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401. |
…………..is the holistic "science of man," - a science of the totality of human existence. |
A. | Anthropology |
B. | Political Science |
C. | Economics |
D. | History |
Answer» A. Anthropology |
402. |
Who described socio-cultural anthropology as "the most scientific of the humanities, and the most humanistic of the sciences?" |
A. | Eric Wolf |
B. | Lionel Robbins |
C. | Auguste Comte |
D. | Adam Smith |
Answer» A. Eric Wolf |
403. |
The goal of ………….is to provide a holistic account of humans and human nature. |
A. | Anthropology |
B. | Economics |
C. | Political Science |
D. | Environmental Science |
Answer» A. Anthropology |
404. |
. ……………is a social science that seeks to analyze and describe the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth. |
A. | Economics |
B. | Anthropology |
C. | Political Science |
D. | Environmental Science |
Answer» A. Economics |
405. |
Who attempt to understand the earth in terms of physical and spatial relationships? |
A. | Geographers |
B. | Historians |
C. | Politicians |
D. | Sociologists |
Answer» A. Geographers |
406. |
…………..is the continuous, systematic narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the study of all events in time, in relation to humanity. |
A. | Political Science |
B. | Economics |
C. | History |
D. | Environmental Science |
Answer» C. History |
407. |
What investigates the cognitive and social aspects of human language? |
A. | History |
B. | Syntax |
C. | Linguistics |
D. | Sociology |
Answer» C. Linguistics |
408. |
………….is the study of the rules that govern the structure of sentences. |
A. | Morphology |
B. | semantics |
C. | Syntax |
D. | Phonology |
Answer» C. Syntax |
409. |
………….. is the study of meaning. |
A. | semantics |
B. | Syntax |
C. | Morphology |
D. | Phonology |
Answer» A. semantics |
410. |
……………. is the study of the structure of words. |
A. | Morphology |
B. | Semantics |
C. | Phonology |
D. | Archaeology |
Answer» A. Morphology |
411. |
…………. is the study of speech sounds. |
A. | Phonetics |
B. | Syntax |
C. | Morphology |
D. | Semantics |
Answer» A. Phonetics |
412. |
…………… is the study of the abstract sound system of a particular language. |
A. | Phonology |
B. | Syntax |
C. | semantics |
D. | Morphology |
Answer» A. Phonology |
413. |
The Study of Administration was written by …………… |
A. | Woodrow Wilson |
B. | Max Weber |
C. | Georg Simmel |
D. | Comte |
Answer» A. Woodrow Wilson |
414. |
Sociology was originally established by ……………….. |
A. | Ranke |
B. | Niebuhr |
C. | Auguste Comte |
D. | Adam Smith |
Answer» C. Auguste Comte |
415. |
Who is generally regarded as the "Father of Sociology”? |
A. | David Ricardo |
B. | Adam Smith |
C. | Alfred Marshall |
D. | Comte |
Answer» D. Comte |
416. |
………….is the craft of conveying news, descriptive material and comment via a widening spectrum of media. |
A. | Economics |
B. | social science |
C. | Library Science |
D. | Journalism |
Answer» D. Journalism |
417. |
The term "social science" first appeared in ……………. |
A. | 1804 |
B. | 1809 |
C. | 1814 |
D. | 1824 |
Answer» D. 1824 |
418. |
The Luddite movement in ……………..had disintegrated by 1817. |
A. | Italy |
B. | Germany |
C. | France |
D. | England |
Answer» D. England |
419. |
Until the publication of the …………..in 1833, the poor social conditions in Britain went largely ignored by the ruling classes. |
A. | Sadler Report |
B. | Hunter Commission Report |
C. | Health Act |
D. | Apprentices Act |
Answer» A. Sadler Report |
420. |
Health and Morals of Apprentices Act was passed in …………….. |
A. | 1702 |
B. | 1765 |
C. | 1789 |
D. | 1802 |
Answer» D. 1802 |
421. |
