UGRC 229 Culture and Development Past Paper PDF 2017-2018

Student's ID _ UNIVERSITY OF GHANA (All rights reserved) B.A. END OF FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2017-2018 COURSE CODE: UGRC 229 COURSE TITLE: Culture and Development (3 Credits)...

Student's ID _ UNIVERSITY OF GHANA (All rights reserved) B.A. END OF FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2017-2018 COURSE CODE: UGRC 229 COURSE TITLE: Culture and Development (3 Credits) TIME ALLOWED: One and Half Hours (111zhrs) INSTRUCTIONS: The paper is divided into two sections. Choose only ONE question from Section A and answer ALL questions in Section B Section A: Answer only ONE question from this section. Your answer should be in the form of a short essay. Use the space provided below for your essay. Bad handwriting and poor expressions will be penalised. 1. What do you understand by widow inheritance? Recount the arguments for and against legal intervention against the tradition. 2. Advance arguments in support of African Religion being a factor in Africa's development discourses. P age 1 I 14 P age 2 I 14 P age 3 I 14 Page 4 I 14 Section B: Answer: all questions in this section. If a question demands that you select the correct answer (s) make sure you do just that. Some questions may require a No or Yes or a True /False answer. To avoid picking the wrong answer, please read each question carefully. No mark will be earned for marking two options instead of only one. 1. European colonial powers shared one objective in their administration of African colonies. That was... a. To provide Western educate to their colonized subjects b. To ensure that lost African souls were redeemed from the fires of hell c. To exploit their colonies in any way possible d. To develop their colonies for everybody's benefit. e. To create colonies that would provide a home for their European citizens. 2. Which achievement was Cheikh Anta Diop (1923-1986) especially famous for? a) His work on the black Africa origins of pre-historic Egyptian Civilization. b) His founding of the University in Dakar that still bears his name c) His contribution to the philosophy of Negritude d) His proposal for a formation of a Pan African Movement e) He fought the French for the political independence of Senegal 3. NEPAD, is a merger of the Millennium Partnership for the Africa's Recovery Programme (MAP) and the OMEGA Plan (mooted by Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal as a new partnership under UN supervision). True or False? ------ 4. Does the 'Except Africa Narrative' include this statement? Yes or No. Development works everywhere except in Africa. 5. Does the 'Except Africa Narrative' include this statement: Yes or No. Development paradigms must change to suit Africa 6. Does the Doomsday Narrative make this statement? true (T)/false (F) The solution to African problems must come from outside Africa. 7. Does the Doomsday Narrative make this statement? true (T)/false (F) There is a crisis of overpopulation in Africa but it is manageable.  8. Indicate whether this statement about Africa is true (T) or false (F). In terms of land mass, Africa is the largest continent in the world. 9. Indicate whether this statement about Africa is true (T) or false (F). Africa is the first habitat of man (Homo sapiens) 10. Maghreb refers to that part of Africa south of the Sahara desert. True or false: -------. 11. Was it an objective of the Pan-African movement to bring about friendlier relations between peoples of African descent and other races? Yes or No? 12. Was it an objective of the Pan-African movement to promote African businesses globally? Yes or No? 13. In the era of the formation of the OAU the members of the Brazzaville Group of Africanists were mainly francophone countries. True/False 14. The Brazzaville Grouping of Africanists paid little attention to creation of continent- -wide institutions. True/False 15. The Brazzaville Group of Africanists advocated for use of the Eco as common currency for Africa. True/False 16. The Casablanca Group of Africanists argued for a political union of all independent African countries, patterned on the federal model of the United States of America. True/false --------- 17. The Casablanca Group of Africanists was led by King Idris of Morocco. True/false 18. The Casablanca Group of Africanists' vision won out, as it was, the basis for the OAU. True/false --------- 19. The Monrovian Group of Africanists was Jed by Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Prime Minister of Nigeria True/false --------- 20. The Monrovian Group of Africanists reasoned that African leaders jealously guarded their countries' newly-found independence and did not need the OAU? True/false Pa ge 6 I 14 21. The Monrovian Group of Africanists' vision won out, as it was the basis for the OAU True/false , 22. NEP AD is an acronym for? a. New Partnership for Africa's Development b. Network of Partners for African Development c. New Economic Partnership for African Continental Development d. Network of Economic Partners for Africa's Development e. None of these 23. The definition of culture as "... that complex whole which includes knowledge, morals, religion, customs and habits or any other capabilities acquired by man as a member of society" is usually attributed to a) Clyde Kluckhohn b) E. B. Tylor c) C. B. Taylor d) Ruth Benedict e) Clyde Kroeber 24. True (T) or false (F)? Culture is about the way our forefathers lived their lives as members of society. 