The Challenges of Cultural Diversity

Power whose basis is the threat or application of punishment is called

• Charismatic authority
• Traditional authority
• Authority
• Force

States try to establish and enhance political legitimacy through

• Nation Building Strategy
• Communist Strategy
• Imperial Strategy
• Singular National Identity

How many languages are recognised officially in 8th Schedule of Constitution?

• Eighteen
• Ten
• Eleven
• Fifteen

The ………… process involves a continuous dialogue, negotiation and even struggle against significant others like our parents, family, kin group and our community. Our community provides us the language and the cultural values through which we comprehend the world. It also anchors our self-identity.

• socialisation
• privatisation
• liberalisation
• constitutional

Activities which are determined by the accidents of birth and do not involve any choice on the part of the individuals concerned are known as

• descriptive
• subjective
• ascriptive
• None of these

Finance Commission which is set up every ………… years to decide on sharing of tax revenues between Centre and States. Each Five-Year Plan also involves detailed State Plans prepared by the State Planning Commissions of each state.

• five
• seven
• ten
• nine

In ………… authority, rules are obeyed because their commands are within the impersonal, formally defined scope of their office?

• legal-rational
• Totalitarianism
• Democratic
• Charismatic

………… is the political process that has to do with the authoritative formulation of policies that are binding and pervasive throughout society.

• Totalitarianism
• Majoritarianism
• Democratic
• Dictatorial

Diversity emphasises ………… rather than inequalities?

• equality
• different
• similarity
• unique

………… refers to the preconceived idea about an individual or groups.

• Stereotype
• Race
• Prejudice
• Caste