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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.

To compliment your professor for delivering a particularly inspiring lecture would be to comment on his/her ?

A role modelling
B ascribed status
C status conception
D role performance
Correct Answer: role performance

A researcher can obtain a higher response rate by using which type of survey ?

A interviews
B naires
C representative samples
D observation techniques
Correct Answer: interviews

A subculture ?

A is always at odds with the ways of the larger society
B is a set of patterned and recurrent aspects of life that appear in all known societies?
C includes members of a group that participate in the main culture while sharing another culture
D uses a value-free approach that views people from the perspective of their own culture
Correct Answer: includes members of a group that participate in the main culture while sharing another culture

In order to genuinely reflect a broad range of the population a survey must be based on precise ?

A representative sampling
B experiments
C surveys
D hypotheses
Correct Answer: representative sampling

The patterned and recurrent aspects of life that appear in all known societies are called_____________?

A cultural relativism
B requisite societal composition
C cultural universals
D ethnocentrism
Correct Answer: cultural universals

A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically called a (n) ?

A sample
B experiment
C research design
D scientific method
Correct Answer: research design

Which of the following is NOT an example of an American folkway ?

A the custom of chewing food with one,s mouth closed
B the practice of shaking hands when greeting someone for the first time
C the courtesy of arriving on time for a religious service
D the habit of driving on the right-hand side of the road
Correct Answer: the habit of driving on the right-hand side of the road

Formulating the hypothesis is the _________ step in the scientific method?

A first
B second
C third
D fourth
Correct Answer: second

Songs languages and orchestral performances are examples of______________?

A nonmaterial culture
B material culture
C mores
D proprietary culture
Correct Answer: nonmaterial culture

Standard deviation in statistics is the measure that indicates in the essence of______________?

A Central tendency
B spread of the sample means/values
C Both A an B
D None of these
Correct Answer: Central tendency