Class 12 Sociology – Daily Revision MCQ (English Medium)
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Which two sects developed within Jainism?
Chapter 1: Introduction to Indian Society
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Answer: A. Digambara and Shvetambara
Jain sects are Digambaras (sky clad) and Shvetambaras (white clad); Hinayana and Mahayana are Buddhist sects.For about how many years did the Delhi Sultanate (1206 CE – 1526 CE) rule a large part of India?
Chapter 1: Introduction to Indian Society
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Answer: C. About 320 years
From 1206 to 1526 CE is about 320 years, under five dynasties from Mamluk to Lodi.In which year was the Community Development Programme (CDP) started for the all-round development of villages?
Chapter 2: Segments of Indian Society
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Answer: B. 1952
After Independence, the CDP was started in 1952 to involve the village community in its own welfare.The Three Language Formula, devised at the Chief Ministers' conference of 1961, was examined and recommended by which commission?
Chapter 3: Diversity and Unity in Indian Society
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Answer: D. Kothari Commission
The Kothari Commission (1964–66) examined the Three Language Formula and recommended it.Who described urbanisation as an inward flow of a large number of people from scattered rural areas to urban communities?
Chapter 4: Processes of Social Change in India
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Answer: C. Marvin Olsen
Marvin Olsen saw urbanisation as people flowing in from scattered rural areas into urban communities.Who identified four kinds of social movements – alternative, redemptive, reformative and revolutionary?
Chapter 5: Social Movements in India
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Answer: A. David Aberle
Cultural anthropologist David Aberle classified movements by the target of change and the amount of change.The Vishaka Guidelines, first announced by the Supreme Court in 1997, deal with which problem?
Chapter 5: Social Movements in India
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Answer: D. Sexual harassment of women at the workplace
The Vishaka Guidelines address workplace sexual harassment; announced in 1997 and revised in 2013.Shapurji Bengalee's protest of 1875 against poor working conditions resulted in which law?
Chapter 5: Social Movements in India
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Answer: B. The First Factories Act, 1881
Bengalee's efforts led to India's First Factories Act in 1881, in the first phase of the workers' movement.When was the National Policy on Older Persons announced to look after the well-being of the aged?
Chapter 6: Social Problems in India
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Answer: C. January 1999
The National Policy on Older Persons (NPOP) was announced in January 1999 for the well-being of older persons.Which sociologists' definition of a 'social problem', linking it to a deviation from cherished social norms, is given in the textbook?
Chapter 6: Social Problems in India
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Answer: A. Fuller and Myers
Fuller and Myers define a social problem in terms of a deviation from social norms, as seen by a considerable number of persons.
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