110+ Rural and Tribal Societies in India Solved MCQs

1.

Who is the founder of Rural Sociology?

A. c j galpin
B. robert mayor
C. august comte
D. george simmel
Answer» A. c j galpin
2.

What year did Rural Sociology start?

A. 1820
B. 1836
C. 1857
D. 1928
Answer» A. 1820
3.

Who wrote the book “Rural Sociology in India”?

A. m n srinivas
B. a r desai
C. c j galpin
D. k s singh
Answer» B. a r desai
4.

Who authored the book “Ancient Law”?

A. aristotle
B. plato
C. socrates
D. henry s. maine
Answer» D. henry s. maine
5.

Which are the prominent factors influence the systematic emergence of Rural Sociology in India?

A. philosophy, enlightenment & modernity
B. british administration & independence movement
C. promulgation of constitution & implementation of cdp
D. emergence of rural society
Answer» C. promulgation of constitution & implementation of cdp
6.

Where Rural Sociology did firstly developed in world?

A. egypt
B. usa
C. india
D. europe
Answer» B. usa
7.

Who are the authors of the book “A systematic source Book in Rural Sociology” in 1930?

A. comte, spencer & durkheim
B. m n srinivas, mckim marriot & s c dube
C. t l smith, henry maine & d s chapin
D. sorokin, zimmerman & c j galpin
Answer» D. sorokin, zimmerman & c j galpin
8.

Which work was considered as the milestone in Rural Sociological literature?

A. a systematic source book in rural sociology
B. rural sociology in india
C. ancient society
D. ancient law
Answer» A. a systematic source book in rural sociology
9.

Village is a unit of ………………

A. society
B. rural society
C. indian society
D. world
Answer» B. rural society
10.

Which are the prominent groups constituted the Jajmani system in rural society?

A. service caste & dominant caste
B. jajman & service caste
C. kamin & dominant caste
D. jajman & kamin
Answer» D. jajman & kamin
11.

………a society coming after the hunting and gathering society

A. agrarian society
B. industrial society
C. pre-industrial society
D. food gathering society
Answer» A. agrarian society
12.

………..is an approach analyzed Indian villages through different historical periods

A. ecological approach
B. integrationist approach
C. historical approach
D. isolationist approach
Answer» C. historical approach
13.

Who conceptualizes Indian villages as a republic?

A. maine
B. metcalf
C. srinivas
D. beteille
Answer» B. metcalf
14.

Which are the ancient texts explains about the village official structure in India?

A. ramayana, mahaharata & manusmriti
B. ancient law, ancient society & village society
C. manusmriti, arthasastra & ain-i- akbari
D. manimekhala, chilappathikaram, bhagawathgeetha
Answer» A. ramayana, mahaharata & manusmriti
15.

Who was the Gramani in village

A. an ancient village official
B. ancient village head
C. medieval village men
D. modern village official
Answer» A. an ancient village official
16.

Who was appointing the Gramani?

A. collector
B. king
C. british official
D. village head
Answer» B. king
17.

Which are the forms of villages explained in Valmiki Ramayana?

A. rural & urban
B. gramam & village
C. ghosh & gram
D. primitive & non-primitive village
Answer» C. ghosh & gram
18.

………is the small villages situated near forests

A. village
B. rural
C. gram
D. ghosh
Answer» D. ghosh
19.

Which was the local body fulfils the judicial functions in village society?

A. gana
B. gramini
C. vishanti
D. shati
Answer» A. gana
20.

Who wrote the article “Victory of village”?

A. d d kosambi
B. r d mckenzie
C. m n srinivas
D. v disuza
Answer» A. d d kosambi
21.

…………is an approach analyzed village social structure on the basis of habitation

A. historical approach
B. evolutionary approach
C. habitual approach
D. ecological approach
Answer» D. ecological approach
22.

Who are the important sociologists applied ecological approach for the analysis of village community?

A. a r desai & irawati karve
B. s c dube & irawati karve
C. m n srinivas & d d kosambi
D. d d kosambi & r d mckenzie
Answer» B. s c dube & irawati karve
23.

Which is the major factor influencing the capacity of people to grade the objectivity and subjectivity?

A. socialization
B. operant conditioning
C. social conditioning
D. economic conditioning
Answer» C. social conditioning
24.

Which is the book of Irawati Karve explained about the village community in India?

A. group relations in village community
B. kinship organizations in india
C. india’s village
D. india’s changing village
Answer» A. group relations in village community
25.

Which is the work of S C Dube explained about the complete village social structure?

A. social structure of indian village
B. anatomy of indian village
C. india’s village
D. indian village
Answer» D. indian village
26.

