MCQ Bank
Free-market economies free trade and competition are all ingredients of:
- A) Globalization
- B)
- C)
- D)
In a class system, individuals attain their social status primarily through:
- A) Choice
- B) Birth
- C) Religion
- D) Wealth
Choice of technique depends on which of the following ____________
- A) Problem being studied
- B)
- C)
- D)
A ritual performed to preserve caste purity is meant to:
- A) Block outsiders
- B) Reduce income
- C) Promote class
- D) Allow pollution
Which of the following kinship system is associated with matrilineal descent?
- A) matrilineal
- B)
- C)
- D)
A person who holds power without possessing wealth is referred to as:
- A) Automatically rich
- B) Still influential
- C) Low ranked
- D) Socially equal
According to anthropologists, what is the nature of language?
- A) Arbitrary
- B)
- C)
- D)
The system of ranking people in a hierarchy is called:
- A) Stratification
- B) Globalization
- C) Urbanization
- D) Assimilation
The study of rules and practices for making and using sounds in a language is called:
- A) Phonology
- B)
- C)
- D)
The term referring to the division of jobs based on gender is:
- A) Economic marginalization
- B) Occupational segregation
- C) Feminization of labor
- D) Gender hierarchy
Stratification becomes most visible when we observe unequal access to resources such as:
- A) Random grouping
- B) Rituals only
- C) Tribal behaviour
- D) Unequal access
A class system supports meritocracy because:
- A) Purity is vital
- B) Power is inherited
- C) Mobility is allowed
- D) Status is fixed
The most extreme form of caste society is found in:
- A) Brazil
- B) China
- C) Japan
- D) India
The term describing the increasing number of women in poverty is:
- A) Feminization of poverty
- B) Wage inequality
- C) Gender gap
- D) Economic disparity
Which one of the following is NOT a function of the Government?
- A) Military defense
- B) Protection of lives
- C) Provision of employment
- D) Marketing of brands
Which of the following years marks the arrival of Islam in Sindh?
- A) 712
- B) 713
- C) 711
- D) 710
Which of the following is the ceremonial head of state in Pakistan?
- A) Chief Justice
- B) President
- C) Prime Minister
- D) Speaker
A function that is intended and explicit is known as a _______ function.
- A) Latent
- B) Hidden
- C) Manifest
- D) Social
Which cap is known for its embroidery and includes a jewel piece called silsila?
- A) Phartsun
- B) Khoi
- C) Iraghi
- D) Sekeed
The name “Chapli Kabab” is derived from the Pashto word “chaprikh”, which means:
- A) Soft
- B) Flat
- C) Spicy
- D) Round