scert.kerala.gov.in : Class XI Sociology Question Paper Model State Council of Educational Research & Training
Board :State Council of Educational Research & Training
Exam : HSE Sociology
Document Type : Model Question Paper
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HSE Sociology Model question :
Year : 2014 – 15
Part – III Sociology
Time: 2.30 Hours
Maximum: 80 Scores
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General Instructions to candidates :
** There is a ‘Cool off time’ of 15 minutes in addition to the writing time of 2 hrs 30 mts
** You are neither allowed to write your answers nor to discuss anything with others during the ‘cool off time’.
** Use the ‘cool off time’ to get familiar with questions and to plan your answers.
** Read the questions carefully before answering
** All questions are compulsory and only internal choice is allowed.
** When you select a question, all the sub-questions must be answered from the same question itself.
** Calculations, figures and graphs should be shown in the answer sheet itself.
** Malayalam version of the question is also provided.
1. If sociology is to modern complex societies, ————- is to simple societies (1)
2. i) Identify the statement that best reflects the social responsibility of a sociologist. (1)
a) A sociologist has no social responsibility
b) It is the responsibility of a sociologist to fight against social problems
c) A sociologist’s responsibility is to study the problem as what it is and what it should be’.
d) A sociologist only takes partial responsibilities
ii) Why did you select this particular statement? (1+3 = 4)
3. a) From the given names identify the conflict theorist.
i) Auguste Comte
ii) Emile Durkheim
iii) Karl Marx
iv) Herbert Spencer
b) Compare and contrast the conflict and functional perspectives of social stratification. (1+3 = 4)
4. i) Identify the most appropriate concept for the urban localities sealed off from its surroundings by fences, walls and gates with controlled entry and exit.
a) Gentrification
b) Gated communities
c) Urban neighbourhood
d) Ghetto
ii) Differentiate any two concepts that you did not consider as the answer. (1+ 2 = 3)
5. Differentiate between micro and macro social institutions with two examples each. (3)
6. The functionalist perspective argues that modern industrial societies function best if women look after the family and men earn the family livelihood. Do you agree? Substantiate. (3)
7. Detect and identify the example of serial monogamy from the given list
a) A man has three wives at different places at the same time.
b) A man has only one wife
c) A woman has 3 husbands at different places
d) A man marries the younger sister of his diseased wife (1)
8. ————— can be defined as a set of symbols and beliefs providing the sense of being part of a single political community. (1)
9. a) The cultural superiority claimed by Adolf Hitler is an example for ——-
b) Differentiate it from cosmopolitanism (1+ 3 = 4)
10. How can mass media act as an agency of socialisation? Point out two other agencies of socialisation of a student. (4)
11. In a study related to the attitudes of college students towards co-education in the universities, the researcher approaches 1000 college students for their responses. These 1000 students constitute the:
a) Population
b) Sample
c) Universe
d) Controlled variable (1)
12. Analyse the scope of field work in sociology and social anthropology (8)
Or
Make a design for conducting a survey on the study about ‘the violation of child rights in higher secondary schools of Kerala’. (8)
Hints :
** Survey as a sociological method
** Tools of data collection
** Sampling techniques
** Advantages and disadvantages of survey
13. Psychology studies the individual behaviour while sociology studies the behaviour as it is organised in the society. Discuss (2)
14. i) The underlying regularities or patterns by which people behave and have relations with one another is known as: (1)
a) Social stratification
b) Social structure
c) Social function
d) Social process
ii) Compare the views of Karl Marx and Emile Durkheim about the constraints exerted by social structure on an individual. (1 + 2 = 3)
15. Express your views on the idea that competition is necessary for the development of a society. (5)