Sociology MCQs

Option A: is provided by the family in 40 percent of cases

Option B: falls mostly on the eldest son

Option C: is provided by the sandwich generation

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: is provided by the sandwich generation ✔

Option A: women with a first child are more likely than women without a child to report that their husbands do not pay enough attention to them

Option B: the marital adjustment rating rises after the birth of a first child

Option C: most couples consider parenthood a crisis

Option D: the psychological well-being of parents is a little better than that of childless couples

Correct Answer: women with a first child are more likely than women without a child to report that their husbands do not pay enough attention to them ✔

Option A: is the preferred type of marriage in more than 40 per cent of societies?

Option B: is generally available to all men in societies where it is permitted

Option C: tend to be favored where large families are advantageous and women make substantial contributions to subsistence

Option D: usually involves the right of younger brothers to have sexual access to their brothers’ wives

Correct Answer: tend to be favored where large families are advantageous and women make substantial contributions to subsistence ✔

Option A: extended family

Option B: family of orientation

Option C: family of procreation

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: family of procreation ✔

Option A: Old men and women

Option B: the male or female head of the family

Option C: the male head of the family who wields all the powers

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: the male or female head of the family ✔

Option A: the belief that women control the private sphere

Option B: women’s increasing labor market participation

Option C: the allocation of men and women to different types of job

Option D: relations between men and women in the workplace

Correct Answer: the allocation of men and women to different types of job ✔

Option A: work where no money changes hands

Option B: the activities of small businesses

Option C: transactions outside the sphere of regular employment

Option D: organizations with less rigid rules and procedures

Correct Answer: transactions outside the sphere of regular employment ✔

Option A: postmodern

Option B: modernist

Option C: traditional

Option D: vocational

Correct Answer: modernist ✔

Option A: comprehensive

Option B: meritocratic

Option C: selective

Option D: elitist

Correct Answer: meritocratic ✔

Option A: secularization

Option B: evangelicalism

Option C: fundamentalism

Option D: alienation

Correct Answer: secularization ✔

Option A: Judaism

Option B: Islam

Option C: Hinduism

Option D: Christianity

Correct Answer: Islam ✔

Option A: 17th

Option B: 18th

Option C: 19th

Option D: 20th

Correct Answer: 19th ✔

Option A: 24.6

Option B: 25.4

Option C: 27.5

Option D: 30.6

Correct Answer: 30.6 ✔

Option A: fixed domestic roles

Option B: shared emotional labor

Option C: limited relational commitment

Option D: significant power imbalance

Correct Answer: shared emotional labor ✔

Option A: women have become less economically dependent

Option B: a reduction in the stigma attached to divorce

Option C: marriage is seen in terms of personal satisfaction

Option D: increased acceptance of same-sex relationships

Correct Answer: increased acceptance of same-sex relationships ✔

Option A: matrilineal

Option B: androlineal

Option C: homolineal

Option D: patrilineal

Correct Answer: patrilineal ✔

Option A: 12 years

Option B: 22 years

Option C: 32 years

Option D: 42 years

Correct Answer: 12 years ✔

Option A: family

Option B: kinship

Option C: network

Option D: tribe

Correct Answer: kinship ✔

Option A: the state,s power can be exercised through several different administrative structures

Option B: the ruling elite is composed of people from various class backgrounds

Option C: political parties must compete for the votes of consumers in the electorate

Option D: there is a close alignment between class background and party preference

Correct Answer: political parties must compete for the votes of consumers in the electorate ✔

Option A: the proportion of people living alone has fallen to 29%

Option B: many people are cohabiting in long term relationships

Option C: the upward curve of remarriages compensates for the drop in first marriages

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: many people are cohabiting in long term relationships ✔

Option A: the tendency for cohabitation before marriage

Option B: the rising divorce rates

Option C: the absence of fathers in many households

Option D: the increasing number of single parent families

Correct Answer: the tendency for cohabitation before marriage ✔

Option A: highly specialized interrelated sets of social practices

Option B: disorganized social relations in a postmodern world

Option C: virtual communities in cyberspace

Option D: no longer relevant to sociology

Correct Answer: highly specialized interrelated sets of social practices ✔

Option A: a group of people sharing living accommodation and meals

Option B: a network of relatives extended within or between generations

Option C: the new family created when an adult leaves home and gets married

Option D: a two-generation unit of parents and their-children

Correct Answer: a two-generation unit of parents and their-children ✔

Option A: the increasing bureaucracy of the state has made religion only a marginal part of our lives

Option B: despite the weakening of traditional authority our everyday lives and common sense remain shaped by religious beliefs and values

Option C: religious participation in collective worship may have declined but people still practice their faiths in private

