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This section includes 1534 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Sociology Mcqs knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which of the following was the earliest example of an international organization ? |
| A. | the Pan-Arab League |
| B. | the Hanseatic League |
| C. | the Football League |
| D. | the League of Nations |
| Answer» C. the Football League | |
| 2. |
The customary normal and habitual ways a group does things are called_____________? |
| A. | Norms |
| B. | Folkways |
| C. | Customs |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Customs | |
| 3. |
The four principles of McDonaldization are_______________? |
| A. | efficiency calculability affordability consistent decor |
| B. | efficiency calculability uniformity automation |
| C. | efficiency dehumanization automation high calories |
| D. | efficiency Big Mac large fries’ milkshake |
| Answer» C. efficiency dehumanization automation high calories | |
| 4. |
Which of these aspects of organization is most associated with the work of Michel Foucault ? |
| A. | surveillance |
| B. | meritocracy |
| C. | bureaucracy |
| D. | transnational organization |
| Answer» D. transnational organization | |
| 5. |
Which of the following is not one of Perlmutter,s (1972) types of transnational corporations ? |
| A. | polycentric |
| B. | ethnocentric |
| C. | heliocentric |
| D. | geocentric |
| Answer» D. geocentric | |
| 6. |
Meyer and Rowan,s assertion that roman rules are often myths means ? |
| A. | that the rules were written down a long time in the past |
| B. | that the rules never in fact existed in the first place |
| C. | that the rules have little actual substance in reality |
| D. | that rules are a hindrance in large organization |
| Answer» D. that rules are a hindrance in large organization | |
| 7. |
The tourist gaze is socially organized by professional experts and puts the tourist in search of_____________? |
| A. | the familiar |
| B. | the exotic |
| C. | the historic |
| D. | the amusing |
| Answer» C. the historic | |
| 8. |
In the late eighteenth century what was Jeremy Bentham,s Panopticon ? |
| A. | an army barracks |
| B. | a prison |
| C. | an asylum |
| D. | a school |
| Answer» C. an asylum | |
| 9. |
Which of the following did Max Weber see as a potentially serious problem with the advance of modern bureaucracies ? |
| A. | bureaucratic organization could become prohibitively expensive to run |
| B. | social organization could become too efficient |
| C. | democracy could become a sham if bureaucrats held real power |
| D. | bureaucratic officials may be able to abuse their power |
| Answer» D. bureaucratic officials may be able to abuse their power | |
| 10. |
The internet rearranges our experience of space-time by making it possible to_______________? |
| A. | communicate instantly with people far away |
| B. | experience what its like to be a different gender |
| C. | interact in an unreal and alienated way |
| D. | communicate without non-verbal cues |
| Answer» B. experience what its like to be a different gender | |
| 11. |
Great civilizations of world developed in________________? |
| A. | Mountainous Areas |
| B. | Great deserts |
| C. | Lowlands of great river basins |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 12. |
The creative potential of personality is accounted for by______________? |
| A. | Stimulus-response psychology |
| B. | Drive psychology |
| C. | Trait psychology |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 13. |
Spengler and Toynbee deny_____________? |
| A. | existence of upward progress |
| B. | cyclic |
| C. | cultural growth from simple to complex |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 14. |
Material and Non-material culture are_________________? |
| A. | not related to each other |
| B. | complementary |
| C. | slightly related |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. slightly related | |
| 15. |
The sequence of Rostow,s stages of economic growth are____________? |
| A. | traditional take-off drive to maturity high mass consumption |
| B. | traditional drive to maturity high mass consumption take-off |
| C. | traditional state intervention high mass consumption take-off |
| D. | traditional dependency modernization take-off |
| Answer» B. traditional drive to maturity high mass consumption take-off | |
| 16. |
The Bretton Woods institutions are_______________? |
| A. | The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank |
| B. | The World Trade Organization and the World Bank |
| C. | The international Monetary Fund and the World Health Organization |
| D. | The United Nations and the World Trade Organization |
| Answer» B. The World Trade Organization and the World Bank | |
| 17. |
The activity of measuring and explaining the size of populations is know as_______________? |
| A. | Malthusianism |
| B. | demography |
| C. | forecasting |
| D. | official statistics |
| Answer» C. forecasting | |
| 18. |
Everything which is socially learned and shared is called______________? |
