Bihar Senior Secondary Teacher 2023: TRE 1.0, Class 11 to 12, Sociology
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GENERAL STUDIES AND SOCIOLOGY
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PART—I
( GENERAL STUDIES )
1. How many three-digit numbers 4. 10% loss on selling price is what
are divisible by 5? percent loss on cost price?
(A) 180 1
(A) 9 11 %
(B) 200 2
(B) 9 11 %
(C) 120
(C) 10%
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
2. The value of
5. A pizza boy delivered two-fifths of
æ 1ö æ 1ö æ 1ö æ 1 ö his pizzas on day 1, three-fourths
ç1 + ÷ ç1 + ÷ ç1 + ÷ L ç1 + ÷
è 2ø è 3ø è 4ø è 120 ø of his pizzas on day 2 and 16 9
of
is his pizzas on day 3. On which
day did he deliver the most
(A) 60·5
pizzas if he had the same
(B) 30·0 number of pizzas in the
(C) 40·5 beginning of each day?
(D) More than one of the above (A) Day 1
(E) None of the above (B) Day 2
(C) Day 3
3. The distance between Delhi and (D) More than one of the above
Agra is 200 km. Suppose you
are travelling from Delhi to Agra (E) None of the above
by a car. If you can maintain an
average speed of 90 km/hr for 6. The cost of carpeting a room
120 km and 40 km/hr for the 18 m long with a carpet 75 cm
remaining distance, how much wide at R 4·50 per metre is
time will you take, on average, to R 810. The breadth of the room
reach Agra? is
(A) 3 hr 20 min (A) 7 m
(B) 3 hr 30 min (B) 7·5 m
(C) 4 hr 45 min (C) 8 m
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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7. Two persons A and B complete a 9. An isotropic source of 2 candela
task in 15 days, when they work produces light flux equal to
together. Person A completes the
(A) 2p lumen
task in 20 days if he works
alone. How many days will B (B) 4p lumen
take to finish the task alone? (C) 8p lumen
(D) More than one of the above
(A) 35 days
(E) None of the above
(B) 25 days
10. The spray bottles used as
(C) 60 days window or household cleaner or
perfume sprayer work on
(D) More than one of the above
(A) capillary action
(E) None of the above (B) Bernoulli’s principle
(C) Pascal’s law
8. The sum of the numerator and (D) More than one of the above
denominator of a fraction is 11. (E) None of the above
If 1 is added to the numerator
and 2 is subtracted from the 11. The trade name of basic lead
2 carbonate is
denominator, it becomes . The
3
fraction is (A) white lead
(B) red lead
5
(A) (C) litharge
6
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
6
(B)
5
12. Which of the following elements
has the largest atomic radius?
3
(C) (A) Lithium
8
(B) Beryllium
(C) Boron
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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13. The phenomenon of photo- 17. The book entitled, Gyan Deepak
periodism in plants was was authored by a great saint
discovered by (A) Salar Masood Ghazi
(A) Garner and Allard
(B) Dariya Saheb
(B) Steward and Salisbury
(C) Imam Shah Faqih
(C) Thimann and Skoog
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
14. Silent Valley of Kerala is 18. Which agency in India has
preserved because launched UTSAH portal?
(A) it contains very rare species (A) UGC
of plants and animals (B) AICTE
(B) the soil is rich in minerals
(C) MCI
(C) the areas of land were used
(D) More than one of the above
extensively for agriculture
purposes (E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above 19. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Satellite
Launch Vehicle Mission was
launched on
15. During normal respiration in a
mammal, the diaphragm is (A) 13th February, 2023
(A) arched (B) 20th February, 2023
(B) flattened (C) 19th February, 2023
(C) lowered (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
20. In which city was the first
16. The most important cell type
pure green hydrogen plant
associated with the immunity of
commissioned?
the body is
(A) Hyderabad
(A) platelets
(B) lymphocytes (B) Mumbai
(C) RBCs (C) Pune
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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21. Which year has been declared 25. Arrange the following thermal
by the UNO as the ‘International power projects of India from east
Year of Millets’? to west :
(A) 2023
(B) 2022 1. Kota
(C) 2024
2. Namrup
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
3. Obra
22. Who among the following won
the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize? 4. Parichha
(A) Ales Bialiatski
Select the correct answer
(B) Nadia Murad using the codes given below.