Option D: people are much more likely to discuss their religious beliefs in public informal settings

Correct Answer: despite the weakening of traditional authority our everyday lives and common sense remain shaped by religious beliefs and values ✔

Option A: beliefs that can be challenged by members a charismatic leader and openness to new recruits

Option B: tolerance towards other religions and the separation of church and state

Option C: voluntary membership democratic leadership and high levels of emotional commitment

Option D: the idea of the secular world itself as being sacred

Correct Answer: voluntary membership democratic leadership and high levels of emotional commitment ✔

Option A: John Maynard Keynes

Option B: Adam Smith

Option C: Paul Samuelson

Option D: Arthur Scargill

Correct Answer: Paul Samuelson ✔

Option A: capitalism and communism

Option B: capitalism and socialism

Option C: socialism and communism

Option D: capitalism and dictatorships

Correct Answer: capitalism and communism ✔

Option A: Baptists

Option B: Roman Catholics

Option C: Episcopalians

Option D: Unitarians

Correct Answer: Baptists ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: each of the above

Correct Answer: functionalist perspective ✔

Option A: the liberalization of divorce laws

Option B: divorce is easier to work out since contemporary families have fewer children than earlier families

Option C: the increase in family incomes

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: increased dramatically

Option B: decreased

Option C: increased slightly

Option D: remained steady

Correct Answer: decreased ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: labelling theory

Correct Answer: functionalist perspective ✔

Option A: providing of social status

Option B: reproduction

Option C: economic

Option D: protection

Correct Answer: economic ✔

Option A: nuclear family

Option B: dysfunctional family

Option C: extended family

Option D: polygynous family

Correct Answer: extended family ✔

Option A: Love and trust

Option B: Intimacy

Option C: Absolute fulfilment

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Childer

Option B: Society

Option C: Biological and social evolution of society

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Biological and social evolution of society ✔

Option A: family structures

Option B: families of orientation

Option C: Brady Bunch families

Option D: reconstituted families

Correct Answer: reconstituted families ✔

Option A: selective perception

Option B: homogamy

Option C: heterogeneity

Option D: self-selection

Correct Answer: homogamy ✔

Option A: allowing a marriage only within the social class

Option B: allowing a man to have several birds

Option C: allowing a man to have several wives

Option D: allowing a woman to have several husbands

Correct Answer: allowing a woman to have several husbands ✔

Option A: bilateral

Option B: extended

Option C: polyandry

Option D: nuclear

Correct Answer: extended ✔

Option A: overly-superficial

Option B: over-rated

Option C: negative

Option D: positive

Correct Answer: negative ✔

Option A: gerontology

Option B: gerontocracy

Option C: the maturational method

Option D: maturational reform

Correct Answer: gerontology ✔

Option A: early childhood

Option B: adolescence

Option C: infancy

Option D: young adulthood

Correct Answer: later life ✔

Option A: man seeks consensus and harmony

Option B: man lacks a constraining force

Option C: man is inherently evil

Option D: man feels the need to dominate others

Correct Answer: man is driven by biological needs ✔

Option A: we are constantly learning

Option B: we are capable of achieving at a maximum capacity

Option C: we are shaped by the primary agents of socialization in our life

Option D: we think before we act

Correct Answer: we are constantly learning ✔

Option A: personality

Option B: self

Option C: ego

Option D: the I

Correct Answer: personality ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: labeling theory

