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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.

Arlie Hochschild,s The Managed Heart is an influential application of_____________?

A emotional labor
B symbolic interactionism
C social action
D symbiosis
Correct Answer: symbolic interactionism

ideological notions of equality of opportunity are irrelevant in deciding the positions of individuals to different statuses in a __________________ system of mobility?

A Open
B Broad
C closed
D None of these
Correct Answer: closed

Which of the following is NOT associated with functionalism ?

A Talcott Parsons
B Ralf Dahrendorf
C Emile Durkheim
D Robert Merton
Correct Answer: Ralf Dahrendorf

The society which lacks consistent guidelines for people to learn is termed as_____________?

A Inconsistent society
B Incoherent society
C Anomic Society
D None of these
Correct Answer: Anomic Society

Marx said that the development of the labor movement through factory-based production would turn the working class into____________?

A a class in itself
B a-class by itself
C a class for itself
D a ruling class
Correct Answer: a class for itself

If an individual fails to comply with the rules and regulations of the society he/she is usually termed as________________?

A Obedient
B Abnormal
C Deviant
D None of these
Correct Answer: Deviant

Mass-society theory suggests that_______________?

A the content of the media is determined by market forces
B the subordinate classes are dominated by the ideology of the ruling class
C the media manipulate the masses as vulnerable passive consumers
D audiences make selective interpretations of media messages
Correct Answer: the media manipulate the masses as vulnerable passive consumers

A great deal of leadership and authority rests upon the skillful manipulation of the group as a___________?

A Source of power
B Source of help
C control device
D None of these
Correct Answer: control device

Weber defined a class situation as____________?

A the exploitation of the working class by their capitalist employers
B a social groups consciousness of their status and life chances
C a person’s position in the capital product and labor markets based on their economic resources
D the lifestyle of a social class as defined by patterns of consumption
Correct Answer: a person’s position in the capital product and labor markets based on their economic resources

Informal control exists in______________?

A Primary groups
B Secondary groups
C In social settings
D None of these
Correct Answer: Primary groups