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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.

Stratified sample falls under______________?
A probability sampling design
B non-probability sampling design
C multi-stage sample design
D None of these
Correct Answer: probability sampling design
Which of the following suggested that the punishments established within a culture help to define acceptable behavior and thus contribute to stability ?
A William Chambliss
B Emile Durkheim
C Richard Quinney
D Stanley Milgram
Correct Answer: Emile Durkheim
What is the idea that racism pervades all of society’s structures in a systematic way called ?
A new racism
B cultural racism
C ethnocentrism
D institutional racism
Correct Answer: institutional racism
If we fail to respect and obey social norms we may face punishment through informal or formal ?
A techniques of neutralization
B deviance
C cultural transmission
D sanctions
Correct Answer: sanctions
A minority group is one that is both disadvantaged and_______________?
A has some sense of collective or group solidarity?
B numerically small compared to the main social group
C identifiably different from others in a society
D holds views contrary to the social norm
Correct Answer: has some sense of collective or group solidarity?
Social mobility may be experienced by______________?
A Only by individuals
B Only by groups
C By individual or by entire group
D None of these
Correct Answer: By individual or by entire group
The process of turning the class concept into something measurable is called_____________?
A operational research
B modus operandum
C operationalization
D operant conditioning
Correct Answer: operational research
Career and mobility patterns for men and women are_____________?
A Quite different
B all alike
C Growing more nearly alike
D None of these
Correct Answer: Growing more nearly alike
According to Wright some class locations are contradictory because______________?
A their holders do not believe in the notion of class
B they share features of the positions above and below them
C there is disagreement about how to interpret them
D they are impossible for sociologists to measure and classify
Correct Answer: they are impossible for sociologists to measure and classify
Mobility of women was usually decided in the past through ?
A Status of women in society
B Status of their husbands
C Both a and b
D None of these
Correct Answer: Status of their husbands