AHSEC| CLASS 12| SOCIOLOGY| SOLVED PAPER - 2015| H.S. 2ND YEAR
2015
Sociology
Full marks: 100
Time: 3 hours
1. Answer the following questions: 1x12=12
(a) What is
the name of dormitory of Naga?
Ans: Morung.
(b) Who wrote
the novel 'Invisible Man'?
Ans: Ralph Ellison.
(c) Which
city is known, as the "Financial capital" of India?
Ans: Mumbai.
(d) When was
the first and the last census survey carried out in Independent India?
Ans: 1951 & 2011.
(e) Who is
the founder of "Brahmo Samaj"?
Ans: Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
(f) Class in
example of (open / closed) stratification.
Ans: Open.
(g) When did
M. N. Srinivas develop the concept of Sanskritization?
Ans: 1950
(h) What is
the full form of ASEAN?
Ans: Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
(i) Risely
has divided the Indian ethnic group into five/six seven/eight numbers.
Ans: Seven.
(j) Where did
the first Naxalite movement take place?
Ans: Andra Pradesh.
(k) When was
"The National Commission for Minorities Act" passed?
Ans: 1992
(l) Who gave
birth to the "All Indian Schedule Caste Federation"?
Ans: Dr. Ambedkar.
2. What do you mean by social justice and social
change? 2
Ans: Social justice is the distribution of benefits
and how they are allocated in the society. It is considered as a society that
provides fair treatment to individuals and groups and provides a fair share of
the benefits of the society.
Social change
creates community-based responses that address underlying social problems at an
individual, institutional, community, national and/or international level.
3. Mention two consequences of industrialization. 2
Ans: (a) Less expensive products are available, (b)
New types of products are available.
4. Write differences between caste and class. 2
Ans: The main difference
between caste and class as social stratification is that when class is open,
matter is closed. Caste is a closed system of social stratification where
social mobility is almost zero. On the other hand, class is an open system of
social stratification where social mobility is maximum.
Secondly, caste
is descriptive, whereas class is somewhat prescriptive. Stratification on the
basis of caste is entirely based on birth, whereas stratification on the basis
of class is entirely based on economic status.
5. What do you mean by westernization? 2
Ans: According to M.N. Srinivas, Westernization
refers to the changes in Indian society and culture as a result of British rule
at various levels such as technology, institutions, ideology and values.
6. State two characteristics of joint family. 2
Ans: The followings are the major characteristics
of joint family:
(i) Large
Size: The size of the joint family is large. This includes parents,
children, grandchildren and their wives as well as other close relatives.
(ii) Common
Residence: The members of a joint family usually live under one roof.
7. Distinguish between new social movement and old social
movement. 2
Ans: The old social movements were either class based
such as the working class or the parents movement or the anti-colonial
movement. Thus, older social movements clearly saw the restructuring of power
relations as a central goal. On the other hand, the new social movements are
neither class based nor about the reorganization of state power.
8. Write two demerits of democracy. 2
Ans: Demography is the systematic study of
population. Demography studies the trends and processes associated with a
population, including changes in population size, patterns of birth, death and
migration, the composition and structure of a population, such as the relative
proportions of females, males, and different age groups.
9. What do you mean by kinship system? 2
Ans: The bond of blood or marriage which binds people
in a group is called Kinship. The importance of kinship lies in the fact that
it forms a group. Marriage provides each mother with a husband and makes her
children her own children and thus creates a family.
10. State two remedial measures adopted by the govt for
upliftment of schedule caste. 2
Ans: The important measures taken are as follows:
(i) Protection
from social injustice and various forms of exploitation,
(ii) To open religious institutions of public character to them.
11. Write a note on green revolution. 2
Ans: Green Revolution was a government program of
agricultural modernization. It was largely funded by international agencies on
the basis of hybrid seeds with pesticides, fertilizers etc. Green Revolution
programs were started only in those areas which had assured irrigation. It
mainly targeted wheat and rice growing areas.
12. What are the problems that occur due to urbanization.
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