Principles of Sociology MCQs [set-9]

201. The book “The psychology of social norms” authored by

……………………….?
A. muzafer sherif
B. howard s becker
C. albert cohen
D. max weber
Answer: A

202. ……………. Are certain shared standard of behaviour or expected mode of

behaviour to maintain social order
A. rituals
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B. values
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C. norm te
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D. deviance
Answer: C
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203. Who defined “a norm is an abstract pattern held in mind that sets certain
limits of behaviour”
A. n j smelser
B. h m johnson
C. ulrich beck
D. daniel bell
Answer: B

204. ……………… are assumptions or cultural standard set by society and it is

desirable for an organised social life
A. lineage
B. consent
C. coercion
D. values
Answer: D
205. “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: C

206. …………….. are assumptions or cultural standard that define it is right or

wrong.
A. values
B. diffusion
C. adaptation
D. acculturation
Answer: A

207. …………….. is a common standard or ideas which guide members to behave

in given situations
A. culture complex
B. esteem
C. prestige
D. norm
Answer: D

208. …………………… is a process of learning one’s own culture, to be a member

of society?
A. assimilation
B. accommodation
C. enculturation
D. acculturation
Answer: C

209. ………………. refers to cultural change that occurs due to the contact with
the new culture
A. cooperation
B. assimilation
C. acculturation

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 D. integration
Answer: C

210. 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: A

211. ………………. is a system or pattern where different culture co exist and all
work or live together without losing their own cultural identity.
A. culture contact
B. cultural integration
C. cultural pluralism
D. cultural relativism
Answer: C

212. ……………….. admit the values of all culture

A. cultural disparity
B. cultural relativism
C. cyber culture
D. modernity
Answer: B

213. ………………. is something such as ark, sign or gestures, images, words that
stand for or representing something or have some meaning
A. status
B. roles
C. esteem
D. symbols
Answer: D

214. ……………….. is a cultural practice that group of people hold specified

customs, languages, values and behaviour with in a multicultural society
A. organizational culture

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 B. normative culture
C. similar culture
D. dominant culture
Answer: D

215. ……………… refers to that group of people with in a culture who follows
different values, beliefs and norms with in a larger culture
A. dominant culture
B. universalisation
C. subculture
D. organised culture
Answer: C

216. The term ………….. refers to that the culture of masses

A. popular culture
B. high culture
C. subculture
D. ideal culture
Answer: A

217. …………. means that the pattern of cultural experience and practices existed
in mainstream society
A. popular culture
B. high culture
C. cultural relativism
D. subculture
Answer: A

218. ………………. refers to that small group engage in cultural practices with in a
specific identity on a large culture
A. multiculturalism
B. simulation
C. cultural pluralism
D. subculture
Answer: D

219. ……………… is a term refers to that process of integration or interconnection

between different countries caused to change material and nonmaterial aspect of

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society
A. evolution
B. globalisation
C. privatisation
D. conflicts
Answer: B

220. 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: C

221. 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: D

222. 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: D

223. The term …………………… refers to that co-existence of diverse or different

culture with in a society
A. subculture
B. multiculturalism
C. dominant culture
D. high culture
Answer: B

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224. …………………. is the tendency of judging other culture through one’s own
cultural values?
A. dramaturgy
B. ethnocentrism
C. low culture
D. high culture
Answer: B

225. ……………….. 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: A

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