Kerala Plus One Question Paper 2025 Sociology

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Kerala Board of Public
Examinations

FY-338
Reg. No. : ......................................

Name : ...........................................

FIRST YEAR HIGHER SECONDARY EXAMINATION, MARCH 2025

Part – III Time : 2½ Hours
SOCIOLOGY Cool-off time : 15 Minutes
Maximum : 80 Scores

General Instructions to Candidates :
 There is a ‘Cool-off time’ of 15 minutes in addition to the writing time.
 Use the ‘Cool-off time’ to get familiar with questions and to plan your answers.
 Read questions carefully before answering.
 Read the instructions carefully.
 Calculations, figures and graphs should be shown in the answer sheet itself.
 Malayalam version of the questions is also provided.

 
    15  ‘  ’ .
 ‘  ’    
 .

      .
    .
  , , ,   
.

   .

FY-338 1 P.T.O.

I. Answer any 9 questions from 1 to 10. Each carries 1 score. (9  1 = 9)
1. The collections of people who are in the same place at the same time are known as
_________.

2. The term sociological imagination is coined by _________.

3. The family of birth is called __________.
(a) Family of orientation
(b) Family of procreation
(c) Joint family
(d) Nuclear family

4. Participant observation is often called _________.
(a) Survey
(b) Field work
(c) Interview
(d) Case study

5. The term _________ implies clash of interests.

6. Cooperation can be divided into two – enforced cooperation and ________cooperation.

7. The process of conversion of a previously lower-class neighbourhood into a middle and
upper class one is known as _________.
(a) Stratification
(b) Metropolitan area
(c) Gentrification
(d) Ghettoization

8. The web of physical and biological systems and process of which humans are one
element is known as __________.

9. Saratchandhra Roy founded the journal ________ in 1922.

10. According to D.P. Mukherjee, the three principles of change in Indian traditions are
shruti, smuriti and _________.

FY-338 2

I. 1  10    9  .
1  . (9  1 = 9)
1.        ________ .

2.      ________ .

3.   ______  .
(a)   (b)  
(c)   (d)  

4.    ________  .
(a)  (b)  
(c)  (d)  

5.     _______.

6.     , _______
.

7.     ,   
   _______  .
(a)  (b)  
(c)  (d)  

8.     
   _______ .

9.   1922-   _______.

10. D.P.      
 , , _______ .

FY-338 3 P.T.O.

II. Answer all questions from 11 to 15. Each carries 2 scores. (5  2 = 10)
11. Write short note on gated communities.

12. List out any two forms of advantages of privileged groups.

13. Differentiate between ethnocentrism and cosmopolitanism.

14. List out any two characteristics of religion.

15. Enlist the two material issues that went into the making of sociology.

III. Answer any 3 questions from 16 to 19. Each carries 4 scores. (3  4 = 12)
16. List out the four different types of family.

17. Analyse the advantages of survey method.

18. Write a note on the arguments given for and against the village as a subject of
sociological research by M.N. Sreenivas and Louis Dumont.

19. Karl Marx viewed that a process of alienation is operating at several levels in
capitalism. Substantiate.

IV. Answer any 3 questions from 20 to 23. Each carries 5 scores. (3  5 = 15)
20. Match the following :

A. Auguste Comte Emile Durkheim

B. Status D.P. Mukherjee

C. Division of labour in Society M.N. Sreenivas

D. Introduction to Indian music Founder of Sociology

E. Religion and Society among the Coorgs of South India Social Position

FY-338 4

II. 11  15    . 2  .
(5  2 = 10)
11.      .

12.       .

13.     .

14.     

15.      
.

III. 16  19    3  .
4  . (3  4 = 12)
16.     .

17.     .

18.       .
.      
.

19.      
  . .

IV. 20  23    3  .
5  . (3  5 = 15)
20.  .
A.    
B.  .. 
C.    .. 
D.      
E.   
 

FY-338 5 P.T.O.

21. Analyse the relationship between sociology and psychology.

22. Briefly explain objectivity and subjectivity in Sociological research.

23. Briefly explain different types of marriage and rules of marriage.

V. Answer any 3 questions from 24 to 27. Each carries 6 scores. (3  6 = 18)
24. Briefly explain the three dimensions of culture with examples.

25. Differentiate mechanical solidarity and organic solidarity.

26. Define Bureaucracy. List out the characteristics of bureaucracy.

27. List out the features of Caste system according to G.S. Ghurye.

VI. Answer any 2 questions from 28 to 30. Each carries 8 scores. (2  8 = 16)
28. Define Social group and briefly explain the different types of social group.

29. Describe the different types of social change.

30. Explain the major environmental problems and risks with examples.
___________

FY-338 6

21.      .

22.    
 .

23.       
.

V. 24  27    3  .
6  . (3  6 = 18)
24.     .

25.     .

26.  . 
 .

27. G.S.      .

VI. 28  30    2  .
8  . (2  8 = 16)
28.      
   .

29.    .

30.      
.
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