………………… insisted that Women and young persons were to work no more than 10 hours per day. |
A. | Factory Act of 1847 |
B. | Factory Act of 1833 |
C. | Factory Act of 1844 |
D. | Factory Act of 1850 |
Answer» A. Factory Act of 1847 |
422. |
………………….. Insisted that Women and young persons to work in factories only between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. or 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. |
A. | Factory Act of 1850 |
B. | Factory Act of 1856 |
C. | Factory Act of 1833 |
D. | Factory Act of 1844 |
Answer» A. Factory Act of 1850 |
423. |
……… Insisted that Children were only to work during the same hours as women and young persons. |
A. | Factory Act of 1853 |
B. | Factory Act of 1833 |
C. | Factory Act of 1844 |
D. | Factory Act of 1850 |
Answer» A. Factory Act of 1853 |
424. |
The dissent and insubordination of the ……………workingmen reached its peak in the mid- 19th with Chartism, an ideology that called for political reform in the country. |
A. | English |
B. | German |
C. | French |
D. | Dutch |
Answer» A. English |
425. |
The People's Charter, a document was written in 1838 by…………… |
A. | William Lovett |
B. | Gladstone |
C. | Disraeli |
D. | Robert Peel |
Answer» A. William Lovett |
426. |
……………….attempted to revive Chartism in 1840 by founding the National Charter Association. |
A. | Fergus O’Connor |
B. | Machiavelli |
C. | Thomas Hobbes |
D. | Robert Owen |
Answer» A. Fergus O’Connor |
427. |
……………………..Emphasized rationalism, importance of individual happiness. |
A. | Socialism |
B. | Communism |
C. | Concervatism |
D. | Liberalism bbbbbbbb |
Answer» A. Socialism |
428. |
……………………believed that human rights would be lost if government intervened |
A. | Liberals |
B. | Socialists |
C. | Communists |
D. | Conservatists |
Answer» A. Liberals |
429. |
…………………..reflected views of landed upper class. |
A. | The Syndicalism |
B. | Conservatism |
C. | Empiricism |
D. | Marxism |
Answer» B. Conservatism |
430. |
………………was a French-born aristocrat, renounced his title and supported the French Revolution. |
A. | Robert Owen |
B. | St-Simon |
C. | Karl Marx |
D. | John Locke |
Answer» B. St-Simon |
431. |
………………wished to establish "Phalanxes," self-sufficient communities where people would live according to their natural inclinations. |
A. | Karl Marx |
B. | Charles Fourier |
C. | August Comte |
D. | John Locke |
Answer» B. Charles Fourier |
432. |
…………….was an English-born entrepreneur turned socialist. |
A. | Karl Marx |
B. | Robert Owen |
C. | August Comte |
D. | Francis Bacon |
Answer» B. Robert Owen |
433. |
Who was called the "Father of British Socialism? |
A. | Karl Marx |
B. | Robert Owen |
C. | August Comte |
D. | Thomas Hobbes |
Answer» B. Robert Owen |
434. |
Karl Marx was a …………..-born academic and political philosopher |
A. | German |
B. | Spanish |
C. | French |
D. | British |
Answer» A. German |
435. |
In 1843 Marx went to ……………where he befriended Friedrich Engels. |
A. | Oxford |
B. | Paris |
C. | Cambridge |
D. | Bologna |
Answer» B. Paris |
436. |
Marx and Friedrich Engels published the …………….in 1848 which became the definitive text for socialism and communism. |
A. | Communist Manifesto |
B. | Das Capital |
C. | Utopia |
D. | ‘the Annals of Agriculture’ |
Answer» A. Communist Manifesto |
437. |
In 1867, Marx produced………………, which linked economics to history. |
A. | Das Capital |
B. | Communist Manifesto |
C. | Utopia |
D. | ‘the Annals of Agriculture’ |
Answer» A. Das Capital |
438. |
Arthur Young was an ……………..writer on agriculture and social economy |
A. | German |
B. | English |
C. | Portuguese |
D. | French |
Answer» B. English |
439. |
