Which term describes a group within a larger culture with its own distinctive norms and values?

• A. Youth Sub-cultures
• B. Sub-culture
• C. Value Consensus
• D. Social Institutions

Answer: (B)

Subculture describes a group within a larger culture that develops its own distinctive norms, values, symbols, and behaviours while remaining part of the wider society. Members share the overall cultural framework but differ in particular practices—fashion, music, language, rituals—that set them apart. Youth sub-cultures are a common example, but subcultures can form around ethnicity, hobbies, or regions. By contrast, value consensus is about broad agreement on values across the whole society, not a smaller group with its own norms, and social institutions are the organized structures like family and education. So the best fit for a group within a larger culture with its own distinctive norms and values is subculture.