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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.

Which of the following was not identified as a defining feature of culture ?

A Culture is symbolic

B Culture is transmitted

C Culture is cumulative

D Culture is shared

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Correct Answer: Culture is symbolic

Reading a number of books and journals regarding crime in Canada is a good example of______________?

A qualitative research

B ethnography

C secondary research

D field research

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Correct Answer: secondary research

Which sociological perspective emphasizes that ethnocentrism that ethnocentrism serves to maintain a sense of solidarity by promoting group pride ?

A functionalist perspective

B conflict perspective

C interactionist perspective

D dramaturgical perspective

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Correct Answer: functionalist perspective

A major disadvantage of using mail naires to collect data is____________?

A the cost of the stamps

B the response rates

C the inability to follow-up

D some respondents are paranoid

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Correct Answer: the response rates

While vacationing in Great Britain an American discover that the British drive on the “Wrong” side of the road are critical of his United States accent and will not accept dollars in stores He feel disoriented and out of place and thus are experiencing ?

A xenocentrism

B the Hawthorne effects

C the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

D culture shock

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Correct Answer: culture shock

In order to qualify as a random sample______________?

A at least 100 people must be selected

B every sub-sample of the population must be represented

C every member of the population must have an equal chance of being chosen

D a phone book must be used to generate random names.

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Correct Answer: every sub-sample of the population must be represented

Social institutions are_____________?

A God-given and cannot be changed

B Buildings and people who operate them

C Constellation of folkways and mores

D None of these

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Correct Answer: None of these

A researcher was able to prove that, on average as age increases eyesight declines In research terminology this is called a (n) ?

A variation

B correlation

C observation

D measure of central tendency

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Correct Answer: correlation

Which of the following argued that a capitalist society has a dominant ideology that serves the interests of the ruling class ?

A Max Weber

B Talcott Parsons

C Karl Marx

D Margaret Mead

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Correct Answer: Karl Marx

A mean, median and mode are all examples of_______________?

A measures of variation

B measures of central tendency

C measures of enumeration

D measures of correlation

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Correct Answer: measures of central tendency

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Which of the following was not identified as a defining feature of culture ?

Reading a number of books and journals regarding crime in Canada is a good example of______________?

Which sociological perspective emphasizes that ethnocentrism that ethnocentrism serves to maintain a sense of solidarity by promoting group pride ?

A major disadvantage of using mail naires to collect data is____________?

While vacationing in Great Britain an American discover that the British drive on the “Wrong” side of the road are critical of his United States accent and will not accept dollars in stores He feel disoriented and out of place and thus are experiencing ?

In order to qualify as a random sample______________?

Social institutions are_____________?

A researcher was able to prove that, on average as age increases eyesight declines In research terminology this is called a (n) ?

Which of the following argued that a capitalist society has a dominant ideology that serves the interests of the ruling class ?

A mean, median and mode are all examples of_______________?