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Methodology and Perspectives of Social Sciences | Set 5

1. …………..is the holistic "science of man," - a science of the totality of human existence.

Correct : A. Anthropology

2. Who described socio-cultural anthropology as "the most scientific of the humanities, and the most humanistic of the sciences?"

Correct : A. Eric Wolf

3. The goal of ………….is to provide a holistic account of humans and human nature.

Correct : A. Anthropology

4. . ……………is a social science that seeks to analyze and describe the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth.

Correct : A. Economics

5. Who attempt to understand the earth in terms of physical and spatial relationships?

Correct : A. Geographers

6. …………..is the continuous, systematic narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the study of all events in time, in relation to humanity.

Correct : C. History

7. What investigates the cognitive and social aspects of human language?

Correct : C. Linguistics

8. ………….is the study of the rules that govern the structure of sentences.

Correct : C. Syntax

9. ………….. is the study of meaning.

Correct : A. semantics

10. ……………. is the study of the structure of words.

Correct : A. Morphology

11. …………. is the study of speech sounds.

Correct : A. Phonetics

12. …………… is the study of the abstract sound system of a particular language.

Correct : A. Phonology

13. The Study of Administration was written by ……………

Correct : A. Woodrow Wilson

14. Sociology was originally established by ………………..

Correct : C. Auguste Comte

15. Who is generally regarded as the "Father of Sociology”?

Correct : D. Comte

16. ………….is the craft of conveying news, descriptive material and comment via a widening spectrum of media.

Correct : D. Journalism

17. The term "social science" first appeared in …………….

Correct : D. 1824

18. The Luddite movement in ……………..had disintegrated by 1817.

Correct : D. England

19. Until the publication of the …………..in 1833, the poor social conditions in Britain went largely ignored by the ruling classes.

Correct : A. Sadler Report

20. Health and Morals of Apprentices Act was passed in ……………..

Correct : D. 1802

21. ………………… insisted that Women and young persons were to work no more than 10 hours per day.

Correct : A. Factory Act of 1847

22. ………………….. Insisted that Women and young persons to work in factories only between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. or 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Correct : A. Factory Act of 1850

23. ……… Insisted that Children were only to work during the same hours as women and young persons.

Correct : A. Factory Act of 1853

24. The dissent and insubordination of the ……………workingmen reached its peak in the mid- 19th with Chartism, an ideology that called for political reform in the country.

Correct : A. English

25. The People's Charter, a document was written in 1838 by……………

Correct : A. William Lovett

26. ……………….attempted to revive Chartism in 1840 by founding the National Charter Association.

Correct : A. Fergus O’Connor

27. ……………………..Emphasized rationalism, importance of individual happiness.

Correct : A. Socialism

28. ……………………believed that human rights would be lost if government intervened

Correct : A. Liberals

29. …………………..reflected views of landed upper class.

Correct : B. Conservatism

30. ………………was a French-born aristocrat, renounced his title and supported the French Revolution.

Correct : B. St-Simon

31. ………………wished to establish "Phalanxes," self-sufficient communities where people would live according to their natural inclinations.

Correct : B. Charles Fourier

32. …………….was an English-born entrepreneur turned socialist.

Correct : B. Robert Owen

33. Who was called the "Father of British Socialism?

Correct : B. Robert Owen

34. Karl Marx was a …………..-born academic and political philosopher

Correct : A. German

35. In 1843 Marx went to ……………where he befriended Friedrich Engels.

Correct : B. Paris

36. Marx and Friedrich Engels published the …………….in 1848 which became the definitive text for socialism and communism.

Correct : A. Communist Manifesto

37. In 1867, Marx produced………………, which linked economics to history.

Correct : A. Das Capital

38. Arthur Young was an ……………..writer on agriculture and social economy

Correct : B. English

39. The year of the French Revolution was…………….

Correct : C. 1789

40. Who published a pamphlet ‘On the War in North America’?

Correct : C. Arthur Young

41. In 1761 Arthur Young went to London and started a periodical work, entitled……………, which was dropped by the advice of Samuel Johnson.

Correct : A. The Universal Museum

42. Who engaged in various experiments, and embodied the results of them in ‘A Course of Experimental Agriculture’ (1770)?

Correct : C. Arthur Young

43. Who published the Farmer's Letters to the People of England (1768)?

Correct : C. Arthur Young

44. Who was the author of ‘the Farmer's Calendar’?

Correct : C. Arthur Young

45. Who wrote ‘Political Arithmetic’?

Correct : C. Arthur Young

46. Arthur Young published ‘the Annals of Agriculture’ in ……………..

Correct : A. 1784

47. Who published ‘the Annals of Agriculture’ in 1784?

Correct : C. Arthur Young

48. Who was regarded as farmer George?

Correct : C. George III

49. ‘The Example of France a Warning to England’ was written by …………..

Correct : D. Arthur Young

50. …………….in 1834 wrote The French Revolution: A History.

