ARTHAM
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SOCIOLOGY
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Series ARSP/01 Set ~ 1
Roll No. Q.P Code 15/1/1
Candidates must write the Q.P Code
on the title page of the answer-book.
Please check that this question paper contains 06 printed pages.
Q.P. Code given on the right hand side of the question paper should be written
on the title page of the answer-book by the candidate.
Please check that this question paper contains 35 questions.
Please write down the serial number of the question in the answer-book
before attempting it.
15 Minute times has been allotted to read this question paper. The question
paper will be distributed at 10:15 a.m. From 10.15 a.m to 10.30 a.m, the students
will read the question paper only and will not write any answer on the answer –
book during this period.
SOCIOLOGY
Time allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:
1. The question paper is divided into four sections.
2. There are 35 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
3. Section A includes question No. 1-16. These are MCQ type questions. As per the question,there can be one
answer.
4. Section B includes question No.17-25. These are very short answer-type questions carrying 2 marks each. Answer
to each question should not exceed 30 words.
5. Section C includes question No. 26-32. They are short answer type questions carrying 4 marks each. Answer to
each question should not exceed 80 words.
6. Section D includes question No. 33-35. They are long answer type questions carrying 6 marks each. Answer to
each question should not exceed 200 words each.
7. Question no. 33 is to be answered with the help of the given graphics.
Section A
1. Assertion (A): Demography is a field that is of special importance to the economy. [1]
Reason (R): The emergence of sociology and its successful establishment as an academic discipline owed a lot
to demography.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
2. Assertion (A): A tribe is a group of people who lives away from our civilization in mountains, forests, and [1]
valleys traditionally.
Reason (R): This group lives in several geographical areas and has its own language, culture, and religion.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
3. Which of the following facts, the fertility rate of a country is related: [1]
a) The number of married women among b) The capacity of fertility among them.
them.
c) The number of women in the child-bearing d) All of these
age group.
4. Assertion (A): Caste is more a product of colonialism than of ancient Indian tradition. [1]
Reason (R): British administrators began by trying to understand the complexities of caste in an effort to learn
how to govern the country efficiently.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
5. Which of the following devices are used in agricultural work in modern days? [1]
a) All of these b) Harvester
c) Thriller d) Thresher
Question No. 6 to 7 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [2]
The structure of the family can be studied both as a social institution in itself and also in its relationship to other social
institutions of society. In itself, a family can be defined as nuclear or extended. It can be male-headed or female-headed.
6. To which of the following features is the internal structure of the family is related?
a) Cultural b) All of these
c) Political d) Economic
7. According to the line of descent, societies can be:
a) Matriarchal or Patriarchal b) Matrilocal or Patrilocal
c) Matrilineal or Patrilineal d) Any of these
8. Assertion (A): The schemes of government of India 'stand up India scheme' and Make in India programmes by [1]
which employment and self-employment will become possible.
Reason (R): Machinery helps to increase production, but it also creates a danger that eventually machines will
replace workers.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
Question No. 9 to 10 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [2]
Respecting regional sentiments is not just a matter of creating States: this has to be backed up with an institutional
structure that ensures their viability as relatively autonomous units within a larger federal structure. In India this is done
by Constitutional provisions defining the powers of the States and the Centre. There are lists of ‘subjects’ or areas of
governance which are the exclusive responsibility of either State or Centre, along with a ‘Concurrent List’ of areas
where both are allowed to operate. The State legislatures determine the composition of the upper house of Parliament,
the Rajya Sabha. In addition, there are periodic committees and commissions that decide on Centre-State relations. An
example is the Finance Commission which is set up every ten years to decide on sharing of tax revenues between
Centre and States. Upto 2017, each Five Year Plan also involved detailed State Plans prepared by the State Planning
Commissions of each state. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council includes State members.
9. What fortifies the institutional structure of the Indian states?
i. Provisions of powers to legislate on state subject
ii. Constitutional provisions for the powers of the Centre
iii. Constitutional provisions defining the powers of the states
iv. Provisions of sharing of tax revenues between Centre and States
a) ii, iii b) i, ii
c) iii, iv d) i, iv
10. In which of the following subjects State or Centre both can legislate?
a) State b) Complementary
c) Concurrent d) Centre
11. Who encouraged the use of Charkha to boycott foreign goods? [1]
a) Mahatma Gandhi b) Pt. Nehru
c) Sardar Patel d) Subhash Chandra Boss
12. In which of the following service sector, employees have to force to be slaves of time? [1]
a) In Trade sector b) In I.T. sector
c) In Govt. sector d) In Agriculture sector
13. Assertion (A): Prolonged experience of discriminatory or insulting behaviour often produces a reaction on the [1]
part of the excluded who then stop trying for inclusion.
