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Which is the oldest Veda?

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  1. Samaveda

  2. Rigveda

  3. Yajurveda

  4. Atharvaveda

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Vedas are the earliest surviving literature of Indian subcontinent. There are four Vedas: the Rig Veda, the Sama Veda, the Yajur Veda and the Atharva Veda. Of these the Rig Veda is the oldest and was composed about 3500 years ago. All the other Vedas are based upon it and consist to a large degree of various hymns from it. It consists of a thousand such hymns of different seers, each hymn averaging around ten verses. The Rig Veda is also the oldest book in Sanskrit or any Indo-European language.

Who is called the God of fire?

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  1. Agni

  2. Indra

  3. Munis

  4. Rishis

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Agni, the God of Fire, is one of the most prominent of the deities of the Vedas. Fire is central to all Vedic rituals. All the offerings in the Vedic sacrifices are invariably offered to Agni and through him to other gods. Agni is thus the primary recipient of all Vedic sacrifices.

Non-material culture includes physical objects that are visible to eyes and the tools used by human beings.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Non-Material Culture refers to abstract or non-physical ideas like belief, thoughts, values, rules, norms, morals, language etc. whereas material culture refers to the physical objects, resources, and spaces that people use to define their culture, like temples, mosques, schools etc.

"The tool created by human being to design his aims of life is called as Culture."
Identify the sociologist who had given the above statement.

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  1. B.R. Ambedkar

  2. K.R. Desai

  3. Malinowski

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Bronislaw Malinowski focussed on studying social behaviour and social relations. According to him, Culture is an instrument which enables man to secure his survival. According to him, all the aspects of culture are interconnected and there is nothing loose in the culture.

The word culture is derived from the Latin Word __________.

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  1. 'fiat'

  2. 'bona fide'

  3. 'dictum'

  4. 'Colere'

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Culture is the belief, custom, rules, art, norms, knowledge developed by member of all social groups. It includes values as well as materialistic objects. It can be said to be the behaviour of people, their way of life. India is a diverse nation but it has large cultural heritage that common ancestors shared. Our cultural heritage binds us, make us proud of what we are and what we have despite all differences. It is derived from Latin term 'Colere' which means 'till the ground.'

"Culture is that complex whole which indicates knowledge, belief, art, rules and regulations, traditions and any other capabilities earned by the human being as a member of society."

Identify the sociologist who had given the following statement.

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  1. Malinowski

  2. Tylor

  3. Karl Marx

  4. Pluto

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Edward Tylor was the first sociologist who specified that Culture is learned or acquired by human rather than being a biological trait. This is a revolutionary definition.

How many languages have so far been included in the Eighth Schedule of our Constitution?

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  1. 14

  2. 22

  3. 18

  4. 17

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The total of 22 languages are listed in the Eighth Schedule of our Constitution. These are Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, etc.

Culture and Society are the two face of the same coin.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Culture is experienced in society. It is the social bond of people together in a society through which culture gets reflected. Both are dependant on each other existence. Culture cannot exist in a vacuum and hence society is the platform for representation of culture.

Identify the features of culture from the following list.

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  1. Culture is open.

  2. Culture is social.

  3. Culture is inherent.

  4. Culture is constant.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
According to Horton and Hunt, "Culture is everything which is socially shared and learned by the members of society.”
It means that culture is not an individual phenomenon but it develops in society and shared by men in society. Without social interaction, there cannot be a culture.

Culture means co-existence because it provides opportunities to every individual to share his ideas with other.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Culture is not an individual phenomenon rather is the product of society. Man interact with one another which make social bonds and for the survival of each other, we learn to co-exist with each other so as to facilitate the peaceful living. Every person gets a chance to share his thought, ideas, inspire others or get inspired and learn from each other which makes society more stable and long-lasting civilization.