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MODEL QUESTION PAPER
SUB: SOCIOLOGY
STD: XII
MARKS: 100
TIME: 03 Hours
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. Answer each question on a fresh page.
3. Write the number of question and sub-question clearly.
4. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
5. The question paper consists of 10 questions.
6. There is no overall choice. However, internal choice has been
provided in two questions carrying 03 and 06 marks i.e. Q.No. 1.3
and Q.No. 7.2
1. (A) Select and rewrite the most appropriate alternative
from those given below.
1.1 Colonial rule unified all of India and brought in the forces of
modernisation and capitalist economic change. This led to
a) Indian consciousness to take shape.
b) animosity of one religious community towards another.
c) campaign for freedom from British rule
d) evolution of the Indian society.
(1)
(B) Answer the following in 10-15 lines
1.2 Explain why India is the second most populous country in
the World.
(3)
(C) Answer the following in 20-25 lines
1.3 Analyse the factors responsible for the declining sex-ratio
in India.
OR
Analyse the Population Policy of India.
(6)
2. (A) Select and rewrite the most appropriate alternative from those
given below
2.1 The hierarchical ordering of castes is based on the distinction
between
a) religion and rituals
b) family and marriage
c) purity and pollution
d) occupations and social status
(B) Answer the following in 10-15 lines
2.2 Analyse how colonialism brought about major changes in the
institution of caste.
2.3 Write a note on the diverse forms of the family.
2.4 Explain the social organisation of the traditional business
communities in India.
(1)
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- 23. (A) Select and rewrite the most appropriate alternative from
those given below.
3.1 Social exclusion refers to ways in which individuals may
become cut off from
a) their membership in families.
b) full involvement in the wider society.
c) attending their religious functions.
d) their village due to discrimination.
(1)
(B) Answer the following in 10-15 lines.
3.2 Mention the key principles of social stratification which
categories people in a society.
(3)
(C ) Answer the following in 20-25 lines.
3.3 Analyse the struggle for women’s equality and rights in
modern India.
(6)
4. (A) Select and rewrite the most appropriate alternative from
those given below.
4.1 It is a social fact that no country or group ever mobilizes
its members to struggle for
a) untruth, injustice or inequality.
b) illiteracy or ill-health.
c) unemployment or poverty.
d) unfaithfulness towards their motherland.
(B)
4.2
4.3
4.4
Answer the following in 10-15 lines.
Write a note on Regionalism in the Indian context.
Explain why minorities need protection from the state.
Write a note on the Survey Method in conducting research in
sociological studies.
5. (A) Select and rewrite the most appropriate alternative from
those given below.
5.1 The emergence of machine production based on the use
of inanimate power resources like steam or electricity is
referred as
a) industrialisation.
b) urbanisation.
c) mechanisation.
d) electrification.
(B) Answer the following in 10-15 lines.
5.2 Explain the concept of Westernisation in the Indian context.
(1)
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(1)
(3)
-3(C) Answer the following in 20-25 lines.
5.3 Write a critical essay on Sanskritisation.
6. (A) Select and rewrite the most appropriate alternative from
those given below.
6.1 The basic norm of Indian democracy from which all
rules and authorities flow is
a) legislature.
b) judiciary.
c) constitution.
d) panchayati raj.
(B) Answer the following in 10-15 lines.
6.2 The 73rd Amendment has provided constitutional status
to the panchayati raj institution. Explain.
6.3 Analyse the powers and responsibilities of panchayats.
6.4 Write a note on the role of political parties in a democratic
form of government.
7. (A) Select and rewrite the most appropriate alternative from
those given below.
7.1 An Indian sociologist who termed major landowning castes
of each region as dominant caste is
a) G. S. Ghurye.
b) M. N. Srinivas.
c) A. R. Dessai.
d) S. C. Dube.
(B) Answer the following in 10-15 lines.
7.2 Write a note on ‘Land Ceiling Acts’.
OR
Write a note on Zamindari System.
(C) Answer the following in 20-25 lines.
7.3 Analyse the negative social effects observed by sociologists
who studied the Green Revolution areas.
8. (A) Select and rewrite the most appropriate alternative from
those given below.
8.1 The Indian leader who realized that mechanization would
pose a threat to employment like Karl Marx is
a) Mahatma Gandhi.
b) Jawaharlal Nehru.
c) Lokmanya Tilak.
d) S.C Bose.
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(1)
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(1)
(3)
(6)
(1)
-4(B) Answer the following in 10-15 lines.
8.2 Explain how Industrialisation in India differs from
other developed countries.
8.3 Liberalisation has affected employment patterns in
India. Explain.
8.4 Write a note on how workers in underground mines face
dangerous conditions.
9. (A) Select and rewrite the most appropriate alternative
from those given below.
9.1 A term which refers to the growing interdependence
between different peoples, regions and countries in
the world as social and economic relationships
come to stretch world-wide is known as
a) Globalisation.
b) Liberalisation.
c) Glocalisation.
d) Marketisation.
(9)
(1)
(B) Answer the following in 10-15 lines.
9.2 Analyse Globalisation and political changes.
(3)
(C) Answer the following in 20-25 lines.
9.3 Globalisation has brought about changes on the
print media. Explain.
(6)
10. (A)
Select and rewrite the most appropriate alternative from
those given below.
10.1 A commonly used word in different Indian languages,
first used by neo-Buddhist activists, meaning poor and
oppressed persons is
a) Tribals.
b) Scheduled Castes.
c) Dalits.
d) Peasants.
(B)
10.2
10.3
10.4
Answer the following in 10-15 lines.
Explain the features of Social Movements.
Analyse the different kinds of Social Movements.
Write a note on the ‘New Farmers’ Movement.
(1)
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