Practice Paper
STD: XI
Term – II (Sociology)
Time: 2 hours Maximum Mark: 40
Section – A
1. Which term is used to describe the conversion of a low class neighbourhood in to a middle or upper class neighbourhood
a) Tariffs
b) Charismatic
c) Gentrification
d) Evolution
2. Assertion: Revolutionary changes are the changes that occur suddenly.
Reason: When the ruling class is overthrown by its opponents, the power structure of the society changes creating revolutionary change.
a) Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R is true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true
3. Match the column I with column II
Column I Column II
A. Environment 1. Ideas, Values beliefs
B. Technology 2. History of warfare
C. Politics 3. Nature
D. Culture 4. Industrial Revolution
a) A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
b) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
c) A-2, B- 3, C-4, D-1
d) A-4, B-1, C-4, D-2
4. Which one of the following is not one of the stages of a social movement identified by the sociologists?
a) Initial unrest and agitation
b) Disorganization
c) Resource mobilisation
d) Institutionalization
5. The study of interrelationships among people in their spatial setting and physical environment is known as
a) Environmental psychology
b) Human Ecology
c) Epidemiology
d) Anthropology
6. State whether the statement is true or false
The system by which group of people are ranked in a society on the basis of power and economic wealth is known as stratification – TRUE
7. Who differentiated two approaches to the study if India society as the book and the field view?
a) M. Panini
b) M.N. Srinivas
c) Louis Dumont
d) A.R. Desai
8. Assertion: A welfare state is a negative state.
Reason: This means that unlike the ‘laissez faire’ of classical liberal political theory, the welfare state does not seek to do only the minimum necessary to maintain law and order.
a) Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R is true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true
9. Cultural traits are acquired through
a) Learning
b) Imitation
c) Socialization
d) Contact
10. The difference between positivism and anti-positivism relates to:
a) Whether individuals like or dislike their society
b) Whether research methods use statistical data or person- to-person research
c) Whether sociological studies can predict or improve society
d) All of the above
Section – B
11. Write any two features of social order in rural areas?
- The small size of a village is suitable for more personalised relationships.
- The social structure of a village follows traditional lifestyle. Institutions such as caste and religion are stronger here.
- The social institutions do not welcome change easily, as compared to towns and cities.
- A village also has a strong power structure as the people in power control all the resources and resist change.
- It is not easy for subordinate groups to challenge the dominant groups. The poor are dependent upon dominant sections for support and employment.
- The villages are not very well connected to the towns and cities and thus not conducive to change.
- New modes of communication, land reforms and technology have reduced this gap and accelerated the pace of change.
12. Why is the Enlightenment important for the development of sociology?
The Enlightenment is important for the development of sociology because it helped in the development of secular, scientific and humanistic attitudes of mind during the late 17th and 18th centuries.
This is because ‘enlightenment’ positioned the human being as the central figure of the universe, with rational thought at its core. Rational and critical thinking transformed human beings into both producer and user of all knowledge
13. What does D.P. Mukherjee mean by a `living tradition’? Why did he insist that Indian sociologists be rooted in this tradition?
By ‘living tradition’, D.P. Mukherjee means that the traditions were not only formed in the past but also kept on changing with the present and evolved over time.
It manages to retain basic elements from the past. He insisted that Indian sociologists be rooted in this tradition because an Indian sociologist should be an Indian first, which means that he/she should understand his/her social system first
Section – C
14. Distinguish between Protectionist and Nationalist in regard to the tribe culture.
The protectionist’ believed that assimilation would result in the severe exploitation and cultural extinction of the tribal.
- Ghurye and the nationalists argued that these ill-effects were not specific to tribal cultures, but were common to all the backward and downtrodden sections of Indian society.
- Ghurye-became the best known exponent of the nationalist view. He insisted on characterizing the tribes of India as ‘backward Hindus’ rather than distinct cultural groups.
