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CBSE Question Paper and Answers Key, Class 12th Sociology Board Exam 2021-22 (Term 1)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1. The ways in which individuals may become cut off from full involvement in the wider society is known as<\/h2>\n

(a) Social Inclusion<\/p>\n

(b) Social Inequality<\/p>\n

(c) Social Exclusion<\/p>\n

(d) Social Stratification<\/p>\n

Answer: (c) Social Exclusion<\/h3>\n

2. What is Sex-Ratio?<\/h2>\n

(a) Number of females per thousand males<\/p>\n

(b) Number of males per thousand females<\/p>\n

(c) Number of females per hundred males<\/p>\n

(d) The study of population growth<\/p>\n

Answer: (a) Number of females per thousand males<\/h3>\n

3. A large proportion of children in a population is a result of<\/h2>\n

(a) High death rate<\/p>\n

(b) High birth rate<\/p>\n

(c) High life expectancy<\/p>\n

(d) More married couples<\/p>\n

Answer: (b) High birth rate<\/h3>\n

4. The proportion of person in different age groups relative to the total population is known as<\/h2>\n

(a) Sex Ratio<\/p>\n

(b) Age Structure<\/p>\n

(c) Occupation Structure<\/p>\n

(d) Age Composition<\/p>\n

Answer: (d) Age Composition<\/h3>\n

5. Which programme became a significant part of Congress agenda?<\/h2>\n

(a) Anti caste programme<\/p>\n

(b) Anti untouchability<\/p>\n

(c) Regionalism<\/p>\n

(d) Communalism<\/p>\n

Answer: (b) Anti untouchability<\/h3>\n

6. Matrilocal and patrilocal type of family is based on<\/h2>\n

(a) Authority<\/p>\n

(b) Power<\/p>\n

(c) Inheritance<\/p>\n

(d) Residence<\/p>\n

Answer: (d) Residence<\/h3>\n

7. When did the National Population Policy came into effect ?<\/h2>\n

(a) 2001<\/p>\n

(b) 1947<\/p>\n

(c) 1952<\/p>\n

(d) 2005<\/p>\n

Answer: NA<\/p>\n

8. The pyramid for 2026 shows the estimated future size of the relevant age groups based on the past rates of growth of each age group. Such estimates are called<\/h2>\n

