TSPSC Group II (Paper-II) Exam - English

Match List-I with List-II
  List-I                                                              List-II
(Author)                                                         (Book)
(a) John William Kaye                                (i) Indian Old and New
(b) Mary Carpenter                                    (ii) The Economic History of India under Early  British Rule
(c) Ramesh Chandra Dutt                         (iii) A History of the Sepoy War in India
(d) Valentine Chiral                                   (iv) Six months in India
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Match List-I with List-II :
 List-I                                                   List-II
(Book)                                               (Contents)
(a) Nizami-i Anjum                           (i) Deals with current weights and measures
(b) Tuhfat-ul Hind                            (ii) Hindu astrology
(c) Dabistan-i                                  (iii) Hindu prosody and Mazahib rhetoric
(d) Risala-Miqdariyah                     (iv) Different religions and sects of India
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) .
Assertion (A) : The Supreme Council of the Governor-General in Calcutta gave extraordinary powers to Special Commissions to capture and punish rebels of the 1857 Revolt, in its Act XIV of June 1857
Reason (R) : The primary aim of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan's Causes of the Indian Revolt (1858), then a government sub-Judge, was to show the loyalty of Muslims, who in the years following the rebellion were viewed with suspicion and disfavour 
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Ibn Battuta informs that the Sultan had fixed Wednesday for freeing male slaves, Friday for freeing female slaves and Saturday for marrying men slaves to female slaves. Identify the Sultan .

In the Bayan Hoard, coins of which Gupta ruler have been found in the highest number ?

Which of the following texts were authored by the Kashmiri poet Kshemendra ?
(a) Kuttanimata
(b) Kalavilasa
(c) Prabodhachandrodaya
(d) Samayamatrika
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Regarding Maratha relations with Nizamul Mulk, which of the following statements are correct ?
(a) As the Viceroy of the Deccan, from 1710 to 1715. Nizamul Mulk resisted the Maratha claims for the Chough and Sardeshmukhi of the Deccan
(b) After his successful rebellion against the Saiyids, Nizamul Mulk respected the Imperial farman granting the Chough and Sardeshmukhi of the Deccan to the Marathas
(c) In January 1721. he had his first meeting with Baji Rao
(d) The most important point of conflict between Marathas and Nizamul Mulk was the Karnataka
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

"Our general policy is to avoid entanglement in power politics and not to join any group of powers as against any other group . The two leading groups today are the Russian Bloc and the Anglo-American Bloc . We must be friendly to both and yet not join either" .
The above words constitute the central idea of which policy ?

Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) : When a soldier died showing exemplary valour while fighting for the king, he was granted land for the livelihood of his dependents, called 'Mrityukarvritti' 
Statement (II) : A Chandella inscription records the grant of such a 'Mrityukarvritti'
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Given below are two statements One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) .
Assertion (A) : When the All India Women's Conference began their campaign in support of the Child Marriage Restraint Bill (1929), Sister Subbalakshmi gave evidence before the Joshi Committee about the harmful effects of youthful marriages
Reasons (R) : Methuen Petit, a social worker who became leading trade unionist, organized the Seva Mandir to work among the poor
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Which of the following statements regarding Gandhi's concept of Satyagraha are correct ?
(a) For Gandhi, Satyagraha aimed to penetrate the barriers of prejudice, ill-will, dogmatism, self-righteousness and selfishness
(b) Gandhi explained the effectiveness of Satyagraha in terms of the spiritual impact of suffering love
(c) The Satyagraha was considered by Gandhi as the ultimate tool of humiliating the opponent
(d) Gandhi's political realism triumphed over his moral idealism and despite its claims to the contrary, his Satyagrahas were not always purely spiritual in nature
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Chronologically arrange Muhammad bin Tughlaq's experiments/projects :
(a) Token currency
(b) Khorasan expedition
(c) Transfer of capital
(d) Qarachil expedition
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

The earliest extant examples of the Mughal baluster columns are found solely in which of the following Mughal emperor's fortress palaces ?

