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Ph.D. Regional Srudies

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Part

A:

Ph.D. Regional Studies

Multiple

Choice: Please select the

right

answer.

Marks:40

1. Who among the

following

is associated

with

feminist standpoint theory?

A)

Gayatri Chakravorry Spivak

B)

Veena Das

C)

Sandra Harding

D)

Doreen Massey

2.

_

^makes the things aod spaces more legible and functionallv _efficient.

A) Master Plan B) Settlements

C) Markets Architecture D) Heritage/ Traditions

3.Which among the

lollowing

is a perspective in research thal takes ,insiders, view

lor

understanding social world?

A)

Etic

view B)

Emic

view C)

Subaltem view

D) Archivalview

4. Statistical data as a source is closely associated \\,ith

A)

Ethnography

B)

Hjstorjography

C)

lnterpretjivism

D)

Positivism

5. Which among the

lollowing

is not a trjbe in North East India?

A)

Naga

B)

^Kukki

C)

Chenchu

D)

^Bodo

6

lrLen

ieu

\chedLJle is a

A)

Research Methodology

B\

Vea:L.rrement lecr

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C)

Tool for data collection

D)

Data analysis technique

7.

The book 'Savaging the Civilized: Venier Elwin, His Tribals and India, was written bv

A)

Ramachandra Guha

B)

Margaret Mead

C)

Haimendod

D)

Andre Beteille

8. Who among the

following

is not associated with post-coloniai studies?

A)

Ashis Nandy

B)

Partha Chatterjee

C)

lrfan Habib

D)

Ranajit Cuha

9. 'Pedagogy

ofthe

oppressed' was written by

A)

Paulo Freire

B)

Andre Cunder Frank

C)

J.M. I{eynes

D)

Custavo Esteva

lo.The Indo-US energy deal popularly known as 123 Agreement js an example

of A)

Enhanced energy security

B)

Expanded strategic space

C)

Both A and B

D)

None

ofthe

Above

I

L

Who is the Scottish polymath who prepared Urban plans for some

ofthe

Indian cities?

A)

Patrick ceddes

B)

Peter Tayior

C)

Doreen Massey

D)

David Harvey

12, Epistemology can be defined as

A)

Phi o5ophical

!'udv olrhe

narr re

olbeing

B)

The theory thal reason rather than expedence is the loundation ofcertainty in knowledge

C,

^{I he} theor) ol knou leoge

D)

The theory that all knowledge is based on experience derived lrom the senses

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l3.

Which among the

lollowing

is a view rhat takes multiple identjties as key to the study

of

social inequaliry?

A)

Ethnocantdsm

B)

Intersectionality

C)

Orientalism

D)

Ethnography

14. Gujar agitation is an example of?

A)

Regionaljsm

B)

Communaiism

C)

Nativism

D)

None

ofthe

Above

I5.

Which

ofthe following

is not an approprjate source ofdata lor a quantitative study?

A)

Experiments

B) OralHistory C)

Survey

D)

Observation

16. The Rohingyas were displaced from which country

A)

Malaysia

B)

^Indonesia

C)

Sri Lanka

D)

Myanmar'

17. Who among the

following

has written e).rensively about ancient Indian history?

A)

Uma Chakarvarty

B)

Bipan Chandm

C)

Urvashi Bhutalia

D)

Rornila Thapar

18.

A

Census taker often collects data through which

ofthe

lollowing?

A)

Standardized rests

B)

lnterviews

C)

Secondary data

D)

Obsen arion

19.

Biopolitics

is a concept introduced by

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A)

MichelFoucault

B) Mar

Weber

C)

Jacques Denida D) Antonio Gramsci

20. _

^{play a} key role in organizing urban space beyond thejr own National boundaries by being control centers

for

flows ofiniormation, cultural products, anal finance in order to collectively sustain the economic and cultural globalization

ofthe

world.

A)

^World Cities

B) Teritory C)

Gateway Cities

D)

Counterurbanisation

2l.

Biotechnology is

likely

to have a profound effect on

A\

Animal HLrsbMdr)

B)

Industrial Production

C)

Renewable Energy

D) All ofthe

Above

22. Which

ofthe following

consequences can be associated with _{the smog}

ofthe

Asian Brown CIoud?

