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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 not a new social movement ?
A resource mobilization theory
B labor movement
C environmental movement
D anti-nuclear movement
Correct Answer: labor movement
Socialization is a series of stages in which the individual learns to participate in various levels of organization of society and internalizes a cognitive frame of reference for interpersonal relations It is____________?
A Internalization theory
B Role theory
C Symbolic theory
D None of these
Correct Answer: Internalization theory
Which political figure first called for a Untied States of Europe ?
A Adolf Hitler
B Winston Churchill
C Charles De Gaulle
D Harry S Truman
Correct Answer: Winston Churchill
What proportion of the world’s societies today are thought to be authoritarian rather than democratic ?
A about half
B one fifth
C one third
D one tenth
Correct Answer: one third
In What year did the 15 constituent republics of the USSR declare independence thereby ending the Soviet Union as a functioning state ?
A 1989
B 1998
C 2001
D 1991
Correct Answer: 1991
Multinational corporations______________?
A maintain strong national identities in spite of operating abroad
B may need to avoid alienating non-American workers and customers
C provide preferential treatment for American employees
D play an increasingly important role in the structuring of the division of labor in the world economy
Correct Answer: play an increasingly important role in the structuring of the division of labor in the world economy
Which conception of welfare refers to the provision of a “safety net” for disadvantaged populations ?
A behaviorist
B egalitarian populist
C residua list
D social insurance
Correct Answer: residua list
All societies confront three basic economic problems Which of the following is NOT one of them ?
A determining what goods and services to produce
B determining how to employ limited resources
C determining how much each individual should be paid
D determining for whom goods and services should be produced
Correct Answer: determining how much each individual should be paid
In a democracy ?
A the powers of government derive from the consent of the governed
B the procedures for changing government officials may change with each administration
C the people govern directly
D the government tolerates little opposition
Correct Answer: the powers of government derive from the consent of the governed
__________ is the political process that has to do with the authoritative formulation of policies that are binding and pervasive throughout society ?
A Democracy
B Power
C Government
D Totalitarianism
Correct Answer: Government