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#	Question	Subject and topic	Difficulty
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