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M.A. (Social Work)
1. The leader whose birthday is celebrated as Teacher’s Day is-
A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
C) Maulana Azad D) Dr. Radha Krishnan
2. Who became the first Minister of Education in the Indian Government-
A) Dr. S.L.Shrimali B) Shri Humayun Kabir
C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad D) Shri M.C.Chagla
3. Which party did former US President Barak Obama belong to-
A) Democratic Party B) Republican Party
C) Conservative Party D) Labour Party
4. A society that experiences little or no change from one generation to the next is referred to
as-
A) Closed society B) Static society C) Open society D) Dead society
5. Which of the following is not an essential feature of a Community-
A) Population B) Locality C) We-feeling D) Smallness in size
6. An organisation deliberately formed for the collective pursuit of some interests which its
members share, is known as-
A) Institution B) Association C) Secondary Group D) Community
7. Which of the following is not an essential feature of an association-
A) A group of people B) Common sentiments
C) Rules and procedures D) Common purposes
8. The process by which individuals and groups are ranked in a more or less enduring hierarchy
of status is known as-
A) Stratification B) Ramification C) Mobilization D) Sanskritization
9. Which of the following features are typical of genuine agrarian societies-
A) Farming and Herding B) Village community system
C) Minimal division of labour D) Great role of family
10. A system of exchange common to both the primitive and modern societies is the system of-
A) Barter B) Gifts C) Credit D) Monetary
11. The number of persons per square kilometre is defined as –
A) Population Density B) Population Concentration
C) Population Growth D) Population Index
12. The death of children below one year of life is known as-
A) Child mortality B) Intra-Uterine mortality
C) Neo-natal mortality D) Infant mortality
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13. Largest Slum population was registered in-
A) Maharashtra B) Kerala C) Delhi D) Kolkata
14. What is considered to be a crucial aspect of any social movement-
A) Class consciousness B) Ideology
C) Economic structure D) Religion
15. The revolt in Telangana was launched by-
A) The Communist Party of India B) The Indian National Congress
C) The Bharatiya Janta Party D) All India Kisan Sabha
16. The notion that men are stronger than women is a-
A) Belief B) Norm C) Value D) Sanction
17. The_____________ is a form of institutionalized crowd-
A) Aggregate B) Public C) Mob D)Audience
18. An acting crowd that is aggressive or destructive is often called a/an-
A) Public B) Audience C) Mob D) Expressive crowd
19. Whenever the individuals live together in such a way that they share the basic conditions of a
common life, we call them forming a/an-
A) Society B) Community C) Association D) Group
20. Which of the following is not an institution-
A) Marriage B) Theatre C) Religion D) Property
21. Political system, religious system, educational system or economic system are-
A) Functions of social system B) Types of social system
C) Elements of social system D) Sub-systems of social system
22. Direct socialization begins only after-
A) Birth B) Childhood C) Adolescence D) Adulthood
23. The words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of India are
taken from-
A) Rigveda B) Satpath Brahmana
C) Mundak Upanishad D) Ramayana
24. Purusha Sukta is a part of-
A) Rigveda B) Yoga-sutra C) Ramayana D) Bhagvadgita
25. Which of the following places was famous as a seat of Mahayana learning-
A) Nalanda B) Taxila C) Varanasi D) Sarnath
26. Which one among the following monument(s) was earlier known as ‘All India War
Memorial’-
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A) Gateway of India B) India Gate C) Charminar D) Lal Quila
27. World Trade Organisation was established in-
A) 1993 B) 1994 C) 1995 D) 1996
28. International Court of Justice is in-
A) Geneva B) The Hague C) Chicago D) Switzerland
29. According to United Nations Convention on Child Rights, which of the following is not a
right-
A) Social Protection B) Employment
C) Protection from Exploitation D) Education
30. The first Prime Minister of India in 1947 was appointed by-
A) The Governor General
B) The President of India
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad as Chairman of the Committee
31. India is a Democratic Republic because-
A) There is Independence of judiciary
B) The head of the State is elected by the people
C) There is parliamentary supremacy
D) There is distribution of power between Centre and State
32. Who is the highest law officer of the State-
A) Attorney General B) Solicitor General
C) Advocate General D) Secretary General Law Department
33. Which State Government has launched a ‘Happiness Curriculum’ for School Students-
A) Delhi B) Kerala C) Maharashtra D) Karnataka
34. Which journalist was elected as the new President of Delhi and Districts Cricket
Association-
A) Deepak Chaurasia B) Rajat Sharma
C) Ravish Kumar D) Pankaj Pachauri
35. Which State granted Religious Minority status to the Jews-
A) Maharashtra Government B) Kerala Government
C) Gujarat Government D) Karnataka Government
36. IPS Officer Sundari Nanda has become the first woman DGP of which Union territory-
A) Puducherry B) Daman and Diu C) Chandigarh D) Lakshadweep
37. The term ‘Mental Retardation’ has been replaced by which term-
A) Developmental Retardation B) Intellectual Disability