(C) Maria Ressa
(D) More than one of the above (A) 1, 2, 3, 4
(E) None of the above
(B) 2, 4, 1, 3
23. Who is the Chairman of the
State Commission for Backward (C) 2, 3, 4, 1
Classes appointed by the Bihar
Government on 2nd January, (D) More than one of the above
2022?
(A) Justice Sanjay Kumar (E) None of the above
(B) Justice Balmiki Prasad
Sinha
(C) Justice Iqbal A. Ansari
26. Which type of climate is in India
(D) More than one of the above according to Trewartha?
(E) None of the above
(A) Savanna type
24. Which was the first movie in
Bhojpuri?
(B) Subtropical monsoon climate
(A) Ganga Maiya Tohe Piyari
Chadhaibo
(C) Mediterranean type
(B) Kanyadan
(C) Nadiya Ke Paar (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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27. What is the normal date 30. South Peninsular Upland is a
of withdrawal of south-west part of
monsoon at Hyderabad?
(A) Gondwana Land
(A) 1st October
(B) Laurentia Land
(B) 15th October
(C) Antarctica Continent
(C) 1st November
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
31. The percentage of population of
28. Which of the following States Bihar with respect to India’s
has maximum urbanization? total population is
(A) 8·58%
(A) Goa
(B) 10·10%
(B) Maharashtra
(C) 12·25%
(C) Karnataka
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
32. Which of the following pairs
29. ‘Malnad’ region is associated is not correctly matched with
with which of the following respect to south of Ganga region
plateaus of India? in Bihar?
(A) Telangana Plateau (A) Patna–Munger
(B) Maharashtra Plateau (B) Gaya–Arwal
(C) Karnataka Plateau (C) Patna–Vaishali
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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33. Who is called the ‘Prophet of 37. Who was appointed as the
New India’? ‘Commander in Chief’ by Birsa
Munda?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(A) Demka Munda
(B) Dayananda Saraswati
(B) Gaya Munda
(C) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) Sundar Munda
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
38. Who formed the Bihar Socialist
34. Which revolt is mentioned Party?
in Anandamath of Bankim
(A) Phulan Chand Tiwari and
Chandra Chattopadhyay?
Rajendra Prasad
(A) Sannyasi (B) Phulan Prasad Varma and
(B) Santhal Jayaprakash Narayan
(C) Indigo (C) Raj Kumar Shukla and
Swami Agnivesh
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
39. In which year was the ‘Bihar
35. Who was the founder of
Provincial Congress Committee’
‘Abhinav Bharat’ in London?
formed with its headquarters at
(A) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Patna?
(B) P. M. Bapat (A) 1908
(C) Shyamji Krishna Varma (B) 1910
(C) 1906
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
36. Where was the Ghadar Party 40. Who established a branch of
established? the Anushilan Samiti in Patna
in 1913?
(A) France
(A) Ramananda Sinha
(B) Germany (B) Satish Jha
(C) United States of America (C) Sachindra Nath Sanyal
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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PART—II
( SOCIOLOGY )
41. Who has given the concept of 44. Society is characterized by
‘pure sociology’?
(A) homogeneity and lack of
(A) Robert Park diversity
(B) Lester F. Ward (B) shared norms, values and
cultural practices
(C) Spencer
(C) isolation and lack of social
(D) More than one of the above interactions
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
42. Who said, “The science of
human society is yet in its 45. First of all who used the word
extreme infancy”? ‘sociometry’?
(A) Radcliffe-Brown (A) L. K. Frank
(B) H. H. Jennings
(B) M. Ginsberg
(C) J. L. Moreno
(C) Alex Inkeles
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
46. Who among the following socio-
43. Who named ‘pilot survey’ as ‘a logists described three elements
small replica of the main of community sentiment—we
survey’? feeling, role feeling and
dependency feeling?
