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Degree : B.Sc
Department : Geography
Subject :UTHA Socio-Economic Studies
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UTHA Socio-Economic Studies Question Paper :
OCTOBER 2011 U/ID 31612/UTHA
Time : Three hours
Maximum : 100 marks
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PART A — (40 ´ 1 = 40 marks)
Answer ALL questions.
1. —————— is a continuous process which changes in space and time.
(a) Growth (b) Development (c) Planning (d) Distribution
2. In —————— approach of development the central authority has a limited role to play.
(a) Centralization (b) Labour Intensive (c) Decentralization (d) Traditional
3. The economic indicator of development is ——————.
(a) Health (b) per capita Income (c) Education (d) Infant mortality
4. —————— believe in multideities.
(a) Atheist (b) Monotheist (c) Polytheist (d) Theist
5. The universalizing religion is ——————.
(a) Hinduism (b) Islam (c) Animism (d) Shintoism
6. Hinduism and Judaism are referred as ——————.
(a) Ethnic (b) Tribal (c) Traditional (d) Universalizing
7. Taoism is practiced in ——————.
(a) India (b) Africa (c) China (d) Pakistan
8. Islam means ——————.
(a) Incarntation (b) Submission (c) Renunciation (d) None of these
9. The basic attribute of Indian social structure is ——————.
(a) Caste (b) Religion (c) Language (d) Ethnicity
10. —————— was on the top of the ancient hierarchical social division.
(a) Sudras (b) Brahmanas (c) Vaisyas (d) Kshatryas
11. Kshatryas were allotted the duty of ——————.
(a) Defence (b) Teaching (c) Cattle rearing (d) Service
12. —————— is the hallmark of Hindu culture.
(a) Rejection of material world
(b) Love for material world
(c) Desire for lust
(d) none of these
13. Renunciation is the essence of a —————— way of life.
(a) Hindu (b) Persian (c) Christian (d) Buddhist
14. The another name of western culture is —————— culture.
(a) European (b) Modern (c) Ancient (d) Medieval
15. Lao Tze founded ——————.
(a) Islam (b) Shintoism (c) Taoism (d) Jainism
16. The sacred structure of Buddhist is known as
(a) Mosque (b) Church (c) Pagoda (d) Temple
17. —————— is not a part of cultural activities.
(a) pop music (b) Sitarvadan by Ravi Shankar (c) Artistic films (d) Banking system
18. The book ‘Social change in India’ was written by
(a) M.N. Srinivas (b) Marx (c) Kamte (d) Taylor
19. —————— worshipped Agni.
(a) Brahman (b) Kshatrya (c) Sudra (d) Vaisya
20. Regions may identified as urban on the basis of percent of area under —————— land use.
(a) agriculture (b) Industrial (c) Forest (d) Transport
21. The world development report is annually prepared by ——————.
(a) World Health Organisation
(b) International Labour Organization
(c) World Bank
(d) International Monetary Fund
22. Health is an indicator of —————— characteristic of development.
(a) Economic (b) Demographic (c) Social (d) Religion
23. Developing countries are also known as —————— countries.
(a) First World (b) Second World (c) Third World (d) Fourth World
24. Catholic religion is dominated in ——————.
(a) Latin America (b) North America (c) Africa (d) Australia
25. The special approach of PRA is to start from —————— to government.
(a) Local people (b) Officials (c) Researchers (d) Reporters
26. PRA methodology is a shift from ‘rapid’ to ——————.
(a) Participatory (b) Analysis (c) Field Work (d) Slow
27. The optimal ignorance principle of PRA is ——————.
(a) Listening and not lecturing (b) Offsetting biases (c) Knowing what is worth knowing (d) Relaxing not rushing
28. In PRA, the attitudes of an outsider should be ——————.
(a) Congenial (b) Autocratic (c) Arrogant (d) Reserved
29. —————— are found amongst more knowledgeable person in a village helping analysis of information.
(a) village analysts (b) folk-lore teller (c) story teller (d) poem writer
30. The secondary data sources are ——————.
(a) Census records (b) Diary (c) Project reports (d) both (a) and (c)
31. Deductive PRA is helpful to probe ——————.
(a) Communal tension (b) Caste problem (c) Corruption (d) All these
32. Semi-structured interviews are conducted in a —————— manner.
(a) Formal (b) Informal (c) Closed (d) None
33. —————— shows different kinds of soils, rivers, ponds, trees and crops.
(a) social map (b) seasonal diagram (c) resource map (d) pie diagram
34. For showing landuse and watershed planning, —————— is prepared.
(a) Resource map (b) Models (c) Wealth ranking (d) Matrix scoring
34. For showing landuse and watershed planning, —————— is prepared.
(a) Resource map (b) Models (c) Wealth ranking (d) Matrix scoring
36. World Bank has used PRA to eradicate ——————.
(a) Disease (b) Poverty (c) War (d) Pollution
37. —————— is a method of grouping of households on the basis of income.
(a) food calendar (b) seasonal diagram (c) wealth grouping (d) transect walk
38. To show crops grown on field together with the layout of house on farm, —————— is prepared.
(a) historical profile (b) venn diagram (c) farm map (d) case study
39. —————— is a visual method of PRA.
(a) Transect walk (b) Time line (c) Venn diagram (d) Interview
40. The kinds of PRA are —————— in numbers.
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6