University of Delhi 2008 M.B.A Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) - Question Paper

(3) The bourgeoisie equate technological growth with
socially desirable.
(4) The Marxists believe that technology propel social
advancement.

80. The passage refers to part-whole relationship. Which
of the subsequent statements is accurate in this regard?
(1) The relationship ranging from part-whole is bidirectional,
dynamic and hierarchical.
(2) (3) and (4) are accurate.
(3) In part-whole relationships, the whole is sum of parts.
(4) The whole exerts influence on parts, and not the other
way round.

81. Which of the subsequent statements is false?
(1) Realizable goals do not exist, unless technology obtains
ways to realize them.
(2) All goals that are realizable are based on societal
decisions.
(3) Technology is ambivalent; it both realizes social goals
and modifications pre-existing goals.
(4) Culture describes goals that technology strives to
realize.

82. The passage talks of 3 viewpoints regarding the
relationship ranging from technology and culture. Which of the
subsequent does not represent a viewpoint?
(1) Technological determinism and social constructivism
together provide a realistic view of the relationship
ranging from technology and culture.
(2) Technology has the task of functioning as a means for
solving social problems, and culture influences the
invention, diffusion and application of technology; but
sometimes technology also creates new goals.
(3) Technology develops more or less on its own, pushing
social development.
(4) Interests of those groups that dominate the genesis of
technology finally are embodied in the technology.


Passage five (Question Nos. 83 to 90):
One of the ironies of counterfeiting is that while it
decreases demand for authentic products—thus reducing
employment that would otherwise be employed in making
those products—it also creates jobs in the factories,
sweatshops, and back-alley operations where counterfeits are
made.
“In advanced Western economies, job creation is regarded
as a vital imperative for all governments and politicians. This
is because unemployment impacts on society in all sorts of
ways, in lost tax revenue, unemployment pay, and attendant
social costs. In developing countries where counterfeiting is

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