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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.

Which of the following was not identified as one of the four major social bonds in Hirschi’s Social Control theory ?
A religiosity
B commitment
C involvement
D belief
Correct Answer: religiosity
Sutherland’s Differential Association theory emphasizes that crime and deviance are basically______________?
A due to poor parenting
B learned
C psychotic
D biological
Correct Answer: learned
According to Strain theory, retreatants are likely to engage in what type of deviant activity ?
A Sexual assault
B terrorism
C counterfeiting
D drug abuse
Correct Answer: drug abuse
The sociologist responsible for the modern-day adaptation of strain theory is______________?
A Weber
B Cohen
C Marx
D Merton
Correct Answer: Merton
Biological positivists have tended to focus on what type of crime ?
A Violent
B juvenile
C drug-related
D white collar
Correct Answer: Violent
The rise in patriotism following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, is an example of what function of deviance ?
A Warning
B Solidarity
C Unification
D Authoritarian
Correct Answer: Solidarity
According to Quinine, crimes of “domination and repression” are committed by ______________?
A People who aspire to the upper class
B The ruling elite
C white collar businessmen
D gang members
Correct Answer: The ruling elite
The classic sociological study of two juvenile groups called the “Saints” and the “Roughnecks” was conducted by______________?
A Chambliss
B Lynch
C Merton
D Bentham
Correct Answer: Chambliss
Punishments, or negative sanctions, are especially important at the _______ level?
A informal
B societal
C traditional
D formal
Correct Answer: formal
Which of the following in NOT associated with functionalism ?
A Talcott Parsons
B Ralf Dahrendorf
C Emile Durkheim
D Robert Merton
Correct Answer: Ralf Dahrendorf