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Class 12 Sociology Chapter 8 Social Change In Modern India Quiz 1 (22 MCQs)

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1. Who among the following is considered to the father of Indian Renaissance?
2. The All-India Muslim Ladies Conference was founded in ..... , Indian reformers debated not just in public meetings but through public media like newspapers and journals. Translations of writings of social reformers from one Indian language to another took place.
3. A National Planning Committee was set up in .....
4. The emergence of machine production based on the inanimate power resources like steam and electricity is known as .....
5. MSA Rao explained how many types of impact on villages by urbanisation in India?
6. In ..... , an English merchant named Job Charnock arranged to lease three villages (named Kolikata, Gobindapur and Sutanuti) by the river Hugli in order to set up a trading post. In 1698, Fort William was established by the river for defensive purposes and a large open area was cleared around the fort for military engagements.
7. Who was known as the Father of Indian Renaissance?
8. Debates within communities were common during this period. For instance, sati was opposed by the Brahmo Samaj. Orthodox members of the Hindu community in Bengal formed an organisation called ..... and petitioned the British arguing that reformers had no right to interpret sacred texts.
9. An economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and organised to accumulate profits within a market system. The phenomenon is known as .....
10. ..... means the establishment of rule by one country over another. In the modern period Western colonialism has had the greatest impact. India's past has been marked by the entry of numerous groups of people at different times who have established their rule over different parts of what constitutes modern India today.
11. Which among the following cities experienced high rate of urbanisation in post-independence period?
12. Which rulers were benefitted by taking away the tribute or economic surplus from the people of subjugated area?
13. Which social reformer was a philosopher, printer, writer, publisher, entrepreneur, etc.?
14. The path of development called modernisation was taken up by .....
15. Who did Marathi translation of Vidyasagar's book Indu Prakash?
16. Our parliamentary, legal and educational system are based on which model?
17. Sociologist ..... elaborates upon the modern context by sketching three aspects to the modern framework of change in colonial India:modes of communication, forms of organisation and the nature of ideas. New technologies have speeded up various forms of communication.
18. The impact of Sanskritisation is many-sided. Its influence can be seen in language, literature, ideology, music, dance, drama, style of life and ritual. It is primarily a process that takes place within the ..... space though Srinivas argued that it was visible even in sects and religious groups outside Hinduism.
19. Which of the following statement(s) is/are incorrect about National Planning Committee?
20. Who laid the importance on free inquiry to bring social change?
21. On which of the following the influence of Sanskritisation could be seen?
22. ..... established their colonial rule in India.
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