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This set of Sociology of Indian Society Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Sociology Of Indian Society Set 6

Q1 | In opinion of M N Srinivas …………is the microcosm of Indian society and civilization
  • village
  • caste
  • urban
  • rural
Q2 | ……………. is the process of treating all the religion in India as equal and neutral.
  • democracy
  • secularization
  • equalization
  • homo equals
Q3 | Who opined that villages are semi-autonomous
  • s c dube
  • andre beteille
  • m n srinivas
  • g s ghurye
Q4 | Who studied Shamirpet village in Madhya Pradesh
  • a m shah
  • m n srinivas
  • s c dube
  • mckim marriot
Q5 | M N Srinivas opined that all changes in society are reflected through the transformationin …………
  • institution
  • caste structure
  • social structure
  • village structure
Q6 | What is the base of social change in the opinion of M N Srinivas?
  • cultural mobility
  • caste mobility
  • structural mobility
  • social mobility
Q7 | Who is the prominent Anthropologist studied the Juang tribe in Chottanagpur
  • g s ghurye
  • irawati karve
  • n k bose
  • surajith chandra sinha
Q8 | Evolutionary growth of tribal societies occurring through the intensity of the relationshipbetween ………………
  • tribal communities and non-tribal societies
  • tribal communities and wider societies
  • western societies and tribal communities
  • tribal communities and other tribal societies
Q9 | Who advocated that India would be truly independent only when the poorest of itspeople become free of human suffering?
  • jawhar lal nehru
  • rabindranth tagore
  • mahatma gandhi
  • jayaprakash narayanan
Q10 | Which one of the following program was launched in the year of 2000?
  • national rural livelihood mission
  • the mahatma gandhi national rural employment guarantee act
  • pradhan mantri awaas yojna- gramin
  • pradhan mantri gramodaya yojana
Q11 | Which among the following is the method to estimate the poverty line in India?
  • tax method
  • income method
  • census method
  • sampling method
Q12 | Women and children under the age of five are food insecure population due to?
  • unemployment
  • unequal distribution
  • malnutrition
  • poverty
Q13 | Which one of the social group is volunerable to poverty?
  • other backward caste
  • scheduled caste
  • marginalized
  • minority
Q14 | Where is the contradiction of tradition and modernity ends up in opinion of Mukherjee?
  • conflict & synthesis
  • conflict & contradiction
  • conflict & contravention
  • assimilation & accommodation
Q15 | Who coined the term subaltern?
  • georg simmel
  • antonio gramsci
  • ambedkar
  • david hardiman
Q16 | Which is the work of Gramsci firstly mentioned the term subaltern?
  • media and cultural studies
  • the antonio gramsci
  • prison notebooks
  • the southern question
Q17 | When did the term subaltern get popularized?
  • with the development of colonial studies
  • with the british administration
  • post- independence period
  • modern period
Q18 | Where is the birthplace of David Hardiman?
  • nadiad
  • chandannagar
  • ganeshgudi
  • rawalpindi
Q19 | Which is the work of Hardiman applied the subaltern perspective?
  • histories for the subordinate
  • the coming of devi
  • peasant resistance in india
  • subaltern studies
Q20 | How Ambedkar called Dalits?
  • antya
  • scheduled caste
  • untouchables
  • aadhya
Q21 | Why Ambedkar called Dalits as Antya?
  • they are arranged in lower part of hierarchy
  • they coming from last
  • they live at the end of village
  • they live in outskirts of village
Q22 | ……………refers to the inability of an individual to secure basic needs even in socialsurroundings of general prosperity
  • relative poverty
  • case poverty
  • absolute poverty
  • poverty