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SOC Lecture 10

The document contains 100 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) related to the concept of culture, covering topics such as values, beliefs, norms, mores, folkways, ideal and real culture, and cultural diversity. Each question is accompanied by four answer choices, with the correct answer indicated. The questions aim to assess understanding of cultural concepts and their implications in society.

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SOC Lecture 10

The document contains 100 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) related to the concept of culture, covering topics such as values, beliefs, norms, mores, folkways, ideal and real culture, and cultural diversity. Each question is accompanied by four answer choices, with the correct answer indicated. The questions aim to assess understanding of cultural concepts and their implications in society.

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Here are 100 MCQs based on the CULTURE continuation text you provided:

Culture MCQs (Values, Beliefs, Norms, Mores, Folkways, Ideal/Real


Culture, Cultural Diversity)

1. Values are:
A) Specific statements considered true
B) Culturally defined standards of desirability and goodness
C) Rules that govern behavior
D) Biological instincts
Answer: B
2. Which of these is an example of a cultural value?
A) Language
B) Equal opportunity
C) Tools
D) Folkways
Answer: B
3. Beliefs differ from values because they are:
A) Broader principles
B) Specific statements people consider true or false
C) Rules of behavior
D) Inherited genetically
Answer: B
4. Norms are:
A) Biological instincts
B) Rules and expectations guiding behavior
C) Abstract ideas only
D) Personal preferences
Answer: B
5. Proscriptive norms tell us:
A) What we should do
B) What we should not do
C) What we might do
D) What others do
Answer: B
6. Prescriptive norms specify:
A) What we must avoid
B) What we should do
C) What is optional
D) What is illegal
Answer: B
7. Mores are:
A) Casual customs with little moral importance
B) Society’s standards of proper moral conduct
C) Biological behaviors
D) Personal opinions
Answer: B
8. Folkways are:
A) Strong moral rules
B) Society’s customs for routine interaction
C) Laws
D) Universal behaviors
Answer: B
9. Violating mores generally results in:
A) No reaction
B) Strong social disapproval
C) Praise
D) Biological consequences
Answer: B
10. Violating folkways usually causes:
A) Strong punishment
B) Mild or no reaction
C) Legal consequences
D) Social isolation
Answer: B
11. The term “ideal culture” refers to:
A) The actual social patterns people follow
B) Social patterns mandated by cultural values and norms
C) Biological instincts
D) Universal culture
Answer: B
12. “Real culture” is:
A) The perfect social pattern
B) The actual social patterns people follow
C) The ideal norms
D) Biological programming
Answer: B
13. Which of the following best defines cultural diversity?
A) One culture in a society
B) Many ways of life and cultural differences within a society
C) Absence of culture
D) Biological variety
Answer: B
14. Which of these is NOT an example of a cultural value?
A) Freedom
B) Honesty
C) Genetic traits
D) Patriotism
Answer: C
15. Values serve as:
A) Detailed laws
B) Broad guidelines for social living
C) Random thoughts
D) Biological imperatives
Answer: B
16. A belief is:
A) A broad standard of goodness
B) A specific statement regarded as true or false
C) A law
D) An instinct
Answer: B
17. Folkways are related to:
A) Moral laws
B) Routine, casual interaction
C) Scientific facts
D) Religious commandments
Answer: B
18. Mores are considered important because they:
A) Maintain moral conduct essential to society
B) Are personal preferences
C) Change daily
D) Are biological behaviors
Answer: A
19. The difference between ideal and real culture is that:
A) Ideal culture is practiced by everyone
B) Real culture is the actual behavior observed
C) Ideal culture is genetically inherited
D) Real culture never changes
Answer: B
20. Which statement is true?
A) Norms are always laws
B) Norms can be either prescriptive or proscriptive
C) Norms are personal choices
D) Norms are genetic
Answer: B
21. Cultural values can sometimes lead to conflict because:
A) They are always consistent
B) There can be inconsistencies in values
C) They never change
D) They are biologically programmed
Answer: B
