

MCQOPTIONS
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 | |