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YEAR 2016

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) Participatory development helps in increasing

a) Transparency
b) Accountability
govemance of the development activity
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,.r2) Wrich of the following is not an athibute of a small community?
.d) Individualism
b) Distinctiveness
c) Self-sulficiency
d; Homogeneity

Acephalous societies are those where

a)
Institutionalised political leadership is not there
b)
Women are the heads
c) There is segmentation on the basis ofage
qdfThe head is chosen through divine intervention
]i-
The term Lumpen Proletariat refers Io
a) working class
t) ieisure class
,.<f middte class
d) The class of degenerated elements in industrial centres

-o5) Welfare State's major concern is to

a) provide lor national defence
b) govide for social defence
-e)- provide for social security and social services
I d) promoLe socialism
I
ld ui".u.ctrr of needs is a theory advanced by
a) Murray
b) Maslow
c) Skinner
-6 Pavlov

V) Social Group Work as a method of social work primarily aims at

a) Development of leadership qualities
b),. Development of democratic life style
@TDevelopment of capability for adjustment
d; All the above

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Y8) Social change means

a) Change in the values and relationships among tre individrals
b) _ Change in the political leadership
{ Change in social values, social institutions and social relationship
d) Radical change in individual behaviour

9) The Conflict theory of Social Change was propounded by

a) Garry Marx
'yb) Max Weber
. $ Karl Marx
d) Murrav Ross

could be briefly stated

t a)Paulo Freire's approach
)O) as
ofservices forpeople.
.bf,,grganisarion
Mobilisation of commrmityleados.
c) Action-Reflection process with people
d) Identification of target system for work.
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Yl) Which of the following statements does not apply to the definitimofcrime?
a) Crime is human behaviour
b) Crime is deviant behaviour
/c) Crime is a violation ofreligious code
d) Crime is violation of legal code.

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YZ) Social development generally refers to
a) Poverty Alleviation
b) Access to Social Services
c) People's Paticipation
vrf) All of the above.

qf/y'wfri"fr agency brings out Human Development Report?

- /a) IINDP
b) wHo
c) UNICEF
d) All the above

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What is the full form of DPAP?

a) District Polio Amelioration Programme
b) District Primary Education Access Programme
c) Drought Prone Area Programme
@ Decentialised Planning and Participation
Who used the dominant caste model to indicate imitative behaviour with regard to seeking
mobility?
a) Radha Kumud Mukherjee
b) M.N. Srinivas
c) Andre Bettille
t)-Yogendra Singh

16))Vhich one ofthe following located the centrality of httle communities2

I va) Robert Singer
b) Ralph Dahrendorf
c) R. Redfield
d) None ofthe above.

$Who." involvement is central to any participatory process?

/u; Stok.hold"rs
b) Planners h

c) Govt. officials
d) Influential people
I

)f8; Sch"dut"a Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention ofAtrocities.) Act was passed in the year
' a) 1976
b) 1978
f te88
d) 1989

Tplwhich schedule ofthe Indian Constitution defrnes schedule Areas2

/ a) Fourth Schedule
b) Fifth Schedule
Sixttr Schedule
"ef
d) Seventh Schedule

The Siddhi trlbe inhabiting mostly the Kamataka region in India

a) Are originally the Bantus from South East Africa
b) Are the wond ering sadhus
c) Are known to have expefiise in herbal treatment
'{) Are krown lor being best snake charmers

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tzf Central Social Welfare Board was set up in the year 27)1
a) 195 |

b) t9s2
.4, t9s3
drtes4
tf2; As per Indian Constitution "Land and its Management" falls within the administrative
jurisdiction of the
a) Central List
b) State List
.ef Concunent List
d) It is undecided
'p3) ,h
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the formal small group nehvorks' communication which of the lbllowing term denotes "relying
/ on a central figure to act as the conduit for atl the groups communications"
a)
Lnam
b)
Wheel
-e) Channel
d)..None ofthe above

?4.) The tendency ofindividuals to spend less effort when working collectively than when working
individually is described as:-
{1-/.^.'..
soclal loallns
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b; Going slow
c) Social arrangement
d.; Social information processing

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25) Clayton Alderfer reworked on Need hierarchy theory. What is it called?

i), Existence, relatedness and growth theory
-i1) Existence, reliability and $owth theory
iii) Equity, relate&res and growth theory.
iv) None ofthe above.

