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(1) Most authoritative and widely accepted classification of six major racial elements in the population of India is given by :
(1) B.S. Guha
(2) G.S. Ghurye
(3) L.P. Vidyarthi
(4) Irawati Karve
Answer: B.S. Guha
(2) Among the following who says that Indian nationalism is the outcome of the new material conditions and social forces that had emerged in Indian society by British conquest ?
(1) Ram Krishna Mukherjee
(2) R. Mukherjee
(3) A.R. Desai
(4) D.P. Mukerji
Answer: A.R. Desai

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(3) Who says, about Indian society that ‘polity is, in the dominant tradition, relatively autonomous with regard to absolute value’ ?
(1) M.N. Srinivas
(2) L. Dumont
(3) Marriott
(4) P. Kolenda
Answer: L. Dumont
(4) Who, amongst the following, has given six conditions for upwards and downward movements of South Asian societies ?
(1) T.B. Bottomore
(2) K. Davis
(3) R. Bendix
(4) G. Myrdal
Answer: G. Myrdal
(5) Who has arrived at the conclusion that in rural society, the social inequalities have transformed from ‘cumulative inequalities to dispersed inequalities’ ?
(1) M.N. Srinivas
(2) F.G. Bailey
(3) Andre Beteille
(4) Yogendra Singh
Answer: Andre Beteille
(6) To which one of the following would you attribute the cause of inter-generational conflict ?
(1) Land distribution system
(2) Urban migration
(3) Change of values with change of time
(4) None of the above
Answer: Change of values with change of time
(7) Gender is socially constructed, while sex is biologically given’ is a statement that could be attributed to
(1) First wave of feminism
(2) Second wave of feminism
(3) Emergence of functionalism
(4) Impact of globalization
Answer: Second wave of feminism
(8) How many slum dwellers are there in India as per Census 2011 ?
(1) 68.00 million
(2) 65.49 million
(3) 59.31 million
(4) 170 million
Answer: 65.49 million
(9) Which type of development has displaced maximum number of persons in India ?
(1) Mines
(2) Dams
(3) Industrial Development
(4) Wildlife Sanctuaries
Answer: Industrial Development
(10) Which state had the highest growth rate in gross domestic product during 11th Five Year Plan ?
(1) Gujarat
(2) Bihar
(3) Punjab
(4) Maharashtra
Answer: Bihar
(11) Which state, among the following, has the least population ?
(1) Haryana
(2) Gujarat
(3) Jammu and Kashmir
(4) Himachal Pradesh
Answer: Himachal Pradesh
(12) Who has stated that crime is a normal behavior ?
(1) Lowell J. Carr
(2) David Abrahamsen
(3) Albert K. Cohen
(4) Emile Durkheim
Answer: Emile Durkheim
(13) Who, among the following, held that deviance might be functional and positive ?
(1) E. Durkheim
(2) A.K. Cohen
(3) Both (1) and (2)
(4) None of the above
Answer: Both (1) and (2)
(14) The ‘Chicago School’ studied the problem of deviance from a/an :
(1) Ecological point of view
(2) Psychological point of view
(3) Economic point of view
(4) Demographic point of view
Answer: Ecological point of view
(15) The term ‘multiculturalism’ refers to :
(1) preferential judgement on cultures
(2) Cultural lag theory
(3) all cultures are equal
(4) some cultures are more prominent
Answer: all cultures are equal

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