Match List-I with List-II :
   List-I                                                 List-II
(Sikh Guru)                                       (Sub-Caste)
(a) Guru Nanak                                (i) Bhalla
(b) Guru Amar Das                          (ii) Bedi
(c) Guru Ram Das                           (iii) Trehan
(d) Guru Angad                                (iv) Sodhi
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Which of the following Sultans in his farman used to address the amirs as Masnad-i ali ?

Match List-I with List-II :
  List-I                                                              List-II
(Authors)                                                     (Dharmasastras)
(a) Bhatta Lakshmidhara                            (i) Chaturvarga-chintamani
(b) Devannabhatta                                     (ii) Smrityarthasara
(c) Hemadri                                                (iii) Kriyakalpataru
(d) Sridhara                                                (iv) Smriti-Chandrika
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Which of the following statements regarding interpretation in historical writing are correct ?
(a) Interpretation as an essential step in historical method seems to lie beyond criticism and exposition
(b) To know what a document means is as much a challenge to critical judgment as to know when or by whom was it written, or whether one may trust it
(c) The literary exposition of historical data is greatly conditioned by the interpretation one places upon them
(d) Factual interpretation deals with the facts of a document, not with the words
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

The Sultan ordered the Maliks, Amirs, officers of the court and persons of responsibility and status not to go to each other's houses or to collect parties at banquets : there were to be no intermarriage among them unless the Sultan had been informed and his permission obtained'. Identify the Sultan .

Who was the first elected president of the All India Depressed Classes Association formed in 1926 ?

Poems classified as upadesharupaka (didactic metaphors) in Marathi bhakti poetry were known as

During Jahangir's period certain painters developed recognizable areas of expertise in the field of Mughal paintings . In this regard which of the following statements are correct ?
(a) Mansur wars expert in painting animals and flowers
(b) Abul Hasan was a portraitist
(c) Govardhan was an expert painter of painting holy men, musicians, and eccentrics
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Which of the following Sanskrit intellectuals of the seventeenth century had relations with the Mughal emperor Shahjahan ?
(a) Santi Chandra
(b) Jagannath Panditraja
(c) Kavindracarya Saraswati
(d) Padmasundra
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From among the following statements regarding Munshi Premchand and his works, which of them are correct ?
(a) Premchand was among the first to portray the Dalits as independent and recognizable characters both as part of the poor and with their own particular problems
(b) Premchand was extremely insensitive to the political and social movements of his times
(c) Premchand was concerned both about social evils and enslaved conditions of his country
(d) One of his (Premchand's) last and most famous stories, Kafan (the Shroud), was first published in Hindi in 1935 and later appeared in Urdu
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Which of the following texts allow divorce ?
(a) Narada Sinriti
(b) Manava Dharmasastra
(c) Arthasastra
(d) Yajnavalkya Smriti
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Which one of the following statements is not correct ?

Arrange the following organizations chronologically from their date of establishment :
(a) All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)
(b) Indian National Trade Union
(c) Independent Labour Party of India (Dr. Ambedkar)
(d) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Who was the first president of the All India Trade Union Congress founded on 31 August 1920 ?

Which of the following statement/s is/are correct ?
(a) In the Tamil region right-hand and left hand groups were known as idangai and valangai respectively
(b) Both the right hand and left-hand groups included non-peasant castes such as those of artisans as well as higher ranking castes
(c) Both the right-hand and left-hand groups usually excluded the outcastes, notably the Paraiyas
​Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

​Which of the following are included among the seven limbs of ancient Indian State ?
(a) Svamin
(b) Amatya
(c) Janapada
(d) Yuvaraja
​Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

From among the following statements regarding economic critique of colonialism, which ones are correct ?
(a) The British administrators attributed the rapid construction of railroads and the growth of India's foreign trade as a proof of India's prosperity
(b) For nationalists, a negative impact on indigenous industries, foreign trade and railways represented India's underdevelopment of economy
(c) The nationalists emphasized that while expenditure served British imperial needs, it also brought consequent prosperity to Indian people
(d) Not until 1905, did the drain theory f part of the Indian National Congress agenda
​Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

In which of the following rulers' reigns the billion currency seems to have nearly entirely replaced silver coinage ?

