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220+ Social Structure and Change in India Solved MCQs

These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (BA Sociology) , Sociology (CBCS) .

151.

Which article provides a citizen of India to move freely thought out the territory of India

A. Article 14
B. Article 15
C. Article 16
D. Article 19
Answer» D. Article 19
152.

Liberalization was launched in .

A. 1991
B. 1990
C. 1992
D. 1997
Answer» A. 1991
153.

What are the main two sectors in Indian economy?

A. rural-non rural
B. agricultural-non agricultural
C. industry-business
D. industry-commerce
Answer» A. rural-non rural
154.

In which year was the new scheme of firka development scheme started?

A. 1948
B. 1947
C. 1946
D. 1950
Answer» B. 1947
155.

Any organisation that is under government ownership and control is called ..................

A. Private sector
B. Petty traders
C. Public Sector
D. None of these
Answer» C. Public Sector
156.

................. is an ideology which states that society is divided in to religious communities those interest differ and one at times, even opposed to each other

A. Secularism
B. Regionalism
C. Communalism
D. None of these
Answer» C. Communalism
157.

. ………….. was the first state to establish Panchayati Raj

A. Kerala
B. Punjab
C. Rajasthan
D. Tamil Nadu
Answer» C. Rajasthan
158.

When was Panchayati Raj system inaugurated?

A. 1958
B. 1959
C. 1957
D. 1951
Answer» B. 1959
159.

The twenty-point economic program was introduced on .

A. 1985
B. 1975
C. 1965
D. 1995
Answer» B. 1975
160.

Urban development is a major area affecting .

A. Human life
B. economic life
C. Political life
D. All the above
Answer» A. Human life
161.

Privatization is a approach.

A. managerial approach
B. functional approach
C. historical approach
D. all the above
Answer» A. managerial approach
162.

Macaulay’s minute was in the year of .

A. 1834
B. 1835
C. 1821
D. 1830
Answer» B. 1835
163.

Wood’s despatch was introduced by .

A. Lord Macaulay
B. Sir Charles Wood
C. Marshman
D. Lord Curson
Answer» B. Sir Charles Wood
164.

.All-India council for secondary education was set up in .

A. 1955
B. 1945
C. 1935
D. 1932
Answer» A. 1955
165.

The first educational commission was appointed by

A. Lord Ripon
B. Lord Mayo
C. Dr. Miller
D. Lord Phage
Answer» A. Lord Ripon
166.

The economic development of a country depends upon the and ______

A. Availability of rich nature resources and efficient man power
B. availability of other resources and engine power
C. availability of all manmade resources and equipments
D. All the above
Answer» A. Availability of rich nature resources and efficient man power
167.

What is the manifest in the increasing contribution of an urban sector?

A. To National Income
B. import of goods
C. export of goods
D. none of above
Answer» A. To National Income
168.

……is the part of the development process.

A. Sanskritization
B. Modernization
C. Urbanization
D. Westernization
Answer» C. Urbanization
169.

The economic development is in two ways. Which is that way?

A. Urbanization and Industrialization
B. Modernization and Industrialization
C. Urbanization and Modernisation
D. All the above
Answer» A. Urbanization and Industrialization
170.

……..act is an important land mark in the history of Indian education.

A. Independence act
B. Charter Act
C. Freedom Act
D. Educational Act
Answer» B. Charter Act
171.

Who declared the medium of Indian education should be English?

A. Lord Harding
B. Charles Wood
C. Macaulay
D. Lord Mayo
Answer» B. Charles Wood
172.

Which commission suggested the women education for the first time?

A. Wood’s Despatch
B. Hunter Commission
C. Charter Act
D. Educational Act
Answer» A. Wood’s Despatch
173.

The first education commission of post independent period in India?

A. Radakrishnan Commission
B. Mudaliar Commission
C. Kothari Commission
D. Hunter Commission
Answer» A. Radakrishnan Commission
174.

What are the schemes introduced by the Government of India to remove unemployment?

A. IRDP
B. NREP
C. JRY
D. All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above
175.

Privatization as the process whereby the public operations are transferred to the private sector, who defined it?

