7. ________ are established rules of behavior or standards of conduct.
Correct : B. Norms
8. Our biological and genetic makeup determines our ________
Correct : B. Nature
9. The culture of the upper classes is known as
Correct : B. High culture
10. The culture consumed by many people in all classes is known as
Correct : C. Popular culture
11. Popular culture is also known as
Correct : D. Mass culture
12. Cultural universals are
Correct : 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
Correct : C. Cultural turn
14. Non-material culture is
Correct : D. Intangible
15. _______ are the standards people have about what is good and bad
Correct : A. Values
16. ___________ is the process by which one generation passes culture to the next.
Correct : C. Cultural reproduction
17. Oral cultural tradition refers to
Correct : A. transmission of culture through speech
18. ___________ constitutes the tangible things created by members of a society
Correct : A. Material culture
19. Which among the following is a key defining feature of civilizations?
Correct : C. Religion
20. When a person travels to a foreign land, she/he experiences
Correct : D. Culture shock
21. Culture consists of
Correct : D. All of the above
22. Culture is a ___________ for survival
Correct : A. Guide
23. ‘Human beings have instincts’. Is this statement true?
Correct : B. No
24. ___________ allows people to transform resources into a usable form
Correct : B. Technology
25. Which of the following is anything that meaningfully represents something else?
Correct : C. Symbol
26. _____________ enables people to think and communicate with one another
Correct : D. Language
27. Which hypothesis states that language shapes the view of reality of its speakers?
Correct : D. Sapir-Whorf
28. When values contradict each other, it is known as
Correct : A. Value-contradiction
29. Norms are
Correct : B. Standards of conduct
30. Norms that state what behavior is appropriate or acceptable are
Correct : D. Prescriptive norms
31. Norms that state what behavior is inappropriate or unacceptable are
Correct : A. Proscriptive norms
32. Less important norms are called
Correct : A. Informal norms
33. Informal norms or everyday customs that may be violated without serious
consequences within a particular culture are called
Correct : C. Folkways
34. Strongly held norms with moral and ethical connotations that may not be violated
without serious consequences are called
Correct : D. Taboos
35. Norms so strong that their violation is considered to be extremely offensive and even
unmentionable are called
Correct : D. Taboos
36. Formal, standardized norms that have been enacted by legislatures and are enforced by
formal sanctions are called
Correct : B. Laws
37. Who introduced the concept of ‘cultural lag’?
Correct : C. William F. Ogburn
38. Cultural lag occurs when
Correct : B. Material culture changes faster than non-material culture
39. ________ is the process of learning about something previously unknown or
unrecognized
Correct : D. Discovery
40. ________ is the transmission of cultural items or social practices from one group or
society to another
Correct : D. Discovery
41. __________ refers to the wide range of cultural differences found between and within
nations.
Correct : B. Cultural diversity
42. Homogeneous societies consist of people who share a common _________.
Correct : 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.
Correct : B. Heterogenous
44. Which of the following factors contribute to cultural diversity in a society?
Correct : 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
Correct : A. Subculture
46. A _________ is a group that strongly rejects dominant societal values and norms and
seeks alternative lifestyles
Correct : C. Counterculture
47. The practice of judging all other cultures by one’s own culture is known as
Correct : C. Ethnocentrism
48. Who introduced the concept of 'folkways'?
Correct : 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
Correct : B. Cultural relativism
50. Sometimes we read news articles on foreigners who are attacked by local people. This
is an example of
Correct : B. Xenophobia
51. Inequalities in primitive societies are likely to be based on
Correct : C. Age
52. Which one of the following is a characteristic of a civilization?
Correct : A. High population
53. Pastoral societies depend on ________ for their subsistence
Correct : C. Domesticated animals
54. Agrarian societies depend on ________ for their subsistence
Correct : B. Agriculture
55. Civilizations are mostly located near
Correct : A. fertile river areas
56. Which of the following is an Indian civilization?
Correct : C. Indus valley civilization
57. When members of one cultural group borrow elements of another’s culture, it is called
_________.
Correct : D. Cultural appropriation
58. __________ is the process by which different cultures are absorbed into a mainstream
culture.
