CLASS TEST ON SOCIOLOGY

S.Y.B.A

SEMESTER IV – CONTEPORARY ISSUES IN INDIAN URBAN SOCIETY

UNITS 1) and 2) a) and b)

1. MHADA stands for :a) Maharashtra Home And Development Authorityb) Maharashtra Housing And Area Development Authorityc) Mumbai Housing And Area Development Authority

Ans: b) Maharashtra Housing And Area Development Authority

2. The government through its agency _______ undertakes repair worka) MHADAb) BDDc) FSI

Ans : a) MHADA

3. The Maharashtra Rent Control Act was passed ina) 1968b) 1987c) 1999

Ans : c ) 1999

4. The height to which builders are permitted to build in relation to a certain proportion of area to be built upon is known as :a) FCIb) FSIc) FCCI

Ans : b) FSI

5. UDD stands fora) Urban Development Departmentb) Urban Demand Draftc) Urban Department of Development

Ans : c) Urban Development Department

6. ____ approach refers to old cessed buildings in an area to be taken for redevelopment

a) Isolatedb) Individualc) Cluster

Ans : c) Cluster

7. An attempt was made to control the concentration of urban land in the hands of a few means of :a) ULCRAb) Housing Actsc) UDD

Ans : a) ULCRA

8. ULCRA Stands fora) Urban Land Ceiling Regulation Actb) Urban Land Cluster Redevelopment Actc) Urban Land Cess Regulation Act

Ans : a) Urban Land Ceiling Regulation Act

9. The ULCRA was passed ina) 1935b) 1928c) 1976

Ans :c ) 1976

10. By means of the ULCRA landowners were not allowed to own :a) Large tracts of landb) More than 500 square metres of landc) No land at all

Ans : b ) more than 500 sqaure metres of land

11. ULCRA was repealed in :a) April 2001b) December 2005c) December 2007

Ans : c) December 2007

12. The strikes in the textile industry occurred in :a) 1960’sb) 1980’sc) 2000

Ans : b ) 1980s

13. The ______ required that textile mills could redevelop their properties on condition that one third of the land was to be handed over to the MHADAa) Moll’sb) Deed of transferc) Development Control Regulation 58 ( DCR 58)

Ans : c) Development Control Regulation 58 ( DCR 58)

14. Hawkers and vendors are examples of a) Organized sectorb) Informal sectorc) Formal sector

Ans : Informal Sector

15. According to the 65th Round of NSS ( 2004-05) the total employment is 52,93,940 of which _________ is in the informal sectora) 7,00,000b) 35,20,200c) 42,94,940

Ans : c) 42,94,940

16. As per the 65th Round of NSS ( 2004-05) , 37% were self employed and street vendors constructed _____ of the self employeda) 12.5%b) 20%c) 10%

Ans : a) 12.5%

17. According to the National Policy for urban street vendors ( 2006), ____ % of the total population of a city is engaged in street vendinga) 50%b) 2%c) 10%

Ans : b) 2%

18. On October 8, 2010 the Supreme Court passed a judgment directing the government to pass a law for the protection of street vendors and recognized the right to carry on hawking under article _____a) 19 (1) (g)b) 21c) 42

Ans : a) 19(1) (g)

19. According to a bill passed by the Maharastra Government in ____ licenses will be issued to vendors who have resided in the state for 15 years or more a) 1920b) 1980c) 2010

Ans : c) 2010

20. SEWA stands for :a) Self Employed Workers’ Awarenessb) Self Employed Workers’ Associationc) Self Employed Women’s Association

Ans : c) Self Employed Women’s Association

21. NASVI Stands fora) National Alliance of street vendors of Indiab) National Association of Street Vendors of Indiac) Native Alliance of street vendors of India

Ans : a) National Alliance of street vendors of India

22. Section _____ of the Police Act Empowers the police to remove obstruction of the streetsa) 25b) 34c) 46

Ans : b) 34

23. The _____ Act to improve the conditions of slum areas was enacted in 1971a) Slum Clearanceb) Maharashtra Slum Areas ( Improvement , Clearance And Redevelopment) Actc) Redevelopment of old buildings

24. The____ was created in 1973 which became a part of MHADA under the MHADA Act 1976a) Slum Improvement Boardb) Redevelopment Associationc) Cluster Board

Ans : a) Slum Improvement Board

25. In 1981, the ____ Committee proposed that the land taken under the ULCRA would be utilised and brought up for sale in the open market :a) Tilak b) Mahanandac) Kerkar