The year of the French Revolution was……………. |
A. | 1689 |
B. | 1709 |
C. | 1789 |
D. | 1798 |
Answer» C. 1789 |
440. |
Who published a pamphlet ‘On the War in North America’? |
A. | August Comte |
B. | Robert Owen |
C. | Arthur Young |
D. | Thomas Hobbes |
Answer» C. Arthur Young |
441. |
In 1761 Arthur Young went to London and started a periodical work, entitled……………, which was dropped by the advice of Samuel Johnson. |
A. | The Universal Museum |
B. | Utopia |
C. | Socialism |
D. | Communism |
Answer» A. The Universal Museum |
442. |
Who engaged in various experiments, and embodied the results of them in ‘A Course of Experimental Agriculture’ (1770)? |
A. | John Locke |
B. | August Comte |
C. | Arthur Young |
D. | Thomas Hobbes |
Answer» C. Arthur Young |
443. |
Who published the Farmer's Letters to the People of England (1768)? |
A. | Thomas Hobbes |
B. | Robert Owen |
C. | Arthur Young |
D. | Francis Bacon |
Answer» C. Arthur Young |
444. |
Who was the author of ‘the Farmer's Calendar’? |
A. | Francis Bacon |
B. | August Comte |
C. | Arthur Young |
D. | Descartes |
Answer» C. Arthur Young |
445. |
Who wrote ‘Political Arithmetic’? |
A. | Thomas Hobbes |
B. | Robert Owen |
C. | Arthur Young |
D. | Francis Bacon |
Answer» C. Arthur Young |
446. |
Arthur Young published ‘the Annals of Agriculture’ in …………….. |
A. | 1784 |
B. | 1794 |
C. | 1854 |
D. | 1884 |
Answer» A. 1784 |
447. |
Who published ‘the Annals of Agriculture’ in 1784? |
A. | Francis Bacon |
B. | August Comte |
C. | Arthur Young |
D. | Descartes |
Answer» C. Arthur Young |
448. |
Who was regarded as farmer George? |
A. | George I |
B. | George II |
C. | George III |
D. | George IV |
Answer» C. George III |
449. |
‘The Example of France a Warning to England’ was written by ………….. |
A. | Francis Bacon |
B. | August Comte |
C. | John Locke |
D. | Arthur Young |
Answer» D. Arthur Young |
450. |
…………….in 1834 wrote The French Revolution: A History. |
A. | Francis Bacon |
B. | Thomas Hobbes |
C. | Descartes |
D. | Thomas Carlyle |
Answer» D. Thomas Carlyle |
451. |
George III belonged to the …………….dynasty. |
A. | Stuart |
B. | Bourbon |
C. | Hapsburg |
D. | Hanoverian |
Answer» D. Hanoverian |
452. |
Who wrote ‘The History of the Decline and fall of the Roman Empire’? |
A. | Francis Bacon |
B. | Robert Owen |
C. | Thomas Hobbes |
D. | Edward Gibbon |
Answer» D. Edward Gibbon |
453. |
In the Annual Register for 1772 Burke condemned the Partition of ………….. |
A. | Russia |
B. | Portugal |
C. | England |
D. | Poland |
Answer» D. Poland |
454. |
………….wrote ‘the Reflections on the Revolution in France’. |
A. | Descartes |
B. | John Locke |
C. | Thomas Hobbes |
D. | Edmund Burke |
Answer» D. Edmund Burke |
455. |
……………is "the science of contextualization" often used in the field of social sciences— particularly in anthropology. |
A. | Enlightenment |
B. | History |
C. | Sociology |
D. | Ethnography |
Answer» D. Ethnography |
456. |
…………. study schooling, public health, rural and urban development, consumers and consumer goods, any human arena. |
A. | Historians |
B. | sociologists |
C. | Anthropologists |
D. | Ethnographers |
Answer» D. Ethnographers |
457. |
…………..is the study of humanity. |
A. | Economics |
B. | Sociology |
C. | Ethnography |
D. | Anthropology |
Answer» D. Anthropology |
458. |
……………..is the study of society. |
A. | Economics |
B. | Ethnography |
C. | Anthropology |
D. | Sociology |
Answer» D. Sociology |
459. |
…………colonialism, or imperialism, began in the 15th century with the "Age of Discovery", led by Portuguese. |
A. | European |
B. | African |
C. | Asian |
D. | Latin American |
Answer» A. European |
460. |
The end of the 18th and early 19th century saw the first era of ………….. |
