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 person’s overall position in society is called_______________?

A achieved status

B ascribed status

C master status

D status set

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Correct Answer: master status

An instance of focused interaction is called______________?

A a meeting

B an event

C a moment

D an Encounter

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Correct Answer: an Encounter

Which one of the following is not an example of non-verbal communication ?

A smiling

B talking

C frowning

D waving

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Correct Answer: talking

Selves without bodies don,t make much sense in human terms (Jenkins 1996) What is Jenkins alluding to in this quotation ?

A the need to bring biological knowledge into sociology

B the need to theorize the embodiment of the social self

C the need for sociologists to understand the natural sciences

D the need for a new science of sociobiology

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Correct Answer: the need to theorize the embodiment of the social self

When a subordinate person breaks the tacit rules of everyday interaction this is called what ?

A a response cries

B unfocused interaction

C interactional vandalism

D impression management

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Correct Answer: interactional vandalism

Which of these is a front region of social life ?

A a restaurant kitchen

B a clothing store payment counter

C a football ground dressing room

D a nightclub toilet

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Correct Answer: a clothing store payment counter

Which of these is not part of Judith Butlers theory of gender identity ?

A gender is performative

B people, s biological sex underpins their gendered identity

C gender is about what we do not who we are

D there is no essential or biological basis to gender

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Correct Answer: people, s biological sex underpins their gendered identity

The compulsion of proximity describes_______________?

A wanting to meet face-to-face whenever possible

B seeking experience of intimacy on the internet

C travelling to see foreign locations for holidays

D creating feelings of security in on-line settings

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Correct Answer: wanting to meet face-to-face whenever possible

Social constructionism studies the processes which create and sustain ?

A social structures

B social space

C social reality

D social inequality

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Correct Answer: social reality

Social occasions in which individuals act out formal roles are called_____________?

A front regions

B back regions

C public regions

D social regions

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Correct Answer: front regions

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A person’s overall position in society is called_______________?

An instance of focused interaction is called______________?

Which one of the following is not an example of non-verbal communication ?

Selves without bodies don,t make much sense in human terms (Jenkins 1996) What is Jenkins alluding to in this quotation ?

When a subordinate person breaks the tacit rules of everyday interaction this is called what ?

Which of these is a front region of social life ?

Which of these is not part of Judith Butlers theory of gender identity ?

The compulsion of proximity describes_______________?

Social constructionism studies the processes which create and sustain ?

Social occasions in which individuals act out formal roles are called_____________?