Which one of the following statements is true about the stand of the communist party of India during the India-China war of 1962 ?

The first pilgrim centre for the Sikhs, symbolized with the construction of a well with 84 steps, to reach the water for bathing, which became sacred for the Sikhs was established by which one of the following Sikh Gums and at which place ?

Which of the following statements about Chokhamela are correct ?
(a) Chokhamela was a Varkari Saint
(b) His poems express devotion for Vitthal
(c) As a great devotee of Vitthala, after his death his samadhi was built inside the Vitthala temple at Pandharpur
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Which of the following suttas are associated with the Dighanikaya ?
(a) Brahmajala Sutta
(b) Mahapadana Sutta
(c) Mahaparinibbana Sutta
(d) Samannaphala Sutta
Choose the correct answer from the options iven below :

Which female social reformer wrote the short stories Sultana's Dream (1905) and Avarodhbasini (1929), criticizing the custom of purdah among Muslims ?

Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) : Hoes and sickles, small weapons and horse trappings of iron have been found at megalithic sites
Statement (II) : Maski and Nagarjunakonda are megalithic sites
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Chronologically arrange various Farman’s/memorandum issued by Mughal emperors/nobles :
(a) Akbar’s Farman to Ram Das
(b) Raja Todarmal’s memorandum on revenue administration
(c) Farman to Muhammad Hashim
(d) Farman to Resides Karori
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

After Gwalior compaign in 1232, a commemorative coin was struck to mark the victory . Whose name was inscribed on the coin along with that of iiotutmish ?

Which of the following Sailendra rulers are known to have had friendly relations with their contemporary Indian kings ?
(a) Samaragravira
(b) Balaputrdeve
(c) Chudamanivarman
(d) Sri-Maravijayottungavarman
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Chronologically arrange the following treaties starting from the earliest :
(a) The Treaty of Srirangpattanam
(b) The Treaty of Lahore
(c) The Treaty of Bassien (Vasai)
(d) The Treaty of Allahabad and Kara
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Which one of the following statements in not true ?

Digambar Biwa’s and Bishnu Biswas led which of the following movement in 1859-60 ?

Which of the following statements are true about colonial cities ?
(a) Delhi, Agra  and Lahore lost much of their older glory
(b) Dacca, Murshidabad and Patna came into prominence in the British period
(c) The Victoria Terminal station of Bombay was built after Mughal architectural style
(d) According to C.A. Bayle, there was a significant expansion of small towns in the mid-Ganga region from around the 1720s
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Match List I with List II :
        List I                                                                            List II
    (Monument)                                                                  (Calligrapher)
(a) Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri                                 (i) Baqi Muhammad
(b) Atagha Khan’s tomb, Delhi                                         (ii) Abd al Nabi al Quraishi
(c) Shah Begum’s tomb, Allahabad                                 (iii) Ahmad al Chisthi
(d) Itimad ud daul’s tomb, Agra                                        (iv) Mir Abdulla Mushkin Qalam
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Match List-1 with List-II :
            List I                                                       List II
(Yakshinis or Sasana devata)                      (Association with Tirthankaras)
(a) Siddhayika                                              (i) Adinatha
(b) Chakresvari                                            (ii) Neminatha
(c) Ambika                                                   (iii) Parsvanatha
(d) Padmavati                                              (iv) Mahavira
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) .
Assertion (A) : Devaraya 11 strengthened the military base of the kingdom by improving the quality of war horses and the training of horsemen and archers. He established deeper political control over west-coast emporia, thus linking military reform with international commerce
Reason (R) : Military and administrative dominance over the major ports on the Arabian Sea provided Devaraya II with a new and different source of state finance
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Lajahoma was a part of :

Which of the following combinations of Indian revolutionaries abroad and their newspaper not correct ?
(a) Tarak Nath Das                                    -           Circular-e-Azadi
(b) Ramnath Puri                                      -           Free Hindusthan
(c) Shyamji Krishna Verma                       -           Indian Sociologist
(d) Indu Bhushan Dey Mazumdar            -           Gaelic American
 Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

In which of the following texts are the Sabah and the Samiti mentioned as the two daughters of a Vedic deity ?

