CUET Sociology Mock Test Unit VIII Arenas of Social Change Set A

1. The Indian economy has witnessed a series of reforms in all major sectors of the economy (agriculture, industry, trade, foreign investment and technology, public sector, financial institutions etc. The basic assumption was that greater integration into the global market would be beneficial to Indian economy. The reforms are known as ..............

2. Television programming was introduced in India in the year ................. .

3. The globalisation has close links with the ...........

4. ......... is different from other means of communication as it requires a formal structural organisation to meet large-scale capital, production and management demands. The state and the market have a major role in the structure and functioning of mass media. Mass media functions through very large organisations with major investments and large body of employees.

5. Which of the following traditional knowledge systems were preserved?

6. The first modern mass media institution began with the development of the ........... . Although the history of print in certain societies dates back to many centuries, the first attempts at printing books using modern technologies began in Europe. This technique was first developed by Johann Gutenberg in 1440.

7. Who lost their livelihoods due to globalisation?

8. In India, Ilbert Bill agitation was organised by the British?

9. Which of the following is/are the characteristics of the transnational corporation?

10. Which city is the Financial Capital of India?

11. Which of the following is/are the best known International Non-Governmental Organisations?

12. In which year, AIR acquired the popular channel Vividh Bharati?

13. In 2000’s _______ were set all over India to serve as a strong socio-cultural function?

14. Prepaid cash cards were banned because

15. ................. connected India to China, Persia, Egypt and Rome.

16. The first attempt at printing books using modern technologies began in which of the following places?

17. “They” cannot study society as though it was an isolated entity. The compression of space and time has changed this. “They” have to study villages, families, movements, child rearing practices, work and leisure, bureaucratic organisations or castes taking this global interconnection into account. Studies will have to take into account the impact of WTO rules on agriculture and therefore on the farmer.

18. The print industry developed in accordance with the .......... . The first publications of the press were only available to literate elites. It wasn’t until the mid-nineteenth century that newspapers started to reach a wider audience, thanks to advancements in technology, transportation, and literacy.

19. .............. , systematised and transformed Sanskrit grammar and phonetics around the fourth century BCE. He was of Afghan origin. …The seventh century Chinese scholar Yi Jing learned his Sanskrit in Java (in the city of Shri Vijaya) on his way from China to India.

20. Since 1st April, 2001, all types of ________ on imports were withdrawn.