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Exam :AISSCE Sociology
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Sociology Sample Question Paper :
CODE 039
CLASS XII
SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER I
Max. Marks 80 Time : 3 hrs.
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General Instructions :
1. Questions No. 1-14 are of 2 marks each and are to be answered in about 30 words each.
2. Questions No.15-21 are of 4 marks each and are to be answered in about 80 words each.
3. Questions No. 22-25 are of 6 marks each and are to be answered in about 200 words each.
4. Question No. 25 carries 6 marks, and is to be answered with the help of the passage given.
1 What is meant by the infant mortality rate? 2
2 What is social about social inequality? 2
3 Mention two factors that encourage regionalism. 2
4 What kind of factors is community identity based on? 2
5 What is meant by ‘sanskritisation’? 2
6 What is a political party? 2
7 Mention any two policies or laws for land reform introduced
8 List any two characteristic features of the organized sector. 2
9 What is meant by an ‘electronic economy’? 2
10 What are transnational corporations? 2
11 Write the meaning of globalization in your own words. 2
12 Mention any two features of social movements. 2
13 Give two examples of peasant movements in India. 2
14 How are ‘reformist’ social movements different from ‘revolutionary’
15 Highlight the main features of the age structure of the Indian population.
16 How have the living conditions of tribal communities changed
17 What is meant by ‘communalism’ in the Indian context? 4
18 Describe the main features of social reforms movements before indep
19 Municipal authorities in cities often have to undertake controversial
21 Describe some of the consequences of industrialisation.
What are the major forms of job recruitment in India? from colonial times
Explain the main factors influencing the formation of tribal identity i
23 What are the main arguments made for and against liberalization
What position would you take in this debate and why?
24 How is colonialism different from earlier forms of conquest or domination,
what ways did it affect Indian society?
Q.25 Read the following passage,
Q 25 b. Many Indian films and tv serials are very popular even though they usually
A. Introducing Sociology : 40 Marks
The plural legacy of Sociology also enables a bird’s eye view and a worm’s eye view of the society the child lives in. This is particularly true today when the local is inextricably defined and shaped by macro global processes.
** The syllabus proceeds with the assumption that gender as an organizing principle of society cannot be treated as an add on topic but is fundamental to the manner that all chapters shall be dealt with.
** The chapters shall seek for a child centric approach that makes it possible to connect the lived reality of children with social structures and social processes that Sociology studies.
** A conscious effort will be made to build into the chapters a scope for exploration of society that makes learning a process of discovery. A way towards this is to deal with sociological concepts not as givens but a product of societal actions humanly constructed and therefore open to questioning.
Unit 1: Sociology, Society and its Relationship with other Social Sciences 20 Periods
** Introducing Society: Individuals and collectivities. Plural Perspectives
** Introducing Sociology: Emergence. Nature and Scope. Relationship to other disciplines
Unit 2: Basic Concepts and their use in Sociology 20 Periods
** Social Groups & Society
** Status and Role
** Social Stratification
** Society & Social Control
Unit 3: Understanding Social Institutions 22 Periods
** Family, Marriage and Kinship
** Work & Economic Life
** Political Institutions
** Religion as a Social Institution
** Education as a Social Institution
Unit 4: Culture and Sociolization 18 Periods
** Culture, Values and Norms: Shared, Plural, Contested
** Socialization: Conformity, Conflict and the Shaping of Personality
Unit 5: Doing Sociology: Research Methods 20 Periods
** Methods: Participant Observation, Survey
** Tools and Techniques: Observation, Interview, Questionaire
** The Significance of Field Work in Sociology
B. Understanding Society : 40 Marks
Unit 6: Structure, Process and Stratification 22 Periods
** Social Structure
** Social Stratification: Class, Caste, Race, Gender
** Social Processes: Cooperation, Competition, Conflict
Unit 7: Social Change and Social order in Rural & Urban Society 22 Periods
** Social Change: Types; Causes and Consequences
** Social Order: Domination, Authority and Law; Contestation, Crime and Violence
** Village, Town and City: Changes in Rural and Urban Society
Unit 8: Environment and Society 16 Periods
** Ecology and Society
** Environmental Crises and Social Responses
** Substainable Development
Unit 9: Introducing Western Sociologists 20 Periods
** Karl Marx on Class Conflict
** Emile Durkheim : Division of Labour and Conscience Collective
** Max Weber : Bureaucracy
Unit 10: Indian Sociologists 20 Periods
** G.S. Ghurye on Race and Caste
** D.P. Mukherjee on Tradition and Change
** A.R. Desai on the State
** M.N. Srinivas on the Village