Which among the following are elements of Liberalism ?
I. Individual should have the right to develop his own personality
II. Man is a rational creature
III. Society should not be plural
IV. It believes in constitutionalism
Choose the correct answer from the options given below

In which year did Pandita Ramabai open her Sharda Sadan (Home for Learning) ?

Given below are two statements .
Statement I Tagore and Gandhi met for the first time at Shantiniketan
Statement II Tagore and Gandhi met for the first time at Gurukul Kangri
In light of the above statements, choose the answer from the options given below

Local Bodies Ombudsman may be established to hear complaints of corruption against local bodies .
This was the view of the

Who among the following envisaged that liberal democracy as a political apparatus would ensure the accountability of the Governors to the governed ?

Which theory of Rights claims that Rights are inalienable and cannot be separated or taken away from the individual as they are inharent and prior to society and state ?

Who among the following coined the term Ecofeminism ?

Which of the following are correctly matched ?
I. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights-1966
II. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities-2000
III. Convention on the Rights of Child-1989
IV. Optional Protocol on Economic Social Rights-2006
Choose the correct answer from the options given below

Which of the following book is NOT written by Machiavelli ?

Which of the following is NOT written by Mary Wollstonecraft ?

Lohia opined .
l. Freedom and bread are inseparable
II. The removal of inequality from human society was one of the seven revolutions
III. If socialism is to be defined in two words then they are equality and prosperity
IV. The desire for equality in the modern world has become the desire of being similar and not equal
Choose the correct answer from the options given below

Who wrote 'Neo-Colonialism : The Last Stage of Capitalism' ?

'Leadership is the activity of influencing people to strive willingly for mutual objectives .' This was said by .

How many new languages were added by the 92nd Constitutional Amendment, 2003 ?

Consider the following movements and arrange them in chronological order .
I. Naxalbari Movement
II. Kheda Movement
III. Champaran Movement
IV. Khilafat Movement
Choose the correct answer from the options given

The rise and growth of the concept of New Public Administrative can be traced to
I. Honey Report on Higher Education for Public Services, 1967
II. Minnowbrook Conference II, 1988
III. Philadelphia Conference on the Theory and Practice of Public Administration, 1967
IV. Public Administration in a Time of Turbulence, 1971
Choose the correct answer from the options given below

Which of the following functions have been laid down in the 12th Schedule of the Constitution of India for Municipalities ? 
I. Urban poverty alleviation
II. Planning for economic and social development
III. Roads and bridges 
IV. Public safety services
Choose the correct answer from the options given below

Which of the following principles are correct with regard to liberal democracy ?
I. Government by consent
II. Public Accountability
III. Suitable for Socialism
IV. Constitutional Government
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The book 'Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History' was written by .

Match List I and List II .
    List I                                                                                List II
  (Stages in the Evolution)                                                 (Duration)
A. Principles of Administration                                         I. 1938-1947
B. Era of Challenges                                                       II. 1948-1970
C. Politics-Administration Dichotomy                              III. 1887-1926 
D. Crisis of Identity                                                          IV. 1927-1937
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Which of the following are correctly matched ?
I. Operation Raahat-Yemen
II. Vande Bharat Mission-Sri Lanka
III. Operation Maitri-Nepal
IV. Operation Sukoon-Iraq
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

In which Indian state's assembly election, Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) was used for the first time ?

Who among the following has provided 'Revisionist Theory of Modernity' ?

In which one of the following years, the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) Scheme was launched ?

