Sociology MCQs with explanations

Question 1

The conflict Perspective is mostly based upon the work of________?

Accepted Answer

Karl Marx

Question 2

Critics of the culture of poverty thesis point out that________?

Accepted Answer

the poor have had their access to achievement blocked by the social order

Question 3

The al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attacks on American targets on 11th September 2001 In what year did al-Qaeda bomb a nightclub on the Indonesian island of Bali Killing more than 200 people?

Accepted Answer

2002

Question 4

A series of complexes centering upon an important activity is________?

Accepted Answer

Institution

Question 5

Principles such as efficiency calculability and predictability are all part of what Ritzer called________?

Accepted Answer

McDonaldization

Question 6

New-style terrorism differs from the old-style in that________?

Accepted Answer

it has ambitions that are global in scope

Question 7

________ groups often emerge in the workplace among those who share special understandings about their occupation?

Accepted Answer

secondary

Question 8

The president of the United States need not be a good typist a surgeon need not be able to fill a cavity This is because of the bureaucratic characteristic of________?

Accepted Answer

division of labor

Question 9

Which of the following does John Scott identify as belonging to the middle class?

Accepted Answer

senior executives

Question 10

A new combination or a new use of existing knowledge is termed as________?

Accepted Answer

Invention

Sociology MCQs with Explanations