Question 1.
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was introduced in the Year _____
(a) 2002
(b) 2003
(c) 2004
(d) 2005

Answer

Answer: (d) 2005

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Question 2.
Youth rebellion is an example of _____ Culture.
(a) adaptive
(b) societal
(c) counter
(d) revolutionary

Answer

Answer: (c) counter

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Question 3.
The natural disaster that hit Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands, and parts of Tamil Nadu in December 2004 was ______
(a) reversible
(b) irreversible
(c) counter culture
(d) revolution

Answer

Answer: (b) irreversible

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Question 4.
Which term refers to an explicitly codified norm or rule?
(a) Tariffs
(b) Law
(c) Authority
(d) Evolution

Answer

Answer: (b) Law

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Question 5.
The new spinning and weaving machines destroyed the ______ industry of the Indian subcontinent with technological innovations in the textile industry in Britain.
(a) transport
(b) handloom
(c) silk
(d) cotton

Answer

Answer: (b) handloom

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Question 6.
Ruling families of Mewar, in Rajasthan India, is an example of ______ authority.
(a) Bureaucratic
(b) Charismatic
(c) Traditional
(d) None of the above

Answer

Answer: (c) Traditional

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Question 7.
Which thinker proposed a theory where living organisms evolve-or change slowly over several centuries or even millennia, by adapting themselves to natural circumstances.
(a) Spencer
(b) Darwin
(c) Einstein
(d) Comte

Answer

Answer: (b) Darwin

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Question 8.
_____ refers to landowning intermediate castes that are numerically large in number and thus enjoy political dominance in a given region.
(a) Low Castes
(b) Untouchables
(c) Dominant Castes
(d) Gentrification

Answer

Answer: (c) Dominant Castes

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Question 9.
The French revolution(1789-93) and the Soviet or Russian revolution of 1917 are examples of ______
(a) Evolution
(b) Political evolution
(c) Social evolution
(d) Revolution

Answer

Answer: (d) Revolution

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Question 10.
Which power considered to be justified or proper?
(a) Tariffs
(b) Charismatic
(c) Authority
(d) Evolution

Answer

Answer: (c) Authority

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Question 11.
Urban communities that are sealed off by fences or walls with controlled entry and exit are called ______ communities.
(a) reversible
(b) counter
(c) gated
(d) revolution

Answer

Answer: (c) gated

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Question 12.
Social Darwinism, is a theory that emphasised the importance of _____ change.
(a) revolutionary
(b) adaptive
(c) evolutionary
(d) societal

Answer

Answer: (b) adaptive

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