Sociology MCQs 2012

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

Rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of members refer to:
A. Norms
B. Values
C. Sanctions
D. Beliefs

The consanguine family is also known as the:
A. Conjugal family
B. Nuclear family
C. Family of procreation
D. Extended family

Agrarian societies first emerged about ________ years ago:
A. 1000
B. 12000
C. 10000
D. 5000

Karl Marx was the originator of:
A. Alienation
B. Class consciousness
C. Dialectical materialism
D. All of these

Post-industrial society is ________ based:
A. Family
B. Labour and work
C. Leisure
D. Idea and information