OSS 101 Solved Question Paper December 2018

OSS-101 : Preparatory Course in Social Sciences

OSS 101 Solved Question Paper December 2018

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.   The discipline of Economics broadly deals with

1. Production
2. Consumption
3. Distribution
4. All of the above

 2.   In social sciences, among many disciplines, social scientists study

1. Algebra
2. Political science
3. Anatomy
4. Physics

 3.   Manuscript is a form of

1. Primary data
2. Secondary data
3. Tertiary data
4. None of the above

 4.   A meaningful study of social events requires a clear understanding of

1. Its history
2. Political consequences
3. Economic implication
4. All of the above

5.   Heritage management is a branch of

1. Economics
2. Ayurveda
3. History
4. Cultural studies

6.   This tribe belongs to the state of Odisha

1. Munda
2. Kondh
3. Naga
4. None of the above

7.   Earlier, public administration was a part of 

1. Political science
2. Sociology
3. Anthropology
4. None of the above

8.   Social scientists provide guidelines of ethics to

1. Advertisers
2. T.V. Channels
3. Print media
4. All of the above

9.   Human life on Earth is roughly

1. 100 million years old
2. 1 million years old
3. 10 million years old
4. Ten thousand years old

10.  The biggest change that occurred in the Stone Age was man’s capacity of

1. Tool using
2. Tool making
3. Cultivating
4. None of the above

11.  James Watt is associated with the invention of

1. Weaving
2. Factory
3. Railway
4. Steam Engine

12.  Modern world includes

1. Organisation
2. Industrialisation
3. Class
4. All of the above

13.  Christopher Columbus discovered America in

1. 1492
2. 1493
3. 1494
4. 1491

14.  The Russian Revolution is also known as the

1. Soviet Revolution
2. Bolshevik Revolution
3. Revolution against the Tzars
4. None of the above

15.  The first empire in Indian history according to historians is that of the

1. Kushans
2. Kanvas
3. Mauryas
4. Guptas

16.  Who were known as the Lords of the Kaveri Delta ?

1. Cholas
2. Cheras
3. Pandyas
4. Pallavas

17.  The Delhi Sultanate was established in

1. 1208
2. 1209
3. 1206
4. 1205

18.  1857 is famous for the

1. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
2. Sepoy Mutiny
3. Swadeshi Movement
4. Quit India Movement

19.  The Indian National Congress was a body of

1. Lawyers
2. Merchants
3. Landowners
4. All of the above

20.  Swaraj was declared by the Congress in the Lahore session of

1. 1929
2. 1930
3. 1920
4. 1921

21.  The Constitution of India came into effect on

1. 25th January, 1950
2. 26th January, 1950
3. 27th January, 1950
4. 28th January, 1950

22.  The Constitution of India lays emphasis on the eradication of untouchability in

1. Article 14
2. Article 15
3. Article 16
4. Article 17

23.  The Supreme Court of India consists of

1. 26 Judges
2. 24 Judges
3. 25 Judges
4. 29 Judges

24.  The Ryotwari system of land revenue was introduced by the

1. British
2. French
3. Dutch
4. Portuguese

25.  Dogri is an Indian

1. Dialect
2. Language
3. Parlance
4. None of the above

26.  A Nuclear family consists of

1. Husband, wife, married and unmarried children
2. Husband, wife and unmarried children
3. Husband, wife, unmarried children and children’s paternal grandparents
4. All of the above

27.  A municipal corporation is

1. An urban body
2. A rural body
3. A block body
4. None of the above

28.  The Panchayati Raj institutions looks after

1. Rural governance
2. Urban governance
3. District governance
4. None of the above

29.  The Right to Information Act was introduced in the year

1. 2004
2. 2005
3. 2006
4. 2008

30.  The overall head of the Civil Services at the union level is the

1. Chief Secretary
2. Prime Minister
3. Cabinet Secretary
4. None of the above

31.  The term “manpower” was first used to include those persons who are

1. Socially active
2. Politically active
3. Economically active
4. All of the above

32.  Return received by an individual in exchange of his/her labour is

1. Output
2. Input
3. Income
4. None of the above

33.  India’s major export earner is

1. Leather
2. Handicraft
3. Gems
4. All of the above

34.  India first started its five-year economic planning in

1. 1950
2. 1952
3. 1954
4. 1951

35.  The Indo-Pak War took place in

1. 1965
2. 1966
3. 1967
4. 1968

36.  Which Indian Prime Minister died in the year 1966 ?

1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Lal Bahadur Shastri
3. Indira Gandhi
4. None of the above

37.  Food grain production in 1950 – 51 was

1. 61 million tones
2. 58 million tonnes
3. 51 million tones
4. 41 million tones

38.  When the presence of unwanted chemicals in the year affects health, it is called

1. Land pollution
2. Air pollution
3. Water pollution
4. Sound pollution

39.  Soil erosion is escalated by

1. Deforestation
2. Irrigation
3. Rainwater harvesting
4. None of the above

40.  Consumption of consumer durable increases with

1. Decrease in income
2. Unchanging income
3. Demand for products
4. Increase in income

41.  The concept ‘Culture of Poverty’ was postulated by

1. Oscar Wilde
2. Oscar Fernandes
3. Oscar Lewis
4. Oscar Dickson

42.  The ‘Blacks’ of USA are also known as

1. African Americans
2. American Indians
3. Latin Americans
4. All of the above

43.  The minimum needs programme (MNP) was launched in

1. 1976 – 77
2. 1977 – 78
3. 1975 – 76
4. 1980 – 81

44.  In developing countries, the mortality rate among children is

1. Low
2. Very low
3. Very high
4. High

45.  The population density of India shows

1. An increase in the number of people
2. A decrease in the number of people
3. Not concerned with change
4. None of the above

46.  Regionalism is

1. A political problem
2. An economic problem
3. A cultural problem
4. A multidimensional problem

47.  India is the world’s largest

1. Democracy
2. Autocracy
3. Monarchy
4. None of the above

48.  In 1962 the war took place

1. Indo-Pak
2. Indo-China
3. China-Pak
4. None of the above

49.  Hindi is India’s

1. Mother Tongue
2. Regional Language
3. Official Language
4. All of the above

50.  Vasco da Gama discovered

1. Australia
2. America
3. West Indies
4. India

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