Which was the village studied by Andra Beteille for understanding village society in India?

A. bisipara
B. sripuram
C. guanzhou
D. kishan garhi
Answer» B. sripuram
27.

Which is the village taken by McKim Marriot as a case for understanding village society in India?

A. patanam
B. tanjore
C. kishan garhi
D. rampura
Answer» C. kishan garhi
28.

When did Permanent Settlement system introduced in India?

A. 1798
B. 1793
C. 1773
D. 1775
Answer» B. 1793
29.

Which is the first legal attempt to protect tenants from their deplorable condition?

A. lease and rent control act 1960
B. rent control act 1857
C. rent act 1772
D. rent act of 1859
Answer» D. rent act of 1859
30.

Which of the following was not introduced in India as part Land reforms?

A. rural industrialization
B. zamindari abolition
C. land ceiling
D. rent regulation
Answer» A. rural industrialization
31.

Before independence, which land revenue system gave ownership rights to Zamindars

A. mahalwari system
B. permanent settlement system
C. ryotwari settlement
D. all the above
Answer» B. permanent settlement system
32.

Which of the following factors did not hamper the introduction of rent regulation Indian agriculture?

A. higher socio-economic status of zamindars
B. oral agreements between tenants and land owners
C. demand by tenants to reduce rent
D. lack of security of tenure
Answer» C. demand by tenants to reduce rent
33.

………..the moving of social structure from farming to non-farming sector

A. agrarianless
B. non-agrarianization
C. pre-agrarianization
D. de-agrarinization
Answer» D. de-agrarinization
34.

Who wrote the famous work “Global de-peasantization 1945-1990”?

A. arundathi roy
B. a m shah
C. a farshad
D. m sherif
Answer» C. a farshad
35.

What is called as the redistribution of land from rich to poor?

A. land distribution
B. land re-distribution
C. mobility
D. land reforms
Answer» D. land reforms
36.

……………is the relationship obtaining among the groups engaged in agricultural operations

A. agrarian structure
B. agrarian social structure
C. agrarian economic structure
D. land distribution structure
Answer» B. agrarian social structure
37.

The view that tribal people should be allowed to retain their special characteristic while becoming a part of the mainstream is known as :

A. acculturation
B. assimilation
C. cultural relativism
D. isolationism
Answer» B. assimilation
38.

Who followed Marxism as a method of analysis rather than a political ideology?

A. n k bose
B. r k mukherjee
C. s c dube
D. d p mukherjee
Answer» D. d p mukherjee
39.

Which of the tribal groups of North-East is seeking a separate State to be carved out of Assam?

A. bodo
B. miso
C. garo
D. kuki
Answer» A. bodo
40.

Who introduces Zamindari land settlement system in India?

A. wellesly
B. william bentik
C. cornwallis
D. robert clave
Answer» C. cornwallis
41.

When did Zamindari Land Settlement system introduced in India?

A. 1793
B. 1775
C. 1783
D. 1762
Answer» A. 1793
42.

Which are the two classes in Permanent Land Settlement system?

A. landless labourers & peasants
B. zamindars & peasants
C. middle class & tenants
D. tax collectors & tenants
Answer» B. zamindars & peasants
43.

Who introduced Ryotwari system in India?

A. charles cornwallis
B. curzon
C. thomas munro
D. alexander read & thomas munro
Answer» D. alexander read & thomas munro
44.

Who introduced Mahalwari system in India?

A. cornwallis
B. mckenzie
C. munro
D. clave
Answer» B. mckenzie
45.

Which is the Land Settlement system with Panchayath acted as intermediary?

A. mahalwari settlement
B. ryotwari settlement
C. permanent settlement
D. munro system
Answer» A. mahalwari settlement
46.

What is the meaning of Mahal in Mahalwari land settlement system?

A. rural
B. village
C. community
D. urban
Answer» B. village
47.

Which is the root word of tenure?

A. teneo
B. tano
C. tenet
D. tenu
Answer» A. teneo
48.

Which is the meaning of the Latin word Teneo?

A. to hinder
B. to pick
C. to hold
D. to take
Answer» C. to hold
49.

Tenure explains the relationship between……….

A. landlord and the peasant
B. owner and the tenant
C. middle class and agricultural labourer
D. rich peasants and tenant
Answer» B. owner and the tenant
50.

Which are the aspects reformed by the Land reforms?

A. abolition of exploitation and land consolidation
B. abolition of intermediaries, land ceiling & land consolidation
C. abolition of land concentration in landlords
D. land redistribution and abolition of administration of king
Answer» B. abolition of intermediaries, land ceiling & land consolidation
51.

Which is known as lifetime right of trustees over property?

