1. Ethnography is associated with

Positivism

Political Economy

Interpretivism

Empiricism

2. Which State/ UT in India has the largest Mangrove cover?

Odisha

Gujarat

West Bengal

Andaman Nicobar Islands

3. Which of the following is the first step in starting the research process?

Searching sources of information to locate problem

Survey of related literature

Identification of problem

Searching the solutions to the problem

4. A reasoning that starts with observations or particular-statements and concludes with a theory or universal statement is called

Deductive reasoning

Inductive reasoning

Abnormal reasoning

Transcendental reasoning

5. Which among the following is a tribe in North East India?

Oraon

Jarawa

Chenchu

Bodo

6. Questionnaire is a

Research Methodology

Measurement Technique

Tool for data collection

Data analysis technique

7. 'Annihilation a/Caste' is a book written by

Anand Teltumbde

M.N Srinivas

Gopal Guru

B.R Ambedkar

8. Who among the following is associated with Subaltern Studies?

Eric Hobsbawn

Karl Marx

Ranajit Guha

Amiya Bagchi

9. 'The Wealth a/Nations' was written by

Ramachandra Guha

Adam Smith

J.M. Keynes

Amartya Sen

10. The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, that ensures effective regulation of surrogacy, prohibits commercial surrogacy and allows ethical surrogacy to Indian couples, was proposed in

2014

2015

2016

2017

11. Which City among the following was not under colonial rule during the British period?

Madras

Calcutta

Hyderabad

Bombay

12. Violence against migrants from North East India is an example of

Communal Violence

Caste Violence

Racial Violence

Sectarian Violence

13. A view centered on masculine interests is known as

Ethnocentrism

Androcentrism

lntersectionality

Patrilineality

14. Shiv Sena movement is an example of?

Regionalism

Communalism

Nativism

All of the Above

15. Which of the following is not an appropriate source of data for a qualitative study?

Experiments

Biographies

Historical records

Participant Observation

16. Which among the following best characterizes Jharkhand state as a distinct region?

Linguistic homogeneity

Religious homogeneity

Mineral Resources

Agricultural Development

17. Who among the following has written extensively about caste and gender?

Sharmila Rege

Romila Thapar

Urvashi Bhutalia

Partha Chatterjee

18. The AMRUT scheme launched in India in 2015 relates to

Rural Development

Environment Conservation

Waste disposal

Urban Development

19. Class Struggle is a concept introduced by

Michel Foucault

Karl Marx

Jacques Derrida

Louis Althusser

20. UIDAI is associated with

Census

Aadhaar

National Sample Survey

Call Centres

21. Which State below did not have elections in 201

Uttarakhand

Mizoram

Goa

Punjab

22. Some of the most important contributions in Urban studies came from the

Chicago School

Frankfurt School

London School

Delhi School

23. A form of government where power to rule is vested in the King is called

Aristocracy

Oligarchy

Monarchy

Martial Rule

24. 'Development as Freedom' is associated with

Michael Todaro

Amartya Sen

Paul Krugman

Prabhat Patnaik

25. 'Where the mind is without/ear' is written by

M. K. Gandhi

Jawaharlal Nehru

Rabindranath Tagore

Subhas Chandra Bose

26. Survey is a methodology of generating

Primary data

Secondary Data

Qualitative data

None of the above

27. An example of negative correlation is

High fertility leads to high population growth

Low fertility leads to low population growth

Low wages results in poverty

Increase in migration leads to shortage of housing

28. The greatest biodiversity is found in

Tundra

Temperate Forest

Tropical Rain forest

Steppe

29. The Hirakud dam is on which river

Damodar

Baitarani

Subamarekha

Mahanadi

30. Which section of a journal is provided in most online electronic database?

Abstract

Introduction

Results

Conclusion

31. Which of the following is not a "Graphic representation"?

Pie Chart

Bar Chart

Table

Histogram

32. The depletion in the Ozone layer is caused by

Nitrous oxide.

Carbon dioxide.

Chlorofluorocarbons.

Methane

33. The recent Bill proposed in India related to taxes is

CST

Income Tax

GST

Wealth Tax

34. Is a topic researchable? Which of the following criteria will be applied in making this decision about dissertation?

Time, Resources and availability of data

Personal interest in the topic

The study fills an existing research gap

All of the above

35. 0ne of these was a town in the Indus Valley Civilization

Vatapi

Kalibangan

Modhera

Tamralipti

36. When do Values (either the personal belief or the feelings of a researcher) intrude the process of social research?

While choosing research area

While formulating research questions

In choosing methods

All of the above

37. Who among the following has written the book 'Social Background of Indian Nationalism'?

Paul Brass

G Aloysius

A.R Desai

Sumit Sarkar

38. Who among the following is not a Marxist historian?

D. D. Kosambi

James Scott

Irfan Habib

K.N Panikkar

39. What is a hypothesis?

An empirically testable version of theoretical proposition

An objective to be satisfied through empirical investigation

A conclusive argument of research work

A theoretical framework that encapsulate the field data

40. What is a unit of analysis?

The entire population in a given territory

Part of social life or case or unit that is under consideration in a research

The administrative divisions of a region

The social groups involved in a research

41. Examine how region as a category is useful in understanding caste in contemporary India.

42. Discuss merits and demerits of quantitative and qualitative approach in social science research.

43. Discuss theories of development in the context of regional inequalities in contemporary society.

44. Discuss how trends in migration reshape the socio-spatial dynamics of regions in India.

45. Explain Plagiarism

46. Explain GIS

47. Explain Oral history

48. Explain Rural Urban Continuum

49. Explain Participant Observation

50. Explain Informed Consent