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.

Dahrendorf Rex and Habermas focused their attention on_____________?

A social solidarity and cohesion

B the interpretive understanding of action

C women’s experiences and gendered knowledge

D Power domination and conflict

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Correct Answer: Power domination and conflict

Which sociological perspective makes the distinction between instrumental and expressive roles ?

A function perspective

B conflict perspective

C interactionist perspective

D labeling theory

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Correct Answer: interactionist perspective

Structural-Functionalists describe society as_____________?

A a complex network of interaction at a micro-level

B a source of conflict inequality and alienation

C an unstable structure of social relations

D a normative framework of roles and institutions

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Correct Answer: a normative framework of roles and institutions

A film star whose parents were both factory workers illustrate ?

A upward intergenerational mobility

B upward intergenerational mobility

C downward intergenerational mobility

D downward intergenerational mobility

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Correct Answer: upward intergenerational mobility

Weber said that all knowledge is value-relevant because_____________?

A sociologists like to put a value on different theories

B knowledge refers to people and their values

C theorists interpret the world in terms of their own values

D attempts to provide knowledge about the world are always valuable

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Correct Answer: theorists interpret the world in terms of their own values

Sociological studies of colonialism suggest that____________?

A colonialism has largely disappeared

B colonialism was for the most part beneficial for poor uncivilized countries

C colonialism was inevitable and necessary for human civilization

D colonialism is perpetuated to this day by practices known as neo-colonialism

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Correct Answer: colonialism is perpetuated to this day by practices known as neo-colonialism

Which of the following ins NOT a key theme in Michel Foucault’s writing ?

A the hyperreality of media imagery

B the significance of expert discourses

C societies use of surveillance and discipline

D the archaeology of scientific knowledge

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Correct Answer: the hyperreality of media imagery

Which sociological perspective argues that stratification is universal, and that social inequality is necessary so that people will be motivated to fill socially important positions ?

A functionalist perspective

B conflict perspective

C interactionist perspective

D labelling perspective

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Correct Answer: functionalist perspective

Which of the following theorists rejects the notion of essential categories of male and female through her discussion of the performative aspect of gender ?

A Joan Acker

B Judith Butler

C Helene Cixous

D Simone de Beauvoir

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Correct Answer: Judith Butler

Which of the following are viewed by sociologists as analytically distinct components of stratification ?

A conformity deviance and social control

B class status and power

C class caste and age

D class prestige and esteem

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Correct Answer: class status and power

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Dahrendorf Rex and Habermas focused their attention on_____________?

Which sociological perspective makes the distinction between instrumental and expressive roles ?

Structural-Functionalists describe society as_____________?

A film star whose parents were both factory workers illustrate ?

Weber said that all knowledge is value-relevant because_____________?

Sociological studies of colonialism suggest that____________?

Which of the following ins NOT a key theme in Michel Foucault’s writing ?

Which sociological perspective argues that stratification is universal, and that social inequality is necessary so that people will be motivated to fill socially important positions ?

Which of the following theorists rejects the notion of essential categories of male and female through her discussion of the performative aspect of gender ?

Which of the following are viewed by sociologists as analytically distinct components of stratification ?