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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.
| 101. |
A minority group is one that is both disadvantaged and______________? |
| A. | has some sense of collective or group solidarity |
| B. | numerically small compared to the main social group |
| C. | identifiably different from others in a society |
| D. | holds views contrary to the social norm |
| Answer» B. numerically small compared to the main social group | |
| 102. |
Dependency theorists from low-income countries drew the ideas___________? |
| A. | Walt Rostow |
| B. | Karl Marx |
| C. | Immanuel Wallerstein |
| D. | Bretton Woods |
| Answer» C. Immanuel Wallerstein | |
| 103. |
Which of these ethnic groups has the greatest proportion of its members in the bottom income quintile ? |
| A. | Whites |
| B. | Indians |
| C. | Black Caribbean |
| D. | Pakistan /Bangladeshis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 104. |
Median earnings are a better benchmark for poverty than mean earnings because_____________? |
| A. | the mean is distorted by a few people at the very top of the distribution |
| B. | they lead more people to be defined as in poverty |
| C. | the median is a more accurate measurement of earning than the mean |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» B. they lead more people to be defined as in poverty | |
| 105. |
Critics of the concept of relative poverty argue that_______________? |
| A. | it concentrates too much on kinship ties |
| B. | the government should be raising benefit levels |
| C. | in modern affluent societies no one is truly poor |
| D. | it is wrong to make comparisons between countries |
| Answer» D. it is wrong to make comparisons between countries | |
| 106. |
The term assets refers to_______________? |
| A. | the culturally valued commodities and standards of living that make the poor feel relatively deprived |
| B. | the flow of money a person receives from their salary or wage |
| C. | a stock of economic resources including land shares and bank deposits |
| D. | the slices of the population who own differing amounts of wealth |
| Answer» D. the slices of the population who own differing amounts of wealth | |
| 107. |
“Geme in schaft”refers to a social system in which most relationships are _______________? |
| A. | Personal or traditional |
| B. | Impersonal |
| C. | Organizational |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Impersonal | |
| 108. |
In 50s and 60s the national affairs of the country were controlled by_____________? |
| A. | Industrialist |
| B. | Feudal |
| C. | Intelligentsia |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Intelligentsia | |
| 109. |
Murray though that the underclass consisted of people who______________? |
| A. | formed an inferior race with low levels of intelligence |
| B. | lived morally unsound lives of crime and squalor |
| C. | were too reliant upon welfare benefits |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 110. |
The first stage of the demographic transition is called the_____________? |
| A. | pretransition stage |
| B. | transition stage |
| C. | post transition stage initiation stage |
| D. | initiation stage |
| Answer» B. transition stage | |
| 111. |
Global economic inequality refers primarily to_____________? |
| A. | systematic differences in wealth and income between global firms |
| B. | systematic differences in wealth and income between countries |
| C. | systematic differences in wealth and income within countries |
| D. | systematic differences in wealth and income between poorer countries |
| Answer» C. systematic differences in wealth and income within countries | |
| 112. |
In stage 3 of the health transition the main causes of illness and death are____________? |
| A. | acute infectious diseases such as typhus measles and cholera |
| B. | respiratory diseases such as pneumonia and asthma |
| C. | chronic degenerative diseases such as cancer heart disease and strokes |
| D. | too diverse to put into one category |
| Answer» D. too diverse to put into one category | |
| 113. |
Total inhabitants of an area at a given time is termed as_____________? |
| A. | community |
| B. | Society |
| C. | Population |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 114. |
Our demographic situation provides us with an extraordinary opportunity we can_____________? |
| A. | educate and use this resource |
| B. | Send educated abroad |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 115. |
The general fertility rate fell between 1964 and 2000 because of_______________? |
| A. | increases in the age of marriage and the age at which childbearing begins |
| B. | there being fewer women of childbearing age than there were in the first half of the century |
| C. | errors in the measurement of birth rates and production of statistics |
| D. | the risk diseases caused by poverty poor housing and bad sanitation |
| Answer» B. there being fewer women of childbearing age than there were in the first half of the century | |
| 116. |
Of the following nations life expectancy at birth is highest in____________? |
| A. | Japan |
| B. | United States |
| C. | Gambia |
| D. | unknown |
| Answer» B. United States | |
| 117. |
The final stage in demographic transition is marked by_____________? |
| A. | high birth-rates and death rates |
| B. | high birth-rates and low death rates |
