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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The book ‘The folk culture of Yucatan’ is written by |
| A. | Oscar Lewis |
| B. | R.E.Park |
| C. | Redfield |
| D. | Max Muller |
| Answer» D. Max Muller | |
| 2. |
Who considered culture as essentially a response to human needs? |
| A. | Redfield |
| B. | Radcliffe Brown |
| C. | Malinowski |
| D. | Herskowitz |
| Answer» D. Herskowitz | |
| 3. |
“A scientific theory of culture” is the work of |
| A. | Frazer |
| B. | Radcliffe Brown |
| C. | Malinowski |
| D. | Redfield |
| Answer» D. Redfield | |
| 4. |
Which among the following is not true about assimilation? |
| A. | It brings about cultural diffusion |
| B. | It is historical process |
| C. | Culture contact is there |
| D. | Cultural conflict is there. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Established modes of thought and action is called |
| A. | Culture |
| B. | Personality |
| C. | behavior |
| D. | Customs |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Cultural relativism means |
| A. | Function and meaning of a trait are relative to its cultural setting |
| B. | Culture is relatively rare |
| C. | Culture evolution is relative |
| D. | Cultural diffusion is relative |
| Answer» B. Culture is relatively rare | |
| 7. |
The acquisition of foreign culture by the subject people is called |
| A. | Assimilation |
| B. | Acculturation |
| C. | Colonisation |
| D. | Subjectisation |
| Answer» B. Acculturation | |
| 8. |
Who has propounded the theory of cultural lag? |
| A. | W F Ogburn |
| B. | Nim Koff |
| C. | Bogardus |
| D. | Oscar Lewis |
| Answer» B. Nim Koff | |
| 9. |
A cluster of related traits is called |
| A. | Culture norms |
| B. | Culture complex |
| C. | Cultural collectively |
| D. | Cultural uniformity |
| Answer» D. Cultural uniformity | |
| 10. |
The material culture is always the outgrowth of the non material culture. The statement is |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | Partially true |
| D. | Can happen provided with stimuli |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 11. |
Non material culture may consist of |
| A. | Words people use, the ideas, customers and belief they hood and the habits they follow. |
| B. | Non Manufactured items |
| C. | Manufactured items which people use in cultural way |
| D. | Culture which teaches a particular behavior for particular situation |
| Answer» B. Non Manufactured items | |
| 12. |
Trait is |
| A. | Social trend at present |
| B. | Social trend af the past |
| C. | The smallest unit of culture |
| D. | The smallest unit of personality |
| Answer» D. The smallest unit of personality | |
| 13. |
Discrimination refers to __________ against any individual group |
| A. | Negative action |
| B. | Negative attitude |
| C. | Negative labeling |
| D. | Negative Report |
| Answer» D. Negative Report | |
| 14. |
The groups from which the individual extracts his behavior and cultural norms are called |
| A. | Cultural groups |
| B. | Homogenous groups |
| C. | Reference groups |
| D. | Ought to be groups |
| Answer» D. Ought to be groups | |
| 15. |
Whose definition is this “Personality indicates the individual organized tendency ofworking, seeing, thinking and feeling”? |
| A. | W F Green |
| B. | New Comb |
| C. | Herskovits |
| D. | R E Park |
| Answer» C. Herskovits | |
| 16. |
Which is the following statements is true |
| A. | Cooperation is based on emotional relationship harmony and intimacy |
| B. | Accommodation is the situation of tolerating one another without |
| C. | Cooperation |
| D. | Accommodation |
| Answer» D. Accommodation | |
| 17. |
The process of learning that takes place in group situation is called |
| A. | Socialisation |
| B. | Culturisation |
| C. | Routinisation |
| D. | Acculturation |
| Answer» B. Culturisation | |
| 18. |
When the individual is ex-communicated or the membership of the group is prohibited forhim/her the process is called |
| A. | Isolation |
| B. | Cooperation |
| C. | Tolerance |
| D. | Discrimination |
| Answer» B. Cooperation | |
| 19. |
When the individual stand up against the group the process is called |
| A. | Conflict |
| B. | Completion |
| C. | Alienation |
| D. | Un socialization |
| Answer» D. Un socialization | |
| 20. |
____________ is a person who is taken as the point of reference in a discussion |
| A. | Individual |
| B. | Id |
| C. | Ego |
| D. | Superego |
| Answer» D. Superego | |
| 21. |
The unification of individuals socio psychological behavior is reflected in |
| A. | The way individual behaves |
| B. | His personality |
| C. | His social interaction |
| D. | His culture |
| Answer» C. His social interaction | |
| 22. |
Personality is expressed through |
| A. | Habits, tendencies and thinking |
| B. | Habits and behavior |
| C. | Thinking |
| D. | Tendencies and thinking |
| Answer» B. Habits and behavior | |
| 23. |
To prepare one for future roles is |
| A. | Futurisation |
| B. | Prediction |
| C. | Anticipatory socialization |
| D. | Internalisation |
| Answer» D. Internalisation | |
| 24. |
Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, customsand other capabilities acquired by man as |
| A. | member of society – it is said by |
| B. | Talcott Parsons |
| C. | W F Green |
| D. | Tylor |
| Answer» D. Tylor | |
| 25. |
A group involves some degree of _________ among its members for the attainment orcommon goals |
| A. | Cooperation |
| B. | Conflict |
| C. | Competition |
| D. | Association |
| Answer» B. Conflict | |
