Sociology MCQs 1551 MCQs [All-Courses]

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.

The idea that classes vary according to their possession of cultural capital is associated with_____________?

A Max Weber

B John Goldthorpe

C Karl Marx

D Pierre Bourdieu

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Correct Answer: Pierre Bourdieu

Of what is the failure of companies to adhere to legal regulations that apply to them an example ?

A white-collar crime

B corporate crime

C victimless crime

D organized crime

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Correct Answer: corporate crime

Which of the following does John Scott identify as belonging to the middle class ?

A senior executives

B industrial entrepreneurs

C finance capitalists

D none of the above

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Correct Answer: senior executives

Which approach holds that deviance is not a feature of a group or individual a process of interaction through which one group becomes defined as deviant ?

A labelling theory

B control theory

C functionalist theory

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Correct Answer: labelling theory

The practice of legally enforced marriage within caste is called____________?

A endogamy

B endogeny

C exegesis

D exclusion

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Correct Answer: endogeny

According to the World Health Organization which of these is NOT a main cause of chronic disease and long-term impairments in developing countries ?

A poor education

B poor diet

C poor sanitation

D poor housing

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Correct Answer: poor education

Positivism is most accurately described as the belief that__________________?

A social research should highlight the positive aspects of social life

B knowledge should be produced based on evidence from observations

C sociologists should make more use of official statistics

D none of the above

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Correct Answer: knowledge should be produced based on evidence from observations

Technological forms of surveillance have made it easier to_____________?

A access and exchange private information about consumers

B reduce prison overcrowding by the use of electronic tagging

C monitor employees’ activities at work

D all of the above

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Correct Answer: all of the above

According to Max Weber the ideal type refers to______________?

A the best possible outcome available

B a perspective emphasizing the primacy of ideas

C a model based on certain features of a phenomenon

D the social agenda of political idealists

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Correct Answer: a model based on certain features of a phenomenon

According to Foucault carceral organizations________________?

A emphasized human relations and employee satisfaction

B increased the amount of power held by managers

C stripped inmates of their previous identities

D isolated people and put them under surveillance

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Correct Answer: isolated people and put them under surveillance

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The idea that classes vary according to their possession of cultural capital is associated with_____________?

Of what is the failure of companies to adhere to legal regulations that apply to them an example ?

Which of the following does John Scott identify as belonging to the middle class ?

Which approach holds that deviance is not a feature of a group or individual a process of interaction through which one group becomes defined as deviant ?

The practice of legally enforced marriage within caste is called____________?

According to the World Health Organization which of these is NOT a main cause of chronic disease and long-term impairments in developing countries ?

Positivism is most accurately described as the belief that__________________?

Technological forms of surveillance have made it easier to_____________?

According to Max Weber the ideal type refers to______________?

According to Foucault carceral organizations________________?