A)

Reduction in the amount

ofsolar

radiation reaching the Earth,s surface

B)

Traps Heat

C)

Suppresses rainfall in some areas and increases and increases in some others

D) All ofthe

above

23. Placing a masculine point

ofview

at the center ofone's world view is known as

A)

Anthropocentrism

B)

Androcentrism

C)

Cultural Chauvinism

D)

Stratification

24.

'tr

^eq

bodl

Lor es a Cood Droughr' is as"ociared u'Lh

A)

Amita Baviskar

B)

Amaftya Sen

C)

Ramachandra Cuha

D)

^P Sainath

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25. Which of the following view holds that

contempomry processes

of

globalizatjon are

historically unprecedented as govemments and peoples across the globe conlront _the absence

of

any clea. distinction between global and

the

locai, between domestjc affairc and international affairs?

A)

Hyperglobalist

View

B)

Static

View

C)

Transformationalist

View D)

Environmentalist

View

26.

Ethnomethodology is associated with

A)

Interpretivsm

B)

Positivism

C)

Behaviorism

D)

None

ofthe

above

27. Hearlland theory has been advanced by

A) ltalford

Mackinder

B)

Ellen Churchiil Semple

C)

Richard Hartshorne

D)

Paul

Vidalde

la Blache

28. _

^{is one}

ofthe

^{main Iand uses ia the world's forested areas}

A)

Swidden or Shifting Cultivation

B)

Plantation Agriculture

C)

Dry Agriculture

D\

Crop RoraLion

20.

A

rentarive propo.irion subject ro resr is

A)

Variable

B)

Hypothesis

C)

Data

D)

Concept

30. Who among the

following

is the first Indianjoumalist ro win Anna poli&ovskaya _award

A)

Siddath Varadarajan

B)

P Sainath

C)

Cauri I ankesh

D)

None

olthe

above

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31. Drarving a sample from each stratum in the proportion to latter's share in the total

A)

Stratified sampling

B)

Propofiioned stratified sampling

C)

Disproportionate sampling

D)

Quota sampling

32. When a hypothesis is stated negatively it is called

A)

Relational Hypothesis

B)

Situational Hypothesis

C) Null

Hypothesis

D)

Casual Hypothesjs

33. The Paris Ageement of2016 ^{is about}

A)

Reducing Nuclear Weapons

B)

Counteing Tenorjsm

C)

Controlling Deforestatjon

D)

Reducing Carbon Emissions

ln -Lmpirically ver:labre observalion

^is

A)

Theo.y

B)

Value

C)

Fact

D)

Statement

35. Reasoning from general to particular is called

A)

lnduction

B)

Deduction

C)

Observation

D)

Experience

36.Verstehen is a concept introduced by ^?

A)

Max Weber

B) KarlMax

C)

Charles Taylor

D)

Emile Durkheim

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37. Who among the

following

^has written the book 'Nationalism without a Nation in India?'

A)

Paul Brass

B)

^G Aloysiris

C)

A.R Desai

D)

Sumit Sarkar

38. Who among the

following

is not associated

with

the Subaltern school?

A)

D. D. Kosambi

B)

Ranajit Guha

C)

M.S.S Pandian

D)

Cyanendra Pandey

39. Which

ofthe lollowing

^{is not a} major method of data collection

A)

Questionnaire

B)

Focus group discussion

C)

Correlational method

D)

Observation

40.

Which

of the following

tenn best describes the data that were

originally

collected at earlier time by a different person for a dilferent ^purpose?

A)

Primary data

B)

Secondary data

C)

Experjmental data

D)

Field notes

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Part -B

Marks:40

.

Your answen ^are expected to be cohere t ^and must include examples.

. Write your

arguments

thoughtfully,

and cite literature that you may have read

in youl

courses at the Masters level.

.

Please

write your Hall Ticket Number

^{on the} Answer Book.

I.

^{Answer any}

TWO

^{of the}

followingl (2xI0=:0)

1.) 'Environmerltalism

ofthe

poor is about leaming to ^share Earth's resources ^so that lhere is a common future for

all'.

Discuss this statement with suitable examples

2.)

Discuss how globalization accentuates regional inequalities in conterrporary India.

i.)

Analyze the problem

of

^gender violence in urban India. Give exanples

to

support your answer_

4.)

Are Small States better for the lndian polity? Discuss with examples

II. Write short answe$ or

explain any FOUR

ofthe following:

^(1x5=20)

a)

Clobal Warrring

b)

GST

c)

Phenomenology

d)

Multiculturalism

e)

Sampling Method

t)

Denographic Transition Model