Class 12 Sample Paper Sociology (Half Yearly)

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HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION
SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER

Class - XII Subject – Sociology
Time – 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 objective type questions.
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. These are short answer type questions carrying 4
marks each. Answer to each question should not exceed 80 words. Question no. 26 and 27
are case based questions with 4 parts each carrying 1 mark, making the questions of 4
marks each.
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. Question no 35 is
to be answered with the help of the passage given.

SECTION -A
1. A falling dependency ratio can be a source of economic growth and prosperity. This is
sometimes referred to as ________.
A. Benefit dividend
B. Prosperity dividend
C. Demographic dividend
2. Malthus believed that famines and disease are the nature’s way of dealing with the imbalance
between food supply and increasing population. This he referred to as _______
A. Preventive checks.
B. Positive checks.
C. Demographic checks.
D. Voluntary checks.
3. Citizen’s of the state like Manipur or Nagaland don’t have the same citizen rights as other
citizens of India, because their states have been declared as.......
A. Outland areas.
B. Disturbed area.

C. Crucial area.

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4. Name the person who founded ‘Satya Shodhak Samaj'
A. Dr.BR Ambedkar
B. Alluri Sitaram Raju
C. JotibaPhule
D. Periyar
5. The 1901 census was held under the discretion of .....
A. Herbert Risley
B. M. N. Srinivas
C. Jyotheedas
D. Joti rao Govindrao Phule
6. Example of physical- racial tribes is/are .........
A. Negrito
B. Austroloid
C. Mongoloid
D. All of these
7. The ways in which individuals may be cut off from full involvement in the wider society is
called as----
A. Social stratification
B. Social exclusion
C. Social equality
D. Social inclusion
8. The Report of the State Reorganisation Commission (SRC) was implemented on ......
A. Ist October, 1956
B. Ist November,1956
C. Ist September,1956
D. Ist December, 1956
9. Apartheid is a policy of separation of the races. In which year it became a law?
A. 1948
B. 1945
C. 1944
D. 1949
10. Our parliamentary, legal and educational system are based on which model?
A. American model.
B. British model.
C. Indigenous model
D. French model
11. The emergence of machine production based on the inanimate power resources like steam and
electricity is known as......
A. Globalisation.
B. Capitalism.
C. Imperialism.
D. Industrialization.

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12. The Planning Commission was set-up in the Year.....
A. 1940
B. 1945
C. 1950
D. 1952
13. Who did Marathi translation of Vidyasagar’s book ‘Indu Prakash’?
A. Vishnu Shashtri.
B. Pandita Ramabai.
C. Keshav Chandra Sen
D. Veersalingam.
14. Who was known as the ‘Father of Indian Renaissance’?
A. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
B. JotibaPhule
C. Raja Ravi Verma
D. Raja Ram Mohun Roy
15. Name the sociologist who coined the term ‘footloose labour’ ?
A. Verrier Elwin
B. Jan Bremen
C. Auguste Comte
D. Herbert Spencer
16. ....... is essentially the government’s declared minimum procuring prices for agricultural
products for given year.
A. Support Price
B. Subsidies
C. Wages
SECTION –B

17. State the importance of demographic data.

18. What is dependency ratio?

19. What do you mean by Dominant caste?
OR
Give two examples of dominant land owning groups.

20. What is the meaning of sanskritisation?

21. What are the permanent traits of tribes?

22. What are the most powerful instruments for the formation of ethno-national

Identify?
OR
What are the two significant features of ‘ascriptive ‘identity?

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23. Mention any two structural changes brought about by colonialism.

24. What were the effects of British industrialisation on Indian industries?

25. What were the two of the issues or themes taken up by the social reform movements of the 19 th
and 20th centuries?

SECTION- C
26. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow the passage.

To diehards who have developed a kind of fanaticism against minority protection I would
like to say two things. One is that minorities are an explosive force which, if erupts, can blow up
the whole fabric of the state. The history of Europe bears ample and appalling testimony to the
fact. The other is that the minorities in India have agreed to place their existence in the hands of
the majority. In the history of negotiations for preventing the partition of Ireland, Redmond said
to Carson “Ask for only safeguard you like for the Protestant minority but let us have a United
Ireland.” Carson’s reply was “damn your safeguards, we don’t want to be ruled by you.” No
minority in India has taken this stand.

1. Who has argued this?
A. JyotiraoPhule
B. B R Ambedkar
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Veersalingam
2. The notion of minority groups is more than a merely numerical distinction. It generally
implies a relatively small but also --------------groups.
A. Excluded
B. Included
C. Accepted
3. Religious or cultural minorities need special protection because of the demographic
dominance of the majority. This protection can be assured through------------.
A. Economic equality
B. Political representation
C. Cultural diversity
4. “Hindus constitute an overwhelming majority in India.” This can be misleading because
Hindus are not a--------------group.
A. Hierarchical
B. Divided
C. Homogenous

D. Diverse

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27. Read the given paragraph and answer the questions that follow the passage.

In India labels such as ‘disability’, ‘handicap’, ‘crippled’, ‘blind’ and ‘deaf’ are used
synonymously. Often these terms are hurled at people as insult. In a culture that looks up to
bodily’ perfection’, all deviations from the perfect signify abnormality, defect and distortion.
Labels such as bechara (poor thing) accentuate the victim status for the disabled person. The
root of such attitude lie in the cultural conception that views an impaired body as a result of
fate. Destiny is seen as a culprit, and a disabled people are the victims. The common
perception views disability as retribution for past Karma (actions) from which there can be
no reprieve.

1. Term such as ‘Mentally challenged’ came to replace the more trite negative terms such as---
A. Retarted
B. Lame
C. Hump
2. The differently-able are not disabled only because they are physically or mentally impaired
but also because ----
A. It is retribution of past Karma
B. Society is build in the manner that does not cater to their needs.
C. A result of their fate
D. Destiny is the culprit
3. The social construction of disability has another dimension. There is a close relationship
between disability and -------
A. Poverty
B. Destiny
C. Fate
D. Karma
4. Here are some common features central to the public perception of disability all over the
world----Choose the incorrect option;
A. Disability is understood as a biological given.
B. The disabled person is seen as victim.
C. Disability is supposed to be linked with the disabled individual’s self perception.
D. The very idea of disability suggests that they are not in need of help.

28. Explain the regional variations of low child sex-ratio in India.

29. What is the role of ideas of separation and hierarchy in the caste system?

OR

Examine the role of state’s initiatives to address caste and tribe discrimination.

30. What is community identity and how is it formed?

31. How is colonialism different from earlier forms of conquests? In what ways did it affect Indian
society?

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32. Mention the loopholes found in the Implementation of the Land Ceiling Act.

OR
What are the major positivities and negativities of contract farming ?

SECTION - D
33. What are the major issues of concerns for Adivasis today ?
OR

What are the major issues taken up by the Women’s movement over its history?

34. Explain Green Revolution and the social consequences associated with it.

35. Read the given paragraph and answer the following questions-
WAYS OF LIVING
Devaki recalls that when she was small, in her house boiled eggs were eaten in eggcups and
her mother would make the porridge and serve it separately on the table with the hot milk and
sugar, to be mixed in each person’s bowl. This was distinctly different from other households.
Devaki says, where boiled eggs were not eaten in eggcups and where the porridge, milk and
sugar were all mixed together, cooked in a pan and then served....... She remembers asking her
mother why they ate porridge like that and her mother saying that this was the way they used
to eat porridge in the estate. [Abraham 2006:146]

A. Identify and define the type of cultural change depicted in the paragraph [2]
B. Explain the cultural changes took place under British Rule [4]

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