SOC401 Final Term Past Paper 1

SOC401 · Final Term Examination – Spring 2006 · Time Allowed: 150 Minutes

Q1. Marks : 1

The potential of generalization and mutual learning is a limited principle that depends only on scientific knowledge.

• True • False

Q2. Marks : 3

Economically based ideologies include ____________.

• Mercantilism • Communism • Free Trade

Q3. Marks : 3

It is important not to confuse the term minority with ethnic group. Ethnic groups may be either a minority or a majority in a population. Support this statement by narrating an example from past related society?

Q4. Marks : 1

Every society has an ideology that forms the basis of the public opinion or common sense. Being a student of cultural anthropology how will yo u describe the notion of ideology?

Q5. Marks : 1

Chiefdom grates more than one communities into a political unit.

s have informal structure that inte

• True
• False

Q6. Marks : 1

InThematic Appreciation Test, an individual interprets him/her by projecting his/her own __________.

• Ideas
• Concepts
• Personalit ies

•Realities

Q7. Marks : 1

__________is a specialized form of cultural diffusion between two cultures.

• Acculturation
• Ethnic diversity
• Ethnocentrism s

•Ideal Culture

Q8. Marks : 1

__________ is a social pressure which helps a common person to avoid censure and rejection.

• Wealth
• Prestige
• Public opinion

•Political influence

Q9. Marks : 1

Political organizations have a monopoly to use power, enforce laws and collect taxes.

• True False

Q10. Marks : 3

Local knowledge can be a holistic counter-model to ___________.

Research Ethnographies Scientific kno wledge Emic views

Q11. Marks : 3

Anation is a group of__________ sharing a common symbolic identity, culture history and religion.

Organizations Class People Crowd

Q12. Marks : 10

___________ qualities are determined at birth and are based on family background.

Q13. Marks : 1

_________ demonstrated conclusively that biological race and culture is not the same thing.

Radcliff-Brown E. B. Tylor Lewis Henry Friedrich Engels

Q14. Marks : 1

_________has a fo rmal and permanent political structure.

Chiefdoms Bands Tribal None of the given options

Q15. Marks : 1

Local and scientific knowledge are neither completely different nor entirely the same; they display both commonalities and differences. Discuss in detail.

Q16. Marks : 1

Patrilocal residence is common in patrilineal cultures. Enlist any three most common types of residence patterns evidenced around the world.

Q17. Marks : 1

___________ ensures that people have been taught their social norms.

Q18. Marks : 10

___ t one racial o r ethnic minority is absorbed into other wider society.

_______ means tha

1. Assimilation 2. Pluralism 3. Independ nce e 4. Diffusion