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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .
| 201. |
The book “The psychology of social norms” authored by ……………………….? |
| A. | muzafer sherif |
| B. | howard s becker |
| C. | albert cohen |
| D. | max weber |
| Answer» A. muzafer sherif | |
| 202. |
……………. Are certain shared standard of behaviour or expected mode of behaviour to maintain social order |
| A. | rituals |
| B. | values |
| C. | norm |
| D. | deviance |
| Answer» C. norm | |
| 203. |
Who defined “a norm is an abstract pattern held in mind that sets certain limits of behaviour” |
| A. | n j smelser |
| B. | h m johnson |
| C. | ulrich beck |
| D. | daniel bell |
| Answer» B. h m johnson | |
| 204. |
……………… are assumptions or cultural standard set by society and it is desirable for an organised social life |
| A. | lineage |
| B. | consent |
| C. | coercion |
| D. | values |
| Answer» D. values | |
| 205. |
“Values are assumptions largely unconscious of what is right or important” who said? |
| A. | talcott parson |
| B. | herbert spencer |
| C. | young and mack |
| D. | levi strauss |
| Answer» C. young and mack | |
| 206. |
…………….. are assumptions or cultural standard that define it is right or wrong. |
| A. | values |
| B. | diffusion |
| C. | adaptation |
| D. | acculturation |
| Answer» A. values | |
| 207. |
…………….. is a common standard or ideas which guide members to behave in given situations |
| A. | culture complex |
| B. | esteem |
| C. | prestige |
| D. | norm |
| Answer» D. norm | |
| 208. |
…………………… is a process of learning one’s own culture, to be a member of society? |
| A. | assimilation |
| B. | accommodation |
| C. | enculturation |
| D. | acculturation |
| Answer» C. enculturation | |
| 209. |
………………. refers to cultural change that occurs due to the contact with the new culture |
| A. | cooperation |
| B. | assimilation |
| C. | acculturation |
| D. | integration |
| Answer» C. acculturation | |
| 210. |
The view point that, each culture evaluated on the basis of their own values and norms as well as all cultures are taken as equal and that should not compared to the other culture |
| A. | cultural relativism |
| B. | multiculturalism |
| C. | cultural integration |
| D. | multidimensionalism |
| Answer» A. cultural relativism | |
| 211. |
………………. is a system or pattern where different culture co exist and all work or live together without losing their own cultural identity. |
| A. | culture contact |
| B. | cultural integration |
| C. | cultural pluralism |
| D. | cultural relativism |
| Answer» C. cultural pluralism | |
| 212. |
……………….. admit the values of all culture |
| A. | cultural disparity |
| B. | cultural relativism |
| C. | cyber culture |
| D. | modernity |
| Answer» B. cultural relativism | |
| 213. |
………………. is something such as ark, sign or gestures, images, words that stand for or representing something or have some meaning |
| A. | status |
| B. | roles |
| C. | esteem |
| D. | symbols |
| Answer» D. symbols | |
| 214. |
……………….. is a cultural practice that group of people hold specified customs, languages, values and behaviour with in a multicultural society |
| A. | organizational culture |
| B. | normative culture |
| C. | similar culture |
| D. | dominant culture |
| Answer» D. dominant culture | |
| 215. |
……………… refers to that group of people with in a culture who follows different values, beliefs and norms with in a larger culture |
| A. | dominant culture |
| B. | universalisation |
| C. | subculture |
| D. | organised culture |
| Answer» C. subculture | |
| 216. |
The term ………….. refers to that the culture of masses |
| A. | popular culture |
| B. | high culture |
| C. | subculture |
| D. | ideal culture |
| Answer» A. popular culture | |
| 217. |
…………. means that the pattern of cultural experience and practices existed in mainstream society |
| A. | popular culture |
| B. | high culture |
| C. | cultural relativism |
| D. | subculture |
| Answer» A. popular culture | |
| 218. |
………………. refers to that small group engage in cultural practices with in a specific identity on a large culture |
| A. | multiculturalism |
| B. | simulation |
| C. | cultural pluralism |
| D. | subculture |
| Answer» D. subculture | |
| 219. |
……………… is a term refers to that process of integration or interconnection between different countries caused to change material and nonmaterial aspect of society |
| A. | evolution |
| B. | globalisation |
| C. | privatisation |
| D. | conflicts |
| Answer» B. globalisation | |
| 220. |
Which of the statements are false about globalisation? |
| A. | increase free trade between nations |
| B. | caused to create a uniform culture |
| C. | only related to economic phenomenon |
| D. | it is a multidimensional process |
| Answer» C. only related to economic phenomenon | |
| 221. |
Which of the statement are true about the causes of globalisation? |
| A. | technological innovation |
| B. | increased facility to access information |
| C. | economic interdependence |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 222. |
Which of the statement are true about globalisation? |
| A. | faster economic growth |
| B. | spread of information and knowledge |
| C. | influence on social, economic, political sphere of the people |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 223. |