A. | Decolonization |
B. | colonization |
C. | Individualism |
D. | Cartesianism |
Answer» A. Decolonization |
461. |
…………are the priests and are considered to be the uppermost caste. |
A. | The Brahmans |
B. | Kshatriyas |
C. | Vaisyas |
D. | Sudras |
Answer» A. The Brahmans |
462. |
The Kshatriyas are the …………………. |
A. | Warriors |
B. | Priests |
C. | Business class |
D. | Working class |
Answer» A. Warriors |
463. |
………………are the business class. |
A. | Vaisyas |
B. | Brahmans |
C. | Kshatriyas |
D. | Sudras |
Answer» A. Vaisyas |
464. |
………………. are the working class |
A. | The Sudras |
B. | Kshatriyas |
C. | Vaisyas |
D. | Brahmans |
Answer» A. The Sudras |
465. |
India is mostly a patriarchal set-up, with the ……………..having control over the family unit. |
A. | Father |
B. | Mother |
C. | Sister |
D. | Son |
Answer» A. Father |
466. |
The Negrito has physical features similar to people of ………… |
A. | America |
B. | Britiain |
C. | Africa |
D. | Holland |
Answer» C. Africa |
467. |
The Mongoloid have ……………….features. |
A. | Indian |
B. | French |
C. | Chinese |
D. | Dutch |
Answer» C. Chinese |
468. |
The Austroloids have features similar the aboriginals of …………….. |
A. | Australia |
B. | Austria |
C. | America |
D. | Spain |
Answer» A. Australia |
469. |
…………..depicts a ranking system of human groups based on hereditary and occupation. |
A. | Rationalization |
B. | The caste system |
C. | Secularization |
D. | Matrilineal |
Answer» B. The caste system |
470. |
Members of the highest priestly castes, the…………., are generally vegetarians |
A. | Brahmins |
B. | The Sudras |
C. | Kshatriyas |
D. | Vaisyas |
Answer» A. Brahmins |
471. |
High-ranking ……………however, typically consume no vegetarian diets, considered appropriate for their traditions of valor and physical strength. |
A. | Kshatriyas |
B. | Brahmins |
C. | Vaisyas |
D. | Sudras |
Answer» A. Kshatriyas |
472. |
Matrilineal societies are societies in which descent is traced through ………….rather than through fathers. |
A. | Fathers |
B. | Mothers |
C. | Sons |
D. | Sisters |
Answer» B. Mothers |
473. |
In …………..societies, property is often passed from mothers to daughters and the custom of matrilocal residence may be practiced. |
A. | Patrilineal |
B. | Matrilineal |
C. | Capitalist |
D. | Socialist |
Answer» B. Matrilineal |
474. |
In …………societies, the descendants of men are their sister's children and not their own, which belong to their mother's matrilineage. |
A. | Patrilineal |
B. | Matrilineal |
C. | Socialist |
D. | Capitalist |
Answer» B. Matrilineal |
475. |
…………is the festival that symbolizes the victory of good over evil, and lamps are lit as a sign of celebration and hope for mankind. |
A. | Diwali |
B. | Ganesh Chaturthi |
C. | Holi |
D. | Navaratri |
Answer» A. Diwali |
476. |
Diwali is the corruption of the Sanskrit word `Deepavali`, which means …………. |
A. | Rows of lights |
B. | Festival of colours |
C. | Festival of numbers |
D. | Festival of darkness |
Answer» A. Rows of lights |
477. |
Diwali usually falls in the month of ………………….. |
A. | August-September |
B. | October-November |
C. | Jauary-February |
D. | April-May |
Answer» B. October-November |
478. |
Diwali is a …………festival. |
A. | two day |
B. | three day |
C. | five day |
D. | seven day |
Answer» C. five day |
479. |
…………..is celebrated to honour the return of Rama and Sita to their kingdom of Ayodhya, after fourteen years of exile. |
A. | Holi |
B. | Ganesh Chaturthi |
C. | Diwali |
D. | Navaratri |
Answer» C. Diwali |
480. |
The spectacular ……………Ganesh Chaturthi festival honors the birth of the beloved Hindu elephant-headed god, Lord Ganesha. |
A. | Three day |
