DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL JAMMU

SAMPLE PAPER (SESSION 2024-25)

Class XII Duration: 3 Hours
SUB: SOCIOLOGY (039) Max. 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.
SECTION A
Q1. Which of the following stages, as per the Theory of Demographic Transition, is that of
high population growth?

a) First Stage c) Second Stage

b) Both first and second stage d)Third Stage
Q2. Which of the following statements is not true for the institution of caste today?

a) some scholars argue that what we know c) The institution became extremely
today as caste is more a product of flexible.
colonialism than of ancient Indian d) Government of India Act of
tradition. 1935 was passed which gave legal
recognition to the lists or
b)Counting and official recording of caste
‘schedules’ of castes and tribes
identities gave the institution a new life.
marked out for special treatment by
the state. This is how the terms

Q3. Which of the following reasons are responsible for the invisibility of the caste system in
the upper castes and upper middle class?

a) Policy of reservation d) their lead over the rest of society

b)Education and Employment in Private (in terms of education) did not ensure
Sector protection from serious competition
c) developmental policies of the post-
colonial era

Q4. In which ways Adivasis struggles are different from Dalit struggle?
a) They were not discriminated against like d) Adivasis were concentrated in
the Dalits. contagious areas and could demand
b)Their social and economic conditions statehood
were better than the Dalits
c) They did not face social
exclusion like the Dalits.

Q5. Stereotypes fix whole groups into single_______ categories, they refuse to recognize
the_______ across individuals and across context or across time.

a)Homogeneous, variation c) Broad, similarities

b) Heterogeneous, similarities d) Diverse, differences

Q6. Person from a well-off family can afford expensive higher education. Someone with
influential relatives and friends may – through access to good advice, recommendations or
information – manage to get a well-paid job.

Which concept is being talked of?

a) Forms of capital by Bourdieu c) Ideal types by Max Weber

b) Resources by Bourdieu d) Ideal Types by Bourdieu

Q7. Assertion(A): The everydayness of social inequality and exclusion often make them
appear inevitable, almost natural.
Reason(R): The common-sense understanding is that the poor and marginalised are where
they are because they are lacking in ability, or haven’t tried hard enough to improve their
situation.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct c) A is true but R is false.
explanation of A.
b)Both A and R are true but R is not the d) A is false and R is true

correct explanation of A.

Q8. Cultural diversity can present tough challenges. Which of the following is not a reason for
challenge?

a) It can arouse intense passions among its c) Equal distribution of scarce

members and mobilise large numbers of resources- like river water, jobs or
people governments funds.
b) Economic and social inequalities among d) Injustices suffered by one
the communities. community provoke opposition
from same communities.
Q9. Assertion (A): The impact of Sanskritisation is many sided.
 Reason (R): Its influence can be seen in language, literature, ideology, music, dance, drama,
style of life and ritual.

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

correct explanation of A.

Q10. The Right to Information campaign is an example of ____________.

a) Redemptive Movement c) Revolutionary Movement

b) Reformist Movement d) Old Social Movement

Q11. Which of the following is not a feature of social movements?

