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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.

Wallerstein’s world-systems theory is inspired by______________?
A Marxism
B interaction ism
C Functionalism
D Post structuralism
Correct Answer: Marxism
Which of these is not a critique of attempts to measure relative deprivation ?
A the personal experience of poverty is not the concern of sociologists
B there is an arbitrary nature to how items are selected for a deprivation index
C it may be choice not poverty that means some people do not qualify for some of the items on a deprivation index
D the subjective nature of such indices means it is difficult to make comparisons between different studies and time periods
Correct Answer: the personal experience of poverty is not the concern of sociologists
How do sociologists describe former Third World societies that have moved towards an economic base in industrial production ?
A developing countries
B peripheral countries
C globalizing countries
D newly industrializing countries
Correct Answer: newly industrializing countries
Which of these constitute the three worlds of welfare-capitalism ?
A social democratic socialist communist
B social democratic corporatist liberal
C social democratic Christian-democratic nationalist
D none of the above
Correct Answer: social democratic corporatist liberal
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
Correct Answer: 771 million to 7.1 billion
Which of these is not an example of social exclusion ?
A tax avoidance
B gated communities
C homelessness
D none of these
Correct Answer: none of these
According to Castles and Miller which ONE of these is NOT a developing tendency in migration ?
A deceleration
B diversification
C globalization
D feminization
Correct Answer: deceleration
Children living in poverty tend to be more likely______________?
A to be killed in road accident
B to have a diet consisting primarily of vegetables
C to live in male-headed households
D none of the above
Correct Answer: to be killed in road accident
Women of which ethnic group are least likely to have a white partner ?
A India
B Pakistan
C Bangladeshi
D Chinese
Correct Answer: Bangladeshi
Critics of the concept of relative poverty argue that______________?
A it concentrates too much on kinship ties
B the government should be raising benefit levels
C in modern affluent societies no one is truly poor
D it is wrong to make comparisons between countries
Correct Answer: in modern affluent societies no one is truly poor