| 5351 |
Who are the members of the Gram Sabha? |
Sociology
Panchayati Raj |
Medium |
| 5352 |
Which committee, reporting in 1957, recommended a three-tier system of Panchayati Raj? |
Sociology
Panchayati Raj |
Medium |
| 5353 |
In a village, a Dalit woman is elected sarpanch on a reserved seat, but her husband and upper-caste landlords… |
Sociology
Panchayati Raj |
Hard |
| 5354 |
Which land reform measure was the most effective in independent India? |
Sociology
Agrarian society |
Easy |
| 5355 |
Which input was central to the Green Revolution? |
Sociology
Agrarian society |
Easy |
| 5356 |
A large landowner transfers part of his land to the names of relatives and servants to stay below the legal l… |
Sociology
Agrarian society |
Medium |
| 5357 |
Why did the Green Revolution initially widen inequalities among farmers? |
Sociology
Agrarian society |
Medium |
| 5358 |
After the Green Revolution, labourers from a poor eastern state travel each season to work on farms in Punjab… |
Sociology
Agrarian society |
Hard |
| 5359 |
In which year did India begin its major programme of economic liberalisation? |
Sociology
Industrialisation and liberalisation |
Easy |
| 5360 |
Which description best fits the unorganised sector? |
Sociology
Industrialisation and liberalisation |
Easy |
| 5361 |
What was the main feature of India's industrial strategy in the early decades after independence? |
Sociology
Industrialisation and liberalisation |
Medium |
| 5362 |
A factory worker repeats one small task all day under strict time limits and has no say in what is produced. … |
Sociology
Industrialisation and liberalisation |
Medium |
| 5363 |
After liberalisation, a public sector firm sells part of its shares to private investors and replaces many pe… |
Sociology
Industrialisation and liberalisation |
Hard |
| 5364 |
According to Karl Marx, what determines a person's class? |
Sociology
Class structure |
Easy |
| 5365 |
Which three dimensions of stratification did Max Weber distinguish? |
Sociology
Class structure |
Easy |
| 5366 |
Which group expanded rapidly after liberalisation and is strongly associated with consumption and lifestyle? |
Sociology
Class structure |
Medium |
| 5367 |
Which statement about caste and class in India is most accurate? |
Sociology
Class structure |
Medium |
| 5368 |
A doctor's children inherit wealth, attend elite schools, and use family contacts to secure top jobs. Which i… |
Sociology
Class structure |
Hard |
| 5369 |
Who used the phrase "imagined community" to explain the role of print in nationalism? |
Sociology
Media and social change |
Easy |
| 5370 |
What was the main role assigned to state-run radio and television in the early years after independence? |
Sociology
Media and social change |
Easy |
| 5371 |
Which factor helped Indian-language newspapers grow rapidly after independence? |
Sociology
Media and social change |
Medium |
| 5372 |
How did economic liberalisation in the 1990s change Indian television? |
Sociology
Media and social change |
Medium |
| 5373 |
A news channel reduces coverage of farmers' issues because advertisers prefer content aimed at affluent urban… |
Sociology
Media and social change |
Hard |
| 5374 |
What does glocalisation mean? |
Sociology
Globalisation and social change |
Easy |
| 5375 |
Which is an example of economic globalisation? |
Sociology
Globalisation and social change |
Easy |
| 5376 |
An international fast-food chain in India introduces vegetarian items and regional flavours to suit local cus… |
Sociology
Globalisation and social change |
Medium |
| 5377 |
Why do sociologists say the effects of globalisation in India have been uneven? |
Sociology
Globalisation and social change |
Medium |
| 5378 |
Handloom weavers in a town lose their market to cheap imported fabric, while young graduates in the same town… |
Sociology
Globalisation and social change |
Hard |
| 5379 |
In which year was the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) formed? |
Sociology
Class-based movements |
Easy |
| 5380 |
What did sharecroppers demand in the Tebhaga movement of Bengal? |
Sociology
Class-based movements |
Easy |
| 5381 |
Farmers in the 1980s blocked highways to demand higher prices for crops and cheaper electricity, without bein… |
Sociology
Class-based movements |
Medium |
| 5382 |
According to relative deprivation theory, why do social movements arise? |
Sociology
Class-based movements |
Medium |
| 5383 |
Two groups of workers face equally poor conditions, but only the group with strong leaders, an office, funds … |
Sociology
Class-based movements |
Hard |
| 5384 |
What does the word "Dalit" mean? |
Sociology
Caste-based movements |
Easy |
| 5385 |
Which movement did B.R. Ambedkar lead in 1927 to assert Dalits' right to use a public water tank? |
Sociology
Caste-based movements |
Easy |
| 5386 |
Which Dalit organisation, formed in Maharashtra in 1972, was inspired by the Black Panthers of the United Sta… |
Sociology
Caste-based movements |
Medium |
| 5387 |
Students from upper castes hold demonstrations against the extension of reservations, saying admissions shoul… |
Sociology
Caste-based movements |
Medium |
| 5388 |
A Dalit poet writes in her own language about humiliation and resistance, and her work becomes popular among … |
Sociology
Caste-based movements |
Hard |
| 5389 |
Which report, published in 1974, revealed that women's condition in independent India had not improved as exp… |
Sociology
Women’s movements |
Easy |
| 5390 |
Which organisation, founded by Ela Bhatt in 1972, organises women working in the informal sector? |
Sociology
Women’s movements |
Easy |
| 5391 |
What was a key feature of the women's movement in India from the mid-1970s? |
Sociology
Women’s movements |
Medium |
| 5392 |
Nationwide protests against a court verdict acquitting policemen accused of raping a young tribal woman led t… |
Sociology
Women’s movements |
Medium |
| 5393 |
Rural women in a district organise to stop liquor shops because drinking by men leads to domestic violence an… |
Sociology
Women’s movements |
Hard |
| 5394 |
In which region did the Chipko movement begin? |
Sociology
Tribal and environmental movements |
Easy |
| 5395 |
Which leader is closely associated with the Narmada Bachao Andolan? |
Sociology
Tribal and environmental movements |
Easy |
| 5396 |
Why is the Chipko movement seen as more than a conservation campaign? |
Sociology
Tribal and environmental movements |
Medium |
| 5397 |
In the Jharkhand movement, whom did the term "dikus" refer to? |
Sociology
Tribal and environmental movements |
Medium |
| 5398 |
A proposed dam will supply water and electricity to distant cities, but will submerge tribal villages whose r… |
Sociology
Tribal and environmental movements |
Hard |
| 5399 |
Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India? |
Political Science
First three general elections |
Easy |
| 5400 |
In which state did the Communist Party of India form a government after the 1957 Assembly election? |
Political Science
First three general elections |
Easy |