Sociology Board Sample Paper 2023-2024 Commerce (English Medium) Class 12 Question Paper Solution

Assertion (A): People often do not see the end result of their work because they are producing only one small part of a product.

Reason(R): Industrialisation involves a detailed division of labour where people do not enjoy work, and see it as something they have to do only in order to survive.

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

A is true but R is false

A is false and R is true

Which of the following stages, as per the Theory of Demographic Transition, is that of high population growth?

First Stage

Both first and second stage

Second Stage

Third Stage

Which of the following statements is not true for the institution of caste today?

some scholars argue that what we know today as caste is more a product of colonialism than of ancient Indian tradition.

Counting and official recording of caste identities gave the institution a new life.

The institution became extremely flexible.

Government of India Act of 1935 was passed which gave legal recognition to the lists or ‘schedules’ of castes and tribes marked out for special treatment by the state. This is how the terms ‘Scheduled Tribes’ and the ‘Scheduled Castes’ came into being.

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

Policy of reservation

Special programmes for upper caste

Both policy of reservation and special programmes for upper caste

Education and Employment in Private Sector

Developmental policies of the post-colonial era

their lead over the rest of society (in terms of education) did not ensure protection from serious competition

“Considering from an urban point of view, the rapid growth in urbanization shows that the town or city has been acting as a magnet for the rural population.” Choose the incorrect statement about urbanization in India?

Rural- to- Urban migration has increased due to decline in common property resources

Urban areas are a decisive force in terms of political dynamics

People go to cities in search of work

Cities offer anonymity to the poor and oppressed class

In which ways Advises struggles are different from Dalit struggle?

They were not discriminated against like the Dalits

Their social and economic conditions were better than the Dalits

They did not face social exclusion like the Dalits

Advises were concentrated in contagious areas and could demand statehood

Stereotypes fix whole groups into single ______ categories, they refuse to recognize the ______ across individuals and across context or across time.

Homogeneous, variation

Heterogeneous, similarities

Broad, similarities

Diverse, differences

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? 

Forms of capital by Bourdieu

Resources by Bourdieu

Ideal types by Max Weber

Ideal Types by Bourdieu

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.

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

A is true but R is false

A is false and R is true

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

It can arouse intense passions among its members and mobilise large numbers of people

Economic and social inequalities among the communities

Equal distribution of scarce resources- like river water, jobs or government funds

Injustices suffered by one community provoke opposition from same communities

Policies promoting integration involve ______.

Outright suppression of identities of groups which are in minority

Complete erosion of cultural differences between groups

Elimination of ethno-national and cultural differences from the public arena

All of the above

Assertion (A): Urbanisation in the colonial period saw the formation of new urban centres.

Reason (R): These urban centres were designed to functions as trading posts alone.

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

A is true but R is false

A is false and R is true

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.

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

A is true but R is false

A is false and R is true

Major difference between developing and developed countries is in the number of people in ______ salaried employment.

Daily Wages

Regular

Irregular

Both b) & c)

The Right to Information campaign is an example of ______.

Redemptive Movements

Reformist Movements

Revolutionary Movements

Old Social Movements

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

Sustained collective action

Aims to bring about changes on a public issue

Shared objectives and ideologies

Does not need leadership or structure

Based on the given passage, answer the following question.

1. What do you mean by disinvestment?
2. How did disinvestment impact the workers?

Based upon above passage, answer the following question.

What, according to you, is the impact of the factory‟s working condition on the workers and on the factory?

Many of our cultural practices and patterns can be traced to our agrarian backgrounds. Give two examples.

Using an example, describe adivasis internal colonialism.

With an example show how being a minority group can be disadvantageous in one sense but not in another.

The 1989 Prevention of Atrocities Act revised and strengthened the legal provisions punishing acts of violence or humiliation against Dalits and adivasis. Legislation on this subject was passed repeatedly.

Do you think state action alone can ensure social change? Give reasons for your answer.

City offers relative anonymity to those migrating to it. What do you mean by relative anonymity?

“If hard labour were such a good thing the rich would keep it all for themselves. All over the world, back-breaking work like stone breaking, digging, carrying heavy weights, pulling rickshaws or carts is invariably done by the poor. And yet they rarely improve their life chances.” Which social phenomena is reflected in this proverb? Give any two characteristics of this phenomena.

Read the passage and show any two ways in which exclusive nationalism is practiced.

Is statehood always based on linguistic identity? Give reasons for your answer.

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

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?

The post independent Indian state‟s caste considerations had some contradictions. Elucidate on these contradictions.

What are the factors behind the assertion of tribal identities today?

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

During a communal conflict, communities construct matching but opposite mirror images of each other. Explain this statement.

“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.

“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.

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

Based on the given Population Pyramids of India for the year 2026 and 2050, answer the following questions.

1. What is demographic dividend?
2. What do you infer, on comparing the given graphics for the age group of 55-59 and 60-64
3. What, according to you, are the implications of this inference?

Based on the given passage, answer the following questions.

1. What is a social movement?
2. Based on your reading of the passage, identify the issues that the social movement addresses.
3. Would you classify this social movement as old or new? Give reasons for your answer.

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