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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.

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
Correct Answer: a change in the ratio of births to deaths
The al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attacks on American targets on 11th September 2001 In what year did al-Qaeda bomb a nightclub on the Indonesian island of Bali Killing more than 200 people ?
A 1999
B 2004
C 2004
D 2002
Correct Answer: 2002
The potential number of children that women are capable of bearing is called____________?
A fertility
B fecundity
C femininity
D facticity
Correct Answer: fecundity
In many contemporary conflict’s attempts are made to protect soldiers often at the expense of civilian lives in order to minimize political problems from media coverage of fatalities How are such conflicts described ?
A degenerate wars
B genocides
C illegal wars
D risk-transfer wars
Correct Answer: risk-transfer wars
Dependency theorists from low-income countries drew on the ideas of_____________?
A Walt Rostow
B Karl Marx
C Immanuel Wallerstein
D Bretton Woods
Correct Answer: Karl Marx
What is the main consequence of well-defined ethnic existing within established nations states ?
A nations without states
B multiculturalism
C a cultural melting Pot
D separate institutions
Correct Answer: nations without states
According to the World Bank Which of these is a middle-income country ?
A India
B China
C Indonesia
D Vietnam
Correct Answer: China
Compared With the sate formation process in industrialized countries which one of the following created major problems for developing societies ?
A the lack of a strong work ethic
B the legacy of economic mismanagement by local leaders
C the lock of a democratic culture
D the legacy of colonialism
Correct Answer: the legacy of colonialism
Global economic inequality refers primarily to______________?
A systematic difference in wealth and income between global firms
B systematic differences in wealth and income between countries
C systematic differences in wealth and income within countries
D systematic differences in wealth and income between poorer countries
Correct Answer: systematic differences in wealth and income between countries
Which of these distinguishes modern nation-sates 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
Correct Answer: all of the above