Free Social Stratification MCQs with Answers
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131. According to Bourdieu cultural capital exists in three forms Which one of the following is not one of the three ?
- A. an objectified state
- B. an institutionalized form
- C. a symbolic form
- D. an embodied state
Explanation: Bourdieu identified cultural capital in embodied form, such as dispositions and manners; objectified form, such as books; and institutionalized form, such as educational credentials. Symbolic form is not one of his three standard forms.
Correct answer: a symbolic form132. The rank and position of a person in a group or of a group in relation to other groups is termed as_____________?
- A. Role
- B. Status
- C. Both a and b
- D. None of these
Explanation: Status is the rank or position a person or group occupies in a social structure. A role is the behaviour expected from that position, so it is not the correct term here.
Correct answer: Status133. Marxist feminists explain patriarchy in terms of_________________?
- A. a lack of equal rights and opportunities for men and women
- B. sex classes through which men oppress women economically politically and sexually
- C. women's domestic labor being exploited by the capitalist econorny
- D. the dual systems of capitalist and male domination
Explanation: Marxist feminism links women's oppression to capitalism, especially the exploitation of women's unpaid domestic labour in reproducing the workforce. The dual-systems option is more closely associated with theories combining separate capitalist and patriarchal systems.
Correct answer: women's domestic labor being exploited by the capitalist econorny134. Among which occupational group are infant mortality rates the lowest____________?
- A. professional
- B. managerial and technical
- C. skilled non-manual
- D. skilled manual
Explanation: Professional groups generally have the lowest infant mortality because higher income, education, housing quality and access to healthcare improve infant survival. This reflects the occupational class gradient in health.
Correct answer: professional135. North America and Europe have less than 12% of the world's population but their share of the worlds private consumption is approximately ?
- A. 30%
- B. 40%
- C. 50%
- D. 60%
Explanation: North America and Europe contain less than one-eighth of the global population but account for roughly 60% of private consumption, illustrating major global inequalities in wealth and consumption.
Correct answer: 60%136. Which statement below most accurately describes the global unemployment rate ?
- A. the unemployment rate has decreased significantly since the 1970s
- B. the unemployment rate remains historically low
- C. the unemployment rate remains historically high
- D. the unemployment rate in not known
Explanation: Global unemployment has remained a persistent and historically serious problem rather than falling to an unusually low level. The exact rate changes by period and measurement method, but the broad sociological description is historically high.
Correct answer: the unemployment rate remains historically high137. There are some important gender inequalities in paid employment and the chapter identifies three of these Which one of the following is not one of the three ?
- A. the division of household labor
- B. occupational segregation
- C. the wage gap in favor of men
- D. women's concentration in part-time jobs
Explanation: Occupational segregation, the male-favouring wage gap and women's concentration in part-time work are inequalities within paid employment. The division of household labour concerns unpaid domestic work, so it is outside these three employment inequalities.
Correct answer: the division of household labor138. Which of the following have expressed particular concern about the longevity of union leaders who are not always responsive to the needs and demands of membership ?
- A. functionalists
- B. conflict theorists
- C. interactionists
- D. classical theorists
Explanation: Conflict theorists focus on unequal power within organizations and unions, including leaders who become detached from the membership they represent. This concern echoes Michels's argument that leadership can become oligarchic.
Correct answer: conflict theorists