6) The phenomenon in which the norm for consensus overrides the realistic appraisal 'of
2r\ n
altemative courses ofaction is called.
a) Group shift
b) Groupthink
<) Group interaction
d) Gronp dynamics

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27) The situational leadership theory was developed by:

i)
Paul Hans and Ken Hersey 6)
ii)
Fieldler and Joe Garcia
iii) Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard
iv) None ofthe above.

A way ofusing language to manage meaning, by which readers influence how events are seen
and understood, is called:
a) Fixing
"b) Manipulating
c) BothA &B
d) Framing

Yf) Which one of the following is the third party with the authority to dictate an agreement, be .it
voluntary or compulsory?
X
3-l Conciliator
b) Arbitrator
.e)- Mediator
d) Consultant
30)In the seventh decade ofthe last century, IINO advocated for a 0,rmoie effective strategies for
realization ofthe goals ofsocial development, which was subsequently known as
i) Minimum Need Programme -O
=ii) Sustiinable Development
iii) Basic Needs Approach
" iv) People-friendly Development

3l) Which one of the following captures the essence of Human Development?
i) Empowering communities to fight poverty and unemployrnint
ii) Working for an egalitarian society
.-iiifstriving to make a diseasefieeworld C
. iv) Enlargement rjfrelevant
hurnar clnices

32) Devdasi system is banned by

i) Immoral Trafficking Prevurtion Ad-
U
ii) Prohibition of DdicdionAc! 1982
iii) Bombay Beggary PeventionAc! 1959
iv) None ofthe above

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33) The 1sr Backward class commission is also known as

i) B.P. Mandal Commission
ii) S.M. Reddy Commission
iii) Kaka Kale lkar Commission
iv) P.D. Tandon Commission

34)As per the Persons with Disabilities (Equal opportunities, protection of Rights & Full
Parlicipation) Act, 1995, all poverty alleviation schemes are supposed to reserve the following
per cent for the benefit ofpeople with disabilities:
1\ s%
rd +N
iii) 3%
iv) 25%

95lconvention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against women { cEDAW) was

adoped in the )ear
a) 1973
b) IqTs
c) 1977
t4) 1979
36) 2005 was observed by L-rNO as year of
i!Disabled
ii) Microfinance
iii) Macro finance
iv) Human resource

37lHow,rc Change the llortd is afir:ldby

li) Eric Hobsbawm A
ii) David Bornstein
iii) Andre Beteille
iv) D.Michael Hill

5Al Who Gave the Concept of Socra t Morphologt?

a)Radcliffe Brown
&Y Durkheim
c) Dumont
d) Kallar

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J9) Among the following approach of motivations which considers Hygiene factors as an
tmpodant tactor?
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a)- Equiry theory
-bf Japanese model of motivation ;

c) Goal setting model

d) Dual structure to motivation

Ronded Labour System abolition Act was passed

in the year
a)
1972
,-bT te74
c) 1976
d) 1978
4l) A-trange the following Acts in chronological order
a) The Indian Forest Act
b) The Forest (Conservation) Act and Rules o
c) The Wildlife protection Act
d) The Environment (protection) Act
e) 1,3,2,4 l
D 2,4,3,1
g) 2,,3,4,1
,xf t,z,t,+

.12)W"hi:h {j1"_ following is not the major concem of sustainable development?

i) OZONE layer depletion
ii) Ciimare change A
t-ifi) Disasters
iv) Slow growh of development

