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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.

The fourth major perspective in sociology is ___________________________ theory.

A political economy
B symbolic interactionist
C conflict
D feminist
Correct Answer: feminist

The difference between horticulture and agriculture is________________?

A Agriculture employs machinery but horticulture not
B Horticulture employs machinery and other tools
C Horticulture only depends on humans for cultivation
D a and c both
Correct Answer: a and c both

Karl Marx emphasized ____________ as a major factor in shaping social life ?

A psychology
B geography
C economics
D communism
Correct Answer: economics

The salient features of Horticulturalist society are______________?

A cultivation of crops
B Dense populations
C Food surplus and division of labor
D All of above
Correct Answer: All of above

Which of the following was not a key development leading to the birth of sociology ?

A Enlightenment thinkers/philosophers
B The Industrial Revolution
C Globalization
D Renaissance thinkers/philosophers
Correct Answer: Globalization

A pastoralist society depends upon ?

A domesticated livestock
B agriculture
C Trade and business
D None of these
Correct Answer: domesticated livestock

Theories must be____________?

A testable
B formulated prior to research
C based on pre-existing facts
D exclusively sociological
Correct Answer: testable

Society refers to a group of people_____________?

A Who share a defined territory
B Who share a common culture
C Who have different cultures
D a& b both
Correct Answer: a& b both

Post-modernist writers have argued that____________?

A we live in a world of superficial fragmented images
B no theory is better than any other anything goes
C society has changed, and we need new kinds of theory
D all of the above
Correct Answer: we live in a world of superficial fragmented images

Which sociological perspective acknowledges that it is not possible to change gender drastically without dramatic revisions in a cultures social structure ?

A functionalist perspective
B conflict perspective
C interactionist perspective
D both a and b
Correct Answer: both a and b