Lecture 34 Self evaluation :

1)  Each question carries 1 mark.

2) There are five alternatives - (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) given against each question out of which only one is the most appropriate answer. If (A) is correct, round on the correct alternative like (A) .

3) If a question is answered wrongly or more than one answers are marked, 0.20 marks will be deducted for each such question.

Q.1 Sociology is not able to capture complexities of social change in India because:

(A)   It does not study social change

(B)   It is too abstract

(C)   It follows American or European models

(D)   It fails to analyze cause and effect

Q.2 The term neo-social groups refers to five broad divisions of Indian society: Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Other Classes; and minorities (particularly Muslims). The groupings are:

(A)   Fuzzy

(B)   Constantly in making

(C)   In the processes of acquiring self-consciousness

(D)   All of the above

Q.3 The problems of cessationism, terrorism and various forms of violence in India require:

(A)    Historical analysis

(B)   Promotion of religion

(C)    A reflexive solution to the issue of neo-social-group nationalism

(D)   Intervention of state in the religious and cultural matters of different communities

Q.4 The result of implementation of the Nehruvian, industrial socialist model of development was to:

(A)   Rejection of Sarvodaya and Swaraj

(B)   Complete acceptance of Sarvodaya and Swaraj

(C)   Lack of debate on Sarvodaya and Swaraj

(D)   None of the above

Q.5 Systematic ways of dealing with hazards and insecurities induced and introduced by modernization is called:

(A)   Ulrich Beck

(B)   Risk

(C)   Apocalypse

(D)   None of the above