SOC101 Short Notes and MCQs by Misha Fatima

SOC101 Important MCQS and Short Notes…

By Misha Fatima

1. People either depend on their own self or on their social capital of friend:

 Kin networking fading and being replaced by friends networking

•  declining size of family

2. Women empowerment increase due to

•  increase in literacy
•  financial independence
•  in the level of literacy

 All of above

3. Which one is by contrast , concern the psychological , social and cultural difference:

•  Sex

 Gender

•  Individual
•  culture

4. Which one is related with automatical and physiological difference that define male and female bodies:

•  Genes
•  Sex
•  Gender

5 In 1961 the number of illiterates was _____________ in Pakistan.

•  21 million
•  23 million

 22 million

•  20 million

6. It is a common perception that violence is rarely committed by:

•  Men

 Women

•  Children
•  Old

7. .Most distinctive function of Davis Moore thesis is:

•  Prestige
•  Meritocracy
•  Credentialism
•  Conflict

8. In 2003 the world population was growing at the rate of 1.3 percent and it was expected that it will take ________ to double it population.

•  56 years
•  70 years

 54 years

•  50 years

9. .People in ___________ societies have been confined to their ancestral occupations and their social status has mostly been ascribed.

•  Open

 Close

•  Modern
•  Developed

10. Two married adults living together in a household without their children is known as

•  Extended family
•  Cohabitation
•  Individual family

Q11. Which of the following emerge in relation to perceived sex differences in society and in turn helps to shape those differences?

•  Sex roles

 Gender identities

•  Gender roles
•  Gender socialization

Q12. Which of the following processes create systems of ideas and practices about gender that vary across time and space?

•  Biological determinists

 Social constructs

•  Masculinities
•  Feminists

13. Saving one’s money to go for higher studies or to start a business is an example of:

 Principle of deferred gratification

•  Principle of future gratification
•  Rule of deferred degradation
•  None of the given options

14. Science can be defined as:

•  Belief based on a society's traditions
•  Belief based on faith in ultimate truth

 A logical system that bases knowledge on direct, systematic observation

•  A logical system that bases truth on political goals

Q15. Which one of the following is NOT the reason for developing formal organization?

•  Objectives
•  Business purpose

 Personal interest

•  A common goal