The evolutionary theory of social change is based on notion of gradual transformation of society in which of the following :
1. Vertical direction
2. Unilinear direction
3. Multilinear direction
4. Curvilinear direction
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
1 and 2
3 and 4
1 and 4
2 and 3
Which one of the following is not the part of Little Tradition ?
Folk - Tales
Legends
Ramayana
Marriage - Songs
Who defined social movement as "a collective venture extending beyond a local community or single event and involving a systematic effort to bring about changes in the way people think and behave" ?
C. Wendell King
Robert Ash
N.J. Smelser
Anthony Wallace
The history of the women's movement is usually dated :
The social reform movements of the nineteenth century.
The liberal feminist movements of the twentieth century.
The radical feminist movements of the twentyfirst century.
The democratic political movements of the post colonial era.
Which one of the following groups of thinkers belongs to the linear view of social change ?
Comte, Pareto and Marx
Pareto, Sorokin and Marx
Comte, Ogburn and Marx
Assertion (A): Colonial policies such as on water tax, land-revenue and agricultural prices could bring together poor middle and well-to-do tenants, along with lesser landlords against zamindars and peasant potentates.Reason (R): It is not the peasant mind or mentality but the circumstances of peasant life that account for the emergence of peasant movement.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
A is false but R is true
Assertion(A):Electronics, automobiles and other means of modern transport have brought significant changes in the social relationships among the human beings.Reason (R): Science and technology have affected the attitudes, values and behaviour of people across the societies.
Which one of the following political movements mobilised its support on the basis of caste loyalties ?
Self-respect movement
Naxalite movement
Kisan movement
Bodo movement
Assertion(A):The peasant movements of India have brought in some agrarian reforms.Reason(R): Such movements are always well organized at the grass root level.
Which three broad types of cultures succeeding each other have been analysed by P.A. Sorokin in his cyclical theory of social change ?
Ideational, Instrument and Ethical
Ideational, Idealist and Sensate
Idealist, Moral and Sensate
Idealist, Ethical Modern