25. True (T) or false (F)? Culture is something we are born with. 26. True (T) or false (F)? Change in a society's demographic profile cannot result in cultural change 27. True (T) or false (F)? Culture is man-made. 28. True (T) or false (F)? If culture is an artefact, it can be made and unmade. 29. True (T) or false (F)? The UNDP maintains a Human Development Index (HDI) and ranks nations in terms of how corrupt their governments are. 30. True (T) or false (F)? Development is not a condition that can be imposed on the nationals. 31. True (T) or false (F)? The Millennium Development Goals tell us everything we need to know about development P age 7 I 14  32. True (T) or false (F)? The MDGs were aimed at African countries because these countries were perceived to be undeveloped. 33. True (T) or false (F)? True Development is Westemisation i.e. adoption of western ways and outlooks. 34. True (T) or false (F)? Both development and culture are about change. 35. True (T) or false (F)? The Sustainable Development Goals address more or less the same issues as the MDGs. 36. True (T) or false (F)? SDG 1 and 5 which are about Dignity are covered by MDG 1 and 3. 37. True (T) or false (F)? SDG 16 which is about Justice has no equivalent in the MDGs. 38. True (T) or false (F)? The agenda of development need not take into account the cultural context, since, with its outmoded customs, culture is not a tool for progress ------- 39. True (T) or false (F)? In dealing with the so called outmoded customs, you need a carrot and a stick. 40. Which of the SGDs is directly concerned with MDG 7, the environment? a. SDG6 b. SDG 12 c. SDG 13 d. SDG5 e. None 41. FGM has become the accepted label for (choose the right answer) a. Infant betrothal marriage b. Excision of women c. African Dowry practices d. Boys' circumcision e. Trokosi P age 8 I 14  42. Cultural sensitivity as a factor in development is based on (choose the right answer) a. Sensitivity to the nation's economic needs b. Understanding the people's religious beliefs c. Getting rid of outmoded customs d. Appreciation of the people's culture e. Abiding by the recommendations ofNGOs. 43. It is the UNDP's position that the process of widening people's choices and the level of well-being they achieve are at the core of the notion of human development. True (T) or false (F)? 44. True T) or false (F)? Industrialization must imply Development. 45. Who is Amartya Sen? a. Head of the UNDP b. Prof of Mathematics at Harvard c. A Nobel Prize winner for Economics d. One time head of the IMF e. US Under Secretary for International Trade 46. African countries are among the most religious in the world. True or False In 47-66 Choose the right answer. Mark the right answer clearly with X 47. The founder of the Afrikania Mission is a) Prophet Jemisimiham.lehu-Appiah b) T. B. Joshua c) Osofo-Okomfo Kwabena Damuah d) Apostle David Pakhathi e) Apostle Am10r Yeboah P age 9 I 14 48. What are commonly known as witch camps are a) places where witches meet at night to plan their escapades b) places of exile for convicted witches c) places where the witch doctors heal peoples d) places of refuge for people who fear they would be attacked by witches e) places where the ghosts live 49. Complete the following definition of marriage taken from Notes and Queries in Anthropology (1951) which says marriage is '... a union between a man and a woman such that children born to the woman are the recognized.... a) adopted offspring of the woman b) legitimate offspring of both parents c) legal offspring of husband and his lineage d) illegitimate offspring of wife and her husband e) legitimate offspring of both parents 50. One problem with the standard Notes and Queries (1951) definition of marriage is that a) it does not say anything about bridewealth b) it does not mention widow inheritance c) it makes marriage a thing for just two individuals d) it does not mention wedding ceremonies e) it does not mention prostitution 51. What is meant by cohabitation a) The practice in which a wife lives with her husband and children b) The practice where unmarried persons live together as ifthey were husband and wife c) The practice whereby a man lives away from his wife and children d) The practice where two sisters share a husband e) The practice where a married woman no longer lives with her husband. 52. The traditional African notion of woman-woman marriage implies a) Two women living in a lesbian relationship b) Two sisters married to one husband c) A polygynous marriage d) A polyandrous marriage e) An incestuous relations. P 2 g e 10 I 14 53. What is meant by exogamy? a) Group marriage b) Marriage involving related persons c) Marriage to a person outside the lineage, clan or kin group d) People marriage to more than one spouse e) Same-sex marriage 54. Leviratic marriage obtains a) When a widow marries her deceased husband's brother enabling the living brother to claim paternity over any children born by her. b) When a widow marries her deceased husband's brother enabling her to continue to give birth of children considered as the deceased husband's issues. c) When a woman is married in the name of a dead person whom she mayor may not have known before. d) When a man married his cousin. e) When a man marries his dead wife's sister. 