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Sociology General Knowledge Questions!
1. A biologically distinct group representing a common and distinctive heredity is referred to as:
(a) Caste
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(b) Estate
(c) Ethnic group
(d) Race
Ans. (d)
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2. Individuals with a combination of low-ascribed and high-achieved statuses often act “pushy’ in their attempt to emphasise their achieved status. This is conceptualised as:
(a) Mediocracy
(b) Double jeopardy
(c) Status inconsistency
(d) Relative mobility
Ans. (c)
3. Assertion (A): Many tribal communities are said to have merged with Hindu communities around them.
Reason (R): In the process of assimilation, it is the relative power of the groups that is the deciding factor.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
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(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (a)
4. Assertion (A): Integration is the process of creating a single unit by joining the different parts.
Reason (R): Social solidarity is conducive to integration.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (b)
5. Prejudice and feelings of cultural superiority give rise to:
(a) Assimilation
(b) Mobility
(c) Terrorism
(d) Ethnocentricism
Ans. (d)
6. Consider the following statements:
1. It is a secularised type of norm,
2. It is a product of conscious thought and planning.
3. It is enacted by some special agency or agencies.
4. It has the support of the government.
Which of these statements are associated with the law?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1, 2 and 4
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (d)
7. Mr. X teaches University students, heads his Department in the University, is president of the Rotary Club, leads a political party. All these roles of Mr. X, together, exemplify the concept
(a) Status-set
(b) Role-set
(c) Multiple-roles
(d) Role-congruence
Ans. (a)
8. “People who live close to one another, who interact with one another frequently, and who feel they have some common traits or values thej’ share with one another.” constitute:
(a) Social group
(b) Social institution
(c) Association
(d) Community
Ans. (d)
9. A formally organised group having limited objectives that are specifically spelled out and well understood is known as:
(a) Community
(b) Association
(c) Primaiy group
(d) Society
Ans. (b)
10. Assertion (A): Between the years 1618 to 1648, European population decreased substantially.
Reason (R): Between the years 1618 to 1648, European countries witnessed revolutionary change in science and technology and were passing through a period of relative peace and tranquility.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (b)
11. The second epoch of the three stages of the progress of civilisation according to Auguste Comte is
(a) Theological
(b) Military
(c) Metaphysical
(d) Scientific
Ans. (c)
12. The concept of ‘Sanskritisation’ is closely related to the concept of:
(a) Reference group
(b) Primary group
(c) Interest group
(d) Tertiary group
Ans. (a)
13. The name of E. S. Bogardus is associated with one of the following concepts:
(a) Cultural Lag
(b) Social Differentiation
(d) Cultural Diffusion
Ans. (c)
14. Assertion (A): In 20th century, there has been an increasing rate of change in almost all the dimensions of social life.
Reason (R): The technological innovations and industrial advancement upto the post-modern era have immensely accelerated the process of social change.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (c)
15. Assertion (A): The Indian society has undergone drastic changes due to the influx of Islam and Christianity during history.
Reason (R): Social changes mainly occur from the adjustment of the systems to both exogenous and endogenous factor of change.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (a)
16. Assertion (A): Law is an agency of social control.
Reason (R): It is through law that state brings about social change.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (a)
17. The ordered social relationships that grow out of the values, norms, statuses and roles. Patterning various activities to fulfil society’s needs are known as:
(a) Associations
(b) Organisations
(c) Institutions
(d) Clubs
Ans. (c)
18. Ego’s wife is his-
(a) Primary consanguineal kin
(b) Primary affinal kin
(c) Secondary kin
(d) Tertiary kin
Ans. (b)
19. Which three stages of the following socio-cultural evolution are propounded by L. H. Morgan?
(a) Ancient, Feudal and Industrial
(b) Savagery, Barbarism and Civilisation
(c) Lower, Intermediate and Modern
(d) Primitive, Traditional and Technological
Ans. (b)
20. Who has defined marriage as a contract for the production and maintenance of children?
(a) Malinowski
(b) Westermarck
(c) Murdock
(d) Taylor
Ans. (b)
21. Which of the following tribes practised polyandry?
(a) Toda, Kota, Khasa, Bhils and Gonds
(b) Kota, Khasa, Toda and Bhils
(c) Toda, Kota and Khasa
(d) Only Todas
Ans. (c)
22. Morgan listed five different form of family. Those are:
1. Syndasmian
2. Punaluan
3. Consanguine
4. Monogamian
5. Patriarchal
Indicate the correct order of their appearance as stated by Morgan by selecting the answer from the codes given below:
(a) 3, 2, 5, 1 and 4
(b) 2, 1, 3, 5 and 4
(c) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
(d) 3, 2, 1, 5 and 4
Ans. (d)
23. Assertion (A): Men may devise, develop and adopt new techniques and those new techniques may in turn, pose new problems of technological, ideological or organisational adaptation.
