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Sociology MCQs 1551 MCQs [All-Courses]

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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.

A group of people who live within the same territory and share a common culture is called______________?
A a culture
B an iconoclastic enclave
C a society
D none of the above
Correct Answer: a society
Which of the following was not identified as one of the four conditions that must be met before a researcher can say that an independent variable or variables caused the change in the dependent variable ?
A internal consistency
B correlation
C theory
D time order
Correct Answer: internal consistency
Which of the following is true regarding culture ?
A Culture is genetic
B Culture is passed down generation to generation
C Culture includes physical artifacts not abstract creations
D none of the above
Correct Answer: Culture is passed down generation to generation
____________involves the transformation of raw data into numbers to make it suitable for further analysis ?
A Coding
B Conceptualization
C Factoring
D Classification
Correct Answer: Coding
A counter culture_______________?
A Has to be against the existing ethos/values
B May not be against the existing culture ethos/values
C if different from the exiting culture may never survive
D None of these
Correct Answer: Has to be against the existing ethos/values
Which of the following was not identified as a major research design ?
A surveys
B ethnography
C field research
D secondary research
Correct Answer: ethnography
Diffusion of innovations among the cultures means______________?
A Travelling of traits and patterns space/territory
B Transmission of trait complexes time
C Both A and B
D None of the above
Correct Answer: Both A and B
In order for a variable to be measured, a researcher must provide a (n) ?
A operational definition
B quantitative theorem
C theory
D hypothesis
Correct Answer: operational definition
Ethnocentrims means_____________?
A Evaluating other cultures with the yardstick of your own values
B Taking other nations as good as your own one but disowned
C no other society is like yours and your society is superior to the others
D None of these
Correct Answer: no other society is like yours and your society is superior to the others
Of all of the steps in the research process the one that typically takes the most time is_____________?
A formulating the problem
B selecting a research method
C developing a hypothesis
D evaluation of the results
Correct Answer: formulating the problem