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This section includes 423 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your 12th knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which term refers to that in modern technological period, the individual can’t differentiatewhat is real from the simulation of reality? |
| A. | conservativism |
| B. | hyperreality |
| C. | spatiality |
| D. | stylisation |
| Answer» C. spatiality | |
| 2. |
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» B. hyperactive | |
| 3. |
‘Simulacra and simulation’ authored by .........................? |
| A. | s m lipset |
| B. | e zelliot |
| C. | jean baudrillard |
| D. | b friedman |
| Answer» D. b friedman | |
| 4. |
The concept “Hyperreality” introduced in ............................. Book |
| A. | simulacra and simulation |
| B. | symbolic exchange and death |
| C. | the system of objects |
| D. | simulations |
| Answer» B. symbolic exchange and death | |
| 5. |
Who introduced the concept of “Hyperreality” |
| A. | s a stouffer |
| B. | m m tumin |
| C. | e ravenstein |
| D. | jean baudrillard |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
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» C. entertainment | |
| 7. |
The word “Media” derived from ……………….? |
| A. | medio |
| B. | medium |
| C. | modem |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. modem | |
| 8. |
Which article in Indian constitution prohibits gender discrimination? |
| A. | article 14 |
| B. | article 16 |
| C. | article 15 (1) |
| D. | article 17 |
| Answer» D. article 17 | |
| 9. |
Son and daughter are socialised in to their gender role is called……………….? |
| A. | separatist |
| B. | liberal |
| C. | genderism |
| D. | gender biased socialisation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
The female headed households is called…………………? |
| A. | hypergamy |
| B. | polyandry |
| C. | exogamy |
| D. | matriarchy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
……………… is a social institution that is primary source of gender discrimination? |
| A. | education |
| B. | family |
| C. | religion |
| D. | state |
| Answer» C. religion | |
| 12. |
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» C. polybyny | |
| 13. |
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» D. gerontocracy | |
| 14. |
The term sex is biological construction, but ……………… is a social construction |
| A. | gender |
| B. | technological change |
| C. | psychoanalytic |
| D. | colonialism |
| Answer» B. technological change | |
| 15. |
The term …………….. refers to that social, cultural and psychological distinctionsassociated with category of male (masculine) or female (feminine) |
| A. | feminism |
| B. | gender |
| C. | gerontocracy |
| D. | andro centrism |
| Answer» C. gerontocracy | |
| 16. |
“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» E. | |
| 17. |
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» C. religion is an instrument for social control | |
| 18. |
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» E. | |
| 19. |
Who defined “Religion as a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred thingsthat is to way, things set apart and forbidden” |
| A. | e m hover |
| B. | herbert spencer |
| C. | durkheim |
| D. | habermas |
| Answer» D. habermas | |
| 20. |
.................... is a geographical unit or social system with distinct identity, language andtraditions |
| A. | regionalism |
| B. | regional disparity |
| C. | sectionalism |
| D. | region |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
……………….. 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» B. popular culture | |
| 22. |
…………………. is the tendency of judging other culture through one’s own culturalvalues? |
| A. | dramaturgy |
| B. | ethnocentrism |
| C. | low culture |
| D. | high culture |
| Answer» C. low culture | |
| 23. |
The term …………………… refers to that co-existence of diverse or different culture within a society |
| A. | subculture |
| B. | multiculturalism |
| C. | dominant culture |
| D. | high culture |
| Answer» C. dominant culture | |
| 24. |
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» E. | |
| 25. |
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» E. | |
| 26. |
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» D. it is a multidimensional process | |
| 27. |
……………… is a term refers to that process of integration or interconnection betweendifferent countries caused to change material and nonmaterial aspect of society |
| A. | evolution |
| B. | globalisation |
| C. | privatisation |
| D. | conflicts |
