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MCQs 1: What proportion of world trade is accounted for by transnational corporations ?

four fifths two thirds one quarter half
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MCQs 2: which definition best describes the process of globalization ?

capitalist companies are spreading across the planet we all now live in a single society individuals’ groups and nations are becoming more interdependent human beings now live on every continent of the planet
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MCQs 3: In what type of society have human beings lived for the majority of the time humans have been on planet Earth ?

agrarian societies pastoral societies hunter-gatherer societies industrial societies
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MCQs 4: The demographic transition refers to______________?

an increase in the birth rate an increase in the death rate an exponential growth in population a change in the ratio of births to deaths
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MCQs 5: The potential number of children that women are capable of bearing is called____________?

fertility fecundity femininity facticity
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MCQs 6: Dependency theorists from low-income countries drew on the ideas of_____________?

Walt Rostow Karl Marx Immanuel Wallerstein Bretton Woods
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MCQs 7: According to the World Bank Which of these is a middle-income country ?

India China Indonesia Vietnam
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MCQs 8: Global economic inequality refers primarily to______________?

systematic difference in wealth and income between global firms systematic differences in wealth and income between countries systematic differences in wealth and income within countries systematic differences in wealth and income between poorer countries
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MCQs 9: Which of these is not a key factor behind the potential economic catch-up of developing nations according to Willem Buiter ?

a young population good healthcare system education careful policy planning
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MCQs 10: World-systems theory distinguishes between core peripheral and semi-peripheral countries Which one of the following countries is part of the semi-periphery ?

Brazil Japan Ethiopia Spain
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MCQs 11: In which sector do two-thirds of the world’s working children perform their labor ?

Wholesale and retail manufacturing agriculture services
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MCQs 12: What proportion of the world’s annual wealth output is concentrated in high-income countries ?

15% 25% 50% 75%
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MCQs 13: Put the GDPs of these countries in descending order ______________?

Sweden Switzerland Norway Portugal Sweden Norway Switzerland Portugal Portugal Switzerland Norway Sweden Switzerland Norway Portugal Sweden
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MCQs 14: Which one of these is NOT one of the newly industrializing countries ?

Brazil South Korea Taiwan Hungary
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MCQs 15: Which of these classification terms when in use would never have been used to describe for example Ghana in Africa ?

developing global South majority world second World
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MCQs 16: Which of the following is NOT an example of a pre-modern social form ?

agrarian society ancient society industrial society pastoral society
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MCQs 17: The thesis of glocalization is associated with which theorist ?

Ulrich Beck Kenichi Ohmae Roland Robertson Judith Butler
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MCQs 18: Which of the following is not part of the argument made against globalization by sceptics ?

regionalization is occurring not globalization economic globalization is occurring not political globalization trading blocs are effective not a global economy national governments are most significant not international institutions
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MCQs 19: Wallerstein’s world-systems theory is inspired by______________?

Marxism interaction ism Functionalism Post structuralism
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MCQs 20: How do sociologists describe former Third World societies that have moved towards an economic base in industrial production ?

developing countries peripheral countries globalizing countries newly industrializing countries
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MCQs 21: How has the global human population grown between the Industrial Revolution of around 1750 and 2013 ?

771 million to 7.1 billion 1.65 billion to 7.1 billion 771 million to 8.2 billion 1.65 million to 8.2 billion
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MCQs 22: According to Castles and Miller which ONE of these is NOT a developing tendency in migration ?

deceleration diversification globalization feminization
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MCQs 23: Women of which ethnic group are least likely to have a white partner ?

India Pakistan Bangladeshi Chinese
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MCQs 24: What is the approach to ethnic integration which requires immigrants to adopt the culture and values of the majority called ?

assimilation melting pot cultural pluralism multiculturalism
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MCQs 25: Agriculture accounts for 25% value added and _________% of work force?

40% 305 20% None of these
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MCQs 26: Pakistan ranks ________ out of 173 in the UNDP, s Human Development index ?

120th 138th 110th None of these
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MCQs 27: Which one of the following is a pull factor in emigration ?

political oppression employment opportunities food shortages population pressures
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MCQs 28: To what does the term the new migration refer ?

movement from Britain to commonwealth countries movement from former colonies to European countries movement from European countries to Africa movement between European countries
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MCQs 29: What is the systematic elimination of one ethnic group at the hands of another called ______________?

ethnic cleansing institutional racism genocide scapegoating
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MCQs 30: The Great Migration of 1916-1919 meant that Chicago became an ethnically diverse city The consequence of this was_____________?

assimilation all racial boundaries were dissolved by the ethnic melting pot multiculturalism all ethnic identities were celebrated equally most ethnic groups were integrated into mainstream society, but the black population remained in the city’s ghettos racism the white host population were hostile and prejudiced towards migrants
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MCQs 31: The largest single economic fact of Pakistan is______________?

