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Sociology MCQs 1551 MCQs [All-Courses]

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.

Karl Marx saw religion as________________?

A a vehicle by which we reveal to one another that we share a common mental state

B a vehicle through which we create a shared consciousness that contributes to social bonding

C creating a pool of individuals with the attitudes and values necessary to function as entrepreneurs

D producing another-worldly focus that diverts the oppressed from seeking social change in this world

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Correct Answer: creating a pool of individuals with the attitudes and values necessary to function as entrepreneurs

Of the two types of religious organizations that have a negative relationship with society which one accepts pluralistic legitimacy ?

A a cult

B a sect

C a church

D a denomination

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Correct Answer: a cult

The term ______ refers to the socially shared and organized ways of thinking feeling and acting that concern ultimate meanings about the existence of the supernatural or “beyond” ?

A animism

B religion

C socialization

D totemism

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Correct Answer: religion

The correspondence principle (Bowles & Gintis) suggests that_______________?

A schools prepare children for work by teaching them to be obedient

B teachers and parents tend to have similar attitudes to learning

C children who write lots of letters develop a better grasp of language

D boys and girls educational achievements have recently become similar

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Correct Answer: schools prepare children for work by teaching them to be obedient

Bernstein though that using restricted codes of language disadvantaged pupils at school because_____________?

A this pattern of speech made them the target of bullying

B they referred to explicit context independent meanings

C they prevented children from communicating outside of their peer groups

D they involved short simple sentences with a small vocabulary

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Correct Answer: they involved short simple sentences with a small vocabulary

In studying inequalities in education which skills did Bernstein concentrate upon ?

A reading

B numeracy

C emotion

D speech

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Correct Answer: speech

Which group of learners does the university of the third age serve ?

A teenagers

B travelles

C workers

D pensioners

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Correct Answer: pensioners

Which of the following is not likely to explain differences in exclusion rates from school between pupils from different social class and ethnic backgrounds ?

A anomie

B privatization

C institutional racism

D ethnocentrism

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Correct Answer: privatization

Education is undergoing a transformation in which the boundary between schooling and the outside world is breaking down allowing for workplace education beyond the confines of the classroom and at many different times How is this broad change usually described ?

A lifelong learning

B extended education

C e-learning

D de-schooling

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Correct Answer: lifelong learning

According to Bourdieu cultural capital exists in three forms Which one of the following is not one of the three ?

A an objectified state

B an institutionalized form

C a symbolic form

D an embodied state

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Correct Answer: a symbolic form

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Karl Marx saw religion as________________?

Of the two types of religious organizations that have a negative relationship with society which one accepts pluralistic legitimacy ?

The term ______ refers to the socially shared and organized ways of thinking feeling and acting that concern ultimate meanings about the existence of the supernatural or “beyond” ?

The correspondence principle (Bowles & Gintis) suggests that_______________?

Bernstein though that using restricted codes of language disadvantaged pupils at school because_____________?

In studying inequalities in education which skills did Bernstein concentrate upon ?

Which group of learners does the university of the third age serve ?

Which of the following is not likely to explain differences in exclusion rates from school between pupils from different social class and ethnic backgrounds ?

Education is undergoing a transformation in which the boundary between schooling and the outside world is breaking down allowing for workplace education beyond the confines of the classroom and at many different times How is this broad change usually described ?

According to Bourdieu cultural capital exists in three forms Which one of the following is not one of the three ?