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Trace out the changes that have been occurring in the newspaper industry? What is your opinion on these changes?
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Is radio as a medium of mass communication dying out? Discuss the potential that FM stations have in post-liberalisation India?
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Trace the changes that have been happening in the medium of television. Discuss.
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Imagine a society where there has been no social movement. Discuss. You can also describe how you imagine such a society to be.
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What is regionalism? What factors is it usually based on?
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In your opinion, has the linguistic reorganisation of states helped or harmed India?
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The principal reasons for the decline in the death rate after 1921 were increased levels of control over famines and ____________ diseases.
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____________ was the founder of Satyashodak Samaj having its primary emphasis on “truth-seeking”.
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The Jana or tribes are believed to be people of the ____________.
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The rate of natural increase is the difference between:
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Just like caste in India, race in South Africa stratifies society into a hierarchy. This system is called ____________.
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People do not face discrimination and exclusion on the basis of:
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Caste system can be understood as the combination of two sets of principles:
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When the growth rate is 0, the population is said to have reached:
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Which of the statements is not true for the Khasi tribes?
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Assertion: Ritually highest caste – the Brahmins were subordinated to the secular power of kings and rulers belonging to the Kshatriya castes.
Reason: In strict scriptural terms, Brahmins were not supposed to amass wealth.
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Prolonged experience of discriminatory or insulting behaviour often produces a reaction on the part of the excluded who then stop trying for inclusion. In this context choose the incorrect statement.
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| Strictly speaking, the ‘untouchable’ castes are outside the caste hierarchy – they are considered to be so ‘impure’ that their mere touch severely pollutes members of all other castes, bringing terrible punishment for the former and forcing the latter to perform elaborate purification rituals. In fact, notions of ‘distance pollution’ existed in many regions of India (particularly in the south) such that even the mere presence or the shadow of an ‘untouchable’ person is considered polluting. |
Despite the limited literal meaning of the word, the institution of ‘untouchability’ refers not just to the avoidance or prohibition of physical contact but to a much broader set of social sanctions. Which of the following is not such a sanction?
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| Strictly speaking, the ‘untouchable’ castes are outside the caste hierarchy – they are considered to be so ‘impure’ that their mere touch severely pollutes members of all other castes, bringing terrible punishment for the former and forcing the latter to perform elaborate purification rituals. In fact, notions of ‘distance pollution’ existed in many regions of India (particularly in the south) such that even the mere presence or the shadow of an ‘untouchable’ person is considered polluting. |
The names used to refer to untouchables are all almost always:
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| Strictly speaking, the ‘untouchable’ castes are outside the caste hierarchy – they are considered to be so ‘impure’ that their mere touch severely pollutes members of all other castes, bringing terrible punishment for the former and forcing the latter to perform elaborate purification rituals. In fact, notions of ‘distance pollution’ existed in many regions of India (particularly in the south) such that even the mere presence or the shadow of an ‘untouchable’ person is considered polluting. |
As per the understanding of distance pollution from the given passage, which of the following qualify as sources of distance pollution?
I. Mere presence
II. Shadow
III. Pollution associated with women during menstruation
IV. Ceremonial pollution associated with death
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