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Government of Karnataka
Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board
Question Papers
Mid Term
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PÜ®ÝìoPÜ ÍÝÇÝ ±ÜÄàûæ ÊÜáñÜᤠÊÜåèÆÂ¯|ì¿á ÊÜáívÜÈ
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KARNATAKA SCHOOL EXAMINATION AND ASSESSMENT BOARD
6th Cross, Malleshwaram, Bengaluru – 560 003
2025-26 ®æà ÓÝ騆 GÓ….GÓ….GÇ….Ô. A«ÜìÊÝÑìPÜ ±ÜÄàûææ
S.S.L.C. MID-TERM EXAMINATION
FOR THE YEAR – 2025-26
…Œ⁄æ⁄fl : —⁄»⁄·¤dÀ¤—⁄°
Subject : SOCIOLOGY
(BíWÜÉ ÊÜÞ«ÜÂÊÜá / English Medium)
ËÐÜ¿á ÓÜíPæàñÜ : 95-E Subject Code : 95-E
©®ÝíPÜ : 16. 09. 2025 ] [ Date : 16. 09. 2025
ÓÜÊÜá¿á : ¸æÙÜWæY 10-30 Äí¨Ü ÊÜá«ÝÂÖܰ 1-45 ÃÜÊÜÃæWæ ] [ Time : 10-30 A.M. to 1-45 P.M.
WÜÄÐÜu AíPÜWÜÙÜá : 80 ] [ Max. Marks : 80
General Instructions to the Candidate :
1. This Question Paper consists of 47 questions.
2. Follow the instructions given against the questions.
3. Figures in the right hand margin indicate maximum marks for the questions.
4. The maximum time to answer the paper is given at the top of the question paper.
It includes 15 minutes for reading the question paper.
I. Four choices are given for each of the following questions / incomplete
statements. Choose the correct answer and write the complete answer
along with its letter of alphabet. 10 × 1 = 10
1. The effective medium that brings social change is
(A) Telephone (B) Television
(C) Education (D) Society
2. The best example for unplanned change is
(A) Flood (B) Newspaper
(C) Education (D) Transportation
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3. The aim of introducing family planning is
(A) To control regional imbalance
(B) To control economic inequality
(C) To control migration
(D) To control population
4. Our farmers are not able to compete at global level because of,
(A) Industrialization (B) Globalization
(C) Urbanization (D) Privatization
5. Hindu Widow Remarriage Act was passed in the year
(A) 1856 (B) 1865
(C) 1956 (D) 1986
6. The founder of Buddhism is
(A) Mahaveera (B) Goutam Buddha
(C) Ashoka (D) Teerthankara
7. The leader of Bardoli satyagraha was
(A) Gandhiji (B) Mao
(C) Sardar Patel (D) Czar
8. Social movement brings
(A) Political change (B) Social change
(C) Internal change (D) Economic change
9. Arya Samaj was established in the year
(A) 1875 (B) 1867
(C) 1857 (D) 1842
10. Labour movement was started in this country.
(A) America (B) India
(C) China (D) England
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II. 11. Match the following list ‘A’ with list ‘B’ and write the answer along
with its letter of alphabet : 5×1=5
List-A List-B
(A) Prarthana Samaj (i) Raja Rammohan Roy
(B) Kabir Panth (ii) Swami Vivekananda
(C) Satya Shodhak Samaj (iii) Dayanand Saraswati
(D) Arya Samaj (iv) Jyothi Rao Phule
(E) Brahmo Samaj (v) Narayana Guru
(vi) Atmaram Pandurang
(vii) Kabir
III. Answer the following questions in a word or sentence each : 15 × 1 = 15
12. What is social change ?
13. Define social change according to MacIver and Page.
14. What is the reason for increase in migration ?
15. Progress and social change get delayed. Why ?
16. What is an inseparable part of Indian society ?
17. What is industrialization ?
18. Social change is universal. How ?
19. Why do people in economic crisis protest social change ?
20. Who wrote the book ‘Caste and Race in India’ ?
21. Which Act gives provision for registered marriages ?
22. Who gave reservation to non-Brahmins based on Miller’s report ?
23. Who established the Sikh religion ?
24. What was the effect of French Revolution ?
25. Who led Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha ?
26. Name the father of ‘Indian Renaissance’.
IV. Answer the following questions in about two to four sentences / points
each : 14 × 2 = 28
27. Which are the important tools to communicate the world in seconds ?
28. List out the differences between planned and unplanned changes.
29. How can we improve the status of women ?
30. Which are the factors that influence regional imbalance ?
31. How is illiteracy an obstacle for social change ?
32. Justify the obstacles for social change.
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33. Mention the difference between Pakka food and Kachcha food.
34. Write about the origin of caste.
35. Analyse the opinion of M.N. Srinivas regarding the caste system.
36. Mention the features of caste system.
37. Mention the achievements of Swami Dayanand Saraswati.
38. How did Kabir panth reform the society ?
39. Which are the features of Mutiny ?
40. Which are the important social movements of India ?
V. Answer the following questions in about three to six sentences/points
each : 6 × 3 = 18
41. Mention the features of social change.
42. Which are the factors that influence on social change ?
43. Write a note on caste system in modern times.
44. How is caste system an obstacle for social change ?
45. Explain the nature of protest movements in India.
46. Write the meaning and objectives of social movements.
VI. Answer the following question in about four to eight sentences / points :
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47. Mention the role of education in social change.
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KARNATAKA SCHOOL EXAMINATION AND ASSESSMENT BOARD
6th Cross, Malleshwaram, Bengaluru – 560 003
2025-26 ®æà ÓÝ騆 GÓ….GÓ….GÇ….Ô. A«ÜìÊÝÑìPÜ ±ÜÄàûæ
S.S.L.C. MID-TERM EXAMINATION FOR THE YEAR – 2025-26
ËÐÜ¿á : ÓÜÊÜÞgÍÝÓÜŒ
Subject : SOCIOLOGY
PܮܰvÜ ÊÜÞ«ÜÂÊÜá / Kannada Medium
ËÐÜ¿á ÓÜíPæàñÜ : 95-K Subject Code : 95-K
©®ÝíPÜ : 16. 09. 2025 ] [ Date : 16. 09. 2025
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WÜÄÐÜu AíPÜWÜÙÜá 80 ] [ Max. Marks : 80
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2. AÁãàiñÜ Ÿ¨ÜÇÝÊÜOæWæ Jí¨Üá EñܤÊÜá E¨ÝÖÜÃÜOæ
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