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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.

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The socially defined expectations that a person in a given status follows are called______________?
A a position
B a role
C a performance
D an impression
Correct Answer: a role
The term ethnomethodology was coined by______________?
A Harold Garfinkel
B Max Weber
C Erving Goffman
D Anthony Giddens
Correct Answer: Harold Garfinkel
What is the compulsion of proximity ?
A the dominance of spoken language in interactions
B the need to meet each other face to face
C the ability to read peoples body language
D the desire for intimacy in personal relationships
Correct Answer: the need to meet each other face to face
What is social role ?
A an achieved occupational status
B a persons overall social status within their family
C a social position that becomes a master status for the person occupying it
D socially defined expectations of people in a given social position
Correct Answer: socially defined expectations of people in a given social position
The most common master statuses are based on what ?
A gender and race
B class and income
C education and occupation
D family and peer groups
Correct Answer: gender and race
What is ethnomethodology ?
A the study of sociological research methods
B the study of the methods people uses to make sense of the world
C the study of language in everyday conversations
D the use of experiments in sociological research
Correct Answer: the study of the methods people uses to make sense of the world
Norbert Elias argued that effective communication systems have an evolutionary survival value How did he illustrate this in humans ?
A by studying whole body language
B by studying the face
C by studying sign language
D by studying small tribal groups
Correct Answer: by studying the face
Which term describes societies where the family name and the inheritance of property passes down the male line ?
A matrilineal
B androlineal
C homolineal
D patrilineal
Correct Answer: patrilineal
According to recent findings from across Europe which of the following statements best characterizes cohabitation ?
A an experimental stage before marriage
B a family form only found among st younger people
C a short-lived experiment from the 1960 s that is now in decline
D an alternative to traditional marriage
Correct Answer: an experimental stage before marriage
It is difficult to ascertain the true extent of domestic violence because___________?
A there is a large dark figure of unreported incidents
B the changing definitions of legal categories have made it harder to convict offenders
C researchers are not allowed access to official statistics
D there is no valid or reliable way of researching such a sensitive topic
Correct Answer: there is a large dark figure of unreported incidents
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