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
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
Social movement can be defined as :
1. An actionn on the part of members of certain organisations
2. A radical social change to be sought for the organised efforts the people with set objectives
3. A collective action to resist or promote changes with certain goals
4. An evolutionary process of change from simple to complex settings
5. A diffusionist process of change
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
2 and 3
2, 4 and 5
1, 3 and 4
1, 2 and 4
"Women have acquired all the follies and vices of civilization and miss the useful Fruit". Who made the above statement ?
Beatrice Webb
Mary Wollstone Craft
Nancy Chodorow
Margaret Mead
According to the studies available, which one of the following has remained the most effective factor of social change amongst the Dalits ?
Reservations
Social reforms
Industrialization
Collective action
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
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.
The Jharkhand movement is organised around the following issues :
1. Land and forest alienation
2. Uneven development
3. Illiteracy
4. Job deprivation
5. Isolation
1, 2 and 3
3, 4 and 5
2, 3 and 4
Which of the following characteristics are associated with social movement ?
1. Collective enterprise
2. To establish new social order
3. Definite goals
4. Formal action
1 and 2
3 and 4
Assertion (A): In post independent India, Dalits have gained political protection but their socio economic progress is not satisfactory.Reason (R): Indian society is a caste-ridden society where only certain caste-groups can have social and economic domination.