| 26. |
All numbers of society occupy a number of social positions known as |
| A. | Role |
| B. | Prestige |
| C. | Esteem |
| D. | Status |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
Norms are imposed through _________ means of social control |
| A. | Formal and legal |
| B. | Formal and informal |
| C. | Cultural |
| D. | Informal and illegal |
| Answer» B. Formal and informal | |
| 28. |
A value is a belief that something is |
| A. | Moral |
| B. | Very productive in society |
| C. | Good and desirable |
| D. | Cultural |
| Answer» D. Cultural | |
| 29. |
A norm is a |
| A. | Specific guide to action |
| B. | Culture of society |
| C. | Guideline for socialization |
| D. | Guide for social interaction |
| Answer» B. Culture of society | |
| 30. |
Norms are enforced by |
| A. | Positive sanction |
| B. | Negative sanction |
| C. | Order |
| D. | Positive and negative sanction |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
Every culture contains a large number of guideline which direct conduct in a particularsituation. Such guidelines are known as |
| A. | Culture |
| B. | Folkways |
| C. | Mores |
| D. | Norms |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
Peer groups are often of a |
| A. | Similar culture |
| B. | Similar race and colour |
| C. | Similar height |
| D. | Similar age |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
Peer group is a group whose numbers share |
| A. | Similar values |
| B. | Similar play ground |
| C. | Similar circumstances |
| D. | Similar study circle and books |
| Answer» D. Similar study circle and books | |
| 34. |
Only man is born and bought up in a |
| A. | Natural environment |
| B. | Cultural environment |
| C. | Artificial environment |
| D. | Original environment |
| Answer» C. Artificial environment | |
| 35. |
Who defined culture is the “realm of styles, of values, of emotional attachment, ofintellectual adventures” |
| A. | Morgan |
| B. | Edward Tylor |
| C. | Maclver and Page |
| D. | Sir James Frazer |
| Answer» D. Sir James Frazer | |
| 36. |
The study of a society becomes incomplete without a proper understanding of |
| A. | The culture of that society |
| B. | Rules and Regulations of that society |
| C. | Arts and literature of that society |
| D. | Education and government system of that society |
| Answer» B. Rules and Regulations of that society | |
| 37. |
The process by which an individual learns the culture of their society is known as |
| A. | Socialisation |
| B. | Internalisation |
| C. | Sanskritisation |
| D. | Modernization |
| Answer» B. Internalisation | |
| 38. |
Culture has two essential qualities. They are |
| A. | transmitted and shared |
| B. | learned and shared |
| C. | learned and forgotten |
| D. | Shared and communicated. |
| Answer» B. learned and shared | |
| 39. |
The process where the adult members learns the rules and values of society is called |
| A. | Adult socialization |
| B. | Child socialization |
| C. | Personality |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Child socialization | |
| 40. |
Who says that socialization consists of the “complex process of interaction though which the individual learns the habits, believes, skills and standards of judgment that are necessary for his effective participation in social groups and communities?” |
| A. | Kingsley Davis |
| B. | HE Barnes |
| C. | Lundberg |
| D. | CA Ellwood |
| Answer» D. CA Ellwood | |
| 41. |
The agents of socialization are |
| A. | Family |
| B. | Parents |
| C. | Pear group |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
The theory of collective representations is developed by ------------- |
| A. | Karl Marx |
| B. | Durkheim |
| C. | Anna Freud |
| D. | Cattel |
| Answer» C. Anna Freud | |
| 43. |
-------------- refers to the ideas and ideals of a growth up on which the individual unconsciously depends for his ideas, attitudes and behaviour |
| A. | Shared behaviour |
| B. | Collective representation |
| C. | Group Morale |
| D. | Group responsibility |
| Answer» C. Group Morale | |
| 44. |
Who developed the “theory of definition of the situations?” |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Max weber |
| C. | Comte |
| D. | W I Thomas |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
Super ego based on the ------------ principle |
| A. | Pleasure principle |
| B. | Reality principle |
| C. | Moral principle |
| D. | Cultural principles |
| Answer» D. Cultural principles | |
| 46. |
---------------refers to the animal impulses of man |
| A. | Ego |
| B. | Super ego |
| C. | Id |
| D. | Personality |
| Answer» D. Personality | |
| 47. |
Who is the founder of “Psychoanalysis?” |
| A. | Jean Piaget |
| B. | Cooley |
| C. | Durkheim |
| D. | Sigmund Freud |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
G H Mead says ----------is the product of social interaction |
| A. | Culture |
| B. | Values |
| C. | Self |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 49. |
The members who satisfy the immediate needs of newborn infants are called |
| A. | Generalised others |
| B. | Significant others |
| C. | Strangers |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» C. Strangers | |
| 50. |
“ In seeing himself as others see him, the individual is actually putting himself in the place ofothers, and imaging what their response might be” is called as ------------------ |
| A. | Acquisition of behaviour |
| B. | Role playing |
| C. | Internalisation of roles |
| D. | Game analysis |
| Answer» C. Internalisation of roles | |