| Answer» C. privatisation | |
| 28. |
………………. refers to that small group engage in cultural practices with in a specificidentity on a large culture |
| A. | multiculturalism |
| B. | simulation |
| C. | cultural pluralism |
| D. | subculture |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
…………. means that the pattern of cultural experience and practices existed in mainstreamsociety |
| A. | popular culture |
| B. | high culture |
| C. | cultural relativism |
| D. | subculture |
| Answer» B. high culture | |
| 30. |
……………….. 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» E. | |
| 31. |
………………. is something such as ark, sign or gestures, images, words that stand for orrepresenting something or have some meaning |
| A. | status |
| B. | roles |
| C. | esteem |
| D. | symbols |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
……………….. admit the values of all culture |
| A. | cultural disparity |
| B. | cultural relativism |
| C. | cyber culture |
| D. | modernity |
| Answer» C. cyber culture | |
| 33. |
………………. is a system or pattern where different culture co exist and all work or livetogether without losing their own cultural identity. |
| A. | culture contact |
| B. | cultural integration |
| C. | cultural pluralism |
| D. | cultural relativism |
| Answer» D. cultural relativism | |
| 34. |
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» B. multiculturalism | |
| 35. |
………………. refers to cultural change that occurs due to the contact with the new culture |
| A. | cooperation |
| B. | assimilation |
| C. | acculturation |
| D. | integration |
| Answer» D. integration | |
| 36. |
…………………… is a process of learning one’s own culture, to be a member of society? |
| A. | assimilation |
| B. | accommodation |
| C. | enculturation |
| D. | acculturation |
| Answer» D. acculturation | |
| 37. |
…………….. is a common standard or ideas which guide members to behave in givensituations |
| A. | culture complex |
| B. | esteem |
| C. | prestige |
| D. | norm |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
…………….. are assumptions or cultural standard that define it is right or wrong. |
| A. | values |
| B. | diffusion |
| C. | adaptation |
| D. | acculturation |
| Answer» B. diffusion | |
| 39. |
“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» D. levi strauss | |
| 40. |
……………… are assumptions or cultural standard set by society and it is desirable for anorganised social life |
| A. | lineage |
| B. | consent |
| C. | coercion |
| D. | values |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
Who defined “a norm is an abstract pattern held in mind that sets certain limits ofbehaviour” |
| A. | n j smelser |
| B. | h m johnson |
| C. | ulrich beck |
| D. | daniel bell |
| Answer» C. ulrich beck | |
| 42. |
……………. Are certain shared standard of behaviour or expected mode of behaviour to maintain social order |
| A. | rituals |
| B. | values |
| C. | norm |
| D. | deviance |
| Answer» D. deviance | |
| 43. |
The book “The psychology of social norms” authored by ……………………….? |
| A. | muzafer sherif |
| B. | howard s becker |
| C. | albert cohen |
| D. | max weber |
| Answer» B. howard s becker | |
| 44. |
The term ‘Social norm’ firstly used by …………………………? |
| A. | muzafer sherif |
| B. | henry maine |
| C. | herskovits |
| D. | westermarck |
| Answer» B. henry maine | |
| 45. |
The borrowing of cultural elements from another society is called …………………….. |
| A. | assimilation |
| B. | acculturation |
| C. | integration |
| D. | diffusion |
| Answer» C. integration | |
| 46. |
Who formulated the concept of ‘Cultural Lag’? |
| A. | ralph linton |
| B. | ogburn and nimkoff |
| C. | evans pritchard |
| D. | a l krober |
| Answer» C. evans pritchard | |
| 47. |
Knowledge is an example for ……………………..? |
| A. | material culture |
| B. | organizational culture |
| C. | concrete |
| D. | non material culture |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
Non material culture consist of ....................? |
| A. | technological objects |
| B. | manmade objects |
| C. | products produced from factory |
| D. | religion, folkways, social values, believes |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
Who proposed the concept of ‘Material and Non material Culture’? |
| A. | ogburn and nimkoff |
| B. | r a nisbet |
| C. | robert e park |
| D. | l h morgan |
| Answer» B. r a nisbet | |
| 50. |
Which is not a characteristic of culture? |
| A. | culture is social |
| B. | culture is static |
| C. | culture is transmitive |
| D. | culture is learned |
| Answer» C. culture is transmitive | |