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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 feeling of aimlessness or despair often associated with unsettling conditions is_______________?
A alienation
B amorality
C anomie
D ascription
Correct Answer: anomie
Theoretical approaches can only be said to be valid if______________?
A the theorist has researched the literature thoroughly
B they have been tested out by means of factual research
C they are written in such a way as to be impossible to disprove
D they are shared by a large enough number of theorists
Correct Answer: they have been tested out by means of factual research
The theory of relative deprivation is an example of what ______________?
A macro sociological theory
B feminist sociological theory
C micro sociological theory
D middle-range sociological theory
Correct Answer: middle-range sociological theory
What does the functionalist perspective see as crucial for the maintenance of social order ?
A strong class-based identities
B multiculturalism
C moral consensus
D a strong state
Correct Answer: moral consensus
Which of the following is not part of karl Marx,s theory of capitalism ?
A capitalist production exploits the working class
B class conflict is inevitable in capitalist societies
C industrial workers are the revolutionary class
D class struggle only occurs under capitalism
Correct Answer: class struggle only occurs under capitalism
According to Durkheim the division of labor in industrial societies brings about______________?
A organic solidarity
B a loss of social solidarity
C mechanical solidarity
D communal solidarity
Correct Answer: a loss of social solidarity
Which of these statements best represents C. Wright-Mills,s idea of the sociological imagination ?
A understanding the differences between the classical theorists
B bringing together private troubles and public issues
C seeing the social world as one made up of Social facts
D avoiding explanations based on individual psychology
Correct Answer: bringing together private troubles and public issues
Whose theorizing according societal change comes closer to lqbal,s verse. Tujh ko bataoon taqdeer-e-huma kia hai shamsheer o Sannan Awwal taus o rabab akhir ?
A Karl Max
B Ibn-e-Khaldum
C George Hegel
D None of these
Correct Answer: Karl Max
A close connection between religion and economic forces has been presented by____________?
A Max Weber
B Karl Max
C Emile Durkheim
D C-Wright Mills
Correct Answer: Emile Durkheim
Secularization involves the two related ideas of__________________?
A disappointment and disproportion
B disbelief and disintegration
C disengagement and disenchantment
D distribution and distillation
Correct Answer: disengagement and disenchantment