| C. | low birth-rates and high death rates |
| D. | low birth-rates and low death rates |
| Answer» E. | |
| 118. |
Economic growth will keep pace with population growth only if there is_______________? |
| A. | Available acreage |
| B. | Improved technology |
| C. | Motivation to achieve |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Motivation to achieve | |
| 119. |
According to the United States Department of Labor about _______ percent of “downsized “employees find new jabs ? |
| A. | 75 |
| B. | 14 |
| C. | 19 |
| D. | 28 |
| Answer» B. 14 | |
| 120. |
A country becomes over populated when_____________? |
| A. | Its population exceeds set limit |
| B. | Its resources fail to cope with its requirement |
| C. | None of these |
| D. | Both of these |
| Answer» C. None of these | |
| 121. |
It was estimated 148.72 million according to______________? |
| A. | 2003 census |
| B. | 2004 census |
| C. | 2005 census |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 2005 census | |
| 122. |
The deviant subculture of homosexuals who met in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century London was called____________? |
| A. | polies |
| B. | molies |
| C. | dolies |
| D. | lollies |
| Answer» C. dolies | |
| 123. |
Over population is also one of the major causes of_______________? |
| A. | unemployment |
| B. | Inflation |
| C. | Poverty |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 124. |
The first stage of the demographic transition is called the________________? |
| A. | Pre-transition stage |
| B. | transition stage |
| C. | post transition stage |
| D. | initiation stage |
| Answer» B. transition stage | |
| 125. |
Demographic Transition exhibits_____________? |
| A. | High birth rate and low death rate in its first phase |
| B. | High death rate and low birth rate in its first phase |
| C. | High birth rate and high death rate in its first phase |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 126. |
Which of these is not a criticism that critical realists make of social constructionist approaches to the environment ? |
| A. | social constructionism reminds us that all environmental issues have an important social aspect and context |
| B. | social constructionism remains agnostic about the scientific reality of environmental issues |
| C. | social constructionism tells us more about social interactions than the relationship between society and the environment |
| D. | social constructionism applies standard which demand new theorizing and approaches |
| Answer» B. social constructionism remains agnostic about the scientific reality of environmental issues | |
| 127. |
The final stage in demographic transition is marked by_______________? |
| A. | high birthrates and death rates |
| B. | high birthrates and low death rates |
| C. | low birthrates and high death rates |
| D. | low birthrates and low death rates |
| Answer» C. low birthrates and high death rates | |
| 128. |
Which of the following is a criticism of the sick role ? |
| A. | Patients judgments regarding their own state of health may be related to their gender age social class and ethnic group |
| B. | The sick role may be more applicable to people experiencing short-term illnesses than those with recurring long-term illnesses |
| C. | Even simple factors such as whether a person is employed or not seem to affect willingness to assume the sick role |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 129. |
Interventionist Perspective emphasizes that________________? |
| A. | People interact mainly through symbols |
| B. | People perceive the world mostly subjectively |
| C. | All reality is not subjective |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 130. |
Supporters of sustainable development are arguing for_____________? |
| A. | more resource to be directed towards economic growth |
| B. | more resources to be put into Third World development |
| C. | growth that minimizes resource depletion and pollution |
| D. | fewer resources to be directed towards economic growth |
| Answer» D. fewer resources to be directed towards economic growth | |
| 131. |
For Thomas Robert Malthus the appropriate way to control population was to_____________? |
| A. | use artificial means of birth control |
| B. | postpone marriage |
| C. | pass legislation prohibiting families from having more than one child |
| D. | do all of the above |
| Answer» C. pass legislation prohibiting families from having more than one child | |
| 132. |
The term secondary deviation refers to________________? |
| A. | the punishment or stigmatization of deviant acts |
| B. | the labelling of an act as deviant through social reactions to it |
| C. | the ways in which taking on a deviant role affects future action |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 133. |
Literacy rate in 1951 was_____________? |
| A. | 10% |
| B. | 16% |
| C. | 20% |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 20% | |
| 134. |
GM crops are different from anything that has existed before because ______________? |
| A. | they are produced by techniques of cross-breeding |
| B. | they are capable of drastically improving agricultural yields |
| C. | they involve transplanting genes between different organisms |
| D. | they have become front-page stories in the news everyday |
| Answer» D. they have become front-page stories in the news everyday | |