(a) Age pyramid<\/p>\n

(b) Demographic dividend<\/p>\n

(c) Projections<\/p>\n

(d) Rate of natural increase<\/p>\n

Answer: (c) Projections<\/h3>\n

9. The live birth per one thousand person in one year in a particular area is known as<\/h2>\n

(a) Death rate<\/p>\n

(b) Birth rate<\/p>\n

(c) Fertility rate<\/p>\n

(d) Infant mortality rate<\/p>\n

Answer: (b) Birth rate<\/h3>\n

10. The hierarchical ordering of caste is based on the distinction between<\/h2>\n

(a) Role and status<\/p>\n

(b) Religion and rituals<\/p>\n

(c) Norms and authority<\/p>\n

(d) Purity and pollution<\/p>\n

Answer: (d) Purity and pollution<\/h3>\n

11. The English word Casta is actually a borrowing from the<\/h2>\n

(a) Greek word<\/p>\n

(b) Indian word<\/p>\n

(c) Portuguese word<\/p>\n

(d) None of the above<\/p>\n

Answer: (c) Portuguese word<\/h3>\n

12. Theoretically the caste system can be understood as the combination of the two sets of principles:<\/h2>\n

(a) Differences and Separation<\/p>\n

(b) Wholism and Hierarchy<\/p>\n

(c) Both<\/p>\n

(d) None of the above<\/p>\n

Answer: (a) Differences and Separation<\/h3>\n

13. Which of the following is not a permanent trait of tribes in India<\/h2>\n

(a) Region<\/p>\n

(b) Ecological habitat<\/p>\n

(c) Mode of livelihood<\/p>\n

(d) Language<\/p>\n

14. Who was the founder of Satyashodak Samaj having its primary emphasis on truth seeking ?<\/h2>\n

(a) Raja Rammohan Roy<\/p>\n

(b) Jyotiba Phule<\/p>\n

(c) M.G. Ranade<\/p>\n

(d) Dayanand Saraswati<\/p>\n

Answer: (b) Jyotiba Phule<\/h3>\n

15. The preconceived opinion or attitudes held by members of one group towards another is known as<\/h2>\n

(a) Stereotype<\/p>\n

(b) Social inequalities<\/p>\n

(c) Prejudices<\/p>\n

(d) Discrimination<\/p>\n

Answer: (c) Prejudices<\/h3>\n

16. The ______ or tribes were believed to be people of the forest whose distinctive habitat in the hill and forest areas shaped their Economic, Social and Political attributes.<\/h2>\n

(a) Nairs<\/p>\n

(b) Jana<\/p>\n

(c) Dikus<\/p>\n

(d) Khasis<\/p>\n

Answer: (b) Jana<\/h3>\n

17. A system in which categories of people in a society are ranked in a hierarchy.<\/h2>\n

(a) Caste<\/p>\n

(b) Prejudices<\/p>\n

(c) Discrimination<\/p>\n

(d) Social stratification<\/p>\n

Answer: (d) Social stratification<\/h3>\n

18. When religious identity overrides everything else it leads to<\/h2>\n

(a) Secularism<\/p>\n

(b) Communalism<\/p>\n

(c) Nation-state<\/p>\n

(d) Diversity<\/p>\n

Answer: (b) Communalism<\/h3>\n

19. Community Identity is based on<\/h2>\n

(a) Birth<\/p>\n

(c) Class<\/p>\n

(b) Status<\/p>\n

(d) Acquired Qualification<\/p>\n

Answer: (a) Birth<\/h3>\n

20. A policy that promote aimed or encourage all citizens to adopt a uniform set of cultural values and norms is known as<\/h2>\n

(a) Integrationist<\/p>\n

(b) Assimilation<\/p>\n

(c) Community Identity<\/p>\n

(d) None of the above<\/p>\n

Answer: (b) Assimilation<\/h3>\n

21. A Nation is a peculiar sort of community that is easy to __but hard to define.<\/h2>\n

(a) understand<\/p>\n

(b) approach<\/p>\n

(c) define<\/p>\n

(d) describe<\/p>\n

Answer: (d) describe<\/h3>\n

19. Community Identity is based on<\/h2>\n

(a) Birth<\/p>\n

(c) Class<\/p>\n

(b) Status<\/p>\n

(d) Acquired Qualification<\/p>\n

Answer: (a) Birth<\/h3>\n

20. A policy that promote aimed or encourage all citizens to adopt a uniform set of cultural values and norms is known as<\/h2>\n

(a) Integrationist<\/p>\n

(b) Assimilation<\/p>\n

(c) Community Identity<\/p>\n

(d) None of the above<\/p>\n

Answer: (b) Assimilation<\/h3>\n

21. A Nation is a peculiar sort of community that is easy to __but hard to define.<\/h1>\n

(a) understand<\/p>\n

(b) approach<\/p>\n

(c) define<\/p>\n

(d) describe<\/p>\n

Answer: (d) describe<\/h3>\n

22. Indian people had a brief experience of which rule during the emergency enforced between June 1975 and Jan. 1977?<\/h2>\n

(a) Democratic<\/p>\n

(b) Authoritarian rule<\/p>\n

(c) Colonial<\/p>\n

(d) None of these<\/p>\n

Answer: (b) Authoritarian rule<\/h3>\n

23. The unprecedented scale and spread of anti-muslim violence in Gujarat in 2002 took place under which government?<\/h2>\n

(a) Congress<\/p>\n

(b) BJP<\/p>\n

(c) Democratic<\/p>\n

(d) Republican<\/p>\n

Answer: (b) BJP<\/h3>\n

24. Which of the following statement is not true about disability?<\/h2>\n

(a) People are always born with disability<\/p>\n

(b) The disabled are rendered disable because the society renders them to do.<\/p>\n