22. Charity and development are examples of:
A) Beliefs
B) Values
C) Folkways
D) Biological needs
Answer: B
23. Which of the following is a prescriptive norm?
A) Don’t steal
B) Shake hands when meeting someone
C) Don’t litter
D) Avoid strangers
Answer: B
24. Which of the following is a proscriptive norm?
A) Be punctual
B) Don’t cheat
C) Help others
D) Say please and thank you
Answer: B
25. Inconsistency in cultural values can lead to:
A) Harmony
B) Conflict
C) Biological change
D) No effect
Answer: B
26. Which of the following is an example of a folkway?
A) Wearing appropriate dress to a party
B) Killing someone
C) Paying taxes
D) Following laws
Answer: A
27. Which of the following is NOT a function of norms?
A) Guiding behavior
B) Establishing social expectations
C) Genetic programming
D) Maintaining social order
Answer: C
28. What is an example of a value related to work?
A) Dignity of labor
B) Folkway
C) Mores
D) Instinct
Answer: A
29. Which of these is a cultural norm?
A) Language
B) Expectation to greet elders respectfully
C) Genetic traits
D) Personal opinions
Answer: B
30. Which of the following best describes cultural norms?
A) Personal opinions
B) Shared rules that guide behavior
C) Fixed laws
D) Biological instincts
Answer: B
31. The major difference between mores and folkways is:
A) Mores are less important than folkways
B) Folkways are less morally significant than mores
C) Mores are casual customs
D) Folkways are laws
Answer: B
32. The concept of “ideal culture” is:
A) Descriptions of what people actually do
B) Cultural patterns that are desired and taught
C) Universal culture
D) Genetic behavior
Answer: B
33. “Real culture” can also be described as:
A) Cultural ideals
B) Statistical norms
C) Genetic codes
D) Universal values
Answer: B
34. Cultural diversity within Pakistan is seen in:
A) Uniform marriage patterns
B) Differences in marriage and family patterns
C) Biological differences
D) No cultural differences
Answer: B
35. In multicultural countries like Canada, cultural diversity is due to:
A) Immigration from different parts of the world
B) Genetic differences
C) One dominant culture
D) Biological diversity only
Answer: A
36. Which of the following is NOT a cultural norm?
A) Shaking hands
B) Speaking a language
C) Instinct to survive
D) Observing punctuality
Answer: C
37. Which of these is a cultural belief?
A) Honesty is the best policy
B) Gravity pulls objects down
C) Blood circulates in the body
D) Water boils at 100°C
Answer: A
38. Which of the following is a value related to social equality?
A) Equal opportunity
B) Folkways
C) Mores
D) Biological needs
Answer: A
39. Which of these best describes a proscriptive norm?
A) Be kind to others
B) Do not lie
C) Shake hands when greeting
D) Respect elders
Answer: B
40. Which is an example of an inconsistency in cultural values?
A) Valuing honesty but accepting corruption
B) Valuing work and laziness equally
C) Valuing education but rejecting schools
D) All of the above
Answer: A
41. Which is an example of a prescriptive norm?
A) Wear clean clothes
B) Don’t steal
C) Avoid noise
D) Don’t cheat
Answer: A
42. Which one is NOT a folkway?
A) Saying “thank you”
B) Wearing jeans casually
C) Committing theft
D) Greeting neighbors
Answer: C
43. The term “norms” refers to:
A) Biological needs
B) Rules and expectations for behavior
C) Random habits
D) Personal preferences
Answer: B
44. Which is an example of a cultural value related to achievement?
A) Merit
B) Folkways
C) Mores
D) Instinct
Answer: A
45. Cultural norms are:
A) Always formal laws
B) Sometimes informal expectations
C) Biologically inherited
D) Fixed and unchangeable
Answer: B
46. Which of the following can be considered a cultural norm?
A) Driving on the left side of the road in Pakistan
B) Instinct to eat when hungry
C) Breathing air
D) Sleeping at night
Answer: A
47. What happens when mores are violated?
A) People ignore it
B) Strong social sanctions occur
C) Biological harm occurs
D) No consequences
Answer: B
48. Which is an example of a value related to health?
A) Physical fitness
B) Folkway
C) Mores
D) Belief
Answer: A
49. Which is an example of an abstract cultural value?
A) Freedom
B) Tools
C) Clothes
D) Buildings
Answer: A
50. Which of these can be a source of cultural conflict?
A) Contradictory values
B) Shared language
C) Uniform norms
D) Biological instincts
Answer: A

51-100 (continued in next message): Would you like me to continue?