| 135. |
According to Marx_____________? |
| A. | an economic crisis in the capitalist system would force factory owners into the ranks of the unemployed |
| B. | an excess of the working-class population depends on the availability of employment opportunities not on fixed supply of food. |
| C. | the problems associated with population growth are a function of the scarcity of wealth |
| D. | self-control would restrain population growth. |
| Answer» C. the problems associated with population growth are a function of the scarcity of wealth | |
| 136. |
The ____ is the increase or decrease that results from immigration or emigration per 1000 member of the population in a given year ? |
| A. | emigration rate |
| B. | growth rate |
| C. | immigration rate |
| D. | net migration rate |
| Answer» E. | |
| 137. |
Which of the following has NOT been identified as a potential consequence of global warming ? |
| A. | falls in agricultural yields |
| B. | the spread of disease |
| C. | the use of unclear energy |
| D. | a rise in sea levels |
| Answer» D. a rise in sea levels | |
| 138. |
How are genetically modified foods different from previous techniques ? |
| A. | the genes used cannot spread into the wider environment |
| B. | they involve transplanting genes from one organism to another |
| C. | we can say with certainty that they are risk-free |
| D. | they have been accepted by consumers in all countries |
| Answer» C. we can say with certainty that they are risk-free | |
| 139. |
How did the Brundtland Commission (1987) define sustainable development ? |
| A. | development that protects the environment for future generations even at the expense of the present generation |
| B. | development which meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs |
| C. | a type of development which put the interests of developing countries ahead of the interests of the rich nations |
| D. | development that is capable of maintaining sustainable economic growth for all countries of the world |
| Answer» C. a type of development which put the interests of developing countries ahead of the interests of the rich nations | |
| 140. |
Power whose basis is the threat or application of punishment is called______________? |
| A. | charismatic authority |
| B. | traditional authority |
| C. | authority |
| D. | force |
| Answer» E. | |
| 141. |
Herbert Gans called urban residents who prefer to live in their own tight-knit communities ? |
| A. | cosmopolites |
| B. | ethnic villagers |
| C. | the trapped |
| D. | gentrifies |
| Answer» C. the trapped | |
| 142. |
In What year did the 15 constituent republics of the USSR declare independence thereby ending the Soviet Union as a functioning state ? |
| A. | 1989 |
| B. | 1998 |
| C. | 2001 |
| D. | 1991 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 143. |
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 | |
| 144. |
All societies confront three basic economic problems Which of the following is NOT one of them ? |
| A. | determining what goods and services to produce |
| B. | determining how to employ limited resources |
| C. | determining how much each individual should be paid |
| D. | determining for whom goods and services should be produced |
| Answer» D. determining for whom goods and services should be produced | |
| 145. |
Multinational corporations______________? |
| A. | maintain strong national identities in spite of operating abroad |
| B. | may need to avoid alienating non-American workers and customers |
| C. | provide preferential treatment for American employees |
| D. | play an increasingly important role in the structuring of the division of labor in the world economy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 146. |
Totalitarianism ? |
| A. | is the authoritative formulation of policies that are binding and pervasive throughout the society? |
| B. | is a state in which the government is concerned with satisfying the needs of the total person? |
| C. | is a state in which the government seeks to control all subordinate governmental units all institutions and even personal associations and individual |
| D. | can incorporate only in a socialist society |
| Answer» D. can incorporate only in a socialist society | |
| 147. |
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 | |
| 148. |
Why is force not he most effective means for political rule ? |
| A. | Force is very efficient but also very costly |
| B. | Honor is denied to those who rule by force alone |
| C. | The elite’s ideals are fulfilled but tainted by use of force |
| D. | Force is the most effective means for political rule |
| Answer» C. The elite’s ideals are fulfilled but tainted by use of force | |
| 149. |
Political parties ? |
| A. | are organizations designed to gain control of the government but not necessarily by putting their own people in office |
| B. | tend to be pulled to the “right” |
| C. | must appeal to a broad base of the electorate in order to win |
| D. | tend to be barriers between citizens and the government |
| Answer» D. tend to be barriers between citizens and the government | |
| 150. |
In _______ authority rules are obeyed because their commands are within the impersonal formally defined scope of their office ? |
| A. | charismatic |
| B. | legal-rational |
| C. | state |
| D. | traditional |
| Answer» C. state | |