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.

Lombroso claimed that______________?

A criminals were socialized into an underworld of crime

B no act is intrinsically deviant

C biological failings drove some people into crime

D women were less likely to be arrested than men

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Correct Answer: biological failings drove some people into crime

What is the term that describes repeat offending by those who have been in prison ?

A rehabilitation

B deterrence

C reform

D recidivism

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Correct Answer: recidivism

Which of these is NOT an example of target hardening ?

A anti-social behavior orders

B Steering locks

C burglar alrams

D CCTV

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Correct Answer: anti-social behavior orders

Which approach framed their analysis of crime and deviance in terms of this preservation of power by the ruling class ?

A New Left Realism

B Right Realism

C new criminology

D interactionism

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Correct Answer: new criminology

Merton describes types of response to a situation where there are widely socially endorsed values but limited means of achieving them. Which of his types describes an acceptance of the values but willingness to use any means to achieve them?

A Conformists

B innovators

C ritualists

D retrealists

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Correct Answer: innovators

What is defined as ‘non-conformity to a given set or norms that are accepted by a significant number of people in a community or society ?

A criminality

B deviance

C recidivism

D degeneracy

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Correct Answer: deviance

Which of the following is not a reason why corporate crime is more difficult to prosecute compared with individual crimes ?

A victims may not realise that a crime has been committed

B it is more difficult to apportion blame to corporate criminals

C legal systems are founded on individual not collective responsibility

D corporate offences cause less harm than crimes against an individual

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Correct Answer: corporate offences cause less harm than crimes against an individual

Which of these is not a concept associated with Left Realist explanations of criminal subcultures ?

A social exclusion

B individual pathology

C political marginalization

D relative deprivation

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Correct Answer: individual pathology

Robert Merton’s ideas on crime and deviance make use of the concept of anomie. What does anomie mean in Merton’s work ?

A Normlessness

B meaninglessness

C social strain

D social adaptation

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Correct Answer: social strain

The key concept in labelling theory is that of____________________?

A stigma

B commitment

C aspiration

D motivation

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Correct Answer: stigma

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Lombroso claimed that______________?

What is the term that describes repeat offending by those who have been in prison ?

Which of these is NOT an example of target hardening ?

Which approach framed their analysis of crime and deviance in terms of this preservation of power by the ruling class ?

Merton describes types of response to a situation where there are widely socially endorsed values but limited means of achieving them. Which of his types describes an acceptance of the values but willingness to use any means to achieve them?

What is defined as ‘non-conformity to a given set or norms that are accepted by a significant number of people in a community or society ?

Which of the following is not a reason why corporate crime is more difficult to prosecute compared with individual crimes ?

Which of these is not a concept associated with Left Realist explanations of criminal subcultures ?

Robert Merton’s ideas on crime and deviance make use of the concept of anomie. What does anomie mean in Merton’s work ?

The key concept in labelling theory is that of____________________?