Here are MCQs 51–100 continuing from the previous set:

51. The transmission of culture is mainly through:


A) Biological inheritance
B) Social learning and interaction
C) Genetic code
D) Instinctual behavior
Answer: B
52. Which of the following is true about cultural values?
A) They never change
B) They guide what people consider desirable and good
C) They are always consistent
D) They are biologically inherited
Answer: B
53. An example of a cultural norm governing dress would be a:
A) Law mandating wearing uniforms
B) Folkway about appropriate attire for certain occasions
C) Biological trait
D) Instinctual behavior
Answer: B
54. What is the relationship between values and beliefs?
A) Values are specific statements, beliefs are broad principles
B) Beliefs are specific statements, values are broad principles
C) Both are genetic
D) Both are biological instincts
Answer: B
55. Cultural diversity can be found:
A) Only between countries
B) Within a single society or nation
C) Only in multicultural countries
D) Only in rural areas
Answer: B
56. Which of these is NOT a characteristic of culture?
A) Learned
B) Shared
C) Instinctive
D) Changing
Answer: C
57. The process by which culture is passed from one generation to another is called:
A) Biological inheritance
B) Cultural transmission
C) Instinct
D) Evolution
Answer: B
58. A violation of mores is generally seen as:
A) Minor and overlooked
B) Serious and immoral
C) Legal
D) Encouraged
Answer: B
59. Folkways mainly regulate:
A) Serious moral behavior
B) Everyday casual behavior
C) Criminal acts
D) Legal rights
Answer: B
60. Which of the following is NOT an example of a value?
A) Justice
B) Democracy
C) Language
D) Patriotism
Answer: C
61. Cultural norms:
A) Are the same in every society
B) Vary across societies and groups
C) Are biologically fixed
D) Never change
Answer: B
62. Which of these is a cultural ideal that might differ from real culture?
A) Everyone is honest (ideal) but some people lie (real)
B) Everyone can breathe underwater
C) Everyone eats food every day
D) Everyone sleeps at night
Answer: A
63. Which concept refers to cultural patterns that people actually follow?
A) Ideal culture
B) Real culture
C) Folkways
D) Values
Answer: B
64. Cultural conflict can arise due to:
A) Shared norms
B) Contradictory values and beliefs
C) Biological similarities
D) Common language
Answer: B
65. Which of these is an example of a proscriptive norm?
A) Always say “please”
B) Do not smoke in prohibited areas
C) Stand in line
D) Eat breakfast
Answer: B
66. Which of the following is an example of a prescriptive norm?
A) Don’t litter
B) Say “thank you”
C) Don’t steal
D) Don’t shout in the library
Answer: B
67. Cultural symbols include:
A) Objects, gestures, words with shared meaning
B) Genetic traits
C) Biological needs
D) Personal preferences
Answer: A
68. A folkway violation typically leads to:
A) Social rejection
B) Mild social disapproval or no reaction
C) Legal action
D) Punishment
Answer: B
69. Cultural universals are:
A) Found in all societies
B) Specific to one culture
C) Biologically inherited
D) Changing constantly
Answer: A
70. Which of the following best describes “norms”?
A) Random personal habits
B) Shared expectations that govern behavior
C) Instincts
D) Laws only
Answer: B
71. The value of “patriotism” refers to:
A) Love and devotion to one’s country
B) A legal requirement
C) Biological instinct
D) Folkway
Answer: A
72. The concept of “cultural diversity” refers to:
A) The variety of cultural expressions within a society or among societies
B) The dominance of one culture over others
C) Biological differences only
D) Genetic variation
Answer: A
73. Which of the following is true about “ideal culture”?
A) It is always perfectly followed
B) It represents what a society values and expects
C) It has no effect on behavior
D) It is biological programming
Answer: B
