MCQ Bank
Which one of the following refers to anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by people who share a culture?
- A) Values
- B) Language
- C) Norms
- D) Symbol
Before ___________ Revolution, most people grew or gathered raw materials such as grain, wood, or wool for their livelihood.
- A) Rural
- B) Agricultural
- C) Industrial
- D) Urban
Who among the following introduced the Steam Engine in 1765?
- A) Richard Trevithick
- B) James Watt
- C) Thomas Edison
- D) Guglielmo Marconi
All of the following are the major problems faced by Labor Market EXCEPT:
- A) Unemployment
- B) Highly skilled labor
- C) Imperfections
- D) Surplus Labor Force
All of the following social changes occur due to fatal diseases EXCEPT:
- A) Migration
- B) War
- C) Mortality
- D) Inflation
All of the following are the types of status EXCEPT:
- A) Complete
- B) Achieved
- C) Ascribed
- D) Master
All of the following are the Agents of Socialization EXCEPT:
- A) Caste
- B) School
- C) Family
- D) Religion
Which one of the following refers to practical rules in a society for everyday life that carry a social base?
- A) Morality
- B) Folkways
- C) Values
- D) Inequality
A system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another is known as:
- A) Norms
- B) Values
- C) Language
- D) Behavior
Twitter began its formal operations in year:
- A) 2005
- B) 2007
- C) 2006
- D) 2008
At the macroeconomic level of Labor Market, supply and demand are influenced by all of the following factors EXCEPT:
- A) Education levels of population
- B) Age of the population
- C) Domestic market dynamics
- D) Compensation receives in wages
In which one of the following stages given by Comte, people took a religious view that society expressed God’s will?
- A) Metaphysical
- B) Scientific
- C) Theological
- D) Positivism
The process of inducting the individual into social world is known as:
- A) Socialization
- B) Acculturation
- C) Rationalization
- D) Assimilation
All of the following are the types of “Authority” given by Max Weber EXCEPT:
- A) Charismatic
- B) Traditional
- C) Autocratic
- D) Rational-Legal
Which one of the following is a learning that helps a person achieve a desired position?
- A) Re-socialization
- B) Primary socialization
- C) Secondary socialization
- D) Anticipatory socialization
A state of physical, mental and social well-being in which disease and infirmity are absent is known as:
- A) Sickness
- B) Care
- C) Health
- D) Hygiene
Which one of the following is a scientific approach to knowledge based on empirical evidence as opposed to mere speculation?
- A) Constructivism
- B) Positivism
- C) Modernism
- D) Traditionalism
All of the following are the types of social mobility EXCEPT:
- A) Horizontal
- B) Static
- C) Intergenerational
- D) Vertical
Which one of the following is a concept whose value changes from case to case?
- A) Constant
- B) Theory
- C) Variable
- D) Measurement
Which one of the following can be described as a social movement focused on the welfare of the climate and surroundings?
- A) Industrialism
- B) Essentialism
- C) Biculturalism
- D) Environmentalism