Correct : A. Assimilation
59. Multiculturalism refers to a situation where
Correct : A. ethnic groups exist separately and share equally in economic and political life
60. Cultural diversity and equality is achieved through
Correct : C. Multiculturalism
61. Which of the following is an antidote or a solution to ethnocentrism?
Correct : A. Cultural relativism
62. Which of the following is the correct definition of cultural relativism?
Correct : B. Judging a society by its own standards
63. Which of the following is not a part of non-material culture?
Correct : C. Clothing
64. _________ helps us to find meanings in our surroundings
Correct : B. Symbols
65. The study of symbols and signs is called
Correct : B. Semiotics
66. Language is a system of
Correct : C. Symbols
67. _________ gives expression to the human imagination
Correct : B. Language
68. Values are
Correct : A. Prescriptive
69. Sociology is the study of
Correct : B. Society
70. Which of the following is not a characteristic of culture?
Correct : C. It is found both in the animal and the human society.
71. Cultural growth happens
Correct : B. continuously
72. A society includes a number of group of people who interact on the basis of
Correct : D. All of the above
73. Bodily adornment, gift giving, and funeral ceremonies are examples of
Correct : D. cultural universals.
74. ________ is a trait of Western culture
Correct : A. Individualism
75. Difference between material and non-material culture is known as
Correct : D. None of the above
76. Which of the following pairs is correct?
Correct : B. Cultural lag-change
77. The United Nations'youth', as those persons between the ages of
Correct : A. 15 and 24 years
78. Ethnocentrism is
Correct : C. Either positive or negative
79. Which of the following pairs are matched correctly ?
Correct : C. Ethnocentrism- Prejudice
80. Socialisation is the process by which people acquire
Correct : A. Culture
81. Which of the following cultures are explained in the book,'Chrysanthemum and the
Sword'?
Correct : C. Japanese
82. Which of the following types of societies came first?
Correct : D. horticultural and pastoral
83. Greeting a person with folded hands is an Indian
Correct : C. Folkway
84. In most cultures, incest is a
Correct : B. Taboo
85. Which of the following is a feature of ‘Apollonian’ cultures?
Correct : D. All the above
86. Which of the following is not a feature of ‘Apollonian’ cultures?
Correct : C. Excess
87. Which of the following is a feature of ‘Dionysian’ cultures?
Correct : C. Excess
88. Which of the following is not a feature of ‘Dionysian’ cultures?
Correct : C. Restraint
89. Which of the following terms was used by Ruth Benedict to characterize cultures that
value restraint and modesty?
Correct : A. Apollonian
90. Which of the following terms was used by Ruth Benedict to characterize cultures that
value excess and ostentatiousness?
Correct : B. Dionysian
91. Who used the terms Apollonian and Dionysian to characterize cultures that value
restraint and excess respectively?
Correct : D. Ruth Benedict
92. Which of the following is connected to the harshest punishment in any culture?
Correct : D. Taboo
93. Organizations that produce popular culture are called
Correct : A. Culture Industries
94. The _______ is the idea that different cultures and ideas will blend together and create
one ultimate culture or idea.
Correct : B. melting pot theory
95. Assimilation contributes to the stability of society by
Correct : A. minimizing group differences
96. When members of one group marry those of other social or ethnic groups it is known
as
Correct : A. Biological assimilation
97. The work, ‘The Chrysanthemum and the Sword’ was written during
Correct : D. Second World War
98. ‘The Chrysanthemum and the Sword’ is a famous study of a
Correct : B. cultural pattern
99. Ruth Benedict was an anthropologist of _________ nationality.
Correct : B. British
100. ‘The Chrysanthemum and the Sword’ was criticized because
Correct : B. It used only secondary sources of data