OSS 101 Solved Question Paper June 2019

OSS-101 : Preparatory Course in Social Sciences

OSS 101 Solved Question Paper June 2019

Time : 2 hours

Maximum Marks : 50

General instructions :

Preparatory course in Social Sciences (OSS – 101)

Questions 1 – 50. 

 (i) All questions are compulsory, each of which carries one mark.

(ii)  Each question has four alternatives, one of which is correct. Write the serial number of your correct alternatives/answers below the corresponding question number in the answer Sheet and then mark the rectangle for the same number in that column. If you find that none of the given alternatives is correct then write 0 and mark in column 0.

(iii) Do not waste time in reading the whole question paper. Go on solving questions one by one. You may come back to the left out questions if you have time at the end.

1. Science is a systematic study of

1. Phenomena
2. Economics
3. Political systems
4. Dreams

2. History is connected with studying and interpreting

1. Present events
2. Fiction
3. Past events
4. None of the above

3. ____ is a form of Secondary Source of data collection.

1. Field Work
2. Census
3. Photographs
4. Observation

4. Implementation of government policies is studied in

1. Public administration
2. English literature
3. Journalism
4. All of the above

5. The report “Understanding Knowledge Societies” was brought out by Nations in

1. 2006
2. 2007
3. 2004
4. 2005

6. The sociologist who studied the problem of suicide in society was

1. Weber
2. Parsons
3. Durkheim
4. None of the above

7. Which of the discipline that is clubbed with Sciences in many universities ?

1. Literature
2. History
3. Public administration
4. Economics

8. A profession in which social science has a big role to play is

1. Athletics
2. Boxing
3. Journalism
4. All of the above

9. Human life can be understood better category :

1. Economics
2. Political
3. Social
4. All of the above

10. Coercion as an activity is dependent upon

1. Division of labour
2. Leisure
3. Sports
4. None of the above

11. The earliest stage of human society is

1. Agrarian
2. Hunting and Gathering
3. Industrial
4. None of the above

12. Vasco da Gama discovered India in

1. 1496
2. 1492
3. 1498
4. 1493

13. By 1914, it was estimated that percent of the world was dominant European Nations

1.  80.0
2.  81.3
3.  82.2
4.  84.4

14. The Cold War went on from

1. 1945 to 1990
2. 1980 to 1990
3. 1945 to 1980
4. None of the above

15. Early Vedic Period was largely

1. Agricultural
2. Pastoral
3. Industrial
4. All of the above

16. Arthashastra was authored by

1. Tenali Rama
2. Birbal
3. Kautilya
4. Vishakadatta

17. The Guptas State professed the

1. Buddhist ideology
2. Vaishnativr ideology
3. Brahmanic – Puranic ideology
4. Shaivite ideology

18. Queen Victoria was declared as the Sovereign of British India in

1. 1858
2. 1857
3. 1859
4. 1860

19. The National Congress was founded in

1. 1885
2. 1876
3. 1886
4. 1889

20. The Champaran Satyagraha was held by the

1. Peasants of Madhya Pradesh
2. Peasants of Bihar
3. Peasants of Bengal
4. Peasants of Gujarat

21. India gained Independence from the British in

1. 1948
2. 1950
3. 1947
4. None of the above

22. The fundamental duties were introduced in the Constitution of India in

1. 1978
2. 1977
3. 1975
4. 1976

23. The Rajya Sabha should consist of

1. 260 members
2. 250 members
3. 240 members
4. 220 members

24. The first school set up by the British in 1784 was in

1. Tanjore
2. Rewari
3. Kutch
4. none of the above

25. “Jati” is

1. An occupational group
2. An endogamous group
3. A hereditary group
4. All of the above

26. The main official language of India is

1. English
2. Hindi
3. Urdu
4. Persian

27. The constitutional head of India is

1. The Prime Minister
2. The President
3. The Chief Minister
4. None of the above

28. People’s Associations that assist in the process of governing are called

1. Civil society
2. Private society
3. Moderator society
4. All of the above

29. ____ is a form of self-government functioning with the participation of the people

1. Gram Palika
2. Electricity Board
3. Nagar Palika
4. None of the above

30. The full form of MTNL is

1. Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Limited
2. Mahanagar Television Nigam Limited
3. Mahanagar Tube Nigam Limited
4. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited

31. The economy consists of

1. Primary sector
2. Secondary sector
3. Tertiary sector
4. All of the above

32. Labour force includes

1. Both employed and unemployed
2. Only employed
3. Only unemployed
4. None of the above

33. NREGA was introduced in

1. 2002
2. 2005
3. 2007
4. 2003

34. The Indo-China War took place in

1. 1962
2. 1963
3. 1964
4. 1965

35. Agricultural income in India is

1. Texed
2. Not taxed
3. Taxed every alternate year
4. None of the above

36. The Eleventh Five Year plan focused on

1. A socialist pattern of society
2. Mixed economy
3. Inclusive growth
4. None of the above

37. The number of years that an individual is expected to remain alive is called

1. Lifeline
2. Growth and development
3. Life expectancy
4. All of the above

38. Environment means

1. Land
2. Water
3. Air
4. All of the above

39. The types of natural resources are

1. Inexhaustible resources
2. Exhaustible resources
3. Inexhaustible and Exhaustible resources
4. None of the above

40. The report of the Brundtland Commission was published in

1. 1988
2. 1986
3. 1984
4. 1987

41. In ecology, a combination of all living and non-living elements of an area is called an

1. Ecosystem
2. Environment
3. Atmosphere
4. All of the above

42. The division of people into distinct categories is referred to as

1. Racism
2. Stratification
3. Categorisation
4. None of the above

43. TRYSEM encourages to

1. Train women in skill development
2. Train rural youth for self-employment
3. Train children in skill development
4. All of the above

44. The condition which defines a lack of resources for subsistence is called

1. Prosperity
2. Affluence
3. Surplus
4. Poverty

45. Literate population of India according to 2001 census was

1.  75.85 percent
2.  78.90 percent
3.  50.35 percent
4.  65.38 percent

46. The largest democracy in the world is

1. U.S.A
2. India
3. Canada
4. Iceland

47. The basic objective of British colonialism is

1. Religious exploitation
2. Social exploitation
3. Economic exploitation
4. None of the above

48. India is a country which has the presence of diverse

1. Religions
2. Castes
3. Languages
4. All of the above

49. Which one is a form of Secondary Data ?

1. Manuscript
2. Interview
3. Observation
4. Case study

50. In the year 1492, America was discovered by

1. Vasco da Gama
2. John Cabot
3. Christopher Columbus
4. James Cook

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