a) Sustained collective action c) Shared objectives and ideologies

b) Aims to bring about changes on a public d) Does not need leadership or structure
issue
Q12. Assertion(A): Illiterate parents are at a severe disadvantage in ensuring that their
children are well educated, thus perpetuating existing inequalities.
Reason(R): The inequalities in the literacy rate are especially important because they tend to
reproduce inequality across generations.
A. A is correct, R is incorrect. C. Both A & R are correct.
B. Both A & R are incorrect. D. R is correct and A is incorrect.
Q13. Membership in a caste involves strict rules about marriage. Marriages are restricted to
members of the caste group. What do we call this practice?
A. Polyandry C. Endogamy
B. Exogamy D. Polygamy
Q 14. With whose efforts Dalit people in Kerala got the freedom to walk on public roads and
their children were allowed to join school?
A. Savitri Bai Phule B.Ayyankali
C. Jyotirao Gobind Rao Phule D. None of these
Q15. On the Political and economic front, tribal societies were faced with the incursion of
A. Landlords C. Immigrant Settlers
B. Money Lenders D. Government
Q16. Which states were declared ‘disturbed areas’ during tribal struggle?
A. Manipur, Nagaland C. Manipur, Chhattisgarh
B. Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh D. Nagaland, Jharkhand
 SECTION B
Q17. Many of our cultural practices and patterns can be traced to our agrarian backgrounds.
Give two examples
Q18. In what ways have social movements shaped the world we live and continue to do so?
Q19.Identify the two sets of principles used to understand the caste system. Define any one
set.
Q20.What is De- Sanskritization?
Q21. What do you understand by benami transfer?
Q22. Explain the population policy in India.
Q23. What do you understand by demographic transition?
Q24. Using an example, show how the treatment of Indian plantation labour was different
from the way colonial administration treated their own labour back home.
Q25. What are the factors behind the assertion of tribal identity today? Name any two.

SECTION C

Q26. Using an example, show how the treatment of Indian plantation labour was different
from the way colonial administration treated their own labour back home.

Q27. Kumudtai’s journey into Sanskrit began with great interest and eagerness with Gokhale
Guruji, her teacher at school… At the University, the Head of the Department was a well-
known scholar and he took great pleasure in taunting Kumudtai…Despite the adverse
comments she successfully completed her Masters in Sanskrit…. Source: Kumud Pawade
(1938)
What does Kumud Pawade’s autobiography show us about the relation between gender and
caste?

Q28. “Green Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s brought about significant changes in the areas
where it took place. The Green Revolution, as you know, was a government programme of
agricultural modernisation. It was largely funded by international agencies that was based on
providing high-yielding variety(HYV) or hybrid seeds along with pesticides, fertilisers, and
other inputs, to farmers.”

Was Green Revolution always accompanied by positive social effects? Give reasons for your
answer.

Q29. “The structure of the family can be studied both as a social institution in itself and also
in its relationship to other social institutions of society.” Elaborate.

Q30. “Every human being needs a sense of stable identity to operate in this world. Questions
like — Who am I? How am I different from others? How do others understand and
comprehend me? What goals and aspirations should I have? – constantly crop up in our life
right from childhood. We are able to answer many of these questions because of the way in
which we are socialised, or taught how to live in society by our immediate families and our
community in various senses.”
During a communal conflict, communities construct matching but opposite mirror images of
each other. Explain this statement.

Q31. The agrarian structure becomes more unequal with high agricultural productivity.
Explain with a suitable example.

Q32. In what ways have social movements shaped the world we live and continue to do so?

SECTION D
Q33. Niyamgiri Hills is home to Dongria Kondh, a particularly vulnerable tribal group, who
had unanimously voted against a project by state government-owned Odisha Mining
Corporation (OMC) and Sterlite Industries which wanted to mine bauxite. The villages?
decision followed a landmark Supreme Court verdict on April 18, 2013, that vindicated the
decade-long movement. The court said forest clearance for the mining project, which had
been withdrawn by the Environment Ministry in 2010, could be given only after taking the
consent of the gram sabhas, or village councils, in the region in tandem with the Forest Right
Act (FRA).
(a) What is a social movement?
(b) Based on your reading of the passage, identify the issues that the social movement
addresses.
(c) Would you classify social movement as old or new? Give reasons for your answer.

Q34. What changes did globalization and liberalization introduce in the Indian industrial
society?

Q35. Age Composition of the Population of India 1961-2026

Year Age groups Total
0-14 years 15-59 years 60+ years
1961 41 53 6 100
1971 42 53 5 100
1981 40 54 6 100
1991 38 56 7 100
2001 34 59 7 100
2011 29 63 8 100
2026 (Projected) 23 64 12 100
Based on the above table, answer the following questions:
(a) What is meant by demographic dividend ?
(b) Based on the data given in the above table, compare the data of the years 1961 and 2026
and state your inferences.
(c) A falling dependency ratio can be a source of economic growth and prosperity. State how.