List of top Social Science Questions on Diffusion of Innovations

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Channels are physical bridges between the sender and receiver of the message.
Reason (R): Dimensions of channel are: a. The mode of encoding and decoding messages; b. Message-Vehicles, and c. Vehicle carriers.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Adoption score is usually lower for owner cultivator than for tenant cultivator.
Reason (R): Communicability is the degree to which results of innovation may not be diffused to others.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Match List-I with List-II
List-I:
(A). Krishi
(B). Krishi Sudhar
(C). Sevagram
(D). Krishi Jagat
List-II:
(I). 1914
(II). 1918
(III). 1946
(IV). 1953
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Barriers to communication in rural areas can be:
(A). Lack of access to technology
(B). Use of complex scientific jargon
(C). Active participation of farmers
(D). Focus on visuals
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Arrange the following activities in ascending order of retention of learning material by trainees in a training programme as per modified Dale's Cone of Experience by Sheal (1989).
(A) Doing the real thing
(B) Reading
(C) Listening
(D) Seeing
(E) Both listening & seeing
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Given below are two statements:
Statement (I): Insufficient knowledge about an innovation and inability to predict its consequences generally leads to overadoption.
Statement (II): The rate of awareness-knowledge for an innovation is more rapid than its rate of adoption.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Given below are two statements:
Statement (I): Leaflet is one of the farm publications used extensively in extension. It is a single printed sheet of paper of big size, folded once or twice and gives essential information relating to a particular topic.
Statement (II): A newsletter is a miniature newspaper containing information relating to activities and achievements of the organisation, which has a fixed periodicity of publication.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Arrange the elements of the Schramm (1961) model of communication in the correct sequence.
(A) Encoder
(B) Source
(C) Decoder
(D) Destination
(E) Signal
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What is the basis of adopter categories?
Which one of the following attributes of the innovation is perceived by the members of social system is negatively related to its rate of adoption?
Which one of the following is a preventive innovation?
Which of the following describes the characteristics of an innovator?
Arrange the stages of adoption process in sequence from beginning to end:
(A) Farmer decide to adopt nano-urea technology
(B) Farmers want to understand potentialities of nano-urea technology
(C) Farmers came to know the new nano-urea in an exhibition
(D) Farmer contemplates that the technology be applicable in his farm and how?
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Which of the following molecular marker techniques is used for identifying genetic variation based on differences in DNA fragment sizes?
The inflorescence of mustard plant is called
What is the process for obtaining regulatory approval to use CRISPR-Cas9 technology in agriculture in India?
Match List-I with List-II
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According to Wilkening (1953), arrange the stages involved in adoption process in correct sequence.
(A) Obtaining information
(B) Trial
(C) Awareness
(D) Adoption
(E). Conviction
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Match List-I with List-II
List-I (Adopter category):
(A) Innovator
(B) Early adopter
(C) Early majority
(D) Laggards
List-II (Dominant attribute):
(I) Respectable
(II) Traditional
(III) Venturesome
(IV) Deliberate
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Arrange the stages involved in the innovation decision process in correct sequence.
(A) Persuasion
(B) Decision
(C) Knowledge
(D) Implementation
(E) Confirmation
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Which of the following communication channels are relatively more important at the knowledge stage of innovation decision process?
(A) Mass media channels
(B) Interpersonal channels
(C) Cosmopolite channels
(D) Localite channels
(E) Newspapers
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Which of the following are the main elements in the diffusion of new ideas?
(A) Innovation
(B) Communication channels
(C) Social system
(D) Awareness
E) Interest
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Which category of adopter possesses the greatest degree of opinion leadership in most social system?
In adopter categories, what is the percentage of early adopters in a social system to adopt an innovation?
At what stage of innovation-decision process, the re-invention occurs or the innovation is changed or modified by a user in the process of adoption?