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Cultural Processes and Migration

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Cultural processes and migration questions explore concepts like globalization, acculturation, and diaspora communities. The focus is on understanding how societies interact, adapt, and move across regions. These topics appear in UPSC and state civil services general studies papers.

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Cultural Processes and Migration Questions

Multiple choice

Assimilation is a type of attitude change that occurs when a person's attitude _____ to a new piece of information.

  1. Changes

  2. Reverses

  3. Strengthens

  4. Weakens
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Assimilation is a type of attitude change that occurs when a person's attitude changes to a new piece of information.

Multiple choice

What is the process by which one culture adopts elements of another culture?

  1. Cultural diffusion

  2. Cultural change

  3. Acculturation

  4. Assimilation
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Cultural diffusion is the process by which one culture adopts elements of another culture.

Multiple choice

What are the three main types of cultural diffusion?

  1. Direct, indirect, and forced

  2. Material, non-material, and technological

  3. Positive, negative, and neutral

  4. Rapid, slow, and gradual
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Explanation

The three main types of cultural diffusion are direct, indirect, and forced.

Multiple choice

What is the process by which one culture changes over time?

  1. Cultural diffusion

  2. Cultural change

  3. Acculturation

  4. Assimilation
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Cultural change is the process by which one culture changes over time.

Multiple choice

What is the process by which one culture assimilates into another culture?

  1. Cultural diffusion

  2. Cultural change

  3. Acculturation

  4. Assimilation
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Assimilation is the process by which one culture assimilates into another culture.

Multiple choice

What are the three main types of assimilation?

  1. Cultural, structural, and marital

  2. Political, economic, and social

  3. Religious, linguistic, and educational

  4. Legal, military, and diplomatic
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Explanation

The three main types of assimilation are cultural, structural, and marital.

Multiple choice

What is the process by which one culture accommodates to another culture?

  1. Cultural diffusion

  2. Cultural change

  3. Acculturation

  4. Accommodation
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Accommodation is the process by which one culture accommodates to another culture.

Multiple choice

What are the three main types of accommodation?

  1. Cooperation, conflict, and compromise

  2. Assimilation, integration, and separation

  3. Pluralism, multiculturalism, and assimilation

  4. Cultural diffusion, cultural change, and acculturation
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Explanation

The three main types of accommodation are cooperation, conflict, and compromise.

Multiple choice

What is the process by which one culture influences another culture?

  1. Cultural diffusion

  2. Cultural change

  3. Acculturation

  4. Assimilation
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Cultural diffusion is the process by which one culture influences another culture.

Multiple choice

What is the process by which one culture adopts the values, beliefs, and norms of another culture?

  1. Cultural diffusion

  2. Cultural change

  3. Acculturation

  4. Assimilation
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Acculturation is the process by which one culture adopts the values, beliefs, and norms of another culture.

Multiple choice

What are the three main stages of acculturation?

  1. Contact, conflict, and cooperation

  2. Assimilation, integration, and separation

  3. Pluralism, multiculturalism, and assimilation

  4. Cultural diffusion, cultural change, and acculturation
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Explanation

The three main stages of acculturation are contact, conflict, and cooperation.

Multiple choice

What is the process by which one culture becomes more similar to another culture?

  1. Cultural diffusion

  2. Cultural change

  3. Acculturation

  4. Assimilation
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Assimilation is the process by which one culture becomes more similar to another culture.

Multiple choice

What are the three main types of assimilation?

  1. Cultural, structural, and marital

  2. Political, economic, and social

  3. Religious, linguistic, and educational

  4. Legal, military, and diplomatic
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Explanation

The three main types of assimilation are cultural, structural, and marital.

Multiple choice

What is the process by which one culture accommodates to another culture?

  1. Cultural diffusion

  2. Cultural change

  3. Acculturation

  4. Accommodation
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Accommodation is the process by which one culture accommodates to another culture.

Multiple choice

What are the three main types of accommodation?

  1. Cooperation, conflict, and compromise

  2. Assimilation, integration, and separation

  3. Pluralism, multiculturalism, and assimilation

  4. Cultural diffusion, cultural change, and acculturation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The three main types of accommodation are cooperation, conflict, and compromise.