Which among the following are included in Nine Pillars of Digital India ?
l. Information for all
II. Early harvest programme
III. Electronic manufacturing
IV. Connect only metro cities of the country
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

According to Hagel
I. war is not to be regarded as an evil but a virtue
II. war effectively displays the "irony of the divine idea"
III. war destroys selfish egoism of the individual
IV. the State of War, "shows the Omnipotence of the state in its individuality"
V. humanity never needed war and the gun is a chance of invention
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Match List I with List II .
List I                                                                                                                         List II
(Provisions)                                                                                                             (Schedules)
A. Administration and control  of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes             I. 5th Schedule
B. List of Official Languages                                                                                   II. 3rd Schedule
C. Provision of Lists (Union, State, Concurrent)                                                     III. 7th Schedule 
D. Oath needs to be made by the Union and State Ministers                                 IV. 8th Schedule
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Arrange the establishment of the following commissions in chronological order .
I. National Commission for Women
II. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
III. National Commission for Protection of child Rights
IV. National Human Rights Commission
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Which ones are true about the Passive Resistance and Satyagraha ?
I. Passive Resistance is equivalent to Satyagraha
II. Passive Resistance is not afraid of the physical strength while Satyagraha is afraid of physical Strength
III. Passive Resistance is negative in practice whereas Satyagraha is positive morality
IV. Passive Resistance is weapon of the weaker sections, Satyagraha never desires to terrorise the opponent
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Which of the following statements are correct with regard to Swami Vivekananda ?
l. He was the disciple of Ramakrishna Paramhans
II. In 1893, he proceeded to participate in the Chicago Parliament of Religions
III. He never visited USA
IV. He said that Man is not higher than all animals
V. He was the founder member of the Arya Samaj
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Apology is a dialogue written by Plato . Which among the following are the characters of this dialogue ?

Which of the following are correctly matched ?
I. Fast-Track Diplomacy       -     Narendra Modi
II. Project Mausam              -     Rajiv Gandhi
III. Look East Policy            -     Narasimha Rao
IV. Act IV. East Policy         -     Manmohan Singh
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Which among the following inter-state water disputes is correctly matched ?
I. Cauvery Water Dispute         -        Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
II. Narmada Water Dispute      -        Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra
III. Krishna Water Dispute       -        Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
IV. Tungabhadra                    -         Tamil Nadu and Kerala Water Dispute
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Which among the following languages are conferred with Classical Language status ?
I. Sanskrit
II. Tamil
III. Kannada
IV. Hindi
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Which of the following is NOT correct about the Comptroller and Auditor General of India ?

India is a signatory of

Which of the following are correctly matched ?
I. International Court of Justice      -   The Hague
II. WHO                                          -    London
III. international Criminal Court      -    Rome
IV. IAEA                                         -     New York
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Which one of the following is NOT hallmark of Development Administration ?

Consider the following about Post-Modernism ?
l. Post Modernism is a reaction against traditionalism
Il Post Modernism recognises pluralism
III Post- Modernism criticises Meta-Narratives
IV. Post Modernism criticises Local-Narratives
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Which among the following is NOT a type of orientation in a political culture in Robert Dahl's view ?

Given below are two statements .
Statement I The word 'ecology' is derived from the Greek word ookos
Statement II Norwegian philosopher Arne Nasas divided ecologism into shallow and deep ecologism
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below .

Match List I and List II .
List I                                                                               List II
A. Millennium Development Goals                              I. European Recovery
B. Marshall Plan                                                          II. New International Economic Order
C. Group of 77                                                            III. World Trade Organisation
D. GATT                                                                      IV. Poverty and Hunger
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

What is the corect sequencing of these political thinkers on the basis of their year of birth ?
I. Rousseau
II. Machiavelli
III. Locke
IV. Aristotle
V. Hobbes
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Match List I and List II .
List I                                                   List II
A. Henry Kissinger                            I. Man, the State and War
B. Kanneth Acharya                          II. Multiplex Order
C. Amitav Acharya                            III. Traditional Approach to Foreigh Policy
D. Joseph S Nye                              IV. The Future of Power
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

The concept of political cultures involves three components of individual orientations
I. cognitive orientions
II. affective orientations and
III. evaluative orientation
Whose statement is this ?

Ecofeminism was a special feature of

Who among the following brought logical positivism in the study of policy making and the relation of means and ends ?

