1. Social difference arise due to difference in
(a) Race
(b) Religion
(c) Language
(d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: d
2. Which three elements show the basic unity in India?
(i) Cultural unity
(ii) Discrimination
(iii) Unity in language
(iv) Religious equality
(a) (i), (iii) and (iv)
(b) (i), (ii) and (iv)
(c) (i) and (iii) only
(d) (i) and (iv) only
Answer
Answer: a
3. Society is fairly homogenous i.e., there are no significant ethnic difference in
(a) Germany
(b) Belgium
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) China
Answer
Answer: a
4. To show his support to the protesting. American athletes during the award ceremony of Mexico Olympics, Peter Norman
(a) wore no socks
(b) wore a human right badge
(c) wore a black scarf
(d) wore a string of beads
Answer
Answer: b
5. A society that has similar kinds of people, especially where there are no significant ethnic differences is called a
(a) Secular society
(b) Communal society
(c) Homogenous society
(d) Socially divided
Answer
Answer: c
6. African – American is the term used for:
(a) Africans who were brought into America as slaves
(b) Black Americans of America
(c) Martin Luther and his group
(d) John Corlos and Smith
Answer
Answer: a
7. Democracy involves:
(a) Competition among various political parties
(b) Religious inequalities
(c) Cultural diversity
(d) Conflict, violence and disintegration
Answer
Answer: c
8. Which three countries faced the problem of social division?
(a) United Kingdom, USA and India
(b) Belgium, Sri Lanka and United Kingdom
(c) Sri Lanka, Canada and India
(d) Belgium, Germany and USA
Answer
Answer: b
9. Overlapping differences signify:
(a) Religious and linguistic differences
(b) Cross-cut social differences
(c) Some social difference overlaps with other differences
(d) Cultural differences
Answer
Answer: c
10. What does the “Civil Rights Movement of USA” signify?
(a) A movement against the discrimination
(b) A reform movement for the Civil Rights of the citizens
(c) A reform movement against the social discriminations of Afro-Americans
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: c
11. Which of the following statements about social differences in the Netherlands and Northern Ireland are correct?
A. Both Northern Ireland and the Netherlands are predominantly Christian but divided between Catholics and Protestants.
B. In Northern Ireland class and religion overlap each other.
C. Overlapping social differences do not create possibilities of deep social divisions and tensions.
D. In the Netherlands, class and religion tend to cut across each other.
(a) A, B, C and D
(b) A, B and D
(c) C and D
(d) B, C and D
Answer
Answer: b
12. Which of these statements regarding factors affecting politics of social divisions are true?
A. It is much easier if the people see that their identities are multiple and are complementary with national identity.
B. If people see their identities in singular and exclusive terms, it becomes very easy to accommodate.
C. It is easier to accommodate demands that are within the constitutional framework and not at the cost of another community.
D. It depends on how the government reacts to demands of different groups.
E. Attempts at forced integration do not sow the seeds of disintegration.
(a) A and B are true.
(b C and B are true.
(c A, B and C are true.
(d) A, C and D are true.
Answer
Answer: d
13. Identify the countries which faced the problem of social divisions.
(a) Belgium, Germany and USA
(b) Belgium, Sri Lanka and U.K.
(c) Sri Lanka, Canada and India
(d) U.K., USA and India
Answer
Answer: b
14. Which one of the following statements is not correct about social division?
(a) Too many small divisions are better than a single big division.
(b) Politics is a force of unity when expressions of various kinds of social divisions occur.
(c) It is only in countries like India that we have social divisions.
(d) Assertion of social diversities in a country need not be seen as a source of danger.
Answer
Answer: c
15. _____________ Movement emerged in 1966 and lasted till 1975.
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: The Black Power
16. Germany and _____________ are undergoing rapid change with influx of people from other parts of the world.
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: Sweden
17. _____________ social differences create possibilities of deep social division and tensions.
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: Overlapping
18. Political competition along religions and ethnic line led to the disintegration of Yugoslavia into _____________ independent countries.
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: Six
19. Civil Rights Movement in the USA was launched by _____________ .
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: Martin Luther King Junior
20. The University which honoured Tommie Smith and John Carlos is _____________ .
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: San Jose State University
21. Social division of one kind or another exists only in big countries. (True/False)
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: False
22. In Northern Ireland class and religion overlap with each other. (True/False)
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: True
23. Democracy fails to accommodate social diversity. (True/False)
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: False
24. Catholics and Protestants have had conflicts in Northern Ireland. (True/False)
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: True
25. It is possible that a person can have multiple identities. (True/False)
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: True
26. Match the columns
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) A society that has similar kinds of people, especially where there are no significant ethnic differences | (i) Migrant |
| (b) Anybody who shifts voluntarily or out of some adverse circumstances from one region or country to another region or another country | (ii) Homogenous city |
| (c) The sect of Christianity represented by Nationalist parties who demanded that Northern Ireland be unified with the Republic of Ireland | (iii) Protestants |
| (d) The sect of Christianity that was represented by the Unionists who wanted to remain with the U.K. | (iv) Catholics |
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
(a) (ii)
(b) (i)
(c) (iv)
(d) (iii)
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