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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 sociologist writing in 1906 noted that individuals make distinctions between members of their own group (thein-group) and everyone else (the out-group) ?
A Charles Horton Cooley
B Emile Durkheim
C William I. Thomas
D William Graham Sumner
Correct Answer: William Graham Sumner
Which of the following statements about small groups is correct________________?
A all small groups are primary groups
B all small groups are secondary groups
C many small groups differ from primary groups in that they do not necessarily offer the intimate personal relationships characteristic of primary groups
D both b and c
Correct Answer: many small groups differ from primary groups in that they do not necessarily offer the intimate personal relationships characteristic of primary groups
The destructive consequences of tensions between in-groups and out-groups are stressed by____________?
A functionalists
B conflict theorists
C interactionists
D classical theorists
Correct Answer: conflict theorists
Close friends who have known each other since childhood would be an example of a (n)_______________?
A Primary group
B secondary group
C out-groups
D formal organizations
Correct Answer: Primary group
“Geme in schaft”refers to a social system in which most relationships are _______________?
A Personal or traditional
B Impersonal
C Organizational
D None of these
Correct Answer: Personal or traditional
Personality is formed in_______________?
A Primary group
B Secondary group
C Both groups
D None of these
Correct Answer: Primary group
Primary groups are judged by them______________?
A efficiency
B emotional Satisfaction
C task
D none of these
Correct Answer: emotional Satisfaction
Secondary groups are______________?
A formal
B Impersonal
C both a & b
D None of these
Correct Answer: both a & b
The groups in which we come to know people intimately as individual personalities are called______________?
A Primary groups
B Secondary groups
C Tertiary groups
D None of these
Correct Answer: Primary groups
We are not equally involved in all our in-groups To measure the degree of closeness or acceptance we feel toward other groups Bogardus developed a concept called______________?
A Measuring acceptance
B closeness degree
C Social distance
D None of these
Correct Answer: Social distance