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#	Question	Subject and topic	Difficulty
101	Which land reform measure was the most effective in independent India?	Sociology Agrarian society	Easy
102	Which input was central to the Green Revolution?	Sociology Agrarian society	Easy
103	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
104	Why did the Green Revolution initially widen inequalities among farmers?	Sociology Agrarian society	Medium
105	After the Green Revolution, labourers from a poor eastern state travel each season to work on farms in Punjab…	Sociology Agrarian society	Hard
106	In which year did India begin its major programme of economic liberalisation?	Sociology Industrialisation and liberalisation	Easy
107	Which description best fits the unorganised sector?	Sociology Industrialisation and liberalisation	Easy
108	What was the main feature of India's industrial strategy in the early decades after independence?	Sociology Industrialisation and liberalisation	Medium
109	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
110	After liberalisation, a public sector firm sells part of its shares to private investors and replaces many pe…	Sociology Industrialisation and liberalisation	Hard
111	According to Karl Marx, what determines a person's class?	Sociology Class structure	Easy
112	Which three dimensions of stratification did Max Weber distinguish?	Sociology Class structure	Easy
113	Which group expanded rapidly after liberalisation and is strongly associated with consumption and lifestyle?	Sociology Class structure	Medium
114	Which statement about caste and class in India is most accurate?	Sociology Class structure	Medium
115	A doctor's children inherit wealth, attend elite schools, and use family contacts to secure top jobs. Which i…	Sociology Class structure	Hard
116	Who used the phrase "imagined community" to explain the role of print in nationalism?	Sociology Media and social change	Easy
117	What was the main role assigned to state-run radio and television in the early years after independence?	Sociology Media and social change	Easy
118	Which factor helped Indian-language newspapers grow rapidly after independence?	Sociology Media and social change	Medium
119	How did economic liberalisation in the 1990s change Indian television?	Sociology Media and social change	Medium
120	A news channel reduces coverage of farmers' issues because advertisers prefer content aimed at affluent urban…	Sociology Media and social change	Hard
121	What does glocalisation mean?	Sociology Globalisation and social change	Easy
122	Which is an example of economic globalisation?	Sociology Globalisation and social change	Easy
123	An international fast-food chain in India introduces vegetarian items and regional flavours to suit local cus…	Sociology Globalisation and social change	Medium
124	Why do sociologists say the effects of globalisation in India have been uneven?	Sociology Globalisation and social change	Medium
125	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
126	In which year was the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) formed?	Sociology Class-based movements	Easy
127	What did sharecroppers demand in the Tebhaga movement of Bengal?	Sociology Class-based movements	Easy
128	Farmers in the 1980s blocked highways to demand higher prices for crops and cheaper electricity, without bein…	Sociology Class-based movements	Medium
129	According to relative deprivation theory, why do social movements arise?	Sociology Class-based movements	Medium
130	Two groups of workers face equally poor conditions, but only the group with strong leaders, an office, funds …	Sociology Class-based movements	Hard
131	What does the word "Dalit" mean?	Sociology Caste-based movements	Easy
132	Which movement did B.R. Ambedkar lead in 1927 to assert Dalits' right to use a public water tank?	Sociology Caste-based movements	Easy
133	Which Dalit organisation, formed in Maharashtra in 1972, was inspired by the Black Panthers of the United Sta…	Sociology Caste-based movements	Medium
134	Students from upper castes hold demonstrations against the extension of reservations, saying admissions shoul…	Sociology Caste-based movements	Medium
135	A Dalit poet writes in her own language about humiliation and resistance, and her work becomes popular among …	Sociology Caste-based movements	Hard
136	Which report, published in 1974, revealed that women's condition in independent India had not improved as exp…	Sociology Women’s movements	Easy
137	Which organisation, founded by Ela Bhatt in 1972, organises women working in the informal sector?	Sociology Women’s movements	Easy
138	What was a key feature of the women's movement in India from the mid-1970s?	Sociology Women’s movements	Medium
139	Nationwide protests against a court verdict acquitting policemen accused of raping a young tribal woman led t…	Sociology Women’s movements	Medium
140	Rural women in a district organise to stop liquor shops because drinking by men leads to domestic violence an…	Sociology Women’s movements	Hard
141	In which region did the Chipko movement begin?	Sociology Tribal and environmental movements	Easy
142	Which leader is closely associated with the Narmada Bachao Andolan?	Sociology Tribal and environmental movements	Easy
143	Why is the Chipko movement seen as more than a conservation campaign?	Sociology Tribal and environmental movements	Medium
144	In the Jharkhand movement, whom did the term "dikus" refer to?	Sociology Tribal and environmental movements	Medium
145	A proposed dam will supply water and electricity to distant cities, but will submerge tribal villages whose r…	Sociology Tribal and environmental movements	Hard