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2022 · Sociology · Sociology of Development · Perspectives on the Study of Development

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2022

Which of the following is a process wherein socialist states guide economic growth through the planned allocation of public and human resources, as an alternative to allocation through the market?

A

Social capitalism

B

Centralized planning

C

Corporatism

D

Developmentalism

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2022 · Sociology · Sociology of Development · Perspectives on the Study of Development

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2022

An approach that reformulates development emphasizing essential human needs over and above rising incomes is referred to as ______________.

A

integrated development approach

B

endogenous development approach

C

basic needs approach

D

community development approach

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2022 · Sociology · Sociology of Development · Perspectives on the Study of Development

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2022

According to Walt W. Rostow, all nations pass through ________ stages of economic development and ________ stage marks the interval when the old blocks and resistances to steady growth are finally overcome.

A

five, the take-off

B

four, the drive to maturity

C

five, the preconditions for take-off

D

four, the age of high consumption

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2023 · Sociology · Sociology of Development · Perspectives on the Study of Development

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2023

________ theory most appropriately describes a hierarchy of wealthy 'core' nations, poor 'periphery' nations, and a middle group of 'semi-periphery' nations.

A

Globalization

B

Stages of growth

C

World systems

D

Limits to growth

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2023 · Sociology · Sociology of Development · Perspectives on the Study of Development

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2023

__________ theory postulates that developing economies would eventually catch up with the developed economies if they follow the social and economic models of Western capitalism.

A

Postmodern

B

Subaltern

C

Marxist

D

Modernization

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2024 · Sociology · Sociology of Development · Perspectives on the Study of Development

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2024

In his critique of modernization theory, Raúl Prebisch posits which of the following option(s) as central to his liberal theory of dependency?

A

A breakdown of the chain of dependency between core and periphery.

B

Decoupling from the world systems theory.

C

Strengthening of domestic markets of production and consumption.

D

A heterogeneous movement from tradition to modernity.

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2025 · Sociology · Sociology of Development · Perspectives on the Study of Development

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2025

Which of the following statement(s) is/are CORRECT?

A

Andre Gunder Frank is criticizing the modernisation theories while analysing the dual economy model professed for Latin America

B

Classical Marxism analyses colonial capitalism using the conceptual category of mode of production, while dependency theory analyses it through the category of unequal exchange and exploitation

C

Although classical Marxism is critical of colonial capitalism's exploitative role, it is also positive about its regenerative role in colonised societies

D

The concept of dependence means the coloniser's economy cannot survive without being linked to the economy of the colonised

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2025 · Sociology · Sociology of Development · Perspectives on the Study of Development

Humanities & Social Sciences-Sociology (XH-C6) 2025

Which of the following statement(s) about the modernisation theory is/are INCORRECT?

A

Both evolutionism and diffusionism have shaped the early growth of the modernisation theory

B

Hoselitz focused on the role of deviants as innovators and entrepreneurs in shaping the economic growth of a country

C

M. J. Levy states that less stress should be given to Parsonian pattern variables in explaining the modernisation process and more to the impact of colonialism

D

One of the components of Alex Inkeles’ concept of ‘Modern Man’ is a belief in ‘punitive’ justice

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2026 · Sociology · Sociology of Development · Perspectives on the Study of Development

Humanities & Social Sciences - Sociology (XH-C6) 2026

Dependency theory is a critique of __________.

A

modernization theories

B

feminist theories

C

post-structuralism

D

post-modernism

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