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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.
| 1451. |
Comte gave the law of_______________? |
| A. | Four phases |
| B. | three phases |
| C. | Two phases |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» C. Two phases | |
| 1452. |
Secularization involves the two related ideas of__________________? |
| A. | disappointment and disproportion |
| B. | disbelief and disintegration |
| C. | disengagement and disenchantment |
| D. | distribution and distillation |
| Answer» D. distribution and distillation | |
| 1453. |
In the division of Labor in Society Emile Durkheim presented the idea of______________? |
| A. | Mechanical and organic solidarity |
| B. | Physical and social solidarity |
| C. | physiological and mechanical solidarity |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Physical and social solidarity | |
| 1454. |
Which of the following in NOT associated with functionalism ? |
| A. | Talcott Parsons |
| B. | Ralf Dahrendorf |
| C. | Emile Durkheim |
| D. | Robert Merton |
| Answer» C. Emile Durkheim | |
| 1455. |
Society is a complex organization of parts that function to fulfil the requirements and promote the needs of the whole is a concept of________________? |
| A. | structural functionalism |
| B. | interaction school of thought |
| C. | Phenom ology |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. interaction school of thought | |
| 1456. |
Theoretical approaches can only be said to be valid if______________? |
| A. | the theorist has researched the literature thoroughly |
| B. | they have been tested out by means of factual research |
| C. | they are written in such a way as to be impossible to disprove |
| D. | they are shared by a large enough number of theorists |
| Answer» C. they are written in such a way as to be impossible to disprove | |
| 1457. |
The feeling of aimlessness or despair often associated with unsettling conditions is_______________? |
| A. | alienation |
| B. | amorality |
| C. | anomie |
| D. | ascription |
| Answer» D. ascription | |
| 1458. |
According to Strain theory, ____ are those individuals who have traditional success goals but substitute deviant means by which to achieve them ? |
| A. | ritualists |
| B. | ret realists |
| C. | rebels |
| D. | innovators |
| E. | conformists |
| Answer» E. conformists | |
| 1459. |
Sociological definitions of deviance consist of behaviors, beliefs, and_______________? |
| A. | attributes |
| B. | realities |
| C. | Choices |
| D. | records |
| E. | Conditions |
| Answer» F. | |
| 1460. |
The key concept in labelling theory is that of____________________? |
| A. | stigma |
| B. | commitment |
| C. | aspiration |
| D. | motivation |
| E. | acceptance |
| Answer» B. commitment | |
| 1461. |
Lombroso claimed that______________? |
| A. | criminals were socialized into an underworld of crime |
| B. | no act is intrinsically deviant |
| C. | biological failings drove some people into crime |
| D. | women were less likely to be arrested than men |
| Answer» D. women were less likely to be arrested than men | |
| 1462. |
Which of the following was not identified as one of the four major social bonds in Hirschi’s Social Control theory ? |
| A. | religiosity |
| B. | commitment |
| C. | involvement |
| D. | belief |
| E. | attachment |
| Answer» B. commitment | |
| 1463. |
According to Strain theory, retreatants are likely to engage in what type of deviant activity ? |
| A. | Sexual assault |
| B. | terrorism |
| C. | counterfeiting |
| D. | drug abuse |
| E. | robbery |
| Answer» E. robbery | |
| 1464. |
Tonnies divided the social structure into Gemeinschaft and Gesellschafts The tighter and cohesive social entity was the salient feature of___________? |
| A. | Gemeinschaft |
| B. | Gesellschafts |
| C. | Both of them |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Gesellschafts | |
| 1465. |
Sutherland’s Differential Association theory emphasizes that crime and deviance are basically______________? |
| A. | due to poor parenting |
| B. | learned |
| C. | psychotic |
| D. | biological |
| E. | the result of being labelled |
| Answer» C. psychotic | |
| 1466. |
What is the term that describes repeat offending by those who have been in prison ? |
| A. | rehabilitation |
| B. | deterrence |
| C. | reform |
| D. | recidivism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1467. |
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 | |
| 1468. |
Psychological positivism stresses the key role that _______ plays in the development of conformist of criminal belief systems? |
| A. | pre-natal nutrition |
| B. | hormones |
| C. | genetic abnormalities |
| D. | early childhood |
| E. | adolescence |
| Answer» E. adolescence | |
| 1469. |
Conflict theory’s primary suggestion for reducing crime and deviance involves the_____________? |
| A. | Substantial reduction of economic inequality |
| B. | Subordination of the agents of social control |
| C. | redefinition of acts that are currently defined as criminal |
| D. | amelioration of social welfare activities |
| E. | repression of lower-class gang activities |
| Answer» B. Subordination of the agents of social control | |
| 1470. |
Labelling theory came into prominence during which decade of the twentieth century ? |
| A. | 1950s |
| B. | 1980s |
| C. | 1940s |
| D. | 1960s |
| E. | 1970s |
| Answer» E. 1970s | |
| 1471. |
Social Control theory attempts to explain_____________? |
| A. | conformity |
| B. | corporate crime |
| C. | Psychologically-based crime |
| D. | lower-class crime |
| E. | white-collar crime |
| Answer» B. corporate crime | |
| 1472. |
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 | |
| 1473. |
If a deviant act is ‘normalized’ it is______________? |
| A. | recognized as breaking an important norm of behavior |
| B. | seen a temporary aberration from an otherwise normal character |
| C. | the first step in establishing a deviant career |
| D. | attributed to the person’s genetic or anatomical make up |
| Answer» C. the first step in establishing a deviant career | |
| 1474. |
Which policy is supported by the theory of broken windows ? |
| A. | restorative justice |
| B. | zero tolerance |
| C. | target hardening |
| D. | deterrent sentencing |
| Answer» C. target hardening | |
| 1475. |
Which one of the following is a strategy for restorative justice ? |
| A. | community service |
| B. | imprisonment |
| C. | electronic tagging |
| D. | curfews |
| Answer» B. imprisonment | |
| 1476. |
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 | |
| 1477. |
Which one of the following is an example of a ‘third generation’ or true cybercrime ? |
