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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 Sociology (BA Sociology) , Sociology (CBCS) .
| 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 | |
| 26. |
_____________ enables people to think and communicate with one another |
| A. | Internet |
| B. | Paintings |
| C. | Morse code |
| D. | Language |
| Answer» D. Language | |
| 27. |
Which hypothesis states that language shapes the view of reality of its speakers? |
| A. | Brown-Merton |
| B. | Radcliffe-Merton |
| C. | Sapir-Mathew |
| D. | Sapir-Whorf |
| Answer» D. Sapir-Whorf | |
| 28. |
When values contradict each other, it is known as |
| A. | Value-contradiction |
| B. | Value-change |
| C. | Value-constant |
| D. | Value-choice |
| Answer» A. Value-contradiction | |
| 29. |
Norms are |
| A. | Standards of convention |
| B. | Standards of conduct |
| C. | Standards of choice |
| D. | Standards of communication |
| Answer» B. Standards of conduct | |
| 30. |
Norms that state what behavior is appropriate or acceptable are |
| A. | Proscriptive norms |
| B. | Primary norms |
| C. | Denigrative norms |
| D. | Prescriptive norms |
| Answer» D. Prescriptive norms | |
| 31. |
Norms that state what behavior is inappropriate or unacceptable are |
| A. | Proscriptive norms |
| B. | Primary norms |
| C. | Denigrative norms |
| D. | Prescriptive norms |
| Answer» A. Proscriptive norms | |
| 32. |
Less important norms are called |
| A. | Informal norms |
| B. | Inhibitive norms |
| C. | Innocuous norms |
| D. | Interior norms |
| Answer» A. Informal norms | |
| 33. |
Informal norms or everyday customs that may be violated without serious consequences within a particular culture are called |
| A. | Values |
| B. | Mores |
| C. | Folkways |
| D. | Taboos |
| Answer» C. Folkways | |
| 34. |
Strongly held norms with moral and ethical connotations that may not be violated without serious consequences are called |
| A. | Values |
| B. | Mores |
| C. | Folkways |
| D. | Taboos |
| Answer» D. Taboos | |
| 35. |
Norms so strong that their violation is considered to be extremely offensive and even unmentionable are called |
| A. | Values |
| B. | Mores |
| C. | Folkways |
| D. | Taboos |
| Answer» D. Taboos | |
| 36. |
Formal, standardized norms that have been enacted by legislatures and are enforced by formal sanctions are called |
| A. | Rules |
| B. | Laws |
| C. | Regulations |
| D. | Orders |
| Answer» B. Laws | |
| 37. |
Who introduced the concept of ‘cultural lag’? |
| A. | Raymond Williams |
| B. | William Graham Sumner |
| C. | William F. Ogburn |
| D. | William I. Thomas |
| Answer» C. William F. Ogburn | |
| 38. |
Cultural lag occurs when |
| A. | Non-material culture changes faster than material culture |
| B. | Material culture changes faster than non-material culture |
| C. | High culture changes faster than popular culture |
| D. | Popular culture changes faster than high culture |
| Answer» B. Material culture changes faster than non-material culture | |
| 39. |
________ is the process of learning about something previously unknown or unrecognized |
| A. | Diffusion |
| B. | Research |
| C. | Examination |
| D. | Discovery |
| Answer» D. Discovery | |
| 40. |
________ is the transmission of cultural items or social practices from one group or society to another |
| A. | Diffusion |
| B. | Research |
| C. | Examination |
| D. | Discovery |
| Answer» D. Discovery | |
| 41. |
__________ refers to the wide range of cultural differences found between and within nations. |
| A. | Cultural joy |
| B. | Cultural diversity |
| C. | Cultural shock |
| D. | Cultural familiarity |
| Answer» B. Cultural diversity | |
| 42. |
Homogeneous societies consist of people who share a common _________. |
| A. | Culture |
| B. | Land |
| C. | Livelihood |
| D. | Coastline |
| Answer» A. Culture | |
| 43. |
When people in a society are dissimilar in regard to social characteristics such as religion, income, or race/ ethnicity, they belong to a __________ society. |
| A. | Homogenous |
| B. | Heterogenous |
| C. | Kindred |
| D. | Congruent |
| Answer» B. Heterogenous | |
| 44. |
Which of the following factors contribute to cultural diversity in a society? |
| A. | Tourism |
| B. | Commerce |
| C. | Immigration |
| D. | Art |
| Answer» C. Immigration | |
| 45. |
People who share distinguishing attributes, beliefs, values, and/or norms that set them apart in some significant manner from the dominant culture form a |
| A. | Subculture |
| B. | Monoculture |
| C. | Biculture |
| D. | Multiculture |
| Answer» A. Subculture | |
| 46. |
A _________ is a group that strongly rejects dominant societal values and norms and seeks alternative lifestyles |
| A. | Subculture |
| B. | Monoculture |
| C. | Counterculture |
| D. | Youth culture |
| Answer» C. Counterculture | |
| 47. |
The practice of judging all other cultures by one’s own culture is known as |
| A. | Xenocentrism |
| B. | Logocentrism |
| C. | Ethnocentrism |
| D. | Egocentrism |
| Answer» C. Ethnocentrism | |
| 48. |
Who introduced the concept of 'folkways'? |
| A. | Raymond Williams |
| B. | William Graham Sumner |
| C. | William F. Ogburn |
| D. | William I. Thomas |
| Answer» B. William Graham Sumner | |
| 49. |
The idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that person's own culture, rather than be judged against the criteria of another is called |
| A. | Cultural absolutism |
| B. | Cultural relativism |
| C. | Cultural universalism |
| D. | Cultural despotism |
| Answer» B. Cultural relativism | |
| 50. |
Sometimes we read news articles on foreigners who are attacked by local people. This is an example of |
| A. | Xenocentrism |
| B. | Xenophobia |
| C. | Xenography |
| D. | Xenophonia |
| Answer» B. Xenophobia | |
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