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Sample Paper – 2009
Class – XII
Subject – Sociology
Time: 3 hr.
Marks: 100
General Instruction:
I
1.
Questions 1 to 15 are of 2 marks each and are to be answered in about 30 words.
2.
Questions 16 to 25 are of 4 marks each and are to be answered in about 80 words.
3.
Questions 26 to 29 are of 6 marks each and are to be answered in about 200 words.
4.
Questions 30 carries 6 marks and is to be answered based on the passage given.
Complete the following statements: 1
Marketisation refers to ……………………..
2
Civil Society is …………………………….
3
Socialisation Process involves ……………..
4
Interest groups (or) Pressure groups are …………………..
5
Home based work refers to ………………….
6
Disinvestment refers to ………………………
7
Weightless Economy (or) knowledge Economy is ………..
8
Digital Divide refers to ……………………..
9
Homogenisation of culture refers to ………..
10 Transnational (or) Multinational Corporations are ………...
11 Censorship of Press refers to ………………..
12 Social change is different from social movement because ……………..
13 The theory of relative deprivation explains that …………….
14 Difference between Reformist and Redemptive Social movements is …………………….
15 Tebhaga Movement refers to ………………..
II
Answer the following questions: 16 Which states of India have reached replacement level of population growth? Which states
still have very high rates of population growth? In your opinion what could be two reasons
for these regional differences?
17 Analyse any two success and any two failures of Family Planning Programme.
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18 What is social exclusion? Social exclusion is not accidental but systematic-How?
19 What is social Stratification? What are the features of social stratification? Explain any three.
20 What is regionalism? What factors is it usually based on?
21 What is secularisation? What is Secularisation of caste? Explain.
22 What is culture? What are the 3 aspects Satish Saberwal elaborates upon the modern context
of cultural change?
23 Explain Agrarian structure i.e the role of caste and class in rural India.
24 Explain any 4 significant impacts of Liberalisation on agriculture and rural society.
25 What is organised sector? What are the social implications of small size of organised sector?
26 How have tribes been classified according to their Permanent and acquired traits?
27 How did caste and Kin networks work before colonialism? In what ways did the Indian market
change after colonialism?
28 What is industrialisation? What were the impacts of British industrialisation in India?
29 Explain the powers and responsibilities of Panchayats in Panchayati Raj system.
III
Read the given passage and answer the following questions: 30 Wars, Tragedies and expansion of AIR.
Interestingly wars and tragedies have spurred AIR to expand its activities. The 1962 war with
China prompted the lunching of a talks unit to put out a daily programme. In August 1971, with
the Bangladesh crisis looming, the News Service division introduced news on the hour, form
6 O’clock in the morning to midnight. It took another crisis, the tragic assassination of
Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, for AIR to take one more step of having bulletins round the clock.
a) What is the role of radio in providing information to the people?
b) Is radio as a medium of communication dying out because of popularity of Television?
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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, DULIAJAN
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