Goa Board Class 12 Question Paper Mar 2019 Sociology _CWSN_

2019 III 25 1000 Seat No.

Time : 3 Hours SOCIOLOGY

Subject Code (CWSN)

H 5 5 5

Total No. of Questions : 7 (Printed Pages : 11) Maximum Marks : 80

INSTRUCTIONS : (i) This question paper consists of 7 questions divided into two
Sections A and B.

(ii) Answer each question on a fresh page.

(iii) Write the number of each question clearly.

(iv) All questions are compulsory.

(v) There is no overall choice. However internal choice is
provided in Q. No. 7 (ii, iv, ix).

(vi) Marks are indicated against each question.

Section A

1. Fill in the blanks choosing the correct alternative from those given in the

brackets : 10×1=10

[Vokkaligas, Adam Smith, Colonial rule, Alienation, Interview, Supreme Court,

Doordarshan, 1952, 18, 1989]

(i) The rule which brought in forces of modernisation and capitalist economic

change in India was .................................. .

(ii) The dominant caste of Karnataka are the .................................. .

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(iii) The book ‘Wealth of Nations’ was written by ..................................... .

(iv) The Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Act

was enacted in ................................... .

(v) The research method which is very flexible is ................................... .

(vi) The ultimate interpreter of the Constitution in India is the ........................... .

(vii) When people do not enjoy the work they do and do it only to survive. This

condition is called .................................... .

(viii) The Population Policy in India was first announced in the year

........................ .

(ix) The number of languages which have been officially recognised by the

8th Schedule of the Constitution are ................................ .

(x) The first state controlled TV Channel in India was ............................. .

2. Give a suitable name for the following : 10×1=10

(i) Name the person under whose direction the Census of 1901 was carried

out in India.

(ii) Who fulfills the responsibility of recording the statistics of birth and death

in a village of India ?

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(iii) Name the process by which the government is allowed to sell its shares in

Public sector companies.

(iv) Name the first popular channel for entertainment on AIR.

(v) Name the English political economist who outlined the theory of population

growth.

(vi) Name the state approaching universal literacy according to the census of

2001.

(vii) Name the form of family based on size which consists only of one set of

parents and their children.

(viii) Name the Indian leader who saw Gram Swaraj as an ideal model to be

followed after Independence.

(ix) Name the process whereby the management of a company shuts the gate

and prevents workers from working.

(x) Name the national leader who called upon the media to function as a

‘watchdog of democracy’.

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3. Select and write the most appropriate alternative from those given

below : 1×10=10

(i) The main carriers of nationalism who led the campaign for freedom were

the ............................... .

(a) rural lower classes

(b) rural middle classes

(c) urban lower classes

(d) urban middle classes

(ii) When the newly married couple stays with the man’s parents after

marriage it is called ............................... .

(a) Patriarchal

(b) Patrilocal

(c) Matriarchal

(d) Matrilocal

(iii) A place where kins meet to arrange marriage and exchange gossip in a

tribal area is called ......................... .

(a) Fields

(b) Weekly haat

(c) Durbar council

(d) Forest hunt

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(iv) The actual behaviour towards another group or individual is called

................................... .

(a) Stereotype

(b) Inequality

(c) Discrimination

(d) Prejudice

(v) A research method which can collect data from a large number of

people is ............................. .

(a) Survey

(b) Observation

(c) Interview

(d) Participant observation

(vi) The second most populous country in the world after China according to

the 2001 Census is ........................ .

(a) Italy

(b) Japan

(c) India

(d) France

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(vii) During the freedom struggle the mass media used to express ideas of a

free India was ................................. .

(a) Internet

(b) Print Media

(c) Radio

(d) Television

(viii) The process whereby multinationals produce products in other countries

which provide cheap labour to reduce cost is called ............................ .

(a) Liberalization

(b) Disinvestment

(c) Outsourcing

(d) Taylorism

(ix) Panchayati Raj translates literally to governance by ..........................

individuals.

(a) Five

(b) Fifteen

(c) Fifty

(d) Fifty five

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(x) In the western context the separation of the church and the state is termed

as :

(a) Communalism

(b) Regionalism

(c) Multilingualism

(d) Secularism

4. State whether the following statements are True or False : 10×1=10

(i) Caste is a matter of choice.

(ii) The term Dalit literally means downtrodden.

(iii) The 3rd stage of demographic transition takes place in underdeveloped

and technologically backward societies.

(iv) A bill of exchange which allows merchants to engage in long distance

trade in traditional India was Hundi.

(v) When individuals are cut off from full involvement in the wider society it

is referred to as Social Exclusion.

(vi) A research method wherein a researcher may systematically watch and

record what is happening in a situation is called Interview.

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(vii) The Right to Information Act was the greatest achievement of the Civil

Society.

(viii) The agarbatti making industry is a home based industry.

(ix) The basic norm from which all rules and authority flow is the Supreme

Court.

(x) The first printing press using modern technology was developed in India.

Section B

5. (A) Match the items in Column A with the appropriate items in Column B

and rewrite : 5

Column A Column B

(i) Punjab (a) Caste Disabilities Removal

Act

(ii) Scientific Management (b) Caste traditionally involved

of work in trade and business

(iii) Vaisyas (c) Lowest Child Sex Ratio

(iv) Act of 1850 (d) Government of India Act

(v) Act of 1935 (e) Frederick Winslow Taylor

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(B) Match the items in Column A with the appropriate items in Column B

and rewrite : 5

Column A Column B

(i) 1984 (a) No on the spot adjustment

possible

(ii) 1992 (b) Anti-Sikh Riots

(iii) Johannes Gutenberg (c) Collective Ownership of

resources

(iv) Tribes (d) Panchayati Raj introduced

(v) Survey method (e) Printing Press

6. Answer the following questions in one sentence each : 1×10=10

(i) State any one reason for the decline of death rates after 1921.

(ii) What was the new name given to the National Population Policy ?

(iii) What is meant by the term ‘Endogamy’ ?

(iv) What is the annual Pushkar fair in Rajasthan internationally marketed

as ?

(v) Who wrote the book ‘Sultana’s Dream’ ?

(vi) Who is the chief architect of the Indian Constitution ?

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(vii) State any one civil or criminal case which Nyaya Panchayat has the

authority to hear.

(viii) Which tribe in Meghalaya has a Council at the clan level called ‘Durbar

Kur’ ?

(ix) State any one problem faced by workers working in underground mines.

(x) State any one problem faced by workers in the unorganized sector.

7. Answer the following questions in two sentences each : 2×10=20

(i) State any two features of caste.

(ii) Mention any two measures adopted by the state to reduce death from

famines.

Or

Mention two reasons for the declining sex ratio in India.

(iii) Give two reasons for communalism being a source of tension in India.

(iv) Write a note on the role played by Jyotiba Phule in the 19th Century

social reform movement.

Or

Write a note on the reasons for increased incidence of disability among

the poor.

(v) Mention the two types of Interviews.

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(vi) Write a note on caste based market and trading networks in pre-colonial

India.

(vii) State the role of the 73rd and 74th Amendment of the Constitution in

enfranchising women.

(viii) Write a note on the effect of Globalisation on Print Media.

(ix) What does the Mines Act of 1952 specify ?

Or

What are the problems faced by miners working in overground mines ?

(x) What is the effect of globalisation on Radio ?

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