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(1) Who has authored the book ‘Society in India’ ?
(1) A.P. Barnabas
(2) Andre Beteille
(3) Kingsley Davis
(4) David G. Mandelbaum
Answer: David G. MandelbaumDavid G. Mandelbaum
(2) Who argues that families are factories which produce human personalities ?
(1) M.G. Smith
(2) D.H.J. Morgon
(3) MuzaG.P. Murdock
(4) T. Parsons
Answer: T. Parsons

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(3) According to Anthony Giddens, ‘structure’ is
(1) itself the form and shape of human life
(2) outside or external to human action
(3) itself exists in time and space
(4) and enablingconstraining
Answer: and enablingconstraining
(4) Who described the phenomenon ofglobalization in today’s world as ‘globalization of nothing’
(1) George Ritzer
(2) Jean Baudrillard
(3) Anthony Giddens
(4) Michel Foucault
Answer: George Ritzer
(5) ‘The Social Construction of Reality’ was authored by
(1) Peter Berger
(2) Brigette Berger and Peter Berger
(3) Peter Berger and T. Luckmannü
(4) Niklas Luhman
Answer: Peter Berger and T. Luckmannü
(6) Who stated “Ethnicity and Ethnic grouping are ‘primordial factors’ in the sense that they are given in the very condition of human existence” ?
(1) Fredrick Barth
(2) Clifford Geertz
(3) Max Weber
(4) Michael Garfield Smith
Answer: Clifford Geertz
(7) Who divided the Chicago city into five zones in order to explain the incidences of Juvenile delinquency ?
(1) C.R. Shaw and H.D. McKay
(2) A. Cohen
(3) E.H. Sutherland
(4) G. Tarde
Answer: C.R. Shaw and H.D. McKay
(8) Who is the author of the book ‘The Ultimate Resource’ ?
(1) Paul Ehrlich
(2) Julian Linken Simon
(3) Frank Notestein
(4) Kingsley Davis
Answer: Julian Linken Simon
(9) Which of the following approaches encompass the programmes drawn on poverty alleviation, welfare and equity ?
(1) Women in Development
(2) Women and Development
(3) Gender and Development
(4) Women, Environment and Development
Answer: Women in Development
(10) “Sampurnanand Ashram” is associated with which of the following ?
(1) Borstal School
(2) Open Jail
(3) Closed Jail
(4) Remand Home
Answer: Open Jail
(11) Who coined the concept of Vote Bank ?
(1) Rajani Kothar
(2) M.N. Srinivas
(3) Yogendra Yadav
(4) A.R. Desai
Answer: M.N. Srinivas
(12) Rural development programmes resulted into which one of the following most undesirable social situation in the Indian rural society ?
(1) De-peasantisation and suicides.
(2) De-peasantisation.
(3) Richness of farmers.
(4) Suicide among peasants
Answer: The Rich and the Poor
(13) Higher child Dependency Ratio is consequence of
(1) Increasing life expectancy at birth.
(2) Higher proportion of child labour.
(3) High fertility rate.
(4) Migration of elderly people.
Answer: High fertility rate.
(14) ‘Incarceration’ means
(1) Freedom
(2) Punishment
(3) Furlough
(4) Probation
Answer: Punishment
(15) Transformation of Human Societies from agrarian to industrial and to post- industrial has widely been shaped by :
(1) Technological innovations
(2) Application of knowledge forproductivity
(3) Both (A) and (B)
(4) Training for work
Answer: Both (A) and (B)

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