Question 1

Choose the incorrect option.According to Daniel Bell (1999) post-industrial societies

Accepted Answer

A) are built on intellectual technologies 
B) emphasise education 
C) recognise that capital is not only financial, but also social 
D) are illusionary or not-real societies and exist only in science-fiction tales. 
A) are built on intellectual technologies 
B) emphasise education 
C) recognise that capital is not only financial, but also social 
D) are illusionary or not-real societies and exist only in science-fiction tales.

Question 2

The economic system of capitalism is driven by profit, minimising costs and surplus labour.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Choose the incorrect option.Development sociology is _____________

Accepted Answer

A) The study of the causes and consequences of economic change in society. 
B) About understanding how economic practices and processes affect social change 
C) The study of the patterns of celestial bodies' impacting the earth's surface and changes in ecology. 
D) About considering different economic development interventions begun by policymakers. 
A) The study of the causes and consequences of economic change in society. 
B) About understanding how economic practices and processes affect social change 
C) The study of the patterns of celestial bodies' impacting the earth's surface and changes in ecology. 
D) About considering different economic development interventions begun by policymakers.

Question 4

The Industrial Revolution cannot be separated from colonisation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The United States outsources manufacturing jobs to India, but India outsources work to countries such as Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and even lower-wage cities and towns in the United States.In this instance, India would be classified as a ______________ economy.

Accepted Answer

A) core 
B) peripheral 
C) semi-peripheral 
D) industrial 
A) core 
B) peripheral 
C) semi-peripheral 
D) industrial

Question 6

Which one of the following would be classified as a 'service?'

Accepted Answer

A) Growing food 
B) Manufacturing clothing 
C) Providing transportation 
D) Building computer hardware 
A) Growing food 
B) Manufacturing clothing 
C) Providing transportation 
D) Building computer hardware

Question 7

India follows a ___________ model that strives to balance the 'economics of growth with the economics of equity'.An example is government forgiveness of loans for the poorest farmers.

Accepted Answer

A) welfare state 
B) capitalist 
C) socialist 
D) theocracy 
A) welfare state 
B) capitalist 
C) socialist 
D) theocracy

Question 8

The innovation that turned the hand loom into a power loom, the horse-drawn carriage into the steam engine, and the blacksmith's hammer into a power machine is

Accepted Answer

A) capitalism. 
B) domestication. 
C) mechanisation. 
D) the computer chip. 
A) capitalism. 
B) domestication. 
C) mechanisation. 
D) the computer chip.

Question 9

The invention of the plow 6 000 years ago marked the emergence of _____________ societies.

Accepted Answer

A) agricultural 
B) horticultural 
C) pastoral 
D) post-industrial 
A) agricultural 
B) horticultural 
C) pastoral 
D) post-industrial

Question 10

'Domestication' is the characteristic of which two types of societies?

Accepted Answer

A) Hunting and gathering, agrarian 
B) Horticultural, agrarian 
C) Agricultural, horticultural 
D) Pastoral, horticultural 
A) Hunting and gathering, agrarian 
B) Horticultural, agrarian 
C) Agricultural, horticultural 
D) Pastoral, horticultural

Choose the incorrect option.According to Daniel Bell (1999) post-industrial societies

The economic system of capitalism is driven by profit, minimising costs and surplus labour.

Choose the incorrect option.Development sociology is _____________

The Industrial Revolution cannot be separated from colonisation.

The United States outsources manufacturing jobs to India, but India outsources work to countries such as Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and even lower-wage cities and towns in the United States.In this instance, India would be classified as a ______________ economy.

Which one of the following would be classified as a 'service?'

India follows a ___________ model that strives to balance the 'economics of growth with the economics of equity'.An example is government forgiveness of loans for the poorest farmers.

The innovation that turned the hand loom into a power loom, the horse-drawn carriage into the steam engine, and the blacksmith's hammer into a power machine is

The invention of the plow 6 000 years ago marked the emergence of _____________ societies.

'Domestication' is the characteristic of which two types of societies?

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Exam 19: Development Sociology

Choose the incorrect option.According to Daniel Bell (1999) post-industrial societies

The economic system of capitalism is driven by profit, minimising costs and surplus labour.

Choose the incorrect option.Development sociology is _____________

The Industrial Revolution cannot be separated from colonisation.

The United States outsources manufacturing jobs to India, but India outsources work to countries such as Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and even lower-wage cities and towns in the United States.In this instance, India would be classified as a ______________ economy.

Which one of the following would be classified as a 'service?'

India follows a ___________ model that strives to balance the 'economics of growth with the economics of equity'.An example is government forgiveness of loans for the poorest farmers.

The innovation that turned the hand loom into a power loom, the horse-drawn carriage into the steam engine, and the blacksmith's hammer into a power machine is

The invention of the plow 6 000 years ago marked the emergence of _____________ societies.

'Domestication' is the characteristic of which two types of societies?

The Sociological Imagination

Theoretical Perspectives

Social Research

Political Sociology

Culture and Socialisation

Social Stratification

Gender

Family Structure

Religion

Education

Race

Demography and Migration

Sociology of Work

Formal Organisation

Deviance, Crime and Social Control

Environmental Sociology

Sociology of Health

Sociology of Sport

Space and Place

Media and Society

Group Dynamics

Globalisation and Social Change

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