Module II- Social Institutions

Question 1

is a group of social positions, connected by social relations, performing a
social role.

Answer 1

Social Institution

Question 2

Types of Social Institutions

Answer 2

Family, Education, Economy, Religion, Government,

Question 3

is the smallest social institution with the unique function of producing
and rearing the young.

Answer 3

Family

Question 4

is the transmission of knowledge.

Answer 4

Education

Question 5

defined as any set of coherent answers to dilemmas of human
existence that makes the world meaningful.

Answer 5

Religion

Question 6

is also a system of beliefs and rituals that serves to bind people together through shared worship, thereby creating a social group.

Answer 6

Religion

Question 7

material wants. It is
centered on the task of making a living, the most absorbing interest of man.

Answer 7

Economy

Question 8

institution which revolves conflicts that are public in nature and involve more
than a few people is called___________.

Answer 8

Government