| 1. |
Who introduced the concept of 'mores'? |
| A. | Raymond Williams |
| B. | William Graham Sumner |
| C. | William F. Ogburn |
| D. | William I. Thomas |
| Answer» B. William Graham Sumner | |
| 2. |
Who introduced the 'genealogical method'? |
| A. | W. H. R. Rivers |
| B. | Marcel Mauss |
| C. | Margaret Mead |
| D. | Harriet Martineau |
| Answer» A. W. H. R. Rivers | |
| 3. |
Who introduced the cultural capital theory? |
| A. | C. Wright Mills |
| B. | Alfred Schutz |
| C. | William Graham Sumner |
| D. | Pierre Bourdieu |
| Answer» D. Pierre Bourdieu | |
| 4. |
Who wrote 'Patterns of Culture'? |
| A. | Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
| B. | Ruth Benedict |
| C. | W. H. R. Rivers |
| D. | Marcel Mauss |
| Answer» B. Ruth Benedict | |
| 5. |
Who wrote 'Chrysanthemum and the Sword'? |
| A. | Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
| B. | Ruth Benedict |
| C. | W. H. R. Rivers |
| D. | Marcel Mauss |
| Answer» B. Ruth Benedict | |
| 6. |
A symbol is anything |
| A. | that represents something else |
| B. | that represents itself |
| C. | that represents only emotions |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. that represents something else | |
| 7. |
________ are established rules of behavior or standards of conduct. |
| A. | Laws |
| B. | Norms |
| C. | Guidelines |
| D. | Decrees |
| Answer» B. Norms | |
| 8. |
Our biological and genetic makeup determines our ________ |
| A. | Nurture |
| B. | Nature |
| C. | Nation |
| D. | Ethnicity |
| Answer» B. Nature | |
| 9. |
The culture of the upper classes is known as |
| A. | Lofty culture |
| B. | High culture |
| C. | Positive culture |
| D. | Upper culture |
| Answer» B. High culture | |
| 10. |
The culture consumed by many people in all classes is known as |
| A. | Commercial culture |
| B. | Simple culture |
| C. | Popular culture |
| D. | Conventional culture |
| Answer» C. Popular culture | |
| 11. |
Popular culture is also known as |
| A. | Mob culture |
| B. | Group culture |
| C. | Public culture |
| D. | Mass culture |
| Answer» D. Mass culture | |
| 12. |
Cultural universals are |
| A. | Values or modes of behavior shared by all human cultures |
| B. | Values or modes of behaviour shared by a few cultures |
| C. | Values or modes of behaviour shared by a majority of cultures |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Values or modes of behavior shared by all human cultures | |
| 13. |
Sociology’s recent emphasis on understanding the role of culture in daily life is known as |
| A. | Cultural ascendance |
| B. | Cultural gravity |
| C. | Cultural turn |
| D. | Cultural consequence |
| Answer» C. Cultural turn | |
| 14. |
Non-material culture is |
| A. | Corporeal |
| B. | Substantial |
| C. | Manifest |
| D. | Intangible |
| Answer» D. Intangible | |
| 15. |
_______ are the standards people have about what is good and bad |
| A. | Values |
| B. | Benefits |
| C. | Laws |
| D. | Mandates |
| Answer» A. Values | |
| 16. |
___________ is the process by which one generation passes culture to the next. |
| A. | Cultural tradition |
| B. | Cultural transfer |
| C. | Cultural reproduction |
| D. | Cultural reciprocation |
| Answer» C. Cultural reproduction | |
| 17. |
Oral cultural tradition refers to |
| A. | transmission of culture through speech |
| B. | transmission of culture through art |
| C. | transmission of culture through images |
| D. | transmission of culture through craft |
| Answer» A. transmission of culture through speech | |
| 18. |
___________ constitutes the tangible things created by members of a society |
| A. | Material culture |
| B. | Non-material culture |
| C. | Popular culture |
| D. | Mass culture |
| Answer» A. Material culture | |
| 19. |
Which among the following is a key defining feature of civilizations? |
| A. | Economy |
| B. | Polity |
| C. | Religion |
| D. | Democracy |
| Answer» C. Religion | |
| 20. |
When a person travels to a foreign land, she/he experiences |
| A. | Culture joy |
| B. | Culture absence |
| C. | Culture misfit |
| D. | Culture shock |
| Answer» D. Culture shock | |
| 21. |
Culture consists of |
| A. | Knowledge |
| B. | Language |
| C. | Norms |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 22. |
Culture is a ___________ for survival |
| A. | Guide |
| B. | Lexicon |
| C. | Glossary |
| D. | Dictionary |
| Answer» A. Guide | |
| 23. |
‘Human beings have instincts’. Is this statement true? |
| A. | Yes |
| B. | No |
| C. | Sometimes |
| D. | Rarely |
| Answer» B. No | |
| 24. |
___________ allows people to transform resources into a usable form |
| A. | Magic |
| B. | Technology |
| C. | Science |
| D. | Observation |
| Answer» B. Technology | |
| 25. |
Which of the following is anything that meaningfully represents something else? |
| A. | Signature |
| B. | Picture |
| C. | Symbol |
| D. | Law |
| Answer» C. Symbol | |