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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.

A university that serves as a meeting ground for people seeking marital partners is performing_______________?
A a manifest function
B a latent function
C a dysfunction
D a manifest dysfunction
Correct Answer: a latent function
What does Berger (1963) describe as a metaphor for social reality ?
A a fairground rides
B a circus
C a puppet theatre
D a ballet
Correct Answer: a fairground rides
Ritzer presented a theory that the different components of social life work together to influence society and behavior This theory is called_______________?
A Integration theory
B Cohesion theory
C Role theory
D None of these
Correct Answer: Integration theory
The authors explain that feminist research methodology_____________?
A is an approach to research which emphasizes inclusion fairness and humaneness?
B places its main emphasis on concrete theories
C stresses that all human emotions are to be ignored all of the above
D all of the above
Correct Answer: is an approach to research which emphasizes inclusion fairness and humaneness?
The limitation of symbolic interactionism is that________________?
A It overlooks micro-level interaction
B It overlooks macro-level interaction
C It cannot count for culture
D None of these
Correct Answer: It overlooks macro-level interaction
Observation______________?
A is one of the easiest tools for sociological inquiry because it requires only good note taking
B is not subject to the same controls that are applied to other methods
C requires the involvement of the researcher in the activity being studied
D may be unobtrusive or participant
Correct Answer: may be unobtrusive or participant
In contrast to Marxian theory structural functionalism views different parts of society________________?
A Performing their respective functions
B Contributing in social equilibrium
C Beneficial to the society
D All of the above
Correct Answer: All of the above
In an experiment two groups are identical except for the change that researchers introduce into one group That group is called______________?
A the contaminated group
B the control groups
C the experimental group
D the neutral standard
Correct Answer: the experimental group
In Primitive societies everyone performed similar tasks and so their was a__________________?
A Organic solidarity
B Mechanical solidarity
C both a & b
D None of these
Correct Answer: Mechanical solidarity
Constructed reality is________________?
A the ability to control the behavior of others
B the principle that meaning derives from social interaction in daily life
C the observed consequences that permit the adaptation or adjustment of a system
D and artificial explanation of culture that exists apart from any social reality or shared social meaning
Correct Answer: the principle that meaning derives from social interaction in daily life