(A) P. V. Young
(A) Ogburn and Nimkoff
(B) G. Lundberg
(B) Gillin and Gillin
(C) C. A. Moser (C) MacIver and Page
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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47. The concept of ‘sense of 49. Who defined that “Competition
community’ refers to is the individual and group
striving for goals that only one
(A) the physical boundaries can win”?
and geographical location of
a community (A) J. H. Fichter
(B) the subjective perception of
belonging, connectedness (B) G. R. Leslie
and identity within a
community (C) Max Weber
(C) the economic resources and
(D) More than one of the above
opportunities available to
community members
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
50. According to Robert Redfield,
what is the term for a
community that maintains
48. Who explained, “If we are strong ties to traditional values
considering something as an and practices while interacting
organized group, it is an with a larger society?
association; if as a form of
procedure, it is an institution”?
(A) Gemeinschaft
(A) MacIver and Page
(B) Gesellschaft
(B) Gillin and Gillin
(C) Folk-urban continuum
(C) Ogburn and Nimkoff
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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51. Who developed the concepts of 53. The concept of ‘voluntary
‘atomistic family’ and ‘domestic association’ refers to
family’?
(A) the organizations formed for
political advocacy and
(A) J. K. Folsom
lobbying
(B) C. C. Zimmerman (B) the associations that are
legally required for
individuals to join
(C) A. D. Ross
(C) the informal social groups
(D) More than one of the above based on shared interests
or hobbies
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
52. In which year was the
‘Maintenance and Welfare of
54. In 1992, on which date was
Parents and Senior Citizens Act’
the ‘World Disability Day’
enacted?
started by the United Nations
to encourage people with
(A) 2005 disabilities?
(A) 3rd December
(B) 2006
(B) 4th December
(C) 2007
(C) 5th December
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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55. Who said, “Personality is the 57. Who have given the following
subjective aspect of culture and, four differences between
in a sense, every culture has its civilization and culture?
own characteristic personality”?
(i) Civilization has a precise
standard of measurement
(A) C. A. Brown but not culture.
(ii) Civilization is always
(B) Ruth Benedict advancing but not culture.
(iii) Civilization is passed on
(C) Ralph Linton without effort but not
culture.
(iv) Civilization is borrowed
(D) More than one of the above
without change or loss, but
not culture.
(E) None of the above
(A) Gillin and Gillin
(B) MacIver and Page
(C) Ogburn and Nimkoff
56. According to Edward T. Hall,
(D) More than one of the above
what is the term for the
unspoken, implicit rules and (E) None of the above
norms that guide social
interactions within a culture?
58. Who said, “The total society is
the agency for socialization
(A) High culture and that each person with whom
one comes into contact is
in some fashion an agent of
(B) Low culture socialization”?
(A) J. H. Fichter
(C) Deep culture
(B) G. H. Mead
(C) H. M. Johnson
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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59. The concept of ‘cultural 61. Who gave the concept of
hegemony’ refers to ‘technological lag’?
(A) the dominance of one
(A) L. T. Hobhouse
culture over others, where
the dominant culture’s
beliefs and values become (B) MacIver and Page
the norm
(C) Ogburn and Nimkoff
(B) the blending and
integration of different
cultures into a new and (D) More than one of the above
unique cultural form
(E) None of the above
(C) the preservation and
protection of traditional
cultural practices and
customs
62. What is the term ‘social change’
commonly used to describe in
(D) More than one of the above
sociology?
(E) None of the above
(A) The process of change in
individual’s behaviours and
attitudes over time
60. Who among the following has
classified social control into two
forms—(i) direct control and (B) The transformation of social
(ii) indirect control? institutions and structures
in a society
(A) Karl Mannheim
(C) The impact of technological
(B) C. H. Cooley advancements on social
interactions
(C) E. C. Hayes
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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63. Who developed the concept of 66. When was the ‘Human Rights
‘folk-urban continuum’? Protection Act’ passed in India?
(A) W. J. Thomas (A) 1990
(B) Robert Redfield (B) 1991
(C) Louis Wirth (C) 1993
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
64. Who said in explanation of 67. Who said, “Love in India, both as
urbanization that “Urbanization regards theory and practice,
is a balloon into which each possess an importance which is
social scientist blows his own impossible for us (Westerners)
meaning”? even to conceive”?
