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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.

According to Durkheim an important component of social life was______________?

A Social solidarity
B Social alienation
C Individualism
D None of these
Correct Answer: Social solidarity

In modern societies members perform different tasks and are highly interdependent this kind of solidarity is called______________?

A Organic solidarity
B Mechanical solidarity
C Interdependence solidarity
D
Correct Answer: Organic solidarity

The communism developed in USSR and china is_______________?

A Same as Marx envisioned
B is different from Marxian view
C opposite to Marxian view
D None of these
Correct Answer: opposite to Marxian view

Structural functionalism draws its inspiration primarily from the ideas of___________?

A Marx
B weber
C Durkheim
D All of these
Correct Answer: Durkheim

The solution Marx gave to the problem of alienation was______________?

A Democracy
B Communism
C Dictatorship
D None of these
Correct Answer: Communism

Robert Merton’s contributions to sociology include____________________?

A successfully combining theory and research
B an analysis of deviant behavior that focuses on societal goals and means
C an attempt to bring macro-and micro level analyses together
D all of the above
Correct Answer: all of the above

In his study of suicide Emile Durkheim was primarily concerned with_______________?

A suicide rates and how they varied from county to country
B personalities of individual suicide victims
C means people used to take their own lives
D effects of suicide on the families of victims
Correct Answer: suicide rates and how they varied from county to country

Sociology can be considered a social science because________________?

A its theories are logical explicit and supported by empirical evidence
B sociologists collect data in a relatively objective and systematic way
C ideas and research findings are scrutinized by other sociologists
D all of the above
Correct Answer: sociologists collect data in a relatively objective and systematic way

Society cannot be studied in the same way as the natural world because_____________?

A human behavior is meaningful and varies between individuals and cultures
B it is difficult for sociologists to gain access to a research laboratory
C sociologists are not rational or critical enough in their approach
D we cannot collect empirical data about social life
Correct Answer: human behavior is meaningful and varies between individuals and cultures

Social norms are_____________?

A creative activities such as gardening cookery and craftwork
B the symbolic representation of social groups in the mass media
C religious beliefs about how the world ought to be
D rules and expectation about interaction that regulate social life
Correct Answer: rules and expectation about interaction that regulate social life