55. MPs in Kenya have recently voted into law the practice of men having more than one wife. In press statements some Kenyan women expressed which of these concerns? a) Marriage to two wives is against the tradition in Kenya b) Men do not have bridewealth to settle marriages to two wives c) Co-wives are jealous of each other. d) Kenyan tradition demands that the first wife's consent is sought but the law dismisses this requirement. e) The law would make the divorce rate in Kenya to rise. f) The law would make marriage look like prostitution 56. The economic reason for marriage in African rests essentially on a) The fact that a poor woman can derive a living from marrying a rich man b) The fact that marriage makes the couple wealthy c) The fact that there is traditionally a division of labour according to sex  d) Wives work the fields and husband can reap the harvest e) Women do not have to work for their living , 57. In Ghana the acronym DOVVSU stands for a) Domestic Organization of Violent Victims Surveillance Unit b) Domestic Organization of Violent Victims Support Union c) Domestic Violence and Victims Surveillance Union d) Domestic Violence and Victims Surveillance Union e) Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit 58. Infant betrothal/marriages could imply health risks mainly because a) The young wife involved will not attend ante-natal clinic when pregnant b) The young wife involved is physically undeveloped for pregnancy c) The young wife involved does not know how to prepare nutritious food for herself d) The young wife involved does not know what herbs to use to treat herself and her child. e) The young mother involved does not listen to advice 59. Which of these does not explain why African bridewealth is perceived as a problem? a) What is demanded as bridewealth b) What and how much is actually taken c) Whether the bridewealth is beyond the average wife takers' means? d) Whether the bridewealth_items demanded are easily available? e) Whether the bridewealth items are refundable in event of divorce? 60. In terms of matrilineal ideology the following do ll1!otcount as members of the lineage: a) The mother and her brothers and sisters b) The father and his siblings c) The mother's brothers and the mother's sons d) The maternal grandmother and her siblings e) The mother's mother's sister's sons P age 12 I 14 61. In terms of patrilineal ideology the following count as members of the lineage.a) The siblings, the paternal aunt and father's father b) The mother, the maternal grandfather, and the sister's children c) The wife, the daughter's children and father's sister's S011 d) The paternal grandmother, the mother's brother son e) If you are female, your children and your husband 62. When it is said, in relation to the family, that 'you look after a child to grow teeth so that he/she might look after you till you lose yours', it implies that a) Africans habitually examine the growth of their children's teeth b) African peoples were adept at dental hygiene c) Young children and the elderly are fed soft foods that will not harm their teeth d) Parents have an obligation to meet the needs of their children and children should reciprocate this when their parents grow old e) When babies grow teeth it means their physical development is regular, but when old people lose their teeth it implies their death is near 63. Implied in the concept of widow's mite is the suggestion that a) Widows ought to give to their church b) Widows are rich but they conceal their riches c) Widows should make amends for the loss of their husband d) Widows are poor due to loss of theirbreadwinner e) Widows are unkind and will give if anything at all just a mere token 64. In the theory of the gift, which of these is not true a) Anything can be used as a gift b) Gifts impose obligations on recipients c) A gift does not demands immediate reciprocation d) The person receiving alms is not obliged to reciprocate beyond saying thank you. e) Gifts are a form of bribery and should not be condoned p l ::: b (:~ 0" 0 13 I '-'...... 14  65. The existence of a culture of corruption in a country does not implies the following: a) The culture of the country is corrupt b) Corruption can be blamed on the culture and traditions of the country c) Corruption has become institutionalized d) The country aspires to a condition where corruption no longer exist e) You can find local terms that designate corruption 66. The statement that "everybody eats ill his or her place of work' implies that a) The work place should provide canteens to cook food for the workers b) People must work if they wish to have food for themselves and their families c) Workers, despite their salaries and wages, can appropriate the company product. d) If the salary is inadequate workers can pilfer from the work place e) Communalism is a societal norm and so we all have a right to whatever is produced. END. Please leave your answer booklet behind when you exit the examination hall. Examiners: Prof. A.K. Awedoba and Rev. Dr. Grace Adasi P age 14 , 14