This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Sociology > Class 11 Sociology Chapter 6 Social Institutions – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Sociology Chapter 6 Social Institutions Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Government is an example of a ..... institution A) Economic. B) Political. C) Religious. D) Educational. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political. 2. ..... passed a law that recognised SC's and ST's. A) The Scheduled Castes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. B) The Government of India Act, 1935. C) The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 2005. D) The Untouchability Offences Act of 1955. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Scheduled Castes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. 3. A nuclear family consists of A) One or both parents and their children. B) Two generations of one family. C) A single individual. D) Three generations of one family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One or both parents and their children. 4. What were the impact of tribal movements? (i) Emergence of middle class from Tribal groups. (ii) Emergence of Identity assertion. (iii) Achievement of statehood for Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. (iv) Conversion to other religions. Choose correct options from below A) (i) and (ii). B) (i), (ii) and (iii). C) None. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 5. What is this purposes that prepare citizens who will participate in the political order and to assimilate diverse cultural groups into political order as well as to teach children the basic laws. A) Intellectual Purposes. B) Social Purposes. C) Economic Purposes. D) Political Purposes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Political Purposes. 6. A family in which individual gets married is known as A) Orientation family. B) Patronymic family. C) Procreation family. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Orientation family. 7. Social Institutions are the agencies for social well-being, implemented by the State, that society has to demand better conditions for:LivingWorkingTreatmentAttention for their particular problems. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 8. Which of the following is NOT a function of the family? A) Economic security. B) Regulation of sexual activity. C) To generate new knowledge. D) Socialization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To generate new knowledge. 9. An economic system based on the private ownership of production for the purpose of making a profit A) Cult. B) Social Media. C) Capitalism. D) Exogamy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capitalism. 10. True or False?Educational Institutions exist in various forms, serving different age groups and educational needs. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. What is the role of religion in maintaining social order? A) Encouraging moral and ethical behavior. B) Controlling schools and businesses. C) Producing physical goods. D) Creating new technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Encouraging moral and ethical behavior. 12. A city government creates a program that provides subsidized housing to low-income families, helping them access safe and affordable living conditions. This action is a: A) Local affordable housing initiative. B) National affirmative action. C) International trade agreement. D) Global human rights treaty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Local affordable housing initiative. 13. The type of human interaction that involves one party acquiring and exercising power over the other A) Traditional Authority. B) Charismatic Authority. C) Politics. D) State. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Politics. 14. To manage rising prices within its economy, a nation's governing financial body decides to alter the cost of borrowing money for businesses and individuals. This action is a clear example of: A) A government agency's involvement in managing the national economy. B) A non-profit organization providing essential community services. C) A private business's manufacturing and distribution processes. D) An individual's use of online platforms to promote a cause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A government agency's involvement in managing the national economy. 15. The system or way people in a society provide and keep order. A) Economy. B) Education. C) Government. D) Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Government. 16. How can community involvement enhance integrity in local governance? A) By promoting favoritism in local projects. B) By reducing public participation in decision-making. C) By fostering transparency and trust between citizens and officials. D) By limiting access to government information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By fostering transparency and trust between citizens and officials. 17. A school district introduces a multicultural curriculum that emphasizes the contributions of diverse ethnic groups to the nation's history. This curriculum primarily reflects education's role in: A) Skill development. B) Personal development. C) Civic engagement. D) Cultural transmission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cultural transmission. 18. Descent leads an individual to trace kinship through female's line. A) Unilineal. B) Bilineal. C) Matrilineal. D) Patrilineal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Matrilineal. 19. An example of this is the Alternative Learning System (ALS) A) Formal Education. B) Non-formal Education. C) Informal Education. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-formal Education. 20. Hediyah is really careful when choosing clothes for school. Her outfit must meet the rules for her religion. She must make sure that her arms and legs are covered. She also must cover her hair, so she picks a scarf that matches her clothes and that is big enough to wear as a hijab.What social instution influences Hediyah's behavior? A) Education. B) Religious. C) Economic. D) Family. E) Political. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Religious. 21. What year Mcnergney & Herbert Described the school as first andforemost a social institution, that is, an established organization having an identifiable structure and aset of functions meant to preserve and extend social order. A) 1999. B) 1998. C) 1996. D) 2001. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2001. 22. Which type of role problem is common in complex societies? A) Role conflict. B) Role strain. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Role conflict. 23. What is the goal of capitalism? A) Equality. B) Social welfare. C) Meeting collective needs. D) Profit maximization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Profit maximization. 24. Tribal identities today are formed by the interactional process rather than any primordial (original, ancient) characteristics peculiar to tribes. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. What was an occupational group formed within the varna in ancient India? A) Rajah. B) Jati. C) Gupta. D) Ahimsa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jati. 26. In a society where individuals are rigidly assigned to occupations based on their family's traditional trade, with no possibility of changing their profession, this is an example of: A) A functionalist system of occupational specialization. B) A caste system with ascribed status. C) A highly mobile class system. D) An estate system with flexible social roles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A caste system with ascribed status. 27. True or False. Hinduism and Buddhism believe in reincarnation. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. What type of government has religious leaders ruling the country based on religious laws? A) Oligarchy. B) Theocracy. C) Dictatorship. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theocracy. 29. In a purely capitalist system, the economy is regulated by self-interest and A) Market competition. B) Tax incentives. C) Sellers. D) Corporations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Market competition. 30. Which of these is an economic institution? A) Parliament. B) Sports Club. C) Trade Union. D) Church. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trade Union. 