| A. | society |
| B. | Culture |
| C. | behavior |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. behavior | |
| 19. |
Material Culture consists of_______________? |
| A. | physical objects |
| B. | Non-physical objects |
| C. | Both a and b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Non-physical objects | |
| 20. |
The value-added model of collective behavior ? |
| A. | presents three preconditions for collective behavior |
| B. | states that each determinant expands the range of potential final outcomes |
| C. | is of little use in understanding the complexity of collective behavior. |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
Which of the following is not a reason why corporate crime is more difficult to prosecute compared with individual crimes ? |
| A. | victims may not realise that a crime has been committed |
| B. | it is more difficult to apportion blame to corporate criminals |
| C. | legal systems are founded on individual not collective responsibility |
| D. | corporate offences cause less harm than crimes against an individual |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
Human and animal societies share all but one of the following characteristics ? |
| A. | population and common territory |
| B. | shared beliefs and collective destiny |
| C. | Both sexes and all ages |
| D. | None of theses |
| Answer» C. Both sexes and all ages | |
| 23. |
What is the main consequence of well-defined ethnic existing within established nations states ? |
| A. | nations without states |
| B. | multiculturalism |
| C. | a cultural melting Pot |
| D. | separate institutions |
| Answer» B. multiculturalism | |
| 24. |
Which of these does not include income earned by individuals or corporations outside a country ? |
| A. | Gross National Product |
| B. | Gross Domestic Product |
| C. | Purchasing Power Parity |
| D. | Gross National Income |
| Answer» C. Purchasing Power Parity | |
| 25. |
A survey should avoid asking_____________? |
| A. | fixed-choice questions s |
| B. | short questions s |
| C. | leading questions |
| D. | funneled questions s |
| Answer» D. funneled questions s | |
| 26. |
While a role is the behavior expected of one in a particular status role behavior is_____________? |
| A. | Actual behavior |
| B. | Supposed behavior |
| C. | Ascribed behavior |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Supposed behavior | |
| 27. |
Socialist theory was defined in the writings of karl Marx and______________? |
| A. | Emile Durkheim |
| B. | Adam Smith |
| C. | Friedrich Engels |
| D. | the Marx |
| Answer» C. Friedrich Engels | |
| 28. |
Talcott Parsons,s structural functionalism attempted to tackle ? |
| A. | the problem of class conflict |
| B. | the problem of economic restructuring |
| C. | the problem of social welfare |
| D. | the problem of social order |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
In an experiment two groups are identical except for the change that researchers introduce into one group That group is called______________? |
| A. | the contaminated group |
| B. | the control groups |
| C. | the experimental group |
| D. | the neutral standard |
| Answer» D. the neutral standard | |
| 30. |
Mostly the drugs are used for a number of causes a few_________________? |
| A. | Peace of mind |
| B. | Unemployment |
| C. | Fun-Pleasure |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
What is cosmopolitan democracy ? |
| A. | a form of world government with global citizenship |
| B. | rule by the worlds educated elites |
| C. | democratic government at the level of the city |
| D. | democratic government that is representative of a multicultural society |
| Answer» B. rule by the worlds educated elites | |
| 32. |
Which of the following is a nation without a state ? |
| A. | Tibet |
| B. | Israel |
| C. | Belgium |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» B. Israel | |
| 33. |
Economic standing includes______________? |
| A. | wealth that which people own (have) |
| B. | job security |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. job security | |
| 34. |
Herberg,s (1955) study of religion in America suggested that ? |
| A. | ethnic minorities practised religion to achieve social acceptance in the culture |
| B. | mainstream faiths were becoming increasingly identified with national identity |
| C. | the moral teachings of the main religions were becoming relatively similar |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
The “looking-glass self” essentially explains ? |
| A. | our reflections on our own personal shortcomings |
| B. | our sense of knowledge from all of the agents of socialization |
| C. | our sense of individuality |
| D. | our self-concept both positive and negative |
| E. | our imagination of how others see us |
| Answer» F. | |
| 36. |
A network of roles according to which each person accepts certain duties towards others makes ? |
| A. | Social background |
| B. | Social Order |
| C. | Social stratification |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Social stratification | |
| 37. |