Reason (R): A technique, however, is never the activating force in social change.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (c)
24. Assertion (A): Social movement is a group-venture to inaugurate changes in thought, behaviour and social relationships.
Reason (R): The first organised peasant movement in Champaran in 1917 by M. K. Gandhi aimed at establishing a new order of life.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (c)
25. The descendants of a common male ancestor are called:
(a) Agnates
(b) Cognates
(c) Lineal kin
(d) Collateral kin
Ans. (a)
26. According to Iravati Karve, which one of the following linguistic regions comes under the central kinship zone:
(a) Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Orissa
(b) Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat
(c) Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Gujarat but not Maharashtra
(d) Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh but not Orissa
Ans. (a)
27. The Rules of Residence where a couple upon being married, go to live with the brother of the groom’s mother, are known as:
(a) Patrilocal
(b) Matrilocal
(c) Avunculocal
(d) Neolocal
Ans. (c)
28. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) “Dewar- Bhabhi” relationship – Joking relationship
(b) Marriage with mother’s brother – Experimental marriage
(c) Cross-cousin marriage – Preferential form of marriage
(d) Marriage with father’s brother – Incest taboo
Ans. (b)
29. Marriage by purchase is called:
(a) Arsha marriage
(b) Asur marriage
(c) Rakshasa marriage
(d) Pishach marriage
Ans. (b)
30. A system under which a woman is permitted to marry a person of the lower caste but vice-versa is not allowed is known as:
(a) Hypergamy
(b) Hypogamy
(c) Promiscuity
(d) Polygamy
Ans. (b)
31. The extended family is the opposite of nuclear family. It does not exist in:
(a) U.S.A.
(b) India
(c) Japan
(d) China
Ans. (a)
32. Who looks at stratification as an integrative principle?
(a) Max Weber
(b) Ralph Dahrendorf
(c) Talcott Parsons
(d) C. Wright Mills
Ans. (a)
33. Who among the following considered social stratification as a functional necessity?
(a) Weber and Dahrendorf
(b) Bendix and Lipset
(c) Marx and Tumin
(d) Parsons and Moore
Ans. (d)
34. The defining feature of traditional Jajmani System is exchange of:
(a) Documents
(b) Land
(c) Goods and services
(d) Money
Ans. (c)
35. The caste becomes dominant when it preponderates over the others numerically as well as with:
(a) Economic and political power
(b) Social and religious power
(c) Religious and economic power
(d) Political and social power
Ans. (a)
36. Assertion (A): Colonial policies, such as on water-tax, land-revenue and agricultural prices could bring together poor, middle and well-to-do tenants, along with lesser landlords against zamindars and peasant potentates.
Reason (R): It is not the peasant-mind or mentality, but the circumstances of peasant-life that account for the emergence of peasant movements.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (a)
37. What is the central element in class-consciousness in Marxist theory?
(a) Class and culture
(b) Class and ranking
(c) Class-in-itself
(d) Class-for-itself
Ans. (c)
38. The ‘concept of hegemony’ was coined by
(a) Antonio Gramsci
(b) D. R. Keltey
(c) L. Aithusser
(d) Talcott Parsons
Ans. (a)
39. Who defined social movement as “a collective venture extending beyond a local community or single event and involving a systematic effort to bring about changes in the way people think and behave”?
(a) C. Wendell King
(b) Robert Ash
(c) N. J. Smelser
(d) Anthony Wallace
Ans. (b)
40. The study of social stratification in the study of:
1. Social problems
2. Social differences
3. Social inequalities
4. Social disorganisation
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 1 and 4
(d) 2 and 3
Ans. (d)
41. The institution of Jajmani System implies
1. The functional interdependence of castes
2. Absentee landlordism
3. The principle of social reciprocity
4. Structural mobility
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 1 and 4
(d) 2 and 3
Ans. (b)
42. Consider the following characteristics:
1. Absence of private property
2. Unity of handicrafts and agriculture
3. Weak state apparatus 2
4. Efficient bureaucracy
Which of the above constitute the Asiatic mode of production?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (a)
43. The industrial system of production is distinguished from other systems On the basis of availability of:
(a) Skilled labour
(b) Means of production
(c) Capital
(d) Inanimate source of energy
Ans. (b)
44. Assertion (A): Differentiation refers to how things or people can be distinguished from one another.
Reason (R): Stratification refers to the ranking of things or people.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (b)
45. Assertion (A): The root of inequality may lie in economic status or power relationships.
Reason (R): The inequality based on economic relationship is called objective inequality.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (b)
46. Assertion (A): The elements of great tradition are modified, transformed and reinterpreted to suit the rural people of the little community.