(A) T. G. McGee
(A) Richard Schmidt
(B) P. M. Hauser
(B) T. N. Carver
(C) D. F. Pocock
(C) Gardner Murphy
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
65. The concept of ‘formal social
control’ refers to 68. What is culture shock?
(A) the internalization of social (A) The feeling of disorientation
norms and values through and discomfort experienced
socialization when encountering a new
culture
(B) the use of informal
sanctions and social (B) The process of adapting
pressure to regulate to a different cultural
behaviour environment
(C) the application of laws (C) The exchange of cultural
and regulations by formal practices and traditions
institutions of social control between different societies
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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69. Who is the author of the book, 72. Who said this regarding kinship
Integration of Indian States ? that “it is the rod on which one
leans throughout life”?
(A) N. R. Ray
(A) Raymond Firth
(B) V. P. Menon
(B) Lévi-Strauss
(C) Joseph Francois
(C) Charles Winick
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
70. Who said, “Hindu marriage is a 73. Who mentioned three main
sacrament. It is considered characteristics of caste—
sacred because it is said to (i) hereditary membership,
be complete only on the (ii) endogamy and (iii) norms
performance of the sacred rites governing social interactions?
accompanied by the sacred
formulas”? (A) Kathleen Gough
(A) G. S. Ghurye (B) Opler Morris
(C) N. K. Dutta
(B) K. M. Kapadia
(D) More than one of the above
(C) P. H. Prabhu
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above 74. What is the term used to
describe the process of
revitalizing and transforming
71. Which sociologist introduced the
underutilized or deteriorated
concepts of ‘primary’ and
urban areas into vibrant and
‘secondary’ assimilation?
functional spaces?
(A) Robert Park
(A) Urbanization
(B) Milton Gordon (B) Urban renewal
(C) Emile Durkheim (C) Urban decay
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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75. Who said, “The characteristic of 77. What is the concept of ‘social
caste system is ‘commutative metabolism’ in social ecology?
inequality’ but the characteristic
of class system is ‘dispersed (A) The study of social inter-
inequality’ ”? actions within ecological
communities
(A) E. R. Leach
(B) The analysis of resource
flows and energy exchanges
(B) Ram Ahuja in human societies
(C) H. Gould (C) The relationship between
social hierarchies and
ecological systems
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
76. Who has mentioned seven
criteria of class—(i) wealth, 78. Which Act provides the legal
property or income, (ii) family framework for controlling drug
or kinship, (iii) location of abuse and illicit drug trafficking
residence, (iv) duration of in India?
residence, (v) occupation,
(vi) education and (vii) religion? (A) The Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances
Act, 1985
(A) Egan Bergel
(B) The Indian Penal Code,
(B) Kingsley Davis 1860
(C) Robert Bierstedt (C) The Drugs and Cosmetics
Act, 1940
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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79. By which constitutional amend- 81. When was the ‘Pradhan Mantri
ment, women were given thirty- Rojgar Yojana’ started to provide
three percent reservation in the self-employment to unemployed
Panchayati Raj Institutions? youth and women?
(A) 1991
(A) 71st Amendment
(B) 1992
(C) 1993
(B) 72nd Amendment
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(C) 73rd Amendment
82. When was the ‘Integrated Child
(D) More than one of the above Development Scheme’ started by
the Government?
(E) None of the above (A) 1974
(B) 1975
(C) 1976
80. The famous ‘Hornbill Festival’ is (D) More than one of the above
celebrated annually in which
(E) None of the above
State of India?
83. Which tribal community in India
(A) Nagaland practices the tradition of
‘Ghotul’ where young boys and
girls live together in a
(B) Mizoram
dormitory?
(A) Santhal
(C) Meghalaya
(B) Gond
(C) Muria
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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84. Who wrote the book, Sex, 87. Who stated that “to kill
Gender and Society ? national enemies in a ‘Dharma
Yuddha’ is also a part of
(A) Ann Oakley
‘Dharma’ ”?