31. Which is a function of political institutions? A) Offering financial advice. B) Providing spiritual guidance. C) Socializing individuals into family roles. D) Enforcing laws and maintaining order. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enforcing laws and maintaining order. 32. A family that is controlled by the oldest male is called: A) Equalitarian. B) Patriarchy. C) Matriarchy. D) Patrilineal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patriarchy. 33. A system of roles and norms that is organized around the sacred realm and that binds people. A) Profane. B) Sacred. C) Social Cohesion. D) Religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Religion. 34. Match each holiday to the religion that observes it:Easter A) Judaism. B) Hinduism. C) Christianity. D) Islam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Christianity. 35. Father of Indian Sociology? A) Srinivas. B) G S ghurye. C) Comte. D) Karve Irawati. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) G S ghurye. 36. What role does the government play in society? A) Providing spiritual services. B) Educating children. C) Producing goods. D) Creating and enforcing laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Creating and enforcing laws. 37. People of a similar age who share some common values would be called a; A) Voluntary association. B) Peer group. C) Youth club. D) Football team. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peer group. 38. "Enduring" mean A) Social institutions exist over a considerable time. B) Complex collection of values. C) Social institutions have a function. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social institutions exist over a considerable time. 39. In which country would you find a patriarchal multigenerational extended family institution? A) Mexico. B) Iran. C) USA. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mexico. 40. Consists of the roles and norms that ensure the transmission of knowledge values, and patterns of behavior from on generation to the next. A) Tracking. B) Education. C) Social Integration. D) Social Control. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Education. 41. What role does religion play as a social institution in society? A) Religion only affects individual beliefs, not society as a whole. B) Religion has no impact on social norms and values. C) Religion is only important for personal spirituality, not for societal structure. D) Religion shapes social norms, values, and behaviors within a society. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Religion shapes social norms, values, and behaviors within a society. 42. A national government strengthens its social safety net by increasing unemployment benefits and expanding access to healthcare for low-income families. This action primarily addresses inequality through: A) Global cybersecurity measures. B) International cultural exchange. C) Local tourism development. D) National welfare programs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) National welfare programs. 43. How is education related to social mobility? A) Education can decrease social mobility. B) Education is not related to social mobility. C) Education can increase social mobility. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Education can increase social mobility. 44. It is the basic agent of socialization. A) Education. B) Religion. C) Peers. D) Family. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Family. 45. What role does culture play in social institutions? A) Culture has no impact on social institutions. B) Culture only influences individual behavior, not institutions. C) Social institutions are solely based on economic factors. D) Culture plays a crucial role in defining and shaping the functions and structures of social institutions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Culture plays a crucial role in defining and shaping the functions and structures of social institutions. 46. The ..... ordering of castes is based on the distinction between 'purity' and 'pollution'. This is a division between something believed to be closer to the sacred and something believed to be distant from or opposed to the sacred, therefore considered ritually polluting. A) Hierarchical. B) Holistic. C) Realistic. D) Segmentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hierarchical. 47. What is meant by the term 'institutionalization'? A) The embedding of concepts, roles, or values within a social system. B) The act of building government structures. C) The establishment of new schools. D) The process of creating new laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The embedding of concepts, roles, or values within a social system. 48. Match each social institution with its definition:A social institution that manages and exercises authority over public affairs A) Economy. B) Religion. C) Government. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Government. 49. Refers to the various ways through which knowledge is passed on to the other members of the society. A) Education. B) Schooling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Education. 50. Generally, people will marry someone similar to themselves. This is considered ..... A) Exogamy. B) Heterogamy. C) Polygamy. D) Homogamy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Homogamy. 51. How do social institutions influence behavior? A) Social institutions are solely responsible for biological instincts. B) Social institutions have no impact on individual behavior. C) Social institutions influence behavior by establishing norms and values that guide individual actions and interactions. D) Social institutions only affect economic outcomes, not behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social institutions influence behavior by establishing norms and values that guide individual actions and interactions. 52. When people follow traffic rules, which institution's role is being respected? A) Family. B) Political. C) Religious. D) Educational. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political. 53. Formal education that involves by specially trained teachers with official policies is called A) Schooling. B) Home schooling. C) School choice. D) Tracking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schooling. 54. Which statement is true about the relationship between different social institutions? A) They work separately and never influence each other. B) They are independent and isolated. C) They interact and depend on one another. D) They always create conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They interact and depend on one another. 55. There are ..... symbols of Sikh identity. A) 1. B) 5. C) 3. D) 2. E) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5. 56. What were varnas? A) Buddhist mound. B) Social classes. C) Warriors. D) Commoners. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social classes. 57. It is the transfer of skills, values, and patterns of behavior to younger generations A) Socialization. B) Social Integration. C) Social Placement. D) Social Innovation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Socialization. 58. Political system in which a ruler with absolute power attempts to control all aspects of society A) Capitalism. B) Totalitarianism. C) Socialism. D) Representative government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Totalitarianism. 59. Which of the following is true for caste? A) It is not linked to occupations. B) It is endogamous. C) It is a choice. D) It is based on egalitarianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is endogamous. 60. ..... is the group that possesses the ability to discriminate by virtue of its greater power, privilege, and social status in a society. A) Minority group. B) Ethnic group. C) Dominant group. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dominant group. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesArts Humanities QuizzesClass 11 QuizzesClass 11 Sociology Chapter 6 Social Institutions Quiz 1Class 11 Sociology Chapter 6 Social Institutions Quiz 2Class 11 Sociology Chapter 6 Social Institutions Quiz 3Class 11 Sociology Chapter 6 Social Institutions Quiz 4Class 11 Sociology Chapter 6 Social Institutions Quiz 6Class 11 Sociology Chapter 6 Social Institutions Quiz 7Class 11 Sociology Chapter 6 Social Institutions Quiz 8Class 11 Sociology Chapter 6 Social Institutions Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books