Reason (R): This upward or downward process is known as universalisation.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (c)
47. Assertion (A): Automation is a common phenomenon of complex economic system.
Reason (R): Complex economy cannot survive without automation.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (a)
48. Assertion (A): Gentrification is an alarming process.
Reason (R): It drives up the value of land in the central city, making it more difficult for the poor to live there.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (a)
49. Assertion (A): As the most recent form of production technology, automation has attracted the interest of a number of sociologists.
Reason (R): Automation produces important changes both within the working class and in the relationship of the working class to the rest of society.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (a)
50. Assertion (A): According to Marx urbanisation became the foundation of the division of labour and class formation.
Reason (R): While on the other side it implies the necessity of administration, police, taxation, etc.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (d)
51. Assertion (A); Membership in caste association is not purely ascriptive.
Reason (R): Birth in the caste is necessary but not a sufficient condition for membership in caste association.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (d)
52. Assertion (A): In contrast with the caste system which is based on the principle of purity-pollution, the Estate System is based on the law.
Reason (R): Unlike in the caste system, hierarchy is not a characterising feature of the Estate System.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (a)
53. Consider the following stages of Social Change as given by Karl Marx:
1. Feudal
2. Primitive Communism
3. Ancient
4. Capitalistic
The correct sequence of these stages of Social Change is:
(a) 2, 3, 1 and 4
(b) 1, 3, 4 and 2
(c) 4, 1, 2 and 3
(d) 3, 2, 1 and 4
Ans. (a)
54. Which one of the following is an example of Sanskritisation?
(a) Monogamy among the present Nayars
(b) Brahma form of marriage among the Namboodiris
(c) Sapta-padi among the Kshatriyas
(d) Sapta-path among the peasant castes of Karnataka
Ans. (d)
55. The intra-tribal economic relations are mostly based on:
(a) Shell money
(b) Jajmani system
(c) Barter and exchange
(d) Stone money
Ans. (c)
56. Which one of the following factors is negatively correlated with modernisation?
(a) Achievement motivation
(b) Cosmopolitanism
(c) Empathy
(d) Religiosity
Ans. (d)
57. The typological cluster of the following societies is most appropriate for India’s plural society:
(a) Primitive, Pre-Industrial, Industrial
(b) Tribal, Agrarian, Industrial
(c) Pre-Modern, Modern, Post-Modern
(d) Medieval, Industrial, Post-Industrial
Ans. (b)
58. The Shri Narain Dharma Paripalana Movement was launched primarily among:
(a) Nadars
(b) Brahmins
(c) Ezharas
(d) Nayars
Ans. (c)
59. The theories of under-development and development were enunciated by scholars through the experiences relating to the area of:
(a) Sub-Sahara region of Africa
(b) South Asia
(c) South-West Asia
(d) Latin America
Ans. (b)
60. A dual-economy means:
1. Existence of black money and white money
2. Existence of agriculture and industry
3. Existence of commercial agriculture with subsidiary farming
4. Modern industry and commercial agriculture coexisting with subsistence fanning and traditional handicrafts.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1 and 4
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 4
Ans. (c)
61. The concept of culture of poverty was first used by
(a) Charles Stokes
(b) Oscar Lewis
(c) Louis Wirth
(d) Charles Booth
Ans. (b)
62. The main conclusions for managers, which emerge from Hawthorne experiments are:
1. Exclusive concentration on productivity and material by management is the best policy.
2. Personal needs of the employees are important.
3. Employees should be treated with strict discipline.
4. Social needs are important.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 2 and 4
Ans. (d)
63. Assertion (A): In an industrial concern, when, the workers do not get their proper wages, they are likely to protest and go on strikes after getting themselves organised.
