Chapter 4 Culture and Socialisation | NCERT Important MCQs for  Class 11th Introducing Sociology

MCQ Questions for Class 11 Sociology: Ch 4 Culture and Socialisation

1. A process of interaction which enables us to develop the skills we need to participate in human society is known as
   (a) social behaviour.
   (b) social interaction.
   (c) socialization.
   (d) culture.
   ► (c) socialization.
2. “A way of life in which all members of a society participate” is defined as
   (a) plurality.
   (b) inequality.
   (c) culture.
   (d) socialization.
   ► (c) culture.
3. The most important agent of socialization in early childhood is
   (a) The mass media.
   (b) A peer group.
   (c) The family.
   (d) A preschool.
   ► (c) The family.
4. Colonization is an example of
   (a) external changes.
   (b) acculturation.
   (c) industrialization.
   (d) westernization.
   ► (a) external changes.
5. The rights and responsibilities associated with the person’s social position is known as
   (a) social status.
   (b) social roles.
   (c) caste.
   (d) class.
   ► (b) social roles.
6. “The process whereby the helpless infant gradually becomes a self- aware, knowledgeable person, skilled in the ways of the culture into which he/she is born” is known as
   (a) social group.
   (b) socialization.
   (c) culture.
   (d) institutions.
   ► (b) socialization.
7. The tendency to evaluate other cultures according to one’s own cultural values is known as:
   (a) Cosmopolitanism
   (b) Ethnoentrism
   (c) Accommodation
   (d) Acculturation
   ► (b) Ethnoentrism
8. This dimension of culture allows us to process information that we see and hear.
   (a) Normative
   (b) Material
   (c) Cognitive
   (d) Non-Material
   ► (c) Cognitive
9. Identify the primary agency of socialization:
   (a) Media
   (b) Family
   (c) School
   (d) Work place
   ► (b) Family
10. Which rule derives its authority from the state?
    (a) Mores
    (b) Norms
    (c) Laws
    (d) Folkways
    ► (c) Laws
11. Normative aspects of culture include
    (a) folkways, mores and customs.
    (b) learning and understanding.
    (c) technologies and machines.
    (d) identity.
    ► (a) folkways, mores and customs.
12. Culture comprises of inherited artifacts, goods. technical process. ideas, habits and values.’ Identify the sociologist who stated this-
    (a) Clifford Geertz
    (b) Malinowski
    (c) Edward Tylor
    (d) Walter Ong
    ► (b) Malinowski
13. A way of thinking, feeling and believing is known as
    (a) sociological imagination.
    (b) social interaction.
    (c) social sanction.
    (d) culture.
    ► (d) culture.
14. The process through which one becomes the member of society is known as
    (a) modernization.
    (b) industrialization.
    (c) socialization.
    (d) liberalization.
    ► (c) socialization.
15. The process of socialization which takes place in school and other institutions is known as
    (a) secondary socialization.
    (b) primary socialization.
    (c) education.
    (d) personality development.
    ► (a) secondary socialization.