Bachelor's Preparatory Programme (B.P.P.)(For Non 10+2)

Term-End Examination23087

December, 2009

OSS-101 : Preparatory Course in Social Sciences

Time : 120 Minutes Maximum Marks : 50

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General Instructions :

Preparatory Course in Social Sciences (OSS-101) Questions 1-50.

All questions are compulsory, each of which carries one mark.

Each question has four alternatives, one of which is correct. Write the Sl. No. ofyour correct alternatives/answers below the corresponding question number in theanswer sheet and then mark the rectangle for the same number in that column. If

you find that none of the given alternatives is correct then write 0 and mark incolumn 0.

(iii) Do not waste time in reading the whole question paper. Go on solving questionsone by one. You may come back to the left out questions, if you have time at theend.

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Science is not one of the following :

(1) Universal (2) Demonstrable (3) Objective (4) Subjective

Social sciences are associated with the following :

Systematic study of social phenomena

General conclusions

Personal bias of the investigator (s)

All of the above

3. History is the study of :

Production, consumption and distribution of goods and services

Past events and their interpretation

Government and politics

Public policy and its implementation

4. Commonly used secondary source(s) of published data in India is / are :

(1) CSO

(2) NSSO (3) RBI

(4) All the above

The report 'Understanding Knowledge Societies' was brought out by the :

(1) Brandt Commission (2) IMF

(3) United Nations (4) World Bank

Human life on earth is said to be roughly :

(1) Four million years old

(2) Three million years old

(3) Two million years old

(4) One million years old

History of humankind has passed through the following stages :

(1) Hunting-gathering (2) Agrarian

(3) Industrial (4) All the above

The industrial society is in existence since approximately :

(1) Three centuries (2) Four centuries

(3) Two centuries (4) Five centuries

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9. Neolithic revolution refers to :Transition from hunting-gathering to agricultureTransition from agriculture to industryCommencement of printingCommencement of steam age

10. Beginning of the industrial order was marked by :Development of the factory systemRevolution in weaving and spinningJames Watt's steam engineAll the above

11. Which among the following is not a characterastic of the modern world ?IntegratedHomogenousLess hierarchical (When compared with the pre-modern world)Lesser variety of political formations (when compared with the pre-modern world)

12. Which among the following factors contributed to the emergence of the modern world?(1) Integration (2) Affluence(3) Domination (4) All the above

13. The year 1492 is important in history for the following :

Discovery of the Cape of Good HopeDiscovery of AmericaDiscovery of AustraliaDiscovery of Canada

14. Till 1900 the unquestioned world leader was :(1) U.S.A. (2) France (3) Britain

The Cold War extended from the year 1945 to the following year :(1) 1990 (2) 1989 (3) 1988

Early Vedic period refers to the following period :(1) 1500 - 1000 BC (2) 1000 - 500 BC(3) 2500 - 1500 BC (4) 2000 - 1000 BC

(4) Germany

(4) 2000

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Which among the following is considered the first empire in Indian history ?(1) Reign of Ashoka the Great (2) Mauryan state(3) Reign of Akbar (4) Reign of Harshavardhana

Which among the following medieval polities was a matrilineal monarchy ?(1) Pallavas (2) Cholas (3) Pandyas (4) Cheras

Who among the following founded the Delhi Sultanate ?(1) Bahadur Shah Zafar (2) Qutbuddin Aibak(3) Allauddin Khilji (4) Babur

Who among the following did not participate in the revolt of 1857 ?(1) Raja Rammohan Roy (2) Rani Laxmibai(3) Nana Saheb (4) Tatya Tope

Bengal was partitioned during the Viceroyship of :(1) Lord Dalhousie (2) Lord Curzon(3) Lord Hastings (4) Lord Cornwallis

Pick the odd person out from among the following :(1) Bipin Chandra Pal (2) M.G. Ranade(3) Lala Lajpat Rai (4) B.G. Tilak

The Indian National Congress was inaugurated at :(1) Madras (2) Calcutta (3) Bombay (4) Delhi

