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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 collective value of all social networks (who people know) and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other (the norms of reciprocity) is called ____________ ??
A Social cohesion
B Social Capital
C Social bond
D None of these
Correct Answer: Social Capital
Tonnies divided the social structure into Gemeinschaft and Gesellschafts The tighter and cohesive social entity was the salient feature of___________?
A Gemeinschaft
B Gesellschafts
C Both of them
D None of these
Correct Answer: Gemeinschaft
Human and animal societies share all but one of the following characteristics ?
A population and common territory
B shared beliefs and collective destiny
C Both sexes and all ages
D None of theses
Correct Answer: shared beliefs and collective destiny
What is defined as the cultural practices and outlooks of a given community of people that set them apart from others ?
A racism
B ethnicity
C identity
D stereotyping
Correct Answer: ethnicity
Wirth (1938) said that social relationships in the urban way of life were segmental because______________?
A they were confined to particular areas of the city
B people knew each other only through specific situational roles and not as whole rounded individuals
C there were distinctive patterns of activity of each social class
D they were based on face to face interaction with close friends and family
Correct Answer: people knew each other only through specific situational roles and not as whole rounded individuals
What proportion of employment in nonurban counties in the United States is accounted for by agriculture ?
A 9 per cent
B 22 per cent
C 41 per cent
D 63 per cent
Correct Answer: 9 per cent
The most dramatic population trend in the United States throughout the twentieth century has been_______________?
A urbanization
B suburbanization
C the move to the sunbelt
D the move to the “old homestead” in rural areas
Correct Answer: urbanization
Herbert Gans called urban residents who prefer to live in their own tight-knit communities___________?
A communities
B ethnic villagers
C the trapped
D gentrofiles
Correct Answer: ethnic villagers
Louis Wirth argued that a relatively large and permanent settlement leads to distinctive patterns of behavior which he called_______________?
A squatting
B linear development
C urbanism
D gentrification
Correct Answer: urbanism
Urbanism is the study of________________?
A Cities
B human communities’ rural areas
C Transition
D None of these
Correct Answer: Cities