Correct Answer: functionalist perspective ✔

Option A: Friedrich Engels

Option B: Talcott Parsons

Option C: Margaret Mead

Option D: George Murdock

Correct Answer: Friedrich Engels ✔

Option A: conflict

Option B: functionalist

Option C: interactionist

Option D: structuralist

Correct Answer: conflict ✔

Option A: appears to lead to greater family disorganization

Option B: has little or no new effect on the lives of children

Option C: no longer displaces homemakers in these days of women’s liberation

Option D: is less likely in second marriages

Correct Answer: appears to lead to greater family disorganization ✔

Option A: complementary needs

Option B: matching hypothesis

Option C: exchange

Option D: mutual co-dependence

Correct Answer: complementary needs ✔

Option A: bilineal

Option B: neolocal

Option C: patrilineal

Option D: matrilineal

Correct Answer: matrilineal ✔

Option A: family

Option B: institution

Option C: kinship group

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: family ✔

Option A: Tibet

Option B: Kurds

Option C: none of them

Option D: both of above

Correct Answer: Tibet ✔

Option A: University of Cambridge

Option B: The Open University

Option C: London Metropolitan University

Option D: University of Manchester

Correct Answer: The Open University ✔

Option A: cultural reproduction

Option B: passive consumption

Option C: conceptual abstraction

Option D: formal communication

Correct Answer: cultural reproduction ✔

Option A: Christianity

Option B: Hinduism

Option C: Islam

Option D: Judaism

Correct Answer: Hinduism ✔

Option A: world-affirming

Option B: world-rejecting

Option C: world-enhancing

Option D: world-accommodating

Correct Answer: world-affirming ✔

Option A: Buddhism

Option B: Confucianism

Option C: Hinduism

Option D: Taoism

Correct Answer: Hinduism ✔

Option A: confluent love

Option B: social reflexivity

Option C: liquid desire

Option D: plastic sexuality

Correct Answer: liquid desire ✔

Option A: 22.6

Option B: 23.1

Option C: 25.52

Option D: 28.4

Correct Answer: 22.6 ✔

Option A: beanpole families

Option B: cohabiting families

Option C: reconstituted families

Option D: horizontal families

Correct Answer: reconstituted families ✔

Option A: India

Option B: White

Option C: Black Caribbean

Option D: Chinese

Correct Answer: India ✔

Option A: flexible monogamy

Option B: serial monogamy

Option C: liquid monogamy

Option D: reflexive monogamy

Correct Answer: serial monogamy ✔

Option A: people vote according to pragmatic issues and concerns

Option B: consumer identities are more important than class identities

Option C: personal cultural and environmental issues can mobilize political consciousness just as much as economic interests

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: fathers are more likely to be absent from their children’s lives

Option B: one parent has total responsibility for the child’s welfare and socialization

Option C: both parents are expected to co-operate in the continued care of their children

Option D: parents must provide for all of their children in equal measure

Correct Answer: both parents are expected to co-operate in the continued care of their children ✔

Option A: a did not exist in any form

Option B: had begun to disappear as extended networks of kin became more important

Option C: had begun to emerge through the separation of work and home life

Option D: was simply another institution of patriarchal control?

Correct Answer: had begun to emerge through the separation of work and home life ✔

Option A: secondary socialization and strict discipline

Option B: emotional support and sexual gratification

Option C: primary socialization and personality stabilization

Option D: oppressing women and reproducing the labor force

Correct Answer: primary socialization and personality stabilization ✔

Option A: British-born second-generation immigrants from the Asian subcontinent

Option B: White Americans who wanted to convert to Islam

Option C: African-Americans who felt excluded from the ethnic melting pot in the USA

Option D: African-Caribbean’s who lived in the inner cities and had a distinctive youth culture

Correct Answer: African-Americans who felt excluded from the ethnic melting pot in the USA ✔

Option A: ethnic minorities practised religion to achieve social acceptance in the culture

Option B: mainstream faiths were becoming increasingly identified with national identity

Option C: the moral teachings of the main religions were becoming relatively similar

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: a new trend of moral individualism became established

Option B: a socialist revolution removed the need for capitalist ideology

Option C: church attendance dropped below 15%

Option D: people came to believe more in science and technology

Correct Answer: a socialist revolution removed the need for capitalist ideology ✔

Option A: force influence and authority

Option B: force influence and democracy

Option C: force influence and charisma

Option D: influence charisma and bureaucracy

Correct Answer: force influence and authority ✔

Option A: socialism

Option B: feudalism

Option C: slavery

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: feudalism ✔

Option A: bestowing status

Option B: transmitting knowledge

Option C: promoting social and political change

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: transmitting knowledge ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: each of the above

Correct Answer: conflict perspective ✔

Option A: Max Weber

Option B: Emile Durkheim

Option C: Karl Marx

Option D: Talcott Parsons

Correct Answer: Emile Durkheim ✔

Option A: two-thirds of divorced men

Option B: three-fourths of divorced women

Option C: two-thirds of divorced women

Option D: 80 percent of divorced women

Correct Answer: two-thirds of divorced women ✔

Option A: be actively involved in everyday routine care of their grandchildren and exercise substantial authority over them

Option B: carry on a “ritualistic”(primarily symbolic) relationship with their grandchildren

Option C: never see their grandchildren

Option D: function as “specialists in recreational care-giving”

Correct Answer: D. function as “specialists in recreational care-giving” ✔

Option A: increase in the number of men with a college education

Option B: increasing birth-rate

Option C: shift in the economy of the United States from manufacturing to service industries

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: shift in the economy of the United States from manufacturing to service industries ✔

Option A: Friedrich Engels

Option B: Talcott Parsons

Option C: Margaret Mead

Option D: George Murdock

Correct Answer: Friedrich Engels ✔

Option A: a university

Option B: a mental hospital

Option C: a factory

Option D: each of the above

Correct Answer: a mental hospital ✔

Option A: enculturation and socialization

Option B: Protection

Option C: Learning and growing

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: enculturation and socialization ✔

