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The Bhoodan Movement had been started by.

  1. M K Gandhi

  2. Acharya Kripalani

  3. Jayaprakash Narayan

  4. Vinoba Bhave


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Bhoodan or Land Gift movement began with Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1951 in present-day Telangana. The movement attempted to bring about a “non-violent revolution” in India’s land reforms programme. Over a period of twenty years, Vinoba walked through the length & breadth of India persuading land-owners & land-lords to give their poor & downtrodden neighbours a total of four million acres of land.

What was the mission of Bhoodan movement?

  1. To give a percentage of land to landless people.

  2. To make landlords more wealthy

  3. To take extra taxes from landlords

  4. All of above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The mission of the Bhoodan movement was to persuade wealthy landlords to voluntarily give a percentage of their land to the landless people.

When government setup Planning Commission?

  1. 1947

  2. 1950

  3. 1952

  4. 1956


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In 1950, the government set up a Planning Commission to help design and execute suitable policies for economic development.

When India gained independence, _____ of the population was very poor.

  1. 65%

  2. 50%

  3. 55%

  4. 75%


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The  colonial policies  of British Government moved unemployed artisans into farming, and transformed India into a region increasingly abundant in land, unskilled labour, and low productivity, this consequently made India scarce in skilled labour, capital and knowledge . Additionally, these policies weakened the ability of poorer peasants to command land and credit. The resulting rising landlessness and stagnant real wages intensified poverty. When India gained independence, 55% of the population was very poor.

Socialisation spread the values like truthfulness, honesty and non-violence.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Socialization is the process of inculcating social values in human being to make him a responsible social being. It is the process of learning social behaviour. In society, good behaviour is expected to adopt and learn to live by the standard acceptable behaviour of the society. The values like honesty, truthfulness, and non-violence are learned by the process of socialization.

What are the importance of social institutions?

  1. Medium of Culture

  2. Fulfil the needs of the members

  3. It provide roles to individuals

  4. Define and regulate the behaviour of members


Correct Option: A,B,C,D
Explanation:
Following are the importance of social institutions:
1. Medium of Culture: Social institutions are the medium of transfer cultural aspects like knowledge, customs, values and others from generation to generation. Hence, social institutions are important for the social life. 

2. Fulfil the needs of the members: Social institutions fulfil the basic needs of human beings and also regulate their behaviour. 

3. Define and regulate the behaviour of members: The social institutions prescribe and define good and bad behaviours. Schools define our way of dressing and other behaviours. The school corrects our bad behaviour by various means like punishment, reprimands and rustication. If the desired correction is not achieved, then the school resorts to legal course of action. Like this, social institutions thrive to regulate the human behaviours. 

4. Social Institutions provide roles to individuals: The social institutions assign role to their members based on their age and other yardsticks. Family assigns relationships based on the age. Similarly, social institutions assign role to members by defining their relationships. 

Which of the following is/are not the function of religion?

  1. Social control

  2. Base for the Family

  3. Security and Socialisation

  4. Socialisation


Correct Option: B,C
Explanation:

Religion is another social institution found in all societies. Religion grew along with human civilisation. The following are its functions: 

1. Socialisation: Religion is one of the main medium of socialisation. It aids the spread of values like truthfulness, patience, peace, sacrifice and others by various customs and rituals. 

2. Social Unity: Religion fosters unity. Truthfulness, honesty and non-violence are some of the religious values that aid the social unity. By employing symbols and customs, religion creates unity among the members. 

3. Protection of values: Religion aides in the preservation of values like truthfulness, honesty, and non-violence. These values are supported by all the religions. All of them instruct values in human life. 

4. Social control: Religion is one of the major means of achieving social control. It controls the human life through God and spiritual concepts. Religion guides its members to be disciplined and civilised. There is a need to understand this function of religion and stop hating other religions.

Who are the families which reside close to one's family?

  1. Neighbourhood

  2. Society

  3. Peer Group

  4. Religion


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The neighborhood is the place or area around one's home or residence. These are families that live nearby one's family and together they make neighbours of each other. One should maintain good interaction with his neighbour and cleanliness in neighbourhood.

Name the process in which all the members of the society live in accordance with their duties and responsibilities.

  1. Society

  2. Socialization

  3. Orientation

  4. Education


Correct Option: B

Who become social beings by adopting social behaviours?

  1. Children

  2. Animals

  3. Human Beings

  4. Society


Correct Option: C