes of a research process |
| Answer» C. supervising the data collection process as closely as possible | |
| 321. |
When in sociology we speak of researchers using controls we mean_________________? |
| A. | being as precise as possible in defining an initial hypothesis |
| B. | holding some variables constant to look at the effects of others |
| C. | supervising the data collection process as closely as possible |
| D. | seeking to manipulate the outcomes of a research process |
| Answer» C. supervising the data collection process as closely as possible | |
| 322. |
When conducting social research what is the next step in the scientific method after a review of the literature ? |
| A. | collecting data |
| B. | choosing a research design |
| C. | selecting a researchable problem |
| D. | formulating a hypothesis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 323. |
When Comet wrote of sociology as a positive science he meant ? |
| A. | that it should show people in the best possible light |
| B. | that it should attempt to appeal to as many people as possible |
| C. | that it should apply the same methods as physics or chemistry |
| D. | that it should progress by positing new concepts and theories |
| Answer» D. that it should progress by positing new concepts and theories | |
| 324. |
When Berger & Luckman said that reality is socially constructed they meant ? |
| A. | scientists are guided in their work by social values and interests, so they define and measure phenomena that will support their theories |
| B. | people negotiate shared definitions of their situation and live according to these often forgetting that these social worlds are not fixed and externa |
| C. | sociologists decide what constitutes social reality and measure only that |
| D. | terms like reality have no deeper meaning beyond the level of discourse |
| Answer» C. sociologists decide what constitutes social reality and measure only that | |
| 325. |
When a subordinate person breaks the tacit rules of everyday interaction this is called what ? |
| A. | a response cries |
| B. | unfocused interaction |
| C. | interactional vandalism |
| D. | impression management |
| Answer» D. impression management | |
| 326. |
When a status may have many roles to play It is known as______________? |
| A. | Role playing |
| B. | Role sets |
| C. | Role adjustment |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Role adjustment | |
| 327. |
When a research is not deceptive about the field research that he/she is this person is probably assuming the role of____________? |
| A. | secondary observer |
| B. | participant-as-observer |
| C. | complete participant |
| D. | ethnographer |
| E. | social scientist |
| Answer» C. complete participant | |
| 328. |
When a person uses more than one substance to maintain his dependence is called_____________? |
| A. | mono abuse |
| B. | poly drug abuse |
| C. | multi use |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. multi use | |
| 329. |
When a number of researchers use the same operational definition to measure a variable and achieve the same results the measure is said to be_______________? |
| A. | valid |
| B. | reliable |
| C. | factual |
| D. | internally consistent |
| E. | instrumental |
| Answer» C. factual | |
| 330. |
What was the system of forced racial segregation in South Africa known as _____________? |
| A. | apartheid |
| B. | ethnic cleansing |
| C. | multiculturalism |
| D. | assimilation |
| Answer» B. ethnic cleansing | |
| 331. |
What was the system of forced racial segregation in South Africa known as ____________? |
| A. | apartheid |
| B. | ethnic cleansing |
| C. | multiculturalism |
| D. | assimilation |
| Answer» B. ethnic cleansing | |
| 332. |
What theory of social movement development currently dominates academic though ? |
| A. | Contagion |
| B. | Conflict |
| C. | Resource Development |
| D. | Frame Alignment |
| E. | Linear Evolutionary |
| Answer» D. Frame Alignment | |
| 333. |
What theory argues that only certain people will be attracted by the opportunity to participate in a given episode of collective behavior ? |
| A. | Contagion |
| B. | Convergence |
| C. | Emergence |
| D. | Structural |
| E. | Reformist |
| Answer» C. Emergence | |
| 334. |
What term is used to describe the way that the varied aspects of an individual’s identity-such as class ethnicity gender disability and location -interact to produce complex patterns of inequality poverty and discrimination ? |
| A. | intersectionality |
| B. | ascription |
| C. | mobility |
| D. | meritocracy |
| Answer» B. ascription | |
| 335. |
What term is used to describe the phenomenon whereby newspapers can be read online radio stations accessed on digital televisions and mobile phones enable internet access ? |
| A. | mediatization |
| B. | convergence |
| C. | globalization |
| D. | cloud computing |
| Answer» C. globalization | |
| 336. |
What term is used to describe the movement of individuals up or down the social scale during the course of their working lives ? |
| A. | open mobility |
| B. | lateral mobility |
| C. | intragenerational mobility |
| D. | intergenerational mobility |
| Answer» D. intergenerational mobility | |
| 337. |
What term describes the fixed and inflexible characterizations of social groups ? |
| A. | stereotypes |
| B. | prejudice |
| C. | scapegoating |
| D. | discrimination |
| Answer» B. prejudice | |
| 338. |
What term describes ties between individuals established through marriage or blood ? |
| A. | family |
| B. | kinship |
| C. | network |
| D. | tribe |
| Answer» C. network | |
| 339. |
What sociologist was responsible for developing the concept of anomie ? |
| A. | Comte |
| B. | Rousseau |
| C. | Mead |
| D. | Locke |
| E. | Durkheim |
| Answer» F. | |
| 340. |
What sociological theory of crime and deviance emphasizes sub-cultural belief systems as a major contributor to crime ? |
| A. | Social Control theory |
| B. | Anomie theory |
| C. | Lower Class Focal Value theory |
| D. | Social Process theory |
| E. | Strain theory |
| Answer» D. Social Process theory | |
| 341. |
What sociological approach argues that religions can be fruitfully understood as organization in competition with one another for followers ? |
| A. | religious economy |
| B. | religious culture |
| C. | religious ritual |
| D. | religious polity |
| Answer» B. religious culture | |
| 342. |
What research method is popular because it is comparatively inexpensive and well-suited to studying large numbers of people ? |
| A. | interviews |
| B. | participant observation |
| C. | experiments |
| D. | content analysis |
| E. | surveys |
| Answer» F. | |
| 343. |
What proportion of world trade is accounted for by transnational corporations ? |
| A. | four fifths |
| B. | two thirds |
| C. | one quarter |
| D. | half |
| Answer» C. one quarter | |
| 344. |
What proportion of the world’s societies today are thought to be authoritarian rather than democratic ? |
| A. | about half |
| B. | one fifth |
| C. | one third |
| D. | one tenth |
| Answer» D. one tenth | |
| 345. |
What proportion of the world’s annual wealth output is concentrated in high-income countries ? |
| A. | 15% |
| B. | 25% |
| C. | 50% |
| D. | 75% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 346. |
What proportion of malnourished children under the age of five in the world,s low-and middle-income countries live in countries that actually produce a food surplus ? |
| A. | less than 10% |
| B. | around 25% |
| C. | around 50% |
| D. | more than 75% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 347. |
What proportion of employment in nonurban counties in the United States is accounted for by agriculture ? |
| A. | 9 per cent |
| B. | 22 per cent |
| C. | 41 per cent |
| D. | 63 per cent |
| Answer» B. 22 per cent | |
| 348. |
What percentage of the global population lives in What the World Bank describes as high-income countries ? |
| A. | 50% |
| B. | 22% |
| C. | 35% |
| D. | 15% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 349. |
What percentage of the Nepalese workforce is employed in agriculture ? |
| A. | 28 |
| B. | 45 |
| C. | 63 |
| D. | 81 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 350. |
What name did Norbert Elias give to the dynamic of competition between social units that eventually gave rise to a nation state ? |
| A. | the absolutist mechanism |
| B. | the decivilizing process |
| C. | the monopoly mechanism |
| D. | the courtizaion process |
| Answer» D. the courtizaion process | |