KKHSOU Master of Social Work Entrance Exam Model Question.

KRISHNA KANTA HANDIQUI STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY 

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MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK

1. Which one of the following best describes the custom by which a widower marries the sisters of the deseased wife ?
(A) Sororate
(B) Levirate
(C) Polygyny
(D) Plural marriage

2. Which Committee recommended three tier system for PanchayatiRaj ?
(A) BalwantRai Mehta Committee
(B) Ashok Mehta Committee
(C) Sangama Committee
(D) Parliamentary Committee

3. Which is not an indicator of social development ?
(A) Improvement in health
(B) Improvement in quality of life
(C) Improvement in education
(D) Increase in per capita income

4. In which year the LPG Policy was adopted in India as a model of economic growth ?
(A) 1980
(B) 1989
(C) 1990
(D) 1993

5. Panchayati Raj institutes in India have brought about which one of the following ?
(A) Eradication of untouchability.
(B) Spread of land ownership to depressed classes.
(C) Formal representation of the weaker sections in village governance.
(D) Spread of education to the masses.

6. Which article of Indian Constitution lays down the provision of free and compulsory education for children?
(A) 45
(B) 46
(C) 47
(D) 48

7. Louis Braille Day is being observed on
(A) 5th January
(B) 6th January
(C) 7th January
(D) 8th January

8. The ultimate goal of Women’s Self Help Group is
(A) Saving money
(B) Taking loans
(C) Getting revolving fund
(D) Empowerment

9. Research is
(A) Searching again and again
(B) Finding solution to any problem
(C) Working in a scientific way to search for truth of any problem
(D) None of the above

10. In communication, the language is
(A) the non-verbal code
(B) the verbal code
(C) the symbolic code
(D) the iconic code

11. The Right to Information Act, 2005 makes the provision of
(A) Dissemination of all types of information by all Public authorities to any person.
(B) Establishment of Central, State and District Level Information Commissions as an appellate body. (C) Transparency and accountability in Public authorities.
(D) All of the above

12. The slogan “A tree for each child” was coined for
(A) Social forestry programme
(B) Clean Air programme
(C) Soil conservation programme
(D) Environmental protection programme

13. Which one of the following is the oldest Archival source of data in India ?
(A) National Sample Surveys
(B) Agricultural Statistics
(C) Census
(D) Vital Statistics

14. Which of the following is not a measure of central tendency ?
(A) Mean
(B) Median
(C) Mode
(D) Range

15. Which of the following sources of energy has the maximum potential in India ? 
(A) Solar energy
(B) Wind energy
(C) Ocean thermal energy
(D) Tidal energy

16. Which of the following is not a natural hazard ?
(A) Earthquake
(B) Tsunami
(C) Flash floods
(D) Nuclear accident

17. One-rupee currency note in India bears the signature of
(A) The President of India
(B) Finance Minister of India
(C) Governor, Reserve Bank of India
(D) Finance Secretary of Government of India

18. Constitutionally the registration and recognition of political parties is the function performed by 
(A) The State Election Commission of respective States
(B) The Law Ministry of Government of India
(C) The Election Commission of India
(D) Election Department of the State Governments

19. A hypothesis is a
(A) law
(B) canon
(C) postulate
(D) supposition

20. ‘World Development Report’ is an annual publication of
(a) United Nations Development Programme
(b) International Bank of Reconstruction and Development
(c) World Trade Organization
(d) International Monetary Fund

21. Panchayati Raj Institutions have
(a) three-tier basis
(b) two-tier basis
(c) four-tier basis
(d) None of the above

22. The chief aim of India’s community development project is to
(a) educate the rural population
(b) help irrigation to urban areas
(c) industrialize rural areas
(d) none of the above

23. The Forest Research Institute is located at
(a) Dehradun
(b) Baroda
(c) Guwahati
(d) Hyderabad

24. Who was the first Chairman of the Planning Commission?
(a) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(c) Pt Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) None of these

25. The Planning Commission is a/an
(a) advisory body
(b) executive body
(c) Government body
(d) autonomous body

26. The principal function of NABARD is to provide finance for the promotion of
(a) agriculture
(b) small scale and cottage industries
(c) handicrafts and other rural crafts
(d) all the above

27. ‘Sal’ trees are concentrated in
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Assam
(c) Bihar
(d) Madhya Pradesh

28. Day and night are equal at the
(a) equator
(b) poles
(c) prime meridian
(d) Antarctic

29. Diamond mines are located in
(a) uttar Pradesh
(b) Karnataka
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Gujarat

30. MacMohan line is the border between
(a) India and China
(b) India and Nepal
(c) India and Pakistan
(d) Assam and Arunachal Pradesh

31. Which one of the following states is the leading producer of tea?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Sikkim
(c) Assam
(d) Kerala

32. ‘BhoodanYojana’ was started by
(a) AcharyaVinobaBhave
(b) AcharyaNarendraDev
(c) Raj Narayan
(d) Medhapatekar

33. The Trade Unions Act was passed in
(a) 1992
(b) 1923
(c) 1925
(d) 1926

34. The birth rate measures the number of births during the year per
(a) 100 of population
(b) 1000 of population
(c) km of area
(d) 11,000 km of area

35. Subsidies mean
(a) payment by government for purchase of goods and services
(b) payment made by business entreprises to factories of production
(c) payment made by companies to shareholders
(d) payment made by government to business enterprises without buying any goods and services

36. India is said be in the second stage of demographic transition because
(a) both birth and death rates are high
(b) birth rate is high but death rate is declining due to improvement in health services
(c) death rates and birth rates are declining sharply
(d) None of the above

37. Community Development Programme was launched in India on
(a) 26 January 1950
(b) 14 November 1962
(c) 2 October 1952
(d) 1 April 1966

38.Matrilineal societies can be seen among -
(a) Apatanis
(b) Khasi
(c) Mishing
(d) Deori

39. Ali-aye-ligang is a -
(a) Festival
(b) Local drink
(c) Tribe of NE India
(d) Youth dormitory

40. Which one of the below is not a Fundamental Right -
(a) Right to self destruction
(b) Right to Constitutional remedies
(c) Right to freedom of religion
(d) Right to equality

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