All Free Economics MCQs with Answers
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- A. make people feel free
- B. secure that will of the people
- C. give legitimate authority to the government in power
- D. fool the people some of the time
Explanation: A myth complex supplies symbolic stories and historical justifications that make the existing government appear rightful and…
Correct answer: give legitimate authority to the government in power- A. definitely proven to increase the crime rate
- B. definitely proven to improve school learning
- C. providing realistic view of the world
- D. none of the above
Explanation: No reliable general conclusion says television definitely increases crime or improves learning, and television does not always present…
Correct answer: none of the above- A. peer group
- B. school
- C. family
- D. mass media
Explanation: The family is normally the first and most influential agent of socialization because children initially learn language, behaviour and…
Correct answer: family- A. a sense of calm
- B. love of all humans
- C. anxiety
- D. none of the above
Explanation: Modern competitive social life often creates anxiety because people face pressure, uncertainty and continual evaluation.
Correct answer: anxiety- A. naires
- B. personal interviews
- C. previously gathered statistical information
- D. all of the above
Explanation: Survey information may come from questionnaires, personal interviews and previously collected statistical records.
Correct answer: all of the above- A. significant others
- B. generalized others
- C. the l and the me
- D. the ego and the superego
Explanation: Significant others are people whose opinions matter to us and whose approval helps shape our self-concept.
Correct answer: significant others- A. conscious socialization
- B. unconscious socialization
- C. subconscious socialization
- D. conscience socialization
Explanation: Directly instructing a child about acceptable behaviour is conscious socialization because an adult deliberately teaches the norm.
Correct answer: conscious socialization- A. learning
- B. social interaction
- C. body contact
- D. all of the above
Explanation: Infants require learning, interaction with other people and physical contact for healthy social and emotional development.
Correct answer: all of the above- A. successfully socialized
- B. brainwashed
- C. conditioned
- D. a significant other
Explanation: A person is successfully socialized when they understand expected roles and can willingly perform them.
Correct answer: successfully socialized- A. the absence of others
- B. genes alone
- C. contact with other humans
- D. the existence of schools or the media
Explanation: Human social development depends on interaction and contact with other humans, especially during infancy.
Correct answer: contact with other humans- A. more control over data than physics
- B. complete objectivity
- C. problems with studying people in laboratories
- D. been accepted as equally valid as the physical sciences
Explanation: People cannot be studied exactly like physical objects because their behaviour changes when they know they are being observed and cannot…
Correct answer: problems with studying people in laboratories- A. relative to time and place of study and subject to revision
- B. absolute truths for all times
- C. universally accepted
- D. personal opinions of important scholars
Explanation: Scientific conclusions depend on the evidence, conditions and methods of a study, so later evidence can modify or revise them.
Correct answer: relative to time and place of study and subject to revision- A. case study
- B. observation
- C. experiment
- D. social research
Explanation: An experiment involves deliberately controlling or changing one variable and observing its effect while recording the results.
Correct answer: experiment- A. status is always achieved
- B. status is always ascribed
- C. status is both achieved and ascribed
- D. status has no importance
Explanation: In an open or class system, people may gain status through achievement, such as education or occupation, while also receiving ascribed…
Correct answer: status is both achieved and ascribed- A. income
- B. years of education
- C. prestigious position
- D. all of the above
Explanation: The objective approach uses measurable indicators of class, including income, education and occupational prestige.
Correct answer: all of the above- A. late marriage
- B. rural residence
- C. one of many children
- D. none of the above
Explanation: Late marriage can increase individual mobility by allowing more time for education, skill-building and occupational advancement before…
Correct answer: late marriage- A. industrialization
- B. agriculture
- C. pastoralism
- D. hunter-gatherers
Explanation: Industrial societies require occupational skills and allow movement between education and employment positions, which supports open…
Correct answer: industrialization- A. one person's demand for goods and services
- B. the lack of demand for goods and services
- C. the total demand in a society or on a world level for goods and services
- D. none of the above
Explanation: Aggregate demand means total planned spending on goods and services in an economy, usually represented by consumption, investment…
Correct answer: the total demand in a society or on a world level for goods and services- A. the southern regions of the world
- B. the North-South Axis
- C. the northern regions of the world
- D. the North and South Pole
Explanation: Middle- and low-income countries are concentrated mainly in the Global South, which broadly refers to the southern regions of the world.
Correct answer: the southern regions of the world- A. 10%
- B. 35%
- C. 56%
- D. 5%
Explanation: The stated figure is 56%, reflecting the large share of the world’s population living in low-income areas in the source’s development…
Correct answer: 56%