Sociology MCQs

The systematic widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of productivity such as factories and plants are called ?

A. deindustrialization
B. downsizing
C. post industrialization
D. “banana time”

Pakistan with a population of 160 million stands as the _______ largest population country?

A. Fifth
B. Sixth
C. Seventh
D. None of these

Urbanization is a ______ process ?

A. Straight lined
B. Cyclical
C. Social
D. None of these

Urbanization Causes many Social problems as ____?

A. Inflation
B. Poverty
C. Unemployment
D. All of the above

In comparison with industrial cities preindustrial cities had ?

A. relatively open class systems
B. extensive social mobility
C. a much more rigid division of labor by gender
D. all of the above

The trend toward urbanization is most advanced in ?

A. America
B. England
C. Japan
D. None of these

The ecological approach to urban sociology involved studying ?

A. how social groups colonized different areas of the city and competed for resources
B. the forms of wildlife and natural habitats that could be found on the edges of the city
C. the way in which people organized collective protests about environmental issues
D. how men and women used the city’s public spaces differently

Cultural restructuring has involved ?

A. regenerating cities in economic decline
B. turning industrial landscapes into tourist attractions
C. selling sites and images through the symbolic economy of media advertising
D. all of the above

According to Castells Which of the following is a world city ?

A. Frankfurt
B. Madrid
C. Buenos Aires
D. Moscow

Urban recycling is shorthand for _______?

A. encouraging existing residents to move out of an area
B. introducing local environmental strategies to an area
C. the refurbishment or replacement of old buildings and land
D. providing incentives for urban dwellers to use public transport

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