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351. According to Herbert Gans residents who remain in the city to take advantage of the unique cultural and intellectual benefits of the city are called_____________?
- A. cosmopolites
- B. ethnic villagers
- C. urban villagers
- D. the trapped
Explanation: Gans called residents who stay in the city for its cultural and intellectual advantages cosmopolites. Ethnic villagers and urban villagers describe people whose city life is organised more around local ethnic or neighbourhood ties.
Correct answer: cosmopolites352. The world urbanization rate is rising highly It was 49% in 2005 and is likely to be 60% till_____________?
- A. 2015
- B. 2020
- C. 2030
- D. None 0f these
Explanation: The commonly cited projection was that about 60 percent of the world's population would be urban by 2030. The question uses a demographic forecast, not a claim that the increase would occur by 2015 or 2020.
Correct answer: 2030353. New urbanism was a movement started in 1980s decreasing dependency on_____________?
- A. each other
- B. Vehicular transportation
- C. State
- D. None of these
Explanation: New urbanism promotes compact, walkable, mixed-use neighbourhoods with public transport, thereby reducing dependence on private vehicles. Its target is vehicular transportation, not dependence on other people or the state.
Correct answer: Vehicular transportation354. Division of labor social class formal government institutions and system of trade and commerce all are peculiar to any_____________?
- A. Urban Community
- B. Rural Community
- C. Both a and b
- D. None of these
Explanation: Classical sociology commonly associates extensive division of labour, formal institutions and developed trade with urban communities. Rural communities may also contain these features today, but the textbook contrast makes urban community the intended answer.
Correct answer: Urban Community355. In western world urbanization has accompanied________________?
- A. Trade
- B. Progress
- C. Industrialization
- D. None of these
Explanation: In the Western historical experience, urbanization expanded alongside industrialization because factories, wage employment and transport drew people into towns and cities. Trade contributed to urban growth, but industrialization is the standard sociological association.
Correct answer: Industrialization356. The social world is_______________?
- A. Stagnant
- B. Changing
- C. Both a & b
- D. None of these
Explanation: The social world is changing because institutions, values, technology, and patterns of interaction continuously develop. Sociology therefore studies society as dynamic rather than stagnant.
Correct answer: Changing357. In many contemporary conflict's attempts are made to protect soldiers often at the expense of civilian lives in order to minimize political problems from media coverage of fatalities How are such conflicts described ?
- A. degenerate wars
- B. genocides
- C. illegal wars
- D. risk-transfer wars
Explanation: Risk-transfer wars are conflicts in which military forces reduce risks to their own personnel by transferring greater danger to civilians, often through remote or high-tech warfare. This pattern also reflects concern about the political impact of military casualties.
Correct answer: risk-transfer wars358. Compared With the sate formation process in industrialized countries which one of the following created major problems for developing societies ?
- A. the lack of a strong work ethic
- B. the legacy of economic mismanagement by local leaders
- C. the lock of a democratic culture
- D. the legacy of colonialism
Explanation: Colonial rule often imposed artificial borders, weakened indigenous institutions and created dependent economies, making state formation difficult after independence. This historical legacy was more structurally significant than a general lack of work ethic or democratic culture.
Correct answer: the legacy of colonialism359. Mary Kaldor (2006) argues that globalization processes lie at the heart of many new wars Which of the following is not an example of the increasing globalization of conflict ?
- A. the presence of diaspora volunteer fighters
- B. the recourse of combatants to small -scale guerrilla tactics
- C. the involvement of international NGOs
- D. the role of multinational United Nations peacekeeping troops
Explanation: Diaspora fighters, international NGOs and multinational UN peacekeepers connect conflicts across national borders and therefore show globalisation. Small-scale guerrilla tactics describe a method of fighting, not the internationalisation of conflict.
Correct answer: the recourse of combatants to small -scale guerrilla tactics360. The abbreviation "NIMBY" stands for "not in my backyard" a cry often heard when people protest____________?
- A. landfills
- B. prisons
- C. nuclear power facilities
- D. all of the above
Explanation: NIMBY protests commonly oppose locally situated facilities such as landfills, prisons, and nuclear power plants because residents object to their perceived risks or nuisances near their homes. Thus, all three examples fit.
Correct answer: all of the above