General Knowledge - Community and Social Groups MCQs

Correct Answer: A group of people living in the same area and interacting with each other

A community is defined by shared locality plus interaction: people living in the same area and interacting with each other.

Correct Answer: Village in Punjab

A village is a rural settlement; the booklet's rural example is a village in Punjab, while Karachi and city residents are urban examples.

Correct Answer: Karachi city

Karachi is a large city, so it is the booklet's urban-community example; a village is the rural counterpart.

Correct Answer: Two or more people who interact and share norms, values, and goals

A social group is two or more people interacting and sharing norms, values and goals.

Correct Answer: Family

The family is the classic small, intimate primary group; school, workplace, the UN and WHO are secondary or formal settings.

Correct Answer: School or workplace

School and workplace relations are larger, more formal and goal-oriented, which makes them secondary groups rather than primary ones.

Correct Answer: A group created for a specific purpose with defined rules

A formal group is created for a specific purpose and run by defined rules, unlike a group that forms naturally.

Correct Answer: United Nations

The United Nations is a formal body with defined purposes and rules; a friends circle or a village is informal by contrast.

Correct Answer: A group formed naturally based on personal relationships

Informal groups arise naturally from personal relationships, not from official rules or imposed membership.

Correct Answer: Friends circle

A friends circle forms naturally around personal relationships, which is the booklet's informal-group example.

Correct Answer: A group that influences an individual's attitudes or behavior

A reference group serves as a standard that shapes an individual's attitudes or behavior.

Correct Answer: Celebrities influencing youth

Celebrities are a classic reference group for young people, whose attitudes and tastes they influence.

Correct Answer: A group to which an individual feels belonging

An in-group is the group a person identifies with and feels they belong to.

Correct Answer: A student's own class

A student's own class is the group the student belongs to; rival fans are the out-group counterpart.

Correct Answer: A group to which an individual does not belong and may feel competition with

An out-group is the 'other' group: one a person does not belong to and may feel competition with.

Correct Answer: Rival football team fans

Rival football team fans are the competing group a supporter does not belong to.

Correct Answer: People sharing a common interest or goal

A community of interest is bound by a shared interest or goal, not by locality or by a field of knowledge.

Correct Answer: Online photography forum members

Forum members share the interest of photography; a doctors' association is a community of practice, not of interest.

Correct Answer: People learning and sharing knowledge in a specific field

A community of practice learns together and shares knowledge in a specific field.

Correct Answer: Doctors' association

Doctors share and develop professional knowledge, which makes their association a community of practice.

Correct Answer: A community interacting through digital platforms

A virtual community meets and interacts through digital platforms rather than in one physical place.

Correct Answer: Facebook groups

Facebook groups gather people online around shared interests, the booklet's virtual-community example.

Correct Answer: A structured group with official rules and objectives

Formal organizations run on official rules and stated objectives, unlike groups formed naturally.

Correct Answer: World Health Organization (WHO)

The WHO is a structured international body with official rules and objectives.

Correct Answer: Small, close-knit community with strong personal bonds

A primary community is small and close-knit, bound by strong personal ties.

Correct Answer: Neighborhood families

Neighbouring families form a close-knit primary community, unlike city residents, whose relations are impersonal.

Correct Answer: Large community with impersonal and goal-oriented relationships

A secondary community is large, with impersonal and goal-oriented relationships.

Correct Answer: City or town residents

City or town residents relate impersonally and through shared civic goals, the booklet's secondary-community example.

Correct Answer: A set of social relationships linking individuals or groups

A social network is the set of relationships that link individuals or groups.

Correct Answer: LinkedIn connections

LinkedIn connections link individuals professionally, which is the booklet's social-network example.

Correct Answer: A group with official rules and structured roles

A formal social group runs on official rules and structured roles.

Correct Answer: School class or government department

A school class or a government department runs on official rules and assigned roles.

Correct Answer: A group individuals join by choice for a common purpose

A voluntary organization is joined by choice, for a common purpose.

Correct Answer: Red Crescent Society

The Red Crescent Society is joined voluntarily for humanitarian purposes.

Correct Answer: A group where membership is imposed, often by law or force

A coercive organization imposes membership, typically by law or force.

Correct Answer: Prison

Prison membership is imposed by law, the booklet's coercive-organization example.

Correct Answer: A group people join for material benefits

A utilitarian organization attracts members with material rewards.

Correct Answer: Company or workplace

People join a company or workplace for pay and material benefits.

Correct Answer: Web of social relationships linking people within a community

A community network is the web of relationships linking people within one community.

Correct Answer: Neighborhood watch group

A neighbourhood watch group links residents within one community.

Correct Answer: Social relationships maintained online

A virtual network is a set of social relationships maintained online.

Correct Answer: Twitter followers

Twitter followers are relationships maintained online, the booklet's virtual-network example.

Correct Answer: An organization formed for recreation and shared interests

A social club exists for recreation and shared interests.

Correct Answer: Rotary Club

The Rotary Club is a service and social club built on shared interests and fellowship.

Correct Answer: Organization of people sharing the same occupation

A professional association gathers people who share the same occupation.

Correct Answer: Pakistan Medical Association

The Pakistan Medical Association gathers doctors, members of one occupation.

Correct Answer: A group of people worldwide connected by common interests

A global community spans the world, linked by common interests rather than by locality.

Correct Answer: Online environmental activist groups

Online environmental activist groups connect people worldwide around a shared cause.