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Which of the following social customs still exist in India in spite of legal restrictions?

  1. Child marriages

  2. Dowry system

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Child marriages and dowry system are still prevalent in the Indian society.

  • Child marriage is a marriage performed between any male below 21 years and female below 18 years according to Indian policy. Child marriages have following disadvantages: Lack of understanding ability, a risk of miscarriage among women and sexual relation becoming strenuous.
  • Any property or valuable security is given or agreed to be given either directly or indirectly by one party to another party of a marriage is called dowry. It is of the many social evils leading to a number of women deaths.

An example that shows the effect of urbanization affecting traditional occupation in India is _______.

  1. Son of a farmer doing agriculture

  2. Son of a farmer doing a private job

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Traditional occupation of India is agriculture. People living rural areas depend mostly on agriculture. In India, land inherited is used by the offspring to continue the agriculture. But due to urbanisation it is not seen these days. Hence we can say that son of a farmer doing a private job is result of urbanisation.

Due to urbanization and impact of western culture, the Indian society celebrates which of the following with pomp and show even though it's not native?

  1. Diwali

  2. Dussehra

  3. New Year day

  4. Sankranti


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Social customs, traditions, and festivals are changing because of modernization in which there is an increased competition among people making them busy. Thus there is very little attention paid to social customs and traditions in the present-day world. A pressure of market is another reason which is making people more westernized and therefore people are losing interest in traditional aspects. One such example is a celebration of New Year day which has come from the western world.

Which of the following is not true?

  1. Urbanisation has helped in providing employment opportunities

  2. Urbanisation brought about a change in traditional thinking of people

  3. Urbanisation helped in growth of joint families

  4. Urbanisation affected the traditional occupation people


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Among the given option all are true except the one which says that urbanization has increased number of joint families. On the other hand, it resulted in increased nuclear families. It also affected traditional thoughts and ideas. It helped in providing employment opportunities and brought about a change in the traditional thinking of people.

Which of the following can be considered as a reason for the increase in employment opportunities in the cities?

  1. Industrialisation

  2. Urbanisation

  3. Development in technology

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A number of youths migrate from rural areas to cities. The main reason behind this migration is better employment opportunities in urban areas. There is an increased employment opportunity in urban areas because of industrialization in and around urban areas and also due to the introduction of technology in such areas.

Which of the following social evil is abolished from the society?

  1. Child marriage

  2. Sati

  3. Dowry system

  4. All of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sati is one of the social evils of Indian society present in olden days. It is a Hindu funeral custom where a widow immolates herself on her husband's pyre or commits suicide. Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the founder of Brahmo Samaj, worked for abolishing Sati.

One of the social customs which was once prevalent, where a widow immolates herself on her husband's pyre is called __________.

  1. Devadasi system

  2. Sati

  3. Purdah system

  4. All of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sati is one of the social evils of Indian society present in olden days. It is a Hindu funeral custom where a widow immolates herself on her husband's pyre or commits suicide. Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the founder of Brahmo Samaj, worked for abolishing Sati.

Which of the following statements is true?

1. Dowry system is abolished in India

2. Child marriages are still seen in India

3. Sati is abolished in India

  1. Only 1

  2. 2 and 3

  3. 1 and 3

  4. All are true


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • Sati: It is one of the social evils of Indian society present in olden days. It is a Hindu funeral custom where a widow immolates herself on her husband's pyre or commits suicide. Sati is abolished in India.
  • Child marriage: It is a marriage performed between any male below 21 years and female below 18 years according to Indian policy. It is still practiced.
  • Dowry system: Any property or valuable security is given or agreed to be given either directly or indirectly by one party to another party of a marriage is called dowry. It is of the many social evils leading to a number of women deaths. It still exists.

Due to urbanisation and industrialisation there is a shift in the occupation from ____________.

  1. Primary sector to secondary sector

  2. Secondary sector to primary sector

  3. Secondary sector to tertiary sector

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Due to urbanization and industrialization, there is a shift in the occupation from primary sector to secondary sector. This means that there is a shift in occupation from agriculture to the industrial sector. This is because of increased employment opportunity in the industrial sector and uncertainty in agriculture.

Practice of divorce is seen more in __________.

  1. Rural areas

  2. Urban areas

  3. Equally seen in both

  4. Not seen at all in India


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A divorce is an act of legally ending marriage and relation among the married people. In present days there is an increase in a number of divorces. Some of the reasons behind increased divorces include urbanization, the impact of western culture and western education. The practice of divorce is seen a lot in urban areas.