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
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
Bhoodan movement was started after a violent peasant movement known as :
Naxalbari movement
Tebhaga movement
Telangana movement
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 2
3 and 4
1 and 4
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
"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 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
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
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.
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): 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.