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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.
| 1501. |
The conscious and rational part of the self is______________? |
| A. | id |
| B. | ego |
| C. | Superego |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Superego | |
| 1502. |
Post-modernist writers have argued that______________? |
| A. | we live in a world of superficial fragmented images |
| B. | no theory is better than any other anything goes |
| C. | society has changed, and we need new kinds of theory |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» B. no theory is better than any other anything goes | |
| 1503. |
Freud divided self into three parts the id the superego and the______________? |
| A. | ego |
| B. | sub-ego |
| C. | le |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. sub-ego | |
| 1504. |
The first stage that existed in Pre-British era was when civil society existed in the form of______________? |
| A. | NGOs |
| B. | Baradaris |
| C. | Rural Notables |
| D. | Both b and c |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1505. |
The newest factor in the development equation is______________? |
| A. | Media |
| B. | NGOs |
| C. | Civil Society |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1506. |
Judiciary has also played a part in destabilizing political structure of country by______________? |
| A. | remaining silent |
| B. | Approving unconstitutional intervention |
| C. | discapproving military actions |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. discapproving military actions | |
| 1507. |
Which of the following is not identified by Fulcher & Scott as a criterion of community ? |
| A. | a shared sense of identity and belonging together |
| B. | common activities involving all -round relationships |
| C. | a fixed geographical location |
| D. | collective action based on common interests |
| Answer» D. collective action based on common interests | |
| 1508. |
The distribution of power in society is a concern for_____________? |
| A. | microsociology |
| B. | interactionism |
| C. | macrosociology |
| D. | ethnomethodology |
| Answer» D. ethnomethodology | |
| 1509. |
In Pakistan civil society is in developmental stages and ye has little influence in the_____________? |
| A. | Social issues |
| B. | Political affairs |
| C. | Policy making |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1510. |
Which of these distinguishes modern nation-states from traditional civilizations ? |
| A. | a national identity with an associated set of symbols and beliefs |
| B. | governmental authority over a clearly demarcated territory |
| C. | the granting of citizenship rights to the relevant population |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1511. |
The concept of collective consumption is most closely associated with______________? |
| A. | Hervey |
| B. | Molotch |
| C. | Castells |
| D. | Saunders |
| Answer» D. Saunders | |
| 1512. |
Who wrote The Metropolis and Mental Life (1903) ? |
| A. | Louise Wirth |
| B. | Robert Park |
| C. | Georg Simmel |
| D. | Max Weber |
| Answer» D. Max Weber | |
| 1513. |
Which of these is not a reason why the rate of urban growth is larger in developing countries ? |
| A. | living in closely connected settlements is a social feature common in developing countries |
| B. | fertility rates are generally higher in developing countries including among city dwellers |
| C. | greater job opportunities encourage large-scale internal migration from rural areas to cities |
| D. | reverse migration (from cities back to rural communities) can be harder in developing societies once a livelihood in a rural community is lost |
| Answer» B. fertility rates are generally higher in developing countries including among city dwellers | |
| 1514. |
Who described urbanism as a way of life _____________? |
| A. | Park |
| B. | Hawley |
| C. | Wirth |
| D. | Burgess |
| Answer» D. Burgess | |
| 1515. |
What is urban recycling ? |
| A. | renovating inner-city buildings for occupation by the middle classes |
| B. | a new domestic waste reduction strategy for inner-city areas |
| C. | councils buying up cheap housing to turn into commercial developments |
| D. | refurbishing old buildings and finding new uses for previously used land |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1516. |
Why does Mike Davis (1990) describe Los Angeles as a city of quartz ? |
| A. | it has more millionaires than any other city |
| B. | it has been hardened against the poor |
| C. | it has been hardened against than any other US city |
| D. | it has a policy of promoting opportunity for all |
| Answer» C. it has been hardened against than any other US city | |
| 1517. |
Which city is forecast to become the largest megacity by 2025 ? |
| A. | New York |
| B. | Mumbai |
| C. | Beijing |
| D. | Tokyo |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1518. |
The terms crisis of the 1970s is used to refer to_______________? |
| A. | declining profits and rising unemployment |
| B. | the eradication of the welfare state |
| C. | rising divorce rates and the decline of the traditional family |
| D. | an unfortunate twist in fashion sensibility |
| Answer» B. the eradication of the welfare state | |
| 1519. |
Freud saw self and society in basic conflict not in harmony He named this self as_________________? |
| A. | Antisocial self |
| B. | Generalized other |
| C. | looking glass self |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Generalized other | |
| 1520. |
The part which is the complex of social ideals and values which one has internalized, and which form the conscience is______________? |
| A. | id |
| B. | Superego |
| C. | ego |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. ego | |
| 1521. |
Weber said that the spirit of capitalism could be traced back to______________? |
| A. | the movement towards religious pluralism |
| B. | inspirational Protestant groups who revived religious ideas |
| C. | new religious movements who rejected traditional forms of labor |
| D. | Calvinists who engaged in ascetic practices to gain signs of salvation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1522. |
Erik Erikson a German scholar trained in Freudian psychoanalysis presented a theory of life-cycle socialization through ? |
| A. | five stages |
| B. | Seven stages |
| C. | Eight stages |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1523. |
The process of looking glass self consists of __________ steps? |
| A. | Two |
| B. | Three |
| C. | Four |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Four | |
| 1524. |
Wallflowers are people who came to believe early in life that they can_____________? |
| A. | make conversation |
| B. | not make conversation |
| C. | Sometimes they are good speakers |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Sometimes they are good speakers | |
| 1525. |
In the middle teens the most important reference group is__________________? |
| A. | Family |
| B. | Peer group |
| C. | Teachers |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Teachers | |
| 1526. |
We all for most of the time try to be a model personality A model personality is one that represents ? |
| A. | All possible cultural traits |
| B. | Most of the cultural traits |
| C. | None of the cultural traits |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. None of the cultural traits | |
| 1527. |
Socialization is the process through which an individual internalizes ? |
| A. | Cultural norms |
| B. | Social processes |
| C. | Sense of interaction |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Social processes | |
| 1528. |
Mead presented the idea that each individual is a composite of expectations one believes others hold toward one Mead named it as_____________? |
| A. | looking glass self |
| B. | Self-perception |
| C. | generalized other |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1529. |
Basic personality characteristics of the individual are formed within______________? |
| A. | family |
| B. | Friends |
| C. | Classroom |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Friends | |
| 1530. |
totality of behavior of an individual with a given tendency system interacting with a sequence of situations” is termed as____________? |
| A. | Behavior |
| B. | Role |
| C. | Personality |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1531. |
Once formed the self is________________? |
| A. | interactive |
| B. | proactive |
| C. | rigid |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. rigid | |
| 1532. |
Sorokin emphasizes that the group difference is mainly affected by differences in_______________? |
| A. | biological factor |
| B. | Physical environment |
| C. | Culture |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Culture | |
| 1533. |
Biological inheritance physical environment culture and group experience are various factors which play a role in the development of_______________? |
| A. | Personality |
| B. | Society |
| C. | Community |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Society | |
| 1534. |
Th market model of state welfare is based on the principle of_____________? |
| A. | individuals buying welfare privately with some means-tested benefits |
| B. | regular benefit payments to men as earners of the family wage |
| C. | a universalist system of welfare for all regardless of income |
| D. | recommodifying social welfare through state provision |
| Answer» B. regular benefit payments to men as earners of the family wage | |