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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 these can sociology not help us with ?
A predicting likely weather patterns in the future
B understanding how human societies put pressure on the environment
C understanding how environmental problems are distributed
D evaluating policies for tackling environmental problems
Correct Answer: predicting likely weather patterns in the future
Which theoretical perspective defines the ecological environment as an ecosystem exhibiting a tendency toward equilibrium ?
A the interactionist perspective
B the conflict perspective
C the relativist perspective
D the functionalist perspective
Correct Answer: the functionalist perspective
Which of the following is an accurate statement about segregation ?
A Segregation in always an involuntary process
B Segregation is the encroachment by one group on an area occupied by another group
C Segregation can be prevented by the practice of redlining
D Segregation is the process by which natural areas are formed by the clustering of individuals or groups on the basis of common traits or activities
Correct Answer: Segregation is the process by which natural areas are formed by the clustering of individuals or groups on the basis of common traits or activities
Which of the following is an accurate statement about global cities ?
A Global cities are major urban centers of commerce on which corporations rely.
B Global cities are characterized by centralized manufacturing and production activities.
C Global cities result from decentralized managerial and financial operations.
D Global cities result from changes in world population
Correct Answer: Global cities are major urban centers of commerce on which corporations rely.
Which of the following are NOT factors involved in whether or not people define a situation as crowded ?
A duration and predictability
B frame of mind and environmental setting
C the sex and race of individuals present
D intensification of people’s definition of the situation
Correct Answer: the sex and race of individuals present
Proponents of the family planning approach to fertility reduction argue that______________?
A economic development will lead to a reduction in fertility
B governments consider modern contraceptive measures to be a threat to the preservation and continuation of their way of life.
C if contraceptives are made available and if information about the value and need for birth planning is disseminated people will reduce their fertility
D people can be coerced into using family planning techniques
Correct Answer: if contraceptives are made available and if information about the value and need for birth planning is disseminated people will reduce their fertility
According to Marx_____________?
A an economic crisis in the capitalist system would force factory owners into the ranks of the unemployed
B an excess of the working-class population depends on the availability of employment opportunities not on fixed supply of food.
C the problems associated with population growth are a function of the scarcity of wealth
D self-control would restrain population growth.
Correct Answer: an excess of the working-class population depends on the availability of employment opportunities not on fixed supply of food.
Which of the following is an accurate statement about a population pyramid ?
A A population pyramid portrays the sex and age composition of a population
B A population pyramid must be based on absolute numbers.
C A population pyramid is of interest solely to academics.
D A population pyramid requires complex statistical calculation to understand the interrelationship between age and sex in a given population.
Correct Answer: A population pyramid portrays the sex and age composition of a population
The ____ is the increase or decrease that results from immigration or emigration per 1000 member of the population in a given year ?
A emigration rate
B growth rate
C immigration rate
D net migration rate
Correct Answer: net migration rate
The crude birth rate______________?
A is the annual number of live births per 1000-woman age 15-44?
B Is the potential number of children that could be born if every woman of childbearing age bore all the children she possibly could?
C is the number of live births per 1000 members of a population in a given year
D enables researchers to see important difference among races. ethnic groups, classes, age groups, and other categories with in the population
Correct Answer: is the number of live births per 1000 members of a population in a given year