Class 11 Question Paper 2023-24 Sociology (Half Yearly)

2023-24
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Half Yearly Exam 2023-24
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Class - XI 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 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. Question no. 35 is to
be answered with the help of the given passage.

SECTION - A

1. Idea of social imagination is associated with---
a) James Mill
b) Max Weber
c) P. V. Young
d) C. Wright Mill
2. The study of large scale groups,organizations or system is called---
a) Macro sociology
b) Micro sociology
c) Common sense knowledge.
d) A naturalistic explanation
3. A term referring to the fact that the groups and societies of which we are part “exert a
conditioning influence on our behaviour ”, called as----------------------.
a) Obligations
b) Social constraints
c) Stereotyping

d) Prohibition

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4. ASSERTION (A): Observations of philosophical and religious thinkers are often about what is
moral or immoral in human behaviour.
REASON(R): Sociology too concerns itself with norms and values. It’s concern is with the way
they ought to function in actual societies.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) Both A and R are false.
d) A is true and R is false
5. It refers to society ‘s approval for the establishment of family through procreation---
a) Kinship
b) Citizen
c) Socialism
d) Marriage
6. A kind of primary group, usually formed between individuals who are either of similar age or
in a common professional group---
a) Reference group
b) Quasi group
c) In-group
d) Peer group
7. Assertion (A): In traditional India different castes formed a hierarchy of social precedence.
Reason (R): Every aspect of the life of every individual and household is affected by
stratification.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
8. Modes of action which do not conform to norms and values held by most members of a group
or society----
a) Sanction
b) Deviance
c) Norms
d) Values
9. The belief that a particular political order is just and valid---
a) State
b) Sovereignty
c) Ideology
d) Legitimacy
10. Assertion (A): Religion can not be studied as a separate entity.
Reason (R): Social forces always and invariably influence religious institutions.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.

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11. The family of birth is called family of---
a) Orientation
b) Procreation
c) Affines
d) Consiguinal
12. This dimension of culture refers to understanding , how we make sense of all the information
coming to us from our environment is -------------
a) Normative
b) Cognitive
c) Material
d) Historic
13. Choose the correct option as an example of Material dimension culture—
a) Norms
b) Rules
c) Radio
d) Ring of a cell phone
14. It values other cultures for their difference. Its outlook does not seek to evaluate the values and
beliefs of other people according to one’s own.
a) Cosmopolitanism
b) Ethnocentrism
c) Sub- Culture
d) Socialisation
15. Who has stated in his book ’Orality and Literacy’ that only 78 out of 3,000 existing languages
possess literature—
a) Walter Ong
b) Tylor Edward
c) Geertz
d) Pierre Bourdien
16. ASSERTION (A): Sociological studies are often concerned with investigating how literacy can
be made relevant to the lives of people whose families have never gone to school.
REASON (R): Students of Indian classical music are still discouraged from writing down
what they learn rather than carrying it in their memory.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
SECTION - B

17. Why do we study Sociology?
OR

Discuss Pluralities of society.
18. Define Feminist Theories.
19. Write about Synthetic school of Sociology.
20. What is Role stereotyping?
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21. What do you mean by Deviance?
OR
Why do people join group?

22. Why there is a need of terminology in Sociology?
23. Explain concept of Authority.
24. What is cultural- lag?
25. Explain the term Ethnocentrism.

SECTION - C

26. What is the relationship between Sociology and Psychology? Give example.

OR
State the main features of Sociology.

27. Why does society need social control? Mention types of social control.
28. Distinguish between Ascribed status and Achieved status. Also mention different kinds of
status. [2+2]
OR
State the main functions of Stratification.
29. Discuss the kind of Rights that exist in your society.
OR
Explain religion as a Social institution.

30. What is marriage? Discuss its various forms.
31. Culture has the quality of adaptation. Discuss.
OR
Discuss two different approaches to study cultural change.

32. Explain the role of Socialisation in personality formation.
OR
Discuss the Cognitive and Normative dimensions of culture.

SECTION - D

33. Explain types of social groups found in society.
34. Mention and elaborate different agencies of socialisation.
OR
Define culture. How society and culture are related to each other?

35. Read the following passage and answer the following questions:
The incidence of female foeticide has led to a sudden decline in the sex ratio. The child sex
ratio has declined from 934 per thousand males in 1991 to 927 in 2001. The percentage of
decline in the child sex ratio is more alarming. The situation of prosperous sates like Punjab,
Haryana, Maharashtra and western Utter Pradesh is all the more grave. In Punjab the child sex
ratio has declined to 793 girls per 1000 boys. In some of districts of Punjab and Haryana it has

fallen below 700.

A. What are the social beliefs responsible for the rapid decline of the child sex ratio? [3]
B. In your opinion what will be the consequences of the declining sex ratio on society? What
will suggest to improve the situation? [3]
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