CBSE Class 12 Sample Paper 2027 for Sociology

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CBSE Class 12 2027 Sample Paper Sociology

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SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER
Class XII (2026-27)
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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. `
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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.

SECTION-A
1 In the following question, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement 1
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Reason (R): The Theory of Demographic Transition suggests that population
growth is linked to overall levels of economic development.

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.
d) A is false and R is true.

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Reason(R): Matrilineal societies pass on property from mother to daughter.

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.
d) A is false and R is true.

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3 Which of the following is not true for Demographic Dividend? 1
I. Demographic Dividend implies high dependency ratio.
II. Realising the potential of Demographic Dividend is based on factors such as
employment opportunities, provision of opportunities for education.
III. Demographic dividend implies change of age-structure.
a) I. only.
b) I. and III.
c) II. and III.
d) I. and II.

4 In the following question, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement 1
Assertion(A): Men migrate singly, or leaving their families in the village.
Reason(R): Migrants have little time to socialise and whatever little time and
money they can spend is with other migrant workers.

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.
d) A is false and R is true.

5 British administrators_____________________. 1
a) wanted to understand the complexities of caste in an effort to learn how to
govern the country efficiently.
b) did not want to conduct any kind of surveys in India.
c) were veteran ethnologists and knew a great deal about the Indian social
structure.
d) introduced changes to social institutions and these efforts were all deliberate.

6 Civil liberties organisations- 1
a) are only involved in campaigns for the rights of the tribal community.
b) have not been involved in any recent initiatives for protection of the rights of
citizens.
c) have been particularly important in keeping a watch on the state.
d) are under the purview of the market.

7 Which of the following is true about “assimilationist” and “integrationist” policies? 1
a) They are synonymous.
b) “Assimilationist” policies are used to enhance political legitimacy while
“integrationist” policies are used for integration of tribes into the mainstream.
c) “Assimilationist” policies allow communities the freedom to practice their
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8 Which of the following is not true regarding the definition of ‘Modernity’ as given 1
by Rudolph and Rudolph?
a) Modernity assumes that local ties give way to universal commitments.
b) The individual rather than the group is the primary unit of the society and
politics.
c) Science takes precedence over the sacred and the non-rational.
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d) Fatalism rather than mastery orient the attitude of people towards material and
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a) it questions the social stratification based on gender.
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b) it reinforces the existing social order based on gender.
c) it reinforces a matriarchal system.
d) it prevents social change.

10 In the following question, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement 1
Assertion(A): Overwork is built into the structure of outsourced projects.
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d) A is false and R is true.

Based on your reading of the given passage, answer Q11. and 12.
The guerrilla movement was heralded by the forcible cutting of crops from the land
of a rich landlord at Garudabhadra, near Boddapadu in the plains area on 24
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November 1968. More significant was the action in the hill tracts the next day,
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when in Pedagottili village of the Parvatipuram Agency area, about 250 Girijans
from several villages armed with bows, arrows and spears... raided the house of
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11 Which of the following is true for the New Social Movements? 1
a) They used old methods of agitation.
b) They worked within the ambit of political parties.
c) They were fighting for causes such as exploitation at the hands of zamindars.
d) Their ideology was strongly anti-urban.

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12 Which of the following about the evolution of peasant movement is not true? 1
a) Peasant movements have always been global in nature.
b) Initially, peasant movements were disjointed.
c) Between 1920s and 1940s various peasant organisations emerged.
d) The methods of agitation have evolved such as blocking roads and railways.

Based on your reading of the given passage, answer Q13. and 14.
I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the
bodiless heads you see sometimes in the circus sideshows, it is as though I have
been surrounded by mirrors of hard distorting glass. When they approach me they
see only my surroundings, themselves, figments of their imagination. Indeed,
everything and anything except me (Ellison, 1952:3).

13 “I am invisible” because________________. 1
I) people only see their own perception about me.
II) society has distorted my image.
III) society is built in a manner that does not cater to my needs.

a) I. only
b) I. and II., only.
c) III. only.
d) I., II., III.

14 I. National Trust Act was passed in 1999. 1
II. Information on disability was collected during the Population Enumeration
Phase of the Census last conducted, through Household Schedule.
III. Attempt was made to collect information on eight types of disabilities as against
five in Census 2001.
IV. Legislations to ensure the rights of the disabled were created such as Persons
with Disabilities Act 1995.