A. Barbara Lee
B. Steve.H. Hanke
C. Johnn Ellies
D. None of the above
Answer» A. Barbara Lee
176.

Privatization established in .

A. 1919
B. 1970
C. 1980
D. 1879
Answer» C. 1980
177.

The growth of the………. is assumed to be very important in the Indian economy.

A. private sector
B. public sector
C. individual sector
D. MNC
Answer» B. public sector
178.

What are the main advantages of privatization?

A. efficiency
B. quality service
C. both
D. None of the above
Answer» C. both
179.

Charter act was in the year .

A. 1812
B. 1811
C. 1813
D. 1919
Answer» C. 1813
180.

In which year the first five year plan inaugurated?

A. 1950
B. 1951
C. 1953
D. 1947
Answer» B. 1951
181.

The first five year plans framed by …

A. National Development Council
B. Planning Commission
C. Indian President
D. Election Commission
Answer» B. Planning Commission
182.

The twenty-point economic programme was introduced by?

A. Indira Gandhi
B. Sanjay Gandhi
C. Rajeev Gandhi
D. V.P. Singh
Answer» A. Indira Gandhi
183.

The first five year plans gives much importance to sector?

A. Industry
B. Agriculture
C. Social
D. Commerce
Answer» B. Agriculture
184.

The first five year plan for the development of Indian economy came into implementation in

A. 1952
B. 1968
C. 1947
D. 1950
Answer» A. 1952
185.

The history of Indian economy can be broadly divided in to phase.

A. 4
B. 3
C. 5
D. 9
Answer» B. 3
186.

Urban infrastructure services are provided by .

A. Government agencies
B. Public agencies
C. Local level agencies
D. Central government
Answer» C. Local level agencies
187.

Which type of society has more possibility for individual social mobility?

A. Caste based society
B. Age- grade based society
C. Feudal loard based society
D. Class based society
Answer» D. Class based society
188.

Sociological concept which is most closely related to social inequality is

A. Social classification
B. Social differentiation
C. Social categorization
D. Social stratification
Answer» D. Social stratification
189.

Globalization promotes.

A. Cultural industry
B. Environmental
C. Economy
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Economy
190.

Social change is responsible for–

A. Social progress
B. Social evolution
C. Social disorganisation
D. All the above
Answer» D. All the above
191.

Whose theory is known as functional theory of social stratification?

A. Marx
B. Max Weber
C. Davis and Moore
D. Sorokin
Answer» C. Davis and Moore
192.

An unskilled worker becomes semiskilled and skilled. What type of mobility is this ?

A. Intra generational occupational mobility
B. Inter generational occupational mobility
C. Vertical social mobility
D. Horizontal social mobility
Answer» C. Vertical social mobility
193.

Who gave the name Asiatic Society in his Classification of Societies?

A. Durkheim
B. Spencer
C. Toennies
D. Marx
Answer» D. Marx
194.

The book 'The People of India' has been written by–

A. Risley
B. Ghurye
C. Iravati Karve
D. D.N. Majumdar
Answer» A. Risley
195.

Who has written the book 'Races and Culture of India' ?

A. Guha
B. Hauble
C. N. Majumdar
Answer» C. N. Majumdar
196.

The network of patterned human behaviour that is the product of interaction and that at the same time, guides interaction is called–

A. Social organisation
B. Social system
C. Social structure
D. Social integration
Answer» B. Social system
197.

Who explain “the city is a relatively large, dense and permanent settlement of socially heterogeneous individuals”.

A. Louis Wirth
B. Howard Woolston
C. J. H Kolb
D. Desmond Morris
Answer» A. Louis Wirth
198.

_________ is the major feature of urban society?

A. Local self government
B. Social heterogeneity
C. Jajmani- system
D. Nuclear family
Answer» B. Social heterogeneity
199.

According to whom culture is the memory of the human race?

A. Ross
B. Gnaniecki
C. Charles Page
D. G.S. Ghurye
Answer» D. G.S. Ghurye
200.

To which one of the following the process of Sanskritization is related?

A. Religious group
B. Ingroup
C. Reference group
D. Primary group
Answer» C. Reference group

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