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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.

Through association with people who are meaningful to us we achieve a sense of security love acceptance companionship and personal worth This is a(n) ?

A anticipatory bond
B expressive tie
C family tie
D instrumental bond
Correct Answer: expressive tie

A group with which we identify and to which we belong is called a(n) ?

A in-group
B reference group
C secondary group
D relationship
Correct Answer: in-group

A large kinship group whose members inhibit one geographical area and believe that they are descendent from a common ancestor is known as a_______________?

A Clan
B Tribe
C Kin group
D class
Correct Answer: Kin group

Ethnic identity refers to______________?

A the objective categories of ethnicity used in the census
B a felt sense of group of group membership on basis of religion language or history
C the imposition of a racial label on a minority by a powerful majority
D the fragmented and pluralistic nature of ethnicity
Correct Answer: a felt sense of group of group membership on basis of religion language or history

Women have been excluded from the public sphere because_____________?

A industrial capitalism separated the middle-class home from the workplace
B those who enter paid employments have been sidelined into particular fields
C it is difficult to succeed in malestream politics without compromising their femininity
D all of the above
Correct Answer: all of the above

In larger groups each person has_____________?

A less time to speak
B more points of view to absorb
C a more elaborate structure within which to function
D all of the above
Correct Answer: all of the above

The purpose of a reference group is to serve a (n)_________________?

A normative function by enforcing standards of conduct and belief
B comparison function by serving as a standard against which people can measure themselves and others
C elimination function by dissolving groups that no longer have a social purpose
D both a and b
Correct Answer: both a and b

__________________ groups often emerge in the workplace among those who share special understandings about their occupation ?

A primary
B secondary
C out-groups
D formal organizations
Correct Answer: secondary

In “Gesellschaft” the society of tradition is replaced with the society of ______________?

A Impersonal relations
B Contract
C Modern ideas
D None of these
Correct Answer: Contract

Some groups are neither clearly primary nor secondary but are intermediate with some features of each usually formed for performing some task They are called______________?

A Intermediate groups
B Tertiary groups
C Task-groups
D None of these
Correct Answer: Task-groups