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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.

According to World Bank in 2030 larger proportion of poor will be living in_____________?
A Asia
B Africa
C South America
D None of these
Correct Answer: Africa
The standard food intake for an adult male is_____________?
A 1000-1500 calories
B 1500-2000
C 2000-2500
D None of these
Correct Answer: 2000-2500
The Bretton Woods institutions are______________?
A The international Monetary Fund and the World Bank
B The World Trade Organization and the World Bank
C The International Monetary Fund and the World Health Organization
D The United Nations and the World Trade Organization
Correct Answer: The international Monetary Fund and the World Bank
Dependency theorists from low-income countries drew the ideas___________?
A Walt Rostow
B Karl Marx
C Immanuel Wallerstein
D Bretton Woods
Correct Answer: Karl Marx
Which of these does not include income earned by individuals or corporations outside a country ?
A Gross National Product
B Gross Domestic Product
C Purchasing Power Parity
D Gross National Income
Correct Answer: Gross National Product
Which of these constitute the three worlds of welfare capitalism ?
A social democratic socialist communist
B social democratic corporatist liberal
C social democratic Christian-democratic nationalist
D none of above
Correct Answer: social democratic corporatist liberal
Which of these ethnic groups has the greatest proportion of its members in the bottom income quintile ?
A Whites
B Indians
C Black Caribbean
D Pakistan /Bangladeshis
Correct Answer: Pakistan /Bangladeshis
Critics of the concept of relative poverty argue that_______________?
A it concentrates too much on kinship ties
B the government should be raising benefit levels
C in modern affluent societies no one is truly poor
D it is wrong to make comparisons between countries
Correct Answer: in modern affluent societies no one is truly poor
The term assets refers to_______________?
A the culturally valued commodities and standards of living that make the poor feel relatively deprived
B the flow of money a person receives from their salary or wage
C a stock of economic resources including land shares and bank deposits
D the slices of the population who own differing amounts of wealth
Correct Answer: a stock of economic resources including land shares and bank deposits
Murray though that the underclass consisted of people who______________?
A formed an inferior race with low levels of intelligence
B lived morally unsound lives of crime and squalor
C were too reliant upon welfare benefits
D all of the above
Correct Answer: all of the above