Reason (R): The exclusion occurs regardless of the wishes of the excluded.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
14. Assertion (A): Gohana’s largest Dalit neighbourhood, Valmiki Colony, has risen from the ashes. [1]
Reason (R): Gohana is a small, dusty town on the Sonepat-Rohtak highway of Himachal with billboards
promising progress.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
15. Sanskritization has been criticized for which of the following? [1]
a) It stops exclusion and discrimination. b) It allows for positional change.
c) It accepts characteristics of Dalit culture. d) It allows for structural change.
16. Among the following Prime Ministers, who had imposed Emergency as well as Censorship in India? [1]
a) P.V. Narsimha Rao b) Rajiv Gandhi
c) Jawahar Lal Nehru d) Indira Gandhi
Section B
17. What were religious disabilities of Scheduled Castes? [2]
18. Contact with the west, particularly the British, initiated the process of modernization of Indian tradition. This [2]
contact resulted in a multiplicity of changes in Indian culture and social structure. Although the main focus of
this contact was directed towards modernization, it, nevertheless, strengthened a variety of traditional
institutions. “This demonstrates the weakness of assuming a neat contrariety between tradition and modernity.
This polarity may be more heuristic than real.” But modern cultural institutions and forms of social structure
could only be introduced after the establishment of British rule in India.
Read the source and answer the following question.
What is necessary for modernisation?
OR
Brahmo Samaj and Arya Samaj both against Sati, polygamy, child marriage, idol worship, etc. The most profound
reform movement which can be also termed as a revivalist movement in the late 19th century India was the Arya
Samaj. Started in western India by Swami Dayanand Saraswati in1875. Brahmo Samaj was started by Ram
Mohan Roy(1772-33) in 1829. Weekly services held at Shantiniketan, services like Upnishads for a general
audience, reading of Vedas, recitation, religious hymns, etc.
Read the source and answer the following question.
State the main differences between the Brahmo Samaj and the Arya Samaj.
19. State several profound transformations in the nature of social relations in rural areas that took place in the post- [2]
Independence period.
20. What are the results of Disabilities? [2]
OR
What is social inequality?
21. What is social movement? [2]
22. How is a town different from a city? [2]
23. How has industrialisation affected caste system? [2]
24. The Green Revolution was a period that began in the 1960s during which agriculture in India was converted [2]
into a modern industrial system by the adoption of technology, such as the use of high yielding variety (HYV)
seeds, mechanised farm tools, irrigation facilities, pesticides and fertilizers.
i. What do you understand by Green Revolution?
ii. The Green revolution led to regional inequalities. Give examples.
25. State the main points of images of industrial society. [2]
Section C
26. Why land reforms were introduced in India? [4]
27. Caste is an all-encompassing system. Discuss. [4]
28. Explain the three key principles of a system by which categories of people in a society are ranked in a hierarchy. [4]
OR
What is the relationship between caste and economic inequality today?
29. How British industrialisation led to de-industrialisation in some sectors and decline of old urban centres in India. [4]
30. What are the results of westernisation? [4]
31. What is Regionalism? How can this problem be overcome? [4]
32. Explain the phase of industrialisation during early years of India’s Independence. [4]
Section D
33. Read the given image 2 and answer the following questions: [6]
(1) Why population pyramid has a narrow top?
(2) What impact will this bias towards age groups in the age structure be on India?
34. What are the social and economic problems of scheduled castes? [6]
35. Discuss the types of social movements. [6]
ARTHAM
ARTHAMR E S O U R C E M AT E R I A L
SOE
R E S O U R C E M AT E R I A L
NO. 1 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
SAMPLE
PAPERS
WITH SOLUTIONS
Comprehensive Set of 15 Sample Papers
with Solutions. Fully Aligned with the
Latest CBSE Examination Pattern 2024-25
100% Updated
In-depth Varied Difculty
on Latest CBSE
Explanations Levels
Pattern
(2024-25)
Enables students All sets come with Focused on
to assess their a blueprint and repeated practice
strengths and comprehensive to help students
focus on areas of solutions for aim for a 100%
improvement. structured learning. score in exams.
ARTHAM
SOE
www.educatorsresource.in
CLASS 12
R E S O U R C E M AT E R I A L
NO. 1 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
SOCIOLOGY
