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261. When a person uses more than one substance to maintain his dependence is called_____________?
- A. mono abuse
- B. poly drug abuse
- C. multi use
- D. None of these
Explanation: Poly-drug abuse means using more than one drug or substance, often to sustain dependence or intensify effects. Mono abuse refers to dependence on a single substance.
Correct answer: poly drug abuse262. According to Readers Digest Dictionary the one which causes euphoria in the taker and pre-disposes hint to addiction is______________?
- A. medicine
- B. Drug
- C. Cure
- D. None of these
Explanation: A drug is a substance that can produce effects such as euphoria and may lead to addiction. Medicine and cure describe purposes or outcomes, not the substance itself.
Correct answer: Drug263. Mostly the drugs are used for a number of causes a few_________________?
- A. Peace of mind
- B. Unemployment
- C. Fun-Pleasure
- D. All of the above
Explanation: Drug use may be linked to seeking pleasure, relief or peace of mind, and coping with conditions such as unemployment. Since all three listed factors can contribute, the inclusive option fits.
Correct answer: All of the above264. Drug is a very wide term and can be used for both medicinal and__________________?
- A. Surgical
- B. non-medicinal
- C. treatment
- D. None of these
Explanation: The term drug includes substances used medicinally as well as substances used for non-medicinal purposes. Surgical and treatment describe applications rather than the contrasting category.
Correct answer: non-medicinal265. Which of the following was supported by Durkheim,s study of suicide ?
- A. Catholics had higher rates of suicide than protestants
- B. Rates of suicide were higher in times of war than in times of peace
- C. Rates of suicide were lower in times of economic stability
- D. Individuals who were enmeshed in meaningful social bonds were less inclined to commit suicideSocial Sciences
Explanation: Durkheim linked suicide to the strength of social integration, arguing that meaningful social bonds reduce an individual's likelihood of suicide. His findings did not show that Catholics had higher rates or that war generally increased suicide.
Correct answer: Individuals who were enmeshed in meaningful social bonds were less inclined to commit suicideSocial Sciences266. The al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attacks on American targets on 11th September 2001 In what year did al-Qaeda bomb a nightclub on the Indonesian island of Bali Killing more than 200 people ?
- A. 1999
- B. 2004
- C. 2004
- D. 2002
Explanation: The Bali nightclub bombing occurred on 12 October 2002 and killed more than 200 people. The options also repeat 2004, but neither repeated option is correct.
Correct answer: 2002267. New style terrorism differs from old style terrorism in three main ways Which of the following is not one of the three ?
- A. it is global in the scope of its aims
- B. it has a nationalist ideology
- C. it adopts a loose international type of organization
- D. it is more ruthless in the recourse to violent means
Explanation: New terrorism is typically described as global in aims, loosely organised across borders and more willing to use extreme violence. Nationalist ideology was more characteristic of many older terrorist movements, so it is the exception.
Correct answer: it has a nationalist ideology268. A moral panic occurs when_______________?
- A. the media exaggerate reports of deviant groups generating hostile reactions
- B. children watch violent or sexually explicit films and then copy the behavior
- C. audiences challenge the ethnic stereotypes represented by the media
- D. elitists express concern with the Americanization of culture
Explanation: A moral panic develops when media and other authorities exaggerate a perceived threat from a deviant group, producing public fear and hostile reactions. Copying violent media behaviour describes a different media-effects argument.
Correct answer: the media exaggerate reports of deviant groups generating hostile reactions269. An important aspect of labelling theory is the recognition that some people or groups have the power to define labels and apply them to others This view recalls the emphasis placed on the social significance of power by the______________?
- A. functionalist perspective
- B. conflict perspective
- C. interactionist perspective
- D. anomie theory of deviance
Explanation: Labelling theory draws attention to the power to define behaviour and impose categories on others, which echoes the conflict perspective’s emphasis on unequal power. Functionalism instead stresses the contribution of institutions and norms to social stability.
Correct answer: conflict perspective270. In Merton's terms, a person who has abandoned the goal of material success and become compulsively committed to the institutional means is a (an)_____________?
- A. ritualist
- B. retreatism
- C. rebel
- D. innovator
Explanation: A Mertonian ritualist gives up the culturally approved goal of material success but continues to follow the accepted institutional rules and means. Retreatism involves abandoning both the goals and the means, while innovation accepts the goal but uses alternative means.
Correct answer: ritualist