74. Which of the following would be considered a cultural “mores”?
A) Prohibition of theft
B) Wearing certain colors to weddings
C) Greeting people with a handshake
D) Saying “thank you”
Answer: A
75. The term “folkways” was introduced by:
A) Max Weber
B) W.G. Sumner
C) Emile Durkheim
D) Karl Marx
Answer: B
76. The capacity to learn language is:
A) Biological only
B) Both biological potential and cultural learning
C) Completely instinctive
D) Genetic
Answer: B
77. Which of the following is NOT transmitted through culture?
A) Language
B) Instincts
C) Values
D) Norms
Answer: B
78. Which of the following reflects cultural change?
A) Adoption of new technology
B) Biological evolution
C) Genetic mutation
D) Inherited traits
Answer: A
79. A country with multiple cultures blending together is described as:
A) Homogeneous
B) Multicultural
C) Isolated
D) Biological
Answer: B
80. Cultural patterns that people aspire to follow are called:
A) Real culture
B) Ideal culture
C) Folkways
D) Beliefs
Answer: B
81. “Statistical norm” refers to:
A) Ideal culture
B) Real culture
C) Biological traits
D) Folkways
Answer: B
82. Which of these is an example of cultural transmission?
A) Parents teaching children language
B) Genetic inheritance
C) Reflex actions
D) Biological instincts
Answer: A
83. The social expectation to be punctual is an example of:
A) Folkway
B) Mores
C) Biological behavior
D) Instinct
Answer: A
84. Which term best fits: “rules forbidding murder”?
A) Folkways
B) Mores
C) Beliefs
D) Values
Answer: B
85. Which of the following is an example of cultural “values”?
A) Justice and democracy
B) Language systems
C) Biological drives
D) Tools
Answer: A
86. Cultural values influence:
A) Laws only
B) Social living and behavior
C) Genetics
D) Personal preferences only
Answer: B
87. Which of the following best defines a “belief”?
A) Broad cultural standards
B) Specific truths held by individuals
C) Laws
D) Social customs
Answer: B
88. Which of these is an example of a proscriptive norm?
A) Don’t litter
B) Stand in line
C) Say “please”
D) Shake hands
Answer: A
89. Which of these statements is true?
A) Culture is inherited biologically
B) Culture is learned and shared
C) Culture does not change
D) Culture is purely instinctive
Answer: B
90. Which of the following best describes cultural “norms”?
A) Unwritten rules guiding behavior
B) Genetic codes
C) Personal opinions
D) Universal laws
Answer: A
91. Inconsistency in values can cause:
A) Conflict within a society
B) Harmony only
C) Biological adaptation
D) No effect
Answer: A
92. Which of the following is a cultural belief?
A) Honesty is good
B) Water boils at 100°C
C) Gravity pulls down
D) Humans need oxygen
Answer: A
93. Cultural diversity refers to:
A) Variety of cultural expressions in society
B) Uniform culture worldwide
C) Biological variety
D) Genetic differences only
Answer: A
94. Which of the following is a tangible aspect of culture?
A) Buildings
B) Values
C) Beliefs
D) Norms
Answer: A
95. Which of these is an intangible aspect of culture?
A) Language
B) Tools
C) Clothing
D) Buildings
Answer: A
96. Cultural change is often accelerated by:
A) Increased contact between societies
B) Genetic evolution
C) Natural instincts
D) Fixed norms
Answer: A
97. Which of the following is an example of cultural “symbols”?
A) National flag
B) Biological traits
C) Natural instincts
D) Genetic codes
Answer: A
98. Language is:
A) A system of symbols for communication
B) A biological instinct only
C) A genetic trait
D) Always written
Answer: A
99. Which of the following is NOT a feature of culture?
A) Shared
B) Learned
C) Fixed biologically
D) Changing
Answer: C
100. Which of the following best describes “social living” in cultural terms?
A) Behavior guided by cultural values and norms
B) Behavior guided by instincts only
C) Random individual actions
D) Genetic behavior
Answer: A

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