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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.

Which of the following is not recognized as a level of society ?

A the household

B the office

C the global village

D the nation states

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Correct Answer: the household

What is the name of the process by which we acquire a sense of identity and become members of society ?

A rationalization

B colonization

C McDonaldization

D socialization

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Correct Answer: colonization

Which of the following research methods uses existing records ?

A survey research

B naire research

C archival research

D observational research

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Correct Answer: survey research

Sociologists________________?

A are exempt from the considerations of research ethics that govern biological researchers

B have not been able to agree on a code of ethics

C enjoy the same privileges as attorneys in protecting subject’s privacy

D should obtain informed consent in cases where subjects may be exposed to risks of research that are greater than the risks of everyday life

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Correct Answer: should obtain informed consent in cases where subjects may be exposed to risks of research that are greater than the risks of everyday life

When conducting social research what is the next step in the scientific method after a review of the literature ?

A collecting data

B choosing a research design

C selecting a researchable problem

D formulating a hypothesis

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Correct Answer: formulating a hypothesis

In the library Louanne observes a woman sitting at a table by herself A man comes up and sits at the other end of the table the woman frowns and shakes her head no The man gets up and moves to another table Lounne concludes that the woman did not want to share a study table The theoretical perspective Louanne is using is_______________?

A the conflict perspective

B the functionalist perspective

C the interactionist perspective

D none of the above

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Correct Answer: the interactionist perspective

Students at Bailey University staged a sit-in to protest the University’s decision to cancel its longstanding policy of exempting graduating seniors from final exams Which strongest framework for analyzing this situation?

A Interactionist because the University and the students didn’t share the same understanding about final exams

B Conflict, because this is an example of a power struggle between two groups with conflicting ideas an interest

C Functionalist because teaching college students to protest is a manifest function of education

D none of the above

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Correct Answer: Conflict, because this is an example of a power struggle between two groups with conflicting ideas an interest

What major contribution did W.E.B DuBois make to sociology ?

A He developed a theoretical understanding of racial inequality

B He conducted research on the upper classes of Philadelphia

C He chaired the first Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago

D None of the above

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Correct Answer: He developed a theoretical understanding of racial inequality

Weber,s view that sociologists must not allow their personal biases to affect the conduct of their research is called______________?

A verstehen

B dialectical materialism

C social facts

D value-free sociology

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Correct Answer: value-free sociology

Those aspects of social life that have to do with order, stability and social organization that allow societies and groups to hold together and endure are called______________?

A social statics

B social dynamics

C social absolutes

D constructed reality

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Correct Answer: social statics

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Which of the following is not recognized as a level of society ?

What is the name of the process by which we acquire a sense of identity and become members of society ?

Which of the following research methods uses existing records ?

Sociologists________________?

When conducting social research what is the next step in the scientific method after a review of the literature ?

Students at Bailey University staged a sit-in to protest the University’s decision to cancel its longstanding policy of exempting graduating seniors from final exams Which strongest framework for analyzing this situation?

What major contribution did W.E.B DuBois make to sociology ?

Weber,s view that sociologists must not allow their personal biases to affect the conduct of their research is called______________?

Those aspects of social life that have to do with order, stability and social organization that allow societies and groups to hold together and endure are called______________?