(B) Evans-Pritchard (A) G. S. Ghurye
(C) E. Goffman (B) P. V. Kane
(D) More than one of the above (C) Aurobindo
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
85. Who defined, “Religion is a
mode of action as well as a 88. Who described six
system of belief and a dimensions of communalism—
sociological phenomena as well (i) assimilationist, (ii) welfarist,
as a personal experience”? (iii) retreatist, (iv) retaliatory,
(v) separatist and (vi) seces-
(A) James Frazer sionist?
(B) B. Malinowski (A) T. K. Oommen
(C) E. B. Tylor (B) V. V. Singh
(D) More than one of the above (C) S. C. Dube
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
86. In the system of kinship
terminology known as 89. Which famous sociologist wrote
‘Dravidian Kinship’, what term the book, Caste in Modern India
is used to refer to a father’s that explores the persistence
sister? and changes in the caste system
in contemporary India?
(A) Athai
(A) M. N. Srinivas
(B) Bua
(B) Louis Dumont
(C) Phuphi (C) G. S. Ghurye
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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90. Who among the following 93. On the basis of empirical study
developed his theory of ‘religion’ of Australian tribes, who
on the basis of ‘religio-sacred developed the exchange theory?
perspective’?
(A) B. Malinowski
(A) R. H. Lowie
(B) James Frazer
(B) B. Malinowski
(C) K. S. Cook
(C) E. Durkheim
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
94. Who used the word ‘Backward
91. Who has called kinship system Hindu’ for Scheduled Tribes?
the ‘initial structure’ or ‘kinship
molecule’ of the whole human (A) G. S. Ghurye
society?
(B) Kaka Kalelkar
(A) T. N. Madan
(C) B. S. Guha
(B) Irawati Karve
(D) More than one of the above
(C) Lévi-Strauss
(E) None of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above 95. Which sociologist introduced the
concept of ‘Sanskritization’ to
92. Which social reformer and writer describe the process by which
authored the book, Gulamgiri lower castes emulate the
that criticized the caste system practices and rituals of higher
and advocated for the rights of castes to improve their social
Dalits in India? status?
(A) Mahatma Phule (A) G. S. Ghurye
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (B) M. N. Srinivas
(C) Swami Vivekananda (C) Louis Dumont
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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96. When was the National 99. When is the ‘World Day Against
Commission for Scheduled Child Labour’ celebrated?
Tribes established?
(A) 12th June
(A) 2003
(B) 13th June
(B) 2004
(C) 14th June
(C) 2005
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
97. Who among the following 100. When did the ‘Prevention of
contributed the term ‘alliance Corruption Act’ come into force?
theory’?
(A) 1987
(A) E. A. Hoebel
(B) 1988
(B) E. A. Westermarck
(C) 1990
(C) Lévi-Strauss
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
98. Who introduced the concept of 101. Who is the author of the book,
‘subalternity’ to analyze the Mistaken Modernity : India
social and political position of Between Worlds ?
marginalized groups in India?
(A) Dipankar Gupta
(A) Antonio Gramsci
(B) Dipesh Chakrabarty
(B) Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
(C) Ranajit Guha (C) Raghuram Rajan
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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102. Who defined, “Alcoholism is the 105. Who said that “Indian society
effect of excessive intake of ceased to be closed without
alcohol on the functioning of the being open”?
body and personality”?
(A) E. H. Johnson (A) A. R. Desai
(B) W. C. Reckless
(C) E. M. Jellinek (B) Yogendra Singh
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (C) D. P. Mukerji
103. Who among the following has (D) More than one of the above
described that “The desire to
save is the cause of
unemployment”? (E) None of the above
(A) P. H. Douglas
(B) R. S. Khanna
(C) J. M. Keynes 106. Who said, “The term
‘secularization’ implies that
(D) More than one of the above
what was previously regarded as
(E) None of the above religious is now ceasing to be
such”?
