Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Indian Society: Challenges of Cultural Diversity

Question:
Every human being needs a sense of stable identity to operate in this world. Questions like — Who am I? How am I different from others? How do others understand and comprehend me? What goals and aspirations should I have? – constantly crop up in our life right from childhood. We are able to answer many of these questions because of the way in which we are socialized, or taught how to live in society by our immediate families and our community in various senses. The socialization process involves a continuous dialogue, negotiation, and even struggle against significant others (those directly involved in our lives) like our parents, family, kin group, and our community. Our community provides us with the language (our mother tongue) and the cultural values through which we comprehend the world. It also anchors our self-identity.
Policies that persuade, encourage or force all citizens to adopt a uniform set of cultural values and norms are called.
Options:
Assimilation policy.
Integration policy.
Democratic policy.
None of the above.
Correct Answer:
Assimilation policy.
Explanation:
Policies that persuade, encourage or force all citizens to adopt a uniform set of cultural values and norms are called assimilation policies. It is the opposite of democratic and integration policies.