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Class 12 Sociology Chapter 9 Globalisation And Social Change Quiz 4 (23 MCQs)

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1. Satire must have some element of

Correct Answer: A) Social change.

2. Which statement best describes life in the U.S. following WWII? (5.4.P)

Correct Answer: B) The country had to transition to a peacetime economy.

3. What theorem suggests that a teenager who is given a label like "overachiever" might live up to the term?

Correct Answer: D) Thomas theorem.

4. Changes that take place slowly over a long period of time are referred to as .....

Correct Answer: C) Evolutionary change.

5. Currently, fashion trends greatly affect the lifestyle of teenagers. Some teenagers feel embarrassed if they don't follow the trend. In fact, they give up pocket money to fulfill their lifestyle. As a result, teenagers tend to be consumptive. These conditions indicate socio-cultural changes caused by .....

Correct Answer: A) The influence of other cultures.

6. What did Adam Smith advocate for in his book 'The Wealth of Nations'?

Correct Answer: A) The importance of manufacturing and free trade.

7. Why can we say that globalization is not a new phenomenon?

Correct Answer: A) Trade documents were found from the Indus valley civilization.

8. Which power considered to be justified or proper?

Correct Answer: C) Authority.

9. Socio-cultural changes can have a positive impact as long as it brings progress to society. An example of the positive impact of socio-cultural changes on the lives of fishermen on the coast is .....

Correct Answer: D) Use of GPS and sonar to help fishermen catch fish.

10. What theory of social change believed that society always evolves into "higher levels" ?

Correct Answer: B) Evolutionary model.

11. The 19th century reforms initiated a period of .....

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

12. What is the International Monetary Fund?

Correct Answer: B) An international organization which offers low interest loans to developing world economies in exchange of free trade reforms.

13. What were Enlightenment salons?

Correct Answer: A) Regular gatherings in the homes of wealthy women to discuss ideas.

14. What were some of the values promoted by Jean-Jacques Rousseau?

Correct Answer: B) Education reform and natural individualism.

15. The inequalities between individuals, households, businesses, regions and nations in their access to computers and the internet

Correct Answer: C) Digital Divide.

16. Which of the following authors is known for writing about political and social change?

Correct Answer: B) George Orwell.

17. Which of the following sentences correctly uses the word 'reform' in the context of political and social change?

Correct Answer: B) The reform of the education system was widely debated.

18. ..... change refer to sharp, sudden and total transformations of other kinds as well, such as in the phrase 'industrial revolution' or 'telecommunications revolution', and so on.

Correct Answer: B) Revolutionary.

19. Who is one of the proponent of the Evolutionary Model?

Correct Answer: A) Aguste Comte.

20. How did Henry Ford re-organise the factory?

Correct Answer: C) Introduced assembly line to drive increased operations and production.

21. ..... refers to landowning intermediate castes that are numerically large in number and thus enjoy political dominance in a given region.

Correct Answer: C) Dominant Castes.

22. Where places, cities or cultures become very similar in layout by character or form, losing their own identity

Correct Answer: C) Homogenization.

23. What were some of the everyday changes occurring during the Enlightenment?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

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