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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.

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
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
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
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
D
Correct Answer: labelling theory
The practice of legally enforced marriage within caste is called____________?
A endogamy
B endogeny
C exegesis
D exclusion
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
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
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
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
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
Correct Answer: isolated people and put them under surveillance