13)46.ln Scientific Method which rjfthe following methods

are there?
a) Research
b) Hypothesis
c) Problem &
d) Project aliocation
e) Projectexperimentation
f) Prolect conclusion

a) 1.3,4,5,6
b) 1,2,3,s,6,
cl 2.3,4,5,6
d) all ofthe above

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u44) Which ofthe following is not a violation ofethical principles governing social research?
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H) Involving people in research without their consent
b) Exposing the research participant to mental stress
c)u Withholding from the participant the true nature ofthe research
l) Subjecting the informed participant to experiments

*5) With regard to Resettlement and Rehabilitation, which of the following statements best reflects
the roots of the problems?

a) Lack of knowledge regarding the positives of developmental programmes

b)- Resistance to change and adherence to status quo
uC) Displaced people are not recognized as primary stakeholders in developmortpojects
d) Lack of will on pafi of state tor ads implonarting the pogramme
46) What is Logical Framework (Log Frame) Approach? \t
e
A set oftools for planning, design, implementation and evaluation ofprojects.
An approacli for logical analysis ofthe outcomes of the programmes
a) An approach for objective and scientific analysis
b) None ofthe above
-7{Z; Who argued in book titled Imagined Communities, that nation iives in hbmogeneous empty
i time? -stt
a) Benedict Anderson
-f) Jean Paul Sartre
c) Bertrend Russell
d) Leo Tolstoy

48) As per Land Acquisition Act,2013, acquisition ofland for private companies requires the prior - it\
consent ofhow many affected families
i)
at least 50% a)
ii) No consent is required
iii) at least 80%
at least 7 5'r/;o
/*)
7O; Wtrictr of the following fall under the purview of "affected family" as per Land Acquisition ssf
Act, 20 I 3

a) Family not owning land but whose member/s are agricultural labourer in the affected area
b) Those who were given land by the govemment under any scheme and whose land is being
,
Q-acquired
Both A and B
d) Neither A. nor B.

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Which of the following is not a primary source of data bql tr
a) Interview Schedule tn
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b) Questionnaire -d
c) ObServationSchedule
rdi Official Records
d
tr.57) Right to Education has been elevated to a fundamental right by which constitutional
amendment:
a) 91s' constitutional amendment 63) Ir
b) 92nd constitutional amendment
c) 86th constitutional amendment
l
d) 94th constitutional amendment
I

)($)As envisaged in t]le national healthcare norms a community health centre in a rural area caters
to a population ol
*TA
lar
{) 50000 - 80000 population
b) 80,000 - 1,20,000 population
b)
c) 1.2 - 1.5lakh population \4
d) Above 1.5 lakh population d)

*59) Which Ft. !

one of the following is nor a probability sampling?
a)
a)
b)
Simple random sampling
Stratified random sampling
5 c)
c) Systematic random sampling
d)
gd) Convenience sampling
€e1vo
) Antyodaya Project is aimed at
ro youl
a) Identification ofthe poor families and providing them with food grains at highly subsidised a)
rates.
b)
..c)'|.
b)_ Empowering women especially those belonging to the marginalized groups
tel Organising developmental programmes for dalits
d)
d) Aggressive coverage of weaker sections with SHGs

v,61) Social Action primarily consists of

a) Programme to cater to the material needs of the peoole 67) Yoi
bf Techniques of dialoguing with those who hold risources fir,e car
bJ Strategies ofbuilding people,s power
d) Legal action against the offending party

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Matemal mortality rate is defined as the annual number of deaths of women from pregnancy
related causes per-
4O l000live births
b) 10,000 live births
c) 100,000 live births
d) None ofthe above

63) lntegrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) had been launched in the year-
a) 1975
b) 1976
c) 1981
d) 1987

SfAn integrated programme for the empowerment of women through the network of SHGs was
launched in the year 2001 by converging all women related schemes, is known as-
a) Swashakti
b) Mahila Samridhi Yojna
{ Swayamsidha
d) None ofthe above

d;. Wni"n of ,ne following is zrot a technique of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)?

a) Venn diagram
{ Wealth Ranking
c) Transect walk
' d) Content analysis
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*) Your best friend wants to marry a person who is HIV positive. What advice you would off".
o l our friend:
a) Caution him/her in strict words of fear of inflicting HIV
b)_ Encourage him/her to get married as love is supreme
,rf Take him/her to counsellor who can inform about safe behavior
Q Respect his/her choice and remain quiet.

