Lesson 03B3.3.1

03B3.3.1 Patterns and trends in relation to social class, gender, ethnicity and age Quiz: OCR Sociology, Unit 10

20 questions

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The 20 questions

  1. Which social class consistently reports the highest rates of attendance at conventional Christian religious services in Britain?

    • Underclass
    • Working class
    • Middle class
    • Upper class

  2. Which gender generally demonstrates higher levels of religious belief and practice across mainstream denominations in the UK?

    • Non-binary
    • Equal split
    • Females
    • Males

  3. Which ethnic group in the UK is statistically most likely to report a religious affiliation?

    • White British
    • Mixed race
    • Bangladeshi
    • Chinese

  4. Which age demographic is currently the least likely to identify with any organised religion in Britain?

    • Middle-aged
    • Children
    • Young adults
    • Pensioners

  5. What sociological term describes the process where traditional religious practices lose their social significance among the working class?

    • Fundamentalism
    • Secularisation
    • Sacralisation
    • Syncretism

  6. What term describes the rise of individualised spiritual practices outside traditional institutional structures, favoured by middle-class women?

    • State religion
    • Denominationalism
    • Holistic milieu
    • Ecclesia

  7. Which minority ethnic group in Britain often uses religious institutions as a key hub for cultural preservation and community support?

    • First-generation migrants
    • White expatriates
    • Fourth-generation youth
    • Digital nomads

  8. Which Christian denomination has experienced significant growth in London due to immigration from West Africa?

    • Pentecostalism
    • Quakers
    • Unitarians
    • Presbyterians

  9. A middle-class professional takes up yoga and mindfulness instead of attending church. This exemplifies participation in what?

    • Global religion
    • Orthodoxy
    • New Age
    • State church

  10. An elderly female regularly attends Church of England communion services. This reflects which combined demographic trend?

    • Teenage boys
    • Older women
    • Young men
    • Middle-aged atheists

  11. A young British Pakistani man actively attends his local mosque every Friday. This illustrates the strong link between ethnicity and what?

    • Islamic practice
    • Secular humanism
    • Buddhist chanting
    • New Age belief

  12. A sociological survey shows a drop in church weddings among working-class couples. What trend does this highlight?

    • Clerical expansion
    • Religious revival
    • Decline of ritual
    • Fundamentalist shift

  13. Which demographic factor is most strongly associated with having 'no religion' in the 2021 Census for England and Wales?

    • South Asian
    • White ethnicity
    • Mixed ethnicity
    • Black African

  14. What sociological explanation suggests women are more religious because they face greater socialisation into caring and relational roles?

    • Political apathy
    • Biological destiny
    • Gender socialisation
    • Economic class

  15. Why might working-class individuals feel alienated from middle-class dominated church governance structures?

    • Excessive wealth
    • Cultural mismatch
    • Mandatory fees
    • Language barriers

  16. Which age group is most likely to experience what sociologists call 'ageing effect', returning to religion later in life?

    • Teenagers
    • Toddlers
    • University students
    • Older adults

  17. What term explains why second and third-generation ethnic minority youth may show lower religious observance than their parents?

    • Fundamentalist zeal
    • Sacred canopy
    • Structural secularisation
    • Religious monopoly

  18. Which gender is statistically overrepresented among leaders and clergy within mainstream global religious hierarchies?

    • Females
    • Males
    • Equal share
    • Non-binary

  19. Which social class is most frequently linked to secularisation theories proposed by classical sociologists like Marx and Weber?

    • Intelligentsia
    • Working class
    • Aristocracy
    • Bourgeoisie

  20. What concept explains how religious belief persists among minority ethnic groups to combat racism and social exclusion?

    • Cultural defence
    • State assimilation
    • Class conflict
    • Economic rationalism

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