What is the movement of a person from one social class to another called?
Correct answer C. Social mobility
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Social Mobility MCQs
Social Mobility MCQs test your understanding of how people and groups move between social positions, covering ascribed and achieved status, open and closed societies, and intergenerational and intragenerational mobility. They suit CSS, PMS, lecturer and UGC NET sociology candidates. Each question shows an instant answer to help you fix definitions firmly in memory.
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In societies that strictly follow a caste system, people mostly take up their ancestors’ occupations and keep the same status. What kind of society is this?
Correct answer C. Closed society
In modern societies the rate of mobility depends on structural factors and on which other type of factor?
Correct answer B. Individual factors
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Mobility-oriented behaviour, education and work habits are examples of what type of factor?
Correct answer A. Individual factor
What do we call a change of occupation or role that does not alter a person’s position in the social hierarchy?
Correct answer A. Horizontal mobility
What is mobility within one person’s own lifetime called?
Correct answer A. Intra-generational mobility
In which system of mobility are ideas about equality of opportunity irrelevant to how individuals are placed in different statuses?
Correct answer C. Closed
In the past, how was the social mobility of women usually determined?
Correct answer B. Status of their husbands
What does the term inter-generational mobility refer to?
Correct answer C. Movement into different occupational categories between generations
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Which of these is NOT a feature shared by all socially stratified systems?
Correct answer D. Stratification occurs because of inequalities in assets or property
Which sociologist recognised that the ‘definition of the situation’ can shape a person’s thinking and personality?
Correct answer C. William I. Thomas
Which of these is an ascribed status?
Correct answer C. Daughter
Which of these is an achieved status?
Correct answer B. Bank robber
During the Second World War, Christians in Nazi Germany had to choose between protecting Jewish friends and associates and handing them to the authorities. What concept does this illustrate?
Correct answer A. Role conflict
Who among the following would go through role exit?
Correct answer B. Each of the above
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Which sociological perspective stresses that, compared with women, men can draw on larger social networks that help them find jobs?
Correct answer A. Conflict perspective
Which sociological perspective holds that major social institutions generally perform efficiently and desirably?
Correct answer C. Functionalist perspective
In Gerhard Lenski’s theory of sociocultural evolution, which feature of a society is critical to the way it is organised?
Correct answer B. Technology
How much mobility is found in an open class society?
Correct answer C. High
In which direction can social mobility occur?
Correct answer A. In both directions
About Social Mobility MCQs
Social mobility questions focus on stratification and how much movement a society allows. This set asks you to identify ascribed statuses, describe open class systems where mobility is relatively high, and distinguish intergenerational change between parents and children from changes within one career. You will also meet the functionalist view that social institutions work efficiently, historical questions on how women's mobility was shaped by marriage, and the idea of role exit. Clear examples for each term help you avoid mixing up similar options.
Exams that include Social Mobility MCQs
Pakistan
- CSS
- PMS
- PPSC
- Lecturer tests
India
- UGC NET
- UPSC CSE
Bangladesh
- BCS
- NTRCA
Frequently asked questions
What is intergenerational mobility?
Intergenerational mobility is a change in social position between generations, usually measured by comparing a child's occupation, income or class with that of their parents. For example, the child of a farm labourer becoming a doctor shows upward intergenerational mobility.
What is the difference between ascribed and achieved status?
An ascribed status is given at birth or assigned without effort, such as sex, caste or royal lineage. An achieved status is earned through choices, skills or effort, such as becoming an engineer or a judge. Open societies place more weight on achieved status.
How many Social Mobility MCQs are on MCQs360?
MCQs360 has 37 Social Mobility MCQs, each with an instant answer and free to practise with no sign-up. Revise stratification terms first, then use these questions to check that you can apply each concept to short examples.
Last reviewed October 2026