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The document provides instructions for completing an assignment for a social sciences preparatory course (OSS-101). [The assignment is divided into two sections, with Section 1 requiring short answers to 5 questions worth 10 marks each, and Section 2 comprising 25 multiple choice questions worth 2 marks each.] Students admitted in January 2015 must submit the completed assignment by 31 March 2015 to their assigned study center coordinator, while students admitted in July 2015 must submit by 30 September 2015.

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The document provides instructions for completing an assignment for a social sciences preparatory course (OSS-101). [The assignment is divided into two sections, with Section 1 requiring short answers to 5 questions worth 10 marks each, and Section 2 comprising 25 multiple choice questions worth 2 marks each.] Students admitted in January 2015 must submit the completed assignment by 31 March 2015 to their assigned study center coordinator, while students admitted in July 2015 must submit by 30 September 2015.

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OSS-101

Bachelor's Preparatory Programme


(BPP)

ASSIGNMENT
2015
(January and July admission cycles)

Preparatory Course in Social Sciences


(OSS 101)

School of Social Sciences


Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068
Programme Code: BPP
Course Code: OSS-101
Assignment Code: OSS-101/ASST/TMA/2015
Maximum Marks: 100

ASSIGNMENT
Dear Learner,
You will have to complete one assignment for the Preparatory Course in Social Sciences (OSS-
101). The assignment is of 100 marks. It comprises of two sections. Section 1 (of 50 marks)
comprises of questions that should be answered in about 200 words each. It is important that you
write answers to all questions in your own words. Section 2 (of 50 marks) comprises of multiple
choice questions.

Before attempting the questions in the assignment, please read the OSS-101 course material
carefully.

Submission
The completed assignments should be submitted as per the following schedule.

Schedule

Admission Cycle Date of Submission Whom to send

For students admitted 31 March, 2015 To


in January 2015 The Coordinator of the Study
Centre allotted to you
For students admitted 30 September, 2015 (Do not send your assignment
in July 2015 response to any other person)
SECTION 1
Maximum Marks: 50

Answer all the questions in about 200 words each. Each question carries 10 marks.

1. Explain primary and secondary sources of data collection. 10

2. Discuss the fundamental rights of right to equality and right to freedom. 10

3. Describe various forms of diversity. 10

4. Explain the concept of discrimination and discuss social discrimination. 2+8

5. Explain the basic concepts in demography. 10


SECTION 2
Maximum Marks: 50
Note:

i) This section has 25 questions. All questions are compulsory. Each question carries two
marks.

ii) Every question has four alternative answers, of these only one is correct. Select the
correct answer.

1. ___________________ is a systematic study of an object or phenomenon.


a) Science
b) Social Science
c) Management
d) Law

2. Which discipline is concerned with studying and interpreting past events?


a) Sociology
b) Political Science
c) History
d) Public Administration

3. _________________ includes people who are identified as ones relations either through
blood relationships or through marriage .
a) Fellowship
b) Friendship
c) Society
d) Kinship

4. United Nations brought out the report entitled Understanding Knowledge Societies in which
year?
a) 2004
b) 2005
c) 2006
d) 2007

5. What is Neolithic Revolution?


a) Transition from hunting gathering man to the agricultural man
b) Transition from hunting- gathering man to beginnings of industrial order
c) Transition from agricultural man to hunting- gathering man
d) Transition from agriculture man to beginnings of industrial order

6. A system in which various resources are utilized together for increased output is___________
a) Agricultural system
b) Social system
c) Political system
d) Factory System

7. Who discovered steam engine?


a) James Watson
b) James Watt
c) James Wilson
d) James Wood

8. In which year did Russia go though a socialist revolution?


a) 1916
b) 1917
c) 1918
d) 1919

9. Early Vedic society was largely ______________


a) Pastoral
b) Hunters
c) Industrial
d) Technical

10. Who was the founder of Gupta dynasty?


a) Kushanas
b) Kautilya
c) Chandragupta I
d) Harshvwrdhan

11. Assembly of elders in non-Brahmin villages was called_____________


a) Mahzar
b) Ur
c) Jajmani
d) Bard

12. In which year did Sepoy Mutiny take place?


a) 1856
b) 1857
c) 1858
d) 1859

13. The Indian National Congress was formed at a convention held in Bombay in December
1885 under the Presidentship of ________________
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) W. C. Bonnerji
14. Which were the two mass movements organized by the Indian National Congress under the
leadership of Mahatma Gandhi?
a) Non cooperation and civil disobedience
b) Nationalism and civil disobedience
c) Non cooperation and Bolshevik revolution
d) Bolshevik revolution and civil disobedience

15. Which article prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of
birth?
a) Article 14
b) Article 15
c) Article 16
d) Article 17

16. Fundamental duties were introduced in the Constitution in 1976 by the __________
Amendment.
a) 40th
b) 41st
c) 42nd
d) 43rd

17. What is Loksabha composed of?


a) Representatives of people chosen by direct elections on the basis of adult suffrage.
b) Representatives of Ministers
c) Representatives of States elected by elected members of legislative assemblies of states.
d) Nominees of the President of India

18. What is Judiciary?


a) Body that has power to make laws
b) Body that has power to administer justice
c) Body that has power to make policies
d) Body that has power to nominate members to Loksabha

19. Who is the Supreme commander of Defense forces?


a) Chief Minister
b) Prime Minister
c) President
d) Vice President

20. A stratum of people occupying similar social positions based on the criteria of wealth,
income, education, occupation and so on is called_________________.
a) Class
b) Caste
c) Religion
d) Society
21. Who composed the National Anthem?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Subhash Chandra Bose
d) Rabindranath Tagore

22. _________________ reflects the minimum income required for a person to be able to meet
his/ her food need
a) Poverty line
b) Savings
c) Gross Domestic Product
d) Life expectancy

23. The presence of ___________ in the atmosphere blocks entrance of ultraviolet rays from the
sunshine.
a) Alpha
b) Beta
c) Ozone
d) Carbon monoxide

24. Expected number of years a person is likely to survive is called _______________.


a) Life expectancy
b) Poverty line
c) Savings
d) Gross Domestic Product

25. What is Infant Mortality Rate?


a) Number of years, on an average, a new born child can hope to live.
b) Number of children dying before reaching five years of age per 1000 population during a
year
c) Number of persons living per sq.km of area.
d) Number of births per 1000 population during a year

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