A. janmam right
B. kanam right
C. lifelong right
D. communal ownership
Answer» A. janmam right
52.

What are the three kinds of rights existed in Chera period?

A. kanam, karanmai & kutimai
B. janmam, kanam, shati & vishanti
C. vishanti mahatta, gramik & kutimai
D. communal, private & group
Answer» A. kanam, karanmai & kutimai
53.

Who introduced the concept dominant caste in Sociology

A. g s ghurye
B. m n srinivas
C. louis dumont
D. k s singh
Answer» B. m n srinivas
54.

Which was the earliest form of governing system existed in rural society

A. dominant caste
B. king
C. british
D. communal panchayath
Answer» A. dominant caste
55.

Who wrote the book Studies in Agrarian Social structure?

A. r d mckenzie
B. andre beteille
C. m n srinivas
D. a r desai
Answer» B. andre beteille
56.

Who was the major authority govern the region before the introduction of courts?

A. one’s own caste fellows
B. king
C. british
D. community
Answer» A. one’s own caste fellows
57.

Who is the head of caste council?

A. gramik
B. ghosh mahatta
C. mukhiya
D. shati
Answer» C. mukhiya
58.

Which is the statutory institution related with governing emerged for the first time in rural area under the British rule?

A. caste panchayath
B. dominant caste
C. community organization
D. village panchayath
Answer» D. village panchayath
59.

When did National Extension Services formulated?

A. 1953
B. 1947
C. 1956
D. 1950
Answer» A. 1953
60.

What is the prime objective of Community Development Programme?

A. economic development
B. social development
C. educational development
D. rural welfare
Answer» D. rural welfare
61.

Which is the committee related with Panchayathi raj?

A. balwantrai mehta
B. l m singvi
C. g v k rao
D. all the above
Answer» D. all the above
62.

Which are the elements of three-tier in three tier system of Panchayathi raj?

A. village, block & district
B. panchayath, panchayath samiti & zila parishad
C. caste panchayath, block panchayath & zila panchayath
D. village panchayath, mandal parishad and district panchayath
Answer» B. panchayath, panchayath samiti & zila parishad
63.

Which is the element of three-tier govern in Village in three tier system of Panchayathi raj?

A. gram panchayaths
B. caste panchayath
C. jati panchayath
D. zila parishad
Answer» A. gram panchayaths
64.

Which is the block level governing body included in three-tier system of Panchayathi raj?

A. block panchayath
B. collectorate
C. panchayath council
D. panchayath samiti
Answer» D. panchayath samiti
65.

Who introduced the concept of Universalization and Parochialization in sociology?

A. mckenzie
B. mckim marriot
C. robert redfield
D. m n srinivas
Answer» B. mckim marriot
66.

……….is a process of localization

A. universalization
B. upward mobility
C. little tradition
D. parochialization
Answer» D. parochialization
67.

…….is the process of circulate the elements of little tradition to upward to the level of great tradition

A. downward mobility
B. parochialization
C. universalization
D. little tradition
Answer» C. universalization
68.

…………is the process of the downward circulation of the elements of great tradition to the level of little tradition

A. parochialization
B. circulation of elite
C. social movement
D. bureaucratization
Answer» A. parochialization
69.

Which is the paper of McKim Marriot firstly mentioned the concepts Universalization and Parochialization?

A. village india: studies in the little community
B. little communities in an indigenous civilization
C. india through hindu categories
D. the social structure of tanjore village
Answer» B. little communities in an indigenous civilization
70.

Which are the elements constitute the village Panchayath?

A. gram panchayath, block panchayath & zila parishad
B. village, panchayath council & dictrict council
C. dominant caste, village panchayath & panchayathi raj
D. grama sabha, grama panchayath & nyaya panchayath
Answer» D. grama sabha, grama panchayath & nyaya panchayath
71.

………..is a general body of people hear annual statement of the account, Audit or administrative report of Panchayaths

A. grama sabha
B. jati panchayath
C. community organization
D. rural organization
Answer» A. grama sabha
72.

Who is the Chairman of Zilla Parishad?

A. panchayath secretary
B. block development officer
C. district collector
D. minister of local self government
Answer» C. district collector
73.

The modern Panchayath Raj system introduced in India with………………constitutional amendment

A. 74th constitutional amendments in 1992
B. 73rd constitutional amendment in 1993
C. 104th constitutional amendments in 2019
D. 72nd constitutional amendments in 1992
Answer» B. 73rd constitutional amendment in 1993
74.

When did the Modern Panchayath Raj system introduced in India

A. october 1959
B. september 1959
C. november 1956
D. april 1993
Answer» D. april 1993
75.

Which is the first State in India to adopt Panchayath Raj system after independence?

