Question 1

The material and non-material components of culture are often referred to as the _________ of culture.

Accepted Answer

A)  theme
B)  combination
C)  content
D)  concept C

Question 2

Impersonal and transitory interaction exists in ___________ groups.

Accepted Answer

A)  primary
B)  in-group
C)  social
D)  secondary D

Question 3

A group to which individuals refer when making judgments.

Accepted Answer

A)  voluntary group
B)  membership group
C)  in-group
D)  reference group D

Question 4

The power of _______ was based on the Church

Accepted Answer

A)  clergy
B)  nobles
C)  commoners
D)  labourers

Question 5

____ served as councillors to the royalty, diplomats and governors

Accepted Answer

A)  clergy
B)  nobles
C)  commoners
D)  labourers

Question 6

Cultural __________ are nothing but larger clusters of traits organized about some nuclear point of reference.

Accepted Answer

A)  complex
B)  patterns
C)  elements
D)  traits

Question 7

In _____ , one part of the people governs the rest

Accepted Answer

A)  aristocracy
B)  despotism
C)  laissez faire
D)  communism

Question 8

____________ is the spread of a culture pattern from one culture area to another.

Accepted Answer

A)  acculturation
B)  assimilation
C)  enculturation
D)  culture diffusion

Question 9

The Enlightenment is associated with which of the following thinkers

Accepted Answer

A)  merton
B)  parsons
C)  simmel
D)  diderot

Question 10

Sociological ___________ allows people to see the relationship between their personal experiences and broader social and historical events.

Accepted Answer

A)  consciousness
B)  imagination
C)  questions
D)  theory

Question 11

Non-conformity to a set of norms is known as __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  crime
B)  habit
C)  deviance
D)  none of the above

Question 12

The intellectual movement called ?The Enlightenment is usually associated with the ______

Accepted Answer

A)  15th century
B)  16th century
C)  17th century
D)  18th century

Question 13

Identify a slow and gradual process from the following.

Accepted Answer

A)  assimilation
B)  acculturation
C)  integration
D)  diffusion

Question 14

The basic unit of cultural reality is the cultural __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  complex
B)  trait
C)  theme
D)  construct

Question 15

?Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. Those who thinkthemselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they. Name the book which opens with these lines

Accepted Answer

A)  positive philosophy
B)  das capital
C)  the social contract
D)  the city

Question 16

_____ granted citizens individual freedoms and removed old established orders such as the churchand crown, and gave people a new perspective ofthe worldand the society in which they live

Accepted Answer

A)  french revolution
B)  scientific revolution
C)  industrial revolution
D)  russian revolution

Question 17

In a democracy, the ______ are sovereign

Accepted Answer

A)  people
B)  relationships
C)  roles
D)  positions

Question 18

___________ culture is communicated mostly to the like-minded.

Accepted Answer

A)  non-material
B)  explicit
C)  material
D)  utilitarian

Question 19

Urbanisation and ______led to the emergence of the working class as a largeand powerful body, which led to the birth of Marxism, and gave people a newperspective and relationship with the society they lived in

Accepted Answer

A)  industrialisation
B)  modernisation
C)  westernisation
D)  sanskritisation

Question 20

The spirit of extreme _____ arises when the people are no longer content to be equal as citizens, but want to be equal in every respect

Accepted Answer

A)  inequality
B)  equality
C)  neutrality
D)  sovereignity

Exam 1: Sociology and Cultural Studies