Resistance to certain aspects of development and social change in an effort to neutralize their efforts is called________________? |
| A. | countermovement |
| B. | social amelioration |
| C. | counter modernization |
| D. | countenance |
| E. | post modernization |
| Answer» B. social amelioration | |
| 38. |
Bowlby’s maternal deprivation thesis claimed that_______________? |
| A. | mothers who are living in poverty cannot afford to give their children the resources that other children enjoy |
| B. | children deprived of an early secure attachment to their mother are prone to suffer physically intellectually and socially in later life |
| C. | mothering is a socially constructed activity identified in the narratives of new mothers |
| D. | deprivation is something children inherit usually through their mothers’ side |
| Answer» C. mothering is a socially constructed activity identified in the narratives of new mothers | |
| 39. |
Comte,s term positivism refers to________________? |
| A. | a theory that emphasizes the positive aspects of society |
| B. | the precise scientific study of observable phenomena |
| C. | a theory that posits difficult s and sets out to answer them |
| D. | an unscientific set of laws about social progress |
| Answer» C. a theory that posits difficult s and sets out to answer them | |
| 40. |
The development of computers and the increased use of the internet are examples of what source of social change ? |
| A. | clashes over resources and values |
| B. | diffusion |
| C. | the mass media |
| D. | innovation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
The Functionalist view on social change sees development and modernization both________________? |
| A. | necessary and functional |
| B. | slow and adaptive |
| C. | responsive but counterproductive |
| D. | humanistic and rational |
| E. | abnormal and troublesome |
| Answer» C. responsive but counterproductive | |
| 42. |
Which nation(s) has(have) witnessed a significant decline in voter turnout in recent elections ? |
| A. | Japan |
| B. | Great Britain |
| C. | the United States |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» C. the United States | |
| 43. |
Sociology can be considered a social science because_______________? |
| A. | its theories are logical explicit and supported by empirical evidence |
| B. | sociologists collect data in a relatively objective and systematic way |
| C. | ideas and research findings are scrutinized by other sociologists |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
Pakistanis share in the Worlds total adult illiterate is____________? |
| A. | 10% |
| B. | 5% |
| C. | 8% |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 8% | |
| 45. |
“Underclass “refers to____________? |
| A. | the poor who are concentrated in isolated rural areas |
| B. | individuals who experience occasional poverty but who move back into the “mainstream” of economic life within 12 months |
| C. | the persistently poor who exist mainly because of a sharp climb in joblessness due to a redistribution of jobs in the inner city |
| D. | both b and c |
| Answer» D. both b and c | |
| 46. |
Which of the following is an accurate statement about a population pyramid ? |
| A. | A population pyramid portrays the sex and age composition of a population |
| B. | A population pyramid must be based on absolute numbers. |
| C. | A population pyramid is of interest solely to academics. |
| D. | A population pyramid requires complex statistical calculation to understand the interrelationship between age and sex in a given population. |
| Answer» B. A population pyramid must be based on absolute numbers. | |
| 47. |
Why do many sociologists use scare quotes when discussing race ? |
| A. | it,s a complex concept with multiple meanings |
| B. | to reflect the fact that the number of races is disputed |
| C. | the concept has no scientific basis but is still widely used |
| D. | to distinguish the science of race from discussions of ethnicity |
| Answer» D. to distinguish the science of race from discussions of ethnicity | |
| 48. |
Due to urbanization Pakistanis urban population increased from six million in 1951 to_____________? |
| A. | 40 million today |
| B. | 57 million |
| C. | 60 million |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 60 million | |
| 49. |
The Most Prominent spokesmen of Functionalist Perspective are______________? |
| A. | Talcott Parsons |
| B. | Kingsley Davis |
| C. | Robert Merton |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
Proponents of the family planning approach to fertility reduction argue that______________? |
| A. | economic development will lead to a reduction in fertility |
| B. | governments consider modern contraceptive measures to be a threat to the preservation and continuation of their way of life. |
| C. | if contraceptives are made available and if information about the value and need for birth planning is disseminated people will reduce their fertility |
| D. | people can be coerced into using family planning techniques |
| Answer» D. people can be coerced into using family planning techniques | |