All Free Sociology MCQs with Answers

• A. beanpole families
• B. cohabiting families
• C. horizontal families
• D. reconstituted families

Explanation: A reconstituted or blended family includes children from a previous marriage or relationship of at least one adult.

• A. increased acceptance of same-sex relationships
• B. a reduction in the stigma attached to divorce
• C. marriage is seen in terms of personal satisfaction
• D. women have become less economically dependent

Explanation: Economic independence for women, reduced stigma and the expectation of personal satisfaction have all been linked to rising divorce.

• A. the high rate of divorce
• B. the trend towards later marriages
• C. social resistance to cohabitation
• D. an ageing population with a growing number of households made up of widows/widowers

Explanation: Later marriage, divorce and population ageing can all increase the number of one-person households.

• A. family
• B. tribe
• C. network
• D. kinship

Explanation: Kinship means socially recognised ties based on blood descent or marriage.

• A. both parents are expected to co-operate in the continued care of their children
• B. one parent has total responsibility for the child's welfare and socialization
• C. fathers are more likely to be absent from their children's lives
• D. parents must provide for all of their children in equal measure

Explanation: Joint parenthood means divorce does not end either parent's continuing responsibility for the children.

• A. full time employment family-building and adult responsibility
• B. active non-work and independence after retirement
• C. illness isolation and increasing dependence on others
• D. the transition from education to work and distinctive youth culturesFamily Law

Explanation: The third age refers to the relatively active and independent period after retirement, when people may pursue leisure, voluntary work, or…

• A. secondary socialization and strict discipline
• B. emotional support and sexual gratification
• C. oppressing women and reproducing the labor force
• D. primary socialization and personality stabilization

Explanation: Parsons viewed the family as performing primary socialization of children and stabilizing the emotional personalities of adults.

• A. consists of the interpersonal networks that arise in a formal organization
• B. is defined and prescribed by the formal organization
• C. develops because rules are too specific to provide workable solutions for general situations
• D. increases the hassle of "red tape"Clubs & Organizations

Explanation: An informal organization is the network of personal relationships and unofficial interactions that develops within a formal organization.

• A. less hierarchy and less authoritarianism
• B. larger work groups
• C. self-managed teams
• D. more worker participation in decision making

Explanation: Recent management strategies generally favour flatter hierarchies, employee participation, and self-managed teams.

• A. bureaucracies
• B. informal organizations
• C. formal organizations
• D. task hierarchies

Explanation: Formal organizations are deliberately established to achieve stated objectives through defined roles and procedures.

• A. Members share a common socioeconomic background
• B. Members withhold dissent and exercise self- censorship
• C. Members share an illusion of invulnerability
• D. Members demand conformity and apply pressure to those who express doubts about a proposed course of action

Explanation: Groupthink involves conformity pressure, self-censorship, and an illusion of invulnerability among cohesive members.

• A. two
• B. five
• C. four
• D. three

Explanation: A group of about five is often treated as the optimum size for problem solving because it provides several ideas and perspectives while…

• A. the use of corporal punishment by employers
• B. punctuality uninterrupted work and the threat of dismissal
• C. excluding women from participating in waged labor
• D. making routine tasks less monotonous

Explanation: Factory discipline relied on regulating time and conduct through punctuality, continuous work, supervision, and the possibility of…

• A. Social background
• B. Social stratification
• C. Social Order
• D. None of these

Explanation: Social order exists when interconnected roles and reciprocal duties organise people's behaviour and expectations.

• A. patrilocal
• B. neo-local
• C. poly-local
• D. matrilocal
• E. communal

Explanation: Patrilocal residence means that a newly married couple lives with or near the husband's family or household.

• A. the nurturing complex
• B. empty-nest syndrome
• C. childless anxiety
• D. the fear of singularity
• E. post-partum depression

Explanation: Empty-nest syndrome describes sadness, loneliness, or depression experienced by some parents when their last child leaves home.

• A. nuclear family
• B. dysfunctional family
• C. extended family
• D. polygynous family

Explanation: A family containing parents, a child, and additional relatives such as a grandmother and aunt is an extended family.

• A. is provided by the family in 40 percent of cases
• B. falls mostly on the eldest son
• C. none of the above
• D. is provided by the sandwich generation

Explanation: The sandwich generation consists of adults caring both for dependent children and for ageing parents or other elderly relatives.

• A. the marital adjustment rating rises after the birth of a first child
• B. women with a first child are more likely than women without a child to report that their husbands do not pay enough attention to them
• C. most couples consider parenthood a crisis
• D. the psychological well-being of parents is a little better than that of childless couples

Explanation: The transition to parenthood commonly reduces marital attention and adjustment, with mothers especially likely to feel that their husbands…

• A. is the preferred type of marriage in more than 40 per cent of societies?
• B. is generally available to all men in societies where it is permitted
• C. tend to be favored where large families are advantageous and women make substantial contributions to subsistence
• D. usually involves the right of younger brothers to have sexual access to their brothers' wives

Explanation: Polygyny, one man having multiple wives, is more likely where women contribute substantially to subsistence and larger families provide…