Cultural Heritage of India | Handicraft | Art of Weaving, Embroidery and Leather Industry

Art of  Weaving and Embroidery           Ancient India had a unique place in the fields of hand weaving, embroidery and knitting. It was said that the whole piece of cloth of a particular size (Taka) of fine muslin of Dhaka could easily pass through a ring and could be adjusted in a matchbox. Moreover 'Galicha' (carpet of several regions), knitting work on attires and artistry etc. occupied a prominent place. Amongst them are Patola of Patan (Gujarat), Bandhani of Rajasthan, kanjivaram saree and kashmiri cloth having 'Kasab' work .           During the golden period of Solanki era, Gujarat had progressed in this field. During the reign of Siddhraj Jaisingh many artisans (weavers) came and settled in Patan and made the town world famous, especially for its Patola. Some weavers of Patan were the best artists particularly of Patola of Patan. This art of Patan is more than 850 years old. Only a handful people have the skill for such a complicated and time consuming art o

Culture And Diversity | M.C.Q. | Part - 5

Multiple choice question

1. Communalism is a great threat to .. state.

(a) Secular

(b) Communist

(c) Religious

(d) Caste


Ans. (a) Secular

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2. Communalism denotes .. between different religious groups.

(a) Disharmony

(b) Antagonism

(c) Harmony

(d) None


Ans. (b) Antagonism


3. The antagonism practiced by the people of one community against the people of other community and religion can be termed as ..

(a) Communalism

(b) Secularism

(c) Positivism

(d) Regionalism


Ans. (a) Communalism


4. .. are the main causes of communal tension.

(a) Geographical causes

(b) Historical cases

(c) Social Causes

(d) All the above


Ans. (d) All the above


5. .. refers to a firm dogmatic belief in certain principles that held to basic or fundamental.

(a) Fundamentalism

(b) Regionalism

(c) Communalism

(d) Ethnocentrism


Ans. (a) Fundamentalism


6. .. refers to the community feeling within a region.

(a) Regionalism

(b) Religionism

(c) Secularism

(d) None


Ans. (a) Regionalism


7. Ethocentrism may lead to ..

(a) Phobia

(b) Xenophobia

(c) Hydrophobia

(d) All of these


Ans. (b) Xenophobia


8. .. coined the term Ethnocentrism.

(a) W.G Sumner

(b) W.F Ogburn

(c) George Simmel

(d) F. Tonnies


Ans. (a) W.G Sumner


9. W.G Sumner coined the terms 'ethnocentrism' in his book .. in 1906.

(a) Norms

(b) Culture

(c) Folkways

(d) Custom


Ans. (a) Norms


10. Sumner classified groups into ..

(a) In group and out group

(b) Primary and Secondary group

(c) Small and big group

(d) Organised and unorganised group


Ans. (a) In group and out group


11. Ethnocentrism is a characteristic of ..

(a) In group

(b) organised group

(c) out group

(d) Primary group


Ans. (a) In group


12. Ethnocentrism is the sentiment of ..

(a) Neglect

(b) Patriotism

(c) Hatred

(d) None


Ans. (b) Patriotism


13. An attitude of regarding one's own culture or group as inherently superior is known as ..

(a) Ethnocentrism

(b) Xenocentrism

(c) Extremism

(d) Patriotism


Ans. (a) Ethnocentrism


14. North-Eastern states in India have the .. regionalism.

(a) Supra-state

(b) Inter-state

(c) International

(d) Intra-state


Ans. (a) Supra-state


15. Kaveri water dispute between Karnataka & Tamil Nadu states may be interpred as ..

(a) Intra-state religion

(b) Inter state regionalism

(c) Supra-state

(d) None


Ans. (b) Inter state regionalism


16. What is regionalism?

(a) We feeling

(b) Community feeling

(c) Caste feeling

(d) Close ties between people speaking the same language


Ans. (b) Community feeling


17. Theodore Levitt coined the term ..

(a) Globalization

(b) Modernization

(c) Sanskritization

(d) Westernization


Ans. (a) Globalization


18. .. refers to the growing inter-dependence of societies across the world, with the spread of the same culture and economic interests across the globe.

(a) Westernization

(b) Globalization

(c) Modernization

(d) None


Ans. (b) Globalization


19. Cultural globalization is branded as ..

(a) Cultural invasion

(b) Cultural ethnocentrism

(c) Cultural relativity

(d) Cultural universals


Ans. (a) Cultural invasion


20. Globalization is regarded as the ..

(a) Gobal city

(b) Global Village

(c) World ret

(d) Global Tours


Ans. (b) Global Village


21. Globalization of culture is the result of ..

(a) Rise of mass tourism

(b) Migration

(c) Commercialization of cultural products

(d) All the above


Ans. (d) All the above


22. The process of Globalization of the local, and the localization of the global is known as ..

(a) Glocalization

(b) Globalization

(c) Liberalization

(d) Modernization


Ans. (a) Glocalization


23. .. is the practice of activity preserving a national culture.

(a) Mono-Culturalism

(b) Multi-Culturalism

(c) Culturalism

(d) None


Ans. (a) Mono-Culturalism


24. Mono-culturalism is the practice of preserving a ..

(a) Tribal culture

(b) National culture

(c) City culture

(d) Agarian culture


Ans. (c) City culture


25. .. is an example of branding of society.

(a) McDonaldization

(b) Globalization

(c) Industrialization

(d) Glocalization


Ans. (a) McDonaldization


26. McDonaldization is the principle of ..

(a) Fast Food Restaurant

(b) Bar Restaurant

(c) Non-veg Restaurant

(d) Veg Restaurant


Ans. (a) Fast Food Restaurant


27. .. is the principle of fast food restaurant

(a) Urbanization

(b) Globalization

(c) Industrialization

(d) McDonaldization


Ans. (d) McDonaldization


28. .. is the author of the book "The McDonaldization".

(a) George Ritzer

(b) David Lerner

(c) W.F Qgburn

(d) Sumner


Ans. (a) George Ritzer


29. The Gurupadswamy committee was formed by Govt (1979) to study the issue of 

(a) Child Labour

(b) Corruption

(c) Slums

(d) Terrorism


Ans. (a) Child Labour


30. The child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act was enacted in ..

(a) 1980

(b) 1986

(c) 1985

(d) 1987

 

Ans. (b) 1986


31. The National Policy on child Labour was Formulated in .. 

(a) 1987

(b) 1986

(c) 1975

(d) 1980


Ans. (a) 1987

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