31
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You are the manager ofa big organization and after long selection process, your team shortlists
fte candidates for five posts and all are women. What would be your response?
a) Will ask the team to revisit their selection process as women are not suitable for jobs
requiring lot of travelling
..bf Will recruit the women candidates as they deserve the posts
'YI Will recruit the women as it will show that your organization is gender sensitive
d) Will bypass the selection team and recruit both riren and women of your choice.

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68) The root cause ofLeft Wing extremism spreading in several states in India is:

a) Illiterate and ignorant villagers are helping naxalites with lor their little benefits.
b) Extremist groups love to spread violence.
'c) Decades ofunder-development and poverty among marginalized groups is resulting in this
problem.
d) Govemment is not able to 'solve' the problem ofnaxalism effectively.

69) Wlich ofthe following statements about ethics and values is correct
{. Ethics is about matters of risht and wrons conduct while values refer to beliefs about
what is regarded as worthy. z.
b. Ethics refer to the beliefs about what is regarded as worthy while values is about mafiers :r
of right and wrong conduct.
c. Both ethics and values represent what is right and wrong conduct
d. Both ethics and values refer to our beliefs about what is resarded as worthv.

?o; cturt action social work refers to

a) Social action amongst.the lower classes of society
-4 It aims to obtain a favorable court ruling that will benefit the social welfare ofa specific
group ofpersons.
c) Action b),the proletariats ofthe society through protests and strikes.
d) The radical social rvork to remove structural baniers in society.

7i t The ?015 amendments to Child labour Prohibition Act,l986 seek to provide exception to the
emplolment of children who

a) Help in family enterprises which are non hazardous

b) Who work in audio visual entertainment industry or those who work in sports activities
c) Both A and B *
*dJ Does not provide exception to any ofthese as they are contrary to the spirit of the act.
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' 7$Jhe proposed amendment to Industrial Disputes Act,1947 by thlpresent

governmenl
allow
will

a)
The companies employing up to 300 workers to fire or hire employees
without seeking
any government permission
b) The companies employing up to r00 workers to fire or hire employees without seeking
n this any government perm ission.
c) The companies to fire or hire without seeking any government permission irrespective of
their employee strensth
--tl.) I here is no proposed change in the Industrial Disputes
Act
Y3fThe temples in India which have been in news for barring the entry
of women are
about
Shani Shingnapur, Trimbakeshwar temple and Meenakshi Temple
1)
b) Shingnapur, Sabarimala Temple and Meenakshi Temple
-eI llr""i
Shani Shingnapur, Trimbakeshwar temple, Sabarimala Temple
d) Trimbakeshwar temple, Sabarimala Temple and Meenakshi Temple

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7-1) The term fourlh world refers to
ual Very backward regions
b) Judiciary
:cific c) Parliament
d) Press

-5) Social Darwinism refers to the theory tiat

o the a) People are born with different abilities leading to success of some and failure of others
b) Focuses on survival ofthe fittest
c) People are bom with same abilities but environment impacts performance
d) Focuses on principle ofnatural selection
? -{MRUT launched by the Government of India in 2015 deals with
)t-
<f Cleaning of river Ganga
b; Providing clean water to people
c1 People centric urban development and planning
dt Linking ofrivers in India

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Y7) The community in which you go for fieldwork as student has a woman headed family which
is very poor. The woman shares with you that since she has not paid rent for her
small room for two months, the owner has asked her to vacate the room.
She is inconsolable and worried about where she will take her young daughters.
How would you deal with the situation

a) I will give her some money to tide over the immediate problem.
b) I will listen to her problem and tell her that though I empathise with her situation but I
,ran't give money as I don't have it.
.tJ I will mobilise her neighbourhood to help her in her immediate problem and then
facilitate a long term solution to her problem.
d) I will avoid meeting her in future since as student I do not have funds to sive her.