A. bihar
B. andhra pradesh
C. keralam
D. rajasthan
Answer» D. rajasthan
76.

Which of the following committee recommended for Panchayath Raj system in India

A. sandhanam committee
B. balwantrai mehta committee
C. ashok mehta committee
D. l m singhvi committee
Answer» B. balwantrai mehta committee
77.

How many tiers are in the Panchayath Raj system of India

A. four tier system
B. two tier system
C. three tier system
D. one tier system
Answer» C. three tier system
78.

Which of the following system is established on the basis of the direct election?

A. gram panchayath
B. panchayath
C. panchayath samiti
D. zila parisad
Answer» A. gram panchayath
79.

Which was the first State which implemented the Panchayathi Raj System in India?

A. assam
B. madhya pradesh
C. bihar
D. rajasthan
Answer» B. madhya pradesh
80.

Which of the following Article is related to Panchayathi Raj?

A. article 320
B. article 334
C. article 243
D. article 242
Answer» C. article 243
81.

Which schedule was added to the constitution by the 73rd Constitutional Amendment?

A. 10th schedule
B. 12th schedule
C. 13th schedule
D. 11th schedule
Answer» D. 11th schedule
82.

How many posts are reserved for women at all levels in the Panchayathi Raj system?

A. 1/3
B. 1/2
C. 1/4
D. 1/8
Answer» A. 1/3
83.

Who introduces the concept of continuum in sociology?

A. mckim marriot
B. robert redfield
C. mckenzie
D. n k bose
Answer» B. robert redfield
84.

Which is the work of Robert Redfield mentions the concept continuum?

A. the little community
B. the primitive world and its transformations
C. tepoztian, a mexican village: a study in folk life
D. the folk culture of yucatan
Answer» D. the folk culture of yucatan
85.

What is the meaning of continuum?

A. community
B. measurement
C. continuity
D. difference
Answer» C. continuity
86.

Birhors are

A. tribes in jharkhand
B. tribes in mizoram
C. tribes in assam
D. tribes in nagaland
Answer» A. tribes in jharkhand
87.

Panchayathi Raj System is based on the vision of ………..

A. balwant rai mehta
B. mahatma gandhi
C. l m singhvi
D. jawaharlal nehru
Answer» B. mahatma gandhi
88.

Which constitutional Amendments give recognition and protection to local government?

A. 72nd and 73rd
B. 104th and 73rd
C. 73rd and 74th
D. 74th and 75th
Answer» C. 73rd and 74th
89.

District level Panchayaths are known as…….

A. mandal parishad
B. gram panchayath
C. district panchayath
D. zila parishad
Answer» D. zila parishad
90.

Local self government intends to improve………..

A. both economic and social condition
B. both education and social condition
C. rural development
D. urban development
Answer» A. both economic and social condition
91.

73rd constitutional Amendment Act was passed in ….

A. 1993
B. 1992
C. 1994
D. 1990
Answer» B. 1992
92.

The supervision, direction and control of the Panchayathi Raj institutions were in the hands of…………

A. election commission of india
B. block office
C. state election commission
D. collectorate
Answer» C. state election commission
93.

The power and function of the Panchayaths are enlisted in …………….schedule of the constitution

A. 12th schedule
B. 13th schedule
C. 10th schedule
D. 11th schedule
Answer» D. 11th schedule
94.

Which of the following Article is related to Panchayathi Raj?

A. article 335
B. article 243
C. article 334
D. article 240
Answer» B. article 243
95.

Who is the father of Panchayathi Raj system in India?

A. balwant rai mehta
B. jawhar nehru
C. l m singhvi
D. ashok
Answer» A. balwant rai mehta
96.

Who is the present Chairman of NCST?

A. kunwar singh tekam
B. nand kumar sai
C. rameshwar oraon
D. harsh chauhan
Answer» B. nand kumar sai
97.

How isolationist approach treated tribes for tribal development?

A. group them separate
B. remove them from mainstream society
C. leave them untouched
D. isolate problem oriented from tribes
Answer» C. leave them untouched
98.

Who is the designer of integrationist approach?

A. jawarlal nehru
B. yogendra singh
C. mckim marriot
D. mckenzie
Answer» A. jawarlal nehru
99.

Which are the approaches taken by integrationist approach of tribal development?

A. grouping & mixing
B. individual upliftment
C. isolation & mingle
D. group upliftment
Answer» C. isolation & mingle
100.

Which are the different forms of measures taken in integrationist approach?

A. promotional & integrational measures
B. protective & promotional measures
C. protective & upliftment measures
D. welfare & developmental measures
Answer» B. protective & promotional measures
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