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351. |
When Berger & Luckman said that reality is socially constructed they meant ? |
A. | scientists are guided in their work by social values and interests, so they define and measure phenomena that will support their theories |
B. | people negotiate shared definitions of their situation and live according to these often forgetting that these social worlds are not fixed and externa |
C. | sociologists decide what constitutes social reality and measure only that |
D. | terms like reality have no deeper meaning beyond the level of discourse |
Answer» C. sociologists decide what constitutes social reality and measure only that | |
352. |
According to Weber the driving force of society was_____________? |
A. | rationality |
B. | Cultural pursuits |
C. | Increased development |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Cultural pursuits | |
353. |
Division of labor is a characteristic of_______________? |
A. | Horticulture |
B. | Agriculture |
C. | Industrialization |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
354. |
Agriculture and horticulture was developed in______________? |
A. | Fertile crescent Region of Middle East |
B. | East Asia |
C. | Central and South America |
D. | Southeast Asia |
Answer» B. East Asia | |
355. |
Main types of agriculture are_______________? |
A. | Industrial agriculture |
B. | Subsistence agriculture |
C. | both a and b |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» D. None of the above | |
356. |
Subsistence Agriculture fulfils the needs of_________________? |
A. | Agriculturist and his/her family |
B. | The population on village level |
C. | The larger part of population |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. The population on village level | |
357. |
The Maasai of Kenya is an example of_______________? |
A. | Hunter gatherer society |
B. | Pastoralist society |
C. | Agrarian society |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Agrarian society | |
358. |
The item alien to the concept of mass is______________? |
A. | vastness |
B. | anonymity |
C. | responsibility |
D. | None of these |
Answer» E. | |
359. |
The case of the former Soviet Union supports Kerr et al,s (1960) claims that___________? |
A. | totalitarian regimes are incompatible with the requirements of advanced industrial technology |
B. | democratic governments serve the interests of a ruling elite |
C. | advanced industrial technology strengthens the power of totalitarian regimes |
D. | communist societies disperse power between various political parties |
Answer» B. democratic governments serve the interests of a ruling elite | |
360. |
Communism is a form of government in which _____________? |
A. | Means of production are owned by the community |
B. | by the capitalist |
C. | by the representatives of proletariat |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. by the capitalist | |
361. |
In pre-industrial societies solidarity was maintained due to____________? |
A. | Religion |
B. | Sense of Community |
C. | both a & b |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
362. |
Suicide rate was higher in Protestants because they had higher emphasis on______________? |
A. | Individualism |
B. | solidarity |
C. | Harmony |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. solidarity | |
363. |
“Perspective “means____________? |
A. | A working set of assumptions |
B. | an approach |
C. | both a & b |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
364. |
Evolutionary Perspective is based on the work of_______________? |
A. | Comte and Spencer |
B. | Marx and Weber |
C. | All of above |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Marx and Weber | |
365. |
“Principles of Sociology” was written in 1876 by______________? |
A. | August Comte |
B. | Herbert Spencer |
C. | Max Weber |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Max Weber | |
366. |
Suicide by Durkheim was published in____________? |
A. | 1878 |
B. | 1797 |
C. | 1897 |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
367. |
“Positive Philosophy the work of August Comte was published in______________? |
A. | 1938 |
B. | 1838 |
C. | 1883 |
D. | All of above |
Answer» C. 1883 | |
368. |
Characteristics of Scientific observation are____________? |
A. | Accuracy |
B. | Precision and objectivity |
C. | Systematic and recorded |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» E. | |
369. |
The term “Sociology” was first coined by____________? |
A. | Karl Marx |
B. | Max Weber |
C. | August Comte |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
370. |
In positive philosophy Comte noted that_____________? |
A. | Sociology should be based on speculation |
B. | On systematic observation and classification |
C. | On authority |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. On authority | |
371. |
Durkheim defined social facts as______________? |
A. | ways of acting thinking and feeling that are collective and social in origin |
B. | the way scientists construct knowledge in a social context |
C. | data collected about social phenomena that are proven to be correct |
D. | ideas and theories that have no basis in the external physical world |
Answer» B. the way scientists construct knowledge in a social context | |
372. |
All the perspectives are______________? |
A. | quite opposing to each other |
B. | complementary each other |
C. | basically, the analysis of society from different angles |
D. | B and C |
Answer» E. | |
373. |
Functionalists view social control as_______________? |
A. | operating to favor powerful groups at the expense of others |
B. | an indispensable functional requirement for social survival |
C. | a source of social chaos |
D. | both b and c |
Answer» C. a source of social chaos | |
374. |
White-collar and corporate crimes______________? |
A. | are committed by relatively affluent people often in the course of business activities |
B. | are not very costly compared to the dollar cost of other crimes |
C. | are crimes the average person is less likely to experience than street crime |
D. | usually result in severe punishment for those who are caught |
