1. Which of the following is the right combination contributing to the displacement among the tribal communities in India?
(A) Development projects – Land alienation – Debt trap
(B) Deforestation – Debt trap – Drought
(C) Development projects – Land acquisition – Drought
(D) Development projects – Deforestation – Land acquisition
2. According to Anthony Giddens, 'structure' is:
(A) Itself the form and shape of human life
(B) Outside or external to human action
(C) Itself exists in time and space
(D) Constraining and enabling
3. Who described the phenomenon of globalization in today's world as 'globalization of nothing'?
(A) George Ritzer
(B) Jean Baudrillard
(C) Anthony Giddens
(D) Michel Foucault
4. Match List-I with List-II:
a. G.S. Ghurye
b. McKim Marriott
c. A.R. Desai
d. N.K. Bose
List-II:
i. Village India
ii. The Social Background of Indian Nationalism
iii. The Structure of Hindu Society
iv. Occidental Civilization
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv i ii iii
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) iii iv ii i
5. The Social Construction of Reality was authored by:
(A) Peter Berger
(B) Brigette Berger and Peter Berger
(C) Peter Berger and T. Luckmann
(D) Niklas Luhmann
6. Who stated, "Ethnicity and ethnic grouping are 'primordial factors' in the sense that they are given in the very condition of human existence"?
(A) Fredrick Barth
(B) Clifford Geertz
(C) Max Weber
(D) Michael Garfield Smith
7. Who divided the Chicago city into five zones to explain the incidences of juvenile delinquency?
(A) C.R. Shaw and H.D. McKay
(B) A. Cohen
(C) E.H. Sutherland
(D) G. Tarde
8. Who is the author of the book The Ultimate Resource?
(A) Paul Ehrlich
(B) Julian Linken Simon
(C) Frank Notestein
(D) Kingsley Davis
9. Match List-I with List-II:
a. Ethnocentrism
b. Westernization
c. Sanskritization
d. Dominant caste
List-II:
1. People of lower castes adopt upper caste practices
2. Yields political/economic power
3. Change through Western contact
4. Superiority of own culture
(A) 2 3 4 1
(B) 1 3 4 2
(C) 4 3 1 2
(D) 3 2 1 4
10. Which of the following approaches encompasses programmes on poverty alleviation, welfare and equity?
(A) Women in Development
(B) Women and Development
(C) Gender and Development
(D) Women, Environment and Development
11. "Sampurnanand Ashram" is associated with:
(A) Borstal School
(B) Open Jail
(C) Closed Jail
(D) Remand Home
12. Match List-I with List-II:
a. Patriarchy
b. Sexism
c. Matriarchy
d. Biogrammay
List-II:
1. Genetically based behaviour program
2. Women inherit property rights
3. Men enjoy power and authority
4. Belief in innate superiority of one sex
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 3 1 2 4
(C) 3 4 2 1
(D) 4 2 1 3
13. Who coined the concept of "Vote Bank"?
(A) Rajni Kothari
(B) M.N. Srinivas
(C) Yogendra Yadav
(D) A.R. Desai
14.
Assertion (A): Gender roles are culturally influenced rather than biologically determined.
Reason (R): Cultural conceptions divide human qualities into masculinity and femininity.
(A) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is false, but (R) is true and (R) explains (A)
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false
15. Rural development programmes resulted in which of the following most undesirable social situations?
(A) De-peasantisation and suicides
(B) De-peasantisation
(C) Richness of farmers
(D) Suicide among peasants
