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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.

Close friends who have known each other since childhood would be an example of a(n) ?

A primary group
B secondary group
C out-group
D formal organization
Correct Answer: primary group

The adage that its not what you know its who you know emphasizes the importance of connections This is most relevant the concept of________________?

A de-differentiation
B network economy
C political corruption
D social capital
Correct Answer: social capital

The form of transnational organization where overseas subsidiaries are managed by local firms in each country is called ?

A polycentric
B egocentric
C geocentric
D ethnocentric
Correct Answer: geocentric

Which of the following was the earliest example of an international organization ?

A the Pan-Arab League
B the Hanseatic League
C the Football League
D the League of Nations
Correct Answer: the Hanseatic League

The emergence of a consolidated network of business leadership is most compatible with which ideal-type of capitalism ?

A family capitalism
B managerial capitalism
C welfare capitalism
D institutional capitalism
Correct Answer: institutional capitalism

Meyer and Rowan,s assertion that roman rules are often myths means ?

A that the rules were written down a long time in the past
B that the rules never in fact existed in the first place
C that the rules have little actual substance in reality
D that rules are a hindrance in large organization
Correct Answer: that the rules have little actual substance in reality

The four principles of McDonaldization are_______________?

A efficiency calculability affordability consistent decor
B efficiency calculability uniformity automation
C efficiency dehumanization automation high calories
D efficiency Big Mac large fries’ milkshake
Correct Answer: efficiency calculability uniformity automation

Which of these aspects of organization is most associated with the work of Michel Foucault ?

A surveillance
B meritocracy
C bureaucracy
D transnational organization
Correct Answer: bureaucracy

Which of the following is not one of Perlmutter,s (1972) types of transnational corporations ?

A polycentric
B ethnocentric
C heliocentric
D geocentric
Correct Answer: heliocentric

In the late eighteenth century what was Jeremy Bentham,s Panopticon ?

A an army barracks
B a prison
C an asylum
D a school
Correct Answer: a prison