SOC401 Midterm MCQs 2024 by Miss Mehwish

SOC401 (Mega File) · Mid Term (Live Quiz) · Past Papers for Mids./Finals are also Available

 Which decent depicts a person is related equally to both sides of the family?

Ambivalent descent

 All food obtaining strategies cannot be seen as:

Relatively Exhaustive ✅ Mutually Exclusive Entirely Cumulative Merely Inclusive

 Which of the following is the function of kinship system that provides social continuity by binding together a number of generations?

Relative ✅ Vertical Horizontal Parallel

 According to kinship, consanguineal relations are:

Fictive ties Peer relations ✅ Blood relations Marriage relations

Son, father, grandfather are all categorized in the same category, and it is known as:

✅ Generation

Lineality

•  Two different forms of language in a society such as "high" and 'low' or "official" and "common" is called as: Dialect ✅ Diglossia Linguistic relativity Multiculturalism
•  Contemporary food collecting societies have _______ population density. ✅ Low
•  According to Ethno-linguists, language even shapes our ______ and provides a standardized way to react to experiences. ✅ Thoughts Tasks Feelings
•  Which of the following descent from either males or females is recognized but individuals may select only one line to trace descent. Unilineal

 Which form of descent is prevalent in foraging and industrialized societies?

✅ Bilateral Unilineal Double

Which of the following kinship systems emphasizes patrilineal descent?

Omaha ✅ Hawaiian Eskimo

2. The Inuit in the Arctic region provide a good example of:

Agriculturist Hunting and gathering peoples ✅ Horticulturist and agriculturist

Q3. Who were criticized for the drought conditions of El Nino during the 1990s?

Horticulturists Scientists ✅ Industrialists

Q4. Which of the following analysis is used to understand language structures and its underlying rules at a given point in time?

Synchronic ✅ Grammatical Diachronic Attitudinal

5. Horticulture is a form of food production which employs:

No tools and no draft animals Simple tools and no draft animals ✅ Simple tools and draft animals No tools and draft animals