BA Second Year (Sem 3 & 4) Sociology – Daily Revision MCQ (English Medium)
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Which of the following is NOT one of the four purusharthas?
Chapter 2: Traditional Bases of Indian Society: Varna, Ashrama, Purushartha and Karma
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Answer: C. Grihastha
The four purusharthas are dharma, artha, kama and moksha; grihastha is one of the four ashramas (stages of life).Who described six structural features of the caste system in his book 'Caste and Race in India'?
Chapter 3: Caste System in India
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Answer: A. G. S. Ghurye
G. S. Ghurye listed six features, such as segmental division, hierarchy and restrictions on marriage and feeding.In north-east India, the shifting cultivation practised by many tribal communities is commonly called:
Chapter 4: Tribal Society
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Answer: D. Jhum
Jhum is slash-and-burn shifting cultivation: a forest patch is cleared, cropped for a few years and then left to recover.Which committee (1957) recommended the three-tier system of Panchayati Raj in India?
Chapter 7: Panchayati Raj and Rural Development
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Answer: B. Balwantrai Mehta Committee
The Balwantrai Mehta Committee (1957) proposed panchayats at village, block and district levels.The essay 'Urbanism as a Way of Life' (1938), which explains city life through size, density and heterogeneity, was written by:
Chapter 8: Urban Society
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Answer: C. Louis Wirth
Louis Wirth argued that a large, dense and heterogeneous population produces the distinctive urban way of life.A form of marriage in which one woman has more than one husband at the same time is called:
Chapter 10: Family and Marriage in India
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Answer: A. Polyandry
Polyandry = one wife, several husbands; polygyny = one husband, several wives.The concept of 'Sanskritisation' was introduced by:
Chapter 14: Processes of Social Change in India: Sanskritisation, Westernisation and Modernisation
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Answer: D. M. N. Srinivas
M. N. Srinivas used 'Sanskritisation' for a lower caste adopting the customs and lifestyle of higher castes to rise in status.Which Article of the Indian Constitution abolishes untouchability and forbids its practice in any form?
Chapter 12: Weaker Sections and Constitutional Safeguards
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Answer: B. Article 17
Article 17 abolishes untouchability; enforcing any disability arising from it is a punishable offence.Mahatma Jyotirao Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in the year:
Chapter 17: Social Reformers: Phule and Ambedkar
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Answer: C. 1873
Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in 1873 to fight caste discrimination and priestly domination; 1848 is when he started a girls' school.In 1902, which ruler reserved 50 per cent of posts in his state's administration for the backward classes?
Chapter 18: Social Reformers: Savitribai Phule and Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj
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Answer: A. Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur
Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj's 1902 order in Kolhapur state is regarded as a pioneering step in reservation.
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