Which of the following are correctly matched ?
I. Hanah Arendt            -    The Postmodern Conditions
II. Jacques Derrida      -     The Post Card
III. Frantz Fanon          -    The Wretched of the Earth
IV. Antonio Gramsci     -    The Human Condition
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Arrange the following books written by BR Ambedkar in an ascending order .
I. Castes in India : Their Mechanism. Genesis and Development
II. The Annihilation of Caste
III. The Problem of the Rupee : Its Origin and Its Solution
IV. Thoughts on Pakistan
Choose the correct answer from the options below .

Given below are two statements . One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) .
Assertion (A) The philosophy of Integral Humanism belongs to Deendayal Upadhyay .
Reason (R) Deendayal Upadhyay rejected communism in which Individualism was crushed as part of a large heartless machine . In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below .

......... is the channelling of an increasing number of women into low-status, poorly paid manual work.

An Italian consuming paneer tikka in Rome and an Indian consuming pizza in Varanasi is an example of

Who had given the concept of 'modes of individual adaptation' ?

Consider the following statements and state which of the following is/are correct ?
I. Quantitative research is any research method that involves the analysis of numerical data derived usually from surveys and experiments.
II. Qualitative research is any research method that involves the analysis of numerical data derived usually from surveys and experiments.
III. Inferential statistics does not allow researchers to use data from a relatively small group to speculate with some level of certainty about a larger group.
IV. Quantitative research methods do not require statistical methods for collecting and reporting data.
V. Statistics is the mathematical method used to analyse numerical data.
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.................. is an epistemological position that advocates the application of the methods of natural science to the study of social reality and beyond.

A ......... entails the collection of data on more than one case (usually quite a lot more than one) and at a single point in time.

Match List - I with List - II.

List - I (Thinkers)                     List - II (Concepts/Ideas)
A. A Comte                              I. Size and density
B. E Durkheim                          II. Level of intellectual development
C. K Marx                                III. Evolution and complexity
D. H Spencer                           IV. Economic influence

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Who among the following criticised the effects of 'mass media' and 'culture industry' on population ?

Cultural phenomena combining and impositions from the other cultures with local realities is

Who has suggested six dimensions of communalism: assimilationist, welfarist, retreatist, retaliatory, separatist and secessionist ?

Which of the following is not a defining feature of tribe ?

Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : NK Bose emphasised the need to bring Ethnology and Indology together in the study of Indian Society.
Reason (R) : It is possible to reconstruct the structure of the Indian Constitution through these two approaches.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Examples of nominal measures are
I. Gender
II. Religious affiliation
III. Birth place
IV. Social classes
V. Intellectual sophistication
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Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : There is the increasing prevalence of borderless diseases.
Reason (R) : There is the increase in global travel and an increasing rate of human migration.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

The concept of 'habitus' deals with

According to Louis Wirth, the following variables are important in making urban life impersonal.
I. Location
II. Affluence
III. Size
IV. Density
V. Heterogeneity
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Which were the general land tenure system prevalent in rural India before independence ?
I. Zamindari
II. Sajhedari
III. Ryotwari
IV. Hawaldari
V. Mahelwari
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Use of public office for private gain is known as

Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Sociologists usually distinguish between absolute and relative poverty.
Reason (R) : In developed countries with established welfare systems, absolute poverty is rare.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

Which is the largest form of Urban life today ?

Match List - I with List - II.

List - I (Tribe)                     List - II (Dormitories)
A. Gonds                              I. Kichuki
B. Oraon                              II. Dhumkuria
C. Bhutia                             III. Gotul
D. Angami Naga                   IV. Rang - Bang

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Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Prejudice is one thing. Discrimination is something else.
Reason (R) : Prejudice is a matter of belief. Discrimination is a mode of behaviour.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Who has classified action into logical and non - logical action ?

Who wrote the book, 'Caste and Race in India' ?

Which among the following are relevant and related to the National Policy on Education ?
I. Radha Krishnan Commission
II. Mudaliar Commission
III. Kidwai Commission
IV. Kothari Commission
V. Tendulkar Commission
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The most systematic general theory of cultural reproduction is given by

Which of the following is a structure of relationships linking social actors, or the set of actors and the ties among them ?

