Sociology MCQs 1551 MCQs [All-Courses]

This category covers multiple-choice questions on core sociological concepts, social institutions, culture, social change, and major sociological thinkers. It is designed to help students and competitive-exam candidates (PPSC, FPSC, NTS, OTS, CTS, OTS, BPSC, SPSC, KPPSC, BPSC etc.) quickly revise theories and apply sociological ideas to real-world social issues.

Pakistan with a population of 241.5 million stands as the _______ largest population country?

A Fifth

B Sixth

C Seventh

D None of these

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Correct Answer: Fifth

The systematic widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of productivity such as factories and plants are called ?

A deindustrialization

B downsizing

C post industrialization

D “banana time”

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Correct Answer: deindustrialization

There are three basic sources of power within any political system ?

A force influence and authority

B force influence and democracy

C force legitimacy and charisma

D influence charisma and bureaucracy

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Correct Answer: force influence and authority

Which sociological perspective points out that while pure monopolies are not a basic element of the economy of the United States competition is much more restricted than one might expect in what is called a free enterprise system ?

A functionalist perspective

B conflict perspective

C interactionist perspective

D labeling theory

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Correct Answer: conflict perspective

The principle of laissez-faire was expounded and endorsed by the British economist ?

A John Maynard Keynes

B Adam Smith

C Paul Samuelson

D Arthur Scargill

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Correct Answer: Adam Smith

Two basic types of economic systems distinguish contemporary industrial societies ?

A capitalism and communism

B capitalism and socialism

C socialism and communism

D capitalism and dictatorships

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Correct Answer: capitalism and socialism

Which of these key early figures in sociology had an interest in issues of labor and the economy ?

A Karl Marx

B Karl Marx and Emile Durkheim

C Karl Marx and Max Weber

D All three of them

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Correct Answer: All three of them

Occupational gender segregation is used to explain ?

A the belief that women control the private sphere

B women increasing labor market participation

C the allocation of men and women to different types of job

D relations between men and women in the workplace

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Correct Answer: the allocation of men and women to different types of job

Which statement below most accurately describes the global unemployment rate ?

A the unemployment rate has decreased significantly since the 1970s

B the unemployment rate remains historically low

C the unemployment rate remains historically high

D the unemployment rate in not known

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Correct Answer: the unemployment rate remains historically high

In the developed countries more people are employed in the service sector than manufacturing with a tiny percentage working in agriculture Globally which sector now employs the fewest people ?

A services

B industrial manufacture

C agriculture

D none of the above

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Correct Answer: industrial manufacture

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Pakistan with a population of 241.5 million stands as the _______ largest population country?

The systematic widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of productivity such as factories and plants are called ?

There are three basic sources of power within any political system ?

Which sociological perspective points out that while pure monopolies are not a basic element of the economy of the United States competition is much more restricted than one might expect in what is called a free enterprise system ?

The principle of laissez-faire was expounded and endorsed by the British economist ?

Two basic types of economic systems distinguish contemporary industrial societies ?

Which of these key early figures in sociology had an interest in issues of labor and the economy ?

Occupational gender segregation is used to explain ?

Which statement below most accurately describes the global unemployment rate ?

In the developed countries more people are employed in the service sector than manufacturing with a tiny percentage working in agriculture Globally which sector now employs the fewest people ?