Question

According to the passage, which of the following statements about 'cultural capital' is NOT true?

• A. It socializes children early into the norms of middle class institutions.
• B. It helps them learn the language of universities and corporations.
• C. It creates a sense of enlightenment in middle–class children
• D. It develops bright kids into Straddlers.

Answer 1

The correct option is D It develops bright kids into Straddlers.

This question can be answered by reading paragraph 4 thoroughly. Option (a) is clearly true from the description of cultural capital. Option (b) is true as it is specified as an effect of cultural capital. Enlightenment happens because of the kind of environment and upbringing. So, option (c) is correct as well. Straddlers are not exposed to this kind of environment as they hail from blue-collar families. Therefore, option (d) is incorrect as according to the passage, Straddlers are not born in ‘cultural capital’ and hence bright kids don’t develop into Straddlers.
Hence, the correct answer is option (d).