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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.

Main types of agriculture are_______________?
A Industrial agriculture
B Subsistence agriculture
C both a and b
D None of the above
Correct Answer: both a and b
Max Weber,s pioneering work The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is an example of______________?
A Macro-level analysis
B micro-level analysis
C resurgent fundamentalism
D the interactionist approach to religion
Correct Answer: Macro-level analysis
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
Correct Answer: Agriculturist and his/her family
Feminist perspectives are distinctive in sociology because_______________?
A only women can write from a feminist perspective
B other theoretical perspectives have not researched women
C they emphasize the centrality of gender in social analysis
D men and women view the world in different ways
Correct Answer: they emphasize the centrality of gender in social analysis
The Maasai of Kenya is an example of_______________?
A Hunter gatherer society
B Pastoralist society
C Agrarian society
D None of these
Correct Answer: Pastoralist society
The writings of Auguste Comte and Emile Durkheim are examples of___________?
A cyclical theory
B unilinear theory
C multilinear theory
D conflict theory
Correct Answer: unilinear theory
Hunter Gatherer way of life is based on________________?
A a settled system of life
B a mobile system
C large populations
D exploitation of wild animals and plants
Correct Answer: exploitation of wild animals and plants
The conflict perspective would note that____________?
A Physicians serve as gatekeepers for the sick role either verifying a patient’s condition as illness or designating the patient as recovered.
B Patients play an active role in health care by failing to follow a physician’s advice
C Multinational corporations based in industrialized countries have reaped significant profits dumping unapproved drugs on unsuspecting Third World countries.
D The designation healthy or ill generally involves social definition by others
Correct Answer: Multinational corporations based in industrialized countries have reaped significant profits dumping unapproved drugs on unsuspecting Third World countries.
In Merton’s terms, a person who has abandoned the goal of material success and become compulsively committed to the institutional means is a (an)_____________?
A ritualist
B retreatism
C rebel
D innovator
Correct Answer: ritualist
The model minority stereotype of Asian Americans contains an implicit critique of Blacks Hispanics and others for failing to succeed as well as the model minority has Which sociological perspective would view this as yet another instance of blaming the victim ?
A functionalist perspective
B conflict perspective
C interactionist perspective
D dramaturgical approach
Correct Answer: conflict perspective