Industry Agriculture manufacturing None of these
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MCQs 32: Due to urbanization Pakistanis urban population increased from six million in 1951 to_____________?

40 million today 57 million 60 million None of these
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MCQs 33: Pakistanis net primary enrolment is significantly below than its neighbors specially ?

Bangladesh India Sri Lanka None of these
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MCQs 34: Pakistanis share in the Worlds total adult illiterate is____________?

10% 5% 8% None of these
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MCQs 35: Literacy rate in 1951 was_____________?

10% 16% 20% None of these
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MCQs 36: the level of public spending on Education has regrettably reduced from 2.6% in 1990, s to _____ in 2002-03 ?

1.8% 2% 1.5% None of these
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MCQs 37: Pakistanis urban and rural literacy rates are respectively ?

63% and 34% 34%and 63% 50,505 None of these
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MCQs 38: Dropout rate in Pakistan is_____________?

40% 50% 60% None of these
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MCQs 39: In Marx,s theory the made of production means_____________?

the way in which products are made in a factory the average measure of productivity under capitalism the organization of a society’s technical and human resources an integral part of the superstructure of a society
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MCQs 40: Sociology can be considered a social science because_______________?

its theories are logical explicit and supported by empirical evidence sociologists collect data in a relatively objective and systematic way ideas and research findings are scrutinized by other sociologists all of the above
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MCQs 41: All the perspectives are______________?

quite opposing to each other complementary each other basically, the analysis of society from different angles B and C
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MCQs 42: The Main aspect of Conflict Perspective is_____________?

Religion is a driving force in society Class conflict and class exploitation is prime force history Equilibrium drives the society None of these
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MCQs 43: If a particular social change promotes a harmonious equilibrium it is______________?

None functional Functional Ineffective None of these
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MCQs 44: The Most Prominent spokesmen of Functionalist Perspective are______________?

Talcott Parsons Kingsley Davis Robert Merton All of above
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MCQs 45: Interventionist Perspective emphasizes that________________?

People interact mainly through symbols People perceive the world mostly subjectively All reality is not subjective All of the above
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MCQs 46: The Interventionist Perspective was developed by________________?

Spencer G.H Meads and C.H Cooley Marx None of these
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MCQs 47: Sociologists using Evolutionary Perspective look for________________?

Patterns of Change and development Causes of social change None of these both of these
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MCQs 48: The earliest theoretical perspective in sociology______________?

Conflict Perspective The Functionalist Perspective The Evolutionary Perspective None of these
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MCQs 49: All early sociologists emphasized that_____________?

sociology should follow scientific method Sociology should be on personal theories Sociology is not a science None of these
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MCQs 50: Spencer presented the theory of_______________?

Social Evolution Social Cohesion Social Solidarity None of these
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MCQs 51: In positive philosophy Comte noted that_____________?

Sociology should be based on speculation On systematic observation and classification On authority None of these
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MCQs 52: The term “Sociology” was first coined by____________?

Karl Marx Max Weber August Comte None of these
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MCQs 53: Characteristics of Scientific observation are____________?

Accuracy Precision and objectivity Systematic and recorded All of the above
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MCQs 54: Durkheim defined social facts as______________?

ways of acting thinking and feeling that are collective and social in origin the way scientists construct knowledge in a social context data collected about social phenomena that are proven to be correct ideas and theories that have no basis in the external physical world
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MCQs 55: Comte,s term positivism refers to________________?

a theory that emphasizes the positive aspects of society the precise scientific study of observable phenomena a theory that posits difficult s and sets out to answer them an unscientific set of laws about social progress
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MCQs 56: Conflict Perspective was revived in 20th Century by_______________?

Meads C.Wright Mills Lewis Coser B & C
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MCQs 57: The conflict Perspective is mostly based upon the work of______________?

C.H Cooley G.H Meads Karl Marx None of these
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MCQs 58: The Functionalist Perspective says that_______________?

A society is an organized network All groups operate in a fairly orderly manner There are set of rules and values shared by all All of above
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MCQs 59: society is seen as a stable system in_______________?

Evolutionary Perspective Conflict Perspective Functionalist Perspective None of these
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MCQs 60: Modern Interactionists are______________?

Erving Goffman Herbert Blumer Both a & b None of these
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