104. The phenomenon of ‘urban heat
island effect’ refers to
(A) S. C. Dube
(A) the rise in temperatures in
rural areas due to urban
development (B) M. N. Srinivas
(B) the formation of heat waves
in urban areas (C) Yogendra Singh
(C) the increased air pollution
in urban areas (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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107. The process of ‘suburbanization’ 109. By which Amendment of the
in India refers to Indian Constitution, the
National Commission for
Backward Classes was given
(A) the expansion of slum areas
constitutional status?
in urban peripheries
(A) 101st Amendment
(B) the conversion of
agricultural land into
residential areas (B) 102nd Amendment
(C) 103rd Amendment
(C) the decline of urban areas
and the growth of rural
settlements (D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
110. The term ‘urban-rural
continuum’ refers to
108. Who termed the ‘agricultural (A) the process of urban areas
class’ as the essence of expanding into rural
‘backward class’? regions
(A) Andre Betelle (B) the integration of urban and
rural economies
(B) Kaka Kalelkar
(C) the existence of a spectrum
of settlements ranging from
(C) M. K. Gandhi purely urban to purely rural
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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111. When was the ‘Venture Capital 114. Who stated that “Social
Fund’ established to promote psychology serves as a bridge
entrepreneurship among the between psychology and
Scheduled Castes? sociology”?
(A) 2012 (A) von Wiese
(B) 2013 (B) Alfred Vierkandt
(C) 2014 (C) Robert Bierstedt
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
112. When was the National 115. Who said, “Scientific attitude is
Commission for Minorities originated in an individual due
established? to three factors—curiosity,
fertile imagination and love for
(A) 1992 experimental inquiry”?
(B) 1993 (A) G. Lundberg
(C) 1994 (B) John Dewey
(D) More than one of the above (C) P. V. Young
(E) None of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
113. The phenomenon of ‘urban
poverty’ refers to 116. The Panchayati Raj is a system
(A) the poverty prevalent in of local self-government that
rural areas was introduced in India through
which Amendment of the
(B) the poverty exclusively Constitution?
found in urban areas
(A) 42nd Amendment
(C) the concentration of poverty
(B) 44th Amendment
in specific urban
neighbourhoods (C) 73rd Amendment
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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117. Who was the first person to 119. Which Committee/Commission
workout a systematic inter- was responsible for recom-
pretation of cooperation? mending the establishment of
the Panchayati Raj System in
India?
(A) P. Kropotkin
(A) Sarkaria Committee
(B) L. T. Hobhouse
(B) Balwant Rai Mehta
Committee
(C) G. Vico
(C) Mandal Commission
(D) More than one of the above
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
118. Who among the following 120. Who defined, “Assimilation is a
believed that “conflict is an social process through which
ever-present process in human two or more persons or groups
relations”? accept and perform one
another’s patterns of
behaviour”?
(A) L. A. Coser
(A) J. H. Fichter
(B) K. Davis
