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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.

All Topics  1551

How do industrial sociologists characterize Fordism and Taylorism ?

A high risk systems
B high trust systems
C low trust systems
D low risk systems
Correct Answer: low trust systems

Which of the following is not a term for work that takes place outside the formal paid employment sector ?

A the casual economy
B the parallel economy
C the black economy
D the informal economy
Correct Answer: the casual economy

The president of the United States need not be a good typist a surgeon need not be able to fill a cavity This is because of the bureaucratic characteristic of___________?

A division of labor
B impersonality
C employment based on technical qualifications
D written rules and regulations
Correct Answer: division of labor

In larger groups each person has ?

A less time to speak
B more points of view to absorb
C a more elaborate structure within which to function
D all of the above
Correct Answer: all of the above

The purpose of a reference group is to serve a(n) ?

A normative function by enforcing standards of conduct and belief
B comparison function by serving as a standard against which people can measure themselves and other
C elimination function by dissolving groups that no longer have a social purpose
D both a and b
Correct Answer: both a and b

__________ groups often emerge in the workplace among those who share special understandings about their occupation ?

A primary
B secondary
C out-groups
D formal organizations
Correct Answer: secondary

Which of these is not a feature of an ideal type bureaucracy according to Weber ?

A a clear-cut hierarchy of authority
B co-ownership among all workers of the material resource with which they operate
C fixed salaries associated with each role
D written rules governing conduct
Correct Answer: co-ownership among all workers of the material resource with which they operate

Which of these is a feature of the Japanese style of management arrangements ?

A merging of work and private lives
B job security
C group-oriented production
D all of the above
Correct Answer: all of the above

The iron law of oligarchy refers to_____________?

A regimes that use repression against their population
B the exclusion of women from the highest levels of politics
C the tendency for power inevitably to flow towards top
D the legal system of the former communist countries
Correct Answer: the tendency for power inevitably to flow towards top

Who is most closely associated with the view that the equal and impartial treatment of each case is a strength of bureaucracies ?

A Michel Foucault
B Paul Gay
C Zygmunt Bauman
D Robert Michels
Correct Answer: Paul Gay
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