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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.

What sociological theory of crime and deviance emphasizes sub-cultural belief systems as a major contributor to crime ?

A Social Control theory
B Anomie theory
C Lower Class Focal Value theory
D Social Process theory
Correct Answer: Lower Class Focal Value theory

According to Strain theory, ____ are those individuals who have traditional success goals but substitute deviant means by which to achieve them ?

A ritualists
B ret realists
C rebels
D innovators
Correct Answer: innovators

Psychological positivism stresses the key role that _______ plays in the development of conformist of criminal belief systems?

A pre-natal nutrition
B hormones
C genetic abnormalities
D early childhood
Correct Answer: early childhood

Conflict theory’s primary suggestion for reducing crime and deviance involves the_____________?

A Substantial reduction of economic inequality
B Subordination of the agents of social control
C redefinition of acts that are currently defined as criminal
D amelioration of social welfare activities
Correct Answer: Substantial reduction of economic inequality

The of “who defines deviance” has principally been addressed by what sociological theory ?

A Differential Association
B Conflict
C Positivism
D Social Control
Correct Answer: Conflict

Peer approval of your actions would be a good example of_____________?

A age-specific support
B informal social control
C internalization of norms
D formal social control
Correct Answer: informal social control

Sociologists believe that no behavior is____________?

A Without a deal of grate variation
B inherently deviant
C totally in keeping with tradition
D Without a corresponding judgment
Correct Answer: inherently deviant

How is terrorism different from the types of crime described by the Chicago School ?

A it is a committed on a larger, often global, scale, and is well organized
B it is associated with political conflict between states and their citizens
C it can have far-reaching effects upon international relations
D all of the above
Correct Answer: all of the above

The Mafia is an example of____________?

A White collar crime
B organized crime
C none-criminal deviance
D global terrorism
Correct Answer: organized crime

The term ‘secondary deviation refers to_________________?

A The punishment or stigmatization of deviant acts
B the labelling of an act as deviant through social reaction to it
C the ways in which taking on a deviant role affects future action
D All of the above
Correct Answer: All of the above