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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.

Which of the following is a factor that has contributed to the rise of the dual income model of the family ?
A increase in the number of men with a college education
B increasing birth-rate
C shift in the economy of the United States from manufacturing to service industries
D all of the above
Correct Answer: shift in the economy of the United States from manufacturing to service industries
While a role is the behavior expected of one in a particular status role behavior is_____________?
A Actual behavior
B Supposed behavior
C Ascribed behavior
D None of these
Correct Answer: Actual behavior
Which of the following is considered a total institution ?
A a university
B a mental hospital
C a factory
D each of the above
Correct Answer: a mental hospital
Role and status are two aspects of same____________?
A personality
B Phenomenon
C Situation
D None of these
Correct Answer: Phenomenon
Family is the basic point of _______ for the children ?
A enculturation and socialization
B Protection
C Learning and growing
D None of these
Correct Answer: enculturation and socialization
The rank and position of a person in a group or of a group in relation to other groups is termed as_____________?
A Role
B Status
C Both a and b
D None of these
Correct Answer: Status
A Group of people affiliated by consanguinity affinity and co-residence is______________?
A Neighborhood
B Class
C Family
D None of these
Correct Answer: Family
A person does poorly on a college chemistry test and later tells a friend “The exam wasn’t fair! There were trick s and it covered material that we weren’t assigned! “This is an example of______________?
A reverse socialization
B face-work
C studied nonobservance
D anticipatory socialization
Correct Answer: face-work
What is the term used by Francis Fukuyama (1992) to describe the triumph of Western-style democracy has over other forms of government ?
A the end of history
B the rise of neoliberalism
C the fall of communism
D the birth of nationalism
Correct Answer: the end of history
Which of the following used the phrase looking-glass self to emphasize that the self is the product of our social interactions with other people ?
A George Herbert Mead
B Charles Horton Cooley
C Erving Goffman
D Harry Harlow
Correct Answer: Charles Horton Cooley