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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 potential number of children that women are capable of bearing is called_______________?
A fertility
B fecundity
C femininity
D facticity
Correct Answer: fecundity
According to United nations estimates by 2025 the worlds average life expectancy will have reached_________________?
A 46
B 54
C 71
D 80
Correct Answer: 71
In stage 3 of the health transition the main causes of illness and death are____________?
A acute infectious diseases such as typhus measles and cholera
B respiratory diseases such as pneumonia and asthma
C chronic degenerative diseases such as cancer heart disease and strokes
D too diverse to put into one category
Correct Answer: chronic degenerative diseases such as cancer heart disease and strokes
The general fertility rate fell between 1964 and 2000 because of_______________?
A increases in the age of marriage and the age at which childbearing begins
B there being fewer women of childbearing age than there were in the first half of the century
C errors in the measurement of birth rates and production of statistics
D the risk diseases caused by poverty poor housing and bad sanitation
Correct Answer: increases in the age of marriage and the age at which childbearing begins
The first stage of the demographic transition is called the_____________?
A pretransition stage
B transition stage
C post transition stage initiation stage
D initiation stage
Correct Answer: pretransition stage
The final stage in demographic transition is marked by_____________?
A high birth-rates and death rates
B high birth-rates and low death rates
C low birth-rates and high death rates
D low birth-rates and low death rates
Correct Answer: low birth-rates and low death rates
Of the following nations life expectancy at birth is highest in____________?
A Japan
B United States
C Gambia
D unknown
Correct Answer: Japan
According to the United States Department of Labor about _______ percent of “downsized “employees find new jabs ?
A 75
B 14
C 19
D 28
Correct Answer: 75
While predictions are not always reliable sociologists and labor specialists foresee a workforce increasingly composed of_____________?
A women
B racial minorities
C ethnic minorities
D all of the above
Correct Answer: all of the above
Education of women is the most important step in_____________?
A coping illiteracy
B Eradicating poverty
C Controlling Population
D None of these
Correct Answer: Controlling Population