Option A: Neighborhood

Option B: Class

Option C: Family

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Family ✔

Option A: the end of history

Option B: the rise of neoliberalism

Option C: the fall of communism

Option D: the birth of nationalism

Correct Answer: the end of history ✔

Option A: the ability to influence decisions in a conflict situation

Option B: the ability to manipulate others desires

Option C: the ability to control the issues discussed

Option D: the ability to appeal to legal-rational authority

Correct Answer: the ability to manipulate others desires ✔

Option A: new social movement theory

Option B: collective behavior theory

Option C: social strain theory

Option D: resource mobilization theory

Correct Answer: resource mobilization theory ✔

Option A: electoral fraud

Option B: the expanding number of small political parties

Option C: the decline in voter turnout

Option D: security problems with-e-voting

Correct Answer: the decline in voter turnout ✔

Option A: United States of America

Option B: the European Union

Option C: the United Nations

Option D: the International Criminal Court

Correct Answer: United States of America ✔

Option A: Steven Lukes

Option B: Max Weber

Option C: Michel Foucault

Option D: Jean Baudrillard

Correct Answer: Max Weber ✔

Option A: capitalist nations fully agree on the merits of capitalism practiced by all developed nations

Option B: Russia Eastern Europe Latin America and Asia have fully accepted and are practicing the style of capitalism practiced in the United States

Option C: in dynamic Asian nations (e.g. Japan Singapore Hong Kong South Korea and Taiwan) government intervention in economic life has resulted in a “government-business symbiosis ” different from that in Europe and the United States

Option D: the performance of the Asian economy and financial institutions in late 1997 and early 1998 strongly supports the “government-business /state capitalism/communal capitalism economic arrangement

Correct Answer: C. in dynamic Asian nations (e.g. Japan Singapore Hong Kong South Korea and Taiwan) government intervention in economic life has resulted in a “government-business symbiosis ” different from that in Europe and the United States ✔

Option A: Market economies rely on free markets whereas command economies rely on consumer sovereignty

Option B: Market economies rely on cooperation whereas command economies rely on conflict

Option C: Market economies rely on privately held property whereas command economies rely on publicly-held property

Option D: Market and command economies do not differ substantially, but their political institutions do

Correct Answer: Market economies rely on privately held property whereas command economies rely on publicly-held property ✔

Option A: are organizations designed to gain control of the government but not necessarily by putting their own people in office

Option B: tend to be pulled to the “right”

Option C: must appeal to a broad base of the electorate in order to win

Option D: tend to be barriers between citizens and the government

Correct Answer: must appeal to a broad base of the electorate in order to win ✔

Option A: is the authoritative formulation of policies that are binding and pervasive throughout the society?

Option B: is a state in which the government is concerned with satisfying the needs of the total person?

Option C: is a state in which the government seeks to control all subordinate governmental units all institutions and even personal associations and individual families

Option D: can incorporate only in a socialist society

Correct Answer: is a state in which the government seeks to control all subordinate governmental units all institutions and even personal associations and individual families ✔

Option A: charismatic

Option B: legal-rational

Option C: state

Option D: traditional

Correct Answer: legal-rational ✔

Option A: Force is very efficient but also very costly

Option B: Honor is denied to those who rule by force alone

Option C: The elite’s ideals are fulfilled but tainted by use of force

Option D: Force is the most effective means for political rule

Correct Answer: Honor is denied to those who rule by force alone ✔

Option A: lobbying campaign financing and corruption

Option B: socialization outside the capitalist class to enforce discriminatory norms

Option C: class warfare economic cycles and intercorporate conflict

Option D: corporate corruption through interlocking directorates

Correct Answer: lobbying campaign financing and corruption ✔

Option A: The state has existed throughout human history

Option B: The existence of the state requires that some people are able to devote time and energy to organizing power resources

Option C: External factors such as threats and trading partners played no part in the rise of the state

Option D: The production of a social surplus hindered the rise of the state

Correct Answer: The existence of the state requires that some people are able to devote time and energy to organizing power resources ✔

Option A: the strengthening of civil society

Option B: retrenchment in welfare spending

Option C: the maintenance of a mixed economy

Option D: environmentally sustainable economic growth

Correct Answer: retrenchment in welfare spending ✔

Option A: where those elected simply represent the views of the electors

Option B: which ensures political equality and protects liberty

Option C: where decisions are taken by people elected by the community as a whole

Option D: where decisions are made communally by those affected by them

Correct Answer: where decisions are taken by people elected by the community as a whole ✔

Option A: resource mobilization theory

Option B: labor movement

Option C: environmental movement

Option D: anti-nuclear movement

Correct Answer: labor movement ✔