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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.

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We internalize the norms of our culture and come to share values goals sentiments through ?
A Individual activities
B Families
C Group activities
D None of these
Correct Answer: Group activities
White-collar and corporate crimes______________?
A are committed by relatively affluent people often in the course of business activities
B are not very costly compared to the dollar cost of other crimes
C are crimes the average person is less likely to experience than street crime
D usually result in severe punishment for those who are caught
Correct Answer: are committed by relatively affluent people often in the course of business activities
What is the term used to describe the stages from one’s birth into a family with a specific status through formation of a new family unit ?
A intergenerational mobility
B socioeconomic life cycle
C vertical mobility
D none of the above
Correct Answer: socioeconomic life cycle
Labeling theorists________________?
A focus on why individuals engage in deviant behavior
B contend that some acts such as rape are inherently criminal
C contend that labeling people as deviant has no effect on their behavior
D contend that in many cases those labeled deviant identity and pursue a career of deviance
Correct Answer: contend that in many cases those labeled deviant identity and pursue a career of deviance
Which of the following is true regarding social mobility ?
A Social mobility occurs only when shifts occur in the availability of different types of talent in the work force
B Social mobility can occur when societies change altering the division of labor
C Social mobility is controlled by those in the higher strata through control of opportunities for training and education
D none of above
Correct Answer: Social mobility can occur when societies change altering the division of labor
In order for a deviant act to be considered a crime______________?
A the state must undertake a political process of criminalizing it
B it must be committed by someone labelled a criminal
C it must involve the violation of a person or property
D the majority of the population must consider the act criminal
Correct Answer: the state must undertake a political process of criminalizing it
“Underclass “refers to____________?
A the poor who are concentrated in isolated rural areas
B individuals who experience occasional poverty but who move back into the “mainstream” of economic life within 12 months
C the persistently poor who exist mainly because of a sharp climb in joblessness due to a redistribution of jobs in the inner city
D both b and c
Correct Answer: the persistently poor who exist mainly because of a sharp climb in joblessness due to a redistribution of jobs in the inner city
Conflict theorists_____________?
A emphasize that the values of society serve all members of society
B see the capitalist ruling class as protecting the masses
C argue that criminal acts are acts which the ruling class brands as criminal
D None of the above reflects the thinking of conflict theorists
Correct Answer: argue that criminal acts are acts which the ruling class brands as criminal
In identifying social classes the reputational method is best suited for investigating social distinctions in_____________?
A large densely populated areas
B small groups
C highly transient communities
D none of the above
Correct Answer: small groups
Fred is a intelligent student Last year he was on the honor roll This year he began hanging out with friends who spend more time playing video games than studying they routinely earn C, s and D, s Over time Fred slowly stops doing his homework and turning in work for extra credit. He drops out of his honors classes and his grades drop out from mostly A, s to C, s Which theory of deviance best explains what has happened here ?
A structural strain theory
B social control theory
C differential association theory
D Each of these theories explains the situation equally well
Correct Answer: differential association theory
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