Ans : Kerkar

26. BDD stands fora) Bombay Demand Draftb) Bombay Development Departmentc) Bombay Development Depot

Ans : b) Bombay Development Department

27. The LISP and SUP were components of a) Bombay Urban Development Projectb) Urban Land Rehabilitation Projectc) Slums And Housing Development Project

Ans : a) Bombay Urban Development Project

28. According to _______ in Marh 1991, the orignal owners of land or private developers in co-operation with slum dwellers could build multi – storeyed concrete structure in place of old hutmentsa) Area – Wide Clearance Controlsb) Redevelopment Area – Wise Regulationsc) New Development Control Rules

Ans : c) New Development Control Rules

29. The New Development Control Rules were a part of the _____ for Bombay Metropoliton Region.a) Metropoliton Regional Planb) Draft Development Planc) Regional Development Plan

Ans : b) Draft Development Plan

30. The slum Rehabilitation Scheme ( SRS) was passed in a) 1950b) 1991c) 1997

Ans : c) 1997

31. SRA stands fora) Slum Redevelopment Authorityb) Slum Rehabilitation Authorityc) Slum Rehabilitation

Ans : a) Slum Redevelopment Authority

32. In Sociology, the term deviance refers toa) The violation of serious rules

b) All violations of social rulesc) Crime

Ans : b) all violations of social rules

33. According to conflict – theorists, social control a) Represents the interests of the general publicb) Is important for mediation in a phuralistic societyc) Represents the interests of the wealthy and powerful

Ans: c) represents the interest of the wealthy and the powerful

34. The differential Association theory is based on the _________:a) Functionalist perspectureb) Psychological perspectivec) Symbolic interactionism

Ans : c) symbolic interactionism

35. The Differential Association Theory was propounded by a) Edwin Sutherlandb) Durkhemc) Karl Marx

Ans : Edwin Sutherland

36. When legitimate ways to achieving success are blocked, people may be motivated to take a socially deviant path. This perspecture is known as :a) Conflictb) Strain theoryc) Differential association

Ans : b) Strain Theory

37. What is the term for acts of deviance that have little effect on self concept.a) Tertiary devianceb) Primary deviance c) Secondary deviance

Ans : b) Primary Deviance

38. ________, an Italian Physician theorized that a criminal can be identified with certain physical featuresa) Mitchellb) Lombrosoc) Guereje

Ans : b) Lombroso

39. According to the Straintheory, who gives up pursuit of success by abusing alcohol or drugs?

a) Rebels b) Ritualistsc) Retreatists

Ans : c) retreatists

40. Why do conflict theorists see law as an instrument of oppression ?a) It penalizes the deviantb) It is used by the powerful to maintain their positionc) It helps in promoting stability

Ans : c) it is used by the powerful to maintain their position.

41. The orientation that recognizes that deviance varies across culture is known as a) Relativismb) Absolutionc) Universalims

Ans : a) relativism

42. The labeling Theory was propunded bya) Rovert Mertonb) Cloward And Ohlunc) Howard Becker

Ans : c) Howard Becker

43. In Merton’s Model of deviance, those who lack legitimate means to goals are calleda) Ritualistsb) Deviantsc) Innovators

Ans : c) Innovators

44. Secondary Deviance is caused by a) The lack of attachmentsb) The lack of legitimate means c) Reactions of others

Ans : c) reactions of others

45. ____ labeling invloves interpreting the past in the light of the present deviancea) Projectureb) Retrospecturec) Ambivalent

Ans : b) retrospecture

46. When a deviant identity is used to predict future action it is known as :a) Projecture Labeling

b) Retrospective Labelingc) Status quo

Ans : a) Projecture Labeling

47. Criminal activities in which computers or computer networks are used for illegally trespassing into computer system and databases of another are known asa) Sophisticated crimesb) Cyber Crimesc) Understand dealings

Ans : b) Cyber crimes

48. Emails requesting people to enter their personal information to obtain money is an example of :a) Cyber defamationb) Vishingc) Phishing

Ans : c) Phishing

49. Code Injections by malicious web users into web pages viewed by others is known as :a) Phishingb) Vishingc) Cross site scripting

50. The 2G and Satyam Scams are examples of :a) White Collared Crimesb) Cyber Crimesc) Honor Killings

Ans : a) White Collared Crimes