CUET Sociology MCQs Unit VI Social Change and the Polity

Question. Constituent Assembly adopted the title Directive Principles of State Policy to the rights that courts could not enforce, additional principles were added with unanimous acceptance. These included ............ clause that the state shall organise village panchayats and endow them with the powers and authority to be effective units of local self-government.
(a) K. Santhanam’s
(b) TA Ramalingam Chettiar’s
(c) Ambedkar’s
(d) B. Das’s

Answer : A

Question. ___________ emphasised on the co-existence of liberty,equality and fraternity during constituent assembly debates.
(a) Dr. BR Ambedkar
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Sarojini Naidu

Answer : A

Question. The elections to the Constituent Assembly were held in ........... .
(a) July 1945
(b) July 1946
(c) August 1945
(d) August 1946

Answer : B

Question. Which among the following are not the powers and responsibilities of Panchayat?
(a) Prepare plans and schemes for economic development.
(b) Promotes schemes that will enhance social justice.
(c) Levy taxes on alcohol shops
(d) helps in devolution of government responsibilities.

Answer : C

Question. .......... is the ultimate interpreter of the Constitution.
(a) High Court
(b) Parliament
(c) Supreme Court
(d) Panchayati Raj Institutions

Answer : C

Question. In 1931, the resolution at the ............ of the Indian National Congress dwelt on how independent India’s Constitution should look like. The ............ reflects a vision of democracy that meant not just formal holding of elections but a substantive reworking of the Indian social structure in order to have a genuine democratic society.
(a) Lahore session
(b) Madras session
(c) Karachi session
(d) Tripuri session

Answer : C

Question. ............ has the right to hear some small civil and criminal cases.
(a) Nyaya Panchayat
(b) Van Panchayat
(c) Gram Panchayat
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. Who was connected to the Panchayati Raj in Tribal Regions?
(a) Dr. BR Ambedkar
(b) K Shantarian
(c) Tiplut Nongbri
(d) Mahatma Gandhi

Answer : C

Question. Which of the following is/are not the characteristic(s) of direct democracy?
(a) It is the most common form of democracy.
(b) All citizen participate in making of public decisions directly.
(c) It is without intermediaries of elected or appointed officials.
(d) It can only be found where there are small number of people in a country.

Answer : A

Question. Who drafted a Constitution for India in 1928?
(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad and eight other Congress leaders
(b) Motilal Nehru and eight other Congress leaders
(c) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
(d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer : B

Question. In colonial India the undemocratic and ............ practice of British colonialism contrasted sharply with the vision of freedom which western theories of democracy espoused and which the western educated Indians read about. In modern India, social change is not just about Indian or western ideas. It is a combination as well as reinterpretation of western and Indian ideas.
(a) democratic division
(b) discriminatory administrative
(c) non-discrimination administrative
(d) None of the above

Answer : B

Question. According to which Sociologist, party actions are always directed towards a goal which is undertaken in a planned manner?
(a) Max Weber
(b) Robert K. Merton
(c) David Riesman
(d) C. Wright Mill

Answer : A

Question. Right to information is under which article of constitution?
(a) A-21(b)
(b) A-19(1) (a)
(c) A-22(1)
(d) A-21A

Answer : B

Question. The scale of poverty and intensity of social discrimination within India also led to deeper questioning of the meaning of democracy. Is democracy just about political freedom? Or is it also about economic freedom and social justice? Is it also about equal rights to all irrespective of caste, creed, race and gender? ............ in India has contributed to a deeper examination of the definition of democracy.
(a) Social discrimination
(b) Poverty (c) Both
(a) and (b)
(d) Neither (a) nor (b)

Answer : C

Question. _______ advocated for the increasing role of laws and parliament to bring about land reforms.
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Vallabhai Patel

Answer : C

Question. Who wrote the Article ‘The Only Way’?
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) Gandhiji
(c) Dr. BR Ambedkar
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer : B

Question. Which institution is ultimate interpreter of the constitution?
(a) Parliament
(b) President
(c) Supreme Court
(d) Attorney General

Answer : C

Question. Karachi Resolution was passed in which year?
(a) 1919
(b) 1931
(c) 1935
(d) 1923

Answer : B

Question. Preamble of Indian Constitution seeks to ensure not only political justice but also
(a) cultural and social justice
(b) economic justice
(c) socio-Economic justice
(d) religious justice

Answer : C

Question. Which among the following constitutional amendments were made for Panchayati Raj Institution?
(a) 24th and 25th Amendment
(b) 73rd and 74th Amendment
(c) 83rd and 84th Amendment
(d) 61st and 62nd Amendment

Answer : B

Question. Which among the following was not a pressure group?
(a) FICCI
(b) ASSOCHAM
(c) CITU
(d) Election Commission

Answer : D 

Question. Directive Principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ has been added to which fundamental right?
(a) A-14
(b) A-16
(c) A-19
(d) A-21

Answer : A