Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Indian Society: Market as a social Institution

Question:

Max weber argued that buying and use of certain commodities enhance/maintain status in society, he called this 'status symbol'. Which of the following represents status symbol?

Options:

Purchase of Redmi Note 11 mobile phone

Purchase non-branded writ watch

Purchase of sunglasses from a hawker

Purchase of clothes from roadside stall

Correct Answer:

Purchase of Redmi Note 11 mobile phone

Explanation:

One of sociology’s founders, Max Weber, was among the first to point out that the goods that people buy and use are closely related to their status in society. He coined the term status symbol to describe this relationship. For example, among the middle class in India today, the brand of cell phone or the model of car that one owns are important markers of socio-economic status.