Answer» B. are not very costly compared to the dollar cost of other crimes | |
375. |
Lombroso claimed that_____________? |
A. | criminals were socialized 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 | |
376. |
The career mobility of married women is still greatly handicapped by_____________? |
A. | men |
B. | household duties |
C. | other rival women |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. other rival women | |
377. |
If a particular social change promotes a harmonious equilibrium it is______________? |
A. | None functional |
B. | Functional |
C. | Ineffective |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
378. |
The Main aspect of Conflict Perspective is_____________? |
A. | Religion is a driving force in society |
B. | Class conflict and class exploitation is prime force history |
C. | Equilibrium drives the society |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Equilibrium drives the society | |
379. |
The largest single economic fact of Pakistan is______________? |
A. | Industry |
B. | Agriculture |
C. | manufacturing |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. manufacturing | |
380. |
Pakistanis net primary enrolment is significantly below than its neighbors specially ? |
A. | Bangladesh |
B. | India |
C. | Sri Lanka |
D. | None of these |
Answer» E. | |
381. |
How has the global human population grown between the Industrial Revolution of around 1750 and 2013 ? |
A. | 771 million to 7.1 billion |
B. | 1.65 billion to 7.1 billion |
C. | 771 million to 8.2 billion |
D. | 1.65 million to 8.2 billion |
Answer» B. 1.65 billion to 7.1 billion | |
382. |
the level of public spending on Education has regrettably reduced from 2.6% in 1990, s to _____ in 2002-03 ? |
A. | 1.8% |
B. | 2% |
C. | 1.5% |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. 2% | |
383. |
According to Castles and Miller which ONE of these is NOT a developing tendency in migration ? |
A. | deceleration |
B. | diversification |
C. | globalization |
D. | feminization |
Answer» B. diversification | |
384. |
Women of which ethnic group are least likely to have a white partner ? |
A. | India |
B. | Pakistan |
C. | Bangladeshi |
D. | Chinese |
Answer» D. Chinese | |
385. |
What is the approach to ethnic integration which requires immigrants to adopt the culture and values of the majority called ? |
A. | assimilation |
B. | melting pot |
C. | cultural pluralism |
D. | multiculturalism |
Answer» B. melting pot | |
386. |
Agriculture accounts for 25% value added and _________% of work force? |
A. | 40% |
B. | 305 |
C. | 20% |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. 20% | |
387. |
What proportion of the world’s annual wealth output is concentrated in high-income countries ? |
A. | 15% |
B. | 25% |
C. | 50% |
D. | 75% |
Answer» E. | |
388. |
In which sector do two-thirds of the world’s working children perform their labor ? |
A. | Wholesale and retail |
B. | manufacturing |
C. | agriculture |
D. | services |
Answer» D. services | |
389. |
Which one of these is NOT one of the newly industrializing countries ? |
A. | Brazil |
B. | South Korea |
C. | Taiwan |
D. | Hungary |
Answer» E. | |
390. |
Put the GDPs of these countries in descending order ______________? |
A. | Sweden Switzerland Norway Portugal |
B. | Sweden Norway Switzerland Portugal |
C. | Portugal Switzerland Norway Sweden |
D. | Switzerland Norway Portugal Sweden |
Answer» B. Sweden Norway Switzerland Portugal | |
391. |
What proportion of world trade is accounted for by transnational corporations ? |
A. | four fifths |
B. | two thirds |
C. | one quarter |
D. | half |
Answer» C. one quarter | |
392. |
Which of these classification terms when in use would never have been used to describe for example Ghana in Africa ? |
A. | developing |
B. | global South |
C. | majority world |
D. | second World |
Answer» E. | |
393. |
In what type of society have human beings lived for the majority of the time humans have been on planet Earth ? |
A. | agrarian societies |
B. | pastoral societies |
C. | hunter-gatherer societies |
D. | industrial societies |
Answer» D. industrial societies | |
394. |
which definition best describes the process of globalization ? |
A. | capitalist companies are spreading across the planet |
B. | we all now live in a single society |
C. | individuals’ groups and nations are becoming more interdependent |
D. | human beings now live on every continent of the planet |
Answer» D. human beings now live on every continent of the planet | |
395. |
The potential number of children that women are capable of bearing is called____________? |
A. | fertility |
B. | fecundity |
C. | femininity |
D. | facticity |
Answer» C. femininity | |
396. |
The demographic transition refers to______________? |
A. | an increase in the birth rate |
B. | an increase in the death rate |
C. | an exponential growth in population |
D. | a change in the ratio of births to deaths |
Answer» E. | |
397. |
In demographic terms what is the main argument associated with Malthusianism ? |
A. | population growth creates the conditions for the spread of disease |
B. | all countries must pass through the demographic transition |
C. | population growth tends to outstrip food production |
D. | birth control is irrelevant for the control of population growth |
Answer» D. birth control is irrelevant for the control of population growth | |
398. |
Dependency theorists from low-income countries drew on the ideas of_____________? |
A. | Walt Rostow |
B. | Karl Marx |
C. | Immanuel Wallerstein |
D. | Bretton Woods |
Answer» C. Immanuel Wallerstein | |
399. |
Which theorist is most associated with world-systems theory ? |
A. | Walt Rostow |
B. | Immanuel Waller-stein |
C. | Amartya Sen |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» C. Amartya Sen | |
400. |
What is the main role of the International Monetary Fund ? |
A. | to reduce levels of global inequality |
B. | to generate economic activity in the developing countries |
C. | to maintain stability in the world financial system |
D. | to provide funds for education programmed across the world |
Answer» D. to provide funds for education programmed across the world | |