- Ghurye and the nationalists argued that these ill-effects were not specific to tribal cultures, but were common to all the backward and downtrodden sections of Indian society.
15. What are the various components of a mode of production?
A mode of production has the following components
- First is the means of production which means the labour class who produces
- Second is the capitalist class who owns the means of production.
- Labour is sold in the market like commodity.
- The capitalist class has wealth and means to get his production done by the labourers.
The capitalist class becomes richer at the cost of labourers.
16. “Society is not static phenomenon; instead it is subject to constant change.” Discuss.
Social change is inevitable in social life and relationship.
- Evolutionary theories views society as moving in a definite direction and cause changes.
- Social changes may occur in the internal or external aspects of the structure of society.
- External change refers to changes in forms of family, marriage, class, caste and kinship etc.
- Internal changes refer to changes in the norms and values of the society.
- The rate of change of internal aspects is always slow because the social norms, values and belief gradually become part of the core of personality.
Section – D
17. Discuss the features of the caste system as stated by G. S. Ghurye
According to Ghurye, the caste system has the following features:
- Segmental division: This refers to the division of society into compartments, segments or castes. They have a set of rules, regulations, standards of morality and justice for each caste.
- ‘Hierarchy: Hierarchy is a scheme, which arranges castes in terms of higher, or Superior and lower or inferior in relation to each other.
- Principles of purity and pollution: The principles of purity and pollution find their expression in the codes regulating the acceptance of food or drink from other castes.
- Civil and religious disabilities and privileges of different sections: The ritual status of a caste; their rights and obligations are the crucial determinants of the nature of these disabilities.
- Lack of choice of occupation: Every caste is associated with a hereditary occupation. As distinction is made between ‘clean’ and ‘unclean’ and therefore between ‘pure’ and ‘impure’ occupations; the hereditary occupation of a caste reflected its status in society.
- Restrictions on marriage: Inter-marriage between castes was prohibited. Individuals were allowed to marry within their castes only i.e. they practised endogamy.
18. Read the passage and answer the following:
Sociology is sometimes called the child of the ‘age of revolution’. This is because it was born in 19th century Western Europe, after revolutionary changes in the preceding three centuries that decisively changed the way people lived. Three revolutions paved the way for the emergence of sociology: The Enlightenment, or the scientific revolution; the French Revolution; and the Industrial Revolution. These processes completely transformed not only European society, but also the rest of the world as it came into contact with Europe. Karl Marx was born on 5 May 1818 in Trier; part of the Rhineland province of Prussia in Germany Karl Marx was from Germany but spent most of his intellectually productive years in exile in Britain. He was a social thinker who advocated an end to oppression and exploitation. He believed that scientific socialism would achieve this goal. Marx argued that human society had progressed through different stages. These were: primitive communism, slavery, feudalism and capitalism
i) The three revolutions which passed the way for the emergence of Sociology was
a) The Russian revolution, The American revolution, The Vietnam revolution
b) The Enlightment, The French revolution, The Industrial revolution
c) The scientific revolution, The French revolution, The Glorious revolution
d) All the above
ii) Assertion: Sociology is sometimes called the child of the ‘age of revolution’
Reason: This is because it was born in 15th century Western Europe, after revolutionary changes in the preceding three centuries that decisively changed the way people lived.
a) Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R is true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true
iii) Karl Marx was born on
a) 5th May 1818
b) 5th May 1718
c) 5th May 1618
d) 5th May 1817
iv) Which sentence is the most correct about Karl Marx?
a) Marx has studied philosophy he was a great philosopher
b) He was a great social worker and reformer
c) He believed that scientific socialism would bring end of oppression and exploitation
d) He believed capitalism, liberalism and globalisation would bring prosperity in the world
v) Karl Marx argued the human society had progressed through different stages. These are
a) Primitive communism
b) Slavery
c) Feudalism, Capitalism
d) All the above
vi) State whether the statement id true or false
Karl Marx was from Germany but spend most of his intellectually productive years in exile in Spain. FALSE