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C) Mental Disorder D) Neuro-Disorder
38. The formula for calculating IQ is-
A) MA/CAx100 B) MA/CAx200 C) CA/MAx100 D) CA/MAx200
39. Which of the films is based on the life of a deaf- blind person, an adaptation of Helen
Keller’s ‘The Story of my Life’-
A) Khamoshi B) Koshish C) U, Me Aur Hum D) Black
40. Which disability did the child ‘Ishaan’ have in the movie ‘Taare Zameen Par’-
A) Dyslexia B) Alzheimer Disease
C) Autism D) Cerebral Palsy
41. ‘Kindergarten’ system of education was introduced by-
A) Friedrich Froebel B) T.P. Nunn C) Maria Montessori D) Herbert Spencer
42. RTE Act 2009 was enacted on-
A) 12th April 2009 B) 4th August 2009
C) 15th September 2009 D) 28th December 2009
43. The RTE Act 2009 has been extended to whole of India except___________ State-
A) Tamil Nadu B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) Jammu and Kashmir D) Telengana
44. According to RTE Act 2009 children of which age group will be provided free and
compulsory education-
A) 7 to 14 years B) 4 to 14 years C) 6 to 14 years D) 3 to 10 years
45. As per RPWD Act 2016, how many seats are reserved in government institutions of
higher education-
A) 3% B) 4% C) 5% D) 2%
46. Persons with benchmark disabilities are those with at least________ of any of the specified
disabilities under RPWD Act 2016-
A) 40% B) 50% C) 30% D) 42%
47. According to RPWD Act 2016 the number of recognised disabilities have increased from-
A) 7 to 9 B) 9 to 21 C) 9 to 18 D) 7 to 21
48. RPWD Act 2016 came into effect on-
A) 1 January 2016 B) 9 April 2016
C) 15 August 2016 D) 28 December 2016
49. Albert Einstein was suffering from-
A) Traumatic brain injury B) Dyslexia
C) Deafness D) Mental disorder
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50. Stephen Hawkins was suffering from-
A) Asperger Syndrome B) Dyslexia
C) Dyscalculia D) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
51. Who said “Disability need not be an obstacle to success”-
A) Albert Einstein B) Tiger Woods
C) Stephen Hawkins D) Franklin D. Roosevelt
52. Sex, Age and Caste all are examples of-
A) Achieved status B) Ascribed status C) Pre-set status D) Status image
53. The caste system is a-
A) Social institution B) Religious institution
C) Economic institution D) Political institution
54. Differences in age of first walking or talking between children living in the same sort of
environment are primarily due to differences in-
A) Imitative learning B) Experiential learning
C) Observational learning D) Rate of motivation
55. World Wetlands Day is celebrated on-
A) January 5th B) February 2nd C) March 6th D) April 1st
56. World Earth Day falls on-
A) March 23rd B) April 22nd C) May 3rd D) June 9th
57. World Population Day falls on-
A) January 10 B) May 14 C) July 11 D) August 17
58. India placed ‘Mangalyaan’ in Mars Orbit on-
A) August 15,2013 B) September 24, 2014
C) January 26, 2018 D) February 13, 2015
59. World Wild-Life Week is celebrated from-
A) April 8-14 B) May 20-26 C) June 10-16 D) October 1-7
60. Who is the father of Indian Renaissance-
A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy B) David Hare
C) Ishwar Chander Vidhyasagar D) Rabinder Nath Tagore
61. Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted on-
A) February 24, 1940 B) November 3, 1945
C) December 10, 1948 D) January 5, 1949
62. Which of the following is not the chief organ of the United Nation Organisation-
A) International Labour Organization B) Security council
C) International court of Justice D) General Assembly
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63. Permanent Secretariat to coordinate the implementation of SAARC programme is
located at-
A) Dhaka B) New Delhi C) Colombo D) Kathmandu
64. Which of the following Commission was appointed by the Central Government on Union
State Relations in 1983-
A) Sarkaria Commission B) Dutt Commission
C) Setalvad Commission D) Rajamannar Commission
65. Which of the following tax is levied and collected by the Union Government but the
proceeds are distributed between the Union and States-
A) Sales Tax B) Income Tax C) Estate Duty D) Land Revenue
66. Which of the following describes India as a Secular State-
A) Fundamental Rights B) Directive Principles of State Policy
C) Fifth Schedule D) Preamble of the Constitution
67. Members of the Election Commission are appointed by-
A) President of India B) Prime Minister of India
C) Chief Justice of India D) Elected by the People
68. Which of the following is Doordarshan’s Educational Television-
A) Gurukul B) Gyan Bharti C) Gyan Darshan D) Vidya
69. How can forgetting be minimised-
A) Cramming B) Discrimination C) Over learning D) Recitation
70. Which of the following are the characteristics of a person with scientific attitude-
A) Adventure B) Brevity C) Sharp Memory D) Objectivity
71. _______ is the apex institution involved in the planned and coordinated development of
teacher education system in the country-
A) UGC B) NCERT C) NCTE D) NUPA
72. The famous ‘Hornbill festival’ is celebrated in which of the following states-
A) Nagaland B) Mizoram C) Assam D) Meghalaya
73. In which year first census was conducted in India-
A) 1884 B) 1872 C) 1881 D) 1856
74. The first Indian woman to preside a session of Indian National Congress was________
A) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur B) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
C) Aruna Asaf Ali D) Sarojini Naidu
75. The system of competitive examination for civil service was accepted in principle in the
year-
A) 1833 B) 1853 C) 1858 D) 1882
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