The All India Muslim League was founded in the following year :(1) 1905 (2) 1906 (3) 1885

(4) 1911

25. In Indian history the date April 13, 1919 is associated with the following event :Chauri - Chaura incidentFounding of the Communist Party of IndiaJallianwala Bagh massacreCommencement of the Dandi March by M. K. Gandhi

26. Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) was formed at :(1) Lucknow (2) Kanpur (3) Allahabad

(4) Meerut

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The Congress declared Poorna Swaraj as its goal at the following session :

(1) Nagpur (1920) (2) Lahore (1929) (3) Bombay (1885) (4) Surat (1907)

The first President of the All India Kisan Sabha was :

(1) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati (2) Acharya Narendra Dev

(3) Rammanohar Lohiya (4) Jayprakash Narayan

The "Do or Die" speech is associated with the following :

(1) Subhash Chandra Bose (2) M. K. Gandhi

(3) Jawaharlal Nehru (4) E.M.S. Namboodiripad

In the Constituent Assembly the Congress had a total strength of :

(1) 250 (2) 200 (3) 324

(4) 197

Fundamental Rights are enshrined in the following chapter of the Indian Constitution :

(1) Chapter IV (2) Chapter III (3) Chapter V (4) Chapter VI

Article 15 concerns itself with the following :Equality before law and equal protection of lawEquality of opportunityAbolition of untouchabilityProhibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex and place of birth.

From the following year the Right to Property is no longer a fundamental right :

(1) 1975 (2) 1977 (3) 1980 (4) 1984

The ideas in the Directive Principle of State Policy are borrowed from the following :(1) The American Constitution (2) The French Constitution(3) The Irish Constitution (4) The Soviet Constitution

Fundamental Duties were incorporated in the Constitution by the following constitutionalamendment :(1) 38th (2) 42nd (3) 41st

(4) 39th

India has the following number of states and union territories :(1) 27 states and 8 uts (2) 28 states and 7 uts(3) 26 states and 9 uts (4) 25 states and 10 uts

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President's rule is covered by the following article :

(1) Article 360 (2) Article 356 (3) Article 358 (4) Article 357

Rajya Sabha has a total membership of :

(1) 250 (2) 238 (3) 262 (4) 226

The maximum strength of the Lok Sabha is now :

(1) 530 (2) 545 (3) 552 (4) 528

The total strength of the Supreme Court of India including the Chief Justice is :

(1) 21

(2) 22 (3) 26

(4) 23

The East India Company set up the first school in India at :

(1) Calcutta (2) Pondicherry (3) Tanjore (4) Madras

The first governor general of colonial India was :

(1) Lord Irwin (2) Lord Curzon

(3) Warren Hastings (4) Robert Clive

The term 'Sanskritisation' is associated with the following :

(1) G. S. Ghurye (2) A. R. Desai (3) M. N. Srinivas (4) R. K. Mukherjee

Who amongst the following divided India's population into seven races ?

(1) Herbert Risley (2) D.N. Majumdar (3) Gathleen Gough (4) Verrier Elwin

The Constitution of India recognises the following number of languages :

(1) 28 (2) 15

(3) 22 (4) 30

India's national song has been authored by :

(1) Rabindranath Tagore (2) Bankimchandra Chatterji

(3) Kazi Nazrul Islam (4) Keshab Chandra Sen

Untouchability has been abolished by the following article of the Indian Constitution :

(1) Article 46 (2) Article 17 (3) Article 20 (4) Article 14

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Which among the following is not a feature of a joint family ?

(1) Performance of rituals together (2) Cooking in separate kitchens

(3) Combined ownership of property (4) Sharing the dwelling place

Which among the following is not a local urban body ?

(1) Nagar Panchayat (2) Zilla Parishad

(3) Municipality (4) Municipal Corporation

50. Governance stands for the following :

(1) Transparency

(2) Peoples' participation

(3) Accountability (4) All the above

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