Top Social Science Quizzes & Trivia

We wouldn’t have gotten to where we are today without a deep understanding of human behavior within a society. Everything that studies our society and the way we interact with each other in it, is a social science. So do you know enough about social sciences in order to pass this trivia?

We will question you on all the different aspects of it and all its branches. Check out a few of our sample question to get an idea: Who are the three famous people considered to be the architects of modern social science? Is Karl Popper known for rejection of classical inductivist views in favor of what? What is the goal of anthropology? Discover new aspects of human nature with the social science quizzes.

Social Science Questions and Answers

What is the concept of a developed country?

Optional income

Per capita income

Absolute poverty

Monetary income

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Which country among the following is a developing country?

India

Japan

France

Sweden

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Which country among the following is a developed country?

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

India

England

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Social research is about understanding the world as we live it. When it comes to reveal understanding by measuring things, the research work should be based in observable matters as well as in a capacity of defining variables able to say something about the issue at hand. Which one of the following combinations is to be considered empirical or systematic?

Gather and organize data, and testing hypotheses

Inspiration and testing of hypotheses

Logic and common knowledge

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What is a most common dilemma related to the study of causal relationships?

Cause and effect are always easy detectable.

A well-structured study may outweigh badly chosen variables.

Chosen variables may have questionable connection to anticipated relationships.

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In the social sciences we commonly talk about setting events in theoretically supported perspectives, rather than explaining them using theory. In which of the following alternatives does this argument find support?

Theories are helping us predict actual behavior in groups of individuals by logical deduction.

The ability of a theory to explain events is limited by the reach and quality of the research supporting it.

Theories are used only to generate hypotheses.

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A balanced budget occurs when

the national debt is reduced to zero dollars.

a budget deficit during one year is matched by a budget surplus in the next year.

transfer payments equal tax revenues.

government expenditures equal tax revenues.

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A federal budget surplus

occurs when government expenditures exceed tax revenues.

occurs when tax revenues exceed government expenditures.

occurs when tax revenues exceed transfer payments.

occurs when monetary policy works in the opposite direction of fiscal policy.

is an impossibility.

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A federal budget deficit

occurs when government expenditures exceed tax revenues.

occurs when tax revenues exceed government expenditures.

occurs when transfer payments exceed tax revenues.

will always result when Congress and the president cannot agree on expenditures.

occurs when monetary policy works in the opposite direction of fiscal policy.

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To an economist, money is a synonym for which of the following?

income

credit

wealth

salary

none of the above

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Barter is

the exchange of money for goods and then the exchange of those goods for money.

the exchange of money for money, or the exchange of money for stocks and bonds.

the exchange of goods and services for goods and services without the use of money.

any exchange, with or without the use of money, in which the participants negotiate (or barter) the price of the goods to be exchanged.

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Which of the following illustrates a barter transaction?

A bushel of oranges is traded for a bushel of apples.

Someone buys a pizza for the special price of $4.

Someone buys a house for $100,000.

b and c

a, b, and c

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