Assertion (A):Social change is always planned.Reason (R):Societies are not resistant to change.
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
Kroeber reported that an American Indian seeing the advantages of writing, invented a system called a syllabary with 86 symbols to put the 'cherokee language' in to written form. It can be called a process of :
Innovation
Diffusion
Imitation
Discourse
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
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
1 and 2
3 and 4
1, 2 and 3
2, 3 and 4
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
1 and 4
2 and 3
According to Robert Blauner, there is X between the level of technology used and aliention, X stands for :
An equal relationship
An inverse relationship
A positive relationship
No relationship
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 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
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
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.
"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