(B) Robert Park
(C) R. Dahrendorf
(C) Gillin and Gillin
(D) More than one of the above (D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above
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Bihar Public Service Commission
School Teacher Written (Objective) Competitive Examination (Advt. No. 26/2023)
Higher Secondary Schools - Examination Date : 26.08.2023, 2nd Sitting
FINAL ANSWER KEY : General Studies & Sociology, Paper-4
Series-A Series-B Series-C Series-D Remarks
Q.No. Answer Q.No. Answer Q.No. Answer Q.No. Answer
1 A 19 B 29 A 39 B
2 A 20 B 30 A 40 B
3 A 21 B 31 A 33 B
4 A 22 B 32 A 34 B
5 B 23 C 25 C 35 A
6 B 24 C 26 C 36 A
7 C 17 A 27 B 37 C
8 C 18 A 28 B 38 C
9 C 27 A 37 B 7 C
10 B 28 C 38 C 8 A
11 A 29 B 39 A 1 B
12 A 30 B 40 A 2 B
13 A 31 B 33 A 3 B
14 A 32 B 34 A 4 B
15 D 25 D 35 D 5 D
16 B 26 C 36 C 6 A
17 B 35 C 5 C 15 A
18 A 36 B 6 A 16 B
19 C 37 A 7 B 9 C
20 E 38 E 8 E 10 E
21 A 39 B 1 A 11 B
22 A 40 B 2 A 12 B
23 A 33 B 3 A 13 B
24 A 34 B 4 A 14 B
25 C 3 A 13 B 23 C
26 B 4 C 14 C 24 A
27 B 5 C 15 C 17 A
28 A 6 B 16 A 18 B
29 C 7 A 9 B 19 C
30 A 8 B 10 A 20 B
31 A 1 B 11 A 21 B
32 C 2 A 12 B 22 C
33 A 11 B 21 A 31 B
34 A 12 B 22 A 32 B
35 A 13 B 23 A 25 B
36 C 14 A 24 B 26 C
37 E 15 E 17 E 27 E
38 B 16 C 18 C 28 A
39 A 9 B 19 A 29 B
40 C 10 A 20 B 30 C
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-2- Series-A Series-B Series-C Series-D Remarks Q.No. Answer Q.No. Answer Q.No. Answer Q.No. Answer 41 B 61 C 84 C 104 A 42 A 62 B 85 A 105 B 43 C 63 A 86 B 106 C 44 B 64 C 87 C 107 A 45 C 65 A 88 B 108 C 46 C 66 A 89 B 109 C 47 B 67 C 90 C 110 A 48 A 68 B 91 A 111 B 49 B 69 C 92 C 112 A 50 C 70 A 93 B 113 C 51 B 71 C 94 C 114 A 52 C 72 A 95 B 115 C 53 E 73 E 96 E 116 E 54 A 74 B 97 A 117 B 55 A 75 B 98 A 118 B 56 C 76 A 99 B 119 C 57 B 77 C 100 C 120 A 58 A 78 B 101 A 41 B 59 A 79 B 102 A 42 B 60 A 80 B 103 A 43 B 61 B 81 C 104 C 44 A 62 B 82 C 105 C 45 A 63 B 83 C 106 C 46 A 64 A 84 B 107 A 47 B 65 C 85 A 108 B 48 C 66 C 86 A 109 B 49 C 67 A 87 B 110 A 50 B 68 A 88 B 111 A 51 B 69 B 89 C 112 C 52 A 70 B 90 C 113 C 53 A 71 B 91 C 114 C 54 A 72 A 92 B 115 A 55 B 73 B 93 C 116 C 56 A 74 B 94 C 117 C 57 A 75 B 95 C 118 C 58 A 76 C 96 A 119 B 59 C 77 B 97 C 120 C 60 A 78 A 98 B 41 A 61 B 79 C 99 A 42 B 62 C 80 A 100 B 43 A 63 B 81 C 101 A 44 B 64 C 82 B 102 C 45 C 65 A 83 D 103 D 46 D 66 D 84 A 104 B 47 A 67 B 85 B 105 C 48 C 68 A
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Series-A Series-B Series-C Series-D Remarks
Q.No. Answer Q.No. Answer Q.No. Answer Q.No. Answer
86 A 106 B 49 A 69 B
87 C 107 A 50 B 70 C
88 A 108 B 51 A 71 B
89 A 109 B 52 A 72 B
90 C 110 A 53 B 73 C
91 C 111 A 54 B 74 C
92 A 112 B 55 A 75 B
93 B 113 C 56 C 76 A
94 A 114 B 57 A 77 B
95 B 115 C 58 C 78 A
96 B 116 C 59 C 79 A
97 C 117 A 60 B 80 C
98 C 118 A 61 B 81 C
99 A 119 B 62 A 82 B
100 B 120 C 63 C 83 A
101 A 41 B 64 A 84 B
102 B 42 C 65 C 85 A
103 C 43 A 66 B 86 C
104 A 44 B 67 A 87 B
105 A 45 B 68 A 88 B
106 B 46 C 69 C 89 A
107 B 47 C 70 C 90 A
108 A 48 B 71 A 91 B
109 B 49 C 72 C 92 A
110 C 50 A 73 B 93 C
111 C 51 A 74 B 94 C
112 B 52 C 75 C 95 A
113 C 53 A 76 B 96 C
114 C 54 A 77 B 97 C
115 B 55 C 78 C 98 A
116 C 56 A 79 B 99 C
117 C 57 A 80 B 100 C
118 B 58 C 81 C 101 A
119 B 59 C 82 C 102 A
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