(c) There is a correlation between disability and poverty.<\/p>\n

(d) Public perception of disability is based on cultural conception.<\/p>\n

Answer: (d) Public perception of disability is based on cultural conception.<\/h3>\n

25. Stereotypes fix whole group into single ________ group.<\/h2>\n

(a) Homogeneous<\/p>\n

(b) Heterogeneous<\/p>\n

(c) Broad<\/p>\n

(d) Diverse<\/p>\n

Answer: (a) Homogeneous<\/h3>\n

26. 1. According to Malthusian theory, the supply of food grains increase geometric progression. 2. The population grows in arithmetic progression. Which is true?<\/h2>\n

(a) 1 only<\/p>\n

(b) 2 only<\/p>\n

(c) Both 1 and 2<\/p>\n

(d) None<\/p>\n

Answer: (d) None.<\/h3>\n

27. The rapid growth in _____ shows that the town or city has been acting as a magnet for the rural population.<\/h2>\n

(a) Modernization<\/p>\n

(b) Urbanization<\/p>\n

(c) Sanskritisation<\/p>\n

(d) Westernization<\/p>\n

Answer: (b) Urbanization<\/h3>\n

28. Which of the following helped to control epidemics in India over a period of time?<\/h2>\n

(a) Improvement in communication<\/p>\n

(b) Decrease in death rate<\/p>\n

(c) Improvement in sanitation<\/p>\n

(d) Improvement in agricultural productivity<\/p>\n

Answer: (c) Improvement in sanitation<\/h3>\n

29. Who was the Chief Architect of the Indian Constitution?<\/h2>\n

(a) Mahatma Gandhi<\/p>\n

(b) B.R. Ambedkar<\/p>\n

(c) J.L. Nehru<\/p>\n

(d) None of the above<\/p>\n

Answer: (b) B.R. Ambedkar<\/h3>\n

30. Assertion (A): The inequalities in the literacy rate are especially important because they tend to reproduce inequality across generations. Reason (R) : Literacy rate also vary by social group. Historically disadvantaged communities like the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes have lower rate of literacy.<\/h2>\n

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).<\/p>\n

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).<\/p>\n

(c) Both (A) and (R) are false.<\/p>\n

(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.<\/p>\n

Answer: (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).<\/h3>\n

31. The watchwords One Caste One Religion One God for all men were given by<\/h2>\n

(a) Jyotirao Govindrao Phule<\/p>\n

(b) Ayyankali<\/p>\n

(c) Savitri Bai Phule<\/p>\n

(d) Sri Narayana Guru<\/p>\n

Answer: (d) Sri Narayana Guru<\/h3>\n

32. What does Amartya Sen mean by failure of entitlements?<\/h2>\n

(a) The inability of people to buy or otherwise to obtain food<\/p>\n

(b) Famines<\/p>\n

(c) Vulnerability to variations in rainfall<\/p>\n

(a) Lack of adequate means of transport and communication<\/p>\n

Answer: (a) The inability of people to buy or otherwise to obtain food<\/h3>\n

33. When the difference between Birth rate and the Death rate is zero we say that the population has stabilized or has reached the<\/h2>\n

(a) stabilization level<\/p>\n

(b) highest level<\/p>\n

(c) replacement level<\/p>\n

(d) highest point<\/p>\n

Answer: (c) replacement level<\/h3>\n

34. The 93rd Amendment Act has introduced the reservation for the institution in higher education for which group?<\/h2>\n

(a) Scheduled Castes<\/p>\n

(b) Scheduled Tribes<\/p>\n

(c) OBC<\/p>\n

(d) Disabled Group<\/p>\n

Answer: (c) OBC<\/h3>\n

35. Assertion (A): Matriarchy unlike Patriarchy has been a theoretical rather than an empirical concept. Reason (R): There is no Historical or Anthropological evidence of matriarchy i.e. societies where women exercises dominance.<\/h2>\n

