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Sociology MCQs 1551 MCQs [All-Courses]

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.

A Hispanic woman and a Jewish man working together as computer programmers for an electronics from overcome their initial prejudices and come to appreciate each other,s strengths and talents This is an example of____________?

A the contact hypothesis

B a self-fulfilling prophecy

C amalgamation

D reverse discrimination

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Correct Answer: the contact hypothesis

Which of the following social groups do occupational class schemes not have difficulty accommodating ?

A students

B manual working class

C the unemployed

D retired people

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Correct Answer: manual working class

The Communist Manifesto was written by_______________?

A Karl Marx and Georg Hegel

B George Herbert Mead and Jane Addams

C Friedrich Engels and karl Marx

D Talcott Parsons and Robert Merton

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Correct Answer: Friedrich Engels and karl Marx

An important aspect of labelling theory is the recognition that some people or groups have the power to define labels and apply them to others This view recalls the emphasis placed on the social significance of power by the______________?

A functionalist perspective

B conflict perspective

C interactionist perspective

D anomie theory of deviance

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: conflict perspective

Which one of the following does not apply to social class systems ?

A class systems are relatively fluid

B class position is entirely subjective

C class is economically based

D class positions are in part achieved

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Correct Answer: class position is entirely subjective

Which of the following was an early Black sociologist active in the struggle for a racially egalitarian society who was critical of theorists who semmed content with the status quo ?

A Harriet Martineau

B Herbert Spencer

C Booker T Washington

D W, E.B Du Bois

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Correct Answer: W, E.B Du Bois

Which pioneer of sociology first directed researchers to the significance of bureaucratic structure ?

A Emile Durkheim

B Max Weber

C Karl Marx

D Ferdinand Tonnies

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: Max Weber

Which of the following is true regarding the functionalist and conflict theories of social stratification ?

A Conflict theory is better at explaining inequality

B Only functionalist theory has merit when discussing social structure

C Some sociologists have tried to synthesize the conflict and functionalist perspectives to argue that stratification systems are institutions that have evolved in order to reduce conflict

D none of the above

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Correct Answer: Some sociologists have tried to synthesize the conflict and functionalist perspectives to argue that stratification systems are institutions that have evolved in order to reduce conflict

Which sociological perspective views society as a network of connected parts each of which contributes to the maintenance of the system as a whole ?

A functionalist perspective

B conflict perspective

C interactionist perspective

D dramaturgical approach

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: functionalist perspective

Sociologist Alvin Goldner sees Erving Goffman’s work on social behavior as implicitly reaffirming the status quo especially social class inequalities Gouldner,s critique is associated with the_____________?

A functionalist perspective

B conflict perspective

C interactionist perspective

D psychoanalytic perspective

Review Detailed Answer

Correct Answer: conflict perspective

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A Hispanic woman and a Jewish man working together as computer programmers for an electronics from overcome their initial prejudices and come to appreciate each other,s strengths and talents This is an example of____________?

Which of the following social groups do occupational class schemes not have difficulty accommodating ?

The Communist Manifesto was written by_______________?

An important aspect of labelling theory is the recognition that some people or groups have the power to define labels and apply them to others This view recalls the emphasis placed on the social significance of power by the______________?

Which one of the following does not apply to social class systems ?

Which of the following was an early Black sociologist active in the struggle for a racially egalitarian society who was critical of theorists who semmed content with the status quo ?

Which pioneer of sociology first directed researchers to the significance of bureaucratic structure ?

Which of the following is true regarding the functionalist and conflict theories of social stratification ?

Which sociological perspective views society as a network of connected parts each of which contributes to the maintenance of the system as a whole ?

Sociologist Alvin Goldner sees Erving Goffman’s work on social behavior as implicitly reaffirming the status quo especially social class inequalities Gouldner,s critique is associated with the_____________?