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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.

Comte gave the law of_______________?

A Four phases
B three phases
C Two phases
D All of above
Correct Answer: three phases

Ibne Khaldun in his theories is near to______________?

A Kurkheim
B Comte
C Marx
D All of above
Correct Answer: Marx

The Muqaddimah is an early Muslim view of______________?

A society
B social Change
C universal History
D all of above
Correct Answer: universal History

Ibne Khaldun is best known for______________?

A Muamlla
B Muqaddimah
C Muzakira
D None of these
Correct Answer: Muqaddimah

The distribution of power in society is a concern for______________?

A microsociology
B interactionism
C macrosociology
D ethnomethodology
Correct Answer: macrosociology

Merton’s term for the hidden or forgotten reason for a particular behavior was______________?

A middle-range function
B consumption function
C latent function
D structural function
Correct Answer: latent function

It is useful to have a diversity of theories in sociology because_________________?

A human behavior is so complicated that no single theory would be adequate
B sociologists can choose the theory that best fits the data they have collected
C it removes the need to assess a theory according the empirical evidence
D innumerable theories have been developed in the many fields of sociology
Correct Answer: human behavior is so complicated that no single theory would be adequate

Which one of the following is NOT associated with the materialist conception of history ?

A the mode of production
B the motor of history
C the history of class struggle
D the spirit of capitalism
Correct Answer: the spirit of capitalism

According to Durkheim social facts are________________?

A ways of behaving that are external to individuals
B only things that have been shown to be true
C social insights into collective behavior
D information captured by official statistics
Correct Answer: ways of behaving that are external to individuals

Sociology has been said to be the product of______________?

A the French and Industrial Revolutions
B the Chinese and Agricultural Revolutions
C the Russian and Scientific Revolutions
D the American and Democratic Revolutions
Correct Answer: the French and Industrial Revolutions