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).<\/p>\n

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).<\/p>\n

(c) Both (A) and (R) are false.<\/p>\n

(d) (A) is true but (R) is false.<\/p>\n

Answer: (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).<\/h3>\n

36. In regions where the non-Sanskritic castes were dominant, it was their influence that was stronger. Identify the most appropriate concept to refer this.<\/h2>\n

(a) Sanskritisation<\/p>\n

(b) Westernisation<\/p>\n

(c) De-sanskritisation<\/p>\n

(d) Modernisation<\/p>\n

Answer: (c) De-sanskritisation<\/h3>\n

37. Out of the total tribal population how much percentage of the tribal population lives in middle India?<\/h2>\n

(a) 85%<\/p>\n

(b) 11%<\/p>\n

(c) 58%<\/p>\n

(d) 74%<\/p>\n

Answer: (a) 85%<\/h3>\n

38. Which of the following is not a correct statement about the term Jati?<\/h2>\n

(a) It is a local classification that varies from region to region.<\/p>\n

(b) It has a segmental organisation.<\/p>\n

(c) Membership of Jati involves rules about food and food sharing.<\/p>\n

(d) It is an all India aggregative classification.<\/p>\n

Answer: (d) It is an all India aggregative classification.<\/h3>\n

39. What are the laws that allow citizens of a particular state to simultaneously be the citizen of another state?<\/h2>\n

(a) Cross border citizenship laws<\/p>\n

(b) Multiple citizenship laws<\/p>\n

(c) Dual citizenship<\/p>\n

(d) None<\/p>\n

Answer: (c) Dual citizenship<\/h3>\n

40. Assertion (A): In Indian Nationalism, the dominant trend was marked by an inclusive and democratic vision. Reason (R): It was democratic because it recognised Diversity and Plurality.<\/h2>\n

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and R is the correct explanation of (A).<\/p>\n

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).<\/p>\n

(c) (A) is true and (R) is false.<\/p>\n

(d) (A) is false and (R) is true.<\/p>\n

Answer: (b) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).<\/h3>\n

41. Which of the following does not stand for secularism?<\/h2>\n

(a) Separation of State and Church<\/p>\n

(b) Not favouring a particular Religion.<\/p>\n

(c) Religion identity overriding everything else.<\/p>\n

(d) Progressive retreat of religion from the public life.<\/p>\n

Answer: (c) Religion identity overriding everything else.<\/h3>\n

42. Which of the following is the major issue that challenges the diversity of India?<\/h2>\n

(a) Regionalism<\/p>\n

(b) Communalism<\/p>\n

(c) Casteism<\/p>\n

(d) All of these<\/p>\n

Answer: (d) All of these<\/h3>\n

43. Everyone has a motherland, a mother tongue, a family and a faith. This signifies an important feature of community identity, that is<\/h2>\n

(a) Achieved<\/p>\n

(b) Conditional<\/p>\n

(c) Localised<\/p>\n

(d) Universal<\/p>\n

44. Assertion (A): There is a close relationship between disability poverty. Reasoning (R): Malnutrition mothers weakened by frequent childbirth, inadequate immunisation programmes, accidents in overcrowded homes, all contribute to an incidence of disability among poor people that is higher<\/h2>\n

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).<\/p>\n

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).<\/p>\n

(c) Both (A) and (R) are false.<\/p>\n

(d) (A) is true and (R) is false.<\/p>\n

Answer: (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).<\/h3>\n

45. Asset and Income is a form of which type of capital?<\/h2>\n

(a) Social capital<\/p>\n

(b) Cultural capital<\/p>\n

(c) Economic capital<\/p>\n

(d) General capital<\/p>\n

Answer: (c) Economic capital<\/h3>\n

46. What is Social about Social Inequality?<\/h2>\n

(a) They are Social because they are not about individuals but about groups.<\/p>\n

