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1. SOCIOLOGY AND CULTURE

2. 1. In the concept of group, the
primary group is characterized by
A. personal, formal or business-like relationship.
B. intimate, face to face personal relationship.
C. the group where the individual identifies
himself and is given a sense of belongingness.
D. the group where the members are of the same
age socio-economic status.

3. 2. A reference group is typified as the
group
A. to which the individual identifies himself
consciously and unconsciously.
B. that caters to people with the same interest.
C. where members join together due to common
decisions or needs.
D. that is composed of persons with the same
interests or line of thinking.

4. 3. Social stratification is the system or
process of assigning men their
respective ranks in a society based on
A. one social stratum to another horizontally, vertically or
laterally.
B. the acquired social and cultural heritage of his society.
C. the income, wealth education, occupation and lifestyle.
D. the individual's learning's about his social position in the
society.

5. 4. Members of human groups act toward
and react to one another simply
according to
A. whims and circumstances of the moment.
B. the employed single organizing principles.
C. common interests and voluntary associations.
D. a set of multi-individual expectations that
influence and control each person's attitude.

6. 5. Eligibility for membership in a
kin-based social unit is
determined by
A. sociological rules.
B. biological relationship.
C. political and jurol arrangements.
D. mutual interests.

7. 6. Greeting behavior in a variety of social
contexts could be observed through
A. two persons merely shaking hands.
B. the way the greeting behavior serves as an
indicator of social standing.
C. through the manner of shaking hands, how
touching and vigorous the handshake was.
D. inferring and abstracting a set of cultural traits
relating to greeting.

8. 7. This is recognized as a social
sorter in all societies:
A. language
B. sex
C. age
D. kinship

9. 8. It is the important basis for
social unit formation in the
societies of the world.
A. mutual interest
B. kinship
C. coresidence
D. age

10. 9. It is the vertical classification of
people into hierarchially-
arranged categories.
A. role
B. stratification
C. kin-based social units
D. territorially based unit

11. 10. When Kamejiros' mother advised that
the best possible marriage would be to a
girl from his own village, to what social
unit does the mother refer?
A. kin-based social unit
B. age-based social unit
C. territorially based units
D. mutual interest-based unit

12. 11. The internet is cutting many people in
but incresingly cutting many people out
because
A. 88% of the world's internet users are wealthy
industrial nations.
B. it balances the user into 50-50% basis for the
rich and the poor.
C. it creates a broader outlook for all the people.
D. it gives a clear presentation as to what people
stand for.

13. 12. The rapid pace of globalization
has resulted in
A. the changing rules of globalization.
B. the explosion in information and
communication technology.
C. the richest people having more money.
D. new threats to human security in both rich and
poor countries.

14. 13. Competitive markets may be the best
guarantee but not of equity. This means
A. that more markets would have to resort to quality
products.
B. that more markets are good but there are others still
not good.
C. the more countries have benefited specially, the
high-income ones.
D. that there is a polarization between those benefiting
from the system and those who are merely passive
recipients of its effect.

15. 14. Which book would help provide the
answer to the question: Was Sri Lanka
among the top five tea-producing
nations?
A. Encyclopedia
B. World Atlas
C. Readers Guide to Periodical Literature
D. Almanac

16. 15. A place is called a culture area
when
A. many people in one place share most parts of
their culture.
B. many different cultures exist in one place.
C. many people in one place share their culture.
D. many different cultures are shared by many
people.

17. 16. In what aspect of culture
does passing culture on to the
next generation refer?
A. religion
B. education
C. government
D. language

18. 17. The process of two cultures
barrowing from other is called
A. diffusion.
B. mixed culture.
C. extended culture.
D. culture area.

19. 18. In what countries are half of
the population the poorest in the
world?
A. Sri Lanka and Vietnam
B. Cambodia and Laos
C. Maldive Island
D. Bangladesh and India

20. 19. It is the term that refers to the purely
consanguineal unilined group
whoseancestry goes too far back for the
members to trace all the links.
A. clan
B. sib
C. Lineage
D. Kindred

21. 20. This is an animal or plant species
or some other object or class of
objects with which the group
believes it has a mystical relationship.
A. kaingang
B. sorocate
C. totem
D. mamser

22. 21. Which of the following
nations has the greatest
clustering of family groups?
A. Libya
B. Nigeria
C. Angola
D. Ethiopia