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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.

Which of the following did Max Weber see as a potentially serious problem with the advance of modern bureaucracies ?
A bureaucratic organization could become prohibitively expensive to run
B social organization could become too efficient
C democracy could become a sham if bureaucrats held real power
D bureaucratic officials may be able to abuse their power
Correct Answer: democracy could become a sham if bureaucrats held real power
The creative potential of personality is accounted for by______________?
A Stimulus-response psychology
B Drive psychology
C Trait psychology
D None of these
Correct Answer: Trait psychology
The internet rearranges our experience of space-time by making it possible to_______________?
A communicate instantly with people far away
B experience what its like to be a different gender
C interact in an unreal and alienated way
D communicate without non-verbal cues
Correct Answer: communicate instantly with people far away
The tourist gaze is socially organized by professional experts and puts the tourist in search of_____________?
A the familiar
B the exotic
C the historic
D the amusing
Correct Answer: the exotic
Weber said that the spirit of capitalism could be traced back to______________?
A the movement towards religious pluralism
B inspirational Protestant groups who revived religious ideas
C new religious movements who rejected traditional forms of labor
D Calvinists who engaged in ascetic practices to gain signs of salvation
Correct Answer: Calvinists who engaged in ascetic practices to gain signs of salvation
Which sociologist distinguished between significant others and generalized others ?
A George Herbert Mead
B Charles Horton Cooley
C Erving Goffman
D W.I. Thomas
Correct Answer: George Herbert Mead
Erik Erikson a German scholar trained in Freudian psychoanalysis presented a theory of life-cycle socialization through ?
A five stages
B Seven stages
C Eight stages
D None of these
Correct Answer: Eight stages
The part which is the complex of social ideals and values which one has internalized, and which form the conscience is______________?
A id
B Superego
C ego
D None of these
Correct Answer: Superego
Freud saw self and society in basic conflict not in harmony He named this self as_________________?
A Antisocial self
B Generalized other
C looking glass self
D None of these
Correct Answer: Antisocial self
Wallflowers are people who came to believe early in life that they can_____________?
A make conversation
B not make conversation
C Sometimes they are good speakers
D None of these
Correct Answer: make conversation