MBSE HSSLC Sample Question Paper Sociology

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SOCIOLOGY
SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER
Full Marks – 80
Time – 3 Hours
General Instructions :
(i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) Marks for each question are indicated against it.
(iii) Please write down the number of the question before attempting it.

1. Choose the correct answer from the options given below : 6×1 = 6

(a) ‘The Wealth of Nations’ was written by ____________ .
(i) Max Weber (ii) Adam Smith
(iii) Alfred Gell (iv) Karl Marx

(b) Patterns of unequal access to social resources are commonly called __________.
(i) Social inequality (ii) economic inequality
(iii) political inequality (iv) gender inequality

(c) Fort William was established by the river for defensive purposes in __________ .
(i) 1696 (ii) 1697
(iii) 1698 (iv) 1699

(d) The term ‘sanskritisation’ was coined by _____________ .
(i) AR Desai (ii) MN Srinivas
(iii) DP Mukherjee (iv) KL Sharma

(e) Migrant workers have been termed ‘footloose labour’ by __________ .
(i) Fredrick Taylor (ii) Herbert Spencer
(iii) Jan Bremen (iv) Max Weber

(f) TNCs stands for_____________ .
(i) Tele Network Corporations (ii) Transnational Corporations
(iii) Times National Corporations (iv) Tata National Corporations

2. State whether the following statements are True or False : 5×1 = 5
(a) India has a very young population.
(b) Prejudices are often grounded in stereotypes.
(c) The initial impact of British Industrialization led to more people moving away
from agriculture.
(d) Modern organisations like the Brahmo Samaj was formed in Punjab.
(e) Srinivas suggested that while ' lower caste’ sought to be sanskritised ‘upper
caste’ sought to be westernised.

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3. Fill in the blanks with the correct answer from the given options : 5×1 = 5
(a) The American Census of _______ was the first modern census.
(i) 1710 (ii) 1791
(iii) 1709 (iv) 1790
(b) The instrument of exchange and credit was the ______, or bill of exchange.
(i) hundi (ii) jajmani
(iii) haat (iv) coin
(c) If ________ became the dominant economic system, nation states became the
dominant political form.
(i) industrialization (ii) urbanization
(iii) capitalism (iv) colonialism
(d) The basic task of a _________ is to control workers and get more work out of
them.
(i) Director (ii) Chairman
(iii) Secretary (iv) Manager
(e) Home-based work was mainly done by_____ and children.
(i) women (ii) men
(iii) parents (iv) youth

4. What is meant by sex- ratio ? 2

5. What is marketization ? 2

6. Define commodification. 2

7. What is social exclusion ? 2

8. What is Raiyatwari System of land settlement ? 2

9. Define Scientific management. 2

10. What is globalization ? 2

11. Answer any two from the following questions :

(a) Explain the basic argument of the theory of demographic transition. Why is the transition
period associated with a ‘population explosion' ? 4

(b) Explain why the birth rate is relatively slow to fall while the death rate declines much faster.
4

(c) Differentiate between matriliny and matriarchy. 4

(d) What are the defining features of the caste system ? 4

12. How has colonialism impacted our lives ? 4

13. Write short notes on caste and secularisation. 4

14. There are direct linkages between the situation of agricultural workers and their lack of
upward socio-economic mobility. Name some of them. 4

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15. Briefly explain the impact of globalisation on culture. 4

16. Write short notes on Tribal movements. 4

17. Distinguish between Peasant and New Farmers movement. 4

18. (a) Explain the role of the ideas of separation and hierarchy in the caste system. 6
OR
(b) In what sense has caste become relatively 'invisible' for the urban upper caste ? 6

19. (a) How have caste and kin networks contributed to the success of a business ? 6
OR
(b) In what ways did the Indian economy change after the coming of colonialism ? 6

20. (a) What are the major issues of concern to Adivasis today ? 6
OR
(b) What is the relationship between caste and economic inequality ? 6

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