| A. | international drug dealing via email |
| B. | The global trade in online pornography |
| C. | the vandalizing of virtual environments |
| D. | theft of goods sold via online action websites |
| Answer» D. theft of goods sold via online action websites | |
| 1478. |
Who first introduced the notion of anomie into sociology ? |
| A. | comte |
| B. | Marx |
| C. | Weber |
| D. | Durkheim |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1479. |
Herbert Gans called urban residents who prefer to live in their own tight-knit communities___________? |
| A. | communities |
| B. | ethnic villagers |
| C. | the trapped |
| D. | gentrofiles |
| Answer» C. the trapped | |
| 1480. |
Urbanism is the study of________________? |
| A. | Cities |
| B. | human communities’ rural areas |
| C. | Transition |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. human communities’ rural areas | |
| 1481. |
A group of people with the same or related occupations is usually termed as___________? |
| A. | Professional community |
| B. | Workplace community |
| C. | Secondary group |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Workplace community | |
| 1482. |
Louis Wirth argued that a relatively large and permanent settlement leads to distinctive patterns of behavior which he called_______________? |
| A. | squatting |
| B. | linear development |
| C. | urbanism |
| D. | gentrification |
| Answer» D. gentrification | |
| 1483. |
The traditional urbanization exhibits a concentration of human activities and settlements around the downtown areas when the residential area shifts outward this is called_____________? |
| A. | Suburbanization |
| B. | Network city |
| C. | Postmodern city |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1484. |
Agriculture cannot absorb the population concentration of human activities and settlements around the downtown areas when the residential area shifts outward this is called____________? |
| A. | Other occupations |
| B. | Urbanization |
| C. | Development |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Development | |
| 1485. |
Division of labor social class formal government institutions and system of trade and commerce all are peculiar to any_____________? |
| A. | Urban Community |
| B. | Rural Community |
| C. | Both a and b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Rural Community | |
| 1486. |
In western world urbanization has accompanied________________? |
| A. | Trade |
| B. | Progress |
| C. | Industrialization |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1487. |
Homogeneity farming and subsistent economy are salient features of_____________? |
| A. | Urban Community |
| B. | Rural community |
| C. | None of these |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» C. None of these | |
| 1488. |
communities can be categorized terms of______________? |
| A. | Geography |
| B. | Culture |
| C. | Organizations |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1489. |
As a consequence of rural-urban migration____________? |
| A. | More and more urbanization is taking place successfully |
| B. | ruralisation of urban areas is taking place |
| C. | Ruralisation of urban areas and ribbon growth seem to be the result |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Ruralisation of urban areas and ribbon growth seem to be the result | |
| 1490. |
Which of the following used the phrase looking-glass self to emphasize that the self is the product of our social interactions with other people? |
| A. | George Herbert Mead |
| B. | Charles Horton Cooley |
| C. | Erving Goffman |
| D. | Harry Harlow |
| Answer» C. Erving Goffman | |
| 1491. |
The collective value of all social networks (who people know) and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other (the norms of reciprocity) is called ____________ ? |
| A. | Social cohesion |
| B. | Social Capital |
| C. | Social bond |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Social bond | |
| 1492. |
Which of the following is predicted to be a major influence on cities during the next 50 years ? |
| A. | Pollution |
| B. | The internet |
| C. | Urban renewal |
| D. | Deindustrialization |
| Answer» C. Urban renewal | |
| 1493. |
Weber (1919) said that the states monopoly of the use of force was legitimated by______________? |
| A. | charismatic authority |
| B. | rational -legal authority |
| C. | traditional authority |
| D. | value-rational authority |
| Answer» C. traditional authority | |
| 1494. |
The adage that it’s not what you know it,s who you know emphasizes the importance of connections This is most relevant to the concept of____________? |
| A. | De-differentiation |
| B. | Network economy |
| C. | Political corruption |
| D. | Social capital |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1495. |
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan is Fighting for_________________? |
| A. | Organizational development |
| B. | Human rights |
| C. | Social integrity |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Social integrity | |
| 1496. |
According to Riley Dunlap which one of the following is not a basic function that the natural environment serves for humans ? |
| A. | the environment provides the resources essential for life |
| B. | the environment serves as a waste depository |
| C. | the environment provides a natural setting for social inequalities |
| D. | the environment “houses our species |
| Answer» D. the environment “houses our species | |
| 1497. |
Authority generated by the personality or personal appeal of an individual is referred as______________? |
| A. | traditional authority |
| B. | charismatic authority |
| C. | rational domination |
| D. | Patrimonialism |
| Answer» C. rational domination | |
| 1498. |
According to Piaget the phase at which children master abstract logical notions are able to grasp causality and can recognize false reasoning is the ? |
| A. | sensorimotor stage |
| B. | preoperational stage |
| C. | concrete operational phase |
| D. | formal operational stage |
| Answer» D. formal operational stage | |
| 1499. |
According to __________ a variety of life experiences can come to be viewed as illnesses or not? |
| A. | functionalist perspective |
| B. | conflict perspective |
| C. | interactionist perspective |
| D. | labelling theory |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1500. |
Jean Piaget found that although newborns have no self in the sense of a looking glass image they are quiet ? |
| A. | ethnocentric |
| B. | self-centered |
| C. | other-directed |
| D. | deterministic |
| Answer» C. other-directed | |