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social institutions continity and change

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Teacher Name : Rakesh KUMAR
Total Questions : 18
Time Allowed : 60
Total Marks : 18

Q 1 : Which of the following is NOT a correct statement about the term jati?
- It is an all-India aggregative classification
- It has a segmental organisation
- Membership in a jati involves rules about food and food-sharing
- It is a local classification that varies from region to region
Q 2 :Choose the incorrect statement about position of caste and caste-based issues in the nationalist movement.
- The dominant view was to treat caste as a social evil and as a colonial ploy to divide India.
- Anti-untouchability programmes became a significant part of the Congress agenda.
- There was an initiative taken to organise "depressed classes from both ends of the caste spectrum.
- Efforts to organise the "depressed classes and particularly the untouchable caste began during the nationalist movement.
Q 3 :How many features of caste system have been giveen by Dr. Ghurye?
- Seven
- Six
- Five
- Four
Q 4 :The Adivasis traded
- Salt
- All of these
- Elephants
- Forest produce
Q 5 :Those who have blood relations are the part of which kinship?
- Consanguineal
- Affinal
- none
- Both a & b
Q 6 : Which of the following is true for caste?
- It is based on egalitarianism
- It is not linked to occupations
- It is a choice
- It is endogamous
Q 7 :When was Hindu Marriage Act passed?
- 1935
- 1955
- 1965
- 1946
Q 8 :The 1901 Census took place under the direction of:
- Herbert Spencer
- Lord Bentic
- Lord William
- Herbert Risley
Q 9 : Which of the following is not a principle on winch the caste system is based?
- Separation
- Difference
- Wholism
- Competition
Q 10 :In which family the name of descent goes with the name of father?
- No one
- Matriarchal
- Patrilineal
- Matrilineal
Q 11 : Which of the following is an example of the economic changes affecting caste?
- Emergence of caste-based political parties in the 1980s.
- Recruitment to industrial jobs continued to be organised along caste and kinship-based lines.
- Modern industry created all kinds of new jobs for which there were no caste rules.
- Particular departments or shop floors were often dominated by specific castes.
Q 12 :The tribal language spoken by Indian tribes include
- Dravidian
- Indo-Aryan
- Tibeto-Burman
- Austric
Q 13 : Which of the following are not the changes brought by colonialism to the caste system?
- Land revenue settlements serving the upper castes customary rights
- Marking of schedules of castes for special treatment by the state
- Uniting castes to traditional occupations
- numbering and recording of castes through Census
Q 14 : Who founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in 1873?
- E.V. Ramasami Naickar
- Sri Narayana Guru
- Jyotirao Govindrao Phule
- Ayyankali
Q 15 :In which area has caste proved to be the strongest?
- Cultural and domestic sphere
- Economic
- Politics
- Urban sphere
Q 16 :Who marries in Monogamy?
- Two females and three males
- One male and one female
- One female and two males
- One male and two females
Q 17 :Which of these is the function of caste?
- To determine occupation
- All of these
- Mental security
- Security of culture
Q 18 : Who wrote the book "Caste in India"?
- Majumdar
- Ghurye
- Hutton
- Risley

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