The term …………………… refers to that co-existence of diverse or different culture with in a society |
| A. | subculture |
| B. | multiculturalism |
| C. | dominant culture |
| D. | high culture |
| Answer» B. multiculturalism | |
| 224. |
…………………. is the tendency of judging other culture through one’s own cultural values? |
| A. | dramaturgy |
| B. | ethnocentrism |
| C. | low culture |
| D. | high culture |
| Answer» B. ethnocentrism | |
| 225. |
……………….. is the view that one’s own culture is better than all other culture? |
| A. | ethnocentrism |
| B. | popular culture |
| C. | multiculturalism |
| D. | cultural relativism |
| Answer» A. ethnocentrism | |
| 226. |
.................... is a geographical unit or social system with distinct identity, language and traditions |
| A. | regionalism |
| B. | regional disparity |
| C. | sectionalism |
| D. | region |
| Answer» D. region | |
| 227. |
Who defined “Religion as a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things that is to way, things set apart and forbidden” |
| A. | e m hover |
| B. | herbert spencer |
| C. | durkheim |
| D. | habermas |
| Answer» C. durkheim | |
| 228. |
Which of the statement are false about impact of religions? |
| A. | promote social upliftment of a particular group |
| B. | promote groupism |
| C. | feeling of superiority creates conflicts in society |
| D. | obstruct to social change or progress |
| Answer» D. obstruct to social change or progress | |
| 229. |
Which is not a characteristic of religion? |
| A. | religion is not a recent emerged phenomenon |
| B. | science and modern education didn’t bring any change in our religious perception |
| C. | religion is an instrument for social control |
| D. | function as a political pressure group |
| Answer» B. science and modern education didn’t bring any change in our religious perception | |
| 230. |
“India presents a spectacle of museum or tongue” who said? |
| A. | surajit sinha |
| B. | d p mukherji |
| C. | s c dube |
| D. | a r desai |
| Answer» D. a r desai | |
| 231. |
The term …………….. refers to that social, cultural and psychological distinctions associated with category of male (masculine) or female (feminine) |
| A. | feminism |
| B. | gender |
| C. | gerontocracy |
| D. | andro centrism |
| Answer» B. gender | |
| 232. |
The term sex is biological construction, but ……………… is a social construction |
| A. | gender |
| B. | technological change |
| C. | psychoanalytic |
| D. | colonialism |
| Answer» A. gender | |
| 233. |
The distribution of works on the basis of Gender in the family is called ………………? |
| A. | class based |
| B. | anuloma |
| C. | gender division of labour |
| D. | gerontocracy |
| Answer» C. gender division of labour | |
| 234. |
In terms of the arrangement of relationship, the male member is the head and supreme authority in family is called? |
| A. | polygamy |
| B. | patriarchy |
| C. | polybyny |
| D. | hypogamy |
| Answer» B. patriarchy | |
| 235. |
The female headed households is called…………………? |
| A. | hypergamy |
| B. | polyandry |
| C. | exogamy |
| D. | matriarchy |
| Answer» D. matriarchy | |
| 236. |
……………… is a social institution that is primary source of gender discrimination? |
| A. | education |
| B. | family |
| C. | religion |
| D. | state |
| Answer» B. family | |
| 237. |
Son and daughter are socialised in to their gender role is called……………….? |
| A. | separatist |
| B. | liberal |
| C. | genderism |
| D. | gender biased socialisation |
| Answer» D. gender biased socialisation | |
| 238. |
Which article in Indian constitution prohibits gender discrimination? |
| A. | article 14 |
| B. | article 16 |
| C. | article 15 (1) |
| D. | article 17 |
| Answer» C. article 15 (1) | |
| 239. |
The word “Media” derived from ……………….? |
| A. | medio |
| B. | medium |
| C. | modem |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. medium | |
| 240. |
Which of the statement are false about functions of media? |
| A. | spreading information or knowledge |
| B. | not working as a agent of socialisation |
| C. | entertainment |
| D. | interpretations and explanation of situations or events |
| Answer» B. not working as a agent of socialisation | |
| 241. |
Who introduced the concept of “Hyperreality” |
| A. | s a stouffer |
| B. | m m tumin |
| C. | e ravenstein |
| D. | jean baudrillard |
| Answer» D. jean baudrillard | |
| 242. |
The concept “Hyperreality” introduced in ............................. Book |
| A. | simulacra and simulation |
| B. | symbolic exchange and death |
| C. | the system of objects |
| D. | simulations |
| Answer» A. simulacra and simulation | |
| 243. |
‘Simulacra and simulation’ authored by .........................? |
| A. | s m lipset |
| B. | e zelliot |
| C. | jean baudrillard |
| D. | b friedman |
| Answer» C. jean baudrillard | |
| 244. |
Which term refers to that “Virtual or unreal nature of contemporary culture is an age of mass communication and mass consumption”? |
| A. | hyperreality |
| B. | hyperactive |
| C. | hypoactive |
| D. | reality |
| Answer» A. hyperreality | |
| 245. |
Which term refers to that in modern technological period, the individual can’t differentiate what is real from the simulation of reality? |
| A. | conservativism |
| B. | hyperreality |
| C. | spatiality |
| D. | stylisation |
| Answer» B. hyperreality | |
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