B. | Five day |
C. | Eleven day |
D. | Nine day |
Answer» C. Eleven day |
481. |
The darkest hour is just before the dawn`; a saying which truly signifies the Indian festival called …………… |
A. | Holi |
B. | Ganesh Chaturthi |
C. | Navaratri |
D. | Onam |
Answer» A. Holi |
482. |
………….symbolizes dawn, light, life, a surge of energy. |
A. | onam |
B. | Ganesh Chaturthi |
C. | Holi |
D. | Navaratri |
Answer» C. Holi |
483. |
………………is a festival which begins at night suggests destruction of evil and a hope of good. |
A. | Navaratri |
B. | Ganesh Chaturthi |
C. | Holi |
D. | Onam |
Answer» C. Holi |
484. |
………….. is described beautifully in the 7th century play Ratnavali written by Harshdev. |
A. | Ganesh Chaturthi |
B. | Navaratri |
C. | Holi |
D. | Onam |
Answer» C. Holi |
485. |
………………is called Madanotsav by Mahakavi Kalidas. |
A. | Diwali |
B. | Ganesh Chaturthi |
C. | Holi |
D. | Onam |
Answer» C. Holi |
486. |
The Bhavbooti in his play `Maltic Madhav` stated that King happily celebrated ……………with his subjects. |
A. | Navaratri |
B. | Ganesh Chaturthi |
C. | Holi |
D. | Diwali |
Answer» C. Holi |
487. |
The first nine days of the festival are known as…………, and are filled with dance in honor of the Mother Goddess. |
A. | Diwali |
B. | Durga Puja |
C. | Navaratri |
D. | onam |
Answer» C. Navaratri |
488. |
………….is devoted to celebrating the defeat of the demon king Ravana by Lord Rama. |
A. | Navaratri |
B. | Krishna Janmashtami |
C. | Ganesh Chaturthi |
D. | Dussehra |
Answer» D. Dussehra |
489. |
Onam Pookalam starts from ……………star and ends on Onam. |
A. | Chathayam |
B. | pooradam |
C. | Uthradam |
D. | Atham |
Answer» D. Atham |
490. |
…………….is a harvest festival |
A. | Durga Puja |
B. | Ganesh Chaturthi |
C. | Navaratri |
D. | Onam |
Answer» D. Onam |
491. |
A grand meal is prepared on the day of Thiru Onam. It is on this day that ………..'s spirit visits Kerala. |
A. | Maveli |
B. | Krishnan |
C. | Raman |
D. | Vamanan |
Answer» A. Maveli |
492. |
Snake Boat Race or Vallamkali is the most astonishing sight from the panorama of …………. |
A. | Durga Puja |
B. | Ganesh Chaturthi |
C. | Navaratri |
D. | Onam |
Answer» D. Onam |
493. |
Thiruvathira kali is one of the main dances for ………………. |
A. | Onam |
B. | Ganesh Chaturthi |
C. | Navaratri |
D. | Durga Puja |
Answer» D. Durga Puja |
494. |
Kummattikkali is a spectacular folk art form, which is performed during the ………….season |
A. | Navaratri |
B. | Vishu |
C. | Ganesh Chaturthi |
D. | Onam |
Answer» D. Onam |
495. |
Pulikali is a colorful recreational folk art from the state of…………….. |
A. | Karnataka |
B. | Andhra |
C. | Delhi |
D. | Kerala |
Answer» D. Kerala |
496. |
The enlightenment thinkers stressed the importance of …………….and rationality as the ways of organizing knowledge. |
A. | Reason |
B. | Deduction |
C. | Idealism |
D. | Romanticism |
Answer» A. Reason |
497. |
Thomas Hobbes was an …………………philosopher, who is credited to have established the foundation for modern political philosophy from the perspective of social contract theory. |
A. | Dutch |
B. | American |
C. | French |
D. | English |
Answer» D. English |
498. |
John Locke was a …………………philosopher. |
A. | British |
B. | French |
C. | Austrian |
D. | Italian |
Answer» A. British |
499. |
In 1689 …………..published his famous ‘two treatise on government’ in which he severely criticized the Divine Right theory of Kingship. |
A. | Locke |
B. | Francis Bacon |
C. | Descartes |
D. | Issac Newton |
Answer» A. Locke |
500. |
Charles I, the ruler of England was executed on ……………. |
A. | 1549 |
B. | 1639 |
C. | 1649 |
D. | 1659 |
Answer» C. 1649 |
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