Free Social Stratification MCQs with Answers
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71. An open society is one that_____________?
- A. grants every member equal status
- B. does not have any official secrets in its government
- C. has permissive attitudes towards sexual behavior
- D. allows people to move between levels of the hierarchy
Explanation: An open stratification system permits movement between social levels through achieved factors such as education, occupation, or income. Equal status for everyone would describe equality rather than an open hierarchy.
Correct answer: allows people to move between levels of the hierarchy72. The career mobility of married women is still greatly handicapped by_______________?
- A. men
- B. household duties
- C. other rival women
- D. None of these
Explanation: Household and care responsibilities can limit the time, geographic flexibility, and continuity needed for career advancement. Thus domestic duties remain a major barrier to married women's occupational mobility.
Correct answer: household duties73. Now a days more women are joining different fields and making their own status in society This provides women a mobility ladder apart from_____________?
- A. Their father's status
- B. Marriage
- C. Their children's status
- D. None of these
Explanation: Marriage has traditionally been a major route through which women acquired or changed social status, so occupational participation offers an alternative mobility ladder. A father’s or children’s status may also influence mobility, but marriage is the intended contrast.
Correct answer: Marriage74. If labor market changes may lead to the rise of an occupational group within the social hierarchy it is_____________?
- A. Structural mobility
- B. Inter-generational
- C. Intra-generational
- D. None of these
Explanation: Structural mobility occurs when changes in the labour market or economy alter the number and status of occupational positions available to a group. It results from changes in the social structure, not merely from an individual’s career movement.
Correct answer: Structural mobility75. Many people sincerely accept their goals and values, but their attitude is not in consistency with the requirements of their goals This hypothesis is called______________?
- A. artful presentation of self
- B. Differed Gratification pattern
- C. The value-Stretch hypothesis
- D. None of these
Explanation: The value-stretch hypothesis refers to people accepting culturally approved goals while their conduct or available means do not adequately support achieving them. It therefore identifies a gap between professed values and the requirements for attaining those goals.
Correct answer: The value-Stretch hypothesis76. The dual economy mobility aids barriers and occupational structure are_____________?
- A. individual factor
- B. Structural factor
- C. Both a & b
- D. None of these
Explanation: A dual economy, mobility barriers, and the occupational structure are features of the wider economy and social structure, so they are structural factors. Individual factors instead include education, skills, motivation, and personal choices.
Correct answer: Structural factor77. Social mobility is______________?
- A. from lower to higher
- B. In both directions
- C. from higher to lower
- D. None of these
Explanation: Social mobility means movement between social positions and can occur upward or downward, as well as horizontally in some classifications. It is therefore not limited to movement from lower to higher or higher to lower status.
Correct answer: In both directions78. In open class society mobility is_____________?
- A. high
- B. medium
- C. low
- D. None of these
Explanation: An open class system permits achievement, education, and occupation to influence status, so movement between classes is comparatively high. In a closed caste-like system, mobility is much more restricted.
Correct answer: high79. Which sociological perspective emphasizes that in comparison with women men can drw on larger social networks that are useful in locating employment opportunities ?
- A. functionalist perspective
- B. conflict perspective
- C. interactionist perspective
- D. clinical perspective
Explanation: The conflict perspective links unequal employment opportunities to unequal access to resources and social networks, including men's historically broader networks. Functionalism focuses on social order, while interactionism examines everyday meanings rather than structural gender advantage.
Correct answer: conflict perspective80. Which of the following is an achieved status ?
- A. senior citizen
- B. member of the female sex
- C. bank robber
- D. Native American
Explanation: An achieved status is acquired through choice or action, so becoming a bank robber fits this category. Age, sex, and ethnic identity are generally treated as ascribed statuses because they are assigned at birth or involuntarily.
Correct answer: bank robber