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39. It is generally believed in our country that only the most brilliant students go out for study at a foreign university. To what degree do you agree to this general belief?
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40. It is generally believed in our country that returnees from a foreign university are much more efficient than the equivalent Indian degree-holders. To what degree do you agree to this general belief?
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41. It is generally believed in our country that returnees from a foreign university are much more modern in attitudes than the equivalent Indian degree-holders. To what degree do you agree to this general belief?
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42. Following is a list of some occupations with high social prestige. Please indicate the occupation, according to your personal belief, with the highest prestige and put 1., then the second highest and put 2., then the third highest and put 3. Please complete your ranking from 1 to 10.
artist, writer, poet ( )
business executive ( )
college teacher ( )
engineer ( )
govt. administrator ( )
journalist ( )
lawyer ( )
medical doctor ( )
political leader ( )
university teacher ( )
43. Following is the same list of occupations. Please indicate the occupation which carries, according to your personal belief, the highest power and put 1., then the second highest and put 2. and so on. Kindly complete your ranking from 1 to 10.
artist, writer, poet ( )
business executive ( )
college teacher ( )
engineer ( )
govt. administrator ( )
journalist ( )
lawyer ( )
medical doctor ( )
political leader ( )
university teacher ( )
44. Following are some statements, to which one may agree or disagree. Please indicate your personal degree of agreement to each of the following statements.
45a. There would not be much harm to keep the relative caste positions in modern India as they are.
strongly agree ( )
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45b. A well educated person in responsible position should not appoint a lower-caste person as head of a group con-sisting mainly of higher-caste person.
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45c. The most important thing in life should be, to have a traditionally rich family.
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45d. Individual success should have no real worth, if the relatives are not benefited.
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45e. One should act in the interest of the joint family, even at the cost of one’s own occupational career.
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45f. Even a brilliant individual career is not worth it, if it leads to loss of solidarity among one’s community.
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45g. Being in an influential position, one should not dismiss a good friend from service, although he deserves the dismissal according to the rules of the organisation.
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45h. One should prefer a doctor of one’s own community.
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45i. If a recruitment officer of an enterprise recruits some of his friends, who have a little less qualification than required for the job, it is in fact not so harmful as generally assumed.
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45j. There are certain cultural values which should never be given up, only to achieve economic growth.
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45k. A recognised patriot of one time should not be criticised in public for minor corruption.
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45l. Even the most beautiful statutes of colonial rulers should be removed after independence.
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45m. One should not challenge the quali-fications of a person for a responsible job, if he has really sacrificed a lot for the independence of our country.
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45n. Being in the same position the elder person should not work as hard as the younger person.
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strongly disagree ( )
45o. Good business partnership should only be based on intimate relationship between the families of the businessmen.