1.'Social Darwinism', is a theory that emphasised the importance of _______________
change.
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Ans: adaptive
2.The French revolution(1789-93) and the Soviet or Russian revolution of
1917 are examples of ____________.
a) Evolution
b) Political evolution
c) social evolution
d) Revolution
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Ans: d) Revolution
3.The natural disaster that hit Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands
and parts of Tamil Nadu in December 2004 was ____________.
(Chapter 2: Understanding Society - Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society)
Ans: irreversible
4.The new spinning and weaving machines destroyed the ______________
industry of the Indian subcontinent with technological innovations in the
textile industry in Britain.
a) Transport
b) handloom
c) silk
d) cotton
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Ans: b) handloom
5.Youth rebellion is an example of _______________ Culture.
(Chapter 2: Understanding Society - Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society)
Ans: counter
6. ___________ refers to the active maintenance and reproduction of
particular pattern of social relations and of values and norms
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Ans: Social order
7.Ruling families of Mewar, in Rajasthan India, is an example of ____________
authority.
a) Bureaucratic
b) charismatic
c) Traditional
d) None
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Ans: c) Traditional
8.The term dominant castes was coined by ____________.
a) M.N. Srinivas
b) Andre Beitille
c) Ramaswamy
d) A.R. Desai
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Ans: a) M.N. Srinivas
9. ____________ refers to landowning intermediate castes that are numerically
large in number and thus enjoy political dominance in a given region.
(Chapter 2: Understanding Society - Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society)
Ans: Dominant Castes
10. Urban communities that are sealed off by fences or walls with controlled
entry and exit are called ___________ communities.
(Chapter 2: Understanding Society - Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society)
Ans: gated
11. What do you understand by the term social change?
(Chapter 2: Understanding Society - Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society)
Ans: Social change refers to changes in structure and culture of the society.
12. Change that takes place slowly over a long period of time is called __________.
a) Revolution
b) Evolution
c) Adaptive
d) Revolving
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Ans: b) Evolution
13. ________________ changes refers to transformations in the structure of society, to its institutions
or by the rules these institutions run.
a) Cultural Change
b) Structural Change
c) Political Change
d) Economic Change
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Ans: b) Structural Change
14.Which thinker proposed a theory where living organisms evolve-or change slowly over several
centuries or even millennia, by adapting themselves to natural circumstances.
a) Spence
b) Darwin
c) Einstein
d) Comte
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Ans: b) Darwin
15. Social Darwinism, is a theory that emphasized the importance of ________ change.
a) Revolutionary
b) Adaptive
c) Evolutionary
d) Societal
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Ans: b) Adaptive
16.The central concepts to understanding the dialectical relationship between the society and
individual are _____________.
a) Structure
b) Stratification
c) Social processes
d) All the above
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Ans: d) All the above
17. Give the meaning of the term evolution.
(Chapter 2: Understanding Society - Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society)
Ans: Evolution is the name given to a kind of change that takes place slowly over a long period of time. This term was made famous by the natural scientist Charles Darwin, who proposed a theory of how living organisms evolve - or change slowly over several centuries or even millenia, by adapting themselves to natural circumstances.
18.Who proposed the theory of 'survival of the fittest'?
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Ans:Charles Darwin
19.What is revolutionary change?
(Chapter 2: Understanding Society - Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society)
Ans: Revolutionary change refers to a rapid and profound transformation in various aspects of society, often resulting in a significant shift in power structures, ideologies, technologies, or societal norms.
20.Give any two examples of revolutionary change
(Chapter 2: Understanding Society - Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society)
Ans: The French revolution (1789-93) and the Soviet or Russian revolution of 1917.
21.What is cultural change?
(Chapter 2: Understanding Society - Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society)
Ans: Cultural change refers to shifts or transformations in the ideas, values, beliefs, and norms that are integral to a society's identity and shape its way of life. It encompasses alterations in societal attitudes, behaviors, and the ways people perceive and interact with the world around them.
22. What do you understand by 'universal adult franchise'?
(Chapter 2: Understanding Society - Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society)
Ans: 'Universal adult franchise' refers to the principle that every adult citizen within a society, regardless of gender, social status, ethnicity, or economic standing, possesses the right to vote in elections and participate in the democratic process.
23. What is social order?
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Ans: Social order refers to the established patterns, structures, and systems within a society that maintain stability, continuity, and predictability.
24. What are laws?
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Ans: A law is an explicitly codified norm or rule. It is usually written down, and there are laws that specify how laws are to be made or changed, or what is to be done if someone violates them.
24. Give the meaning of the term 'gentrification'.
(Chapter 2: Understanding Society - Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society)
Ans: The term 'gentrification', refers to the conversion of a previously lower class neighbourhood into a middle and upper class one.
25. What is counter-culture?
(Chapter 2: Understanding Society - Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society)
Ans: Counter-culture refers to a cultural movement or group that deliberately opposes or rejects the prevailing societal norms, values, and behaviors.
26. What do you understand by the term 'legitimation'?
(Chapter 2: Understanding Society - Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society)
Ans: The process of making legitimate, or the grounds on which something is considered legitimate, i.e., proper, just, right etc.
27. What do you understand by the term 'ghettosiation'?
(Chapter 2: Understanding Society - Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society)
Ans: Originally from the term used for the locality where Jews lived in medieval European cities, today refers to any neighbourhood with a concentration of people of a particular religion, ethnicity, caste or other common identity. Ghettoisation is the process of creation of ghettoes through the conversion of mixed composition neighbourhoods into single community neighbourhoods.