👥Sociology MCQs
Sociology MCQs
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New style terrorism differs from old style terrorism in three main ways Which of the following is not one of the three ?
Ait is global in the scope of its aims
Bit has a nationalist ideology
Cit adopts a loose international type of organization
Dit is more ruthless in the recourse to violent means
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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 ?
Athe presence of diaspora volunteer fighters
Bthe recourse of combatants to small -scale guerrilla tactics
Cthe involvement of international NGOs
Dthe role of multinational United Nations peacekeeping troops
123
Who stated that war is the continuation of political intercourse by other means ?
ACarl von Clausewitz
BMartin Shaw
CKarl Marx
DMary Kaldor
124
What name did Norbert Elias give to the dynamic of competition between social units that eventually gave rise to a nation state ?
Athe absolutist mechanism
Bthe decivilizing process
Cthe monopoly mechanism
Dthe courtizaion process
125
What do separatist movements around the world seek to achieve ?
Arecognition of the equal rights of an ethnic group within a nation state
Bthe creation of an independent nation state
Cthe expulsion of an ethnic group from a disputed region
Dacceptance of an ethnic groups that to use a separate minority language
126
The notion of citizenship rights is associated with______________?
AT.H Huxley
BA.H Halsey
CT.H Marshall
DE.H Carr
127
Which of these ethnic groups has the greatest proportion of households below 60 per cent of median income ?
AWhites
BIndians
CBlack Caribbean’s
DBangladeshis
128
Median earnings are a better benchmark for poverty than mean earnings because____________?
Athe mean is distorted by a few people at the very top of the distribution
Bthey lead more people to be defined as in poverty
Cthe median is a more accurate measurement of earnings than the mean
Dall of the above
129
Which of these countries has the smallest proportion of people living on less than $1 a day_______________?
ABangladesh
BMozambique
CChina
DPakistan
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Which sociological perspective minimizes change ?
Afunctionalist perspective
Bconflict perspective
Cinteractionist perspective
Deach of the above