Reason (R): The trade unions are formed on the basis of common interests of the workers and their organised associational efforts in the form of movements.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (a)
64. The development of the ecological approach to urban- analysis is attributed to:
(a) Frankfurt School
(b) Vienna School
(c) Chicago School
(d) Manchester School
Ans. (c)
65. The concept of urban recycling refers to:
(a) Pollution control mechanisms
(b) Relocation of industries in the city
(c) Renovation of old buildings and construction of new units
(d) Relocation of the city at another site
Ans. (b)
66. Which one of the following, but describes the pattern of age-sex structure of a population passing through a stage of high fertility and high mortality?
(a) Population pyramid that represents a narrow base and gradually tapering top
(b) The base of the pyramid is of medium size but the 1 middle portion, particularly specified for male population, is enlarged and gradually reduces at the top
(c) Population pyramid that represents a broader base and generally sloping sides
(d) The base of the pyramid is narrower than the immediate higher-age interval and gradually reduces at the top
Ans. (c)
67. Consider the following statements:
1. Fertility affects age-structure to a much lesser extent than mortality.
2. The primary sex-ratio is much higher than the sex- ratio of live – births or foetal deaths.
3. Sex-ratio at birth is directly related to the age of the mother.
4. Mortality decline does not have much effect on a population with the life-expectancy of 70 years.
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 2 and 4
Ans. (d)
68. Consider the statistics presented in the following table (Rates per 10,000 population in India):
Based on the above data. Which one of the following pairs of states will have the highest level of development?
(a) I and IV
(b) II and III
(c) II and IV
(d) I and IV
Ans. (c)
69. Arrange the following sites of ancient urban growth in chronological sequence:
1. Indus Valley
2. Tigris and Euphrates Valley
3. Yellow River Valley
4. Nile Valley
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 2, 4, 1 and 3
(b) 3, 4, 2 and 1
(c) 2, 3, 1 and 4
(d) 4, 1, 2 and 3
Ans. (d)
70. Assertion (A); Opposite to the view that the village and the city are parallel systems, is the concept of rural-urban continuum.
Reason (R): Robert Redfield has made important contribution towards developing the concept of rural- urban continuum.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (b)
71. Assertion (A): Industrialism was perceived as almost a magic formula for the economic and social uplift of traditional societies.
Reason (R): Traditional societies all over the world, accepted industrialisation without, any hesitation.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true.
Ans. (c)
72. The haphazard outgrowth of cities, often mixing land- use in unplanned ways, is most precisely, known as:
(a) Urban sprawl
(b) Strip cities
(c) Megalopolis
(d) Urban periphery
Ans. (a)
73. Which one of the following refers to the process of a city expanding and accommodating the neighbouring villages and communities?
(a) Urbanisation
(b) Over-urbanisation
(c) Sub-urbanisation
(d) Semi-urbanisation
Ans. (c)
74. According to the 1981 census, the percentage of India’s population that lived in urban areas was-
(a) 20.4
(b) 23.7
(c) 24.8
(d) 26.4
Ans. (b)
75. According to the 1991 census, the number of India’s urban agglomerations was:
(a) 3768
(b) 2590
(c) 4444
(d) 5867
Ans. (a)
76. Assertion (A): Sex-ratio increased in some European countries immediately after the First and Second World Wars.
Reason (R): Metabiological forces redress the losses of men in war.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false (c A is false but R is true.
Ans. (c)
77. Assertion (A): The median age of the population of India dropped immediately after the improvement in health infrastructure.
Reason (R): Mortality affects age-structure to much lesser extent than fertility.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false (c A is false but R is true.
Ans. (c)
78. Which one of the following practices of child-rearing is better suited for democratisation of social life?
(a) Children may be seen but not heard
(b) Criticising the child
(c) “I say, you do”
(d) Showing proper ways of doing things
Ans. (d)
79. Which one of the following political systems, can be said to be based on the rational legal type of legitimacy?
(a) Autocracy
(b) Oligarchy
(c) Democracy
(d) Gerontocracy
Ans. (c)
80. Weber’s concept of worldly asceticism includes which of the following elements?
1. Corruptibility of flesh
2. Irrationality
3. Methodical self-control
4. Economic success as a sign of God’s blessings
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1, 3 and 4
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 3 and 4
Ans. (d)
