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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.

What sociological approach argues that religions can be fruitfully understood as organization in competition with one another for followers ?
A religious economy
B religious culture
C religious ritual
D religious polity
Correct Answer: religious economy
In Which of these countries is Orthodox Christianity the dominant religion ?
A Finland
B Greece
C Ireland
D Spain
Correct Answer: Greece
Which term describes religious organization of a loosely knit and transient kind ?
A church
B denomination
C sect
D cult
Correct Answer: cult
According to Durkheim religion separates objects and symbols into the sacred and which of the following ?
A the profound
B the profuse
C the profitable
D the profane
Correct Answer: the profane
Who theorized that we might be witnessing the clash of civilizations ?
A Giles Kepel
B Amartya Sen
C Samuel Huntington
D Michel Maffesoli
Correct Answer: Samuel Huntington
According to Steve Bruce (1996) which of the following was a factor in generating strong religious commitment in the USA as compared to Europe ?
A an evangelical strand of Christianity
B a non-established church
C a variety of new religious movements
D late and very rapid industrialization
Correct Answer: late and very rapid industrialization
How has Grace Davie (1994) characterized the general religious position within Western Europe ?
A religious pluralism with many gods
B believing without belonging
C secularization against religion
D belonging without believing
Correct Answer: believing without belonging
Weber,s famous study The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1904/5) was part of a larger project to study what ?
A Christianity,s influence in the West
B the influence of the world religions on social development
C how salvation beliefs have shaped the modern world economy
D the impact of capitalism on the world religions
Correct Answer: the influence of the world religions on social development
Ludwig Feuerbach,s views on the alienation involved in transferring human values and ideas onto gods and spirits as distinct from human societies influenced the ideas of which classical sociologist ?
A Max Weber
B Emile Durkheim
C Vilfredo Pareto
D Karl Marx
Correct Answer: Karl Marx
The teacher-expectancy effect is most closely associated with the_______________?
A functionalist perspective
B conflict perspective
C interactionist perspective
D anomie theory
Correct Answer: interactionist perspective