(b) They are Social in the sense because they are not about Economics.<\/p>\n

(c) They are systematic and structured.<\/p>\n

(d) All of the above<\/p>\n

Answer: (d) All of the above<\/h3>\n

47. Among the following who wrote famous book Vedic Authorities for Widow Marriage ?<\/h2>\n

(a) M.G. Ranade<\/p>\n

(b) Jyotiba Phule<\/p>\n

(c) Annie Besant<\/p>\n

(d) Raja Rammohan Roy<\/p>\n

Answer: (a) M.G. Ranade<\/h3>\n

48. Who said Backward Hindus to the Tribal Communities among the following?<\/h2>\n

(a) M.N. Srinivas<\/p>\n

(b) G.S. Ghurye<\/p>\n

(c) A.R. Desai<\/p>\n

(d) D.P. Mukherjee<\/p>\n

Answer: (b) G.S. Ghurye<\/h3>\n

49. If we look at the share of tribals in the state population, then the North Eastern States have the highest concentration with all states except__having concentration of more than 30%.<\/h2>\n

(a) Nagaland<\/p>\n

(b) Meghalaya<\/p>\n

(c) Assam<\/p>\n

(d) Arunachal Pradesh<\/p>\n

Answer: (c) Assam<\/h3>\n

50. Which of the following is not a Physical racial criterion for defining the tribes in India?<\/h2>\n

(a) Austric<\/p>\n

(b) Aryan<\/p>\n

(c) Dravidian<\/p>\n

(d) Negrito<\/p>\n

Answer: (a) Austric<\/h3>\n

51. According to Census Report 2011, it is _____of the population of India, or about 104 million tribal persons in the country.<\/h2>\n

(a) 8.2%<\/p>\n

(b) 8.6%<\/p>\n

(c) 11%<\/p>\n

(d) 15%<\/p>\n

Answer: (b) 8.6%<\/h3>\n

52. Identify the author of the passage.<\/h2>\n

(a) Stree Purush Tulana<\/p>\n

(b) Sultana’s dream<\/p>\n

(c) Kabir Das on Cultural Diversity<\/p>\n

(d) Three Sermons on Human<\/p>\n

53. The above passage is a<\/h2>\n

(a) Novel<\/p>\n

(b) Poetry<\/p>\n

(c) Short story<\/p>\n

(d) Film<\/p>\n

54. In which year the Sultana’s dream published ?<\/h2>\n

(a) 1805<\/p>\n

(b) 1905<\/p>\n

(c) 1925<\/p>\n

(d) 1945<\/p>\n

55. _________________ \u00a0such as extremely wealthy people are not referred to as minorities.<\/h2>\n

(a) Religious minorities<\/p>\n

(b) Numerical minorities<\/p>\n

(c) Linguistic minorities<\/p>\n

(d) Privileged minorities<\/p>\n

Answer: (d) Privileged minorities<\/h3>\n

56. Statistical minorities are not minorities in the Sociological sense because they do not form a<\/h2>\n

(a) Collectivity<\/p>\n

(b) Identity<\/p>\n

(c) Group<\/p>\n

(d) Society<\/p>\n

Answer: (a) Collectivity<\/h3>\n

57. When minority is used without qualification, it generally implies a relatively small but also _____ group.<\/h2>\n

(a) advantaged<\/p>\n

(b) disadvantaged<\/p>\n

(c) privileged<\/p>\n

(d) diverse<\/p>\n

Answer: (b) disadvantaged<\/h3>\n

58. What is the demographic dividend ?<\/h2>\n

(a) More dependents exist in a country<\/p>\n

(b) Proportion of workers is more than that of non-workers.<\/p>\n

(c) Old Age population is more<\/p>\n

(d) None of them<\/p>\n

Answer: (b) Proportion of workers is more than that of non-workers.<\/h3>\n

59. Who are dependents?<\/h2>\n

(a) Children who are too young to earn<\/p>\n

(b) Adults who are unemployed<\/p>\n

(c) Aged population above 65 years<\/p>\n

(d) Proportion of children below 14 years and aged population (64 years and above)<\/p>\n

Answer: (c) Aged population above 65 years<\/h3>\n

60. What is Economically advantageous to our country?<\/h2>\n

(a) High dependency ratio<\/p>\n

(b) Low death rate<\/p>\n

(c) Low falling dependency ratio<\/p>\n

(d) All of them<\/p>\n

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