Correct : D. Thomas Carlyle

51. George III belonged to the …………….dynasty.

Correct : D. Hanoverian

52. Who wrote ‘The History of the Decline and fall of the Roman Empire’?

Correct : D. Edward Gibbon

53. In the Annual Register for 1772 Burke condemned the Partition of …………..

Correct : D. Poland

54. ………….wrote ‘the Reflections on the Revolution in France’.

Correct : D. Edmund Burke

55. ……………is "the science of contextualization" often used in the field of social sciences— particularly in anthropology.

Correct : D. Ethnography

56. …………. study schooling, public health, rural and urban development, consumers and consumer goods, any human arena.

Correct : D. Ethnographers

57. …………..is the study of humanity.

Correct : D. Anthropology

58. ……………..is the study of society.

Correct : D. Sociology

59. …………colonialism, or imperialism, began in the 15th century with the "Age of Discovery", led by Portuguese.

Correct : A. European

60. The end of the 18th and early 19th century saw the first era of …………..

Correct : A. Decolonization

61. …………are the priests and are considered to be the uppermost caste.

Correct : A. The Brahmans

62. The Kshatriyas are the ………………….

Correct : A. Warriors

63. ………………are the business class.

Correct : A. Vaisyas

64. ………………. are the working class

Correct : A. The Sudras

65. India is mostly a patriarchal set-up, with the ……………..having control over the family unit.

Correct : A. Father

66. The Negrito has physical features similar to people of …………

Correct : C. Africa

67. The Mongoloid have ……………….features.

Correct : C. Chinese

68. The Austroloids have features similar the aboriginals of ……………..

Correct : A. Australia

69. …………..depicts a ranking system of human groups based on hereditary and occupation.

Correct : B. The caste system

70. Members of the highest priestly castes, the…………., are generally vegetarians

Correct : A. Brahmins

71. High-ranking ……………however, typically consume no vegetarian diets, considered appropriate for their traditions of valor and physical strength.

Correct : A. Kshatriyas

72. Matrilineal societies are societies in which descent is traced through ………….rather than through fathers.

Correct : B. Mothers

73. In …………..societies, property is often passed from mothers to daughters and the custom of matrilocal residence may be practiced.

Correct : B. Matrilineal

74. In …………societies, the descendants of men are their sister's children and not their own, which belong to their mother's matrilineage.

Correct : B. Matrilineal

75. …………is the festival that symbolizes the victory of good over evil, and lamps are lit as a sign of celebration and hope for mankind.

Correct : A. Diwali

76. Diwali is the corruption of the Sanskrit word `Deepavali`, which means ………….

Correct : A. Rows of lights

77. Diwali usually falls in the month of …………………..

Correct : B. October-November

78. Diwali is a …………festival.

Correct : C. five day

79. …………..is celebrated to honour the return of Rama and Sita to their kingdom of Ayodhya, after fourteen years of exile.

Correct : C. Diwali

80. The spectacular ……………Ganesh Chaturthi festival honors the birth of the beloved Hindu elephant-headed god, Lord Ganesha.

Correct : C. Eleven day

81. The darkest hour is just before the dawn`; a saying which truly signifies the Indian festival called ……………

Correct : A. Holi

82. ………….symbolizes dawn, light, life, a surge of energy.

Correct : C. Holi

83. ………………is a festival which begins at night suggests destruction of evil and a hope of good.

Correct : C. Holi

84. ………….. is described beautifully in the 7th century play Ratnavali written by Harshdev.

Correct : C. Holi

85. ………………is called Madanotsav by Mahakavi Kalidas.

Correct : C. Holi

86. The Bhavbooti in his play `Maltic Madhav` stated that King happily celebrated ……………with his subjects.

Correct : C. Holi

87. The first nine days of the festival are known as…………, and are filled with dance in honor of the Mother Goddess.

Correct : C. Navaratri

88. ………….is devoted to celebrating the defeat of the demon king Ravana by Lord Rama.

Correct : D. Dussehra

89. Onam Pookalam starts from ……………star and ends on Onam.

Correct : D. Atham

90. …………….is a harvest festival

Correct : D. Onam

91. A grand meal is prepared on the day of Thiru Onam. It is on this day that ………..'s spirit visits Kerala.

Correct : A. Maveli

92. Snake Boat Race or Vallamkali is the most astonishing sight from the panorama of ………….

Correct : D. Onam

93. Thiruvathira kali is one of the main dances for ……………….

Correct : D. Durga Puja

94. Kummattikkali is a spectacular folk art form, which is performed during the ………….season

Correct : D. Onam

95. Pulikali is a colorful recreational folk art from the state of……………..

Correct : D. Kerala

96. The enlightenment thinkers stressed the importance of …………….and rationality as the ways of organizing knowledge.

Correct : A. Reason

97. Thomas Hobbes was an …………………philosopher, who is credited to have established the foundation for modern political philosophy from the perspective of social contract theory.

Correct : D. English

98. John Locke was a …………………philosopher.

Correct : A. British

99. In 1689 …………..published his famous ‘two treatise on government’ in which he severely criticized the Divine Right theory of Kingship.

Correct : A. Locke

100. Charles I, the ruler of England was executed on …………….

Correct : C. 1649