Identify the correct order.
a) I., II., III., IV.
b) III., IV., II., I.
c) IV., I., III., II.
d) IV., III., I., II.

15 In the following question, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement 1
Assertion(A): For Indian nationalists the issue of economic exploitation under
colonial rule was a central issue.
Reason(R): Modern ideas made people realise that poverty was preventable.

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.

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Assertion(A): Ecological isolation of tribals has never been absolute.
Reason(R): Literally meaning ‘original inhabitants’, the term ‘Adivasis’ was coined
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SECTION-B
17 “India has a very young population that is, the majority of Indians tend to be young, 2
and the average age is also less than that for most other countries. But the age
composition of the Indian population is expected to change significantly in the next
two decades. Most of this change will be at the two ends of the age spectrum.”
Which age categories will experience change? Illustrate a consequence of this
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Identify and define the reason why the hard-working poor are not able to improve
their life chances.
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most forest tracts for its own use, severing the rights that Adivasis had long
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20 How does community identity establish a sense of stable identity for human beings 2
to operate in this world?

21 Show the relation between prejudice, stereotype and discrimination. 2
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Exemplify the concept of “state-nation”.

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What is the difference between privileged minority and minority as defined in the
sociological sense?

23 How does common sense justify the everydayness of social inequality and 2
exclusion?

24 “Many of the great works of sociology were written at a time when industrialisation 2
was new and machinery was assuming great importance. Thinkers like Karl Marx,
Max Weber and Emile Durkheim associated a number of social features with
industry.” Highlight any two such features.

25 “Durkheim’s writings about the division of labour in society, forms of religious life 2
mirror his concern
about how social structures enable social integration. Karl Marx offered a different
view of violent collective action.”
Why is the study of social movements important for Sociology?
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26 “In many regions in the 19th century, large tracts of land in Maharashtra were 4
given over to cotton cultivation, and cotton farmers became directly linked to the
world market. However, the pace and spread of change rapidly increased after
Independence, as the government promoted modern methods of cultivation and
attempted to modernise the rural economy through various strategies.”
What interventions and efforts were made by the government to transform the
rural economy and agriculture?
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“The policy of liberalisation that India has been following since the late 1980s have
had a very significant impact on agriculture and rural society. The policy entails
participation in the World Trade Organization (WTO), which aims to bring about a
freer international trading system and requires the opening up of Indian markets
to imports.”
Incorporation of agriculture into the larger global market had a direct effect on the
farmers and rural society. Comment.

27 To what extent has the development activity of the state and the growth of private 4
industry impacted caste system?

28 “National cohesion does not require the imposition of a single identity and the 4
denunciation of diversity.” Comment.

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criticisms.

31 “The seasonal demand for agricultural labour increased in the prosperous Green 4
Revolution regions. These migrant workers have been termed as ‘Footloose
Labour’ by Jan Breman but this does not imply freedom.”
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SECTION-D

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“There are wide regional variations in the age structure as well. While a state like
Kerala is beginning to acquire an age structure like that of the developed
countries, Uttar Pradesh presents a very different picture with high proportions in
the younger age groups and relatively low proportions among the aged. India as
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a whole is somewhere in the middle, because it includes states like Uttar Pradesh
as well as states that are more like Kerala.”

a) How does a population pyramid facilitate demographic studies? 2

b) Give two points of difference between the population pyramids of Uttar Pradesh 2
and Kerala.
c) How does demographic dividend impact the economy of a region? 2

34 “Only a small percentage of people get jobs through advertisements or through 6
the employment exchange. People who are self-employed, like plumbers,
electricians and carpenters at one end and teachers who give private tuitions,
architects and freelance photographers at the other end, all rely on personal
contacts. They hope that their work will be an advertisement for them. Mobile
phones have made life much easier for plumbers and others who can now cater
to a wider circle of people.”
Examine the traditional social practices that are used to find jobs and state how
this process has witnessed a change.

35 “Social movements often arise with the aim of bringing about changes on a public
issue, such as ensuring the right of the tribal population to use the forests or the
right of displaced people to settlement and compensation. While social
movements seek to bring in social change, counter movements sometimes arise
in defence of status quo.”

a) Give two instances of counter movements. 2
b) ‘Social movements cannot change society easily’. Why? 2
c) What are the distinct modes of protest? 2

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