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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 sociological perspective emphasizes that in comparison with women men can drw on larger social networks that are useful in locating employment opportunities ?
A functionalist perspective
B conflict perspective
C interactionist perspective
D clinical perspective
Correct Answer: conflict perspective
Which of the following would experience role exit ?
A retired person
B a recovering alcoholic
C nun who leaves her religious order
D each of the above
Correct Answer: each of the above
During the Second World War Christians living in Nazi Germany had to choose between trying to protect Jewish friends and associates and turning them in to the authorities This is an example of____________?
A cultural universalism
B role strain
C functional prerequisites
D role conflict
Correct Answer: role conflict
Which of the following is an achieved status ?
A senior citizen
B member of the female sex
C bank robber
D Native American
Correct Answer: bank robber
Which of the following is an ascribed status ?
A daughter
B long-distance runner
C doctor
D each of the above
Correct Answer: daughter
Which sociologist saw that the “definition of the situation “could mold the thinking and personality of the individual ?
A Philip Zimbardo
B Herbert Blumer
C William I. Thomas
D Erving Goggman
Correct Answer: William I. Thomas
The term inter-generational mobility refers to______________?
A movement into a different occupational category over a person’s lifetime
B movement into different occupational categories between generations
C movement into a higher occupational category
D movement into an occupation that generates a lower income
Correct Answer: movement into different occupational categories between generations
Social mobility may be experienced by_____________?
A Only by individuals
B Only groups
C By individual or by entire group
D None of these
Correct Answer: By individual or by entire group
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
Mobility of women was usually decided 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