Sociology MCQs 2012

Cultural lag is a difference between:
A. Two material cultures
B. Two non-material cultures
C. Material and non-material culture
D. None of these

Which of the following is not a basic social institution?
A. Family
B. Religion
C. War
D. Education

The pattern of pressure exerted by society to maintain order is:
A. Approval
B. Social control
C. Anomie
D. None of these

Spoiled identity is a concept of sociology, which means an identity that has been destroyed permanently because of a severe stigma. Who was its originator?
A. Albert Cohen
B. George Simmel
C. Erving Goffman
D. None of these

Sociology can be defined as:
A. Objective study of human interaction
B. Science of human mind
C. Study of ethnicity
D. Analysis of human nature

Urbanization means:
A. Increase in population
B. Population shift from rural to urban
C. Suburbs growth
D. Unequal opportunities for employment

Identify the theories and concepts which were associated with the famous sociologist Emile Durkheim:
A. Anomie
B. Collective Consciousness
C. Both A & B
D. None of these

Identify the concepts and theories of sociology propounded by C. Wright Mills:
A. Abstracted Empiricism
B. Grand Theory
C. Sociological Imagination
D. All of these

The process by which one generation passes culture on to the next refers to:
A. Cultural transmission
B. Socio-cultural evolution
C. Cultural relativism
D. Ethnocentrism

The economic system in which natural resources and the means of producing goods and services are privately-owned is:
A. Capitalism
B. Socialism
C. Communism
D. State capitalism