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170+ Sociology of Culture Solved MCQs

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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