81. Which one of the following is not the part of Little Tradition?
(a) Folk-tales
(b) Legends
(c) Ramayana
(g) Marriage-songs
Ans. (c)
82. The process of induction of individuals into a political culture can be conceptualised as political
(a) Acculturation
(b) Development
(c) Participation
(d) Socialisation
Ans. (d)
83. The Indian Housing Policy was formulated in the year:
(a) 1985
(b) 1987
(c) 1991
(d) 1999
Ans. (d)
84. Which one of the following states in India has the highest percentage of reservation for the Scheduled Castes?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Punjab
(d) Tamil Nadu
Ans. (d)
85. Which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) Article 341 of the Constitution defines the term Scheduled Caste
(b) The Constitution empowers the Parliament to define the term Scheduled Caste
(c) The Constitution does not contain a definition of the term Scheduled Caste
(d) The term Scheduled Caste is defined in the Government of India Act, 1918
Ans. (c)
86. Which one of the following is the basic concern of Article 17 of the Indian Constitution?
(a) Representation of backward classes
(b) The abolition of untouchability
(c) Reservation of posts in services for the Scheduled Castes
(d) Political representation to Scheduled Castes
Ans. (b)
87. Who was the first Chairman of the ‘Backward Class Commission’ in India?
(a) B. P. Mandal
(b) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Kaka Kalelkar
(d) M.K. Gandhi
Ans. (b)
88. “Women have acquired all the follies and vices of civilisation, and miss the useful Fruit.” Who made the above statement?
(a) Beatric Webb
(b) Mary Wollstonecraft
(c) Nancy Chodorow
(d) Margaret Mead
Ans. (c)
89. Which one of the following in of the change – promoting movement?
(a) Literacy Movement
(b) Women Liberation Movement
(c) Dalit Movement
(d) Anti-Reservation Movement
Ans. (d)
90. Which of the following Articles of the Constitution protects Schedules Tribes’ representation in Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha in proportion to their population?
(a) 330 and 332
(b) 275
(c) 365
(d) 340 and 342
Ans. (a)
91. The term ‘Backward Class’ is used in which Article of the Constitution of India?
(a) 15(4)
(b) 16(4)
(c) 17(4)
(d) 23(4)
Ans. (b)
92. Which one of the following Articles of Indian Constitution talks about grants-in-aid for the welfare of Scheduled Tribes?
(a) 275
(b) 334
(c) 244(A)
(d) 164(1)
Ans. (a)
93. Bhoodan Movement was started after a violent peasant movement known as:
(a) Naxalbari movement
(c) Telangana movement
(b) Tebhaga movement
(d) Bijoliyan movement
Ans. (c)
94. The Industrial Revolution in England took place through
(a) Wool industry
(b) Mining industry
(c) Cotton industry
(d) Lumbering industry
Ans. (c)
95. Bengal had witnessed a widespread movement of the share-croppers from December 1946 to March 1947, known as the ‘Tebhaga Movement’. The word ‘Tebhaga” here implies:
(a) Retaining three-fourth of the produce for the sharecropper
(b) Retaining one-half of the produce for the sharecropper
(c) Retaining two-third of the produce for the sharecropper
(d) Stacking of the total produce in share-cropper’s own ‘khanar’ instead of landlord’s
Ans. (c)
96. In a non-violent agitation against deforestation in Gharwal, in 1974, when the forest officials, contractors came to fell trees, women literally hugged the trees to prevent their cutting. What is the name of this movement?
(a) Chipko
(b) Environmental
(c) Gharwal
(d) Tebhaga
Ans. (a)
97. Which three board types of cultures succeeding each other have been analysed by P. A. Sorokin in his cyclical theory of social change?
(a) Ideational, Instrumental and Ethical
(b) Ideational, Idealist and Sensate
(c) Idealist, Moral and Sensate
(d) Idealist, Ethical and Modern
Ans. (b)
98. The Jharkhand Movement is organised around the following issues:
1. Land and forest alienation
2. Uneven development
3. Illiteracy
4. Job deprivation
5. Isolation
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 3, 4 and 5
(c) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (c)
99. Social movement can be defined as:
1. An action on the part of members of certain organisations
2. A radical social change to be sought for by the organised efforts of the people with set objectives
3. A collective action to resist or promote changes with certain goals
4. An evolutionary process of change from simple to complex settings.
5. A diffusionist process of change
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 2 and 3
(b) 2, 4 and 5
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 4
Ans. (a)
100. The Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Chinese Revolution of 1949 took place in:
(a) Highly rural peasant societies
(b) Highly industrialised and less urbanised societies
(c) Less urbanised and less industrialised societies
(d) Highly urbanised and less industrialised societies
Ans. (c)
101. Who among the following advocated the policy of isolation for the tribals in India?
(a) Ghurye
(b) Bailey
(c) Elwin
(d) Srinivas
Ans. (c)