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1. What is the term used to understand the dominance of men over women in societies known as?
a) Patrilineal
b) Patrilocal
c) Patriarchy
d) Patrimony
2. Who has said this: âPeasantry lacks inter connections, common identity and organization and does not constitute a class.â
a) V. Lenin
b) J. Stalin
c) K. Marx
d) Mao-Tse-Sung
3. Who among the following emphasized that conflict plays a positive role in preserving society?
a) Max Weber
b) Lewis Coser
c) Karl Marx
d) Anthony Giddens
4. In the year 1991, India adopted a pro-market strategy which means that India
a) Liberalized its internal regulatory framework
b) Reduced tariffs
c) Adopted appropriate exchange rate policies
d) Allowed foreign investors to play a significant role in the economy
5. Which of the statements given below are correct?
a) 1, 2 and 3 only
b) 2, 3, and 4 only
c) 1 and 4 only
d) 1, 2, 3, and 4
6. An economic system that has several producers but one main buyer is called
a) Monopsony
b) Monopoly
c) Oligopoly
d) Monopolistic
7. Which article of Indian Constitution provides for a National Commission of Scheduled Castes?
a) Article 224
b) Article 324
c) Article 335
d) Article 338
8. Assembly Line Technology is part of _______________ industry
a) Printing
b) Textile
c) Automobile
d) Chemical
9. An Institution can be best described as a complex of
a) Authority
b) Roles
c) Identity
d) Procedures
10. Anomie is a feature of
a) Industrial society
b) Communist society
c) Semi- Urban society
d) None of the above
11. Max Weber believed that ________ organizations are the most dominant institutions of industrial society
a) Religious
b) Political
c) Bureaucratic
d) Kinship
12. The ________tribes are well known traditionally as iron smelters
a) Korwas
b) Birhor
c) Santhal
d) Gond
13. The presence of redistribution implies the existence of a ________
a) A value system
b) A stable social relationship
c) A hierarchy
d) A king
14. Primitive economic organizations are of ________types
a) Production
b) Subsistence
c) Maket Exchange
d) Corporation
15. Industrial sociology as a distinct discipline is connected with research in
a) Scientific Management School
b) Bureaucracy
c) Professionalization
d) Human Relations Approach
16. Population and social system is the work of
a) F.S. Nitti
b) Frank Feter
c) L. Brento
d) Carr Saunders
17. What distinguishes the state from other associations?
a) Membership
b) Land under control
c) The binding nature of its rules and regulations
d) The monopoly over coercion
18. Which among the following do you think is the true basis of Gandhian state?
a) Non violence
b) Force
c) Satya (Truth)
d) Cooperation
19. State is âa special repressive force of the suppression of the proletariats by the bourgeoisies, of millions of toilers by handful of richâ. Who said this?
a) Lenin
b) MacIver
c) Marx
d) Engels
20. Who has written the book âHistory of Trade Unionism?â
a) V.V. Giri
b) S.M. Lipset
c) S.D. Punekar
d) Sydney and Beatrice Webb
21. Who has written the book âLabour Problems in Indian Industryâ?
a) C.W. Mills
b) S.A. Dange
c) V.V. Giri
d) S.M. Joshi
22. Who of the following believed in theory of âTrusteeshipâ?
a) Lenin
b) Trotsky
c) Max Weber
d) Mahatma Gandhi
23. Who among the following advocated the policy of isolation for the Tribals in India?
a) Ghurye
b) Bailey
c) Elwin
d) Srinivas
24. Who among the following is authorized to declare a caste to be a Scheduled Caste?
a) Prime Minister
b) President of India
c) Governor of the State
d) The Social Justice Empowerment Minister
25. Where is the International Monetary Fund located?
a) Washington DC
b) Geneva
c) Seattle
d) New York
26. Where is the Reserve Bank of India headquartered?
a) New Delhi
b) Chennai
c) Mumbai
d) Bangalore
27. Which of the following was not a creation of Bretton Woods Conference?
a) IMF
b) World Bank
c) ILO
d) WTO
28. Where was the first World Social Forum held?
a) Davos
b) Darfur
c) Porto Alegre
d) Mumbai
29. Which country did the former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan belong to?
a) Nigeria
b) Kenya
c) Ghana
d) South Africa
30. Which of the following countries is widely known for its state covered medical services?
a) China
b) Germany
c) Cuba
d) United States of America
31. âShining Pathâ a radical guerilla movement is based in which of the following country?
a) Peru
b) Columbia
c) Venezuela
d) Brazil
32. The General Assembly of U.N. proclaimed 2008 as a year of
a) International Year of Language
b) International Year of Dolphin
c) International Year of Culture
d) International Press Freedom Year
33. In the eye donation, which part of the eye is transplanted from the donor?
a) Cornea
b) The whole eye
c) Lens
d) Retina
34. Who is the constitutional head of the Government of India?
a) President
b) Prime Minister
c) Chief Justice of India
d) Attorney General
35. The movie âBlack Fridayâ is based on the â
a) 1993 Mumbai Bomb Blasts
b) Best Bakery Case
c) Godhra Incident
d) Fire at Meerutâs Victoria Park
36. Bangladeshâs Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus has launched his Political party named
a) Islamic Unity Front
b) Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh
c) Nagorik Shakti (Citizensâ power)
d) Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Dal
37. Who among the following is not a classical economist?
a) David Ricardo
b) John Stuart Mill
c) Thomas Malthus
d) John Maynard Keynes
38. Which of the following is the oldest Trade Union Organization in India?
a) Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC)
b) Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU)
c) All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)
d) Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS)
39. Indian agriculture is typically characterized as
a) Land surplus, labour scarce economy
b) Land surplus, labour surplus economy
c) Land scarce, labour surplus economy
d) Land scarce, labour scarce economy
40. As required by the WTO agreement, the Indian Patent Act was amended in 1999. The Act first came into force in the year â
a) 1965
b) 1970
c) 1975
d) 1980
41. Sarvodaya stands for:
a) Total revolution
b) Non-cooperation
c) Upliftment of all
d) Non-violence
42. Which of the following countries is NOT a member of the SAARC?
a) Bangladesh
b) Bhutan
c) Maldives
d) Myanmar
43. Who was the first Woman President of Indian National Congress?
a) Sarojini Naidu
b) Sucheta Kripalani
c) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
d) Annie Besant
44. The âChipko Movementâ is related to:
a) Wildlife preservation
b) Forest conservation
c) Scientific agriculture
d) Deforestation
45. Who has written the book âThe Dynamics of Bureaucracyâ?
a) Max Weber
b) Peter Blau
c) Bell Daniel
d) Bogardus
46. Who introduced the term âcollective consumptionâ?
a) David Harvey
b) Michelle Foucault
c) Manuel Castells
d) Neil Smith
47. Collective Bargaining is associated with:
a) Cooperatives
b) Informal Economy
c) Organized Sector Trade Unions
d) Students Union
48. Indian National Congress was established in the year:
a) 1925
b) 1885
c) 1857
d) 1912
49. The origin of cooperative movement can be traced to:
a) Karl Marx
b) Robert Owen
c) Vallabhai Patel
d) Mahatma Gandhi
50. The concept of de-skilling is associated with the following
a) Children
b) Women
c) Labour
d) Caste