Adopting a historical approach to the dispersal of people, R Cohen identifies the following categories of diasporas.
I. Victim diasporas
II. Labour diasporas
III. Trading diasporas
IV. Imperial diasporas
V. Cultural diasporas
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Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Enhancing global consciousness is a vital dimension of increasing environmental awareness.
Reason (R) : Our choices and actions are responsible for our actions towards ecology.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

The durable relations between a food - producing family and the families that supply them with goods and services are known as

The Generalised Elsewhere' has been given by

Match List - I with List - II.

    List - I                                               List - II
A. Harijan                               I. Constitutional and administrative
B. SC/ST                               II. Political and cultural
C. Dalit                                  III. Political and administrative
D. Maha - Dalit                       IV. Moral and ethical

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Who among the following used 'Comparative and Historical Research Method' in their study ?

Match List - I with List - II.

List - I  (Book)                                                     List - II (Authors)
A. The Sociology of Disaster                                 I. Jeffery D Sachs
B. Environmental Sociology                                  II. Ram Ahuja
C. The Age of Sustainable Development                III. Thomas E Drabek
D. Social Problems in India                                  IV. John Hannigan

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Which one of the following was not a direct cause of the decline of the pre - British village artisan industries ?

......... was first developed by sociologists, B Glaser and A Strauss (1967), in an attempt to come to grips with their clinical research in medical sociology.

Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Discrimination is a mode of behaviour.
Reason (R) : To discriminate means to deny an individual or a group, a privilege or an opportunity or a pleasure that is thereupon reserved for one's own group.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

There are two levels of meanings which are implicit in Sanskritisation. These are

Who is known as the 'Bourgeois Marx' ?

Match List - I with List - II.

  List - I (Principles)                                                          List - II (Meaning)
A. Phenominalism                           I. Knowledge is arrived at through the gathering of facts that provide the basis for laws.
B. Deductivism                                II. Asserts that social phenomena and their meanings are continually being accomplished by social actors.
C. Inductivism                                 III. The purpose of theory is to generate hypothesis that can be tested.
D. Constructionism                         IV. Only phenomena and hence knowledge confirmed by the senses can be warranted as knowledge.

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Consider the following statements and state which of the following is/are correct ?
I. Fantasy city is a type of city in which great emphasis is placed on creating a spectacle, especially for consumption, leisure and tourism.
II. Edge cities are located at the innermost rings of large cities.
III. Megacities are cities with population greater than 10 million people.
IV. Megalopolis is cluster of scantly populated cities that can stretch over great distances.
V. Metropolis is a large, powerful and culturally influential urban area consisting of a central city and surrounding suburbs.
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The #MeToo movement is a part of which wave of feminism ?
I. First Wave
II. Second Wave
III. Third Wave
IV. Fourth Wave
V. Fifth Wave
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....... is an approach originally developed by Dorothy Smith (1978) to better understand women's everyday experiences by discovering the power relations that shape those experiences.

Which one of the following is not correct ?

What are the main features of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 ?

A biological being is transformed into a social being with the help of the following

Who wrote the book, "The Lonely Crowd' ?

Match List - I with List - II

List - I (Thinkers)                    List - II (Work)
A. GH Mead                          I. Structuration
B. E Goffman                         II. Governmentality
C. M Foucault                        III. Symbolic interactionism
D. A Giddens                         IV. Total institutions

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Which of the following constitutes an important methodological components in Foucault's works ?
I. Discipline and Punish
II. The History of Sexuality
III. Madness and Civilisation
IV. The Archaeology of Knowledge
V. The Order of Things
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Given below are two statements.
Statement I : A major problem for empirical researchers is the connection between theory and observation referred to as rules of correspondence.
Statement II : In Sociology, the passage from observation to conceptualisation and back again requires a close examination of the manner in which our observations are organised and categorised, as well as, to the operationalisation of the concepts used to organise data.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.