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Question 101

Who authored Mistaken Modernity: India Between Worlds?

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Correct answer: (A) Dipankar Gupta

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 102

Who defined alcoholism as “the effect of excessive intake of alcohol on the functioning of the body and personality”?

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Correct answer: (B) W. C. Reckless

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 103

Who described “the desire to save is the cause of unemployment”?

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Correct answer: (C) J. M. Keynes

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 104

The phenomenon of ‘urban heat island effect’ refers to

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Correct answer: (A) Rise in temperatures in rural areas due to urban development

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 105

Who said that “Indian society ceased to be closed without being open”?

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Correct answer: (A) A. R. Desai

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 106

Who said, “The term ‘secularization’ implies that what was previously regarded as religious is now ceasing to be such”?

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Correct answer: (B) M. N. Srinivas

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 107

The process of ‘suburbanization’ in India refers to

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Correct answer: (B) Conversion of agricultural land into residential areas

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 108

Who termed the ‘agricultural class’ the essence of the ‘backward class’?

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Correct answer: (A) Andre Betelle

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 109

By which amendment of the Indian Constitution was the National Commission for Backward Classes given constitutional status?

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Correct answer: (B) 102nd Amendment

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 110

The term ‘urban-rural continuum’ refers to

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Correct answer: (C) A spectrum of settlements ranging from purely urban to purely rural

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 111

When was the Venture Capital Fund established to promote entrepreneurship among Scheduled Castes?

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1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 112

When was the National Commission for Minorities established?

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Correct answer: (B) 1993

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 113

The phenomenon of ‘urban poverty’ refers to

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Correct answer: (C) Concentration of poverty in specific urban neighbourhoods

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Question 114

Who stated that “Social psychology serves as a bridge between psychology and sociology”?

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Correct answer: (C) Robert Bierstedt

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 115

Who said, “Scientific attitude originates in an individual due to three factors—curiosity, fertile imagination and love for experimental inquiry”?

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Correct answer: (B) John Dewey

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 116

The Panchayati Raj system of local self-government was introduced in India through which constitutional amendment?

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Correct answer: (C) 73rd Amendment

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 117

Who was the first person to work out a systematic interpretation of cooperation?

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Correct answer: (C) G. Vico

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 118

Who believed that “conflict is an ever-present process in human relations”?

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Correct answer: (B) K. Davis

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 119

Which Committee or Commission recommended establishing the Panchayati Raj System in India?

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Correct answer: (B) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

Question 120

Who defined assimilation as “a social process through which two or more persons or groups accept and perform one another’s patterns of behaviour”?

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Correct answer: (A) J. H. Fichter

1 marks · 2023 · Set A

TRE1 — General Studies And Sociology