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Class Name : 12th/HSC (Class XII)
Subject : Sociology
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CBSE Class XII Sociology Sample Question Paper
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class XII Sociology Sample Question Paper 2024-25.
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Section-A:
1 Assertion(A): The modern state had begun to take an active interest in the development of early forms of public health management, policing and maintenance of law and order.
Reason (R): This new and constantly expanding sphere of state activity required the systematic science of statistics.
a) A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false and R is true.
2. Assertion(A): For most of us who are born and live in India, social inequality and exclusion no longer are facts of our lives.
Reason(R): The everydayness of social inequality and exclusion often make them appear inevitable, almost natural.
a) A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false and R is true.
3. While population rises in geometric progression, agricultural production can only grow in arithmetic progression.Which of the following appropriately explains the progressions?
I. 2,4,8,16 and 2,4,6,8 respectively
II. 2,4,6,8 and 2,4,8,16 respectively
III. 3,6,12,24 and 3,6,9,12 respectively
IV. 3,6,9,12 and 3,6,12,24 respectively
a) I., II.
b) II., IV.
c) I. and III.
d) I. and IV.
4. Assertion(A): It was in the cultural and domestic spheres that caste has proved strongest.
Reason(R): While some boundaries may have become more flexible or porous, the borders between groups of castes of similar socio-economic status are still heavily patrolled.
a) A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false and R is true.
5. Which of the following statements is not true with regard to colonialism and caste?
a) All major social institutions and specially the institution of caste underwent major changes during the colonial period.
b) All of the changes brought about by colonialism were intended or deliberate.
c) Initially, the British administrators began by trying to understand the complexities of caste in an effort to learn how to govern the country efficiently.
d) The 1901 Census under the direction of Herbert Risley was particularly important as it sought to collect information on the social hierarchy of caste.
Read the passage given below:
“There is no necessary relationship between any specific form of community and the modern form of the state. Any of the many bases of community identity (like language, religion, ethnicity and so on) may or may not lead to nation formation – there are no guarantees.”
Based on the given passage, answer Q6 and 7.
6. Cultural diversity can often be perceived as a source of threat to states because-
I. states see all forms of community identity as dangerous rivals.
II. control is difficult in case of heterogeneous identities.
III. Suppressing cultural diversity can be very costly in terms of the subdued community.
IV. community identities cannot act as the basis of nation-formation.
a) I. and IV. only
b) III. and IV. only
c) I., II., III. only
d) I., II., III., IV.
7. Which of the following is not true for a community conflict?
a) Communities become reversed mirror images of each other in a community conflict.
b) People often react emotionally in case of any perceived threat to their community identity.
c) Community identities provide a sense of security and satisfaction to its members.
d) Community conflicts can be resolved easily.
8. Assertion(A): Today, barring the North-Eastern states, there are no areas of the country that are inhabited exclusively by tribal people.
Reason (R): The term Adivasi connotes political awareness and the assertion of rights.
a) A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false and R is true.
Read the passage given below:
A great many students and office-workers around the world go to work only for five or six days and rest on the weekends. Yet, very few people who relax on their day off realise that this holiday is the outcome of a long struggle by workers. That the work-day should not exceed eight hours, that men and women should be paid equally for doing the same work, that workers are entitled to social security and pension — these and many other rights were gained through social movements. Social movements have shaped the world we live in and continue to do so.
Based on the given passage, answer Q9 and 10.
9. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
a) The rights we enjoy just happened to exist.
b) Social movements not only change societies; they also inspire other social movements.
c) Movements are directed against the state and takes the form of demanding changes in state policy or practice.
d) A social movement requires sustained collective action over time.
10. Social Movements is an important subject matter of Sociology because-
I. These protests were perceived by elites as a major threat to the established order of society.
II. ‘crowd’ and the ‘mob’ were not made up of anarchic hooligans out to destroy society. Instead, they too had a ‘moral economy’.
III. Public resorted to protest because they had no other way of expressing their anger and resentment against deprivation.
IV. There was an anxiety among people to maintain the prevailing social order.
a) I. and IV.
b) III. and IV.
c) II., IV. and III.
d) I., II., and III.
11. Which of the following statements is not true for the Indian government’s policy of liberalisation?
a) Private companies, especially foreign firms, are encouraged to invest in sectors earlier reserved for the government.
b) Foreign products are now easily available in Indian shops.
c) Indian companies have ensured that they work within national boundaries.
d) Licenses are no longer required to open industries.
12. Which of the following is not true for stereotypes?
a) In a country such as India, many of these stereotypes are partly colonial creations.
b) They are flexible characterisations of a group of people.
c) Stereotypes are often applied to ethnic and racial groups and to women.
d) Prejudices are often grounded in stereotypes.
13. Assertion (A): Sanskritisation normally presupposes either an improvement in the economic or political position of the group concerned or a higher group self-consciousness resulting from its contact with a source of the ‘Great Tradition’.
Reason (R): In a highly unequal society such as India there were and still are obstacles to any easy taking over of the customs of the higher castes by the lower.
a) A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false and R is true.
14. Assertion (A): No social group howsoever weak or oppressed is only a victim.
Reason (R): Human beings are always capable of organising and acting on their own – often against very heavy odds–to struggle for justice and dignity
a) A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false and R is true.
15. Which of the following statements is true for the tea plantations established by the British in India?
a) The colonial administrators were clear that the measures taken on the plantation for labourers was different vis-à-vis the planters.
b) Coolies lived a comfortable life on the tea plantations.
c) Planters and coolies had a cordial relationship.
d) Colonial administration stuck to democratic norms.
16. Put the following statements in the correct order.
I. The worker works without wages until the loan is repaid.
II. He will loan them some money.
III. The contractor goes to villages and asks if people want work.
IV. They can break the contract and find another employer.
a) III., II., I., IV.
b) I., II., III., IV.
c) IV., III., II., I.
d) I., II., IV., III.
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