J8). Match the follorving books with their authors

A. Seeking Begumpura : The Social Vision ofAnti-Caste Intellectuals
B. tndia After Gandhi : The history Of The World's Largest Democracy
C. Mohan Das : A True Story Of A Man , His People and His Empire
D. \4istaken Modemity : India Between Worlds

I. Rama Chandra Guha

II. Cail Omvedr
IIi. Dipankar Gupta
IV. Rai Mohan Gandhi

-{ a-u. B-r. c-IV. D-III _-

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b)A-I .B-II .C.III ,D-IV
A.III . B.IV. C-II , D-I
d) A-TV. B-III , C-I . D-II

79). Which Article in the constitution relates to abolition of untouchability?

a) Article 20
b) Article 19
c) Article I 8
d) Article 17
80) which Article is in the constitution relates to protection ofinterests of minorities?
a) Afticle 26
b) Arricle 27
c) Article 29
d) Article 30

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h 31) Black money is:
a. Counterfeitcurrency
b- Money earned through foreign resources
c.
,.Money earned through contractual deals
,di Money on which payment of tar is usually evaded
32) Which organisation among the following publishes the records of Accidental death and
suicides in India?
a) National Institute ofForensic Science
b) Bureau of Police Research and Development
c) National Institute of Social Defense
-dj National Crime Records Bureau
${ The term 'Ageism' refers to
a) Provision ofwelfare services for the aged
6/ The negative aftitude towards the aged
c) The positive attitude towards the aged
d) Growing age related changes
&4) As far as the end product ofthe process ofsocialisation is concemed, it is reflected in one's
a) Sanskritisation
,1^
.9, rersonanry
c) Social class
d) Standard o I living

85) Liberty, Fratemity and Equality' was the slogan adopted by

a) Russian revolution
:b) French Revolution
c) American revolution
d) German revolution
s{lcol ert Observarion is where
a) subjects are aware that they are not being observed
b) subjects are aware thar they are being observed
,<l subjects are unaware thal they are being observed
d) subjects are not involved
S- Seul Alins$. was known as
:., The father of democratic radicalism
Ir The father of democratic reforms
:, The father ofcorporate social responsibility
: The tather for sociology

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88) Rarional Emotive Therapy is given by #"
a) Aaron Beck
b) Friz Perls i
c) .{lben EIlis n
d) E_r'senick d
-89).ln uorli place. a person is often required to ar.er one's behaviour paftem
a
social values. This is known as
and imbibe new ,?6Jl
/the
1 r
a) Socialisation
b) De- socialisation 2
-/c) Re- socialisation I
d) \\'ork culture adjusrment (
c
--90) The concept of Sanskritisatror is closely related to
a) Primar-r'_woup sfrn
b) Secondary-Group
c) Reference Group
'd) Caste Group

dl; Stagflarion refers ro situation caused by

a) Rising Inflation and lovzering Sensex index 9d"

b) Rising Inflation and lowering commodity price
'-d nising Inflation and rising uiemployment'
d) Lowering inflation and rising cost of living

€2) As a socialsub-system, the main role of education is seen to be

oofr
,7/a) To pass onthe social values to successive generations
b) To point out and conect the defects in the Jociety
c) To introduce modemization in society
d) To help people lead a peaceful life
4) The rise of ethical consumerism can be linked to the rise
of
a) Corporate governance 100 I
b) Corporate accounting
c) Corporate culture
df Corporate Social Responsibility

'94t'Social Role Valorization (SRV.1 deals wirh

a) Evaluation of human services
lud) Those who are societally devar.r'ed or have the heightened
risk of becoming devarued
c) Analysis ofsocial group cohesion
d) Analysis of caste groups

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